The War Within is the current expansion of World of Warcraft, and MeinMMO reveals which classes currently leave the best and the worst impression in the new expansion (Patch 11.1.5) – in the context of tier lists for raids and PvP.
What do you find here? With The War Within is the new expansion of World of Warcraft started, many players are wondering which class they should choose to tackle the battle against the Harbinger of the Void and her Neruber forces or to make a quick start in the current PvP season.
Or in other words: Which tanks, healers, and damage dealers have the greatest potential to dominate in the PvE content or in the PvP of The War Within? Which of the classes and specializations can also achieve strong results as an inexperienced hero of Azeroth? Exactly these questions are answered by MeinMMO in this article using tier list rankings.
The insights are based on the statistics from warcraftlogs.com, but also from simulations with SimulationCraft – we compared the numbers with the results from other websites like icy-veins.com and maxroll.gg.
Before we begin, a disclaimer: For almost all WoW content, it doesn’t matter whether your class performs a few percent better or worse than others. If you simply want to experience Blizzard’s MMORPG (outside of the highest difficulty levels), choose the class and specialization that you personally enjoy the most or that appeals to you based on its class fantasy.
Important! WoW regularly receives major balancing patches – especially when a new season is approaching. MeinMMO will therefore regularly update this article for you.
Check out this wonderfully staged sequence from WoW – The War Within:
WoW DPS Tier List in the Raid Liberation of Lorenhall
Below you will find the tier list for damage dealers in the current raid instance Liberation of Lorenhall – with S-Tier as the best ranking and C-Tier as the worst rating. If you are looking for an overview of the specific DPS rankings, check here.
Specializations with S-Tier
- Arcane Mage
- Fire Mage
- Arms Warrior
- Unholy Death Knight
- Marksmanship Hunter
Specializations with A-Tier
- Assassination Rogue
- Outlaw Rogue
- Beast Mastery Hunter
- Survival Hunter
- Frost Death Knight
- Destruction Warlock
- Destruction Warlock
Specializations with B-Tier
- Feral Druid
- Affliction Warlock
- Destruction Warlock
- Windwalker Monk
- Havoc Demon Hunter
- Fury Warrior
- Balance Druid
- Retribution Paladin
- Elemental Shaman
- Enhancement Shaman
Specializations with C-Tier
- Subtlety Rogue
- Frost Mage
- Shadow Priest
- Enhancement Warlock
WoW Tier List for Healers in the Raid Liberation of Lorenhall
Below you will find the tier list for healers in the current raid instance Liberation of Lorenhall – with S-Tier as the best ranking and B-Tier as the worst rating:
Specializations with S-Tier
- Mistweaver Monk
- Discipline Priest
Specializations with A-Tier
- Restoration Shaman
- Restoration Druid
Specializations with B-Tier
- Holy Paladin
- Holy Priest
- Preservation Evoker
WoW Tier List for Tanks in the Raid Liberation of Lorenhall
Below you will find the tier list for tanks in the current raid instance Liberation of Lorenhall – with S-Tier as the best ranking and A-Tier as the worst rating:
Specializations with S-Tier
- Blood Death Knight
- Protection Paladin
- Vengeance Demon Hunter
- Protection Warrior
Specializations with A-Tier
- Brewmaster Monk
- Guardian Druid
WoW DPS Tier List in Mythic Plus Dungeons
Below you will find the tier list for damage dealers for the Mythic Plus dungeons – with S-Tier as the best ranking and C-Tier as the worst rating:
Specializations with S-Tier
- Unholy Death Knight
- Balance Druid
- Arcane Mage
Specializations with A-Tier
- Enhancement Shaman
- Elemental Shaman
- Fire Mage
- Retribution Paladin
- Marksmanship Hunter
- Destruction Warlock
- Feral Druid
Specializations with B-Tier
- Frost Death Knight
- Assassination Rogue
- Outlaw Rogue
- Subtlety Rogue
- Destruction Warlock
- Frost Mage
- Vengeance Warlock
- Windwalker Monk
- Havoc Demon Hunter
- Arms Warrior
- Beast Mastery Hunter
Specializations with C-Tier
- Fury Warrior
- Affliction Warlock
- Survival Hunter
- Enhancement Warlock
- Shadow Priest
WoW Tier List for Healers in Mythic Plus Dungeons
Below you will find the projected tier list for healers for the Mythic Plus dungeons – with S-Tier as the best ranking and B-Tier as the worst rating:
Specializations with S-Tier
- Discipline Priest
Specializations with A-Tier
- Restoration Shaman
- Holy Paladin
Specializations with B-Tier
- Mistweaver Monk
- Holy Priest
- Restoration Druid
Specializations with C-Tier
- Preservation Evoker
WoW Tier List for Tanks in Mythic Plus Dungeons
Below you will find the projected tier list for tanks for the Mythic Plus dungeons – with S-Tier as the best ranking and C-Tier as the worst rating:
Specializations with S-Tier
- Vengeance Demon Hunter
Specializations with A-Tier
- Protection Warrior
Specializations with B-Tier
- Brewmaster Monk
- Protection Paladin
Specializations with C-Tier
- Blood Death Knight
- Guardian Druid
But in my groups, the classes perform differently; what is going on? When numerous simulations are run or the uploaded logs of the entire WoW community are viewed, it quickly becomes apparent: Characters with comparable gear achieve different DPS or healing values.
This is due to numerous factors such as player skill and experience, knowledge of the fight, type of encounter, number of critical hits or procs, and so on. What you can see about the simulations and logs is:
- On the one hand, the current potential of a specialization with equipment X in a specific fight
- On the other hand, the average value that the class can achieve with the respective equipment in a particular situation.
This, in turn, means: A player who almost perfectly masters a class with only average potential can squeeze more DPS out of it than a moderately experienced player currently playing the class with the highest damage potential. This naturally applies equally to tanks and healers.
PvP Tier List for WoW: The War Within
In PvP situations, many unpredictable scenarios hit every player, making static simulations useless as forecasts for class strength. Here are the current rankings for the 2vs2 arena (via wowmeta.com). S-Tier is the best ranking, and D-Tier is the lowest rating:
Specializations with S-Tier
- Fury Warrior
- Holy Priest
- Protection Paladin
Specializations with A-Tier
- Beast Mastery Hunter
- Windwalker Monk
- Discipline Priest
- Protection Warrior
Specializations with B-Tier
- Feral Druid
- Subtlety Rogue
- Arms Warrior
- Restoration Druid
- Guardian Druid
- Brewmaster Monk
Specializations with C-Tier
- Devastation Demon Hunter
- Survival Hunter
- Retribution Paladin
- Destruction Warlock
- Affliction Warlock
- Marksmanship Hunter
- Frost Mage
- Shadow Priest
- Holy Paladin
- Mistweaver Monk
- Restoration Shaman
- Blood Death Knight
Specializations with D-Tier
- Outlaw Rogue
- Assassination Rogue
- Enhancement Shaman
- Elemental Shaman
- Unholy Death Knight
- Destruction Warlock
- Devastation Warlock
- Arcane Mage
- Fire Mage
- Balance Druid
- Frost Death Knight
- Preservation Evoker
- Vengeance Demon Hunter
After the start of the first season or after the implementation of the certainly forthcoming class changes, we will also keep these updated for you. If you are looking for more information about the current WoW expansion: Everything important about the release, hero talents, and the war host of WoW: The War Within.
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