PVE DPS, HPS, and Tank rankings for all SWTOR classes. All calculations were generated by Bant aka Goblin_Lackey and assume a full set of best-in-slot gear.
Updated to Patch 5.2. Go here for the 4.x PvE Class Rankings.
| Current Rank |
Previous Rank |
Rank Change |
DPS | Standard Error |
vs Average DPS (9,991) |
Imperial Class | Republic Class |
| 1 | 1 | - | 10,754 | +/- 322 | +7.64% | Lethality Operative | Ruffian Scoundrel |
| 2 | 2 | - | 10,467 | +/- 161 | +4.77% | Virulence Sniper | Dirty Fighting Gunslinger |
| 3 | 3 | - | 10,441 | +/- 270 | +4.51% | Engineering Sniper | Saboteur Gunslinger |
| 4 | 4 | - | 10,432 | +/- 414 | +4.42% | Innovative Ordnance Mercenary | Assault Specialist Commando |
| 5 | 5 | - | 10,336 | +/- 284 | +3.46% | Annihilation Marauder | Watchman Sentinel |
| 6 | 6 | - | 10,157 | +/- 526 | +1.67% | Concealment Operative | Scrapper Scoundrel |
| 7 | 7 | - | 10,157 | +/- 582 | +1.67% | Deception Assassin | Infiltration Shadow |
| 8 | 8 | - | 10,150 | +/- 299 | +1.6% | Carnage Marauder | Combat Sentinel |
| 9 | 9 | - | 10,054 | +/- 516 | +0.64% | Arsenal Mercenary | Gunnery Commando |
| 10 | 10 | - | 10,027 | +/- 372 | +0.36% | Vengeance Juggernaut | Vigilance Guardian |
| 11 | 15 | 4 | 9,857 | +/- 488 | -1.34% | Rage Juggernaut | Focus Guardian |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | 9,828 | +/- 351 | -1.63% | Fury Marauder | Concentration Sentinel |
| 13 | 12 | 1 | 9,679 | +/- 505 | -3.12% | Advanced Prototype Powertech | Tactics Vanguard |
| 14 | 13 | 1 | 9,640 | +/- 346 | -3.51% | Hatred Assassin | Serenity Shadow |
| 15 | 14 | 1 | 9,556 | +/- 383 | -4.35% | Pyrotech Powertech | Plasmatech Vanguard |
| 16 | 16 | - | 9,520 | +/- 268 | -4.71% | Madness Sorcerer | Balance Sage |
| 17 | 17 | - | 9,448 | +/- 461 | -5.43% | Marksmanship Sniper | Sharpshooter Gunslinger |
| 18 | 18 | - | 9,327 | +/- 304 | -6.64% | Lightning Sorcerer | Telekinetics Sage |
Note: DPS rankings assume best-in-slot 248-rating gear.
I wanted to see whether that ordering of classes per dps really holds up. So, I created a bunch of instant 65 characters and proceeded to test it. Me being the contrarian that I am, I denied the fleet dummies, but instead went for lvl18 dummies on Dromund Kaas. The principle should be the same. Some of these I've ****ed up partly because they're so different to what they used to be(the one skill that mostly infuriated me was the Blade Barrage -> I miss my 2 GCD super hard hitting Master Strike). Here are the results(parsed with starparse):
GUARDIAN:
Vigilance: 470dps (475dps max)
Focus: 455dps(460dps max)
SENTINEL:
Watchman: 470dps(485dps potential)
Combat: 450dps(~470dps potential-I done fuked up this good)
Concentration: 475dps(480dps max)
SAGE:
Telekinectics: 405dps
Balance: 410dps
SHADOW:
Infiltration: 510dps(!)
Serenity: 435dps
COMMANDO:
Gunnery: 450dps(475dps potential)
Assault Specialist: 425dps(/meh, my fault probably, this thing keeps running out of ammo constantly)
VANGUARD:
Tactics: 460dps(475dps)
PlasmaTech: 375dps(!)
GUNSLINGER:
Sharpshooter: 485dps
Engineering:450dps(470dps tops -> I kinda screwed up + the level 65 talent)
Dirty Fighting: 460dps
SCOUNDREL:
Scrapper: 475dps
Ruffian: 475dps(~500dps tops)
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Or, in order:
1. Infiltration
2. Ruffian
3. Sharpshooter
4. Scrapper
5. Watchman
6. Concentration
7. Vigilance
8. Tactics
9. Dirty Fighting
10. Gunnery
11. Saboteur
12. Focus
13. Combat
14. Serenity
15. Assault Spec
16. Balance
17. Telekinectics
18. PlasmaTech
Or put it this way, for it to be more clear:
Infiltrate > Ruffian > Sharp >~ Scrapper ~ Watchman >~ [ Concentrate ~ Vigil >~ Tactics ~ D.Fight > Gunnery ~ Sabo ~ Focus ~ Combat ] > Serenity ~ Assault >> Balance ~ TkT >> Plasma
Bracketed things are what is obviously near average.