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Shadowlands Tank Tier List Predictions - Sanctum of Domination Predictions for Patch 9.1
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Welcome to Wowhead's Patch 9.1 Shadowlands Tank Tier List Predictions for the Sanctum of Domination Raid. With the help of our class writers, we've made some Tier List predictions for raiding in Patch 9.1, commenting on the strengths and weaknesses of each Tank spec towards the raid and how we think each spec will perform in the next raid tier based on the current information and PTR raid testing.
This page will continue to be updated as players are able to test the raid on live servers and as tuning passes are made, so stay tuned to Wowhead for updates!
Sanctum of Domination Strategy Guides
If you are the type of person who likes to choose your class based on its power in the current raid, this guide goes over the best Tank specs in the current raid tier and an explanation on why from our Class Writers.
Sanctum of Domination Class Guides
The Sanctum of Domination page in our Class Guides has recommended talent builds, gear and raid tips for each boss in the raid!
Blood DKFrost DKUnholy DK
Havoc DHVengeance DH
Balance DruidFeral DruidGuardian DruidRestoration Druid
Beast Mastery HunterMarksmanship HunterSurvival Hunter
Arcane MageFire MageFrost Mage
Brewmaster MonkMistweaver MonkWindwalker Monk
Holy PaladinProtection PaladinRetribution Paladin
Discipline PriestHoly PriestShadow Priest
Assassination RogueOutlaw RogueSubtlety Rogue
Elemental ShamanEnhancement ShamanRestoration Shaman
Affliction WarlockDemonology WarlockDestruction Warlock
Arms WarriorFury WarriorProtection Warrior
Disclaimers About These Tier List Predictions
This Guide contains
predictions
made by Wowhead's Class Writers about how each Tank spec performs in the upcoming Patch 9.1 raid,
Sagrario de Dominación
, based on current tuning and information from PTR Raid Testing. Raid Testing on the 9.1 PTR was much shorter than previous tiers, with many mechanics changing after the testing had completed. Normal raid testing never occurred on the 9.1 PTR, so there is less information about the
Sagrario de Dominación
raid fights than previous tiers. We will update these rankings as more information is determined about these fights on live servers and as tuning continues to happen.
The rankings for the predictions use a standard Tier List format, ranking classes on the scale of the best (S Tier) to unviable (F Tier) based on the criteria of throughput, utility and defensive value in Sanctum of Domination.
This Tier List contains predictions and due to the fact that the raid does not release until July 6th and the uncertainty of upcoming class tuning, we're not putting any spec in the S Tier or below a C Tier at the moment. However, once Sanctum of Domination releases, we'll be updating this Tier List to include these Tiers.
These predictions were made by our Class Guide Writers, who are experts at their particular spec, but the rankings are ultimately still their opinion. You may disagree with some of their predictions, as each person values things slightly differently.
Patch 9.1 Shadowlands Tank Tier List Predictions for Sanctum of Domination
For these Tier List Predictions, here is how each class writer is ranking each Tank spec in Sanctum of Domination for Patch 9.1.
S
: We predict that you are valuable on every encounter in Sanctum of Domination, bringing strong throughput, exceptional survivability and universal utility.
A
: We predict that you excel in most situations in Sanctum of Domination but have some weaknesses on one or two encounters with your throughput, survivability or utility.
B
: We predict that you are a solid choice in Sanctum of Domination. You may have a niche on some encounters but lack throughput, survivability and/or utility.
C
: We predict that you are viable in Sanctum of Domination but suffer from many weaknesses in your throughput, survivability and utility.
D
: We predict that you are viable, but the spec suffers from many weaknesses and should only be brought if there isn't another option.
No spec has been placed below a C tier, as all specs are viable.
Ranking
Spec
Writer Comments
A
Blood Death Knight
Comments by Panthea
Vengeance Demon Hunter
Comments by Itamae
Guardian Druid
Comments by Pumps
Brewmaster Monk
Comments by Llarold
Protection Paladin
Comments by Lincoln
Protection Warrior
Comments by Llarold
Patch 9.1 Shadowlands Tank Ranking Predictions and Explanations
A Tier Spec Predictions
Blood Death Knight
Overall Rating: A+
Blood Death Knights are fundamentally in the same position they were in during Castle Nathria: a very solid tank choice, with their only major drawback being their low damage output.
The changes to
Zona antimagia
in Patch 9.1 made it that one brought by a Blood Death Knight is essentially an unchanged version of the spell, and in nearly all scenarios will provide the same high value that we saw during Castle Nathria.
