MYTHIC+ TIER LIST for PATCH 11.1.5 - THE WAR WITHIN SEASON 2

[00:00] Well, we got some good and bad news. The

[00:03] bad news is that for healers and tanks,

[00:05] it looks a bit set in stone with

[00:07] vengeance demon hunters and discipline

[00:08] priests being the creme deella creme for

[00:10] these roles. And even for DPS, specs

[00:13] like balance druids, fire mages, and

[00:14] unholy death knights are becoming

[00:16] favorites for top picks in the high-end

[00:18] mythic plus scene. However, the good

[00:20] news is that most specs are performing

[00:22] strongly in high keys. In fact, there's

[00:24] very few specs that feel underwhelming

[00:26] with only one spec making it into D tier

[00:28] and most specs coming out on A tier. So,

[00:30] while this M plus tier list represents

[00:32] what's being played on the top end, bear

[00:34] in mind most specs listed here will be

[00:37] excellent in high keys. Just maybe not

[00:39] if you're pushing the highest keys in

[00:40] the world. We're guessing some of you

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[00:44] where four out of five spots were

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[01:51] For this tier list, we'll be separating

[01:52] each role, starting with tanks. As we

[01:54] mentioned earlier, vengeance demon

[01:56] hunters are the top dogs in this

[01:57] category. Their control kit is insane,

[02:00] containing AoE silence, stuns, and

[02:02] grips, which allows demon hunters to

[02:04] have powerful AoE mob control. Vengeance

[02:07] is also one of the best tanks at

[02:08] surviving by themselves, having plenty

[02:10] of defensives and self-sustain to stay

[02:12] alive. They also bring the chaos brand

[02:14] debuff, giving magic damage users extra

[02:16] pressure, being a welcome sight in this

[02:19] meta. The only downside to vengeance

[02:20] demon hunters is that aggro can

[02:22] sometimes slip away to high DPS.

[02:24] Maintaining aggro is quite buggy for

[02:26] demon hunters right now, and if your DPS

[02:28] are too hungry to not press a global 0.1

[02:31] seconds into a pull, odds are they can

[02:33] die. This can be more of an issue during

[02:36] pugs or with less experienced tanks, but

[02:38] it is definitely a common issue that

[02:39] needs to be thought about if you ever

[02:41] play with this spec. Just be wary of

[02:42] your DPS, allowing the Vengeance DH a

[02:45] bit more time to maintain aggro. Even

[02:47] with that downside, they provide exactly

[02:49] what you want and need in a tank. So,

[02:51] it's no surprise they belong in the S

[02:53] tier category, simply being too good of

[02:55] a tank compared to the rest. Moving on,

[02:57] we can discuss our A tier tanks

[02:59] containing several different specs.

