The first ID of Phase 2 of WoW: Burning Crusade Classic is over and let’s take a look at how well or poorly the DpS specialists did in Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep. Spoilers: warlocks and arcane mages are rocking the new raids. Villains continue to have a hard time.
More than an ID, Phase 2 of WoW: Burning Crusade Classic is now old, and there are numerous players who have pounced on the new raid challenges. But which DpS specialists have been able to convince particularly positively in the cave of the snake shrine and in the fortress of storms? Which classes disappoint when it comes to raw damage numbers? And to what extent do the current statistics differ from the observations we made a few months ago in the article WoW: TBC Classic – who rocks, who sucks? summarized lessons from the private servers or that we could do at the beginning of phase 1 ?
WoW TBC Classic: Horde or Alliance?
In WoW Classic, the alliance is known to clearly dominate the raid event, across all phases. For example, out of the 50 fastest guilds in Naxxramas from phase 6, only 17 belong to the Horde. Only one Horde guild is represented in the top 10. The reason: paladins. And also in general, the majority of the players hanging around in the raids belonged to the alliance.
With TBC Classic, however, the Alliance has lost this crucial advantage: Paladins and Shamans are available to both factions. At the same time, some Horde races have extremely strong racial skills. Let’s just take Boiling Blood of the Orcs, which in TBC not only increases attack power, but also spell damage. Or the trolls’ speed buff from Berserker. Or the Blood Elves’ Arcane Current, which they can use to silence enemies and regenerate mana.
We were already able to see the effects of all of this in phase 1 of TBC Classic and this is now also confirmed in phase 2: the Horde is now much more present and successful in the raids on Outland. According to Ironforge.pro, about 53.7 percent of all logs came from Horde characters in the last ID. And in the race for world first kills, three Horde guilds were able to place in the top 5.
Still, the Horde’s advantage isn’t as great as one might think. With Progress, an alliance guild finally snagged the world first success for SSC and TK. 5 guilds in the top 10 belong to the alliance, and various alliance raids are also at the forefront when it comes to speedrun times.
In other words: the faction balance seems to be very balanced, at least in the PvE area of ​​TBC Classic.
WoW TBC Classic: The best and worst damage dealers in Phase 2 of TBC Classic
In Stage 1, Arcane Mages and Beastmaster Hunters famously rocked the Outland Raid Challenges (plus Karazhan), followed by Destruction Warlocks and Survival Hunters. In phase 2, the picture has now shifted a little. After all, there are a lot of large trash groups in SSC and TK and also one or the other boss where you can cause damage to several targets at the same time.
The result: Single-target specialists like Beast Lords and Survival Hunters fall behind, while all three Warlock specializations work their way into the top 4. Only the arcane magician and furor warrior can keep up here – thanks to their cleave attacks or arcane explosion.
In the midfield there are many classes that are mainly there because of their support: vengeance paladins, reinforcement shamans, weapon warriors and combat rogues. Shadow priests, elemental shamans and balance druids also provide important support, but these specializations can currently only squeeze below-average damage out of themselves.
Finally, at the bottom there are specializations that should rarely find a place in raid groups anyway: frost mages, marksmanship hunters, deception and assassinations villains and gladiator warriors.
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Burning Crusade has the maximum level in WoW at 70 and brings 2 new playable races (Draenei& Blood Elves). In addition, there is a new continent: The Sheol
The Burning Crusade is the first expansion for the successful MMORPG World of Warcraft (WoW) from the developer studio Blizzard. The add-on introduces a new continent called Outland. There are also new races. The Blood Elves for the Horde and the Draenei for the Alliance. The classes Paladin and Shaman are now also playable for both factions. Furthermore, the expansion brings an increase in the level limit from 60 to 70 as well as flying mounts.
World of Warcraft (WoW)
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