WoW Reports

Arena Season 8 Class Representation Post 3.3.3

2010-04-07T14:53:00.000-04:00

		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

2010-03-15T01:17:00.000-04:00

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

2009-10-22T16:15:00.000-04:00

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

2009-09-23T21:17:00.000-04:00

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

2009-09-15T19:00:00.001-04:00

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?

2009-09-08T17:30:00.001-04:00

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

2009-07-06T17:36:00.000-04:00

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

2009-06-29T13:13:00.000-04:00

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

2009-06-23T13:58:00.000-04:00

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

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 8

2009-06-16T10:16:00.000-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
DK	37	19.9%	Priest	51	17.9%	Paladin	97	19.8%
Druid	34	18.3%	Rogue	50	17.5%	Priest	84	17.1%
Priest	32	17.2%	Paladin	41	14.4%	Shaman	78	15.9%
Paladin	27	14.5%	DK	28	9.8%	Warlock	47	9.6%
Rogue	21	11.3%	Mage	27	9.5%	Warrior	45	9.2%
Warrior	18	9.7%	Druid	23	8.1%	Hunter	38	7.8%
Shaman	7	3.8%	Shaman	20	7.0%	Druid	32	6.5%
Warlock	5	2.7%	Warlock	17	6.0%	Mage	28	5.7%
Mage	4	2.2%	Warrior	16	5.6%	DK	24	4.9%
Hunter	1	0.5%	Hunter	12	4.2%	Rogue	17	3.5%
Total	186		Total	285		Total	490


Top 100 Avg: Week 8			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Priest	17.4%		DK	15%		Hunter	140%
Paladin	16.2%		Paladin	14%		Mage	56%
DK	11.5%		Warrior	10%		Warlock	32%
Druid	11.0%		Druid	10%		DK	30%
Rogue	10.8%		Hunter	10%		Warrior	23%
Shaman	8.9%		Mage	9%		Druid	-9%
Warrior	8.2%		Priest	9%		Shaman	-10%
Warlock	6.1%		Shaman	8%		Paladin	-14%
Mage	5.8%		Warlock	8%		Rogue	-35%
Hunter	4.2%		Rogue	7%		Priest	-48%


Top 100 Avg: Week 7			Weekly Trending
Priest	18.2%		Shaman	19%
Paladin	16.5%		DK	12%
Druid	10.9%		Rogue	11%
DK	10.3%		Druid	1%
Rogue	9.7%		Paladin	-2%
Warrior	8.8%		Warlock	-3%
Shaman	7.5%		Priest	-4%
Mage	7.3%		Hunter	-5%
Warlock	6.3%		Warrior	-7%
Hunter	4.4%		Mage	-21%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

85 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Mage, which lost 21% of their representation from last week.

Hot Streak:

Druid: 2 weeks of growing representation

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

Not much will change until patch 3.2 when there might be some decently major class overhauls

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 7

2009-06-09T18:37:00.001-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Priest	36	19.4%	Priest	53	18.0%	Paladin	93	19.0%
Druid	33	17.7%	Rogue	48	16.3%	Priest	85	17.3%
DK	31	16.7%	Paladin	44	15.0%	Shaman	76	15.5%
Paladin	29	15.6%	Mage	34	11.6%	Warlock	49	10.0%
Warrior	19	10.2%	DK	29	9.9%	Warrior	44	9.0%
Rogue	17	9.1%	Druid	26	8.8%	Hunter	38	7.8%
Warlock	9	4.8%	Warrior	21	7.1%	Mage	35	7.1%
Mage	6	3.2%	Hunter	14	4.8%	Druid	30	6.1%
Shaman	5	2.7%	Shaman	13	4.4%	DK	22	4.5%
Hunter	1	0.5%	Warlock	12	4.1%	Rogue	18	3.7%
Total	186		Total	294		Total	490