[03:01] First up, we have Guardian Druids, who

[03:02] despite being quite tanky bears and at

[03:04] high-end keys, can be quite difficult to

[03:06] play. Having good self-tankiness,

[03:08] providing the Mark of the Wild buff, and

[03:10] having some mob control makes them great

[03:12] tanks overall. They usually synergize

[03:14] well in pure physical comps and high-end

[03:16] keys, buffing each other's damage to

[03:18] maximize everyone's DPS. Unfortunately,

[03:20] due to balanced druids being meta, it

[03:22] might be hard to fit a guardian druid in

[03:23] most groups. Next up, we have blood DKs,

[03:26] which offer a high amount of

[03:27] self-healing, making a healer's job

[03:29] slightly easier. They can also deal tons

[03:31] of damage whenever they summon a blood

[03:33] beast, dealing huge pressure to any

[03:34] packs. While their survivability is

[03:36] fantastic, this only remains true if

[03:38] they don't get one-shot by tank busters,

[03:40] which can be difficult to live in high

[03:42] keys. Their AoE mass grip and blinding

[03:45] sleet is also excellent for big mob

[03:47] pulls, shutting them down to keep your

[03:48] party safe. The last tank spec to make

[03:51] it to A tier is none other than the pro

[03:53] warrior. It got hit with recent nerfs,

[03:55] but even so, it still deals high amounts

[03:56] of damage, especially in single target

[03:58] situations. Having battle shout, great

[04:00] pressure, and AoE stuns to lock down

[04:02] mobs with good defenses, they make for

[04:04] great tanks overall. A main weakness of

[04:06] pro warriors is that they don't really

[04:08] have high self-healing. They can

[04:09] mitigate damage well, but once they lose

[04:11] a lot of HP, they will need help to top

[04:13] themselves. Otherwise, it could be

[04:15] difficult for them to survive if they're

[04:16] about to take heavy pressure. All these

[04:18] tanks belong in the A tier category,

[04:20] being great candidates for your tank

[04:22] role in Mythic Plus. The only reason

[04:24] these tanks aren't up there with

[04:25] vengeance demon hunters is because this

[04:27] spec is simply doing everything these

[04:28] tanks can do but better. All tanks in

[04:31] this category can still be played at

[04:32] high keys, which you can see on our

[04:34] raider.io rankings. Moving on to Btier,

[04:37] we have one tank spec here being

[04:39] protection paladins. Having access to

[04:41] the baseline paladin cooldowns is

[04:42] excellent for your team survival in any

[04:44] mythic plus dungeon. On top of this,

[04:46] having an AoE interrupt on a short

[04:47] cooldown makes propal superb at shutting

[04:50] down casters, preventing any unnecessary

[04:52] oneshots from happening. One of the

[04:54] major flaws with this spec is that they

[04:56] are squishy, struggling with survival.

[04:58] It seems kind of crazy that a tank spec

[05:00] is struggling with survival, right?

[05:01] Well, that's the case with pro paladins,

[05:03] needing extra help to keep them afloat

[05:05] with any heavyhitting mobs. Their damage

[05:07] is also dependent on cooldowns, dealing

[05:09] really good throughput while they're up,

[05:11] but outside of that, their damage is on

[05:12] the lower end of the scale. For these

[05:14] reasons, this is why we put prop

[05:15] paladins in the B tier, being slightly

[05:17] weaker than the A tier tanks. That means

[05:20] that unfortunately at the bottom of the

[05:21] tier list for tanks, we have brew master

[05:23] monks. Again, this spec can still

[05:25] perform well in high-rated keys, having

[05:27] great synergy with physical damage

[05:28] classes due to their mystic touch

[05:29] debuff. Brew masters are highly reliant

[05:32] on their celestial fortune to keep

[05:33] themselves alive. The more healing they

[05:35] receive, the stronger they can

[05:36] self-heal, so they typically get along

[05:38] with resto druids or mistweaver monks

[05:40] that have high healing throughput.

[05:42] Currently, the meta is mainly

[05:43] disciplined priests and their shields

[05:45] don't add to this, making the synergy

[05:47] here quite bad for the monk. Outside of

[05:49] that, they can struggle picking up mobs

[05:50] and don't have much of a toolkit

[05:52] compared to the other tanks. Due to

[05:53] this, we have put brew master monks on

[05:55] the C tier. Again, they can still be

[05:57] played at high keys with the right

[05:58] compositions and with healers that have

[06:00] high healing throughput. We stress that

[06:02] this tier list is mainly due to the

[06:03] high-end keys, so any tank is worth

[06:06] considering if it's a lower key than the

[06:07] top end. With tanks covered, we can move

[06:10] on to our melee DPS where there are

[06:12] plenty of strong options to choose from.

[06:14] However, there is one melee spec in

[06:16] particular that is cut above the rest.

