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Shadowlands Healer Mythic+ Popularity for Pre-Patch on Benched.me

Pubblicato 30/10/2020 alle 03:53 da Squishei

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Shadowlands Pre-Patch

For Keystone Levels 2 through 15 Keystones, the popularity of these specs are likely more indicative of what players are trying out or gearing up in the Pre-Patch since every class and spec is able to do a +15 Keystone

For Keystones above +15, the popularity of these specs will start to trend towards being more indicative of what the perceived meta is in the Pre-Patch.
However, very high keys (around +30) will have very few runs and the data will be skewed to the few groups that play them.

In general though, specs that are considered underpowered are generally played less and tend to appear less in popularity charts, making them appear weaker than they actually are.

Check out our Class Guides below, now updated for the Shadowlands Pre-Patch

Blood Death Knight
by Mandl and Panthea

Arcane Mage
by Malon

Assassination Rogue
by Mystler

Frost Death Knight
by Bicepspump

Fire Mage
by Preheat

Outlaw Rogue
by Mystler

Unholy Death Knight
by Bicepspump

Frost Mage
by Malon

Subtlety Rogue
by Mystler

Havoc Demon Hunter
by Kib

Brewmaster Monk
by Llarold

Elemental Shaman
by Gistwiki

Vengeance Demon Hunter
by Itamae

Mistweaver Monk
by Anomoly

Enhancement Shaman
by Wordup

Balance Druid
by Tettles

Windwalker Monk
by Babylonius

Restoration Shaman
by Niseko

Feral Druid
by Guiltyas

Holy Paladin
by Pelinal

Affliction Warlock
by Xyronic

Guardian Druid
by Pumps

Protection Paladin
by Lincoln

Demonology Warlock
by Not

Restoration Druid
by Jaydaa

Retribution Paladin
by Bolas

Destruction Warlock
by Loozy

Beast Mastery Hunter
by Impakt

Discipline Priest
by Jak

Arms Warrior
by Archimtiros

Marksmanship Hunter
by Moofz

Holy Priest
by Jak

Fury Warrior
by Archimtiros

Survival Hunter
by Gray_hound

Shadow Priest
by Djriff

Protection Warrior
by Llarold

Healer Popularity In the Shadowlands Pre-Patchaccording to Benched.me

Graphs from Benched.me

Healer Pre-Patch Popularity	Healer BFA Season 4 Popularity

Healer Popularity at Mythic +15 in the Shadowlands Pre-PatchMythic 15

Spec

Pre-Patch Popularity

BFA Season 4 Popularity

Change

Restoration Druid

30%

34%

↓ 4

Discipline Priest

17%

↑ 9

Restoration Shaman

16%

11%

↑ 5

Holy Paladin

16%

24%

↓ 8

Mistweaver Monk

12%

14%

↓ 2

Holy Priest

- 0

Healer Popularity at Mythic +25 in the Shadowlands Pre-PatchMythic 25

Spec

Pre-Patch Popularity

BFA Season 4 Popularity

Change

Restoration Druid

41%

56%

↓ 11

Discipline Priest

19%

↑ 14

Holy Paladin

18%

31%

↓ 13

Restoration Shaman

14%

↑ 10

Mistweaver Monk

↑ 4

Holy Priest

↑ 1

Healer Writer Comments on PopularityRestoration DruidRestoration DruidJaydaaAlthough Restoration Druids have lost some representation especially at the high end of Mythic+ keys in the Shadowlands pre-patch, we still remain the dominant M+ healer. Because Restoration Druids received only minor changes in Shadowlands, the loss of representation is most likely attributed to players experimenting with other healer changes in the pre-patch rather than any significant nerfs or changes to our playstyle or M+ toolkit. After a nearly 9-month long Season 4 and a largely stale meta, players are likely experiencing a ton of fatigue and just want to try something new. Now's the time to experiment, especially outside of a proper M+ season. Notably, Restoration Shamans and Discipline Priests have significantly increased representation after these specs received a few meaningful changes to their toolkits dramatically improving their performance in M+. Hopefully, we continue to see these increased levels of representation at the highest levels of M+ in Season 1 of Shadowlands.

