Season of Discovery Phase 7 DPS Rankings - Ahn'Qiraj Week 8

Posted 2025/02/04 at 8:00 AM by Passion

Warcraft Logs AQ40 statisticsSeason of Discovery Tier ListsDisclaimers and SourceTemple of Ahn'Qiraj Statistics Page on Warcraft Logsincomplete picture of Phase 7 balance

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

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

Position of specs for the 95th percentile might be skewed by alternative strategies and parse funneling. We're including the chart showing all percentiles' results to paint a better picture for all specs.

We will be looking at data from "Heroic 20 player" only, meaning all logs are for runs with exactly 20 players and are running Hard Modes for every available boss.

DPS Rankings in Phase 7 - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Week of February 4th

Overall Damage

Damage to Bosses

Overall Damage

Damage to Bosses

Class Guides for Phase 7For more information on Phase 7 of Season of Discovery specs, check out our Class Guides!

Balance DPSFeral DPSDruid HealerDruid Tank

Hunter DPS

Mage DPS

Mage Healer

Paladin DPS

Paladin Healer

Paladin Tank

Priest DPS

Priest Healer

Rogue DPS

Rogue Tank

Elemental DPS

Enhancement DPS

Shaman Healer

Shaman Tank

Warlock DPS

Warlock Tank

Warrior DPS

Warrior Tank

Comment by CengoRet Paladin.. Balanced afComment by DarkLinkUmbreon10/10 Paladin op nowComment by GrissuIf that would be retail, there would be already a few hundreds of posts begging Blizzard to nerf retri, but when mage or rogue is on top, it's fine xdComment by dyelmoderet and druid could use some slight adjustments, both specs are bringing a TON of utility and defensives while also doing 10% more damage than the rest. No reason to ever bring another mage over a balance druid.Comment by SurveillantRetribution Paladin is really strong right now, and extremely fun, during this Naxxramas "pre-patch". It's been a blast to play. Largely it is because Retribution is one of the classes that benefits the most from being able to add an extra set bonus through the shoulder enchantments in current AQ gear.

However, it won't be this strong in Naxxramas, where a handful of classes will pass it with raid gear.Comment by ArchalyonEveryone calling for Ret nerfs, relax. The Naxx sims show it dropping to middle of the pack once everyone's in BiS gear. Twisting won't even pull top 4-5 dps a few weeks in & it's arguably one of the hardest specs in the game to play well consistently.Comment by maximisegainsLet's people cry hahhaa finally ret is popping lets gooComment by maximisegainsEveryone calling for Ret nerfs, relax. The Naxx sims show it dropping to middle of the pack once everyone's in BiS gear. Twisting won't even pull top 4-5 dps a few weeks in & it's arguably one of the hardest specs in the game to play well consistently.Comment by hordald*CAROLUS REX PLAYS LOUDLY IN THE BACKGROUND*Comment by PlusTechhttps://i.imgur.com/nNEE6Jo.png

literally below every tank and even a healer

"yeah that looks fine, no changes needed" -blizzComment by THEBuzzardThe ret pally situation is more acceptable than balance druid. The ret logs are serious outliers. Meanwhile "balance" druid is *still* topping the meters, for several phases now. And they were one shotting people for two whole phases.