Fire Mage vs Shadow Priest

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Shadow Priest

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Fire Mage

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When simulating AoE DPS, Shadow Priests averaged 27.69% more DPS than Fire Mages (+279K DPS).

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Shadow Priest

0 DPS 0.00 DPS (0.0%)

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Fire Mage

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Shadow Priests have higher spike damage potential, achieving +1.3M more DPS than Fire Mages.

Spike damage is the peak DPS achieved in any given moment and is not sustained DPS.

When upgrading the gear for both specs by +44 ilvl, Shadow Priest DPS improved the most, +0.6% more than Fire Mage. In total, Shadow Priests DPS increased by 66.8% and Fire Mages by 66.2%.

• + Movement and latency lowered the DPS by 9.04% for Shadow Priests.
• + Movement and latency lowered the DPS by 28.03% for Fire Mages.

When introducing occasional movement and real-world latency, Shadow Priests performed better, as Fire Mages suffered a +19% increased DPS loss.

When evaluating abilities used during boss encounters, Fire Mages had fewer damaging abilities in total, indicating a potentially less complex rotation.