wow 9.1 Castle Nathria DPS, Tank and Healer Log Rankings: Day 1

[Starym 3,800]

 

Here we are in the final week Castle Nathria will be the primary/current raid! We're taking a look at the very early logs, as both NA and EU have had a chance to get some raiding in, just to see what the landscape is like. We'll still be doing the full week for some more accurate numbers of course, but this is a little bit of a taste of how 9.1 has shaken things up.

IMPORTANT NOTE: These are EXTREMELY preliminary numbers and should not be taken as too significant with the low number of logs, but do indicate what things could look like at the end of the reset. Also take note that this is still Castle Nathria, and that Sanctum of Domination bosses will have different spec preferences and performance.

Mythic Rankings

Here come the big changes with a new patch, and while the No.1 is a very familiar face, the rest is very shaken up. Shadow remains in the No.1 spot it secured in the final week of 9.0.5, but basically the ENTIRETY of the other specs in the top 10 are either very new there or significantly went up. Retribution is the clear winner of this day 1 look, jumping into 4th from 11th, and Enhancement is a very new face in the top as well, as Affliction dropped the most from it's 9.0.5 perch (a whopping 19 spots, but with only 200 logs, that could mean anything)! We won't get into too much analysis here, so let's take a look:

95th percentile Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.

The more generalist all percentiles bracket is pretty different as well, with DKs having a really good time, as both specs end up in the top 4!

All percentiles Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.

Tanks and Healers

While the DPS and HPS stats for Tanks and Healers aren't that significant, certainly not compared to the DPS specs, we'll still take a look to see how much they changed. We'll start with the healers as HPS is a bit more of a significant stat than DPS is for tanks, and there we see Mistweavers pushing to the top!

All percentiles Healer Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.

As for tank DPS, Prot Palas are still the far and away most dominant spec for the raid, as Prot Warriors rise a little to overtake Vengeance.

All percentiles Tank Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.
 

Heroic Rankings, Overall Damage

And finally, let's take a peek at DPS specs in Heroic as well, where things are looking a little different than Mythic:

All percentiles Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.

We'll get one more look at Castle Nathria logs in the Shadowlands before the Sanctum overtakes it, so it'll be interesting to see if these rankings (or anything close to them) come back next week!

As always, if you want even more info on a spec, you can check out our class guides here, or for even more data, head on over to Warcraft Logs.

[Steamynuke 1]

Mages got nerfed to the ground, did they nerf it so hard because later in 9.1 with the new domination gear bonus they will be too powerfull ? It seems a bit to much at this moment.

[Starym 3,800]

3 hours ago, Steamynuke said:

Mages got nerfed to the ground, did they nerf it so hard because later in 9.1 with the new domination gear bonus they will be too powerfull ? It seems a bit to much at this moment.

It's definitely not representative of the entire patch (or of this week tbh), but they did nerf mages, especially Fire. We'll have to see when Sanctum has been out a while.

[Feldsomethin 2]

That a lot better balance than have Aff Lock, Balance, and Fire Mage jetting out in front of all other dps.  Fire needed to be taken down a peg because of how they were all of BFA and into 9.0.5