[06:18] Some of you may have guessed it, but

[06:19] it's none other than the unholy death

[06:21] knight. The main thing that separates

[06:23] this spec from the rest of the melee is

[06:24] its absurd AoE damage. Even if it's two

[06:27] mobs, the amount of damage an unholy DK

[06:29] can deal in cleave situations is insane,

[06:31] dealing monstrous damage in massive AoE

[06:33] situations. It also has good priority

[06:35] damage and scales well with all mob

[06:38] sizes. In terms of defense, it's also

[06:40] pretty much unkillable in most dungeons,

[06:42] having access to AMS, AMZ, IBF, and

[06:45] Lichborne, putting its survival skills

[06:47] through the roof. Being a plate wearer

[06:50] makes them more tanky in general, and in

[06:51] dire scenarios, having death strike to

[06:53] heal themselves will be excellent

[06:54] whenever they are taking too much

[06:56] pressure. The only weakness of an unholy

[06:58] DK is that its single target damage can

[07:00] be weak, often needing at least one

[07:01] extra mob to start dealing significant

[07:03] pressure. However, the massive benefits

[07:05] outweigh this con, which is why Unholy

[07:07] DK is the only S tier melee spec for

[07:09] high-end keys. Its AOE damage is

[07:11] unparalleled, and with its strong self-s

[07:13] survival, it makes it a cut above the

[07:15] other melee DPS. With Unholy DK covered,

[07:18] we can now move on to our other strong

[07:20] melee DPS in the current patch. One spec

[07:22] that shines here is enhancement shamans,

[07:24] having high AOE damage, crowd control,

[07:26] and good priority targeting, making it

[07:28] excellent at dealing with big pack

[07:30] pulls. It also brings a huge toolkit to

[07:32] parties, giving blood lust, a mastery

[07:34] buff, deurse, purge, and a low cooldown

[07:37] interrupt. The main problems with

[07:39] enhancement shaman is that its other

[07:40] spec, elemental, can pretty much do all

[07:42] the same things while being easier to

[07:44] play and having stronger AoE damage due

[07:46] to their cooldowns. Enhancement is also

[07:48] quite squishy compared to other DPS,

[07:50] needing extra help to keep themselves

[07:52] alive. Another strong melee comes in the

[07:54] form of assassination rogue. It also has

[07:56] insane damage and very strong priority

[07:59] damage, making it great in any big

[08:01] pulls. It relies on restalths to get off

[08:03] huge pressure, which means that your

[08:04] party must play around it when pulling

[08:06] mobs. As such, you shouldn't chain pull

[08:08] mobs or you will nerf the acer rogue's

[08:10] damage severely, as well as making their

[08:13] blood pressure rise. Another con of acer

[08:15] rogues is that it struggles to survive

[08:17] on rot fights. This is where continuous

[08:19] damage applies to everyone constantly

[08:20] throughout an encounter. A good example

[08:22] of this is against Swampface in

[08:24] Floodgate. The boss constantly deals

[08:26] damage to everyone, which is where an

[08:27] Asser rogue can be vulnerable. Outside

[08:29] of these weaknesses, as rogues are

[08:31] excellent contenders for a DPS spot in

[08:33] any party. Speaking of rogues, subtlety

[08:35] is also a strong option, being

[08:37] competitive with assassination rogues.

[08:38] The main difference is that subroges

[08:40] have very high damage during their

[08:42] cooldowns, but low pressure without

[08:43] them. During cooldowns, they can pack a

[08:46] punch in single target or AoE

[08:47] situations. It also has less priority

[08:49] damage than rogues, but around the same

[08:51] survivability. Due to the nature of how

[08:53] both specs work, they can alternate in

[08:55] strength based on the dungeon. However,

[08:57] the difference will be marginal in lower

[08:58] keys. So, knowing that both specs are

[09:00] great options, you can choose whichever

[09:02] one you'd like. Another strong melee

[09:04] amongst these ranks is retribution

[09:06] paladin. They have great group support

[09:08] due to paladin cooldowns, which can save

[09:10] people on the brink of death. It also

[09:11] has strong damage permanently, being

[09:13] valuable in any situation, containing

[09:15] good single target and AOE damage.

[09:17] Having divine shield as a lifesaver

[09:19] cooldown and being a plate wearer makes

[09:21] them fairly tanky in every dungeon. A

[09:23] major downside with Rhett is that it has

[09:25] no priority damage, dealing the same

[09:27] pressure to all targets, which can be

[09:29] difficult in high keys against certain

[09:30] packs. Moving on from Rhett Paladins, we

[09:33] have another powerful melee being the

[09:35] Arms Warrior. Having big cleave damage

[09:37] is always a welcome sight in every

[09:39] dungeon. They also have an AoE stun

[09:41] battle shout for physical and melee DPS

[09:43] as well as being quite tanky, which are

[09:45] all nice bonuses. Being able to abuse

[09:47] spell reflection can also be OP against

[09:49] specific mobs. A big downside to arms

[09:51] warriors is that if you choose to have

[09:53] strong AoE pressure, then you will lack

[09:55] in single target damage. This can be

[09:57] rough in dungeons where boss damage is

[09:59] important, having to choose between

[10:00] added single target or AoE pressure.

[10:02] Speaking of physical damage DPS,

[10:04] Windalker Monk is also a strong

[10:06] contender. Its damage is super strong

[10:08] during single target and during five

[10:10] target AoE cleaving. Having multiple

[10:12] defensive cooldowns on a low timer also

[10:14] makes their survival strong in any

[10:16] dungeon. They have one major downside

[10:18] though, being that they're target

[10:19] capped, unable to deal massive pressure

[10:21] if there are more than five mobs in a

[10:23] pull. The more cleaving targets there

[10:25] are, the less effective a Windalker monk

[10:26] will be with their damage output.

[10:28] Another melee amongst these ranks is

[10:30] Feral Druid. having access to great

[10:32] burst damage and good pressure overall

[10:33] in single target and cleave situations.

