Today, we are looking at an early snapshot of DPS balance on Nerub-ar Palace during the first days of The War Within Season 1. For this analysis, we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Raid statistics for The War Within Season 1.
Heroic Nerub-ar Palace Statistics Page
Disclaimers and Source
The data for this article was taken from the Raid Statistics Page on Warcraft Logs for Heroic difficulty during the week of September 10th. We will look at data for the 95th percentile and show the overall results to paint a better picture.
The idea of this article is to give a perspective of the current state of class balance for The War Within Season 1, meaning this is an incomplete picture of balance.
We say perspective, as there are inherent biases in looking at the data this way.
- Specs considered underpowered are generally played less and tend to appear weaker than they are.
- This happens as many performance-oriented players tend to play the strongest spec or class, increasing the gap between top and bottom specs even further.
- Position of specs for the 95th percentile might be skewed by alternative strategies and parse funneling. We're including the chart showing all percentiles' results to paint a better picture for all specs.
- Tier acquisition will skew how balance looks for the first weeks of Season 4.
- We will look into Heroic data for a few weeks while the Mythic population builds up.
The War Within Season 1 DPS Rankings — Heroic Nerub-ar Palace During the Week of September 10th
95th Percentile Statistics
Overall Damage Damage to Bosses
Overall Statistics
Overall Damage Damage to Bosses
PositionSpec and ClassPopulation Size 1Fury Warrior24189 2Outlaw Rogue5408 3Enhancement Shaman10387 4Arcane Mage29602 5Arms Warrior4130 6Retribution Paladin21934 7Frost Death Knight19393 8Windwalker Monk13759 9Elemental Shaman13757 10Marksmanship Hunter9840 11Subtlety Rogue3655 12Beast Mastery Hunter16777 13Affliction Warlock21835 14Survival Hunter4880
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