Top 100 Avg: Week 7			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Priest	18.2%		DK	15%		Hunter	130%
Paladin	16.5%		Paladin	13%		DK	45%
Druid	10.9%		Warrior	10%		Warlock	27%
DK	10.3%		Druid	10%		Mage	23%
Rogue	9.7%		Hunter	10%		Warrior	14%
Warrior	8.8%		Priest	10%		Shaman	6%
Shaman	7.5%		Mage	9%		Druid	-8%
Mage	7.3%		Shaman	8%		Paladin	-21%
Warlock	6.3%		Warlock	8%		Rogue	-28%
Hunter	4.4%		Rogue	7%		Priest	-45%


Top 100 Avg: Week 6			Weekly Trending
Priest	18.0%		Hunter	24%
Paladin	16.1%		Warlock	9%
DK	11.3%		Mage	6%
Rogue	11.0%		Druid	4%
Druid	10.5%		Paladin	3%
Warrior	8.6%		Warrior	2%
Shaman	8.3%		Priest	1%
Mage	6.9%		DK	-8%
Warlock	5.8%		Shaman	-9%
Hunter	3.5%		Rogue	-12%

Discontinuing the image graphs until there is more demand for them.

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

78 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Hunter, which gained 24% representation from last week

Hot Streak:

Warlock / Priest: 3 weeks of growing representation

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

Fantastic showing for Twixz the BM Hunter at MLG Columbus (2nd Place)!

Hunters will probably gain a bit of representation from copy cat teams over the next few weeks

Next overpowered class will be Shamans after the next major patch

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 6

2009-06-02T17:14:00.000-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Priest	36	19.1%	Priest	52	17.7%	Paladin	89	17.8%
DK	35	18.6%	Rogue	49	16.7%	Priest	86	17.2%
Druid	32	17.0%	Paladin	43	14.6%	Shaman	81	16.2%
Paladin	30	16.0%	Mage	33	11.2%	Warlock	53	10.6%
Rogue	22	11.7%	DK	31	10.5%	Warrior	46	9.2%
Warrior	17	9.0%	Druid	26	8.8%	Mage	37	7.4%
Shaman	7	3.7%	Warrior	22	7.5%	Hunter	34	6.8%
Warlock	5	2.7%	Shaman	15	5.1%	Druid	28	5.6%
Mage	4	2.1%	Warlock	12	4.1%	DK	23	4.6%
Hunter	0	0.0%	Hunter	11	3.7%	Rogue	23	4.6%
Total	188		Total	294		Total	500


Top 100 Avg: Week 6			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Priest	18.0%		DK	15%		Hunter	185%
Paladin	16.1%		Paladin	13%		DK	33%
DK	11.3%		Warrior	10%		Mage	30%
Rogue	11.0%		Druid	10%		Warlock	21%
Druid	10.5%		Hunter	10%		Warrior	17%
Warrior	8.6%		Priest	10%		Shaman	-4%
Shaman	8.3%		Mage	9%		Druid	-5%
Mage	6.9%		Shaman	8%		Paladin	-19%
Warlock	5.8%		Rogue	7%		Rogue	-36%
Hunter	3.5%		Warlock	7%		Priest	-44%


Top 100 Avg: Week 5			Weekly Trending
Priest	17.3%		Rogue	10%
Paladin	16.8%		Warlock	9%
Druid	11.2%		Shaman	6%
DK	10.9%		Priest	4%
Warrior	10.0%		DK	3%
Rogue	10.0%		Mage	-1%
Shaman	7.9%		Hunter	-2%
Mage	7.0%		Paladin	-4%
Warlock	5.3%		Druid	-6%
Hunter	3.6%		Warrior	-14%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

59 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Warrior, which lost 14% of their representation from last week.

