Analysis of Shadowlands DPS, Tank and Healer Rankings for Pre-Patch on Warcraft Logs

Live Geposted 21.10.2020 um 16:32 von Squishei

Disclaimers and SourceNy'alotha Ranking Page on Warcraft LogsgeneralPre-Patch

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

With healers, there is usually only a finite amount of healing that needs to be done on a fight especially on farm and can turn into which healer can snipe healing better.

Also with healers, damage reduction abilities such as a Disc Priest's Machtwort: Barriere and Holy Paladin's Aura der Hingabe / Aurenmeisterschaft don't show up as effective healing which undervalues these abilities and specs.

Remember that Pre-Patch data may not be indicative of balance in Shadowlands or Castle Nathria due to the current lack of Shadowlands systems such as Legendaries, Conduits, Soulbinds and Covenant abilities. There are also Essences and Azerite Traits which some specs benefit more than others from, which will not be present in Shadowlands.

This post is not suggesting classes that are "good" to play in Shadowlands. The purpose of this post is to look at the performance of classes in the Shadowlands pre-patch, which is longer than expected due to Shadowlands delays.Check out our Class Guides below, now updated for the Shadowlands Pre-Patch

Blood Death Knight
by Mandl and Panthea

Arcane Mage
by Malon

Assassination Rogue
by Mystler

Frost Death Knight
by Bicepspump

Fire Mage
by Preheat

Outlaw Rogue
by Mystler

Unholy Death Knight
by Bicepspump

Frost Mage
by Malon

Subtlety Rogue
by Mystler

Havoc Demon Hunter
by Kib

Brewmaster Monk
by Llarold

Elemental Shaman
by Gistwiki

Vengeance Demon Hunter
by Itamae

Mistweaver Monk
by Anomoly

Enhancement Shaman
by Wordup

Balance Druid
by Tettles

Windwalker Monk
by Babylonius

Restoration Shaman
by Niseko

Feral Druid
by Guiltyas

Holy Paladin
by Pelinal

Affliction Warlock
by Xyronic

Guardian Druid
by Pumps

Protection Paladin
by Lincoln

Demonology Warlock
by Not

Restoration Druid
by Jaydaa

Retribution Paladin
by Bolas

Destruction Warlock
by Loozy

Beast Mastery Hunter
by Impakt

Discipline Priest
by Jak

Arms Warrior
by Archimtiros

Marksmanship Hunter
by Moofz

Holy Priest
by Jak

Fury Warrior
by Archimtiros

Survival Hunter
by Gray_hound

Shadow Priest
by Djriff

Protection Warrior
by Llarold

Tank Rankings In the Shadowlands Pre-Patchaccording to Warcraft Logs

Spec

Pre-Patch Ranking

BFA Season 4 Ranking

Change

Protection Paladin

↑ 3

Protection Warrior

↑ 1

Guardian Druid

↓ 1

Blood Death Knight

↓ 3

Brewmaster Monk

↑ 1

Vengeance Demon Hunter

↓ 1


Tank Pre-Patch Rankings	Tank BFA Season 4 Rankings

Most Impacted Tank Specs in the Shadowlands Pre-PatchImproved the Most

Protection Paladin (Lincoln):
The Erlass des Lichts Azerite Trait is really strong for Protection in the Pre-Patch. Protection can take advantage of this trait because of high Holy Power generation and Beschützer der Rechtschaffenen which grants cooldown reduction for Zornige Vergeltung based on Holy Power spent. Between Beschützer der Rechtschaffenen and Vision der Perfektion Major, a Protection Paladin has 50-60% uptime at minimum on Zornige Vergeltung. Erlass des Lichts is also 'soft capped 20' for AoE damage so it scales well in dungeons and on multi-target raid encounters. This is really important to note because AoE damage has generally gone down for the other five tanks while only going up for Protection.

