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I must be missing something here, because I don't see how it can be close. Number of attacks is the same. Berserker probably has 8 or so AC better than the kensai. Kai isn't going to matter much - high level characters do so much damage that the base weapon damage is pretty trivial. But there is one advantage that the kensai has that will swamp everything the berserker has going for him. Kensai get +1 to hit +1 damage per level. The +13 to hit more than makes up for the lower AC of the kensai, but really, these guys are level 40 - each will hit every time. They get exactly the same number of attacks. But the kensai has +13 damage per hit! +2 from rage is much much smaller.

Simple question really. If two character hit 95% percent of the time, have exactly the same number of attacks, and the same number of hit points, but one does and extra 11 points of damage per hit, who do you think will win?