[10:35] It can be a bit squishy, but has a few

[10:37] decent defensives such as bark skin,

[10:39] survival instincts, and renewal. The big

[10:41] problem is that balanced druid is just

[10:43] more OP being the druid spec most groups

[10:45] are looking for. Since it's overshadowed

[10:47] by the superior spec, it makes it

[10:49] difficult to bring a feral druid over

[10:50] them. Last of all, we have havoc demon

[10:52] hunters, which deal excellent damage and

[10:54] synergize well with spell damage or

[10:56] casters due to their debuff. They have

[10:57] good priority damage and amazing DPS

[11:00] overall in single target and cleave

[11:01] situations. A big issue with havoc demon

[11:03] hunters is that vengeance demon hunters

[11:05] are usually the most popular role for a

[11:07] tank spot. That means in the current

[11:08] meta, it's hard for them to fit unless

[11:10] they have another tank in their group.

[11:12] Bear in mind, this only really applies

[11:13] to super high keys. The best tanks Havoc

[11:16] Demon Hunters would usually pair up with

[11:18] are blood DKs or pro paladins. All these

[11:21] melee discussed belong in a tier.

[11:23] They're super strong in any M plus

[11:25] dungeon, just falling short of unholy

[11:27] DKs due to their damage output. These

[11:28] specs have great damage in one way or

[11:30] another, being able to have high

[11:32] survivability skills themselves or bring

[11:34] insane utility to help you in any key.

[11:37] Again, it will highly depend on your

[11:38] composition, especially in top- end

[11:40] keys. But all melee here are powerful

[11:42] enough to be contenders in high plus

[11:44] dungeons. The rest of the melee are a

[11:46] bit weaker overall and are usually

[11:47] overshadowed by their other specs, which

[11:49] is why they're in Btier. This is the

[11:51] case with Outlaw Rogue, having no burst

[11:53] damage, but consistent pressure

[11:54] throughout any fight, which can be

[11:56] strong in dungeons like Rookery or

[11:57] Theater of Pain. Outside of this, its

[12:00] overall damage is overshadowed by Sub or

[12:02] Asa Rogues in other dungeons, making it

[12:04] much more of a niche spec. There's not

[12:06] really any point to play Outlaw unless

[12:07] it's for those two dungeons where it can

[12:09] be situationally better. Frost DKs are

[12:12] actually quite good DPS specs, dealing

[12:14] great damage in single target and cleave

[12:16] situations. It also has excellent self-s

[12:18] survival, but since unholy GK is the

[12:20] best spec for all melee, it's no

[12:22] surprise that it outperforms Frost in

[12:24] every single way. There's just really no

[12:25] point in playing Frost DK over Unholy,

[12:28] unless you want to for your own

[12:29] pleasure. When it comes to fury

[12:31] warriors, they actually do big damage,

[12:33] especially into boss fights where their

[12:34] damage increases in power. This again

[12:36] could become a more prominent pick than

[12:38] arms in keys such as theater or Rookery.

[12:41] However, in other keys, arms and other

[12:43] specs will usually outperform fury since

[12:45] it's damage capped in AoE. It can only

[12:47] cleave up to five targets with most of

[12:49] its damage, making it lackluster in the

[12:51] other dungeons. That leaves us with the

[12:53] last melee spec in the game being

[12:54] survival hunters. They deal decent

[12:56] damage with or without coolowns, able to

[12:58] blast damage in any pull. It also has

[13:00] the baseline hunter defensives as well

[13:02] as fain death being a top ability for

[13:04] their survival. However, just like

[13:05] Outlaw Rogue, it's overshadowed by its

[13:07] other specs in keys. Both BM and MM

[13:09] hunters are stronger than survival in

[13:11] every way, which means most players will

[13:13] play the other range specs. These four

[13:15] melee will belong in the B tier,

[13:17] finalizing this melee DPS tier list.

