Arena Season 8 Class Representation Post 3.3.3

		Top 100 Stats from SK Gaming: S8 2nd Month
2v2				3v3				5v5
Priest	34	17.9%		Paladin	43	16.7%		Shaman	94	19.2%
Warrior	27	14.2%		Shaman	43	16.7%		Paladin	83	16.9%
Paladin	25	13.2%		Warlock	30	11.6%		Priest	83	16.9%
Druid	25	13.2%		Priest	27	10.5%		Warlock	75	15.3%
Rogue	19	10.0%		Warrior	24	9.3%		Hunter	56	11.4%
Warlock	19	10.0%		Mage	21	8.1%		Mage	37	7.6%
Mage	17	8.9%		Druid	20	7.8%		Warrior	25	5.1%
Shaman	11	5.8%		Hunter	20	7.8%		Druid	16	3.3%
Hunter	7	3.7%		Rogue	20	7.8%		Rogue	14	2.9%
DK	6	3.2%		DK	10	3.9%		DK	7	1.4%
Total	190			Total	258			Total	490
Season 8: 2nd Month Average								To Balance:
	Paladin	15.6%						DK	255%
	Priest	15.1%						Rogue	46%
	Shaman	13.9%						Hunter	31%
	Warlock	12.3%						Druid	24%
	Warrior	9.5%						Mage	22%
	Mage	8.2%						Warrior	5%
	Druid	8.1%						Warlock	-19%
	Hunter	7.6%						Shaman	-28%
	Rogue	6.9%						Priest	-34%
	DK	2.8%						Paladin	-36%
Season 8: 1st Month Average								Trending
	Priest	15.5%						Hunter	17%
	Paladin	15.1%						Warlock	13%
	Shaman	14.6%						Mage	8%
	Warrior	11.2%						DK	4%
	Warlock	10.9%						Paladin	3%
	Druid	8.3%						Priest	-3%
	Mage	7.6%						Druid	-3%
	Rogue	7.6%						Shaman	-5%
	Hunter	6.5%						Rogue	-10%
	DK	2.7%						Warrior	-15%

Largest Mover:

Hunter, which gained 17% representation from last month.

Most Imbalanced:

Death Knight, which need a 255% boost in representation to be balanced.

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions

• Super surprised on how Death Knights didn't get much of a boost from the pretty massive buff of 3.3.3

• Decently surprised on how much Hunters got a boost from last month, which might be from the following factors:
• Paladin, Death Knight, Hunter comp being better because of the Death Knight buffs
• Warriors being tough competition for Hunters, so with some Warrior nerfs in 3.3.3 it indirectly helped Hunters

• Rogues lost representation after the Subtelty buffs and Warrior nerfs, very surprising

  

Arena Season 8 Class Representation Update Pre 3.3.3

I've decided to update the stats because of my boredom and curiosity.  Here we go.
 
Remember, there are 10 classes in WoW, so I assume that there should be about 10% representation for each class for there to be perfect balance.  I realize that some classes have more players, but when taking the top 100 teams in each division I expect there to be only minor variations in skill level between players.

Top 100 Stats from SK Gaming

2v2				3v3				5v5
Priest	34	17.3%		Shaman	50	18.5%		Shaman	93	18.8%
Warrior	33	16.8%		Paladin	42	15.6%		Paladin	86	17.4%
Druid	29	14.8%		Priest	32	11.9%		Priest	85	17.2%
Paladin	24	12.2%		Warrior	28	10.4%		Warlock	73	14.7%
Rogue	21	10.7%		Warlock	28	10.4%		Hunter	49	9.9%
Mage	16	8.2%		Rogue	22	8.1%		Mage	39	7.9%
Warlock	15	7.7%		Druid	21	7.8%		Warrior	31	6.3%
Shaman	13	6.6%		Mage	18	6.7%		Rogue	20	4.0%
Hunter	6	3.1%		Hunter	18	6.7%		Druid	11	2.2%
DK	5	2.6%		DK	11	4.1%		DK	8	1.6%
Total	196			Total	270			Total	495
Season 8 Month 1 Average								To Balance:
	Priest	15.5%						DK	264%
	Paladin	15.1%						Hunter	53%
	Shaman	14.6%						Mage	32%
	Warrior	11.2%						Rogue	31%
	Warlock	10.9%						Druid	21%
	Druid	8.3%						Warlock	-8%
	Rogue	7.6%						Warrior	-10%
	Mage	7.6%						Shaman	-32%
	Hunter	6.5%						Paladin	-34%
	DK	2.7%						Priest	-35%
Season 7 Month 2 Average								Trending
	Paladin	16.2%						Rogue	27%
	Priest	14.7%						Druid	20%
	Shaman	14.1%						Warrior	15%
	Warlock	11.0%						Priest	5%
	Warrior	9.7%						Shaman	4%
	Mage	9.1%						Warlock	-1%
	Hunter	7.6%						Paladin	-7%
	Druid	6.9%						Hunter	-14%
	Rogue	6.0%						Mage	-17%
	DK	4.7%						DK	-42%

