UPDATED MYTHIC+ TIER LIST for SEASON 3! TWW 11.2

[00:00] Season 3 is in full swing and we've seen

[00:02] everything from the rise of frost DKs to

[00:05] the complete shutdown of a red paladin

[00:07] discord channel. And with the race to

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[00:12] the knobs on class balance in 11.2.

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[01:03] tier list. This might seem like a weird

[01:05] place to start, but let's talk about the

[01:07] healer meta first. Looking at the

[01:09] leaderboards, you will notice a trend.

[01:12] There's a lot of blue and orange in the

[01:14] healer column, with shaman and druid

[01:15] being the obvious standout so far this

[01:17] season. Having great utility, phenomenal

[01:20] stops, and some of the best raid buffs

[01:21] in the game is one thing, but having

[01:23] that in the toolkit of a healer feels

[01:25] exceptionally strong. So, it's no wonder

[01:27] that both of these healers are doing

[01:28] well in season 3. Resto shamans are

[01:31] extremely high value right now. Not only

[01:33] having a bunch of stops, but really

[01:35] great active damage and one of the best

[01:37] raid buffs in the game with Sky Fury,

[01:39] which is a massive DPS buff to many DPS,

[01:42] especially Frost Death Knight. And

[01:43] although their spot healing can still be

[01:45] an issue, resto shamans compensate by

[01:47] having a ton of healing cooldowns. While

[01:50] shamans have definitely dominated the

[01:52] early season so far, we're starting to

[01:54] see more resto druids climb to the top

[01:56] of the leaderboards. As always, druids

[01:58] will always be high value in Mythic Plus

[02:00] thanks to Mark of the Wild and are doing

[02:02] an incredible amount of healing this

[02:03] season without compromising too much on

[02:05] damage. In any case, resto druids always

[02:07] seem to scale well with time over the

[02:09] course of an expansion, and it's no

[02:11] wonder we're seeing them pop up in

[02:12] season 3. So, if you're wanting the

[02:14] absolute best healers for the highest

[02:15] keys, you can't really go wrong with

[02:17] either one of these options. Now, if

[02:19] there's one healer we think could be

[02:21] undervalued right now, it's definitely

[02:23] Preservation Evoker. This spec does

[02:25] ridiculous damage due in part to this

[02:26] season's foreset and the fact that

[02:28] Chrono Warden gives evokers a dose of

[02:29] steroids every pull thanks to tip the

[02:31] scales. And speaking of doing big DPS,

[02:34] voidw weaver disc priest is up there

[02:36] too, having some great damage and

[02:38] healing during mindbender windows.

