Damage Comparison vs. Cleric

huut
huut Posts: 12 Arc User
edited October 2009 in Barbarian
Hey,

i am wondering why a barb has such a huge dmg output in comparison to a cleric.

Both lvl 72. both "equal" equip..
Tank: "full" vit
Cleric: "full" mag

We killed lvl 72 monsters in exactly the same time...i though a cleric would deal some more damage compared to a barb cuz a barb is normally a typical non damage dealer...
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  • Gabriil - Lost City
    Gabriil - Lost City Posts: 83 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    And cleric is support. What is it you're missing?
  • LloydAsplund - Sanctuary
    LloydAsplund - Sanctuary Posts: 3,899 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    I would expect the cleric to kill faster in this case. Assuming both players were using non-ultimates (ex. spark/59 ultimates). That is unless the barb did a zerk+crit.
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  • Baalbak - Dreamweaver
    Baalbak - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,624 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    depends not only on the builds of each character, but also the skills each specialize in.

    ie.
    Full support cleric will specialize in the heal/buff tree(s) and their attack skills will still be lower, but a full attack cleric will specialize in attack skills rather than heals and buffs - therefore will have a higher damage output.

    I can only speak for myself, but I spec up my barbs true form tree first with the humanoid tree as an afterthought if there is any spirit left over (at this point, usually not at all) so my damage dealing abilities are lower than a barb who specs up humanoid first and little to true form.
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  • Tequila_wolf - Heavens Tear
    Tequila_wolf - Heavens Tear Posts: 193 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    huut wrote: »
    Hey,

    i am wondering why a barb has such a huge dmg output in comparison to a cleric.

    Both lvl 72. both "equal" equip..
    Tank: "full" vit
    Cleric: "full" mag

    We killed lvl 72 monsters in exactly the same time...i though a cleric would deal some more damage compared to a barb cuz a barb is normally a typical non damage dealer...

    the reasoning is simple
    barb hits 2.5-3.5k every .91 seconds
    cleric hits 5-7k every 2 seconds *more if target is far away*

    in this case
    barb will do between 27,450 - 38,430 dmg in 10 seconds
    cleric will do between 25,000- 35,000 dmg in 10 seconds
  • LloydAsplund - Sanctuary
    LloydAsplund - Sanctuary Posts: 3,899 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    Tequila_wolf - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    the reasoning is simple
    barb hits 2.5-3.5k every .91 seconds

    Im pretty sure full vit barbs dont hit that high at lvl 72. Unless you were considering skills for the barbarian, but that would make the attack time longer, not 0.91s/attack.
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  • huut
    huut Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    I came up with this cuz i've read in this forum that a full mag cleric deals almost the same damage as a full int mage...and i suppose that those chars should deal more damage as a tank.
  • XylolyX - Heavens Tear
    XylolyX - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,097 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    Doesn't it also depend upon the mob? Clerics typically won't do as much damage to phys mobs as they do to magic mobs...or am I completely mistaken?
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  • Baalbak - Dreamweaver
    Baalbak - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,624 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    well.. plume shot deals physical damage
    and they've got a metal tree of attacks as well. If the cleric is using metal against metal, it may well take longer than a barb going physical on the same metal mob.
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