wow Castle Nathria Tank DPS and Healer HPS Log Rankings and Analysis

[Starym 3,800]

 

With Mythic Castle Nathria around for over a week and a half now, we thought we'd check in with the tanks and healers as well and see how they were doing. We'll also check out Heroic, with the bigger player-pool and more data available, as only two guilds have even finished the Mythic side of things, and the rankings actually vary wildly on the two difficulties, for healers especially.

Since we check in less frequently with tanks and healers, since the data is less relevant to those roles,  the logs below are compiled over 2 weeks instead of the usual 1, and we'll focus on all percentiles only. Starting with the tanks, while you'll see Protection Paladins dominating the charts, it's actually Vengeance DH's that are the top pick for the role in Mythic.

Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.

Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.

And now for some comments from our experts:

Protection Paladin by Panthea:

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In Castle Nathria the fight profiles lend themselves well to the Protection Paladin toolkits with defined burst DPS windows which cater to the more popular Covenant choices of Kyrian + Venthyr. When looking at tank DPS specifically, Paladin will be a good cut above the rest of the other tanks due to this and the fact that the legendaries/Conduits used enhance this further substantially.

However, it should be noted that when more defensive play is required, this edge is lost as different talents will need to be played, and Holy Power spending has to be more thoughtful.

For content where you are not being crushed, Protection Paladin will be the highest DPS tank option with lots of utility for the group with little sacrifice.

Blood Death Knight by Panthea:

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Initial Projections going into this tier of Mythic raid content had Blood DK picked as a very strong tanking option. However, when content starts to hit harder than you can reliably heal it back up is the one crucial weakness of Blood DK.

Representation of this spec will remain low until changes come or more gear is acquired. For content where you are not being crushed, Blood DK is a very strong and competitive tank option as it requires very little external healer attention, is very self sufficient and brings Anti-Magic Zone!

The healing charts bring something truly interesting, as Discipline Priests are topping the charts for Mythic, but are actually at the very bottom for Heroic! We'll have our Disc guide writer clear that up a little, but first let's see the charts:

Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.

Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.

Discipline Priest by Clandon:

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With Discipline requiring extensive knowledge of encounter timers and damage patterns, as well as the Atonement mechanic not scaling well into large group sizes past 20 people (unlike things like Tranquility, Revival, Salvation, and Divine Hymn), Discipline Priest has stereotypically struggled in the early weeks of Heroic every single tier. As such, Discipline Priests' current Heroic "ranking" (if looking at HPS statistics in logs) is not indicative of their actual strength.

Discipline Priest in Castle Nathria is performing as expected moving into Mythic Difficulty. With the encounter damage patterns heavily favoring 1 minute or 30 second cycles, the unfortunate return of a "fan favorite", Spirit Shell, has propelled an already strong specilization even further. With Discipline continuing to provide their usual strengths in passive damage and a raid wide DR in Power Word: Barrier, the added benefit of shifting the majority of their throughput into absorbs creates a unique place for Discipline that no other healer can fill.

While it is yet to be seen if Blizzard allows Spirit Shell to exist for more than one tier, expect to see Discipline to continue to dominate for the remainder of Castle Nathria.

You can also check out this week's DPS log rankings here, and as always, for more details on the classes and specs themselves, check out our guides!

[Valhalen 1,484]

Restoration Druids needs some urgent buffs in my opinion. This expansion is so far marked by some very bursty Boss Encounters and constant area-of-effect damage that is very reminiscent of Wrath of the Lich King encounters; however, Druids back then were better equipped to deal with that (Nourish was actually good, Wild Growth was instant, and Swiftmend had a much higher multiplier). In Shadowlands they require a lot of effort with little payoff: the heal-over-time effects feel much weaker than in Battle for Azeroth, and can't contain the constand damage.

[Fisky 2]

38 minutes ago, Valhalen said:

Restoration Druids needs some urgent buffs in my opinion. This expansion is so far marked by some very bursty Boss Encounters and constant area-of-effect damage that is very reminiscent of Wrath of the Lich King encounters; however, Druids back then were better equipped to deal with that (Nourish was actually good, Wild Growth was instant, and Swiftmend had a much higher multiplier). In Shadowlands they require a lot of effort with little payoff: the heal-over-time effects feel much weaker than in Battle for Azeroth, and can't contain the constand damage.

According to the charts they are fine, buffing rdruid will also make resto druid OP in m+ right now its second best healer in dungs imo.

Have you seen dps charts tho? Where my frost mage buffs at? #FkFire

[Valhalen 1,484]

6 hours ago, Fisky said:

According to the charts they are fine, buffing rdruid will also make resto druid OP in m+ right now its second best healer in dungs imo.

Have you seen dps charts tho? Where my frost mage buffs at? #FkFire

They're just the most popular, but that doesn't mean they're overpeforming. Disciplines Priests are in a much better place. Restoration Druids are literally the second worst healers in the game now after Mistweaver Monks. They're turned down in raids because they don't offer the utility of other classes; Restoration Shamans currently outperform them in every single field.

[Melcahia 36]

Blood DK should be look at, we are in need of something that can help us take less damage overall, i know we can heal ourselves by a high amount, but we can die in one hit even on trash. Ill stick to my Blood DK no matter what but im always too stressed trying to not die on every pull.