SWTOR PvE Class Rankings (5.x)

Details: Category: Miscellaneous Guides; Last Updated: Friday, June 9th, 2017; Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2016; Written by Bant and Hayward

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.

DPS Rankings

Current Rank	Previous Rank	Rank Change	DPS	Standard Error	vs Average DPS (9,991)	Imperial Class	Republic Class
5	5	-	10,336	+/- 284	+3.46%	Annihilation Marauder	Watchman Sentinel
8	8	-	10,150	+/- 299	+1.6%	Carnage Marauder	Combat Sentinel
12	8	4	9,828	+/- 351	-1.63%	Fury Marauder	Concentration Sentinel
10	10	-	10,027	+/- 372	+0.36%	Vengeance Juggernaut	Vigilance Guardian
11	15	4	9,857	+/- 488	-1.34%	Rage Juggernaut	Focus Guardian
7	7	-	10,157	+/- 582	+1.67%	Deception Assassin	Infiltration Shadow
14	13	1	9,640	+/- 346	-3.51%	Hatred Assassin	Serenity Shadow
18	18	-	9,327	+/- 304	-6.64%	Lightning Sorcerer	Telekinetics Sage
16	16	-	9,520	+/- 268	-4.71%	Madness Sorcerer	Balance Sage
9	9	-	10,054	+/- 516	+0.64%	Arsenal Mercenary	Gunnery Commando
4	4	-	10,432	+/- 414	+4.42%	Innovative Ordnance Mercenary	Assault Specialist Commando
13	12	1	9,679	+/- 505	-3.12%	Advanced Prototype Powertech	Tactics Vanguard
15	14	1	9,556	+/- 383	-4.35%	Pyrotech Powertech	Plasmatech Vanguard
17	17	-	9,448	+/- 461	-5.43%	Marksmanship Sniper	Sharpshooter Gunslinger
3	3	-	10,441	+/- 270	+4.51%	Engineering Sniper	Saboteur Gunslinger
2	2	-	10,467	+/- 161	+4.77%	Virulence Sniper	Dirty Fighting Gunslinger
6	6	-	10,157	+/- 526	+1.67%	Concealment Operative	Scrapper Scoundrel
1	1	-	10,754	+/- 322	+7.64%	Lethality Operative	Ruffian Scoundrel

Note: DPS rankings assume best-in-slot 248-rating gear.

HPS Rankings

Current Rank	Previous Rank	Rank Change	HPS	Standard Error	vs Average HPS (17,885)	Imperial Class	Republic Class
2	2	-	17,136	+/- 581	-4.19%	Corruption Sorcerer	Seer Sage
3	3	-	15,172	+/- 746	-15.17%	Bodyguard Mercenary	Combat Medic Commando
1	1	-	21,348	+/- 805	+19.36%	Medicine Operative	Sawbones Scoundrel

Note: HPS rankings assume best-in-slot 248-rating gear.

Tank Rankings

Damage Taken Per Second

DtPS Average	DtPS High M/R	DtPS Low M/R High I/E	DtPS Low M/R	DtPS AOE	Imperial Class	Republic Class
2,065	1,718	3,146	2,411	2,037	Darkness Assassin	Kinetic Combat Shadow
2,475	1,996	4,025	2,954	3,161	Immortal Juggernaut	Defense Guardian
2,658	2,221	4,473	3,105	3,459	Shield Tech Powertech	Shield Specialist Vanguard

% Total Damage Reduction

% Reduction Average	% Reduction High M/R	% Reduction Low M/R High I/E	% Reduction Low M/R	% Reduction AOE	Imperial Class	Republic Class
79.35%	82.82%	68.54%	75.89%	79.63%	Darkness Assassin	Kinetic Combat Shadow
75.25%	80.04%	59.75%	70.46%	68.39%	Immortal Juggernaut	Defense Guardian
73.42%	77.79%	55.27%	68.95%	65.41%	Shield Tech Powertech	Shield Specialist Vanguard

vs Average Damage Taken Per Second

vs Avg DtPS (2,399) Average	vs Avg DtPS (1,978) High M/R	vs Avg DtPS (3,881) Low M/R High I/E	vs Avg DtPS (2,823) Low M/R	vs Avg DtPS (2,886) AOE	Imperial Class	Republic Class
+13.93%	+13.17%	+18.95%	+14.6%	+29.4%	Darkness Assassin	Kinetic Combat Shadow
-3.15%	-0.9%	-3.71%	-4.63%	-9.53%	Immortal Juggernaut	Defense Guardian
-10.78%	-12.27%	-15.25%	-9.96%	-19.88%	Shield Tech Powertech	Shield Specialist Vanguard

Notes

Tank rankings assume best-in-slot 242-rating gear.
All builds use relics of Reactive Warding and Shield Amplification.

Damage Profiles Used

Average Damage Profile: 50% MRKE / 35% FTKE / 15% FTIE @ 10000 DtPS with 50% AOE
High M/R Damage Profile: 70% MRKE / 20% FTKE / 10% FTIE @ 10000 DtPS with 50% AOE
Low M/R, High I/E Damage Profile: 30% MRKE / 20% FTKE / 50% FTIE @ 10000 DtPS with 50% AOE
Low M/R Damage Profile: 30% MRKE / 50% FTKE / 20% FTIE @ 10000 DtPS with 50% AOE
AOE Fight Damage Profile: 40% MRKE / 30% FTKE / 30% FTIE @ 10000 DtPS with 100% AOE

Abbreviations

All damage in SWTOR can be divided into three categories:

Melee/Ranged Kinetic/Energy (MRKE)

Can be Defended
Can be Shielded

Force/Tech Kinetic/Energy (FTKE)

Can be Resisted
Can be Shielded

Force/Tech Internal/Elemental (FTIE)

Can be Resisted
Ignores Damage Reduction from Armor

About the Author

Author: Hayward

Hayward founded TORCommunity in 2008 the day after SWTOR was announced. Engineer by day, software dev by night, he does his best to keep the site up to date.