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By Starym
We're back with the first week of data for patch 10.0.7 as we take a look at how the specs are doing in the Vault! We already took a peek last week and things have changed a little, but while Warlocks did get several fixes to tone them down a little, they're still doing very well indeed, and we look in on Retribution after the revamp as well. Also important to remember, some specs are getting nerfs with this week's reset, and you can check out all the tuning here.
Mythic
Overall Damage 95th Percentile
While Affliction did get removed from the No.1 spot it didn't go too far, but this may be just a residual result of the two bugs that affected/helped the spec early in the week, so we'll have to wait until next time to find out. What is clear is that Frost DK is far ahead (and is thus getting a 3% overall nerf this week), and the other Warlocks that only benefited from one bug are close by. Marksmanship finds itself in 4th without any bugs (that we know of), and Shadow has fallen from its throne down to 6. Subtlety is only two down from before the patch, while Devastation drops the farthest in the top 10, dropping 6 spots down to 8th. Arms is also down quite a bit, tying Shadow for that 2nd worst-off spot, 5 down in 9th, while Havoc rounds out the top 10 only having dropped 1! Retribution's rework sees it getting just outside the top 10, passing Balance and Outlaw just today. As one DK spec makes it big, the other apparently must pay the price, with Unholy dropping down to the bottom 3 to join Assassination and Arcane.
95th percentile Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.
Overall Damage All Percentiles
Affliction is still lingering at the top in the overall bracket, which may or may not be due to the bugs. However, Marksmanship is doing much better here, snagging the No.2 spot and sitting in a Warlock sandwich, as Subtletly only drops 2 spots into 4th. Frost DK finds itself a few spots down since the patch, but it's doing fine compared to Shadow, which definitely wins the biggest fall prize, finding itself down in 6th after having reigned supreme for quite a while. We then have the spec of the hour as we see a pink trace up there in 7th, with the Retribution rework having done wonders (and unlike its PvP counterpart, it's not getting nerfed! Arms is also down quite a bit, as Outlaw and Havoc close out the top 10, while Destruction is just outside, but as we mentioned before, we'll have to check back with Warlocks next week to see the real picture. Unholy joins two Mage specs at the bottom, dropping 6 spots.
All percentiles Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.
Heroic DPS
It's all Affliction all the time in the lower difficulties, but we do see Hunters bring it as well, with beast Mastery joining Marksmanship in the top 3, and even Survival making it into the top 10! Assassination and Arcane fall down from their No.1 and 2 spots, but not that far, as they find themselves in 4th and 5th.
All percentiles Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.
Normal DPS
The 3 Hunters in top 4 situation continues, but this time it's Affliction joining them instead of Arms, and it's taking over. The Hunters are all bunched up in spots 2 to 4, and we see a GIANT move from Retribution after the revamp, rising a massive 16 spots right into 5th!
All percentiles Normal data by Warcraft Logs.
Meanwhile you can check out our Dragonflight class guides here or our Vault of the Incarnates guides here, as well as more data from Warcrat Logs here.
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By Staff
The Dragonflight Season1 Arena World Championship & Mythic Dungeon International Global Finals start on March 31. Over two weekends, the top Arena Gladiators and Dungeon Runners will compete for their share of $600,000 USD!
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The Dragonflight Season 1 Arena World Championship & Mythic Dungeon International Global Finals are here! Over two weekends, celebrate the top Arena Gladiators and Dungeon Runners as they compete for their share of $600,000 (USD). Tune in live between March 31-April 9 on Twitch & YouTube!
Mythic Dungeon International 2023 Global Finals, March 31-April 2
Following some incredible strategies and routes in the new Dragonflight Dungeons, the top eight teams from across the globe will test their mettle in the Mythic Dungeon International (MDI) 2023 Global Finals. Winners of each MDI Group and the Last Stand Tournament will do battle in the Dragonflight Season 1 Dungeons one last time for their share of $300,000 (USD). This is the ultimate opportunity for dungeoneers to showcase their speed running prowess. Teams will face off starting March 31 in a series of Best of 3, double-elimination matches on their path to the Grand Finals. Each broadcast day will begin at 10 am PDT / 7:00 pm CEST, live on Twitch and YouTube.
