It’s been two weeks since the tuning pass and we’re checking in with the dungeons! The actual player base has massively shrunk thanks to Forever’s launch, but those still playing are switching things up. We have a new No.1 in the popularity chart, while the damage logs remain surprisingly stable at the top. Let’s dive in.
The Data
The data used in this article comes from Raider.IO‘s excellent analytics tools, taking into account all Mythic+ runs across all levels of play. The data is focused on this reset and not on the season as a whole.
The Most Popular Specs in Mythic+
We have a brand new No.1! We also have about one quarter fewer players even playing Mythic+, as Forever has taken things over, as we’ve examined in-depth here. Beast Mastery, the new top dog, races straight past Arcane and Subtlety, as both specs plummeted, losing over 200,000 runs each. Subtlety drops three spots down from it’s No.1 perch after its nerfs fully came into play. Arcane manages to hold on to 2nd place, while Retribution rises a spot into 3rd. Guardian rises as the new tank top dog, with Blood dropping three spots into the final top 10 slot. The Druid tank moves past Arms as well, while Elemental finds itself two spots down in 8th. Despite the buffs really pushing things up for Fire in raids, it remains down in the bottom 3, along with Aug and Outlaw.
Runs by Key Level
The number of specs completing the maximum key, still a +24, is growing!
And here are the full numbers, including the amount of runs.
Group Composition Popularity
Note: The below chart shows the percentage of group popularity in relation to the top 30 compositions. This means that, for example, the top group says it’s 30% of the compositions, but that’s just 30% of the top 30. In reality, it’s just 2% of all groups played. You can see the smaller 2% number if you hover over the group line in the chart on the Raider.IO page.
We seem to have a stable top composition for once, as Blood, Holy Pala, Subtlety, Elemental, Arms not only remains on top, but gains a few percent of the top 30 as well. It’s also sitting at 1.1% of the overall groups. The second most played comp is also the same, swapping out Blood for Guardian, but hasn’t moved from its 9% mark.
Group Composition Success Rate
The top dogs when it comes to completion as extremely close as always, with only 0.3% separating the top two, and a crazy 0.01% the 2nd and 3rd comp. The top dog consists of Blood, Holy Pala, Beast Mastery, Subtlety, and Arms.
Mythic+ DPS Logs
The below logs are based on POINTS, and not actual damage or healing. This means that they log the timed completion for the specs, with higher keys getting more points, obviously. The time in which the dungeon is completed is also a factor. It is a much, much smaller factor, however. It grants only a few points for significantly faster completions compared to just any in-time finish. We’re also using the Normalized Aggregate Scores numbers, for clarity. This means that the top spec is marked as 100 and then the rest are ranked in relation to that peak point.
95th percentile DPS
The top percentile logs are surprisingly stable at the top, as we see an identical top 3 to two weeks ago. Devourer has crept up and past Arcane into 4th, while Windwalker drops three spots to the bottom of the top 10. Assassination makes a comeback after the Subtlety nerfs, rising a huge 12 spots into 7th place. Havoc is also on the rise right behind it, although it only gets three spots.
All Percentiles
Things are even more stable in the generalist bracket, as usual. The top 5 is the same as before the tuning, with Frost pushing past its fellow Death Knight in 6th, while also taking Retribution down one. Demonology hangs on to the top 10 in the final spot, as Windwalker gets kicked out of it, four spots down. Marksmanship manages to climb out of the bottom 3 hole, rising six spots into the bottom half of the chart.
Very High Key Raw DPS Numbers
Note: We’re also taking a look at the raw damage numbers from Mythicstats. They take the top runs for extremely high keys (+16-24) from WarcraftLogs and list the overall DPS for the dungeon, which includes non-combat time as well. They’re ranked by the average DPS numbers, with the very top of the top shown next to it.
Assassination returns to its throne in the high keys, but Subtlety is still hanging around as well, as the two Rogues hold dominion over the rest. Demonology kicks Arcane down one, and Windwalker is still doing ok here, only dropping one spot to Devourer.
For more stats and spec information, you can also head on over to our class guides and tier lists, as well as the full Raider.IO, WarcraftLogs, and Mythicstats data.