Question regarding weapon choice.

[Prefix]

Hey guys.

I've prette much always played some kind of ranged, and this DK is pretty much my first melee hero, with the exception of a druid.

So I'm a bit confused as to what to look for on a weapon, besides the obvious stats.
Since most of my abilities are weapon damage based, am I looking at top damage? Or is it the DPS that matters?

And also, I assume when it says "60% weapon damage", it's the weapon damage in my paperdoll that applies, correct?

2h blood dps spec btw.

Sorry for the "newb" questions, as stated not used to melee classes

[Kenji]

get yourself a decent 2 handed; polearm, sword, mace or axe with Str>Hit>agil>sta and that is basicly it. If you are like me and wanna tank I would refere you to the million tanking topics

[Prefix]

That did not answer my question at all.

What is "a decent 2hander"?
Is it the top damage, or the DPS I am looking for?

[Ektoplasme]

The DPS ! And within the same DPS range (or iLvl, because DPS is directly linked to iLvl), choose the slowest weapon.

Top damage is really garbage, it doesn't mean anything and will only be looked at by people who want to see big numbers flying over their head but don't care about doing good DPS. Maybe in PvP....

[Raptorg]

Just look for whatever weapon has the highest dps, and the slowest attack speed(3.6 is usually considered "ideal" cause they're the most common)

Compare highest and lowest damage.

If they're both higher, then that weapon will be your weapon of choice.

If only one is higher then the other, the one with the highest dps should be prefered.

[Prefix]

The DPS ! And within the same DPS range (or iLvl, because DPS is directly linked to iLvl), choose the slowest weapon.

Top damage is really garbage, it doesn't mean anything and will only be looked at by people who want to see big numbers flying over their head but don't care about doing good DPS. Maybe in PvP....

May I ask why? As I understand, most my abilities is based of weapon damage, why isn't high weapon damage to be preferred?

And no, I don't care about "high numbers", I care about high sustained DPS.

[Raptorg]

May I ask why? As I understand, most my abilities is based of weapon damage, why isn't high weapon damage to be preferred?

And no, I don't care about "high numbers", I care about high sustained DPS.

Because the difference in weapondamage between highest and lowest isn't always the same on each weapon, for example, there can be a weapon with.

100-200 and a weapon with 50-250 but the same dps. And clearly, the first is superior because the damage range is more stable, while the second one is much wider.

[Nilaihah]

Just look for whatever weapon has the highest dps, and the slowest attack speed

Just keep that in mind and thread's over.

[Bullshifter]

Just keep that in mind and thread's over.

Just throwing in my support of this statement.

Ok, now the thread's over.

[wyzard]

If you really enjoy theory crafting and getting down to the nitty gritty about weapon and armor stats this thread is awesome. Basically a top 10 list of items/weapons in every slot and why.

http://deathknight.info/forum/index.php?topic=4435.0