Week two of the patch has some major changes in store for the raid after the Delve belt tuning pass, but it seems the dungeons are pretty impervious to change. There are some changes, but they’re small, and we may have now seen the final shape of the Season 2 meta.
Warcraft Logs Points
The below logs are based on POINTS, and not actual damage or healing. This means that they log the timed completion for the specs, with higher keys getting more points, obviously. The time in which the dungeon is completed is also a factor. It is a much, much smaller factor, however. It grants only a few points for significantly faster completions compared to just any in-time finish. We’re also using the Normalized Aggregate Scores numbers, for clarity. This means that the top spec is marked as 100 and then the rest are ranked in relation to that peak point.
95th percentile DPS
It seems the belt tuning didn’t do much for the dungeons, as the meta is back to full stability. For the first bit of movement, we have to go down to No.9, where Marksmanship has managed to hop one up. Elemental drops two spots as Affliction moves past it and its fellow Shaman, closing out the top 10. Shadow returns back to the depths of the bottom 3 as Survival claws its way out, but the two seem interchangeable down in the dumps.
All Percentiles
It’s Marksmanship’s week it seems, as the spec moves even further up in the generalist bracket. Climbing two spots, the Hunter finds itself in 5th, pushing Feral and Outlaw down. The rest of the top 10 remains the same, with Augmentation closing it out. Shadow falls here as well, this time bailing Fury out of the bottom 3.
Specific Keys
Enhancement moves to the top of the 7s and 10s, gaining quite a few spots. Feral climbs in the 12s, and Arcane manages to grab the top spot in 15s, with Enhancement also improving there. It’s a little surprising that the Shaman isn’t doing better overall, but it seems to have gained the most from the Delve belt tuning in the higher keys.
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Very High Key Raw DPS Numbers
Note: We’re also taking a look at the raw damage numbers from Mythicstats. They take the top runs for extremely high keys (+13-19) from WarcraftLogs and list the overall DPS for the dungeon, which includes non-combat time as well. They’re ranked by the average DPS numbers, with the very top of the top shown next to it.
Both Retribution and Arcane move one spot up, both at the expense of Assassination. We also see spots 8-11 all gain a spot, from Devastation to Enhancement. Augmentation is still at the bottom of the charts here, joined by Shadow and newcomer Survival.
For even more in-depth data for each individual key, head on over to Warcraft Logs. If you’re interested in more info on the specs themselves, you can always check out our class guides and tier lists.