The bosses in Sanctum of Domination have less movement overall, however when there is movement, it is large set piece movements which can be disruptive to the feel and flow of how you play Blood Death Knight, as you are unable to utilize
Golpe letal
to live. Examples of this are
Forjapenas Raznal
where you need to run out with the weapon throws on you such as
Hacha cruciforme
, or
Escriba del destino Roh-Kalo
with
Invocar destino
. Due to this, you will likely see more use of
Transfusión de runa
to mitigate these ranged tankbusters.
In Sanctum of Domination there are more scenarios where grips are useful;
Mirada del Carcelero
(Heroic/Mythic) it is used to bring in the
Abductora estigia
s,
The Nine
it is used to bring in
Masa informe
, on
Escriba del destino Roh-Kalo
Abrazo de Sanguino
is useful to bring the
Anomalía de engendro de destino
adds together.
With Patch 9.1.5 you are able to swap covenants freely which will allow you to play Necrolord for
Desgarrador de almas Dormazain
, allowing you to rotate between
Abrazo de Sanguino
and
Extremidad abominable
to gather each wave of
Agonizador jurafauces
s. You also have the option to play Venthyr for enhanced mobility with
Puerta de las Sombras
to allow encounters such as
Forjapenas Raznal
or
Escriba del destino Roh-Kalo
be made easier (but is not necessary by any means).
Defensively Blood Death Knights are in a very good place for
Sagrario de Dominación
and bring good value to the raid composition with
Zona antimagia
. However, as with many raid tiers in recent memory, the value of your tank choice is primarily dictated by the DPS and Buff/Debuff Matrix Meta. This tier Arms Warriors, Windwalker Monks and Havoc Demon Hunters are all quite meta choices, which means the tank role will have more flexibility in choice. This can change at any moment, however, and many guilds may want to protect themselves from this lottery by using Protection Warrior, Brewmaster Monk or Vengeance Demon Hunter, just to be on the safe side.
Vengeance Demon Hunter
Overall Rating: A
After seeing the first week of Mythic, Vengeance Demon Hunter is a strong pick in Patch 9.1 for Mythic
Sagrario de Dominación
as there weren't any major changes to the spec from prior patches. While we have never been the strongest spec defensively or offensively in raids, we make up for it through exceptional mobility and strong utility for this tier. In general, outside the World First Race, tanks are tuned within a small margin of each other, so differences in survivability or damage are rarely the determining factor for tank selection. As always, we are reliant on borrowed power, this time from our legendary
Alma ígnea
for progression. Our survivability in general is quite strong as long as we don't have to constantly tank, and the majority of fights this tier do not require high uptime on actively tanking.
Our high mobility through
Golpe infernal
with the talent
Golpe abisal
allows for precise placement of the many tank bombs and kiting any adds on encounters such as
Forjapenas Raznal
and
Escriba del destino Roh-Kalo
, reducing the burden on healers significantly. We are the premiere option in such situations. In addition, we bring a required raid buff in
Marca del caos
, good add control and solid burst threat, as well as a strong passive cheat death through
Último recurso
that can be used as an additional cooldown or to save a pull. Kyrian Vengeance Demon Hunters also offer solid burst for adds and vulnerability phases with
Decreto elisio
lining up for every add spawn on
Desgarrador de almas Dormazain
. Defensively, we have powerful, short cooldowns in both
Marca ígnea
and
Demoníaco
enabling consistent mitigation for tankbusters such as
Buscacorazones de forestal
and a good amount of self-healing through
Trozo de alma
and
Rajar alma
. There are also a number of add phases that require good control this tier, of which we have plenty through our sigils. Finally, our spell priority is fairly simple and has some empty GCDs, with none of our cooldowns aside from
Devastación vil
requiring any resources, so it's generally easy to plan around using cooldowns, focus on positioning for the raid, and use our utility without losing too much.
Our weaknesses remain the same as always, and do have an effect on our favorability this tier. We have the lowest overall DPS among all tanks on Single Target encounters, especially for priority target damage whether it's burst or sustained. Without
Alma ígnea
, we struggle to survive on encounters with 100% tanking uptime and high physical damage without liberal use of externals, due to the low uptime on
Púas de demonio
and our base armor being one of the lowest among tanks, but luckily there aren't any fights like that this tier. We also lack raid utility and cooldowns beyond add control, being dependent on how strong our counterparts in Havoc are for the raid. Since Havoc is very strong this tier, we are less favored since only Demon Hunters bring
Marca del caos
, but Havoc brings an additional raid cooldown in
Oscuridad
.
