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).

  

Switching to a Month to Month Snapshot

Switching from the week to week snapshot to a month to month snapshot.  I'll try to keep it updated about once a month.

Arena Season 7: Week 2

    

2v2				3v3				5v5
Paladin	41	21.1%		Paladin	39	13.3%		Shaman	94	18.8%
Priest	38	19.6%		Priest	37	12.6%		Paladin	90	18.0%
Mage	24	12.4%		Shaman	37	12.6%		Priest	83	16.6%
Warrior	22	11.3%		Warrior	32	10.9%		Warlock	69	13.8%
Warlock	16	8.2%		Warlock	31	10.5%		Warrior	40	8.0%
Rogue	14	7.2%		Mage	28	9.5%		Hunter	39	7.8%
Hunter	12	6.2%		Hunter	27	9.2%		Mage	38	7.6%
Druid	10	5.2%		Druid	26	8.8%		Rogue	18	3.6%
Shaman	10	5.2%		Rogue	26	8.8%		DK	17	3.4%
DK	7	3.6%		DK	11	3.7%		Druid	12	2.4%
Total	194			Total	294			Total	500
Top 100 Avg: S7 Week 2					To Balance (10%):
Paladin	17.5%				DK	179%
Priest	16.3%				Druid	83%
Shaman	12.2%				Rogue	53%
Warlock	10.9%				Hunter	29%
Warrior	10.1%				Mage	2%
Mage	9.8%				Warrior	-1%
Hunter	7.7%				Warlock	-8%
Rogue	6.6%				Shaman	-18%
Druid	5.5%				Priest	-38%
DK	3.6%				Paladin	-43%
Top 100 Avg: S7 Week 1					Weekly Trending
Priest	16.1%				Paladin	21%
Paladin	14.4%				Warlock	12%
Shaman	11.1%				Shaman	10%
Rogue	10.9%				Warrior	10%
Mage	10.3%				Hunter	3%
Warlock	9.7%				DK	2%
Warrior	9.2%				Priest	1%
Hunter	7.5%				Mage	-5%
Druid	7.4%				Druid	-26%
DK	3.5%				Rogue	-40%

 
  

  

Largest Mover:

Rogue, which lost 40% representation from last week.
  

Hot Streak:

None yet.
  

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

• What happened to Rogues?

 

Arena Season 7 Most Balanced Yet?

Here are the #'s at the end of the first week of Season 7.
   

2v2				3v3				5v5
Priest	38	19.2%		Priest	40	13.3%		Shaman	89	17.8%
Paladin	31	15.7%		Rogue	39	13.0%		Paladin	85	17.0%
Rogue	27	13.6%		Shaman	39	13.0%		Priest	79	15.8%
Warrior	26	13.1%		Paladin	32	10.7%		Warlock	64	12.8%
Mage	22	11.1%		Mage	32	10.7%		Mage	45	9.0%
Druid	18	9.1%		Warlock	32	10.7%		Hunter	40	8.0%
Hunter	14	7.1%		Druid	27	9.0%		Warrior	32	6.4%
Warlock	11	5.6%		Warrior	24	8.0%		Rogue	31	6.2%
DK	6	3.0%		Hunter	22	7.3%		Druid	20	4.0%
Shaman	5	2.5%		DK	13	4.3%		DK	15	3.0%
Total	198			Total	300			Total	500
Top 100 Avg: S7 Week 1					To Balance (10%):
Priest	16.1%				DK	189%
Paladin	14.4%				Druid	36%
Shaman	11.1%				Hunter	34%
Rogue	10.9%				Warrior	9%
Mage	10.3%				Warlock	3%
Warlock	9.7%				Mage	-3%
Warrior	9.2%				Rogue	-9%
Hunter	7.5%				Shaman	-10%
Druid	7.4%				Paladin	-31%
DK	3.5%				Priest	-38%
Top 100 Avg: S6 Week 10					Weekly Trending
Priest	17.1%				Hunter	78%
Paladin	14.1%				Mage	58%
Druid	12.4%				Shaman	48%
DK	12.0%				Warlock	47%
Rogue	10.4%				Rogue	5%
Warrior	9.1%				Paladin	2%
Shaman	7.5%				Warrior	1%
Warlock	6.6%				Priest	-6%
Mage	6.5%				Druid	-41%
Hunter	4.2%				DK	-71%

 
  
  
Largest Mover:
Hunter, which gained 78% representation from the middle of last season (week 10, when I stopped doing reports).

Hot Streak:
None yet.

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

• Hunters are finding comps that work in 2's, 3's and 5's (although Hunters could still use a minor buff)
  

• Death Knights are having immense trouble this season (at least in the 1st week)

• Priest and Paladins are looking a little too good, while Druids could use a bit of love

   

No more updates this Arena Season

Not going to update Arena Statistics anymore this season as it seems rather pointless.  I might pick it back up next season and maybe just do a monthly summary or something.  We'll see...
    

