Tank Damage Balance Rankings in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible - Weeks 9 & 10

Live Posted 2023/07/17 at 10:05 PM by Anshlun

Warcraft Logs Raid statisticsDisclaimers and SourceRaid Statistics Page on Warcraft Logsincomplete picture of balanceclicking here.

Specs considered underpowered are generally played less and tend to appear weaker than they are.

This happens as many performance-oriented players tend to play the strongest spec or class, increasing the gap between top and bottom specs even further.

Position of specs for the 95th percentile might be skewed by alternative strategies and parse funneling. For that, we're including the chart showing all percentiles' results to paint a better picture for all specs.

Tank DPS Balance in Mythic Aberrus

Overall Damage

Damage to Bosses

Overall Damage

Damage to Bosses

Class Guides for Season 2For more information on every spec during the Dragonflight Season 2, check out our Class Guides!

Blood DKFrost DKUnholy DK

Havoc DHVengeance DH

Guardian DruidFeral DruidBalance DruidRestoration Druid

Augmentation EvokerDevastation EvokerPreservation Evoker

BM HunterMM HunterSurvival Hunter

Arcane MageFire MageFrost Mage

Brewmaster MonkMistweaver MonkWindwalker Monk

Holy PaladinProtection PaladinRetribution Paladin

Discipline PriestHoly PriestShadow Priest

Assassination RogueOutlaw RogueSubtlety Rogue

Elemental ShamanEnhancement ShamanRestoration Shaman

Affliction WarlockDemonology WarlockDestruction Warlock

Arms WarriorFury WarriorProtection Warrior

Comment by JakoDamn even with the buffs recently, Blood DK is still having trouble lmao. wtfComment by EralyneI return to this same wowhead post every time to repeat the same thing: BDK needs less reliance on external effects. Wow, what a surprise that after Onyx Annulet and Eggnog ring are nerfed that BDK is still performing low even with the 8% buffs. Color me surprised!Comment by Swalshy4I main BDK (and VDH and Bear but mostly blood). Unpopular opinion but I’m fine with low dps.. tankiest unkillable godComment by Qwagsoiroh how about this, THEY ARE !@#$ING TANKS AND SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED FOR DPS $%^&. Utter nonsense.Comment by Terneloh how about this, THEY ARE !@#$ING TANKS AND SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED FOR DPS $%^&. Utter nonsense.Comment by Draconaxoh how about this, THEY ARE !@#$ING TANKS AND SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED FOR DPS $%^&. Utter nonsense.Comment by DavilYea blood dk still vastly underperforming in damage what a shock.Comment by mustangg690Just ran 24s with Druid, BDK, & Monk. Guardian did 150k+ monk did 145k+, Blood dk did well let's say bring back the other tanks. Why bring dk when other tanks have same survivability but can kill everything faster.Comment by DekardcaiinFor M+ the rankings are a bit different gaining threat quickly and holding it on many enemies and doing enough damage to hold threat is a requirement set by stellar dps performers. Overall damage for tanks might seem inconsequential to some but it actually matters every pack in M+. From what I've seen for M+ Vengeance>Brewmaster>Protection Paladin>Guardian>Protection Warrior. Any tank can be be played bad, but when they are all played well, group utility, tankiness, and damage matter. The minimum requirement is hold agro and don't die, the best tanks can hold agro and not die with 5 mobs on them or heal the whole group and pass out blessings to solve everyone else's problems.Comment by ZilvestramSo...You guys should look at BDK in pvp.

Ashran...BDK goes to solo boss and does highest dmg of all. Its pretty hilariousComment by TnawI return to this same wowhead post every time to repeat the same thing: BDK needs less reliance on external effects. Wow, what a surprise that after Onyx Annulet and Eggnog ring are nerfed that BDK is still performing low even with the 8% buffs. Color me surprised!Comment by AsherrTheRedthe most chronically undertuned tank for dmg, even after all those aura buffs feels bad.....Comment by SchattensangI main BDK (and VDH and Bear but mostly blood). Unpopular opinion but I’m fine with low dps.. tankiest unkillable godComment by SchattensangSo...You guys should look at BDK in pvp.

Ashran...BDK goes to solo boss and does highest dmg of all. Its pretty hilariousComment by TyneicI return to this same wowhead post every time to repeat the same thing: BDK needs less reliance on external effects. Wow, what a surprise that after Onyx Annulet and Eggnog ring are nerfed that BDK is still performing low even with the 8% buffs. Color me surprised!Comment by pawpurrTanks can't be balanced correctly until they ALL need to spend globals on survival, or healers actually have to heal them with priority the way the game used to be. BDK is fine, that should be considered the model for tanks, less pewpew more tank tank. We've gone so far away from MMORPG design at this point. You can't blame the players for playing that way, it's how Blizzard has made it, they have to unmake it. But regardless of the metagame state, I'm glad to see Bears doing well for a minute, they certainly deserve it at this point.Comment by Tasunkeoh how about this, THEY ARE !@#$ING TANKS AND SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED FOR DPS $%^&. Utter nonsense.Comment by HighderplordI main BDK (and VDH and Bear but mostly blood). Unpopular opinion but I’m fine with low dps.. tankiest unkillable godComment by GruffertusYou only did this for logs where they didn't wipe, right?

*Padme gif*

Right?Comment by visconwowDamn even with the buffs recently, Blood DK is still having trouble lmao. wtf