LOTR 2.0 Evil DD Commanders Ranked

This is a video for LOTR Rise to War where I try to objectively rank the Evil Direct Damage Commanders in 2.0 based on their damage output.
Please note that this isn't just an opinionated tier list, rather I've ranked them based on their ability to output damage while at R6 lvl 40 (2x 10/10 abilities). I may make a video about outputs at higher reputation / levels later, although I think that based on this video people will have a pretty good idea on what those rankings would look like anyway.
If anyone has any questions or comments or if you feel I've calculated something incorrectly then please feel free to leave a comment.
IMPORTANT:
In this video I've used an old formula to represent the interaction between Attack & Defence.
The equation should be:
For each +1 Attack above the Enemy's Defence, Damage Dealt +0.7%
This then has a soft cap of +100, after which damage is only increased by 0.16%
I haven't been able to get confirmation on the equation for when Defence is higher than Attack.
Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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[@patricklacey4946]

Great video and concise breakdown, I saw similar performance based on your ranking over the season.

[@behnamdabestanizade]

Awesome video as always Papa!

[@PapaNasty]

As a note - In last week’s patch they changed the text for Saruman’s R3 ability to list its damage as high than it was previously (It seems this was a text mistake rather than a buff). As a result this would push Saruman up the rankings a lot, he’s almost definitely the best Evil DD commander for the criteria in this video.

[@phillipesch7556]

Amazing video as expected from you! Id love to see a video on how DD is calculated, e.g how attack and focus stats boost the damage. Attack and damage, focus and burn etc

[@PapaNasty]

That'd be a really interesting video I think. Although I'd need to do a fair amount of research first before I could be confident on something like that. Which is a big part of why I just did the % damage on DD Commanders this time round. As prior to 2.0 all of the abilities that scaled with Focus (And I presume the ones which scaled with Attack etc too), scaled in different ways. I believe that in 2.0 the abilities which scale with Attack should all scale in a uniform manner, although I'm not sure about the damaging abilities which scale with Focus. As the non-damaging abilities definitely scale differently e.g. White Council Scales 100% per 90 Focus I think, while The Deceiver's +% Damage Received scales 100% per 280 focus I think (This is just from memory, so don't quote me lol). Not sure what my next video will be about at the moment, but it might be some kind of comparison between Good & Evil in the current RP meta, or about Evil Army builds.

[@legacyandrews1339]

Agzok own is wrong because his shadow of the mist procs on turn 9 and he's very slow. This leads to him missing a full turn of damage Edit: the devs forgot to add that his ability should proc on turn one like it used too, to prevent this situation from happening.

[@PapaNasty]

It's not "wrong" But yes enemy formations with higher initiative can avoid 1 round of damage from "Shadow of the Mist" if combat ends in a draw. Many commanders have small things like this, where depending on initiative or evade they could lose a portion of their damage. Agzok's lost damage is very minor compared to others, so I wouldn't recommend prioritizing initiative equipment for him (It's most important for Sauron & the Nazgul DD commanders)

[@legacyandrews1339]

​@@PapaNastyHi, my mistake you explained my exact thoughts @18:00 Disregard my comment. You know your stuff 💯

[@legacyandrews1339]

​@PapaNasty Hi, I think you may have miscalculated Agzok "Shadow of Mist" damage. It actually only does %780 over its two turn duration and only %390 on it's last activation. Making it deal less damage than Lurtz Firstborn skill. You need to bring Agzok down a tier just for that