Analysis of Shadowlands DPS in Heroic Sanctum of Domination - Week of July 20th

Live Geposted 29.07.2021 um 07:59 von Anshlun

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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 2, as player acquire more gear, different classes and specs tend to perform better with more secondaries.

DPS Rankings in Shadowlands Season 2 - Heroic Sanctum of Domination Week of July 20th

Position

Spec and Class

Population Size

Change from Last Week

Assassination Rogue

44419

Subtlety Rogue

21386

Arms Warrior

55046

Arcane Mage

11436

Havoc Demon Hunter

34451

↑2

Feral Druid

81768

Balance Druid

104624

↑6

Demonology Warlock

33713

↓3

Shadow Priest

66285

Marksmanship Hunter

86210

↑1

Retribution Paladin

38937

↓1

Elemental Shaman

54017

↓4

Beast Mastery Hunter

66799

↓1

Destruction Warlock

59195

↑1

Unholy Death Knight

76636

↓1

Frost Mage

87838

↑2

Frost Death Knight

12165

↑3

Windwalker Monk

37287

↑1

Outlaw Rogue

15229

↓3

Survival Hunter

3213

↓3

Affliction Warlock

18690

Enhancement Shaman

4759

↑1

Fire Mage

38057

↓1

Fury Warrior

15201

Spec Analysis for Week of July 20thBalance DruidTettlesDreamgroveDreamgrove DiscordYoutubeTwitchWatch live video from Tettles on www.twitch.tvWith more and more guilds reaching Heroic Kel'thuzad and Heroic Sylvanas the power of balance will start to be more apparent in metrics on Warcraftlogs. In addition to more and more guilds reaching the later bosses, more players are getting comfortable playing Venthyr on many fights. With more players getting comfortable playing Venthyr then balance's relative performance will increase with that. If you change the percentile to 95% on heroic, Balance is even the second highest performing specialization in the game. So there is a combination of players getting more comfortable with the spec on Venthyr in addition to more and more parses on Sylvanas and Kelthuzad which increases Balance's general state.

Overall, Balance this tier is very punishing if played poorly, but if you can play balance well then you are one of the top few DPS specs in the game. Balance excels very highly on fights such as Painsmith, Kel'thuzad, and Sylvanas phase 1. The niche of strong burst single target and incredible spread AOE damage makes balance very valuable on those fights.
Elemental ShamanEarthshrineStorm, Earth, & LavaTwitterElemental dropping as people get more gear and as kill times become shorter is no real surprise. Elemental has always been a spec that doesn't scale terribly well and has more sustained damage than burst damage. As such, we're likely to see a slow drop over the course of the patch while people continue to upgrade their shard sets/gearsets & kill times continue to get shorter. Elemental still has strengths that are worth speaking to however. We have strong priority damage for things like killing Stachelige Bälle, can still maintain close to peak damage on the move, and are relatively difficult to kill with the number of personal cooldowns available to us.

Elemental utility is also in a bit of a better place this tier, with Totem des Windsturms seeing good use across the board even with the overlap that it has with Anstachelndes Gebrüll. Fights like Leidensschmied Raznal provide opportunities to run back and forth through the totem, while for fights like Sylvanas Windläufer there are so many locations where those spells can be useful that you simply can't have enough.
Outlaw RogueSimulationCraftHeroDamageHeroRotationRavenholdtTwitterOn the default ranking on WarcraftLogs for Heroic, Outlaw fell down a little bit. I think it would be somewhat foolish to attribute this solely to the class though. Outlaw is in an area where the scores and DPS values are so close that just normal statistical fluctuation can make a difference between ranks on a regular basis. On top of that there are other factors like ongoing unlocks of soulbinds, getting gear (most notably Shards of Domination and the socket items), and shifts in distribution.

As I predicted in an earlier comment for Assassination, Rogue spec distribution is fluctuating. Outlaw has become the least represented spec in Heroic with more players on Subtlety, since that spec is now very competitive for people who like the damage profile or simply to play the spec. Rumor has it the raid can actually drop daggers, so as more Schneide der Nacht become available, that might also skew it towards the dagger specs slightly.

That said, Outlaw still is a perfectly fine PvE spec for the raid. It only "suffers" from having to compete with two strong single-target focused specs, which are often preferred. None of that makes it bad though. Outlaw has the same utility and survivability toolkit with good damage in both single target as well as multi-target scenarios. Funny enough, when switching the same statistics view from Heroic to Mythic, Outlaw is currently the highest-ranking Rogue spec. I think this underlines the high impact of statistical variance. In certain areas, a spec can simply end up anywhere, and often (especially outside the Race to World First) it matters more to have a good player that is comfortable with the spec they are playing than what spec you bring.
For more information on specs in the Shadowlands Season 2, check out our Sanctum of Domination Class Guides!

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

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