This compares PvE damage in each fight scenario.
Overall
Survival Hunter leads in 6 of 7 categoriesMidnight (Patch 12.1.5)
DPS by category
Arcane Mage does 11.4% less damage than Survival Hunter in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the Single Target rankings at 338 item level. Best-case single-target raid boss damage.
Arcane Mage does 7.9% less damage than Survival Hunter in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the Cleave rankings at 338 item level. Best-case damage on two raid bosses.
Arcane Mage does 19.4% less damage than Survival Hunter in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the Assisted Highlight rankings at 338 item level. Single-target raid boss damage using the Assisted Highlight feature and cooldowns.
Survival Hunter does 2.2% less damage than Arcane Mage in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the AoE rankings at 338 item level. Best-case AoE damage on a raid boss with four adds.
Arcane Mage does 3.3% less damage than Survival Hunter in this category.
How it’s measured: Taken directly from the Solo rankings at 338 item level. Single-target damage with no raid buffs or Bloodlust.
From 288 to 338 item level, Survival Hunter’s damage changed by +69.5% and Arcane Mage’s by +60.4%, so Survival Hunter gets more out of gear upgrades.
How it’s measured: How much each spec gained going from 288 to 338 item level in the Single Target rankings. A higher gain means the spec scales better with gear.
Each category is simmed with each spec’s SimC gear, at 338 item level. The bars show each spec’s result against the winner’s, and two results within each other’s margin of error are tied. Select a category to read what its result means and how it’s measured.
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