How much DPS should dps be doing in heroics?

[steveyboy]

How much dps should a dps be doing in a tank n spank fight in heroics?

I ask this because i tend to go oom because the boss is dropping so slowly.

[Bullocks]

How much dps should a dps be doing in a tank n spank fight in heroics?

I ask this because i tend to go oom because the boss is dropping so slowly.

Class, what is your item level, spec, you arent really giving us much to work with.

[Torahn]

Class, what is your item level, spec, you arent really giving us much to work with.

I think the OP was asking in a more general, as he is a healer, what the DPS in any given random should be pulling down.
I would think 9-12k depending on class/spec. Thats kind of the range of the better ones I've seen, but it also depends on the fight. Some fights I've noticed have boss healing mechanics that can make them drag on much longer than normal.

[Deleted]

In the heroics I have run, which went very smoothly, the dps was around 8k-9k each.

Remember, there are other reasons for the healer to run out of mana besides low DPS:
- Group is taking avoidable damage
- Inefficient healing spells are used when not needed

Also remember, the healer's job is NOT to keep everyone topped off. It's to keep everyone from dying. If everyone is between 80% and 100% health, just sit there and regen.

[steveyboy]

Well atm our guild dps are doing 6k dps on most fights and we were thinking it was a bit low. I pugged some with higher dps and we facerolled through the heroics. Maybe a l2p issue from dps?

[shokter]

Just remember DD will not always just be there for DPS...CC, kiting, and responding to mob/boss mechanics in general will at least as important as dps in the first tier.

[steveyboy]

Oh i'm not topping people off i gladly let them sit there with 40k hp and don't heal them unless they take more damage. Some fights I let the tank drop to 50% hp just so I have time to regen some mana.

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Just remember DD will not always just be there for DPS...CC, kiting, and responding to mob/boss mechanics in general will be more important than dps in the first tier.

Yes but a arcane mage should be doing more than 5k dps right?

[shokter]

Certainly during nuke phase, and yeah...in general always.

[steveyboy]

Hmmmm ok thanks for the responses will tell them to read up on there class and l2p.

[BMBLB]

i'm pulling about 12+ k on my enh shaman in heroics. and i'd say that's kind of the ceiling atm, because, not to toot my own horn or anything, but I have yet to see someone out dps me (in or out of guild). so if you're doing 10-12 k on tank and spanks, you're in a pretty good spot.

[Crosscut]

Well atm our guild dps are doing 6k dps on most fights and we were thinking it was a bit low. I pugged some with higher dps and we facerolled through the heroics. Maybe a l2p issue from dps?

I haven't gotten to 85 yet but 6k dps sounds criminally low to me. Definitely a l2p issue right there if you ask me.

[Deleted]

Im doing around 9k dps on bossfights in normals as frost dk(ilvl 326). I guess in hc with some better pieces i will do ~10-11k

[Grogar]

Im usually getting around 16k DPS on bosses, around 12k on trash as a SV Hunter 338 iLevel. Most of my guildies come close

[Pepitobenito]

8-12k seems reasonable. I generally do 12-13k in 333 average gear, on any non gimmick fight, as a Survival Hunter.

[Hendo]

By the numbers I have been seeing both in live and beta 10k is good number to be aiming for on boss fights. Bare minimum is 7k, if you're alive at the end and only have done 6kish you shouldn't really be in heroics.

[Fierae]

I'm doing around 14k on normal tank and spank fights, I have a few 346 and an epic. Mostly dps seem to do between 8-11k.

[Knough]

I haven't gotten to 85 yet but 6k dps sounds criminally low to me. Definitely a l2p issue right there if you ask me.

yeh, i take your side there, I'm doing 6k dps on bosses, lvl 83 dps, and I'm still in questing gear mainly

[Ademptio]

333+ gear, easly 12k.

[Spinz]

Anything above 8k (depening on fight etc is good). I myself as a feral cat is usally hovering around 10-13k depening on fight

[ThatShammy]

for all the people claiming to do more when they arent 85...just wait...the stat coefficients are totally different and you dont necessarily do better dps...when i was 80 i had around 40% crit on my mage but now im down to 15% with the new stat conversions and i get way less pyroblasts because of it. I manage to pull anywhere from 6-10k depending on the fight and on how well the group im with is... if your healer isnt good is a better idea to try and survive then make them heal through it