Largest Mover:
Death Knight, which lost 42% representation from last report.
 
Most Imbalanced:
Death Knight, which need a 264% boost in representation to be balanced.
 
Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions

• Death Knight, which were already the worst class in Arena in Season 7 became even worse in Season 8 (although they are getting a massive buff in patch 3.3.3, so we'll see how their representation is affected post 3.3.3)

• Hybrids are doing better than pure classes at the moment

• Shamans are the best 3v3 class at the moment, congratulations, not sure it that has ever happened before

• Hunters, which are often highly qq'ed about in forums fail to live up to their high expectations, and are the 2nd worst class overall and tied with mages for 2nd worst in 3v3

• I expect the following representation shifts a month following 3.3.3:
• Death Knights will gain quite a bit of representation but will still be the worst class representation wise
• Warriors will lose a bit of their representation if the Bladestorm nerf sticks with 3.3.3
• Rogues will gain a bit of representation due directly to Bladestorm nerf and Subtlety buffs (I know a lot of Rogues will not go Subtlety but some will, and Mutilate Rogues are still seeing a slight buff with the Subtlety changes)
• Hunters will see a slight gain in representation mostly due to Death Knight team synergy (Bladestorm nerf won't affect Hunters much because of the the clunky disarm mechanic of Scorpid Sting / Chimera Shot)

Arena Season 7: Month 2

 

2v2				3v3				5v5
Paladin	28	15.9%		Paladin	42	15.7%		Priest	88	18.3%
Priest	26	14.8%		Shaman	36	13.5%		Shaman	87	18.1%
Warrior	22	12.5%		Priest	29	10.9%		Paladin	82	17.1%
Druid	22	12.5%		Warrior	28	10.5%		Warlock	74	15.4%
Shaman	19	10.8%		Mage	27	10.1%		Hunter	45	9.4%
Mage	15	8.5%		Warlock	27	10.1%		Mage	42	8.8%
Warlock	13	7.4%		Rogue	24	9.0%		Warrior	29	6.0%
Hunter	11	6.3%		Druid	19	7.1%		Rogue	16	3.3%
DK	10	5.7%		Hunter	19	7.1%		DK	12	2.5%
Rogue	10	5.7%		DK	16	6.0%		Druid	5	1.0%
Total	176			Total	267			Total	480
Top 100 Avg: S7 Month 2					To Balance (10%):
Paladin	16.2%				DK	112%
Priest	14.7%				Rogue	67%
Shaman	14.1%				Druid	45%
Warlock	11.0%				Hunter	32%
Warrior	9.7%				Mage	10%
Mage	9.1%				Warrior	3%
Hunter	7.6%				Warlock	-9%
Druid	6.9%				Shaman	-29%
Rogue	6.0%				Priest	-32%
DK	4.7%				Paladin	-38%
Top 100 Avg: S7 Month 1					Monthly Trending
Paladin	17.5%				DK	31%
Priest	16.3%				Druid	25%
Shaman	12.2%				Shaman	16%
Warlock	10.9%				Warlock	1%
Warrior	10.1%				Hunter	-2%
Mage	9.8%				Warrior	-4%
Hunter	7.7%				Mage	-7%
Rogue	6.6%				Paladin	-7%
Druid	5.5%				Rogue	-9%
DK	3.6%				Priest	-10%

Largest Mover:

DK, which gained 31% representation from last month.

Most Unbalanced:

DK, which needs 112% boost in representation to be balanced (theoretically).

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

• Death Knights are slowly coming around, but still need a decent buff in some sort of way.

• All healing classes are doing too good (except for Druids).

• Rogues need a decent buff (probably to survivability).