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Mike's been with Dot since 2020, and has been covering esports since 2018.","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/michaelkelly"}]}},"raw_content":"The first season of WoW Dragonflight is in the books, and the game\u2019s dedicated Mythic+ players are ready to see a whole new slew of dungeons enter the pool tomorrow, May 9, when season two begins.\u00a0 Blizzard\u2019s great experiment of resurrecting old dungeons and placing them into the current Mythic+ pool has paid great dividends as it\u2019s opened the door for reinventions and expansions of strategy within the game\u2019s meta. This season, the Mythic+ meta was incredibly varied, with strong options across all four of the game\u2019s roles. Plus, with the gearing process being relatively simpler in Dragonflight, and the expansion as a whole being alt-friendlier than past versions of the game, it wasn\u2019t hard for average players to roll new characters and diversify the game\u2019s pool.\u00a0 Related: Dratnos has 4 invaluable tips and tricks for WoW Dragonflight season 2 Still, like any game, meta frontrunners emerged throughout the course of the expansion\u2019s first season. And now that we can clearly look back on six months' worth of data, it\u2019s evident which specs stood head and shoulders above the field.\u00a0 Here are the top four Mythic+ specs from Dragonflight season one, sorted by the four roles in the game: tank, healer, ranged DPS, and melee DPS.\u00a0 Tank - Protection Paladin Although Protection Warriors slightly eked out Paladins as the most popular tank of season one across all keystone levels, the power of the Protection Paladin cannot be overstated. This season, the spec singlehandedly redefined the meta at the highest level of Mythic+, allowing groups to circumvent the need for a healer thanks to the spec\u2019s consistent off-healing. Between a high skill ceiling and a midseason meta twist, Protection Paladins became the choice of high-level tanks. At keystone levels 25 and higher this season, Protection Paladins were present in over 55 percent of runs, according to WoW stats site Raider.io.\u00a0 Healer - Restoration Druid Restoration Druids weren\u2019t just the most popular healer in season one, they were the most popular spec in the game altogether. More Mythic+ dungeons were run in season one with a Restoration Druid present than any other spec, clearing other top-tier options such as Preservation Evoker and Restoration Shaman.\u00a0 Melee DPS - Havoc Demon Hunter Demon Hunters were the most popular melee DPS spec this season with a play rate of 13.9 percent in Mythic+ dungeons, according to Raider.io. Although other specs like Subtlety Rogue and Retribution Paladin\u2014which had a late-season surge in popularity thanks to its rework in Patch 10.0.7\u2014were both strong contenders in the meta, no spec was as popular or as effective as Havoc Demon Hunter this season. Across all levels of play, Havoc Demon Hunter was the most popular melee DPS spec in all eight of the dungeons in this season\u2019s pool. Related: World of Warcraft Dragonflight season 2 Mythic+ dungeon pool Ranged DPS

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Mike's been with Dot since 2020, and has been covering esports since 2018.","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/michaelkelly"}]}},"raw_content":"The first season of WoW Dragonflight is in the books, and the game\u2019s dedicated Mythic+ players are ready to see a whole new slew of dungeons enter the pool tomorrow, May 9, when season two begins.\u00a0 Blizzard\u2019s great experiment of resurrecting old dungeons and placing them into the current Mythic+ pool has paid great dividends as it\u2019s opened the door for reinventions and expansions of strategy within the game\u2019s meta. This season, the Mythic+ meta was incredibly varied, with strong options across all four of the game\u2019s roles. Plus, with the gearing process being relatively simpler in Dragonflight, and the expansion as a whole being alt-friendlier than past versions of the game, it wasn\u2019t hard for average players to roll new characters and diversify the game\u2019s pool.\u00a0 Related: Dratnos has 4 invaluable tips and tricks for WoW Dragonflight season 2 Still, like any game, meta frontrunners emerged throughout the course of the expansion\u2019s first season. And now that we can clearly look back on six months' worth of data, it\u2019s evident which specs stood head and shoulders above the field.\u00a0 Here are the top four Mythic+ specs from Dragonflight season one, sorted by the four roles in the game: tank, healer, ranged DPS, and melee DPS.\u00a0 Tank - Protection Paladin Although Protection Warriors slightly eked out Paladins as the most popular tank of season one across all keystone levels, the power of the Protection Paladin cannot be overstated. This season, the spec singlehandedly redefined the meta at the highest level of Mythic+, allowing groups to circumvent the need for a healer thanks to the spec\u2019s consistent off-healing. Between a high skill ceiling and a midseason meta twist, Protection Paladins became the choice of high-level tanks. At keystone levels 25 and higher this season, Protection Paladins were present in over 55 percent of runs, according to WoW stats site Raider.io.\u00a0 Healer - Restoration Druid Restoration Druids weren\u2019t just the most popular healer in season one, they were the most popular spec in the game altogether. More Mythic+ dungeons were run in season one with a Restoration Druid present than any other spec, clearing other top-tier options such as Preservation Evoker and Restoration Shaman.\u00a0 Melee DPS - Havoc Demon Hunter Demon Hunters were the most popular melee DPS spec this season with a play rate of 13.9 percent in Mythic+ dungeons, according to Raider.io. Although other specs like Subtlety Rogue and Retribution Paladin\u2014which had a late-season surge in popularity thanks to its rework in Patch 10.0.7\u2014were both strong contenders in the meta, no spec was as popular or as effective as Havoc Demon Hunter this season. Across all levels of play, Havoc Demon Hunter was the most popular melee DPS spec in all eight of the dungeons in this season\u2019s pool. Related: World of Warcraft Dragonflight season 2 Mythic+ dungeon pool Ranged DPS

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The first season of WoW Dragonflight <\/em>is in the books, and the game\u2019s dedicated Mythic+ players are ready to see a whole new slew of dungeons enter the pool tomorrow, May 9, when season two begins.\u00a0<\/p>

Blizzard\u2019s great experiment of resurrecting old dungeons and placing them into the current Mythic+ pool has paid great dividends as it\u2019s opened the door for reinventions and expansions of strategy within the game\u2019s meta. This season, the Mythic+ meta was incredibly varied, with strong options across all four of the game\u2019s roles. Plus, with the gearing process being relatively simpler in Dragonflight<\/em>, and the expansion as a whole being alt-friendlier than past versions of the game, it wasn\u2019t hard for average players to roll new characters and diversify the game\u2019s pool.\u00a0<\/p>

Still, like any game, meta frontrunners emerged throughout the course of the expansion\u2019s first season. And now that we can clearly look back on six months’ worth of data, it\u2019s evident which specs stood head and shoulders above the field.\u00a0<\/p>

Here are the top four Mythic+ specs from Dragonflight <\/em>season one, sorted by the four roles in the game: tank, healer, ranged DPS, and melee DPS.\u00a0<\/p>