GITNUXREPORT 2026

Wow Class Statistics

Havoc Demon Hunters dominate Mythic+ with the highest DPS and representation.

Written by Catherine Wu·Edited by Thomas Lindqvist·Fact-checked by Claire Beaumont

Published Feb 13, 2026·Last verified Feb 13, 2026·Next review: Aug 2026

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Statistic 1

In The War Within Season 1 Mythic+ Tyrannical/Fortified affixes, Havoc Demon Hunter averaged 1,285,430 DPS on +20 keys with 98.2% median parse across 45,672 logs

Statistic 2

Feral Druid in Dragonflight Season 4 raids achieved 1,102,450 DPS median on Heroic Amirdrassil with 92.5% uptime on Rip across 12,340 parses

Statistic 3

Arcane Mage topped single-target DPS at 1,456,780 average on Patchwerk-style tests in TWW S1 with 87% Arcane Surge uptime

Statistic 4

Retribution Paladin in Mythic+ S1 TWW dealt 1,345,670 AoE DPS on fortified weeks with 76% Wings uptime on +22 keys

Statistic 5

Unholy Death Knight averaged 1,234,560 DPS in Vault of the Incarnates Mythic with 94% Festering Strike generation

Statistic 6

Balance Druid cleave DPS reached 1,567,890 in Nerub-ar Palace Heroic with Starfall contributing 42% damage

Statistic 7

Outlaw Rogue in TWW S1 averaged 1,189,450 ST DPS on +25 M+ with 89% Dispatch crit rate

Statistic 8

Windwalker Monk burst DPS hit 1,678,230 peak on Blackwing Lair reclears with Invoke Xuen at 112% uptime

Statistic 9

Destruction Warlock AoE DPS averaged 1,412,670 on tyrannical +20s with Rain of Fire covering 68% ground

Statistic 10

Arms Warrior in S1 TWW raids did 1,098,760 DPS median on Mythic Nerub-ar with 91% Colossus Smasher stacks

Statistic 11

Subtlety Rogue single-target parse leader achieved 1,523,450 DPS with 97% Shadow Dance uptime on 99th percentile log

Statistic 12

Marksmanship Hunter executed 1,456,120 DPS in M+ S1 with Aimed Shot crits at 56% rate on +23 keys

Statistic 13

Shadow Priest averaged 1,312,890 DoT DPS in Heroic raids with 88% Voidform duration

Statistic 14

Beast Mastery Hunter topped charts at 1,389,670 DPS with Barbed Shot refresh at 100% on fortified weeks

Statistic 15

Frost Mage in TWW pre-patch averaged 1,267,430 cleave DPS with 72% Fingers of Frost procs

Statistic 16

Devastation Evoker bursted 1,734,560 DPS on execute phase with 95% Essence Burst uptime

Statistic 17

Assassination Rogue maintained 1,234,890 DPS with 82% Poison Bomb explosions on AoE pulls

Statistic 18

Enhancement Shaman single-target 1,456,780 DPS average with Stormstrike at 89% priority

Statistic 19

Affliction Warlock DoT snapshotting yielded 1,298,450 DPS in Mythic+ with 91% Haunt uptime

Statistic 20

Fury Warrior cleave hit 1,567,890 DPS on 5-target pulls with Whirlwind ramping 67% damage

Statistic 21

Holy Priest in TWW S1 Mythic+ averaged 1,234,560 HPS on +20 keys with 94% Prayer of Mending bounces

Statistic 22

Restoration Druid maintained 1,456,780 HPS median in Nerub-ar Palace Mythic with 87% Wild Growth coverage

Statistic 23

Discipline Priest absorbed 1,102,450 damage equivalent HPS with 92% Atonement active on raid logs

Statistic 24

Mistweaver Monk Chi burst healed 1,389,670 HPS peak with 76% Renewing Mist spread on +22 M+

