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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 9059011" data-attributes="member: 5889">Ok lets take things one step further, and see how much the greater offense actually helps in defense. So lets put a monk vs an orc, and a barb vs an orc. Aka its a party fight and the meleer has an orc all to themselves while the rest of the party is dealing with other orcs or something.Our monk kills: .997 orcs per round.Our barb kills: .613 orcs per roundOrc against monk: deal .6 * 9.5 + .05 * 16 = 5.7 + .8 = 6.5 damage per orc per round.Orc against barb: deal .65 * 9.5 + .05 * 16 = 6.175 + .8 = 6.975 damage per orc per round.Monk vs OrcRound 1: Takes 6.5 damage, kills .997 orc.Round 2: Takes 6.5 * (1-.997) = .0195 damage, kills orcTotal: 6.5195 damage takenBarb vs OrcRound 1: Takes 6.975 damage, kills .613 orcsRound 2: Takes 6.975 * (1-.613) = 2.699 damage, kills orc.Total: 9.674 damage taken (4.837 damage with rage)So here is where you could make the argument for how the greater survivability helps with the offense. The monk is killing orcs faster its true but the barb ultimately has lost only a fraction of its hp in comparison. Really the scenario depends more on what the orcs are attacking. If the meleers are "tanking" the orc as in this scenario, than the barbs better tanking shows through over its inferior damage. The monk would shine more if the orc was attacking the squishy wizard lets say, as killing that orc will give the wizard the best chance to survive.</blockquote>

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