Hot Streak:

Rogue / Warlock / Priest: 2 weeks of growing representation

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

Hunters need some love

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 5

2009-05-26T19:22:00.002-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Druid	39	20.7%	Priest	58	19.3%	Paladin	96	19.2%
Paladin	33	17.6%	Rogue	54	18.0%	Priest	86	17.2%
DK	33	17.6%	Paladin	41	13.7%	Shaman	74	14.8%
Priest	29	15.4%	Mage	32	10.7%	Warrior	50	10.0%
Warrior	22	11.7%	DK	30	10.0%	Warlock	45	9.0%
Rogue	16	8.5%	Warrior	25	8.3%	Mage	41	8.2%
Shaman	8	4.3%	Druid	22	7.3%	Hunter	37	7.4%
Mage	4	2.1%	Shaman	14	4.7%	Druid	28	5.6%
Warlock	4	2.1%	Warlock	14	4.7%	DK	25	5.0%
Hunter	0	0.0%	Hunter	10	3.3%	Rogue	18	3.6%
Total	188		Total	300		Total	500


Top 100 Avg: Week 5			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Priest	17.3%		DK	15%		Hunter	180%
Paladin	16.8%		Paladin	13%		DK	38%
Druid	11.2%		Warrior	10%		Warlock	33%
DK	10.9%		Druid	10%		Mage	29%
Rogue	10.0%		Hunter	10%		Shaman	1%
Warrior	10.0%		Priest	10%		Warrior	0%
Shaman	7.9%		Mage	9%		Druid	-11%
Mage	7.0%		Shaman	8%		Paladin	-23%
Warlock	5.3%		Rogue	7%		Rogue	-30%
Hunter	3.6%		Warlock	7%		Priest	-42%


Top 100 Avg: Week 4			Weekly Trending
Paladin	18.4%		Rogue	19%
Priest	15.7%		Hunter	19%
DK	12.5%		Warlock	14%
Warrior	11.6%		Mage	11%
Druid	11.4%		Priest	10%
Rogue	8.4%		Shaman	-1%
Shaman	8.0%		Druid	-2%
Mage	6.3%		Paladin	-9%
Warlock	4.6%		DK	-13%
Hunter	3.0%		Warrior	-14%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

112 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Rogue & Hunter, which gained 19% representation from last week.

Hot Streak:

None

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

Rogues gaining more representation was not something I predicted (as they have been sliding in representation for the last few weeks)

Priests also gained representation this week after sliding for a few weeks

I figure that Rogues are balanced (long term) as when Hunters gain representation Rogues have the most to lose in representation and will move towards balanced (as long as Hunters are gaining in representation)

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 4

2009-05-19T13:11:00.001-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Druid	39	20.3%	Paladin	53	18.0%	Paladin	98	19.6%
DK	37	19.3%	Priest	46	15.6%	Priest	82	16.4%
Paladin	34	17.7%	Rogue	40	13.6%	Shaman	79	15.8%
Priest	29	15.1%	DK	35	11.9%	Warrior	55	11.0%
Warrior	25	13.0%	Warrior	32	10.9%	Mage	41	8.2%
Rogue	16	8.3%	Mage	27	9.2%	Warlock	37	7.4%
Shaman	6	3.1%	Druid	24	8.2%	Hunter	32	6.4%
Mage	3	1.6%	Shaman	15	5.1%	DK	31	6.2%
Warlock	3	1.6%	Warlock	14	4.8%	Druid	28	5.6%
Hunter	0	0.0%	Hunter	8	2.7%	Rogue	17	3.4%
Total	192		Total	294		Total	500


Top 100 Avg: Week 4			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Paladin	18.4%		DK	15%		Hunter	229%
Priest	15.7%		Paladin	13%		Warlock	53%
DK	12.5%		Warrior	10%		Mage	43%
Warrior	11.6%		Druid	10%		DK	20%
Druid	11.4%		Hunter	10%		Shaman	0%
Rogue	8.4%		Priest	10%		Druid	-12%
Shaman	8.0%		Mage	9%		Warrior	-14%
Mage	6.3%		Shaman	8%		Rogue	-17%
Warlock	4.6%		Rogue	7%		Paladin	-30%
Hunter	3.0%		Warlock	7%		Priest	-36%


Top 100 Avg: Week 3			Weekly Trending
Priest	17.5%		DK	18%
Paladin	17.1%		Druid	10%
Warrior	12.1%		Shaman	8%
DK	10.6%		Paladin	8%
Rogue	10.5%		Mage	-3%
Druid	10.3%		Warrior	-4%
Shaman	7.4%		Hunter	-5%
Mage	6.5%		Warlock	-7%
Warlock	4.9%		Priest	-10%
Hunter	3.2%		Rogue	-20%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

93 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Rogue, which lost 20% of their representation from last week.