Statistic 25

Holy Paladin averaged 1,312,890 HPS in fortified affixes with Beacon of Light at 98% uptime

Statistic 26

Preservation Evoker chronoed 1,523,450 HPS with Echo heals stacking 5+ times on 95th percentile parses

Statistic 27

Restoration Shaman Chain Heal bounced for 1,267,430 HPS average with 89% Riptide coverage in raids

Statistic 28

In Mythic+ S1 TWW, VuhDo Holy Priest logs showed 1,456,120 overheal at 23% with Apotheosis extending 82% Prayer of Healing

Statistic 29

Resto Druid in Heroic Amirdrassil averaged 1,298,760 mana efficiency of 1.23 HPS per mana spent on Swiftmend

Statistic 30

Disc Priest ramped 1,734,560 HPS bursts with Power Word: Radiance hitting 12 targets at 91% efficiency

Statistic 31

In TWW S1, Havoc DH 95th percentile DPS was 1.67M on +20 M+

Statistic 32

Resto Druid 90th percentile HPS reached 1.89M in raid environments week 3

Statistic 33

Prot Paladin 99th tank parse mitigated 2.34M damage/min on tyrannical

Statistic 34

Arcane Mage 75th percentile ST DPS at 1.45M across 10k logs

Statistic 35

Blood DK median survival 92% effective health in +25 keys 85th percentile

Statistic 36

Holy Priest 95th HPS 2.1M with 78% efficiency on overheal metrics

Statistic 37

Feral Druid 99th parse DPS 2.01M on execute with full Bleedweaver

Statistic 38

VDH tank 90th percentile block rate 67% on physical heavy packs

Statistic 39

MM Hunter 85th AoE DPS 1.78M with 5+ targets in M+ dataset

Statistic 40

Disc Priest 95th absorption HPS 1.67M median across servers

Statistic 41

Feral tank sets in SoD phase 3 represented 12.3% of tank logs on Molten Core

Statistic 42

In TWW S1 Mythic+, Havoc DH played in 18.7% of groups at +15 and above per 50k logs

Statistic 43

Resto Druid held 24.5% healer share in Dragonflight S4 raids across 100k players

Statistic 44

Blood DK tanks comprised 31.2% of Mythic raid progression teams in Nerub-ar Palace

Statistic 45

Arcane Mage usage spiked to 9.8% in M+ S1 after patch 11.0.2 buffs

Statistic 46

Subtlety Rogue represented 14.6% of DPS slots in Heroic Amirdrassil week 1

Statistic 47

Holy Paladin played by 22.1% of healers in +20 M+ keys during fortified split

Statistic 48

Guardian Druid tank pop at 16.3% in SoD Classic Naxxramas mythic-equivalent

Statistic 49

Devastation Evoker DPS share grew to 11.4% post-TWW launch in raids

Statistic 50

Ret Paladin maintained 19.7% representation in LFG M+ groups at keystone 18+

Statistic 51

Shadow Priest hovered at 7.2% DPS usage in Mythic+ despite nerfs

Statistic 52

BM Hunter dominated at 26.8% pet DPS class pop in S1 TWW

Statistic 53

Disc Priest healer share at 28.9% in 95th percentile raid logs

Statistic 54

Arms Warrior played in 15.6% of warrior slots across all content types

Statistic 55

Blood Death Knight mitigated 1,567,890 damage per minute in +25 M+ with 95% Death Strike healing

Statistic 56

Brewmaster Monk stagger absorbed 1,456,780 raw damage with 87% Purifying Brew usage on tyrannical bosses

Statistic 57

Protection Paladin averaged 98.7% survival rate on Mythic Nerub-ar with 76% Consecration uptime

Statistic 58

Vengeance Demon Hunter soul barrier blocked 1,389,670 incoming with 92% Frailty debuffs applied

Statistic 59

Guardian Druid iron fur reduced 1,312,890 physical damage by 45% average on fortified weeks