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 10

2v2				3v3				5v5
Druid	44	23.2%		Rogue	50	18.3%		Paladin	93	18.8%
DK	39	20.5%		Priest	48	17.6%		Priest	84	17.0%
Priest	32	16.8%		Paladin	37	13.6%		Shaman	77	15.6%
Warrior	23	12.1%		Mage	30	11.0%		Warlock	54	10.9%
Paladin	19	10.0%		DK	26	9.5%		Warrior	45	9.1%
Rogue	17	8.9%		Druid	23	8.4%		Hunter	36	7.3%
Warlock	6	3.2%		Warrior	17	6.2%		DK	29	5.9%
Mage	5	2.6%		Shaman	16	5.9%		Mage	29	5.9%
Hunter	3	1.6%		Warlock	16	5.9%		Druid	28	5.7%
Shaman	2	1.1%		Hunter	10	3.7%		Rogue	20	4.0%
Total	190			Total	273			Total	495
Top 100 Avg: Week 10				Lvl 80 (US + EU)				To balance:
Priest	17.1%			DK	15%			Hunter	92%
Paladin	14.1%			Paladin	13%			Mage	39%
Druid	12.4%			Druid	12%			DK	25%
DK	12.0%			Warrior	10%			Warlock	20%
Rogue	10.4%			Mage	9%			Shaman	20%
Warrior	9.1%			Priest	9%			Warrior	9%
Shaman	7.5%			Shaman	9%			Druid	-3%
Warlock	6.6%			Hunter	8%			Paladin	-8%
Mage	6.5%			Rogue	8%			Rogue	-23%
Hunter	4.2%			Warlock	8%			Priest	-47%
Top 100 Avg: Week 9				Weekly Trending
Priest	18.3%			Warrior	22%
Paladin	15.1%			Druid	7%
DK	11.8%			Warlock	5%
Druid	11.6%			DK	1%
Rogue	10.6%			Mage	0%
Warrior	7.5%			Shaman	0%
Shaman	7.5%			Rogue	-2%
Mage	6.5%			Priest	-6%
Warlock	6.3%			Paladin	-7%
Hunter	4.8%			Hunter	-13%

   

    

   

   

Largest Mover:

Warrior, which gained 22% representation from last week.

   

Hot Streak:

Druid: 4 weeks of growing representation

    

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

• BM Hunter teams (Hunter / Paladin / DK) won both European and Asian regionals

• RMP won the US regionals

   

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 9

2v2				3v3				5v5
DK	35	19.7%		Rogue	48	18.0%		Paladin	93	19.0%
Druid	35	19.7%		Priest	47	17.6%		Priest	86	17.6%
Priest	35	19.7%		Paladin	36	13.5%		Shaman	76	15.5%
Paladin	23	12.9%		Mage	32	12.0%		Warlock	50	10.2%
Rogue	19	10.7%		DK	27	10.1%		Warrior	42	8.6%
Warrior	15	8.4%		Druid	24	9.0%		Hunter	41	8.4%
Warlock	6	3.4%		Warrior	15	5.6%		Druid	30	6.1%
Shaman	5	2.8%		Warlock	14	5.2%		Mage	29	5.9%
Mage	3	1.7%		Hunter	13	4.9%		DK	27	5.5%
Hunter	2	1.1%		Shaman	11	4.1%		Rogue	16	3.3%
Total	178			Total	267			Total	490
Top 100 Avg: Week 9				Lvl 80 (US + EU)				To balance:
Priest	18.3%			DK	15%			Hunter	109%
Paladin	15.1%			Paladin	14%			Mage	38%
DK	11.8%			Warrior	10%			Warrior	33%
Druid	11.6%			Druid	10%			Warlock	28%
Rogue	10.6%			Hunter	10%			DK	28%
Warrior	7.5%			Mage	9%			Shaman	7%
Shaman	7.5%			Priest	9%			Paladin	-7%
Mage	6.5%			Shaman	8%			Druid	-14%
Warlock	6.3%			Warlock	8%			Rogue	-34%
Hunter	4.8%			Rogue	7%			Priest	-51%
Top 100 Avg: Week 8				Weekly Trending
Priest	17.4%			Hunter	14%
Paladin	16.2%			Mage	13%
DK	11.5%			Druid	5%
Druid	11.0%			Priest	5%
Rogue	10.8%			Warlock	3%
Shaman	8.9%			DK	2%
Warrior	8.2%			Rogue	-1%
Warlock	6.1%			Paladin	-7%
Mage	5.8%			Warrior	-8%
Hunter	4.2%			Shaman	-16%

   

   

   

   

Weekly Trending

   

Overall Movement:

74 percentage points

   

Largest Mover:

Shaman, which lost 16% of their representation from last week.

   

Hot Streak:

Druid: 3 weeks of growing representation

  

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

• Patch 3.2 partly revealed, I expect a bit of a class flux when 3.2 comes out