Top DPS Rankings in WoW: Shadowlands 9.0.5

Here's a list and brief analysis of the top DPS classes and specializations in WoW: Shadowlands for Patch 9.0.5.

MMOs like World of Warcraft (WoW) are constantly in flux. Every patch released always brings adjustments, power shifts, and rebalances to clear the way for new content or fix "broken" abilities. This, of course, means that the rankings for class outputs change every other week. Players looking to complete endgame stories and find a niche for themselves in Mythic+ content should always be aware of how they match up.

Top DPS Rankings in WoW: Shadowlands 9.0.5

According to WoWhead, the two most powerful DPS classes are the Balance Druid and the Affliction Warlock, respectively. Both of these classes topped the charts in previous weeks, as well, making them among the most useful to have on your roster.

Third came the Shadow Priest, moving up one slot, from last week, with Elemental Shaman rocketing up ten places to take fourth. We've provided the top ten list below, according to Warcraft Logs:

1. Balance Druid
2. Affliction Warlock
3. Shadow Priest
4. Elemental Shaman
5. Fire Mage
6. Arcane Mage
7. Retribution Paladin
8. Destruction Warlock
9. Unholy Death Knight
10. Feral Druid

Balance Druids have the top DPS score of 92.25% with ~90,000 parses and ~115 damage.

Affliction Warlock isn't far behind, however. Its score is 91.60% with only ~63,000, but just over ~120 damage.

Elemental Shaman and Shadow Priest are the closest of the top five at 89.48% and 89.19%, respectively. Elemental Shaman does ~107 damage with ~20,000 parses while Shadow Priest does ~109 with ~40,000.

At the bottom of the pack we have the Fire Mage with a score of 88.76%. It is capable of ~110 in ~99,000. Impressive, but not enough to unseat any of the leaders.