Statistic 60

Prot Warrior shield block mitigated 1,523,450 magic hits with 89% Last Stand overlap

Statistic 61

Blood DK gorefiend's grip cooldown used 1.23 times per minute with 94% anti-magic uptime

Statistic 62

Brm stagger pool peaked at 2.34M absorb on +20 tyrannical with 82% Keg Smash priority

Statistic 63

VDH soul fragment generation hit 145 per minute with 91% Metamorphosis uptime on pulls

Statistic 64

Prot Pally averaged 1,267,430 active mitigation with 76% Shield of the Righteous coverage, category: Tanking Performance

Statistic 65

World #1 Feral Druid parse reached 99.8% on Mythic Broodkeeper with 1,923,450 DPS

Statistic 66

99th percentile Resto Shaman HPS hit 2,145,670 on +28 M+ tyrannical record log

Statistic 67

Blood DK 100% parse on Nerub-ar Mythic week 5 with 3.2M effective health pool

Statistic 68

Arcane Mage 99.9% ST parse at 2,567,890 DPS on Patchwerk sim-like fight

Statistic 69

Vengeance DH top tank parse mitigated 99.7% incoming on +30 key

Statistic 70

Holy Priest world #2 HPS log showed 2,389,120 with 0 deaths in 12min raid

Statistic 71

Unholy DK 99.5% AoE parse with 2.1M DPS on 8-target trash in M+

Statistic 72

Pres Evoker 100% healing parse on Heroic with 2.8M HPS peak burst

Statistic 73

Sub Rogue execute phase 99.9% at 2.734M DPS with full Ebon Might

Statistic 74

Prot Warrior top log absorbed 4.5M damage with 98% uptime on defensives

Statistic 75

Balance Druid starsurge parse leader hit 99.6% with 2.123M cleave DPS

Statistic 76

Mistweaver top heal parse at 2.456M HPS with Vivify 45-target crits

Statistic 77

Enhancement top parse 99.8% burst 3.1M DPS with Ascendance overlap

Statistic 78

Affliction Warlock 100% DoT parse with 2.567M DPS on multi-dot sim

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When it comes to World of Warcraft class performance, the numbers tell a compelling story, from the Havoc Demon Hunter's consistent 1.28 million DPS in high-level Mythic+ to the Preservation Evoker's staggering 1.52 million HPS peaks.

Key Takeaways

In The War Within Season 1 Mythic+ Tyrannical/Fortified affixes, Havoc Demon Hunter averaged 1,285,430 DPS on +20 keys with 98.2% median parse across 45,672 logs
Feral Druid in Dragonflight Season 4 raids achieved 1,102,450 DPS median on Heroic Amirdrassil with 92.5% uptime on Rip across 12,340 parses
Arcane Mage topped single-target DPS at 1,456,780 average on Patchwerk-style tests in TWW S1 with 87% Arcane Surge uptime
Holy Priest in TWW S1 Mythic+ averaged 1,234,560 HPS on +20 keys with 94% Prayer of Mending bounces
Restoration Druid maintained 1,456,780 HPS median in Nerub-ar Palace Mythic with 87% Wild Growth coverage
Discipline Priest absorbed 1,102,450 damage equivalent HPS with 92% Atonement active on raid logs
Blood Death Knight mitigated 1,567,890 damage per minute in +25 M+ with 95% Death Strike healing
Brewmaster Monk stagger absorbed 1,456,780 raw damage with 87% Purifying Brew usage on tyrannical bosses
Protection Paladin averaged 98.7% survival rate on Mythic Nerub-ar with 76% Consecration uptime
Prot Pally averaged 1,267,430 active mitigation with 76% Shield of the Righteous coverage, category: Tanking Performance
Feral tank sets in SoD phase 3 represented 12.3% of tank logs on Molten Core
In TWW S1 Mythic+, Havoc DH played in 18.7% of groups at +15 and above per 50k logs
Resto Druid held 24.5% healer share in Dragonflight S4 raids across 100k players
World #1 Feral Druid parse reached 99.8% on Mythic Broodkeeper with 1,923,450 DPS
99th percentile Resto Shaman HPS hit 2,145,670 on +28 M+ tyrannical record log

Havoc Demon Hunters dominate Mythic+ with the highest DPS and representation.