Guardian Druid
Overall Rating
: A
After the release of Mythic
Sagrario de Dominación
we have seen the rise of Prot Paladins and Blood DKs as the top guilds currently use those for progression, Guardian is steadily in the middle of the pack just below those 2, we provide great damage, a good mobility cooldown for the raid and we are extremely tanky, however most of the raid encounters have medium to low tank damage and are less about pushing high DPS and more about having a raid cooldown or some form of immunity cheese.
Guardian Druids enormous defensive capabilities were largely put to waste in a tier where tank damage taken is relatively low and as tanks, we are yet again a role where utility is the most relevant aspect to top end progression.Our DPS overall is quite high and still very relevant on fights like
Remanente de Ner'zhul
or
Guardián de los Primeros
, where we can comfortably utilize catweaving to it's full potential, this allows us to help the raid meet tight phase dps checks while still requiring very little external healing as tanks. We comfortably trivialize high physical damage encounters with massive armor gained from
Pelaje férreo
as it scales with all the agility gained from higher item level gear. An example of this is,
Vínculo mortal
on the
Mirada del Carcelero
encounter which is a large physical damage hit that also hits your raid for a portion of the damage you take, so if you mitigate a large amount of damage your raid will take almost no damage which is incredibly important on this fight. We also have very strong defensives with relatively short cooldowns in
Piel de corteza
and
Instintos de supervivencia
, that can be rotated through to greatly reduce most of the dangerous mechanics that other tanks will struggle with.
As far as damage goes for tanks, a good catweaving Guardian Druid brings top tier DPS, only really marginally behind Protection Paladins and ahead of all the other tanks and catweaving itself remains one of the most enjoyable and fun rotations to master in the game currently.
We also bring
Rugido de estampida
, which is a huge mobility tool that will bring immense value for your raid in
Sagrario de Dominación
as there is many heavy movement periods throughout the raid. This includes helping your raid do the new dance
Erupciones atormentadas
on
Desgarrador de almas Dormazain
, avoiding laser beams of death
Conjunción predestinada
on
Escriba del destino Roh-Kalo
and navigating the dangerous intermission phase on
Forjapenas Raznal
. On that note, our own personal mobility tools like
Carrerilla
and
Forma de alma
, will all be exceptionally useful this tier as getting where you need to be as fast as possible is integral on certain encounters, which includes collecting our broken souls spawned from
Fractura de alma
during the
Kel'Thuzad
encounter and using
Forma de alma
to blink through a giant death beam
Mirada aniquiladora
on the
Mirada del Carcelero
fight.
Night Fae remains a great choice for PvE with the extreme flexibility and power of
Convocar a los espíritus
being able to be used as a powerful DPS cooldown, raid healing cooldown or defensive cooldown, depending on the required situation. The other 3 covenants are very close in power and are still good choices that may even surpass Night Fae on certain fights. Guardian power is heavily fueled by extremely powerful legendaries like
Furia de Ursoc recordada
,
La voluntad del orden natural
and
Jarabe de enfoque profundo
that really boost us to the top of the tank ranks.
Our weakness remains the same as usual, and it is the only reason Guardian doesn't make it to the illustrious S Tier; Utility - the lack of a raid buff/debuff and no raid cooldown. Having a raid buff/debuff or raid cooldown remains a large contributing factor when choosing which tanks to bring in the current raid environment. This tier however, DPS Warriors and Demon Hunters got a fair amount more representation comparatively to Castle Nathria which meant that the burden of bringing certain tanks just for buffs/debuffs was greatly diminished and the tank meta instead shifted to the utility of a raid wide cooldown like
Zona antimagia
or
Santificación cinérea
along with immunity spells like
Bendición de resguardo contra hechizos
and
Bendición de protección
.
Overall, Guardian is a defensive powerhouse with an enjoyable and flexible playstyle and is an excellent choice for anyone heading into Mythic
Sagrario de Dominación
as it can comfortably tank all the bosses without issues.
Brewmaster Monk
Overall Rating: A+
Brewmaster Monks are a tank with few weaknesses. They are average to above-average in most important areas. They handle physical damage well, they handle predictable, large bursts of damage extremely well, they deal respectable damage and have a small but decent collection of offensive and defensive cooldowns. As a downside, they have small health pools compared to the other five tanks, and they are relatively reliant upon healers to keep their health pools full. Also, having a Monk in your raid is still absolutely mandatory thanks to
Toque místico
.