Details
Venue: Online – Twitch.tv/Warcraft & YouTube.com/Warcraft
Watch Parties are invited to participate via the MDI Watch Party Form.
Dates: Friday, March 31 – Sunday, April 2
Broadcast Start Time: 10:00 am PDT / 7:00 pm CEST
Prize Pool: $300,000 (USD)
Format: Best of 3, double-elimination / Best of 5 Grand Final
Brackets: Follow the brackets live on Raider.IO!
Language Streams:
French German Spanish (EMEA) Dungeons & Affixes: Dungeons will be set to Keystone 21-23. Check out the full Dungeon pool on the WoW Esports Twitter!
Arena World Championship Gauntlet & Grand Finals, April 7-9
With an updated program format to go alongside the fast-paced game meta, the first season of Dragonflight has brought a breath of fresh air into the Arena World Championship (AWC). The AWC Finals weekend starts with AWC Gauntlet on April 7, a fierce single-elimination bracket to determine each Region’s last Finalist. The next day, the AWC Grand Finals begin, with the top 4 European & North American teams clashing to establish the first Dragonflight Champion of each region with $300,000 (USD) in combined prizing on the line.
Details
Venue: Online – Twitch.tv/Warcraft & YouTube.com/Warcraft
Watch Parties are invited to participate via the AWC Watch Party Form.
Dates:
AWC Gauntlet: April 7
AWC Grand Finals: April 8-9
Broadcast Start Time: 10:00 am PDT / 7:00 pm CEST
Prize Pool: $300,000 (USD)
Format: Best of 5, double-elimination / Best of 7 Grand Final
Language Streams:
French German Earning the D.I.S.C.O. Toy In-Game!
From March 21–April 2, any eligible Twitch channel broadcasting in the World of Warcraft section will have Twitch Drops active so that viewers can earn the D.I.S.C.O Toy in-game shortly after 10.0.7 launch. This will be active on the Warcraft Twitch channel & eligible Watch Parties. For more information, read our previously published article.
Stay Connected
Be sure to subscribe and check out the competition to see the fastest-paced Arena & Dungeon matches live on both Twitch and YouTube during the Grand Finals. Don’t forget to follow the WoW Esports Twitter to keep up with the latest news and updates!
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By Stan
Starting tomorrow, you can earn a guaranteed 6 pieces of Heroic Difficulty gear over the next 6 weeks on live servers.
Timewalking will be up for 6 weeks in a row starting tomorrow and the weekly quest rewards 1 piece of Heroic Difficulty Vault of the Incarnates loot each week. If you are persistent enough to complete the weekly quest each week, you will end up with up to 6 items!
Forthcoming Timewalking Schedule
Some Timewalking events also come with a raid, so we're including the exact schedule below:
Week of March 28: Cataclysm Timewalking + Firelands Raid Week of April 4: Mists of Pandaria Timewalking Week of April 11: Warlords of Draenor Timewalking Week of April 18: Legion Timewalking Week of April 25: Burning Crusade Timewalking + Black Temple Raid Week of May 2: Wrath Timewalking + Ulduar Raid
Item Level of Timewalking Gear
Timewalking Dungeons drop Item Level 359 Gear.
Timewalking Raids drop Item Level 389 Gear. Don't waste your Timewarped Badges on gear, it's not worth it. Try spending it on mounts and other collectibles.
There is a small chance to receive Reins of the Infinite Timereaver from Timewalking Dungeon bosses.
Weekly Quest Requirement and Rewards
You must complete 5 Timewalking Dungeons to earn the cache, which contains a guaranteed 1 piece of Item Level 402-411 loot. The cache has a chance to contain Unique Drops.
