Recommended Raiding Build
- Tier 1 - All will serve or clawing shadows
- Tier 2 - Unholy blight
- Tier 3 - Utility row, the choice depends on what you need.
- Tier 4 - Soul reaper
- Tier 5 - spell eater or wraith walk depending on what you need (Defensives or Movement Speed).
- Tier 6 - Unholy pact
- Tier 7 - Army of the damned
We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Tier 6 - Unholy pact; Tier 7 - Army of the damned; Recommended Mythic+ Build. Tier 1 - All will serve; Tier 2 - Unholy blight or bursting sores for big pulls. Tier 3 - Utility row, the choice depends on what you need. Tier 4 - Soul reaper; Tier 5 - spell eater or wraith walk depending on what you need (Defensives or Movement Speed). Blood Death Knight has an indirect feedback loop, in that instead of getting crushed right off the bat, you will slowly fall behind on resources. The main drivers to this are bad Marrowrend s (wasting Runes on inefficient Marrowrend casts — remember, these generate 5-15RP less per Rune spent than a Heart Strike ), capping Runes/RP or not. A Death Knight is a fearsome enemy but makes for a loyal teammate. A deal struck with one is sure to be completed without fear of being double-crossed. The overwhelming presence, the peak physique and the eyes that seem to stare directly into your soul leave no room for doubt that the Death Knight is a force to be reckoned with. To stand in one. Death Knight Tier 10 Raid Transmog Sets in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Preview them on any race in the model viewer, or use additional filters or searches.
Recommended Mythic+ Build
- Tier 1 - All will serve
- Tier 2 - Unholy blight or bursting sores for big pulls.
- Tier 3 - Utility row, the choice depends on what you need.
- Tier 4 - Soul reaper
- Tier 5 - spell eater or wraith walk depending on what you need (Defensives or Movement Speed).
- Tier 6 - Unholy pact
- Tier 7 - Army of the damned
Boss specific recommendations and strategy:
Raid BossesDeath Knight Tier  For All Of Your Needs Mod
Tier 1 (15)
All will serve is just straight up the highest damage talent in a patchwork fight. All will serve makes your raise dead summon an extra skeletal minion that fires arrows that also cleave from your main target so this will be your go-to talent choice.
Although, in some scenarios where you won't always have a 100% uptime on the boss, then clawing shadows can be picked instead.
Clawing shadows replaces scourge strike, converting it to 100% shadow damage and gives it a 30 yard range.
Tier 2 (25)
Unholy blight is a 45 second cooldown that applies virulent plague and an extra unholy disease that deals damage and stacks up to four times. These stacks increase the damage of your minions by 12% at max stacks, so when combined with the strong cooldowns unholy have (army of the dead, Apocalypse, etc.) it just becomes the strongest talent that unholy has in this row for single target.
In Mythic+, if you're dealing with large pulls, you want to swap out unholy blight for bursting sores.
Tier 3 (30)
The third talent row is a player choice/optional row. It provides you with different control and slows, so neither of them is going to have an impact on your DPS, it's all about what you need on the encounter.
Tier 4 (35)
Soul reaper is an execute that deals initial shadow damage and then after 5 seconds, if the target is below 35% health, it activates and deals a large amount of shadow damage. When it comes to raiding, an execute has always been a very powerful choice for the classes that have the option available.
Tier 5 (40)
The fourth row is another optional/fight dependent row where you would either go with spell eater if the fight has a lot of magic damage or if there is some sort of magic damage you need to soak. If that's not the case, you have the option to go with wraith walk for more mobility.
Tier 6 (45)
Death Knight Tier  For All Of Your Needs Guide
Unholy pact is currently the strongest single target and AoE option. Unholy pact creates a chain between you and your pet when you cast dark transformation that deals shadow damage to all enemies caught in the chain and increases your strength by 5%.
Tier 7 (50)
Your best choice here will be Army of the Damned. It’s currently the strongest option for single target and AoE. Army of the damned reduces the cooldown of apocalypse by 1 second and army of the dead by 5 seconds when you cast death coil.
Welcome to our World of Warcraft DPS Rankings updated for the current Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.3'Visions of N'zoth' and the latest Raid – Ny’alotha. We check this data every day and make sure thatitis accurate and up to date. The classes and specs here are ranked by their overall DPS performanceinPvE (Raids, Mythic+ Dungeons) at Level 120 for both Single Target and AoE situations. There are alsoHealer Rankings and TankRankings on our site, just in case you are interested. You can also check out our Shadowlands DPS Rankings.
DPS Rankings
The data shown here is backed by actual numbers from many reliable sources such as SimulationcraftandWarcraft Logs. By using the approach of combining numerous simulations and real logs of Top 1% (99thPercentile) of the very best players of each class and spec, we can measure the central tendency ofthisdata while taking statistical dispersion into the account to provide you with the most realisticchart.
Even though these Rankings are merely indicative of the highest potential DPS you can still use themtoassess your class/spec performance (like what good numbers can you expect) or to find out who arethebest Melee, Range & Caster DPS in WoW in this patch.
DPS Tier List
S (Top Tier) |
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Fire Mage |
A (High Tier) |
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Destruction Warlock |
Arms Warrior |
B (Mid-High Tier) |
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Shadow Priest |
Beast Mastery Hunter |
Affliction Warlock |
C (Mid Tier) |
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Demonology Warlock |
Frost Death Knight |
D (Mid-Low Tier) |
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Fury Warrior |
Survival Hunter |
Frost Mage |
Marksmanship Hunter |
Assassination Rogue |
Feral Druid |
Elemental Shaman |
Havoc Demon Hunter |
Balance Druid |
Enhancement Shaman |
Arcane Mage |
Retribution Paladin |
E (Low Tier) |
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Unholy Death Knight |
Outlaw Rogue |
Windwalker Monk |
Death Knight Tier  For All Of Your Needs 2
F (Bottom Tier) |
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Subtlety Rogue |
Frequently Asked Questions
🏆 What is the Best DPS class in WoW right now?
You can judge for yourself by exploring our chart above. Generallyspeaking,if you are looking to maximize your damage output, the Top 5 specs would be a safechoice indeed. But please do not be discouraged if your class or spec of preferenceisranked lower at the moment - at the end of the day the most important thing iswhetheryou enjoy the playstyle or not.
🎯 How often does this Rating get updates?
We know perfectly well that outdated data is useless. That is why wecheck these numbers every single day to verify that it is up to date and then weupdateit the moment anything changes. You can see the dates of both events at the top ofthispage.
🤔 Are these DPS Rankings based on Simcraft orLogs?
They are based on both. And even more than that. Our processinvolvesrunning thousands of simulations with Simulationcraft (an open-source tool thatmodelsclass mechanics to estimate damage-per-second performance in different situations)andalso using tools like Bloodmallet and Raidbots to research various gearcombinations.Then we compare our results to the data retrieved from actual in-game logs of thebestplayers of each class (for this purpose we look up global leaderboards on sites likeRaider.io and WoWProgress). By combining both theoretical and statistical data weaim toprevent variance due to human factors (e.g. players underperforming) whilemaintaining aclose connection to realistic scenarios because many factors must be taken into theaccount. We also constantly monitor player communities like Icy Veins, Wowhead,Reddit,Method and official Blizzard World of Warcraft Forums to keep in touch with publicopinion so we can tell if our data is correct.
🙄 Are lower-ranked classes unviable?
Not at all. These rankings are meant to show the general trends butinactual in-game scenarios many other factors may chime in and the lowest-rankedclass/spec may end up being Top #1 DPS in raid/group and vice versa.