Comparing Herself to Herself

Some notes on Aeven's recent upgrades. I've taken her to 80, trained her up, and outfitted her with some quest reward items, and that's about it. Until the latest wave of Grown Up Stuff (TM) passes, my play time will be spotty. My plans are to continue questing with Aeven (basically R&R with a little bit of profit on the side) and start running some of the normal Northrend dungeons, as time permits.

In her Retribution spec, with mace & shield (yeah, yeah, I know - she should get herself a two-handed mace):

At level 80, vs. Grandmaster training dummy, in her white gear: Gearscore 0, 604 dps

At level 80, vs. random quest mobs, in her quest reward gear: Gearscore 2000+, 1400+ dps.

Yowza!

A comparison of stats, in white gear (first column) and quest reward gear (second column):

Base Stats

• Strength: 179 673

• Agility: 86 156

• Stamina: 274 796

• Intellect: 104 104

• Spirit: 104 104

Melee

• Damage: 202 - 244 421-536

• Speed: 1.46 1.53

• Power: 1362 2381

• Hit Rating: 0 32

• Crit Chance: 14.24% 18.02

• Expertise: 5 8

Spell

• Bonus Damage: 408 714

• Bonus Healing: 408 714

• Hit Rating: 0 32

• Crit Chance: 13.48% 15.79%

• Haste Rating: 0 30

• Mana Regen: 18 18

Defense

• Armor: 7011 15075

• Defense: 402 423

• Dodge: 5.02% 7.89%

• Parry: 5.32% 6.34%

• Block: 5.08% 5.92%

• Resilience: 0 0

And, finally, a comparison of her gear - a pretty much 50-50 mix of DPS and tanking equipment.

• Ice-Bound Plate Helmet Bronzed Dome Protector
• (no neck item) Neckcharm of the Bloodletter
• Durable Chain Shoulders Brazen Offender's Shoulderplates
• Ice-Bound Plate Chestpiece Muck-Stained Carapace
• Aldor Heavy Belt Rhino-Tail Girdle
• Platemail Leggings Leggings of Forceful Purification
• Ice-Bound Plate Boots Boots of Dominance
• Ice-Bound Plate Bracers Lifegiver's Ward
• Deteriorating Plate Gloves Preservative-Stained Gauntlets
• (no ring) Mildly Tarnished Ring
• (no ring) Signet of the Avenging Heart
• Argent Dawn Commission Horn of Argent Fury
• (no trinket) Thunder Capacitor
• Veteran Cloak Thick Goblin Back Protector
• Dalaran Cudgel Hammer of Quiet Mourning
• Layered Bone Shield Bulwark of the Tormented God
• (no libram) Libram of Righteous Power