Warcraft Logs Analysis of DPS Looking Back at Phase 3 - WotLK Classic
As Trial of the Crusader and Phase 3 come to an end, we can look back the DPS performance of different classes in the raid. The top performers at the end of this phase are likely to be desirable inclusions in early Icecrown Citadel raids. The overall winners are definitely Unholy Death Knights, Affliction Warlocks, and Fire Mages in this phase — but that doesn't tell the whole story. We'll look at each boss in Trial of the Crusader because each boss has different mechanics that push some classes up and other classes down on the rankings.
For this analysis we have used data from Warcraft Logs Statistics page for Trial of the Crusader, accessed on 10/08/2023. We are interested in the maximum potential of each class, so we are looking at the 95th percentile of representatives of each class, or the top 5%. 19 out of 20 players will not produce this much raw damage output, but usually the relative power level of the classes does not shift very much when moving down to players closer to median performance.
Warcraft Logs Trial of the Crusader Statistics Page
Trial of the Crusader Boss DPS Rankings
Trial of the Crusader All Bosses Damage
Mages, Death Knights, and Warlocks take the top spots this phase, with Rogues close behind. The Death Knights and Warlocks have been quite strong in both Phase 1 and Phase 2 and they continue to be a top ranking damage dealer in Phase 3. The Fire specialization for the mages is a very powerful scaling specialization that gets stronger and stronger with more critical strike chance. We saw the mages start to come into form in Ulduar and their ascension continues with the more powerful Trial of the Crusader gear.
The «All Bosses» category does not tell the whole story though. We'll see that