The greatest strength and weakness of Brewmaster Monk stems from the design of
Aplazar
. It causes them to take more damage than other tanks, which means they require more healing, but the healing generally does not have to be as immediate, and
Fortuna celestial
helps inflate Brewmaster's healing intake quite a bit. On the good side,
Aplazar
lets Monks comfortably survive hits of burst damage that would kill other tanks -- despite those tanks having better overall damage reduction. On the bad side, it leaves Monks weak against spell damage, DoTs, and bleeds, all the mechanics that don't play nicely with
Aplazar
.
Brebaje celestial
does a lot to compensate for Brewmaster's weakness against burst spell damage. It's an extremely strong defensive cooldown that's available about every 30 seconds, and it can help mitigate almost every major burst of boss damage in
Sagrario de Dominación
. Brewmaster's defensive toolkit basically puts them in a position to comfortably handle every single encounter in the raid.
Sylvanas Brisaveloz
was the one potential problem spot for Monks in testing. It was a weird fight on the PTR, and a weird fight during Heroic week. In spite of how high her burst damage is at times, she's generally not a very frightening fight on Heroic, and the initial misgivings about her ability to quickly kill Monks have turned out to be mostly unfounded. Basically, she just doesn't do a lot of damage outside of giant burst windows. That plays right into Monk's strengths! To be clear, she still has the following problem issues for Monks: stacking bleeds, stacking spell damage over time, healing absorbs, tanks running away from the raid (and healers), and big bursts of physical and spell damage, in addition to packs of adds and high movement requirements (the latter two are Monk strengths). But that hasn't been a problem! Monks are handling themselves extremely well this tier, and Sylvanas hasn't proven to be an insurmountable problem in Heroic, nor has the first half of the raid on Mythic.
The other 9 fights in the raid are all ideal Monk encounters. There's plenty of opportunities to show off the strength of
Aplazar
,
Brebaje celestial
, and
Fortuna celestial
. There are several good
Transcendencia
opportunities that can totally eliminate "Dodge This Wall of Death" raid mechanics (e.g.,
Mirada del Carcelero
’s
Mirada aniquiladora
and
Forjapenas Raznal
’s
Bolas con pinchos
). There's plenty of enemies to kill with
Toque de la muerte
, such as adds on
Mirada del Carcelero
,
Bolas con pinchos
on
Forjapenas Raznal
, or clones on
Kel'Thuzad
. Our first bit of experience with
Sagrario de Dominación
has made it look like an excellent tier for Monks, and the looming threat of
Sylvanas Brisaveloz
being overtuned seems to have largely been overestimated. Brewmaster Monks will remain a popular, competitive tank in
Sagrario de Dominación
.
Protection Paladin
Overall Rating: A+
Compared to Castle Nathria, Protection Paladins in Sanctum of Domination have been given more opportunities to provide value to their team and flex their current strengths. The number one reason for this is that the Venthyr brand of Protection Paladin outputs the most damage of any tank and helps beat any DPS check. A Venthyr Protection Paladin that leans into their damage through talents, trinkets, and legendary choice will be doing 10%+ or more damage than other tanks. Additionally, the damage in-take is low enough that a Protection Paladins can ultiize their Holy Power or
Luz brillante
on off-healing through
Mano del protector
. In the last raid,
Mano del protector
wasn't viable because every Holy Power was so precious but the tuning of Sanctum of Domination has helped one of the spec's characteristics excel.
Defensively, Protection Paladins perform well in Sanctum of Domination. With their higher-than-average constant armor value and block chance, they take less physical damage than Vengeance Demon Hunters or Blood Death Knights in all situations and Guardian Druid in some situations.
Escudo Sagrado
,
Maestría: Baluarte divino
,
Égida de Luz
and
Palabra de gloria
all give a Protection Paladin very strong tools to counter different magic types and magic damage profiles that challenge tanks in this raid.
Escudo Sagrado
is a stand-out mechanic in Sanctum of Domination because "magic block" on specific boss mechanics like
Azote de alma en pena
on
Sylvanas Brisaveloz
or even
Armadura ennegrecida
from an earlier boss like
Forjapenas Raznal
have given Protection Paladin more opportunity to shine defensively than they had in the last part of Castle Nathria. The only issue is the Xymox style "tank bomb" mechanics on
Forjapenas Raznal
,
Escriba del destino Roh-Kalo
, and
Sylvanas Brisaveloz
but having a
Palabra de gloria
in the bank can easily negate those damage spikes.
