: Strong burst and target-switching, though slightly behind Warlocks in total throughput. 💎 Patch 7.3.5 Performance Factors
During the Legion expansion, an item level of 735 was a significant milestone, typically representing a player who had moved past the introductory Heroic Emerald Nightmare and Normal Trials of Valor content and was dipping their toes into Nighthold or the later Tomb of Sargeras raid. At this specific power plateau, the "best DPS" was not merely a matter of which class had the highest theoretical damage on a spreadsheet. It was defined by scaling. In Legion , secondary stats (Haste, Mastery, Critical Strike, and Versatility) scaled aggressively due to the Artifact Weapon traits. By the time a player reached 735 ilvl, they weren’t just hitting harder; their rotation was faster, their resources were more plentiful, and their procs were frequent. This created a divergence where classes that relied on specific breakpoints—such as the "soft caps" for Haste—suddenly skyrocketed in effectiveness, leaving others behind.
: Strong burst and target-switching, though slightly behind Warlocks in total throughput. 💎 Patch 7.3.5 Performance Factors
During the Legion expansion, an item level of 735 was a significant milestone, typically representing a player who had moved past the introductory Heroic Emerald Nightmare and Normal Trials of Valor content and was dipping their toes into Nighthold or the later Tomb of Sargeras raid. At this specific power plateau, the "best DPS" was not merely a matter of which class had the highest theoretical damage on a spreadsheet. It was defined by scaling. In Legion , secondary stats (Haste, Mastery, Critical Strike, and Versatility) scaled aggressively due to the Artifact Weapon traits. By the time a player reached 735 ilvl, they weren’t just hitting harder; their rotation was faster, their resources were more plentiful, and their procs were frequent. This created a divergence where classes that relied on specific breakpoints—such as the "soft caps" for Haste—suddenly skyrocketed in effectiveness, leaving others behind.
