Warrior DPS - Comparison of Epic Leg Items, Heroics -> Tier 5

It’s not very elegant to do, but using the dps spreadsheet I’ve had for warriors, I’ve been able to make some item comparisons.

See, Luth might be spec’d to tank, but I’m still gearing her for DPS.  My quiet outcry against being unable to play her the way I want.  <_<

Anyway, I was looking at the two dps leg items available for purchase via Badges of Justice: the Bloodthirster’s Wargreaves, available for 75 badges of justice, and the Legplates of Unending Fury, available for 100. The latter clearly wins out in terms of having the cooler name, and I lament heavily at the lack of crit on both, but how do they compare for dps?

I went from comparing just these two to wanting to compare them to other items as well. So here we are, everything (that I could think of off the top of my head) from the Vanquisher’s Legplates up to the Destroyer Greaves.

(Note: This is unfortunately with my stats, a standard 17/44/0 spec, and my gear in all the other slots. The outcome of the numbers might differ for anyone else.)

Item			Str	AP	Hit	Crit
Vanquisher’s Legplates	592	1766	114	28.76
Bloodthirster’s Wargreaves	602	1786	148	27.9
Warbringer Greaves		587	1756	110	29.39
Legplates of Unending Fury	599	1780	135	27.9
Greaves of the Bloodwarder	602	1792	110	29.3
Destroyer Greaves		596	1774	132	29.25

Argh these tables are annoying.  The LoUF also have 43 haste.

Item				DPS1	DPS2

Vanquisher’s Legplates		699.08	831.00
Bloodthirster’s Wargreaves		698.17	832.15
Warbringer Greaves			706.36	838.08
Legplates of Unending Fury		707.26	842.96
Greaves of the Bloodwarder		713.07	847.16
Destroyer Greaves			714.32	848.19

(Note #2: DPS1 is without Kings or being in Berserker Stance. DPS2 is including both, with 5/5 Imp Berserker Stance. Neither value includes Rampage. Both values are against level 73 mobs (bosses) with 4490 armor (factoring in my warrior’s 252 armor penetration). In gem slots, I matched color using the standard DPS warrior gem setup (8 Str in red, 4 Str/4 Crit in yellow, 4 Str/6 Stam in blue). I included the differentiation to note just how much % increases affect different stats. Notice that the Bloodthirster’s Wargreaves appear to be marginally worse than the Vanquisher’s before Kings and Imp. Berserker Stance have their effects.)

I also decided to try something else.  16 Haste Rating = 1% haste, 22 Crit Rating = 1% crit, a conversion value of about 72.7%.  Multiplying that by 43 haste, you see that it’s equivalent to about 31.2 Crit Rating.  On the spreadsheet, I switched those around, giving the Unending Fury legs 31 Crit Rating instead of 43 Haste Rating, and came out with the following:

		Crit	Haste	DPS1	DPS2
Unending Fury	27.90	43	707.26	842.96
Unhasted Fury	29.32	0	717.75	852.25

Haste > Crit? I think not.  Stinkin’ badge rewards…

/edit: I should also note item levels.

Vanquisher’s: 110
Bloodthirster’s: 128
Warbringer: 125
Unending Fury: 141
Bloodwarder: 128
Destroyer: 133

See how the added badge rewards are out of sync, and that the pre-badge gear items follow a progression from worse to better? And note also that the LoUF would be in its rightful place above Tier 5 if it just had crit instead of haste?