wow Dragonflight Season 2 DPS Log Rankings for Aberrus, Day 1

[Starym 3,600]

 

Here we are as both US and EU guilds had a day to head into Aberrus and we can get some (very preliminary) data from their logs - Heroic logs that is, as only the first three bosses have seen any action in Mythic (which you can read about in our daily summary here).

Heroic

Overall Damage 95th Percentile

Comparing things to the previous logs we had is going to be pretty pointless, as those were for the Vault and for Mythic, so let's just take a very general look at what's up and what's down. We won't be peering into Mythic for a while yet, so here goes Heroic! Also to note, we can't be sure what percentage of players have tier set bonuses active, but it's safe to assume there's more of them here in the 95th percentile than in the overall brackets.

Destruction is back on top, which is definitely the biggest change here, as Unholy did not go away, even after their favorite trinket got nerfed, only dropping to 2nd after dominating the last few weeks of the Vault. Arcane sticks around and is doing well in Aberrus just as it did in the Vault after the 10.1 tuning, as Subtletly also jumps up a lot and straight into 4th. Devastation is still hanging around the top, although it's dropped from its Vault heyday, while Marksmanship has been pretty stable around the top 5 mark throughout the expansion so far. The Shamans are both doing well, sandwiching Shadow and closing out the top 10 with the aid of Outlaw. Frost DKs suffer the biggest switcheroo in the high percentiles, as they drop from the top 3 to the literal last spot. Beast Mastery still can't catch a break and together with the DK and Fury forms the bottom 3.

95th percentile Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.

Overall Damage All Percentiles

Destruction is not a top-player-only beast it seems, as it sits on top in the generalist bracket as well. Unholy, on the other hand, is a few spots down compared to the top percentiles, as both Subtletly and Arcane get past it. Assassination is preferred over Outlaw here, as Retribution also finds itself high up in the rankings, beating out Devastation and Arms. Survival is doing well too, closing out the top 10 and giving non-Marksmanship Hunters hope! The bottom is still filled by Frost DK and Beast Mastery, but it's Demonology that joins them here in the generalist bracket.

All percentiles Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.

Boss Only Damage All Percentiles

Unholy remains at the top in the boss damage department, and is joined by Arcane, as both specs seem to shine in both AoE and single target. Assassination has always been high up in these charts and Destruction also looks like one of the cross-over specs, doing well all-round. In fact, the entire top 10 looks fairly similar to the overall damage profile, so perhaps Aberrus isn't much of an AoE-heavy raid, at least when it comes to Heroic.

All percentiles Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.

Normal

We're also taking a look at Normal, since even Heroic doesn't have the log numbers it used to, with only a (relatively) few guilds even downing the final boss. Arcane is on top here, just ahead of Destruction, and the rest of the specs pretty much align with the Heroic rankings, although they're fairly shuffled around. Shamans only seem to be doing well in high percentiles, however, as they are down both here and in the Heroic all damage percentile charts.

All percentiles Normal data by Warcraft Logs.

 

That's our first look at Aberrus and we'll have more once more data comes in. Meanwhile, if you're looking for more information you can check out our Dragonflight class guides, as well as more data from Warcraft Logs here.

[Toky 33]

looks like whoever the BM Hunter hater is at bliz got their way finally. BM sucks eggs in every category. Congratulations! 

 

[Q 75]

1 hour ago, Toky said:

looks like whoever the BM Hunter hater is at bliz got their way finally. BM sucks eggs in every category. Congratulations! 

 

To be fair, BM is the only class in the game that has the benefits of both range and melee without the downsides of either.

[Toky 33]

On 5/11/2023 at 2:33 PM, Q said:

To be fair, BM is the only class in the game that has the benefits of both range and melee without the downsides of either.

how is that any kind of advantage without the DPS to back it up? Who the hell cares if a hunter can move while casting if their dps sucks? 

[Q 75]

44 minutes ago, Toky said:

how is that any kind of advantage without the DPS to back it up? Who the hell cares if a hunter can move while casting if their dps sucks? 

They're able to avoid situations that would prevent them from hitting the boss. Melee can't deal damage when they're forced away from the boss while ranged typically deal less damage when they have to move, bm doesn't have either of those drawbacks and can deal their damage unimpeded. The fact of the matter is, good players learn to mitigate these weaknesses while bm doesn't have any weaknesses aside from lower damage and pet AI but the AI can be mitigated by good bm players.

[Toky 33]

7 hours ago, Q said:

They're able to avoid situations that would prevent them from hitting the boss. Melee can't deal damage when they're forced away from the boss while ranged typically deal less damage when they have to move, bm doesn't have either of those drawbacks and can deal their damage unimpeded. The fact of the matter is, good players learn to mitigate these weaknesses while bm doesn't have any weaknesses aside from lower damage and pet AI but the AI can be mitigated by good bm players.

wow, that is the biggest pile of horse dung I have seen in awhile. apparently you do not know how to read a chart. I don't care if Dale Earnhardt is behind the wheel, if your car has a governor set to 50 mph his big swinging dong won't make it go faster.

Edited May 18 by Toky