[02:39] Obviously, the main problem with priest

[02:41] is that you lack an interrupt. And

[02:43] although their AoE healing is pretty

[02:44] good, disc can struggle with single

[02:46] target spot healing. Unfortunately for

[02:48] all of you holy priest fans out there,

[02:50] the spec is arguably the worst healer in

[02:52] Mythic Plus right now and doesn't offer

[02:54] anything particularly useful in the

[02:56] meta. Up next is Holy Paladin, who in

[02:58] terms of being an actual healer is in a

[03:00] really good position, having really good

[03:02] spot healing and burst AoE healing

[03:04] without being as tied to CDs compared to

[03:06] previous seasons. Holy Paladin is one of

[03:08] those healers who just offer their group

[03:10] a ton of stability. They do have some

[03:12] issues though, as even though Paladins

[03:14] can provide solid AoE damage, right now

[03:16] their single target damage isn't that

[03:18] great. All that's left is Mistw Weaver

[03:20] Monk, who were obviously really great at

[03:22] the start of last season thanks to

[03:23] having some insane damage output. But

[03:25] after taking a few nerfs over the course

[03:26] of the expansion, Mistw Wewaver isn't in

[03:28] the best of shape. Obviously, the

[03:29] advantage of bringing a monk is that

[03:31] they tend to do well in physical comps

[03:33] while having decent stops and good

[03:35] passive damage, but right now they're

[03:36] just surpassed by preservation evokers

[03:38] and disc priests in the meta. Anyway,

[03:41] that brings us to our complete picture

[03:42] of the healer meta in season 3 with

[03:44] druid and shaman being at the top with a

[03:46] variety of off-meta alternatives in the

[03:47] A tier. Now though, let's take a look at

[03:49] what's happening in the melee meta for

[03:51] season 3. If there's one spec that's

[03:53] really standing out right now, it's

[03:55] definitely Frost Death Knight, who

[03:57] enormously benefited from their rework

[03:59] going to the 11.2 patch. With the buffs

[04:01] to Deathbringer and with reworks to

[04:03] Breath of Syndra and Frost Scythe, Frost

[04:06] DKs are doing an absurd amount of AoE

[04:08] and priority damage. And while DKs don't

[04:11] bring an official raid buff, they

[04:13] compensate with their utility and

[04:14] unrivaled tankiness, and we fully expect

[04:16] Frost DK to be in the lineup of many MDI

[04:19] comps later next month. The only other

[04:21] melee which is clearly standing out

[04:23] right now is Havoc Demon Hunter who have

[04:25] really good funnel damage with Aldrachu

[04:27] Reaver thanks to Wounded Quarry. DH

[04:29] obviously brings one of the best debuffs

[04:31] in the game thanks to Chaos Brand, which

[04:33] was of course nerfed earlier this

[04:34] expansion, but is still super high value

[04:36] given the prevalence of magic damage in

[04:38] this day and age. Demon Hunter is also

[04:40] relatively tanky, especially against rot

[04:42] damage. And as one of the specs with a

[04:43] healing reduction effect, it does gain

[04:45] some niche value, especially against the

[04:47] mini boss towards the end of Halls of

[04:49] Atonement. Both Frost DK and Havoc Demon

[04:51] Hunter will be landing on the S tier.

[04:53] Moving down to the A tier, we have Red

[04:55] Paladin, a spec which is so polarizing

[04:57] that it shut down an entire Discord

[04:59] channel earlier this patch. It's pretty

[05:01] common for players to overlook stability

[05:03] when it comes to Mythic Plus. While

[05:04] Rhett Paladin isn't necessarily the best

[05:06] spec to have for the highest keys, it's

[05:08] definitely a staple for any pugs thanks

[05:10] to their wide array of utility and

[05:12] incredible durability. And speaking of

[05:14] being tanky, we have two of our rogue

[05:16] specs landing somewhere in the A tier

[05:18] with subtlety and outlaw both offering

[05:20] dramatically different flavors of melee

[05:22] DPS. Subtlety is definitely the more

[05:24] bursty of the two, having some

[05:26] ridiculous damage peaks every 90 seconds

[05:28] thanks to shadow blades in

[05:29] flagagillation, doing great priority

[05:31] damage while also dealing good AoE

[05:33] thanks to unseen blade on the trickster

[05:35] hero tree. On the other hand, Outlaw's

[05:38] damage profile is much more flat, having

[05:40] a significantly longer cooldown window,

[05:42] assuming you don't die, of course. In

[05:44] many ways, Outlaw Rogue is basically a

[05:46] Fury Warrior in disguise, but with a

[05:48] different target cap. And speaking of

[05:50] Fury Warrior, it's also a high tier

[05:52] option this season, but still performs

[05:53] best in melee comps with Brew Master

[05:55] Monks when pushing the highest keys.

[05:57] These two specs have passive synergy in

[05:59] terms of pull size where both BM monks

[06:02] and fury warriors benefit from smaller,

[06:04] more controlled pulls rather than

[06:05] relying on massive AoE. We're also going

[06:08] to put unholy DK on the high tiers, too.

[06:10] Even though Frost seemed to benefit more

[06:12] from their rework, there's still a lot

[06:14] of potential for this spec as it does

[06:16] bring great uncapped AOE damage. If

[06:18] Frost winds up falling out of the meta,

[06:20] we could easily see Unholy become a

[06:22] strict 1:1 replacement in High Keys. The

[06:24] only other melee that really stands out

[06:26] is Feral Druid, which as a reminder got

[06:28] some fairly substantial buffs going into

[06:30] the 11.2 patch. Feral Druid has some

[06:32] pretty solid funnel and AoE damage

[06:34] thanks to the combination of rampant

[06:35] ferocity and AoE rips. And although it's

[06:37] not as passively tanky as some of the

[06:39] high tier melee, feral is still very

[06:41] rewarding for smart defensive play,

[06:43] otherwise known as shifting into bear

[06:45] form. And at this point, we have a

[06:46] complete picture of the high tier melee

[06:48] for Mythic Plus, with many of the A

[06:50] tiers being extremely strong in the

[06:52] right comps. Beyond this, we start

[06:54] seeing specs fall victim to some

[06:55] structural issues. While assassination

[06:57] rogue is arguably the best funnel damage

[06:59] on paper thanks to singular focus, it is

[07:01] still one of those specs the entire

[07:03] group needs to play around, even

[07:04] adjusting their entire route to allow

[07:06] for those muchneeded restalths so that

[07:08] the rogue can consistently ramp their

[07:10] damage. In the right context, Asa is A+

[07:12] tier, but for pugs, it might seem weak.

[07:15] Enhancement shaman also has some issues.

