wow Covenants by Class, Spec and Overall Stats

[Starym 3,800]

 

It's been a while since we checked in on the most popular Covenants and what players were choosing for their characters, and with many new players/characters having been added (especially with the alts coming into play more since our last check-in) and Castle Nathria having come out since then, it's time to take another look at wowranks.io's Covenant spec and overall stats!

There have been many new players/characters added to the stats since last time, as wowranks now has over 4 million entries, which is about twice as much as last time we checked! The top Covenant overall definitely won't surprise you, but the second is actually gaining a lot of ground:

While the Night Fae are still heavily in the lead, they're getting a lot of competition from the blue team, and despite many players choosing Covenants based on performance, it's interesting to see the "pretty" teams be so far ahead at the top.

Now it's time get into the more specific details of the stats, as we look at which classes favored which Covenant, as Kyrian Paladins, Night Fae Hunters and Druids are the most popular combos, with Necrolord Demon Hunters being the least chosen, closely followed by Venthyr Monks!

  

And finally, the nitty-gritty, as we dive into the specifics of each spec, with some really fascinating data to be found:

  

  

  

  

  

  

Unsurprisingly, as we've seen in the general class numbers, Kyrian Paladins, specifically Prot and Ret, as well as Marksmanship and Beast Mastery NF Hunters and Balance and Resto NF Druids dominate the numbers, but NF Fire Mages aren't that far behind, nor are Unholy Necrolords and Kyrian Demon Hunters!

It's a very interesting look at how the Covenant issue has played out, as plenty of players are still swapping every now and then and many alts have come into play, as the meta has evolved/stabilized a little. We'll keep an eye out for any new changes and check back every once in a while to see how things progress! And don't forget to check out the actual source of all the stats, wowranks.io, and the additional options they also offer!

And finally, a question for everyone: do you think the general player base, as an average, is choosing Covenants solely for their efficiency/ability optimization, or do you think more players choose them based on other preferences?

[Eban 2]

Choose my Covenant based solely on the abilities given which was the Night Fae.

Would have rather gone through the Venthyr story line but looks like a future alt will have to do.

[Starym 3,800]

1 hour ago, Eban said:

Choose my Covenant based solely on the abilities given which was the Night Fae.

Would have rather gone through the Venthyr story line but looks like a future alt will have to do.

Hey, at least you get to complete table missions! 😄

[Libraridan 36]

Great breakdown! I would have put my spriest in Venthyr but I already had my Fury Warrior and Ele/Enh Shaman in it so wanted to spread things out. Not strangely enough, my Balance Druid, MM Hunter and Fire Mage are all....NF.

[Amorandra 7]

Most people clearly are choosing based off the best ability for the spec, lucky for most people the most aesthetically close too the class is usually the best spell as well for people. Druids and Hunters going night fae for example or Kyrian Paladin.

[m2geek 4]

Proud Necrolord demo warlock here.

[Valhalen 1,484]

As long Blizzard doesn't start nerfing the Covenants that are overperforming and instead buff those that are underperforming, all good.

[SidonisAntares 290]

6 hours ago, Amorandra said:

Most people clearly are choosing based off the best ability for the spec, lucky for most people the most aesthetically close too the class is usually the best spell as well for people. Druids and Hunters going night fae for example or Kyrian Paladin.

Aesthetically I was always going to take NF on my Druid (Boom/Resto), even when Kyrian and Venthyr were parsing ahead in beta for Boomkin. Just turned out to be nice that currently Convoke is amazing, especially when pre-loading an Eclipse before using it.

[Harvey 60]

was actually considering going the "rebellious" route, Kyrian DK and Necro/Venthyr Paladin just for the laughs but I just can't do it! 😜

[Odi 10]

10 hours ago, Amorandra said:

Most people clearly are choosing based off the best ability for the spec, lucky for most people the most aesthetically close too the class is usually the best spell as well for people. Druids and Hunters going night fae for example or Kyrian Paladin.

Although Necrolords is my favorite covenant from lore point of view and no regrets from story and ability point of view but I can't imagine running my Belf holy priest in Necro looking gear.
My undead warlock alt looks ridiculously in the Night fae theme as well.

Tbh it doesn't bother me too much, I can always use transmog.