Best DPS in WoW: Midnight Season 2 DPS Tier List

This DPS tier list ranks all 27 damage specs of World of Warcraft for Midnight Season 2, separately for The Venomous Abyss raid and for Mythic+, with a short PvP section at the end. We updated it on November 2, 2026, following the October 27 tuning, which cut Subtlety Rogue and buffed Feral, Fire, Marksmanship and two Warlock specs.

Right now Subtlety Rogue, Arms Warrior, Demonology Warlock and Retribution Paladin lead in the raid, and Arms Warrior, Elemental Shaman and Subtlety Rogue lead in Mythic+. Healers and tanks have their own lists in our full WoW tier list.

How we rank damage dealers

For the raid we compare Warcraft Logs damage at the 95th percentile on Mythic Venomous Abyss, so the numbers show what skilled players get out of each spec. For Mythic+ we use the 95th-percentile Mythic+ score of each spec over the last 14 days in keys +7 and higher, because a score shows which specs time the hardest keys. When a spec has no readable data, the major class guides decide its tier. A tuning change that hits the whole spec moves it, and a change to one spell only adds a note.

Raid DPS tier list

Subtlety Rogue had the highest damage on Mythic before October 27, with strong single target and burst cleave. Its 8 % nerf takes away most of that lead, so it now sits next to Arms Warrior, Demonology Warlock and Retribution Paladin, which were almost level with each other. Demonology is the easiest of the four to bring to every fight, because it keeps full damage on the boss while its demons cleave the adds.

In the A tier, Arcane Mage stays just behind the top group, and Unholy Death Knight is strong on priority targets and in execute. Shadow Priest does well when several bosses share damage on council fights. Beast Mastery Hunter and Elemental Shaman post solid boss damage, and Marksmanship gained AoE from the October 27 changes, which helps on bosses with many adds.

Affliction and Destruction each got 20 % on a key spell, and Fire and Feral got 5 % more damage, so all four may move up once two weeks of new logs are in. The same order works for the one-boss raid The Unbinding of Kith’ix, which has no ranking of its own yet.

Mythic+ DPS tier list

Arms Warrior, Elemental Shaman and Subtlety Rogue are a few points apart, around a Mythic+ score of 4,000, and all three have timed +24 keys. Elemental adds strong group tools on top of its damage. Subtlety may slip a little behind the other two after the nerf.

Arcane Mage and Devourer Demon Hunter come next with nearly the same score. Devourer is the new Void caster spec of Midnight and still rare in keys, at about 3 % of runs, yet its players score as high as Arcane players. Frost Death Knight and Windwalker Monk follow, while Havoc Demon Hunter, Beast Mastery Hunter and Assassination Rogue rank high with the class guides for this dungeon pool. Marksmanship’s October 27 buff targets AoE, so it is the B spec most likely to climb.

A Mythic+ boost gets you keys and Great Vault rewards while you learn a new spec.

Best ranged and melee DPS

For ranged damage, Demonology Warlock leads the raid and Elemental Shaman leads keys, while Arcane Mage is strong in both. For melee, Arms Warrior and Subtlety Rogue are near the top in both raid and Mythic+, and Retribution Paladin is a top raid pick.

Best DPS for PvP

On November 2 the leading damage specs in 3v3 arena were Subtlety Rogue, Unholy Death Knight, Fire Mage, Havoc Demon Hunter and Balance Druid. In Solo Shuffle Retribution Paladin is on top, followed by Unholy, Havoc, Fire and Balance. The October 27 PvP changes lowered Unholy’s Vampiric Strike by 20 % and Fire Mage damage by 5 %, and gave Devourer’s Collapsing Star 20 % more. These lists refresh every few hours, so they already include those changes.

Easiest strong DPS spec

Beast Mastery Hunter is the easiest damage spec to learn, because you attack from range on the move and your pet takes hits in solo content. It is still an A spec in raids and keys, so you lose little by starting with it.

Frequently asked questions

Change Log

• November 2, 2026: new raid, Mythic+ and PvP DPS tier lists for Midnight Season 2 following the October 27 tuning.
• September 27, 2026: updated for Midnight Season 2.
• March 17, 2025: Best Damage Dealers in WoW published.