Analysis of Shadowlands DPS in Mythic Castle Nathria - Week of February 9th

Live Опубликовано 17.02.2021 в 05:33 Anshlun

buffs were given to 10 specsWarcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statisticsDisclaimers and SourceCastle Nathria Statistics Page on Warcraft Logsbuffs to 10 under performing specs

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

Guardian DruidFeral DruidBalance DruidRestoration Druid

Devastation 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 ShamanEnhancement ShamanRestoration Shaman

Affliction WarlockDemonology WarlockDestruction Warlock

Arms WarriorFury WarriorProtection Warrior

DPS Rankings in Shadowlands Season 1 - Mythic Castle Nathria Week of Feb 9th

Position

Spec and Class

Population Size

Change from Previous Week

Balance Druid

42035

Affliction Warlock

34147

Windwalker Monk

15238

Fire Mage

42113

Shadow Priest

20905

Marksmanship Hunter

55453

↑1

Unholy Death Knight

31691

↑2

Elemental Shaman

9968

↑4

Destruction Warlock

3054

↓1

Feral Druid

3101

↑5

Fury Warrior

11310

↑3

Outlaw Rogue

13510

↓2

Retribution Paladin

11737

Demonology Warlock

813

↓8

Arcane Mage

797

↑4

Havoc Demon Hunter

14519

Enhancement Shaman

4645

↑1

Frost Death Knight

1775

↓1

Arms Warrior

11666

↑1

Frost Mage

3536

↓9

Beast Mastery Hunter

4315

Survival Hunter

234

↑1

Assassination Rogue

846

↓1

Subtlety Rogue

5736

Spec Analysis for Week of February 9thbuffs to many specsFrost MageAnother week has passed and we now have more parses to look over. Today we are looking at Frost Mage since it has fallen several ranks compared to last week. Looking over logs, I have concluded that this is mostly due to one player's performance playing Frost on Sire Denathrius. Since there is only one log recorded for Frost Mage on Sire Denathrius, it is considered above the 95th percentile.

In any case where you are looking over statistics, its important to be aware of how small sample sizes can skew data. There is no doubt that Frost is under performing compared to fire, but I don't believe the one parse on Sire Denathrius is representative of what Frost can do on that fight. As stated in my last write-up about Frost Mage, Fire Mage still performs better in most raid situations. The number of Frost Mage parses will increase in the coming weeks, but it will be hindered by the covenant system since you must be Venthyr to get the most out of Frost.Demonology WarlockDemonology rankings dropped significantly most likely due to two factors;

Firstly due to more players being interested in playing Destruction after they received their buff, this is something seen across most specs that receive buffs, especially those that people gravitate towards more naturally (this has generally been the case between Destruction and Demonology).
Secondly due to the fact that in order to parse or effectively do strong damage as Demonology you are effectively pushed into getting outside buffs from your friends (PI, Commanding Shout, etc) which makes the spec not super fun to play in raid.

With Destruction doing relatively the same damage as Demonology without cheesing damage it's par for the course to see Demonology fall in rankings.Elemental ShamanLast week, Elemental saw a jump upwards in rankings (12 -> 8) which should be driven primarily by Elemental obtaining the final dps trait on our soulbind of choice - Heirmir. It's a relatively small bump up, but comes in a week where only the final soulbinds got additional traits. The combination of our fairly weak 2nd Potency conduit options and that we're Necrolord makes Elemental one of, if not the only dps spec to get a dps bump from Soulbinds this week.

On top of this, Elemental was set up to be a late bloomer in overall rankings this tier for two reasons. The first is because we have 3 different legendaries that are the best choice for different fights. As we get farther along, especially these next couple of weeks where more folks that have been running Torghast/Soul Ash table missions weekly will get to have 3 235 legendaries, Elemental should fluctuate a bit as more people feel comfortable using the optimal legendary for a given fight. The second is that we're one of the stronger sustained single-target specs in the game right now, and the farther into farm we get for more guilds the stronger Elemental will look on overall rankings as shorter kills and less mechanics to deal with will mean that specs with stronger single-target baseline tend to rise.

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