A couple days ago, I ran a poll asking people whether they felt two controversial sets—Sload's, and the Master's Dual-Wield—were overperforming (link to poll).
There were 42 respondents at the time of writing this post, and equal proportions fell into 3 categories:
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Note: 12 respondents (29%) also felt that both sets were overperforming
The reason I wanted to make this comparison is to help give perspective on the sheer amount of DPS that the Sload's set provides. Many forumers have the notion that Sload's is only good in niche scenarios—keeping Nightblades out of cloak, bypassing stacked shields, or Xv1, being some examples. In reality, Sload's does an absurd amount of single-target damage even in a 1v1 fight against any class.
I picked Master's DW as a benchmark for comparison because it's inarguably a strong set—it's a staple on 4 out of the 5 Stam classes, and has also generated plenty of debate/complaints on the forums (indeed, one-third of poll respondents felt it was overperforming). Additionally, the nature of the damage it provides—DoT pressure that bypasses certain kinds of mitigation—is similar to Sload's.
So without further ado, let's take a detailed look at the numbers!
There were 42 respondents at the time of writing this post, and equal proportions fell into 3 categories:
Note: 12 respondents (29%) also felt that both sets were overperforming
The reason I wanted to make this comparison is to help give perspective on the sheer amount of DPS that the Sload's set provides. Many forumers have the notion that Sload's is only good in niche scenarios—keeping Nightblades out of cloak, bypassing stacked shields, or Xv1, being some examples. In reality, Sload's does an absurd amount of single-target damage even in a 1v1 fight against any class.
I picked Master's DW as a benchmark for comparison because it's inarguably a strong set—it's a staple on 4 out of the 5 Stam classes, and has also generated plenty of debate/complaints on the forums (indeed, one-third of poll respondents felt it was overperforming). Additionally, the nature of the damage it provides—DoT pressure that bypasses certain kinds of mitigation—is similar to Sload's.
So without further ado, let's take a detailed look at the numbers!