Hot Streak:

Druid: 4 Week Winning Streak

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

Paladins are back up at the top and sitting pretty, they probably need a nerf to start edging towards balanced

Rogues continue to fall in representation and are now getting very close to balanced

Hunters, Warlocks and Mages continue to do poorly and need a good dose of buff about now (especially Hunters)

Priests are sliding in representation every week and will probably be balanced in about a month

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 3

2009-05-12T11:19:00.002-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Priest	39	20.1%	Priest	50	17.0%	Paladin	102	20.4%
Druid	31	16.0%	Paladin	45	15.3%	Priest	77	15.4%
Paladin	30	15.5%	Rogue	45	15.3%	Shaman	74	14.8%
DK	29	14.9%	Warrior	32	10.9%	Warrior	52	10.4%
Warrior	29	14.9%	Mage	30	10.2%	Mage	41	8.2%
Rogue	23	11.9%	Druid	29	9.9%	DK	37	7.4%
Shaman	6	3.1%	DK	28	9.5%	Warlock	37	7.4%
Warlock	5	2.6%	Warlock	14	4.8%	Hunter	34	6.8%
Mage	2	1.0%	Shaman	13	4.4%	Druid	25	5.0%
Hunter	0	0.0%	Hunter	8	2.7%	Rogue	21	4.2%
Total	194		Total	294		Total	500


Top 100 Avg: Week 3			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Priest	17.5%		DK	15%		Hunter	215%
Paladin	17.1%		Paladin	13%		Warlock	42%
Warrior	12.1%		Warrior	10%		DK	41%
DK	10.6%		Druid	10%		Mage	39%
Rogue	10.5%		Hunter	10%		Shaman	8%
Druid	10.3%		Mage	9%		Druid	-3%
Shaman	7.4%		Priest	9%		Warrior	-17%
Mage	6.5%		Shaman	8%		Paladin	-24%
Warlock	4.9%		Rogue	7%		Rogue	-33%
Hunter	3.2%		Warlock	7%		Priest	-49%


Top 100 Avg: Week 2			Weekly Trending
Priest	19.0%		Warrior	26%
Paladin	15.8%		DK	25%
Rogue	13.6%		Druid	18%
Warrior	9.6%		Paladin	8%
Druid	8.7%		Hunter	-1%
DK	8.5%		Warlock	-7%
Shaman	8.4%		Priest	-8%
Mage	8.0%		Shaman	-11%
Warlock	5.3%		Mage	-19%
Hunter	3.2%		Rogue	-23%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

146 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Warrior, which gained 26% from their representation they had as of last week.

Hot Streak:

Druid / Warrior: 3 Week Winning Streak

Surprising Facts / Observations / Predictions:

Warriors are now over represented, but are getting some nerfs in an upcoming patch, this may help them stabilize and sit around their representation

Rogues are falling in representation every week; if it continues on the current pace, Rogues will be balanced in 2 weeks

Paladins are gaining ground as Priests lose ground in representation; if Priests lose half their representation and become balanced, I predict Paladins will have the most to gain from it

Hunters continue to do poorly; even though Disengage is getting a minor buff next patch, I believe Hunters will continue to do poorly until other changes are made (preferably to the BM or Marks tree)

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 2

2009-05-05T10:55:00.000-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Priest	48	24.0%	Priest	53	18.0%	Paladin	100	20.4%
Rogue	37	18.5%	Rogue	52	17.7%	Shaman	77	15.7%
Druid	26	13.0%	Paladin	44	15.0%	Priest	73	14.9%
Paladin	24	12.0%	Mage	33	11.2%	Warrior	46	9.4%
Warrior	23	11.5%	DK	24	8.2%	Mage	43	8.8%
DK	21	10.5%	Warrior	23	7.8%	Warlock	38	7.8%
Mage	8	4.0%	Druid	22	7.5%	DK	34	6.9%
Shaman	8	4.0%	Warlock	17	5.8%	Hunter	30	6.1%
Warlock	5	2.5%	Shaman	16	5.4%	Druid	27	5.5%
Hunter	0	0.0%	Hunter	10	3.4%	Rogue	22	4.5%
Total	200		Total	294		Total	490