Hit Hardest

Blood Death Knight (Mandl):
Single-target and AoE damage took a hammering from the rescaling in the form of inconsistent scaling down across all spells. Ossuarium is gone for now, which means we've lost a free Todesstoß every 8 uses, along with the ability to pool more. We also don't overly benefit from essences or Azerite Traits and Twilight Devastation is gone which carried us on DPS.

Healer Rankings In the Shadowlands Pre-Patchaccording to Warcraft Logs

Spec

Pre-Patch Ranking

BFA Season 4 Ranking

Change

Holy Priest

↑ 3

Restoration Shaman

↑ 3

Discipline Priest

↓ 1

Restoration Druid

↓ 1

Mistweaver Monk

↑ 1

Holy Paladin

↓ 5


Healer Pre-Patch Rankings	Healer BFA Season 4 Rankings

Most Impacted Healer Specs in the Shadowlands Pre-PatchImproved the Most

Holy Priest (Automaticjak):
Holy Priest is doing extremely well in Pre-Patch at the moment. The addition of the talent Gebetskreis replacing the now-baseline Kreis der Heilung means Holy Priests can fit more Gebet der Heilung casts into a damage window and continue leveraging high value from their Gebetslitanei Azerite Trait. Furthermore, as many bosses in Ny'alotha are dying more rapidly now, having two raid cooldowns in Gotteshymne and Segenswort: Erlösung continue to produce excellent output.

Restoration Shaman (Niseko)

Restoration Shaman received significant buffs to quite a few of our base abilities: Springflut, Kettenheilung, Welle der Heilung, Heilender Regen all are 10-30% stronger than before. These buffs are balanced out by an increase in mana cost in some of those spells, but with plenty of mana tools still being available in the Pre-Patch this doesn’t come in to play. Obtaining Erdschild as a baseline ability with an increased healing boost does not hurt either!

Hit Hardest

Holy Paladin (Pelinal):
The spec is struggling to find its footing in the pre-patch due to a variety of factors. Gaining Lichtschimmer as a talent has helped keep the de-facto “Glimmer” build the primary choice for the remainder of BFA. However, a large part of Paladin’s strength in Ny’alotha came from its very high Zornige Vergeltung uptime provided from the Ineffable Truth Corruption which is now gone. Also, Ny'alotha fight length has shortened, making it harder to squeeze in the most value from each Zornige Vergeltung, tanks are more self-sufficient leading to higher overheal percentages, and just an increase in power for other healers has left Paladin behind in healing done. Another noteworthy factor is of course the added mana cost to Kreuzfahrerstoß meaning Paladins need to sacrifice minor essences, or trinket slots to sustain the mana cost of heavy Kreuzfahrerstoß usage. Paladins also saw a significant change-up in playstyle with the added Holy Power mechanic, and the learning curve or re-learning curve has made Paladins feel weaker, though this may be offset as players become more familiar with Holy Power as a mechanic again.

