Is bard dps the weakest?

[mountaindew]

Well yes we can attack while moving but let's look at say summoners, they can cast DoTs and they will still tick while they are moving. Someone calculated their DPS:

To keep up all the DoT damage will take 42.5 seconds of GCD so I will get (60 - 42.5 = 17.5 / 2.5 = 7) casts of Ruin.

Ruin Damage = 160 * 7 (assume no critical) = 1120.

Total Damage = 1360 + 1440 + 1640 + 1560 + 1040 + 1725 + 3250 + 1120 = 13135 over 1 minute.

13135 / 60 seconds = 218 DPS with my current gear WITHOUT Raging Strikes, Rouse, Spur, or the Pet Ultimate. Half of you don’t know what you’re talking about.


Can bards even match that?

That's correct in a perfect world, where the Summoner can just stand still and cast each DoT for 2.5 sec cast time without getting interrupted. Also keep in mind the first DoT tick usually does not go off due to the global tick timer and factor in all the other delays the damage reduces considerably.

DoTs tick every 3 seconds pretty much, in that amount of time a bard can shoot for just as much damage, with your crits youd be dealing even more.