WoW: Shadowlands - DPS rankings for patch 9.0.5

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The first raid from World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has been out for a while. Many players have already defeated most of the bosses, gaining new items, learning how to fight, and many other things to pump damage numbers up. What is the current situation with the DPS rankings in Schloss Nathria?

DoT classes seem to be particularly strong at the moment. Source: Warcraftlogs.com The Shadow Priest, Balance Druid and Affliction Warlock top the list. All three of these specializations are so-called DoT classes. So they put curses, fire, disease, and so on on their targets to continuously cause damage. A little behind in fourth, fifth and sixth are the arcane mage, the fire mage and the elemental shaman. In last place with a clear gap not only to the front ones, but also to the penultimate place, is the deceitful villain.

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There is a clear discrepancy in the number of players between the individual specializations. Source: Warcraftlogs.com All in all, the balancing of the individual specializations is the same as always. The first places usually stand out a little from the others and the last place often falls behind. The classes in the top positions are not surprising either, as DoT classes often have excellent object scaling. It is a bit of a shame for the villain and the hunter that they only land in the middle of the field with one specialization each, since these classes only have DPS specializations in contrast to druids or priests.

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