[07:17] One being that both Resto and Elemental

[07:19] are so insanely good this season, which

[07:21] can make it harder to slot this mid-tier

[07:23] melee into some groups. Right now,

[07:25] Enhance is super reliant on making the

[07:27] most out of Ascendance procs and

[07:28] Tempest, essentially turning it into a

[07:30] slot machine spec and leaves a lot to be

[07:32] desired when it comes to single target

[07:33] damage. Rounding out the mid tiers is

[07:36] Arms Warrior, which is basically the one

[07:38] toone replacement for Fury in any

[07:40] dungeon with bigger pull sizes. Other

[07:41] than doing better AoE damage, there's no

[07:44] real benefit to bringing an Arms Warrior

[07:46] into your group. And at this point, we

[07:47] have made our way through the mid tiers

[07:49] with only two specs remaining.

[07:51] Unfortunately, Windalker Monk is one of

[07:53] them. While monks do provide good

[07:54] utility while being relatively tanky,

[07:56] the damage numbers just aren't there

[07:58] this season. That leaves survival hunter

[08:00] as our last spec. Right now, both marks

[08:02] and BM doing significantly better damage

[08:04] with survival having the obvious

[08:06] downside that it is a melee spec. But

[08:08] with every melee covered, let's take a

[08:10] look at the ranged meta going into the

[08:11] middle of season 3. Right now, Arcane

[08:13] Mage is definitely a standout. The mage

[08:15] class as a whole always seems to have a

[08:17] place in the high tiers of mythic plus

[08:19] given the fact that they are practically

[08:20] immortal when played well and have some

[08:22] of the best stops and defensive utility

[08:24] in the game with mass barrier. This

[08:26] season, Arcane is just the standout

[08:28] spec, having absolutely insane priority

[08:30] damage and shining in pulls with

[08:31] fortified targets, which offers perfect

[08:34] synergy with the next S tier DPS, Markx

[08:36] Hunters. Even though hunters don't

[08:38] really bring a true raid buff, both

[08:40] marks and BM are doing exceptionally

[08:42] well this season in different contexts.

[08:44] In dungeons with smaller pull sizes,

[08:46] dark ranger marks is doing really well

[08:48] on damage thanks to phantom pain. And

[08:50] we're even starting to see BM hunters

[08:52] swap over from pack leader too thanks to

[08:54] the added defensive perk of

[08:56] smokeokescreen. These two specs are S

[08:58] tier within specific context. If the run

[09:00] involves smaller packs, marks can do

[09:02] well, but since many BM hunters are now

[09:04] playing dark ranger, beast mastery might

[09:06] have the overall lead in the meta with

[09:08] the flexibility to shine on AoE and pryo

[09:10] damage depending on hero spec. The only

[09:13] other range DPS that really stands out

[09:15] right now is Elemental Shaman, who is

[09:16] doing some ridiculous damage as

[09:18] Stormbringer right now, all while having

[09:20] some of the absolute best utility in the

[09:22] game. There's only two downsides to

[09:24] Ellie right now. The first being that

[09:25] their single target damage isn't that

[09:27] great, and the second being that their

[09:28] survivability still isn't the best. In

[09:30] any case, these are the specs which have

[09:32] been the most impressive so far this

[09:33] season and are proven to work in the

[09:35] highest keys. Then moving into the A

[09:37] tier, we have balance druid, which is

[09:39] still very competitive despite seeing

[09:41] much better days. Of course, boomkins

[09:43] have a lot to offer with their base

[09:45] toolkit, including the MVP raid buff,

[09:47] great utility, and a bunch of stops, but

[09:49] leave a lot to be desired when it comes

[09:51] to damage. Another problem this season

[09:52] is dungeon design and routing of all

[09:54] things, where the value of solar beam

[09:57] just isn't there compared to previous

[09:58] seasons. Up next, we have Desterro

[10:00] Warlock, which is quite a polarizing

[10:02] spec. On one hand, Hellcller Desterro

[10:05] has the best uncapped AoE in the game

[10:07] and scales exponentially with pull

[10:09] sizes. In any dungeon with smaller pull

[10:11] sizes, however, Diabolist starts to take

[10:13] the lead. And this is also the preferred

[10:15] hero spec for demo at the moment, which

[10:17] in many ways is a rather neutral spec in

[10:19] the sense that it doesn't really care

[10:21] about pull sizes and is less reliant on

[10:23] cooldowns. All you do is blast. Of

[10:25] course, the warlock class as a whole has

[10:27] good passive survivability which

[10:29] altogether make Demo and Destro solid A

[10:31] tier picks. And if you're wondering

[10:33] about affliction, this spec is

[10:34] structurally worse than the other two.

