Class Tiers, Tempest?

[red_kain]

With the recent discussion of the melee changes, I've been seeing people make the claim of Tempests, (wraps) Monks, and Kensai at the top of melee DPS builds. Monks, and kensai makes sense to me, but I don't quite understand how tempest is a T1. Can anyone point out what Tempest gets that makes them so great? I mean growing storm seems nice but +10 you build doesn't seem equal to what monk and kensai can pickup. Is it just a bunch of multiclass combinations or are people thinking of Dance of Death AoE damage? What am I missing?

Instructions unclear, eyes in back of head.

[Qhualor]

Since this is a question about Tempests and Reaper, I don't know. But when players talk about Tempests being a top tier dps they are referring to Dance of Death and Dire Charge.

[red_kain]

Does dance of death increase the aoe on dire charge by splashing then? That would actually be cool and understandable.

[Kaboom2112]

if a Picture is worth 1000 words, how many words are videos worth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4StUmag2ek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oyUZYDMqNg

[red_kain]

if a Picture is worth 1000 words, how many words are videos worth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4StUmag2ek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oyUZYDMqNg

It shows tempest can do good damage, but tells me NOTHING about HOW

[Kaboom2112]

It shows tempest can do good damage, but tells me NOTHING about HOW

Number of swings. Tempest get the most attacks per second, it's not more complicated than that.

I'm pretty sure a tempest's DPS isn't that hot at level 20. At level 30 we get so many more damager/swing additions (especially sneak attack) that it pushes ahead.