[13:19] Again, all the melee here are still

[13:20] viable on high keys, but the higher you

[13:22] get, the more difficult it will be to

[13:24] play outside of the meta. Most of these

[13:26] specs perform well, but are overshadowed

[13:28] by their other specs. However, in

[13:29] certain keys, these specs can perform

[13:31] quite well and may just be worth the

[13:33] respect, depending on the group you

[13:35] have. Now that all the melee specs have

[13:37] been covered, we can move on to range

[13:39] DPS. Again, we emphasize that all these

[13:41] specs can be replaceable with other DPS,

[13:43] especially in lower keys, and depending

[13:45] on what your group needs. Starting off

[13:47] with the top tier range DPS, we have to

[13:49] put balance druid here. They are simply

[13:52] the best at snowballing huge AoE damage

[13:55] with or without cooldowns, pumping big

[13:57] AoE packs with their pressure that's

[13:59] easy to spam, making them highly

[14:01] valuable in dungeons. Having access to

[14:03] Solar Beam, Typhoon, and Vortex also

[14:05] makes them fantastic at crowdcontrolling

[14:07] a bunch of mobs, disrupting all their

[14:09] casts. Providing the druid versatility

[14:11] buff is also a welcome sight to

[14:13] everyone, especially in high keys where

[14:14] every ounce of bulk is needed. There's

[14:17] really not too much of a downside to

[14:18] balance druid except that their single

[14:20] target pressure can be lacking since

[14:22] they pick up big AoE pressure from their

[14:23] talents. With that being the only real

[14:25] downside, they will be heading to the S

[14:27] tier as a ranged DPS. No wonder most

[14:29] high keys take balance druids as their

[14:31] AoE control and damage is just so

[14:33] powerful. If you have access to a mass

[14:35] grip in your party, this has incredible

[14:37] synergy with their solar beam, locking

[14:39] down any casts from any mob. The only

[14:41] other S tier range spec that belongs

[14:43] here is fire mage. It has incredible

[14:46] burst damage with combustion being

[14:48] excellent for killing AoE packs or even

[14:50] in single target scenarios. It does mean

[14:52] that your party should play around

[14:53] combustion as you want to use it at the

[14:55] start of every big pull, then chaining

[14:57] pulls if needed to make the best use out

[14:59] of this powerful cooldown. Fire mages

[15:01] also provides the intellect buff, time

[15:03] warp effect, and has decent mob control

[15:05] with a fairly short cooldown interrupt

[15:07] and an AoE knock to disrupt multiple

[15:09] mobs. They also have a cheat death

[15:11] mechanic with cauter eyes, as well as

[15:13] other defensive cooldowns, making fire

[15:15] mage one of the best classes at

[15:16] surviving mechanics by themselves. The

[15:18] main weakness of mage is being centered

[15:20] around combustion. So, if your party

[15:22] doesn't play around it, they will become

[15:23] much less impactful until they get it

[15:25] back again. With all those pros

[15:26] outweighing the tiny con of a fire mage,

[15:29] it's clear why it belongs in the S tier

[15:31] category. They are super popular in high

[15:33] keys, having big pressure throughout a

[15:35] dungeon run, and making their healer's

[15:37] life easier, assuming they play well

[15:39] with their defensive cooldowns. Moving

[15:40] on to our A tier specs, we'll start off

[15:43] with elemental shamans being powerful in

[15:45] all dungeons. Their main strength comes

[15:47] with the threeminute cooldown

[15:48] ascendance, decimating big AoE packs

[15:50] with their insane damage. They also

[15:52] bring blood lust, a mastery buff, and

[15:55] great utility for crowd control on AoE

[15:57] packs. Having a short cooldown interrupt

[15:59] makes them excellent at locking down

[16:01] casters, too. However, their strength

[16:03] can be their downside, as the party

[16:05] should play around their 3minute

[16:06] ascendance, entering big packs, ideally

[16:08] when the Ellie Shaman has this cooldown

[16:10] ready. Outside of ascendants, their

[16:12] damage will be good, but not nearly as

[16:14] powerful, relying on procs to deal big

[16:16] damage. Moving on from elemental shaman,

[16:18] we have frost mage, which comes to no

[16:20] surprise given a mage's baseline toolkit

[16:23] is so powerful, as we explained with

[16:25] fire. The biggest difference is that Icy

[16:27] Veins requires a bit more ramp up time,

[16:29] but it can still deal an incredible

[16:30] amount of damage. It has great burst

[16:32] damage and good sustain, being powerful

[16:35] at dealing with single target damage.

