Client 70205 and the simulator rebuilt on upstream
The game data moved from client 70170 to 70205 and the simulator was rebuilt on upstream's: only the three-minute single-boss fight has results on both sides.
Game data and sim 4 Oct 2026 · 1 boss · 3 min
The game data and our simulator both changed: a move can come from either, so it is not on its own a Blizzard buff or nerf. The notes say what each side changed.
What changed
Simulator 2cbaaae → b198037
- GameGame data: from client 1.60.1.70170 (hotfixes to 2 October, which we had carried ourselves) to 1.60.1.70178 and 1.60.1.70205 (hotfixes to 3 October).Blizzard: WoW Forever beta development notesSimulator data: 70205 with the hotfixes of 3 OctoberSimulator data: client build 1.60.1.70205
- SimThe simulator was rebuilt on upstream's, keeping four changes of client 70170 it did not carry: Tiger's Fury removed, the druid changes, Inner Focus's crit and the Scroll of Cryoblast.
- SimUpstream fixes from beta logs: Windfury Weapon, Deep Wounds, Arcane Concentration, the procs that read Can Proc From Procs (Ignite, Elemental Devastation, Flurry) and Demonic Brand, and new warrior stance-dance rotations.Upstream simulator
Biggest winners
Damage specs, by the change of their DPS
Survival Hunter +19.3 %618.0 → 737.5 · #20 → #9
Marksmanship Hunter +13.3 %734.0 → 831.6 · #6 → #3
Arms Warrior +13.2 %733.1 → 829.6 · #7 → #4
Enhancement Shaman +4.5 %722.6 → 755.3 · #9 → #7
Destruction Warlock +3.9 %695.6 → 722.6 · #13 → #11
Biggest losers
Damage specs, by the change of their DPS
Combat Rogue −1.3 %716.1 → 707.1 · #12 → #15
Assassination Rogue −0.9 %660.4 → 654.6 · #18 → #19
Smite Priest −0.3 %608.2 → 606.3 · #21
Subtlety Rogue −0.3 %644.8 → 642.9 · #19 → #20
Feral Druid −0.2 %662.2 → 660.7 · #17 → #18
Damage ranks, before and after
One line per spec, from its place before the update to its place after; thick lines moved three places or more.
Damage
In DPS.
 Fury Warrior | 1,018.9 | 1,048.1 | +2.9 % | #1 | #1 | = |
 Retribution Paladin | 926.0 | 930.7 | +0.5 % | #2 | #2 | = |
| Marksmanship Hunter | 734.0 | 831.6 | +13.3 % | #6 | #3 | ▲3 |
| Arms Warrior | 733.1 | 829.6 | +13.2 % | #7 | #4 | ▲3 |
 Beast Mastery Hunter | 798.3 | 804.2 | +0.7 % | #3 | #5 | ▼2 |
 Demonology Warlock | 762.0 | 775.7 | +1.8 % | #4 | #6 | ▼2 |
| Enhancement Shaman | 722.6 | 755.3 | +4.5 % | #9 | #7 | ▲2 |
 Shadow Priest | 745.5 | 745.5 | ±0.0 % | #5 | #8 | ▼3 |
| Survival Hunter | 618.0 | 737.5 | +19.3 % | #20 | #9 | ▲11 |
 Balance Druid | 727.1 | 730.4 | +0.4 % | #8 | #10 | ▼2 |
| Destruction Warlock | 695.6 | 722.6 | +3.9 % | #13 | #11 | ▲2 |
 Fire Mage | 722.6 | 722.6 | ±0.0 % | #10 | #12 | ▼2 |
 Frost Mage | 719.9 | 719.9 | ±0.0 % | #11 | #13 | ▼2 |
 Affliction Warlock | 693.4 | 707.9 | +2.1 % | #14 | #14 | = |
| Combat Rogue | 716.1 | 707.1 | −1.3 % | #12 | #15 | ▼3 |
 DS/Ruin Warlock | 684.6 | 700.2 | +2.3 % | #15 | #16 | ▼1 |
 Arcane Mage | 684.4 | 685.0 | +0.1 % | #16 | #17 | ▼1 |
| Feral Druid | 662.2 | 660.7 | −0.2 % | #17 | #18 | ▼1 |
| Assassination Rogue | 660.4 | 654.6 | −0.9 % | #18 | #19 | ▼1 |
| Subtlety Rogue | 644.8 | 642.9 | −0.3 % | #19 | #20 | ▼1 |
| Smite Priest | 608.2 | 606.3 | −0.3 % | #21 | #21 | = |
 Elemental Shaman | 578.2 | 578.2 | ±0.0 % | #22 | #22 | = |
 Stormcaller Shaman | 567.4 | 571.4 | +0.7 % | #23 | #23 | = |
Tanks · Threat
In TPS.
 Feral Druid | 1,654.5 | 1,655.9 | +0.1 % | #1 | #1 | = |
 Protection Warrior | 1,032.5 | 1,039.2 | +0.7 % | #2 | #2 | = |
 Protection Paladin | 873.5 | 873.5 | ±0.0 % | #3 | #3 | = |
Healers · Single target
In HPS.
 Restoration Shaman | 911.1 | 911.1 | ±0.0 % | #1 | #1 | = |
 Restoration Druid | 910.3 | 910.3 | ±0.0 % | #2 | #2 | = |
 Holy Priest | 897.5 | 901.9 | +0.5 % | #3 | #3 | = |
 Holy Paladin | 700.9 | 700.9 | ±0.0 % | #4 | #4 | = |
Each list is the rankings’ of that day: one row per spec, the best of its builds, ranked by its role’s number. A spec whose best build is another build than before is marked, and its change is the spec’s. Both sides are the benchmark’s simulations of each build’s optimised setup on 1 boss · 3 min.