How much WHM DPS is enough?

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So, I think it may actually be possible that WHM personal dps will be adequate to bridge the gap, given the GCDs we've been given back. It doesn't change that Lily's and Confessions are likely to be almost entirely ignored.

I'm sorry but that's not how you do a comparison,

The WHM have to bring ADDITIONAL DPS to offset the Balance effect, you can't just say "Yup Balance brings an extra XXX dps, as long WHM deals above XXX, WHM is better!!".

Don't forget the bringer of Balance, the AST, is also doing damage, so in order for WHM to be better than AST with Balance, the dps of the WHM have to be higher than the AST's damage + Balance dps combined.

In your case, the WHM is higher than the AST by 500, but your math states Balance brings an additional 1k dps (I'm pretty sure this is incorrect), so bringing the WHM still results in a net 500 dps loss.

Napkin math for Balance:

Assuming the best case scenario of a lucky god for easy calculation:
AoE balance of 40 seconds every 2 minutes (due to Celestial Opposition).
Means a balance uptime of 33%.

33% of 10% damage increase = 3.33% overall raid dps increase.

So let's say a group's rDPS is 15000, the balance provided an additional of 15000*0.033 =approx 500 dps.