DPS Rankings in the Shadowlands Pre-Patchaccording to Warcraft Logs

Spec

Pre-Patch Ranking

BFA Season 4 Ranking

Change

Shadow Priest

↑ 7

Affliction Warlock

↑ 2

Arcane Mage

↑ 4

Beast Mastery Hunter

↑ 1

Frost Mage

↑ 4

Unholy Death Knight

↑ 15

Elemental Shaman

↑ 11

Marksmanship Hunter

↑ 5

Destruction Warlock

↓ 7

Fire Mage

↓ 9

Balance Druid

↑ 8

Survival Hunter

↑ 8

Outlaw Rogue

↑ 9

Retribution Paladin

↑ 3

Frost Death Knight

↓ 1

Subtlety Rogue

↑ 8

Arms Warrior

↓ 14

Assassination Rogue

↓ 8

Enhancement Shaman

↓ 7

Windwalker Monk

↑ 3

Havoc Demon Hunter

↓ 10

Fury Warrior

↓ 7

Demonology Warlock

↓ 17

Feral Druid

↓ 6


DPS Pre-Patch Rankings	DPS Season 4 Rankings

Most Impacted DPS Specs in the Shadowlands Pre-PatchImproved the Most

Unholy Death Knight (Bicepspump):
The major buff to Unholy in the pre-patch comes from the change of our Mastery. Instead of only increasing shadow damage, it now increases both shadow damage and minion damage. Since minion damage is such a big portion of our overall output, this is a huge buff. Furthermore, we saw talent changes that increase our throughput. Unheilige Verseuchung got buffed quite significantly, now also increasing our minion damage. We also received Unheiliger Pakt in a row that previously didn't provide any single target throughput. With Vision der Perfektion, we can align Apokalypse, Dunkle Transformation and Unheilige Verseuchung on a 45 seconds cooldown for juicy burst windows.

Beast Mastery Hunter (Impakt)

The spec at a core level is not reliant on borrowed power that we won't get until Shadowlands, and performs well without the extra systems. Scales extremely well with stats, and has powerful Azerite Traits that offer exceptional amounts of stats, specifically Totentanz and Urinstinkte.

Arcane Mage (Norrinir)

Arkandresche is really strong right now and is responsible by grand part of the damage Arcane is doing right now. (Note: Arcane Pummeling was nerfed on 10/21.)

Frost Mage (Norrinir)

Vision der Perfektion works really well with Thermale Leere and Rune der Kraft. When it procs, it activates both Rune der Kraft and Eisige Adern, which can then be extended with Thermale Leere. (Note: Vision of Perfection has been nerfed on 10/20.)

Shadow Priest (Anshlun)

Shadow overall scales well with all stats in Shadowlands. On top of that, currently the Azerite Trait Boshafte Erscheinungen is really strong, because the number of apparitions that Shadow is spawning is increased compared to BFA and the trait has additive properties. (Note: Azerite Traits were nerfed on 10/21.)

Affliction Warlock (Xyronic)

Affliction, similarly to Beast Mastery doesn't have any one aspect that is ahead of others, but overall just the scaling of the spec is great for end of expansion scenarios, with extra systems and stats.

The relative increase in strength for Elemental in the prepatch can be attributed largely to two factors:

Hit Hardest

Havoc Demon Hunter (Kib):
Single target damage for Havoc is really weak right now, which ends up being significant in a raid that is on farm for months. This way players need to sacrifice cleave damage to do more single target. I Shadowlands, Havoc gets stronger with their the Venthyr Covenant ability Sündhaftes Brandzeichen and Tanz mit dem Schicksal conduit. Other issue is that the strong Azerite Trait Wildes Starren provides Haste Rating, being subject to Diminishing Returns. In Shadowlands, the Leveling Perk becomes a Haste %, which is not subject to Diminishing Returns.

Arms Warrior (Archimtiros)

Arms' damage is heavily propped up by the synergy between the Azerite trait Machtprobe, talent Aggressionsmanagement, and essence Erinnerung an den Klartraum. In 8.3, this was exacerbated by obscene amounts of Haste due to corruptions, which led to more cooldown reduction via Aggressionsmanagement and thus inordinately high uptime on Machtprobe. That said, Arms current tuning is also very weak, which contributes to the overall poor performance. While it's true that losing all of that Haste has significantly reduced Arms output, Machtprobe remains one of strongest Azerite Traits in the game, only barely propping up a spec which would otherwise be at the very bottom of the meters.

Demonology Warlock (Not)

Demonology was hit hard with the loss of a massive amount of Haste by losing Corruption. Not only are you generating Seelensplitter less frequently but you are more importanly losing out on a ton of casts from your Dämonischen Tyrannen beschwören, which was what the whole spec played around buffing as your big 60s damage profile. This coupled with the fact that Affliction's scaling for the end of the expansion is very strong leaves much to be desired if you're playing Demonology.

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