One thing that makes it difficult to roster a Protection Paladin is the need for buffs or debuffs from other classes. They will have to take a backseat to Warrior, Monk or Demon Hunter simply because if their DPS counter-parts are not available roster-wise, you'll want their tank specs in the raid to cover buffs or debuffs. Similarly, Holy Paladin brings a lot of similar utility to Protection Paladin while also bringing great damage and
Maestría de aura
that usually keeps it relevant among healers. However,
Bendición de resguardo contra hechizos
,
Escudo divino
and even
Bendición de protección
add a lot more strategic value to this tier with their potential to hard-counter specific mechanics where needed like
Guardián de los Primeros
. And the simple truth is that as time goes on and more people get gear, the need for a Protection Paladin will go down as their damage and off-healing become less important.
Protection Warrior
Overall Rating: A
Protection Warriors are in great shape in
Sagrario de Dominación
. Well, technically they're in the same shape they have been in since Patch 9.0.5 and the March 30th Hotfix that provided an additional 10% passive damage reduction, but it's not bad! More importantly than class changes (since Patch 9.1 didn't add any big ones),
Sagrario de Dominación
's encounters emphasize more of Protection Warrior's strengths, whereas
Castillo de Nathria
tended to expose the class' weaknesses.
One of the biggest issues Protection Warriors faced in
Castillo de Nathria
was a lack of defensive versatility caused by limited cooldown uptime, which exacerbated gaps in mitigation tools like
Bloquear con escudo
. The class is still reeling from the effects of the
Control de inquina
nerfs in Patch 9.0, and that puts them at a real disadvantage when tanking high-uptime bosses like Sludgefist, or when dealing with constant bleeds or ticking spell damage.
Sagrario de Dominación
's encounters are all basically standard taunt-swap fights, which really helps Warriors maximize their defensive value. Getting 20-30 seconds of breathing room during a tank swap lets short-cooldown defensive staples like
Bloquear con escudo
,
Grito desmoralizador
, and
Reflejo de hechizos
reset. Warriors are a very strong tank when they have their main defensive tools active, and relatively weak when they don't. Protection Warrior is a land of contrasts. In a situation where you're taunt-swapping roughly every 30 seconds, Warriors are at or near full strength almost the entire time they are actively tanking. That's good! There is also a lot of tank movement in this tier, particularly a lot of "leap away, then charge back in after a few seconds" mechanics. Warriors are terrific at this kind of fight design. It's just a great tier for Protection Warriors.
Protection Warriors still offer top-class group utility for a tank, in the form of
Berrido de convocación
and
Grito de batalla
. The buff matrix design makes having at least one Warrior mandatory, and Fury Warriors are fairly common -- but getting that buff from a Protection Warrior is not a problem, and
Berrido de convocación
makes doubling (or tripling) up on Warriors totally justifiable.
Salvaguarda
can also provide an external cooldown for your other tank, but it's very small.
Reflejo de hechizos
has also been a good piece of group utility in previous tiers that can be used to reflect damage to bosses or to clear ground mechanics. Its current value in
Sagrario de Dominación
is a bit different than it was in
Castillo de Nathria
. There are more boss mechanics, such as
Signe
's
Explosión de almas
, that can be reflected for extra damage, but also fewer mechanics that can be cleared or removed with it (like
Artificiero Xy'Mox
's
Trampa de estasis
). Many of the reflectable mechanics during PTR testing, such as
Sylvanas Brisaveloz
's
Buscacorazones de forestal
, were changed to simply be deflected, rather than offering real damage reflection. Bummer. Protection Warrior's damage potential remains pretty low as a result.
And let's talk about Protection Warrior's damage, folks! It's bad! Protection Warrior and Blood Death Knight have been locked in a death struggle to be fifth place among tanks, and Warriors have been winning that largely-irrelevant contest for several months. With Blood Death Knights getting a flat 6% damage increase in Patch 9.1 and Protection Warriors receiving a 10% boost to damage for non-Venthyr
Ejecutar
, neither of the two worst-in-show tanks (at dealing damage) are going to be rocketing up the meters. The fifth-place death struggle continues.
Protection Warriors are in a very competitive spot for
Sagrario de Dominación
. While they still have the same basic weaknesses they did in
Castillo de Nathria
(constant spell damage, bleeds, and gaps in active mitigation), the encounter design in
Sagrario de Dominación
is well-suited to the class, and they should handle themselves capably. Protection Warriors weren't a popular class in
Castillo de Nathria
, but they've been getting a lot of positive publicity from the community lately, and with good reason. Their defensives are top-notch, and their group utility is excellent. Things are looking good!
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