Primary weapon: Rigor Baghnakhs
Target: Level 100 Chapuli, so that accuracy won't come into play at all. No def down.
Food: RCB
Hume mnk/war, Berserk active, Impetus active
Note that even with this, cRatio is only ~1.75, so not hitting attack cap.
Gear selection: Any AH gear is fine; one set excluding higher end gear (eg: NNI/Salvage+1/Toci's/rare Meebles drops (buyable is fine)/Legion), one that includes them. All Bayld and Delve gear is on the table, except for drops from the top bosses. No augmented gear in the restricted gear sets; will allow full augmentation in the unrestricted gear sets.
Note: TP sets were identical, but not optimized. Since TP doesn't affect damage for either weaponskill, not concerned with that.
No NNI/Salvage+1/Toci/Meeble
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Shijin: Asuran:
Potestas Potestas
Thurandaut Nemetona
Justiciar's Justiciar's
Bladeborn Bladeborn
Steelflash Ghillie +1
Manibozho Tantra +2
Thurandaut Melee +2
Rajas Pyrosoul
Epona Pyrosoul
Atheling Vimukti
Caudata Caudata
Manibozho Manibozho
Melee +2 Tantra +2
Damage: 3359 Damage: 3109
DPS: 417.434 DPS: 406.771
@1/5 merits:
Damage: 3141 Damage: 3109
DPS: 408.145 DPS: 406.771
Oatixur and 5/5:
Damage: 3968 Damage: 3943
DPS: 480.203 DPS: 483.130
So at the lower end of the gear scale, things are very close. For someone contemplating just opening up Shijin with 1/5, Asuran provides nearly identical DPS. By the time you factor in Oatixur, Asuran matches or beats Shijin, even at 5/5.
Gear unrestricted, but no Delve augments
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Shijin: Asuran:
Potestas Potestas
Thurandaut Nemetona
Justiciar's Justiciar's
Bladeborn Bladeborn
Steelflash Ghillie +1
Toci's Harness Thurandaut
Thurandaut Melee +2
Rajas Pyrosoul
Epona Pyrosoul
Atheling Vimukti
Wanion Caudata
Manibozho Manibozho
Omodaka Tenryu +1 Aug
Damage: 3441 Damage: 3159
DPS: 420.940 DPS: 408.919
Oatixur and 5/5:
Damage: 4064 Damage: 4001
DPS: 484.920 DPS: 485.515
At the higher end, Shijin has a few options for improvement, while Asuran really doesn't. Basically, Asuran doesn't really get better beyond what you can get at the basic gear level, other than Omodaka feet or the Tenryu+1 augmented feet.
On the other hand, it still scales up very well when you switch to Oatixur, putting it right on par with 5/5 Shijin.
Gear unrestricted, full augments
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Shijin: Asuran:
Potestas Potestas
Manibozho Rank15 Manibozho Rank15
Justiciar's Justiciar's
Bladeborn Bladeborn
Steelflash Ghillie +1
Manibozho Rank15 Manibozho Rank15
Thurandaut Melee +2
Rajas Pyrosoul
Epona Pyrosoul
Atheling Vimukti
Prosilio Caudata
Manibozho Rank15 Manibozho Rank15
Manibozho Rank15 Manibozho Rank15
Damage: 3643 Damage: 3307
DPS: 429.568 DPS: 415.238
Oatixur and 5/5 (note: had to bump up to level 102 Chapuli, as this hits the attack cap on the level 100's):
Damage: 4008 Damage: 3902
DPS: 461.331 DPS: 460.853
In this case, the obvious upgrades are the full rank 15 augmented versions of all the Manibozho pieces aside from the hands. At 60 million per piece, quite an investment.
For Rigors, the gap widens ever so slightly with this change, in favor of Shijin. Oatixur narrows it again, though this time Shijin holds onto a tiny edge over Asuran.
So overall there are several points where Asuran matches Shijin, and several points where Shijin maintains a small lead. If you get ahold of Oatixur, the difference between them is negligible regardless of the gear level. With Rigor, the higher your gear level, the more Shijin will tend to edge Asuran out.
And obviously, if a skillchain is available, use whichever is appropriate.
