Analysis of Shadowlands DPS in Mythic Castle Nathria After Jan 12th Tuning Pass

Live Posted 2021/01/18 at 9:20 PM by Anshlun

January 12th Tuning passWarcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statisticsDisclaimers and SourceCastle Nathria Statistics Page on Warcraft Logsweek 4

Specs that are considered underpowered are generally played less and tend to appear weaker than they actually are.

This happens as many performance-oriented players will tend to play the strongest spec or class, increasing even further the gap between top and bottom specs.

The balance between specs is very delicate and will likely change throughout Season 1, as player acquire more gear, different classes and specs tend to perform better with more secondaries.

For more information on specs in the Shadowlands Season 1, check out our Class Guides!

Blood DKFrost DKUnholy DK

Havoc DHVengeance DH

Balance DruidFeral DruidGuardian DruidRestoration Druid

Augmentation EvokerDevastation EvokerPreservation Evoker

BM HunterMM HunterSurvival Hunter

Arcane MageFire MageFrost Mage

Brewmaster MonkMistweaver MonkWindwalker Monk

Holy PaladinProtection PaladinRetribution Paladin

Discipline PriestHoly PriestShadow Priest
Assassination RogueOutlaw RogueSubtlety Rogue

Elemental ShamanEnhance ShamanRestoration Shaman

Affliction WarlockDemo WarlockDestro Warlock

Arms WarriorFury WarriorProtection Warrior

DPS Rankings in Shadowlands Season 1 - Mythic Castle Nathria After January 12th Tuning Pass

Position

Spec and Class

Population Size

Change from Mythic Week 4

Balance Druid

33842

↑4

Affliction Warlock

32865

Windwalker Monk

10316

↓2

Fire Mage

41415

↑2

Feral Druid

2218

↑5

Shadow Priest

19462

↑5

Elemental Shaman

7020

↑1

Unholy Death Knight

28494

↓4

Outlaw Rogue

14422

Retribution Paladin

10669

↑4

Marksmanship Hunter

52796

↓4

Demonology Warlock

471

Frost Mage

1780

↑11

Arcane Mage

686

↑6

Subtlety Rogue

7522

↑2

Frost Death Knight

833

↓3

Fury Warrior

4030

↑5

Destruction Warlock

1288

↑5

Enhancement Shaman

3180

↓16

Havoc Demon Hunter

12235

↓4

Arms Warrior

15960

↓6

Assassination Rogue

256

↓3

Beast Mastery Hunter

2473

↓2

Survival Hunter

121

↓6

Spec Analysis post January 12th Tuning PassDemonology WarlockDemo's value is skewed on statistics because of an abysmally low sample size (700 parses) and high % of players being buffed by PI relative to other specs. It's a case of "nothing has changed but low sample size skewing things". It's still really not good - there is some shenanigans going on with PvP Battlemaster trinket and other health scaling for massive Tyrants.

It's a very very similar situation that Demo faced in Legion with Thal'kiel's Consumption (with demonic consumption) is based on. The most agregious example of this was in blackrook hold where you triple dipped on the hp scaling from the last boss.Arcane MageNow that more guilds are entering Mythic difficulty and logging kills on the earlier and (relatively) easier bosses, lots of non-meta specs are seeing rising popularity. At this point gear is at a level where requiring certain specs isn't necessary, and playing Arcane is perfectly possible on at least Shriekwing and Huntsman Altimor. The number of Arcane logs falls massively after these two, with fewer than 100 players using the spec on every other boss.

Frost has also been a non-meta spec until this week, but the 9% hotfix buff looks to be addressing that: although Frost logs below Arcane, it has more than double the number of recorded kills this week (1,390 vs 596). Of course, neither hold a candle (pun intended) to Fire, which has more than 36,000 recorded kills.Frost MageWith this new week comes buffs for Frost Mage:

Frost - All damage abilities increased by 9%.

With this buff, Frost is suddenly much closer to its peers, jumping from dead last to below middle of the pack. Most of the reason for this jump is the increase to damage, but I also believe a part of this change is due to more people playing the spec in general.

People who have been keeping up with Soul Ash should now have ash to spare after upgrading one legendary to max level. Having extra ash laying around when you read that huge buffs are coming to your other spec is a good motivator to get people to try it out. Because the sample size is now larger from that and more people killing the bosses in general, we get a clearer picture of where frost stacks up.Arms WarriorThe recent buffs encouraged many players to try out Fury, wishing to evaluate the changes for themselves, wanting to change things up and try something new, or simply due to enjoying the spec more, especially among top players who have already cleared several bosses in the raid - allowing them to use their gear and successful strategies to earn high ranks on farm bosses. The results have been mixed; Fury is performing very well on some fights (particularly Sun King's Salvation, The Council of Blood, and Mythic Stone Legion Generals), but Arms still dominates on most others. Both in terms of balance and raid mechanics, this is probably the best balanced we've seen the two specs in quite some time, so we should expect rankings to continue to fluctuate for the foreseeable future, though it's a sharp reminder that neither spec is doing particularly well, and are largely fighting over the position of best of the worst.

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Comment by ValrenarTemporary dps boost from night fae soulbind for demon hunters is over and they at the bottom again. Nice.Comment by Ziyshotplease give Survival some help. you know its in a bad spot when the rank 1 Mythic raider for the spec since Nighthold had to swap to MM for the first time in 3 years. Single Target buffs please and thank you <3Comment by UnidadCariciaIf Warriors didn't want to be the worst DPS, they could always switch to Prot and be one of the worst tanks instead.Comment by ZBRINZDemon Hunter's on suicide watchComment by st1flerlargely fighting over the position of best of the worst.Comment by CrimsonQuill157Demon Hunter's on suicide watchComment by IsenbladeRemovedComment by pabasaDemon Hunter's on suicide watchComment by ZoneworldAh yes the great spec of Preheat with it's recent 9% buff (might want to update the header for frost)Comment by EninaBeing a warrior is a waste of time right now.Comment by 2256406Aka "Which classes/specs got fed PI the most"Comment by Bril01Or learn to tank on another class that has actually use in PvP and DPS? Say Paladins?Comment by TwoTastyTicTacsI love how Enhancement drops from mid-top tier to the bottom because they fix a bug for it. Ace!Comment by FuggemDemon Hunter's on suicide watchComment by AleonaStill playing BM. Still top 3 dps in my raid. Don't care how much mastery you give me, Blizz, I'm not switching. :DComment by whate4Being a warrior is a waste of time right now.Comment by Neilanidk man destro def doesnt feel like it got that much better at all. and other specs are now showing how bad they really need help. Buff all specs Destro and below! especially BM hunter, DH, and warrior. feelsbadmanComment by Deathwhisper24RemovedComment by AdusSARemovedComment by DiehexeI love how Enhancement drops from mid-top tier to the bottom because they fix a bug for it. Ace!

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