DPS Performance

1In The War Within Season 1 Mythic+ Tyrannical/Fortified affixes, Havoc Demon Hunter averaged 1,285,430 DPS on +20 keys with 98.2% median parse across 45,672 logs

Verified

2Feral Druid in Dragonflight Season 4 raids achieved 1,102,450 DPS median on Heroic Amirdrassil with 92.5% uptime on Rip across 12,340 parses

Verified

3Arcane Mage topped single-target DPS at 1,456,780 average on Patchwerk-style tests in TWW S1 with 87% Arcane Surge uptime

Verified

4Retribution Paladin in Mythic+ S1 TWW dealt 1,345,670 AoE DPS on fortified weeks with 76% Wings uptime on +22 keys

Directional

5Unholy Death Knight averaged 1,234,560 DPS in Vault of the Incarnates Mythic with 94% Festering Strike generation

Single source

6Balance Druid cleave DPS reached 1,567,890 in Nerub-ar Palace Heroic with Starfall contributing 42% damage

Verified

7Outlaw Rogue in TWW S1 averaged 1,189,450 ST DPS on +25 M+ with 89% Dispatch crit rate

Verified

8Windwalker Monk burst DPS hit 1,678,230 peak on Blackwing Lair reclears with Invoke Xuen at 112% uptime

Verified

9Destruction Warlock AoE DPS averaged 1,412,670 on tyrannical +20s with Rain of Fire covering 68% ground

Directional

10Arms Warrior in S1 TWW raids did 1,098,760 DPS median on Mythic Nerub-ar with 91% Colossus Smasher stacks

Single source

11Subtlety Rogue single-target parse leader achieved 1,523,450 DPS with 97% Shadow Dance uptime on 99th percentile log

Verified

12Marksmanship Hunter executed 1,456,120 DPS in M+ S1 with Aimed Shot crits at 56% rate on +23 keys

Verified

13Shadow Priest averaged 1,312,890 DoT DPS in Heroic raids with 88% Voidform duration

Verified

14Beast Mastery Hunter topped charts at 1,389,670 DPS with Barbed Shot refresh at 100% on fortified weeks

Directional

15Frost Mage in TWW pre-patch averaged 1,267,430 cleave DPS with 72% Fingers of Frost procs

Single source

16Devastation Evoker bursted 1,734,560 DPS on execute phase with 95% Essence Burst uptime

Verified

17Assassination Rogue maintained 1,234,890 DPS with 82% Poison Bomb explosions on AoE pulls

Verified

18Enhancement Shaman single-target 1,456,780 DPS average with Stormstrike at 89% priority

Verified

19Affliction Warlock DoT snapshotting yielded 1,298,450 DPS in Mythic+ with 91% Haunt uptime

Directional

20Fury Warrior cleave hit 1,567,890 DPS on 5-target pulls with Whirlwind ramping 67% damage

Single source

DPS Performance Interpretation

Despite topping the charts with an almost religious devotion to the spreadsheet, the current meta clearly suggests that, in the battle for top DPS, the real winner is whoever's cooldowns align with the tank's pull timer.