[10:36] While Heller Athlete can put out some

[10:38] crazy numbers, it's significantly more

[10:40] cooldown dependent. We're also going to

[10:42] place frost and fire mage in the mid to

[10:44] high tiers. It's always hard to gauge

[10:46] these offmeta specs of a pure DPS class

[10:48] since people tend to gravitate towards

[10:50] whatever is the most OP. There's always

[10:51] going to be a place for mage and mythic

[10:53] plus given all the strength of their

[10:54] base toolkit, but in terms of numbers,

[10:56] neither frost nor fire can compete with

[10:58] arcane. Anyway, rounding out the A tier,

[11:00] we have Shadow Priest, which might seem

[11:02] like a hot take, but this spec has a ton

[11:04] of potential with the right skill set.

[11:06] Shadow offers some niche utility, but is

[11:08] more or less a passenger in every group.

[11:10] Its role is to pump damage and provide

[11:13] PI, and that's pretty much it. The spec

[11:15] does require a bit of ramp and has a

[11:17] steeper learning curve when it comes to

[11:19] extending cooldown windows, so it might

[11:20] not be the best in lower key levels.

[11:22] Anyway, if you're looking for a high

[11:24] tier range DPS to play this season,

[11:26] there are quite a few viable options.

[11:28] Every other caster will land somewhere

[11:30] in the B tier. Starting with

[11:31] Devastation, there's a general rule you

[11:33] should know by now. If you don't bring a

[11:35] crazy raid buff, you better be doing

[11:37] ungodly damage like those hunters. And

[11:40] while Devastation can do great AoE

[11:42] damage, it doesn't have the best single

[11:44] target, which essentially turns the spec

[11:46] into a budget version of Ellie Shaman.

[11:48] Unfortunately, we haven't seen much data

[11:50] on augmentation so far this season, but

[11:52] it has a solid base kit, so the B tier

[11:54] seems appropriate. Anyway, that brings

[11:56] us to our complete picture of the range

[11:57] DPS meta in season 3 with Arcane Mage,

[12:00] Hunter, and Elemental Shaman all being

[12:02] staples in the highest keys. But now,

[12:04] let's wrap things up by taking a look at

[12:06] the state of tanks. At the very top of

[12:08] the meta, there are two very different

[12:09] flavors of dominant tanks. On one hand,

[12:11] we have prop warrior, who lucked out on

[12:13] the tier set lottery and are doing some

[12:15] insane AoE damage output as mountain

[12:17] fain while being super tanky this

[12:19] season. As always, Pratt warriors have

[12:21] great utility and synergize well with

[12:23] any physical comp. On the other hand,

[12:25] pro Paladins continue to offer stability

[12:27] to high keys. While it is not the

[12:29] tankiest tank and doesn't have the best

[12:31] overall damage, this spec is a Swiss

[12:33] Army knife of cooldowns and utility

[12:35] while having the ability to solo kick

[12:37] better than any other tank, which

[12:38] altogether make prop paladin a safety

[12:41] pick for pugs. Without a doubt, these

[12:42] are the absolute best tanks in the meta

[12:44] so far in season 3. Right below them, we

[12:47] have some more situationally useful

[12:48] options. Starting with Vengeance Demon

[12:50] Hunter, who are still pretty bulky and

[12:52] synergize well with caster comps. Just

[12:54] like Havoc, Vengeance also excels with

[12:56] funnel damage while having really good

[12:58] control. If the meta ever shifts back to

[13:00] fully ranged groups, we could see

[13:01] Vengeance becoming a staple once again

[13:03] in high keys. Joining DH on the A tier

[13:06] is Brew Master Monk, who admittedly has

[13:08] a bit of a learning curve and is one of

[13:10] the more challenging tanks to play, but

[13:12] definitely has its niche in melee comps.

[13:14] As we mentioned earlier, there are some

[13:15] DPS who benefit from smaller pull sizes,

[13:18] which is where BM Monk excels. The only

[13:20] caveat for this tank is that it does

[13:22] require a bit more babysitting from

[13:23] healers, but pairing with a resto druid

[13:25] tends to solve this issue. Anyway, these

[13:27] are the options for high tier tanks so

[13:29] far this season. Dropping down into the

[13:31] mid tier, we have our last two specs

[13:33] with guardian druid and blood decay.

[13:35] While there are some people who are

[13:36] definitely making these specs work in

[13:38] high keys, comp selection is a big issue

[13:40] considering that both resto druid and

[13:42] frost DK are insanely strong this

[13:44] season. With that said, blood DKs are

[13:46] capable of doing some insane damage,

[13:48] especially during dancing rune weapon.

[13:50] And if your goal is to give your healer

[13:51] a heart attack, then this might be the

[13:53] spec for you. Anyway, if you were

[13:55] wanting a snapshot of the tanking meta

[13:57] in season 3, then any tank that starts

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