However, do not mistake the decrease in Restoration Druid representation in M+ for any weakness. With our toolkit and playstyle from BFA almost entirely intact including Pronto Ritorno, we're still bringing the heat with a few more toys to play with. In the Shadowlands pre-patch we gained even more M+ utility with Ciclone, Ruggito Impetuoso, and Cuore Selvaggio. While none of these spells are exactly game-breaking, they're definitely nice additions to our already strong M+ toolkit. Once Shadowlands launches, we'll also pick up a few additional perks while leveling that augment some of our strongest M+ spells; Ricrescita (Level 52), Pelle di Legnoduro (Level 56), and Rapidità della Natura (Level 58). With our strongest covenant ability looking to be the versatile Convocazione degli Spiriti from the Night Fae and some decent accompanying legendaries, we'll likely remain one of the dominant choices of healer in Shadowlands Season 1 Mythic+ unless we see major changes in the coming weeks.Discipline PriestDiscipline PriestJakDiscipline has seen an explosion in popularity in Mythic+ in the 15 range but most notably in the 25+ range for keys during the Pre-Patch. There are many reasons for this change including improved community perception from Beta performances, improved flexibility in talents like Patto d'Ombra, and the additional Shadow abilities like Risonanza Mentale and Detonazione Mentale that further increase Disc's heavy damage dealing capabilities. While it does not have Pacificazione Mentale or Infusione di Potere in the Pre-Patch, Discipline still has exceptional single target healing, especially with essences and azerite still around to further bolster Cura d'Ombra healing. The new version of Patto d'Ombra is an excellent resource to further increase Cura d'Ombra healing or even to increase their damage in AoE situations by using Risonanza Mentale.

Discipline's 5 man growth in Shadowlands was recognized early in Beta and has encouraged many high quality players to attempt higher level keys in the Pre-Patch and upon their completion, continue to push farther beyond. When a spec improves in an environment that they've been historically lower represented in, there is an explosion of participation.Holy PaladinEllesmeretop Mythic+ Holy PaladinsHoly Paladins had the biggest spec overhaul out of all the healers and introduced a lot of great new abilities, but with it has come some pretty glaring issues that are causing problems for us in Mythic+. Right now there are two major issues for us: healing throughput and mana. These are not great problems to have when it comes to solo healing any content.

One of the largest impacts to our healing throughput in dungeons was the Infusione di Luce change, which now forces us into using Luce Sacra for big throughput, but as the cast is so long it slows down our playstyle a lot, which is not great for Mythic+. Another big factor was the Vendicatore Sacro talent change. While it is still strong, it’s doubled cooldown (now 3 minutes) makes our massive burst healing windows we were known for much fewer and further between. The introduction of Holy Power has proven to be fun, but took away from our quick burst healing as now we have to build Holy Power to get the healing we need.

Lastly, the extremely high mana cost on Assalto del Crociato (same cost as Folgore Sacra now) has made it so we no longer have a spammable way to throttle or regenerate mana. This is leading to Holy Paladins going OOM in 30 seconds just from DPSing, and forces us into “AFKing” GCDs to conserve mana, which is both terrible gameplay-wise, and also takes away the biggest factor that made us such a strong pick in Mythic+ throughout BFA, our damage.Restoration ShamanRestoration ShamanNisekoWhile its not the Damage Reduction ability people were hoping for, having Scudo di Terra baseline with its new 20% healing increase on the target is a big help when it comes to tank and sustained single target healing, which is something Resto Shamans often used to struggle with. Marea Benefica now having a strong upfront burst helps to quickly react to incoming damage as well - which is good as everything else we have, outside of Scarica della Vita (if talented), are hard casts. Resto Shaman got improved damage capabilities with buffs to many spells - Folgore del Fuoco now ticking every 2 seconds instead of 3 means that we got a lot more Eruzione di Lava procs, which greatly helps getting damage out while healing (note: Eruzione di Lava just got nerfed by 5% in the latest build).

These and the other balance changes definitely helped contribute to Resto Shaman feeling and performing better in M+.

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