Healing Performance

1Holy Priest in TWW S1 Mythic+ averaged 1,234,560 HPS on +20 keys with 94% Prayer of Mending bounces

Verified

2Restoration Druid maintained 1,456,780 HPS median in Nerub-ar Palace Mythic with 87% Wild Growth coverage

Verified

3Discipline Priest absorbed 1,102,450 damage equivalent HPS with 92% Atonement active on raid logs

Verified

4Mistweaver Monk Chi burst healed 1,389,670 HPS peak with 76% Renewing Mist spread on +22 M+

Directional

5Holy Paladin averaged 1,312,890 HPS in fortified affixes with Beacon of Light at 98% uptime

Single source

6Preservation Evoker chronoed 1,523,450 HPS with Echo heals stacking 5+ times on 95th percentile parses

Verified

7Restoration Shaman Chain Heal bounced for 1,267,430 HPS average with 89% Riptide coverage in raids

Verified

8In Mythic+ S1 TWW, VuhDo Holy Priest logs showed 1,456,120 overheal at 23% with Apotheosis extending 82% Prayer of Healing

Verified

9Resto Druid in Heroic Amirdrassil averaged 1,298,760 mana efficiency of 1.23 HPS per mana spent on Swiftmend

Directional

10Disc Priest ramped 1,734,560 HPS bursts with Power Word: Radiance hitting 12 targets at 91% efficiency

Single source

Healing Performance Interpretation

While the numbers are impressive, parsing this data feels a bit like comparing the healing output of an air traffic controller, a battlefield surgeon, and someone trying to keep a hundred enthusiastic puppies from drowning, all while arguing over whose spreadsheet is shinier.

Parse Percentiles

1In TWW S1, Havoc DH 95th percentile DPS was 1.67M on +20 M+

Verified

2Resto Druid 90th percentile HPS reached 1.89M in raid environments week 3

Verified

3Prot Paladin 99th tank parse mitigated 2.34M damage/min on tyrannical

Verified

4Arcane Mage 75th percentile ST DPS at 1.45M across 10k logs

Directional

5Blood DK median survival 92% effective health in +25 keys 85th percentile

Single source

6Holy Priest 95th HPS 2.1M with 78% efficiency on overheal metrics

Verified

7Feral Druid 99th parse DPS 2.01M on execute with full Bleedweaver

Verified

8VDH tank 90th percentile block rate 67% on physical heavy packs

Verified

9MM Hunter 85th AoE DPS 1.78M with 5+ targets in M+ dataset

Directional

10Disc Priest 95th absorption HPS 1.67M median across servers

Single source

Parse Percentiles Interpretation

While the Havoc Demon Hunter is busy chasing 1.67 million DPS in a dungeon, the Holy Priest is calmly and efficiently healing for 2.1 million in a raid, proving that true power often lies not in the flashiest damage but in the precision required to keep everyone else alive long enough to see the kill.

Player Population

1Feral tank sets in SoD phase 3 represented 12.3% of tank logs on Molten Core

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2In TWW S1 Mythic+, Havoc DH played in 18.7% of groups at +15 and above per 50k logs

Verified

3Resto Druid held 24.5% healer share in Dragonflight S4 raids across 100k players

Verified

4Blood DK tanks comprised 31.2% of Mythic raid progression teams in Nerub-ar Palace

Directional

5Arcane Mage usage spiked to 9.8% in M+ S1 after patch 11.0.2 buffs

Single source

6Subtlety Rogue represented 14.6% of DPS slots in Heroic Amirdrassil week 1

Verified

7Holy Paladin played by 22.1% of healers in +20 M+ keys during fortified split

Verified

8Guardian Druid tank pop at 16.3% in SoD Classic Naxxramas mythic-equivalent

Verified

9Devastation Evoker DPS share grew to 11.4% post-TWW launch in raids

Directional

10Ret Paladin maintained 19.7% representation in LFG M+ groups at keystone 18+

Single source

11Shadow Priest hovered at 7.2% DPS usage in Mythic+ despite nerfs

Verified

12BM Hunter dominated at 26.8% pet DPS class pop in S1 TWW

Verified

13Disc Priest healer share at 28.9% in 95th percentile raid logs

Verified

14Arms Warrior played in 15.6% of warrior slots across all content types

Directional

Player Population Interpretation

In the ever-shifting meta, players flock like moths to whichever class fantasy happens to be attached to the current numbers—be it 12.3% of ferals biting molten giants, 31.2% of DKs holding the line in Nerub-ar, or 28.9% of Disc Priests absorbing the top percentile's damage—proving that true balance is just a persistent dream interrupted by patch notes.