[16:37] Frost is also easier to play compared to

[16:39] fire, but fire is still stronger due to

[16:41] combustion having more impact overall in

[16:43] dungeons. Marksmanship hunters are

[16:45] another top range DPS spec this season,

[16:48] having access to great damage within a

[16:49] certain threshold. It has huge burst

[16:51] damage and great single target pressure,

[16:53] making it admirable for dungeons like

[16:55] theater or rrookery. Having access to

[16:58] turtle, fain death, multiple damage

[17:00] reduction cooldowns, and a self-heal

[17:01] makes hunters decent at surviving. If

[17:04] you feain death at the right time, you

[17:05] can skip mechanics or reduce massive

[17:07] pressure, making it a powerful

[17:09] defensive. That being said, it's limited

[17:11] with its damage throughput as it is

[17:13] target capped, making it lackluster in

[17:15] other dungeons where mass AOE damage is

[17:18] preferred. Another spec that belongs

[17:20] here is Beast Mastery Hunters. BM is

[17:22] definitely up there, having good single

[17:24] target and AoE pressure during an entire

[17:26] dungeon. Again, with all the hunter

[17:27] utility it has to keep itself alive, it

[17:29] can be fairly tanky. BM is also very

[17:32] mobile and doesn't lose damage while

[17:33] moving since it doesn't need to cast any

[17:35] spells. A main issue hunters have, which

[17:38] applies to all their specs, is that

[17:39] one-shot mechanics could be difficult to

[17:41] survive as they're quite squishy outside

[17:43] of their defensive cooldowns. Moving on

[17:45] from BM hunters is another spec with a

[17:47] lot of pets, demo warlocks. This class

[17:50] has very good sustain damage, being

[17:51] quite tanky overall, and can perform

[17:53] well in AoE and single target

[17:55] situations. Warlocks have niche utility

[17:57] including curse of tongues on casters,

[18:00] gateway that can be used to skip pulls

[18:01] and health stone which is always a

[18:03] welcome sight to any player. It does

[18:05] however struggle to rot damage similar

[18:07] to the likes of a rogue having limited

[18:09] self- sustain healing. One spec with

[18:11] high burst damage that can obliterate

[18:13] AoE packs is this devastation evoker. It

[18:16] can deal great single target pressure

[18:17] too, but it will have to choose between

[18:19] that or AoE damage making it a bit

[18:21] weaker overall for dungeons. They will

[18:23] mostly go the AoE damage route, being

[18:25] favorable in nearly all dungeons.

[18:27] Evokers also bring Zephyr, being an

[18:29] excellent party defensive for the group

[18:31] that healers would love to help keep

[18:33] everyone alive. Speaking of big AoE

[18:35] damage dealers that come to mind, Shadow

[18:37] Priest is also performing well in high

[18:39] keys. It deals powerful AoE and prior

[18:42] damage, making it great during massive

[18:44] pulls. With access to power infusion, a

[18:46] stamina buff, and an AoE fear, it can

[18:48] add a lot to a party's utility in keys.

[18:51] It does however have two major

[18:52] downsides. The first is that disc

[18:54] priests are insanely meta at the moment,

[18:56] making it difficult to fit in a shadow

[18:58] priest. Second, its singlet target

[19:00] damage is super low, so the only way to

[19:02] capitalize on boss pressure is by

[19:04] pulling trash mobs with them. So, the

[19:05] shadow priest can multi- dot. The last

[19:08] range DPS spec to make it onto the A

[19:10] tier list will be Arcane Mage. Once

[19:13] again, the mage utility for self-s

[19:14] survival is a big thing to have in any

[19:16] key, as well as decurse, heroism, and

[19:19] intellect buff. It is one of the harder

[19:21] specs to minmax, but in the hands of a

[19:23] good player, it can deal absurd damage

[19:24] on small packs or in single target

[19:27] situations. Arcane is one of the highest

[19:29] priority target damage dealers in the

[19:31] game, making it super valuable in keys

[19:33] like Rookery or Theater of Pain. While

[19:35] Arcane is strong, the issue is that

[19:36] Frost and Fire overshadow this spec,

[19:39] being superior in the other dungeons. It

[19:41] is also very cool down reliant, needing

[19:43] Arcane Surge or Touch of the Magi to

[19:45] deal significant damage in any pull.

[19:47] With Arcane Mage covered, we can now put

[19:49] all of these range DPS specs into the A

[19:51] tier section. They all perform extremely

[19:53] well and are excellent contenders for

[19:55] high keys, bringing great damage and

[19:57] utility to the party. Fire mage and

[19:59] balance druid just about outperform

[20:01] these specs, but only at the highest end

[20:03] of keys. So, don't be shy when it comes

[20:06] to picking any of these A tier specs.

[20:08] Moving on from our A tier, we have a

[20:10] lone wolf in the B tier being

[20:11] destruction warlock. Destro is

[20:13] essentially a weaker version of demo

[20:14] warlock, having less overall pressure

[20:16] with the same utility. One nice thing

[20:18] Destro has though is havoc being a

[20:20] powerful spell for two target cleaving,

[20:22] making them superb for fighting two mobs

[20:24] at once. Destruction just doesn't really

[20:26] cut it compared to the other range DPS

[20:28] already listed, which is why it comes

[20:30] down to Btier. It's still viable enough

[20:32] for strong keys, but it does get

[20:34] overshadowed by demonology, making it

[20:36] difficult to justify not specking into

[20:38] it. We also have our lone Ctier spec

[20:40] which comes in the form of an affliction

[20:42] warlock. It's fallen off as it is

[20:44] overshadowed by demo and destro the

[20:46] weakest spec for a warlock to play. It

[20:48] has the potential to do high pressure

[20:50] but similar to shadow priest it takes

[20:51] time to ramp up and it will be much less

[20:53] significant in single target situations.