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By Stan
We're looking at the most popular specializations for Mythic+ for the first time since Patch 10.0.7 went live.
Earlier this week, we also looked at the Mythic+ Tier List for Week 15.
Data Reliability
The data used in this article is taken from BestKeystone.com, a site updated every 30 minutes, with new Keystone runs. You can join their community Discord if you would like to find out more.
To determine the most popular specializations this week, we will be looking at the number of runs performed by each specialization.
This week's affixes are Fortified, Spiteful, Grievous, Thundering.
The Most Popular Healers in Mythic+
Restoration Druid -- 13181 (32.98%) runs Preservation Evoker -- 8323 (20.82%) runs Restoration Shaman -- 8080 (20.22%) runs Holy Priest -- 3180 (7.96%) runs Holy Paladin -- 3106 (7.77%) runs Discipline Priest -- 2568 (6.43%) runs Mistweaver Monk -- 1529 (3.83%) runs
The Most Popular Tanks in Mythic+
Protection Paladin -- 22614 (56.53%) runs Protection Warrior -- 6580 (16.45%) runs Blood Death Knight -- 5309 (13.27%) runs Brewmaster Monk -- 2276 (5.69%) runs Vengeance Demon Hunter -- 2029 (5.07%) runs Guardian Druid -- 1194 (2.98%) runs
The Most Popular DPS in Mythic+
Havoc Demon Hunter -- 13378 (10.62%) runs Subtlety Rogue -- 13902 (10.61%) runs Shadow Priest -- 12612 (9.86%) runs Beast Mastery Hunter -- 6770 (7.07%) runs Retribution Paladin -- 2012 (6.4%) runs Enhancement Shaman -- 8386 (5.89%) runs Destruction Warlock -- 5196 (5.37%) runs Balance Druid -- 7411 (5.22%) runs Frost Mage -- 6538 (4.06%) runs Windwalker Monk -- 4969 (3.96%) runs Fury Warrior -- 6491 (3.93%) runs Demonology Warlock -- 4005 (3.45%) runs Fire Mage -- 3556 (3.18%) runs Arms Warrior -- 4127 (3.08%) runs Outlaw Rogue -- 4035 (3.01%) runs Feral Druid -- 3846 (2.66%) runs Affliction Warlock -- 173 (2.64%) runs Marksmanship Hunter -- 4172 (2.61%) runs Unholy Death Knight -- 3250 (2.06%) runs Elemental Shaman -- 2047 (1.89%) runs Devastation Evoker -- 1845 (1.23%) runs Frost Death Knight -- 185 (0.54%) runs Survival Hunter -- 440 (0.29%) runs Assassination Rogue -- 315 (0.2%) runs Arcane Mage -- 317 (0.18%) runs
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By Starym
The Secrets of the Forbidden Reach patch arrived this week with its new features and class tuning, and the WoW community promptly reacted and got the meme/funny image factory going.
First off we have the flood of Paladins in PvP, as players became resigned to just letting Rets have Solo Shuffle for themselves before Blizzard sped up the upcoming nerfs and made them live immediately.
Blizzard carefully deciding my teammates when I queue Solo Shuffle
Solo shuffle right now...
rets are the new hunters
When you play your first arenas in 10.0.7 and a retri paladin one shots you
And this last one didn't quite age well:
Oh, We are happy!
The new cosmetic coming from the Baine questline has improved role playing possibilities:
I can finally RP ad Shadowlands Baine.
Then we have a very classic WoW experience we've probably all had:
There was also some speculation on what the Incarnates did when they were freed:
What I imagined the Incarnates were doing for all those months being free. What do you think their search history looks like?
A player ran across probably the best guild recruitment message ever:
Nice
Beast Mastery is also on the same rollercoaster ride that Retribution is on, with it getting good after the patch and then getting some nerfs, but the spec's future is looking good:
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