The Ultimate Wotlk Phase 4 DPS TIER LIST Revealed

hey everybody it's crunch time and we've got some vital Intel to discuss phase four is upon us and with it comes the ice Crown Citadel arguably the most iconic and challenging raid in classic wow history the stakes really couldn't be higher so if you're looking to secure your red spot and you don't want to be relegated to the dreaded bench keep listening phase four changes everything for damage dealers it's the stage where many of you are considering re-rolling or fine-tuning your specs to optimize for the fights that await in the Frozen Halls of the Lich King's Lair get it right and you'll be a raiding Legend get it wrong though and you'll be watching your Guild's heroic efforts via Discord streams on munching on some very salty popcorn so how we made this tier list was simple by combining the two main sources of information their simulated DPS data and the real world data from raids combining the current DPS rankings and Toc with my phase 4 PTR experience and the newest Sim data gives us the best picture of which specs will perform in the face sure we could have just used the phase 4 final Sim data and made a list based on that but that really doesn't in fact factor in the gearing and progression stages of ICC those are where picking the ultimate damage dealer will be the most important to actually kill the Lich King and ensure success in the raid so sit tight grab a notepad and let's dive into the specs that'll make you the MVP of your raid group in phase 4. at number 10 we have Combat Rogue combat Rogues are currently dominating and they're the six highest damage dealers and travel the Crusader even though they dropped a 14th on the Sims in Phase 4 it's worth noting that class to class comparison isn't always fully accurate with Sims in reality combat should remain competitive in Phase 4. the main key to Combat Rogue is that they're very gear dependent and they need to vacuum up pieces early to remain competitive on the meters I do expect combat to perform very well on single Target bosses and large AOE packs as well especially if they'd get their gear early at number 9 we have Frost death knight a frost brings very consistent single Target damage and AOE burst to the table as well in phase four and they're just really versatile in phase three they're currently ranked as the fourth highest damage dealer and you'd likely assume with all their new armor penetration they'd be Rock getting even further at the meters but unfortunately they Sim as only the 10th highest damage dealer in phase four still that's an increase of over 4 000 DPS but it's just not enough compared to the other specs ahead of them another sort of meta issue is that even with their current high damage Frost dks don't really get brought to raids much that lack of popularity coupled with early ICC dominance of Unholy means we just won't be seeing that many frost decays throughout the phase also they really don't take shadowmourne which makes Frost the most depressing plate wearer in phase four by far alright we really shouldn't do this but I've added in a bonus back which is blood Decay if you do want a shadow more and we really do have to mention the blood death knight if you add in the Unholy frenzy damage blood Sims equal or better than all the other DK specs since they actually get Shadow mourn unlike Frost this really is a speck to consider as you get more gear in the end game at number 8 we have Marksmanship Hunter mm Hunter was already on track to surpass survival with full armor pen gear in phase four in fact the current Sims put full Biz mm Hunter as the third highest damage dealer at 16 500 per second on single Target of course Sims 4 hunters expect perfect game plan movement which is really unrealistic the gap between Sims and real world data is the biggest of any classes on this list but we will be getting a significant new quality of life buff in the form of the new trap launcher ability blizzard stated they were unsatisfied with Hunter damage varying from fight to fight because of Boss positioning and trap hitboxes already Hunters are performing better in the BTR than previously expected but before you go and re-roll mm Hunter remember that they're extremely gear dependent this really isn't going to be a spec to bring more than one or two up to your ICC raids at number 7 we have Shadow priest Shadow priest is only the 16th is DPS and trial of the Crusader but that's all about to change in ICC Shadow priest does insanely well on short fight simming third for 120 second fights they also do really well on longer fights as well placing above all the specs but 3 for fights that are five minutes long part of that reason is that their phase 4 best set nearly doubles their haste from 685 to over 1200 also their new tier 10 force that makes mind flight completely insane it's even one of the best four sets in the entire game the other best bonus in the game is subscribing to this YouTube channel you get to join an awesome community and argue about Shadow free so what's not to love at number six we have a holy death knight Unholy dks will be stacked by many guilds for icz progression and for good reason they're very stackable and they currently rank as the number one damage back in the game for phase 3. also their tier 9 is arguably the best armor set to bring into the next phase the bad note is that Unholy does fall off big time by the end of the phase though unless you end up going for shadow mourn if phase 4 Sims put two render Unholy as only the 13th highest end game damage spec still by the time it holy falls off the Lich King will be on farm and the phase will be nearly over at number 5 we have Retribution Paladin wreck currently is performing as the ninth highest damage back in Phase 3 but that's all about to change they have a ludicrously good tier 10 2 set that makes them an absolute cleave machine red is even projected to jump into the top four for a lot of fights they also have really good utility and they're even high prior already for shadow more next to Fury Warriors at number 4 Ria Farrell druiden if ferals currently ranked as the number seventh highest damage back and trial the Crusader The Sims though love Farrell Druid more than any other spec in phase four whatever the fight length Farrell's at or near the top with armor penetration maxed out a new weapon and a solid tier 10 set bonus they just scale insanely well we also can't forget the extremely great utility they bring to the table with battle resin innervate even though the best guilds are only bringing one feral it does make a lot of sense to bring multiple if you're doing a pug or a g2kp at number three we have Fury Warrior a fury gets to jump from 10th is DPS and TLC to top six in ICC ass sure the tier 10 set bonus is fine but it's really the stat scaling that makes a difference Fury armor penetration doubles and of course the huge damage increase from Shadow more won't hurt either we also can't talk about Fury without mentioning cleave Fury just destroys on trash packs which will put them near the top of the overall meters throughout the raid this is also finally the time to consider running more than one Fury that being said they are quite as stackable as specs like fire Mage so we're not going to be reliving classic wow at number two we have affliction warlock Affliction is top two in Toc and while they don't jump up to number one they're still comfortably top four throughout phase four well I had always expected specs like Fury and ret to surpass Affliction their gear just scales insanely well Affliction gets over 500 haste as well as a really strong tier 10 4 Cent at number one we have fire Mage I'm sure you won't be surprised to see fire Mage is the number one on this list the fire Mages have a current DPS ranking and Toc of third as well as the top four parses on Warcraft logs moving into phase four fire Mages send the highest on short fights and second highest on both three and five minute fights as well their tier 10 set bonus is just insane and they have extremely high single Target damage as well as AOE damage too best of all they're very stackable which means you could fit several into your raid without many issues speaking of raid issues though if you don't know exactly how hard ICC is going to be you're going to have a lot of problems that's why you should check out my how hard is ICC video next foreign foreign

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Length: 7min 5sec (425 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 02 2023