Dark knight

[SyzzleSpark]

I see 4% of those people being DRK. Does this help the statement that the difference between the 2 is small?

http://www.fflogs.com/statistics/10/#class=Tanks - here, I clicked two things for you and got here, maybe this will illustrate it better.

These numbers are skewed by the fact that DRK is MTing most of the time and WAR is OTing most of the time, meaning the DRK has to use Grit a bit more depending on the fight. If they were both just full DPS mode the numbers would be even closer.

Or here, there's this: ffxiv.2digitalgames.de

DRK is expected to do 972.44 DPS to clear Nidhogg Ex dummy.
WAR is expected to do 1044.44 DPS to clear Nidhoog Ex dummy.

DRK doesn't have its own slashing debuff. 3 of DRK's regular skills used in its DPS rotation do not apply slashing damage - Low Blow, Dark Passenger, and Salted Earth. Collectively these account for roughly 10% of DRK's total DPS. You can find this information on the site Violette linked if you look hard enough.

Anyway, long story short, remove this 10% (97.24) from that 972.44 and you get 875.20. Multiply that by 1.1 from the slashing debuff and you get 962.72. Add back the 97.24 we removed because it wouldn't benefit from the 1.1 slashing debuff and you get 1059.96.

The numbers are rough but they illustrate the point and that is that if you give DRK a slashing debuff they basically have the potential to match WAR DPS. When the gap is that small that a simple resistance debuff will make up the difference, you don't need a passive 30% boost all the time.