Best melee DPS in game is .... ?Follow

of course attacking from behind bypasses defensive checks.. but berserkers CAN do 90% of max dps from any angle - as opposed to rogues, who are closer to 50%

I would say that Rog/BER are neck and neck. Any differences show up situationaly or in equipment. I will say (and I'm biased as a 75 BER), that Rogues have a MUCH easier time getting decent weapons. there are plenty of them available that have Backstab mods, while the Ber choices are more limited and only have the VERY rare +Frenzy. Once the BER moves into later DON and above and has access to Clawhammer and Windfury, etc things get a lot more balanced.
I do laugh at the Rogues who complain that BERs get snare and frenzy given the Rogues have the sneak/hide ability.


Monks seem to have gotten a huge boost in DPS in recent changes and are now pretty damn good DPS and have their obvious advantages. They are often in very close second.

Knights/Warriors etc are all typically (relax, I said typically not always) behind in the DPS numbers.

Also remember that the answer to this question changes many times over the 0-75 Lvls, with different equipment, different AAs, etc. If you really want to know about a very specific situation, you'll have to give a lot more detail (like would a lvl 50 BER with WMBS out dps a lvl 52 ROG with Backbitter or some such).