[EU] 3v3 Representation
Introduction
Hey guys, after creating my previous thread I got a lot of comments saying that people would be interested in seeing how representation would change once people got Grievous weapons. I've left it a week since anyone could get weapons and have got the new data to share with you all.
As I said before, this thread is being created to spark constructive discussion about class balance and the changes 5.5 might bring. I don't want to hand out infractions because people start flaming and trolling people who play x class or spec.
This thread is going to be split into two major parts. The first is going to be looking at representation for the overall ladder, the second is going to be looking at data for people above 2200 rating. This will show us which classes the majority of people are playing overall, and which classes perform better at higher ratings (or have less counters).
Contents- Introduction
Entire Ladder - Class Representation
- Class Representation (Graph)
- Healer Spec Representation (Graph)
- Damage Class Representation (Graph)
- Damage Spec Representation (Graph)
2200+ - Class Representation
- Class Representation (Graph)
- Healer Spec Representation (Graph)
- Damage Class Representation (Graph)
- Damage Spec Representation (Graph)
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(Ladder) Overall Class Representation
This is all classes with all specs included. This was the top 1004 characters on the EU ladder (it changes slightly every time), and simply by filtering each spec I got the numbers for each. The format is: the current amount of each class on the ladder, followed by the amount of each class from the first week of the season and then the % change between the two.
Death Knight - 57 (88) -35%
Druid - 78 (56) +39%
Hunter - 81 (89) -9%
Mage - 103 (84) +22%
Monk - 18 (13) +38%
Paladin - 66 (67) -1%
Priest - 141 (202) -30%
Rogue - 35 (24) +46%
Shaman - 176 (149) +18%
Warlock - 78 (66) +18%
Warrior -171 (164) +4%
Found here: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/pvp/leaderboards/3v3
(Ladder) Class Representation (Graph)
Priest numbers have fallen considerably since the first week, since the majority of those on ladder were healers this has caused shaman and druid representation to go up (as these are considered the second best two healers), although Death Knights suffered the biggest representation hit. For DPS classes, Mage, Warlock and Rogue have all seen reasonable increases while Hunter has decreased by 9%. Others have stayed roughly the same. Monks are still heavily under represented overall.
(Ladder) Healer Representation (Graph)
This is a graph purely comparing the healing specs of the 5 classes. Mistweaver Monk representation has jumped a massive 1.4% since the first week of Arena, with now a grand total of 5 on the entire EU ladder. Disc representation is pretty shocking, considering last patch it was nearly 30%... now it's joint worst with MW - though this is partly due to Holy being the more viable spec. Resto Shaman has increased a lot since the first week, while Paladin and Druid have seen slight increases. I imagine this is down to the PoM nerf meaning there was room for other healers.
(Ladder) Damage Class Representation (Graph)
This is comparing damage dealer class representation. For Druids, I took the entire Druid representation and took away the amount of Resto Druids. This leaves Balance and Feral counted as one class. Warriors are still towering above everyone else, with a 2% jump in representation from the first week of the season. Mages and Warlocks have increased pretty impressively, while DKs and Shadow seem to be the biggest drops.
(Ladder) Damage Spec Representation (Graph)
This graph compares all the DPS specs which have more than 0 players on the ladder. For specs like Arcane, Demonology, Combat and Frost there were no players on ladder.
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(2200+) Overall Class Representation
This is all classes with all specs included. There were a total of 714 characters listed above 2200. The format is as followed: The current amount of each class on the ladder above 2200, followed by the amount of each class for the entire ladder, and finally the percentage difference. Obviously each class will have less above 2200 than on the entire ladder, but classes with percentages closer to -0% have a higher density of representation above 2200 than they do on the entire ladder.
Death Knight - 36 (57) -37%
Druid - 54 (78) -31%
Hunter - 52 (81) -36%
Mage - 72 (103) -30%
Monk - 13 (18) -28%
Paladin - 48 (66) -28%
Priest - 96 (141) -32%
Rogue - 30 (35) -15%
Shaman - 134 (176) -24%
Warlock - 58 (78) -26%
Warrior -121 (171) -30%
Found here: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/pvp/leaderboards/3v3 (I manually counted people above 2200).
(2200+) Class Representation (Graph)
(2200+) Healer Representation (Graph)
The difference between the representation of healers on the entire ladder and above 2200:-
Druid: -6%
Monk: +42%
Paladin: -1%
Disc Priest: +14%
Holy Priest: -5%
Shaman: +4%
Don't read too much into this. The classes with positive percentages are more densely represented above 2200 than on the entire ladder, the main point is to show the Shaman, Druid and Holy Priest figures - as Mistweaver and Disc are skewed being that there is so few on the entire ladder.
(2200+) Damage Class Representation (Graph)
(2200+) Damage Spec Representation (Graph)
That's it for now, thankfully this didn't take too long because the graphs from the previous time I did this still work. All I had to do was get the numbers for each class and the graphs automatically update. There's not a lot to be taken away from all this information (and there is a lot here, so props if you got to here), but I'll hope that this 'up to date' information helps with more balance discussions.