I originally did this test and posted my results late last week but as
@Autofail pointed out there was a major error.
Whirlwind has an 8 yard radius. Lifesteal however is only a 5 yard radius. So while Whirlwind might be hitting all of the AOE target dummies, 1 pixel the wrong way and Lifesteal will not reach.
Which totally explains why some of the 2h weapons procced lifesteal significantly less than other 2h'ers.
I havent moved my toon since I started this 2nd round of testing. There were attempts where I realized battleshout had expired, or I was testing with some random totem buff nearby and had to scrap those results and do it over.
@Katmandu pointed out theres a group of 4 target dummies right on top of each other in Boralus @ 63.9 23.10 which are the dummies I used.
I ran the tests will all gear except the weapons taken off, and then did them again with all of my gear equipped.
I did not re-gem or re-enchant to min max stats because I do not have a million gold.
The AH has caught on to our ways. The lifestealing enchant was 700G on my server when I made this toon a couple weeks ago. Its 1800G now.
Each test run was for 5 minutes. Does anything we fight take 5 minutes? No. But I figured 5 minutes takes RNG out of the equation.
You'll notice my ILVL is pretty low. I pretty much only use TW gear if its a slot I cant find sockets for at a lower level.
Surprisingly when geared they all finished within roughly 10% of each other.
And when running M+25 or going for cutting edge achievements 10% is a big deal, but for us at lvl 11 in TW it means even with the worst of these weapons we are still going to melt face.
Also please dont fret if your DPS add on when you are running dungeons shows significantly lower than these results. This was 5 minutes standing still hitting something that doesnt die. When were running zones we pretty much tag stuff and run, Ill generally finish a dungeon around 200-220 DPS, not near 600 like these results.
Here is my armory
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/character/us/cenarius/eleven/
After the initial post with the results there will be 8 additional posts showing:
DPS fully geared
DPS weapon only
Breakdown of DPS fully geared
Breakdown of DPS weapon only
Stats fully geared
Stats weapon only
Weapons I tested - All ILVL 60 unless otherwise noted
https://www.wowhead.com/item=127520/colossal-skull-clad-cleaver?bonus=11070 x 2
https://www.wowhead.com/item=9425/pendulum-of-doom x 2 (ILVL54)
https://www.wowhead.com/item=105679/hellscreams-decapitator x 2 (ILVL20) +3 STR gems x 4
https://www.wowhead.com/item=13505/runeblade-of-baron-rivendare x 1 &
https://www.wowhead.com/item=18717/hammer-of-the-grand-crusader x 1
https://www.wowhead.com/item=18717/hammer-of-the-grand-crusader x 2
https://www.wowhead.com/item=18324/waveslicer x 2
https://www.wowhead.com/item=7230/smites-mighty-hammer x 2
https://www.wowhead.com/item=65168/rockslicer x 2
https://www.wowhead.com/item=24461/hatebringer x 2 (ILVL30) +3 STR gems x 6
https://www.wowhead.com/item=13505/runeblade-of-baron-rivendare x 1 &
https://www.wowhead.com/item=232904/sulthraze-the-lasher x 1
And the results........
When Geared
1.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=18717/hammer-of-the-grand-crusader x 2 = 588 DPS
2.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=18324/waveslicer x 2 = 576 DPS
2.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=13505/runeblade-of-baron-rivendare x 1 &
https://www.wowhead.com/item=232904/sulthraze-the-lasher x 1 = 576 DPS
4.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=24461/hatebringer x 2 = 563
5.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=127520/colossal-skull-clad-cleaver?bonus=11070 x 2 = 561 DPS
6.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=65168/rockslicer x 2 = 556 DPS
7.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=9425/pendulum-of-doom x 2 = 555 DPS
8.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=13505/runeblade-of-baron-rivendare x 1 &
https://www.wowhead.com/item=18717/hammer-of-the-grand-crusader x 1 = 553 DPS
9.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=7230/smites-mighty-hammer x 2 = 544 DPS
10.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=105679/hellscreams-decapitator x 2 = 526 DPS
With only weapon equipped
1.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=18324/waveslicer x 2 = 291 DPS
2.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=13505/runeblade-of-baron-rivendare x 1 &
https://www.wowhead.com/item=18717/hammer-of-the-grand-crusader x 1 = 280 DPS
3.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=18717/hammer-of-the-grand-crusader x 2 = 277 DPS
4.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=127520/colossal-skull-clad-cleaver?bonus=11070 x 2 = 273 DPS
5.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=9425/pendulum-of-doom x 2 = 271 DPS
6.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=24461/hatebringer x 2 = 269 DPS
7.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=13505/runeblade-of-baron-rivendare x 1 &
https://www.wowhead.com/item=232904/sulthraze-the-lasher x 1 = 268 DPS
8.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=7230/smites-mighty-hammer x 2 = 258 DPS
9.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=65168/rockslicer x 2 = 256 DPS
10.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=105679/hellscreams-decapitator x 2 = 251 DPS