[20:55] Due to the vile taint talent, chain

[20:58] pulling mobs can make it lackluster. So

[21:00] you want to be careful when picking up

[21:01] packs with an affliction warlock. Only

[21:03] chaining if they have vile taint ready.

[21:06] Outside of that, it can do great AoE in

[21:08] higher keys with decent priority damage,

[21:10] too. Since it's still overshadowed by

[21:12] destruction and demonology, it will

[21:13] belong in the C tier. It can still

[21:15] perform well in higher keys, falling off

[21:17] in low keys due to mobs dying too

[21:19] quickly for them to deal any significant

[21:20] damage. The last spec to cover, and the

[21:22] only spec to make it in D tier in this

[21:24] entire ranking system, is augmentation

[21:27] evokers. After last season's glory run

[21:29] being needed in every high key, it got

[21:32] gutted getting nerfed to the ground.

[21:34] Eban might no longer buffs tank or

[21:36] healers, which makes it a big issue in

[21:38] any dungeon. Shifting sands and clothes

[21:40] of clutch mates also got nerfed

[21:42] significantly, making it much less

[21:44] powerful in mythic plus dungeons. They

[21:46] basically shifted the way aokers work,

[21:48] losing out on group buffs for their own

[21:50] personal damage, but it doesn't make up

[21:52] for what they lost in a big way. As

[21:54] such, augmentation evoker will be the

[21:56] only spec to be in the Dtier, being the

[21:58] weakest spec in the entire Mythic Plus

[22:00] scene. The nerfs have been too much for

[22:01] augmentation evoker to deal with. And

[22:03] since they put more of an effort on its

[22:05] own pressure, you might as well be

[22:07] devastation being better in every way.

[22:10] With all the DPS specs covered, we can

[22:11] now move on to our last category,

[22:13] healers. It seems the devs have a

[22:16] favorite when choosing healers because

[22:17] disciplined priests are once again the

[22:19] best healers by far in season 2. Oracle

[22:21] disc priest is simply super OP at the

[22:24] moment, giving disc the ability to give

[22:25] everyone shields as big as their own HP

[22:27] bar. It's so powerful that some

[22:29] mechanics that should be hard to deal

[22:31] with become much more trivial. As such,

[22:33] they make your party incredibly tanky,

[22:35] unlikely to die in most fights. It does

[22:37] deal less damage than void Weaver, but

[22:39] the exchange to make everyone live much

[22:41] easier is more than worth it. They also

[22:44] have access to power infusion, being

[22:46] super powerful in dungeons for DPS

[22:48] players. Soothe plus dominant mind can

[22:50] also be utilized for mob control, as

[22:52] well as having a stamina buff to further

[22:54] increase everyone's likelihood of

[22:55] surviving one-shot mechanics. For this

[22:57] reason, disciplined priests are the lone

[22:59] S tier ranking for healers. The

[23:01] overpowered shields are just unrivaled

[23:02] when it comes to high keys, and it's

[23:04] part of the reason why so many teams can

[23:05] advance to do some of the top end keys

[23:07] at the moment. Moving on to the A tier

[23:09] healers, we have quite a number of specs

[23:11] here. Starting off with Mistw Weaver

[23:12] Monks. Mistw Weavers have access to the

[23:14] highest DPS out of all healers,

[23:16] especially in single target situations,

[23:18] making it very powerful in any group. It

[23:20] has strong healing output, but requires

[23:22] good planning with their Jade

[23:24] empowerment stacks to utilize fully. If

[23:26] played well, they are extremely mana

[23:28] efficient, but if played wrong, they

[23:30] will need plenty of drinks to make up

[23:31] for extra mana consumption. A weakness

[23:33] of mistweaver monk is that it can be

[23:35] difficult to heal on rot fights where

[23:37] ancient teachings cannot keep up with

[23:39] the pressure. It also requires melee

[23:41] range to heal often, which can be a

[23:43] downside in unfriendly melee fights.