Top 100 Avg: Week 2			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Priest	19.0%		DK	15%		Hunter	215%
Paladin	15.8%		Paladin	13%		DK	76%
Rogue	13.6%		Warrior	10%		Warlock	31%
Warrior	9.6%		Druid	10%		Mage	25%
Druid	8.7%		Mage	10%		Druid	15%
DK	8.5%		Hunter	10%		Warrior	4%
Shaman	8.4%		Priest	9%		Shaman	-5%
Mage	8.0%		Shaman	8%		Paladin	-18%
Warlock	5.3%		Rogue	7%		Rogue	-48%
Hunter	3.2%		Warlock	7%		Priest	-53%


Top 100 Avg: Week 1			Weekly Trending
Priest	21.0%		DK	45%
Rogue	17.0%		Druid	20%
Paladin	14.2%		Paladin	11%
Shaman	9.0%		Warrior	9%
Warrior	8.8%		Hunter	6%
Mage	8.6%		Warlock	1%
Druid	7.2%		Shaman	-7%
DK	5.9%		Mage	-7%
Warlock	5.3%		Priest	-10%
Hunter	3.0%		Rogue	-20%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

136 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Death Knight, which gained 45% from their representation they had as of last week.

Hot Streak:

Druid / Warrior - 2 Week Winning Streak

Surprising Facts / Observations:

Death Knights came back with a vengeance this week gaining 45% more representation; DKs are still the 2nd weakest class at the moment, but probably have the most upside potential

Even though Hunters lost their entire representation from 2's and lost representation in 5's, they still eeked out a minor gain this week due to 3's gain in representation

With a few tweaks to class balance this will be the most balanced season in terms of class representation

Next Week Predictions:

Warriors, Death Knights and Paladins continue to gain ground in representation

Hunters will gain a bit of representation whenever next patch hits

Top 100 Arena: Season 6 Week 1

2009-04-27T14:09:00.001-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Priest	67	33.5%	Rogue	49	16.3%	Paladin	94	18.8%
Rogue	59	29.5%	Priest	47	15.7%	Shaman	85	17.0%
Paladin	17	8.5%	Paladin	46	15.3%	Priest	69	13.8%
Druid	16	8.0%	Mage	39	13.0%	Mage	49	9.8%
Warrior	13	6.5%	Warrior	32	10.7%	Warrior	46	9.2%
Warlock	8	4.0%	Druid	25	8.3%	DK	36	7.2%
DK	7	3.5%	DK	21	7.0%	Warlock	36	7.2%
Mage	6	3.0%	Shaman	21	7.0%	Hunter	33	6.6%
Shaman	6	3.0%	Warlock	14	4.7%	Druid	26	5.2%
Hunter	1	0.5%	Hunter	6	2.0%	Rogue	26	5.2%
Total	200		Total	300		Total	500


Top 100 Avg: Week 1			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Priest	21.0%		DK	15%		Hunter	230%
Rogue	17.0%		Paladin	13%		DK	154%
Paladin	14.2%		Warrior	10%		Druid	39%
Shaman	9.0%		Druid	10%		Warlock	32%
Warrior	8.8%		Mage	10%		Mage	16%
Mage	8.6%		Hunter	10%		Warrior	14%
Druid	7.2%		Priest	9%		Paladin	-9%
DK	5.9%		Shaman	8%		Shaman	-11%
Warlock	5.3%		Rogue	7%		Priest	-57%
Hunter	3.0%		Warlock	7%		Rogue	-59%


Top 100 Avg: Week 17			Weekly Trending
Paladin	26.2%		Warrior	699%
DK	18.7%		Rogue	278%
Hunter	13.0%		Druid	132%
Shaman	9.4%		Priest	128%
Priest	9.2%		Mage	37%
Warlock	8.5%		Shaman	-4%
Mage	6.3%		Warlock	-38%
Rogue	4.5%		Paladin	-46%
Druid	3.1%		DK	-68%
Warrior	1.1%		Hunter	-77%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

1507 percentage points!

