Patch 7.1.5 for World of Warcraft: Legion is here and once again the DPS values are being reshuffled. Read here which classes can rejoice over amazing damage and which types of heroes are crying in the corner in the WoW DPS ranking.
New patch, new DPS happiness! At least for some players, Patch 7.1.5 should bring great joy, as their heroes are boasting phenomenal DPS values after the update. Other gamers are less happy, as their class has taken a hit. But who is the winner and who is the loser in the DPS race of Patch 7.1.5?
DPS Ranking List – Based on the Raid “Emerald Nightmare”
To crown the best DPS hero, we took a look at the statistics on the Warcraftlogs site and chose the raid “Emerald Nightmare” as the basis. The result was that the Shadow Priest clearly dominated. And that, even though his over-skill “Descent into Madness” has been nerfed! The dark priest is still incredibly strong and far ahead of the second-placed Retribution Paladin.
Next come the Affliction Warlock, the Destruction Demon Hunter, and the Windwalker Monk, all of whom are quite similar in DPS. In the midfield are, among others, the Elemental Shaman and the Fury Warrior, while the Marksman Hunter begins to decline. The two remaining hunters and the unfortunate Feral Druid ultimately lead the DPS bottom list. They deal the least damage and thus have a real problem to get value in the raid.
DPS Ranking of Individual Classes
We have summarized the individual values from the raid statistics here again in a list for you.
| Position | Class | Rating |
| 1 | Shadow Priest | 96.7 |
| 2 | Retribution Paladin | 90.8 |
| 3 | Affliction Warlock | 79.9 |
| 4 | Destruction Demon Hunter | 79.6 |
| 5 | Windwalker Monk | 79.4 |
| 6 | Balance Druid | 74.9 |
| 7 | Fire Mage | 74.7 |
| 8 | Frost Mage | 71.6 |
| 9 | Frost Death Knight | 69.5 |
| 10 | Assassination Rogue | 69.1 |
| 11 | Unholy Death Knight | 68.6 |
| 12 | Fury Warrior | 68.2 |
| 13 | Elemental Shaman | 68.0 |
| 14 | Demonology Warlock | 67.5 |
| 15 | Arms Warrior | 66.7 |
| 16 | Marksman Hunter | 65.1 |
| 17 | Arcane Mage | 64.7 |
| 18 | Destruction Warlock | 63.2 |
| 19 | Outlaw Rogue | 63.2 |
| 20 | Subtlety Rogue | 63.1 |
| 21 | Enhancement Shaman | 60.7 |
| 22 | Beast Mastery Hunter | 57.9 |
| 23 | Survival Hunter | 55.6 |
| 24 | Feral Druid | 55.6 |
But before any player of Hunter and Druids now deletes their hero and creates a Shadow Priest: These numbers are merely average values from countless raid runs. Individual raid performance can therefore vary significantly.
Did you have other experiences with DPS with Patch 7.1.5? Let us know and write it in the comments! As soon as the next patch for WoW is released, we will publish a new DPS list.
Also interesting: The latest DPS numbers for Patch 7.2
