wow Castle Nathria Week 2 DPS Log Rankings for Mythic and Heroic

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We're finally in the second week of Mythic Castle Nathria, which means we get to look at some more consistent Mythic logs! They still won't be extremely useful as the final boss hasn't died yet and only 8 guilds actually downed the penultimate boss, but there's a lot of data for the earlier ones. We'll also still take a look at Heroic, as the data there is bulletproof with many guilds completing the full raid, and will be consulting our guide writers for thoughts on some of the top specs including the new start, Windwalker Monk!

Starting off with the 95th percentile, this is where all the top guild members are, pushing for those World Firsts and high ranks:

Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.

Then we take a look at all percentiles, with a surprising Rogue showing:

Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.

We then move on to our expert's opinions on some of the top specs, explaining some of the numbers, starting with the top dog!

Windwalker Monk by Babylonius :

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Windwalker has found great success at the start of the tier in Castle Nathria. Top quality Windwalkers are grabbing a large amount of the limelight on World First streams, and people everywhere are seeing the spring green bar show up higher on their Details and WarcraftLogs than they're used to. Indeed, Windwalkers are very strong now, stronger than they've been since Antorus at the end of Legion.

Windwalkers have always been strong at AOE like Mythic Plus, but due to a combination of tuning, the legendary Invoker's Delight, and its synergy with the Kyrian Covenant, Windwalkers are seeing a rare strength in raiding as well. While Windwalkers who chose other Covenants or Legendaries aren't quite seeing the same chart topping strength, Windwalker as a whole is in a very strong place right now. Windwalkers also get to enjoy several potential legendary and Covenant combinations that are strong, allowing players to play in whatever way that suits them best while still enjoying strong viability in all content.

One side-effect of this has been a rising paranoia in much of the Windwalker community, due to a general unease about being strong and the concern that it will have negative repercussions. However, given the current data available, there's no reason to believe that Windwalkers will receive major nerfs that dramatically affect its strength. The specter of poor scaling still looms over the spec, as it has in expansion past, but this is the strongest that Windwalker has ever started an expansion. And for scaling to no longer be a concern, it helps to start well, and Windwalker is certainly doing that.

All Warlock Specs by, Motoko:

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Week 1 of Mythic progress confirms Affliction's position as one of the top specs in Castle Nathria and a very desirable caster to have, outside of Sun King maybe. High mobility, high multi-target and single target DPS coupled with a damage profile that can dish out terrific burst damage on a 1 minute cycle make the spec well suited for progress. The combination of generous tuning with encounters that suit Affliction quite well result once again in the spec being extremely sought if not utterly incredible in certain encounters (hello, Sludgefist).

When speaking about favourable encounter design for a spec, Demonology deserves a mention. Almost every encounter in Nathria (barred Sire) is designed in a way that should allow Demonology to shine bright, with favourable timings, predictable movement patterns and an emphasis on single target and stacked cleave. The numbers, however, just aren't there, showing a timid increase compared to the previous week but still confined to the bottom third of the stack, overall. Demo could, and definitely should use some help there.

Another spec that is in dire need of buffs is Destruction, suffering similar numerical issues with Demonology, while not sharing the same encounter design affinity which results in a slowly downward trend to the bottom, mostly due its very poor single target output.

Balance Druid by Bora :

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Night Fae Balance Druids are doing very well in the first week of Mythic Castle Nathria. The early bosses require strong single target, crowd control, and durability, all of which they have in spades. Additionally, Druids in general bring outstanding utility on bosses like Artificer Xy'mox where they run seeds as well as on Sun King where they can control Phoenix spawns throughout the fight.

The biggest issue with Balance Druid as a ranged class is its lack of an immunity which has been something necessary for the completion of the raid. The Kyrian meta has largely died out due to the strength of the single target burst Night Fae brings but is still viable for fights like Council, Sun King, and Stone Legion Generals at the very least.

 

And now it's on to Heroic data, with many, MANY more kills logged and with a more evened out look at the whole raid, including the endbosses:

Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.

Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.

If you're looking for even more insight into the specs, you can check out the comments for previous logs articles where our writers talked about them, or just head directly to our class guides for the most information!