The movement is equal to about the movement of the entire last season (17 weeks). This patch (3.1) was definitely a game changer as far as class balance is concerned.

Largest Mover:

Warrior, which gained 699% from their representation they had as of last week (week 17).

Hot Streak:

None

Surprising Facts / Observations:

Warriors gained almost the entire amount of representation they needed to be considered balanced, they are very close to balanced at the moment

Hunters lost most of their representation and are now the weakest class in Arena (need the most % boost of representation to become balanced)

Death Knights are the 2nd weakest class in Arena (never thought I would see the day)

Rogues and Priests are the strongest classes and would need to see their representation cut in half to be close to balanced

Next Week Predictions:

Warriors will continue to climb in representation as they get geared out and continue to perfect the Arms style of play

Warlocks will lose representation as teams learn to counter Destruction Warlocks

Hunters will gain representation as a few more standout Hunters break the Top 100

Death Knights will gain representation (maybe more will spec back into Unholy)

Top 100 Arena Stats: S5 Week 17

2009-04-14T13:55:00.000-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Paladin	74	38.9%	Paladin	52	18.6%	Paladin	100	21.1%
DK	52	27.4%	DK	38	13.6%	Hunter	82	17.3%
Hunter	18	9.5%	Warlock	37	13.3%	DK	72	15.2%
Warlock	15	7.9%	Hunter	34	12.2%	Shaman	62	13.1%
Shaman	13	6.8%	Priest	32	11.5%	Priest	61	12.8%
Druid	7	3.7%	Rogue	31	11.1%	Mage	37	7.8%
Priest	6	3.2%	Mage	28	10.0%	Druid	22	4.6%
Mage	2	1.1%	Shaman	23	8.2%	Warlock	21	4.4%
Rogue	2	1.1%	Druid	3	1.1%	Warrior	11	2.3%
Warrior	1	0.5%	Warrior	1	0.4%	Rogue	7	1.5%
Total	190		Total	279		Total	475


Top 100 Avg: Week 17			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Paladin	26.2%		DK	15%		Warrior	837%
DK	18.7%		Paladin	13%		Druid	219%
Hunter	13.0%		Warrior	10%		Mage	59%
Shaman	9.4%		Druid	10%		Rogue	54%
Priest	9.2%		Mage	10%		Priest	-2%
Warlock	8.5%		Hunter	10%		Shaman	-15%
Mage	6.3%		Priest	9%		Warlock	-18%
Rogue	4.5%		Shaman	8%		DK	-20%
Druid	3.1%		Rogue	7%		Hunter	-23%
Warrior	1.1%		Warlock	7%		Paladin	-50%


Top 100 Avg: Week 16			Weekly Trending
Paladin	26.1%		Rogue	26.3%
DK	19.6%		Mage	16.5%
Hunter	14.6%		Priest	15.9%
Shaman	10.3%		Druid	11.8%
Warlock	8.1%		Warlock	5.3%
Priest	7.9%		Paladin	0.4%
Mage	5.4%		DK	-4.5%
Rogue	3.6%		Shaman	-8.9%
Druid	2.8%		Hunter	-11.1%
Warrior	1.6%		Warrior	-33.3%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

134 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Warrior, which lost 33.3% of their representation from last week.

Hot Streak:

None

Surprising Facts:

A lot of movement for the end of season 5

Warriors lost an incredible amount of representation, especially given that they were already so low (they need an 837% buff to be balanced!)

