This compares PvE damage in each fight scenario.
Overall
Retribution Paladin leads in 7 of 7 categoriesMidnight (Patch 12.1.5)
DPS by category
Brewmaster Monk does 40.3% less damage than Retribution Paladin in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the Single Target rankings at 338 item level. Best-case single-target raid boss damage.
Brewmaster Monk does 40.4% less damage than Retribution Paladin in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the Cleave rankings at 338 item level. Best-case damage on two raid bosses.
Brewmaster Monk does 52.6% less damage than Retribution Paladin in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the Assisted Highlight rankings at 338 item level. Single-target raid boss damage using the Assisted Highlight feature and cooldowns.
Brewmaster Monk does 49.8% less damage than Retribution Paladin in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the AoE rankings at 338 item level. Best-case AoE damage on a raid boss with four adds.
Brewmaster Monk does 34.5% less damage than Retribution Paladin in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the Solo rankings at 338 item level. Single-target damage with no raid buffs or Bloodlust.
From 288 to 338 item level, Retribution Paladin’s damage changed by +65.4% and Brewmaster Monk’s by +59.1%, so Retribution Paladin gets more out of gear upgrades.
How it’s measured: How much each spec gained going from 288 to 338 item level in the Single Target rankings. A higher gain means the spec scales better with gear.
Each category is simmed with each spec’s SimC gear, at 338 item level. The bars show each spec’s result against the winner’s, and two results within each other’s margin of error are tied. Select a category to read what its result means and how it’s measured.
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