The Crucible of Storms is a “small interim raid” in World of Warcraft that is meant to bridge the gap between Dazar’alor and the upcoming Naga content. However, there are new rewards to be gained and many players want to give their best. Here are the current damage numbers.
In Patch 8.1.5, World of Warcraft received its new raid “Crucible of Storms” on April 17, 2019. Since April 24, it has also been available in Mythic mode and the top guilds are already competing for the first kill. For all other players, we have the DPS numbers for the Heroic mode.
The current DPS ranking for BFA in the Crucible of Storms
At the time of writing, the Crucible of Storms has been open for a week. Many guilds that are already geared from Dazar’alor have managed to defeat the two bosses of the Crucible in Heroic and Normal modes.
The DPS numbers in the new interim raid are a bit peculiar. There hasn’t been such an extreme gap of roughly 10,000 DPS between the strongest and weakest class in a long time.
Shadow priests are unbeaten at the top and are so strong, that Blizzard intends to nerf them. Guilds like Limit, who are competing for the World First Kill, fill half of their raid with priests. Here you can see how well all classes are performing.
For our analysis, we looked at the DPS numbers for the Heroic mode of the Crucible of Storms with a Percentile value of 75 across all item levels. The data was checked on warcraftlogs on April 24, 2019, at 17:30.
The Restless Cabal – All full of Adds
Which classes deal the most damage? As with the entire raid, shadow priests are unchallenged at the top of the Restless Cabal. They are almost exclusively followed by mage classes, with the exception of rogues who have sneaked in between.
- Shadow Priest (32,657 DPS)
- Affliction Warlock (27,368 DPS)
- Balance Druid (26,877 DPS)
- Assassination Rogue (26,353 DPS)
- Destruction Warlock (26,124 DPS)
What are the advantages of these classes? Similar to many bosses in Dazar’alor, these classes benefit from the ability to maintain debuffs on many targets. This allows them to regenerate more resources and significantly increase their damage output.
What are the special features of the boss? The Restless Cabal consists of two bosses and several adds. The adds must be interrupted, controlled, and killed while the bosses alternately reach 75%, 50%, and 25% health and must die simultaneously at the end.
At each of these points, a mechanic appears that must be played, and it is useful if all targets gradually lose some health while the overall damage of the raid brings the bosses to the respective thresholds.
Uu’nat, Harbinger of the Void – Again Adds
Which classes deal the most damage? The distribution at Uu’nat is hardly different from the Cabal. The difference between the specializations is only smaller, and melee classes have a slightly better chance. However, the strongest classes are almost identical:
- Shadow Priest (26,471 DPS)
- Affliction Warlock (23,175 DPS)
- Elemental Shaman (23,034 DPS)
- Balance Druid (22,869 DPS)
- Subtlety Rogue (22,524 DPS)
What are the advantages of these classes? Just like with the Cabal, adds constantly appear during Uu’nat. Unlike the Cabal, however, these are rather tanked together simultaneously and then killed. This means that many DoT classes do not fully benefit from the adds, whereas strong AoE classes do.
What are the special features of the boss? During the fight against Uu’nat, relics are used that were previously used against the group in the boss fight. One of these relics, the Stormcaller, deals damage to players and adds every second, instantly kills any target below 25% health (necessary against some adds), and reduces the damage dealt by 50%. This is especially important for healers, but reduces the damage output of many classes.
The raid is intended to be just a small “interim raid”, but for many classes the loot to be obtained is worth it. Especially the trinkets could help in fights in Dazar’alor if used skillfully and the raid leader does not prohibit their use. The damage numbers for Dazar’alor can be found here:
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