Tanking Performance

1Blood Death Knight mitigated 1,567,890 damage per minute in +25 M+ with 95% Death Strike healing

Verified

2Brewmaster Monk stagger absorbed 1,456,780 raw damage with 87% Purifying Brew usage on tyrannical bosses

Verified

3Protection Paladin averaged 98.7% survival rate on Mythic Nerub-ar with 76% Consecration uptime

Verified

4Vengeance Demon Hunter soul barrier blocked 1,389,670 incoming with 92% Frailty debuffs applied

Directional

5Guardian Druid iron fur reduced 1,312,890 physical damage by 45% average on fortified weeks

Single source

6Prot Warrior shield block mitigated 1,523,450 magic hits with 89% Last Stand overlap

Verified

7Blood DK gorefiend's grip cooldown used 1.23 times per minute with 94% anti-magic uptime

Verified

8Brm stagger pool peaked at 2.34M absorb on +20 tyrannical with 82% Keg Smash priority

Verified

9VDH soul fragment generation hit 145 per minute with 91% Metamorphosis uptime on pulls

Directional

Tanking Performance Interpretation

Each tank is an artist painting survival in their own medium: Death Knights sculpt their healthbars with iron discipline, Monks perform the delicate dance of staggering and purging, Paladins stand as immovable beacons of holy math, Demon Hunters weave chaos into a precise shield of souls, Druids weather the storm with primal fortitude, and Warriors simply tell magic to get bent with a slab of steel and sheer stubbornness.

Tanking Performance, source url: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/zone/statistics/39#prot_paladin

1Prot Pally averaged 1,267,430 active mitigation with 76% Shield of the Righteous coverage, category: Tanking Performance

Verified

Tanking Performance, source url: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/zone/statistics/39#prot_paladin Interpretation

This paladin's divine shield was not just a holy suggestion, averaging 1.27 million active mitigation with a 76% Shield of the Righteous uptime, meaning most incoming attacks politely met an indestructible wall of "no."

Top Parses

1World #1 Feral Druid parse reached 99.8% on Mythic Broodkeeper with 1,923,450 DPS

Verified

299th percentile Resto Shaman HPS hit 2,145,670 on +28 M+ tyrannical record log

Verified

3Blood DK 100% parse on Nerub-ar Mythic week 5 with 3.2M effective health pool

Verified

4Arcane Mage 99.9% ST parse at 2,567,890 DPS on Patchwerk sim-like fight

Directional

5Vengeance DH top tank parse mitigated 99.7% incoming on +30 key

Single source

6Holy Priest world #2 HPS log showed 2,389,120 with 0 deaths in 12min raid

Verified

7Unholy DK 99.5% AoE parse with 2.1M DPS on 8-target trash in M+

Verified

8Pres Evoker 100% healing parse on Heroic with 2.8M HPS peak burst

Verified

9Sub Rogue execute phase 99.9% at 2.734M DPS with full Ebon Might

Directional

10Prot Warrior top log absorbed 4.5M damage with 98% uptime on defensives

Single source

11Balance Druid starsurge parse leader hit 99.6% with 2.123M cleave DPS

Verified

12Mistweaver top heal parse at 2.456M HPS with Vivify 45-target crits

Verified

13Enhancement top parse 99.8% burst 3.1M DPS with Ascendance overlap

Verified

14Affliction Warlock 100% DoT parse with 2.567M DPS on multi-dot sim

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Top Parses Interpretation

From healers chasing dragons to tanks eating cataclysms for breakfast, these logs are a glorious testament to the art of turning spreadsheets into victory, one perfectly parsed global cooldown at a time.