[23:45] Being with melee or physical damage

[23:47] dealers can be nice, though, as monk

[23:49] provides the mystic touch debuff,

[23:51] increasing all their pressure. Moving on

[23:53] from mistw weaver monks, we have resto

[23:55] druids. Druids are unique in the fact

[23:57] that they can heal rot fights super

[23:59] well, but their burst healing is

[24:00] lacking. They also provide the mark of

[24:02] the wild buff to all party members,

[24:04] giving increased versatility being

[24:06] valuable in all dungeons. While they can

[24:08] deal decent damage, they have to pick

[24:10] between DPS or healing, making it rough

[24:12] to deal damage in high keys where

[24:14] healing will be a high priority. As

[24:15] such, this spec is difficult to master,

[24:17] weaving between melee DPS and healing to

[24:19] minmax this spec in any key. The last

[24:22] healer in this tier will be restoration

[24:24] shamans. Along with their strong

[24:25] healing, they have a lot of utility with

[24:27] AoE control, a ranged interrupt, a

[24:29] mastery buff, and giving heroism to the

[24:32] party. A strength yet weakness of shaman

[24:34] is that their healing rain provides a

[24:36] lot of healing and damage if people are

[24:38] in its radius. That means typically

[24:40] parties with full melee work well with

[24:41] shaman, all being on top of the healing

[24:43] rain to gain additional healing. If your

[24:45] party moves out of this too much, then

[24:47] it could be tricky for the rest of

[24:49] shaman to keep them alive. Another

[24:50] weakness is that shamans can get very

[24:52] mana hungry during dungeon runs with

[24:54] healing rain and other abilities costing

[24:55] a high amount of mana. So you'll have to

[24:57] play around the shaman's mana bar,

[24:59] making sure you don't do any big pulls

[25:01] if they're low on mana, which could lead

[25:02] to wipes. That means these three healers

[25:05] will belong to the A tier list. All of

[25:07] these specs perform well and are strong

[25:09] at the moment, dealing a high amount of

[25:10] healing and adding some damage to the

[25:12] mobs. The only reason they aren't in S

[25:14] tier isn't due to their lack of

[25:15] strength. It's just that disciplined

[25:16] priests are in a league of their own,

[25:18] simply being too strong. You can

[25:19] continue to do high keys as these A tier

[25:21] specs having nice healing and utility to

[25:24] bring to any group. Moving on to our

[25:26] Btier healers, we only have one spec

[25:27] here being holy paladin. Similar to its

[25:30] other specs, the baseline paladin

[25:32] cooldowns have is great for any dungeon.

[25:34] Having freedom, blessing of sacrifice,

[25:36] bop, and lay on hands can be excellent

[25:38] in times of need. Paladins have strong

[25:41] heals during cooldowns, but without

[25:42] them, their healing can sometimes be

[25:44] lacking, which can spell disaster when

[25:46] the group is taking big damage. Their

[25:48] damage is also decent, but definitely

[25:50] falling behind the likes of Mistw Weaver

[25:51] monks or disciplined priests as they

[25:53] have to choose between damage or

[25:54] healing. These downsides can be quite

[25:56] big, so we will be putting Holy Paladin

[25:58] on the B tier for now. Unless you're

[26:00] Elsmere, holy paladins struggle to

[26:02] perform at the highest keys possible.

[26:04] The lack of damage and sometimes healing

[26:06] can make it a bit difficult for party

[26:08] members to react to. That being said,

[26:10] holy palies can still hold their own in

[26:11] most keys, making them pretty strong

[26:13] overall. Moving on to the last two

[26:15] healers who both belong in C tier being

[26:17] holy priest and preservation of ochre.

[26:19] Holy priests also have the oracle hero

[26:21] spec, but it's not nearly as powerful

[26:23] for holy compared to disc. The healing

[26:25] is decent, but without the powerful

[26:27] shields, holy feels much more

[26:28] underwhelming. You also lack atonement

[26:30] healing, making it much more difficult

[26:32] for Holi to deal as much pressure as

[26:34] disc. That being said, you still bring

[26:36] the powerful party utility with power

[26:39] infusion, soothe, dominant mind, and

[26:41] stamina buff. Preservation of Ochre is

[26:44] the last healer on this tier list and

[26:45] probably the least impactful healer of

[26:47] them all. It can deal good burst

[26:49] healing, but it's very coolown reliant

[26:51] and their cooldowns take too long to

[26:52] come back. While they can deal big

[26:54] damage, they have to choose between

[26:55] pressure and healing, making it

[26:57] difficult for them to keep up with in

[26:58] higher keys. Having limited range and

[27:01] limited healing output makes it

[27:02] difficult for preservation evokers to

[27:03] keep people alive in high-end keys. That

[27:06] means both of these healers will go in

[27:08] the C tier. They can still do decently

[27:09] well in keys, but they are on the weaker

[27:11] side of healers compared to the others

[27:13] mentioned. Luckily for holy priests, if

[27:15] you aren't too stubborn about playing

[27:16] disc, you can respspec and become the

[27:18] best healer in the game. The same can't

[27:20] be said for preservation of ochres,

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