Next Week Predictions:

3.1 is here and that means Arena Season 6 does not begin until the 21st, and I will be very busy the 28th, so I might end up putting up the 1st week of Season 6 a few days earlier or later than usual

Top 100 Arena Stats: S5 Week 16

2009-04-07T14:04:00.000-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Paladin	69	36.3%	Paladin	57	20.4%	Paladin	101	21.5%
DK	51	26.8%	DK	47	16.8%	Hunter	80	17.0%
Hunter	23	12.1%	Hunter	41	14.7%	DK	71	15.1%
Shaman	17	8.9%	Warlock	37	13.3%	Shaman	60	12.8%
Warlock	14	7.4%	Shaman	26	9.3%	Priest	59	12.6%
Priest	6	3.2%	Rogue	23	8.2%	Mage	37	7.9%
Druid	5	2.6%	Priest	22	7.9%	Druid	22	4.7%
Mage	3	1.6%	Mage	19	6.8%	Warlock	17	3.6%
Warrior	1	0.5%	Warrior	4	1.4%	Warrior	13	2.8%
Rogue	1	0.5%	Druid	3	1.1%	Rogue	10	2.1%
Total	190		Total	279		Total	470


Top 100 Avg: Week 16			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Paladin	26.1%		DK	15%		Warrior	535%
DK	19.6%		Paladin	13%		Druid	258%
Hunter	14.6%		Warrior	10%		Rogue	93%
Shaman	10.3%		Druid	10%		Mage	84%
Warlock	8.1%		Mage	10%		Priest	14%
Priest	7.9%		Hunter	10%		Warlock	-13%
Mage	5.4%		Priest	9%		Shaman	-23%
Rogue	3.6%		Shaman	8%		DK	-23%
Druid	2.8%		Rogue	7%		Hunter	-32%
Warrior	1.6%		Warlock	7%		Paladin	-50%


Top 100 Avg: Week 15			Weekly Trending
Paladin	26.3%		Priest	9.2%
DK	18.0%		DK	8.9%
Hunter	14.8%		Shaman	0.4%
Shaman	10.3%		Paladin	-0.8%
Warlock	8.2%		Hunter	-1.3%
Priest	7.2%		Warlock	-1.4%
Mage	6.3%		Warrior	-1.5%
Rogue	3.8%		Rogue	-4.4%
Druid	3.3%		Mage	-14.0%
Warrior	1.6%		Druid	-15.3%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

57.2 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Druid, which lost 15.3% of their representation from last week.

Hot Streak:

Death Knight: 3 Week Winning Streak

Surprising Facts:

Druids have lost 15-20% of their very low representation every week over the past three weeks

The Druid downturn is likely due to DK's growth over the last three weeks

Next Week Predictions:

3.1 will be released and a week after next tuesday Season 6 will begin... hopefully.

Top 100 Arena Stats: S5 Week 15

2009-03-31T13:57:00.000-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Paladin	71	36.2%	Paladin	59	20.9%	Paladin	104	21.9%
DK	47	24.0%	Hunter	47	16.7%	Hunter	76	16.0%
Hunter	23	11.7%	DK	44	15.6%	DK	68	14.3%
Shaman	21	10.7%	Warlock	34	12.1%	Priest	59	12.4%
Warlock	17	8.7%	Mage	26	9.2%	Shaman	59	12.4%
Druid	6	3.1%	Rogue	22	7.8%	Mage	39	8.2%
Priest	5	2.6%	Shaman	22	7.8%	Druid	23	4.8%
Mage	3	1.5%	Priest	19	6.7%	Warlock	19	4.0%
Rogue	2	1.0%	Druid	6	2.1%	Warrior	16	3.4%
Warrior	1	0.5%	Warrior	3	1.1%	Rogue	12	2.5%
Total	196		Total	282		Total	475


Top 100 Avg: Week 15			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Paladin	26.3%		DK	15%		Warrior	507%
DK	18.0%		Paladin	13%		Druid	199%
Hunter	14.8%		Warrior	10%		Rogue	85%
Shaman	10.3%		Druid	10%		Mage	58%
Warlock	8.2%		Mage	10%		Priest	24%
Priest	7.2%		Hunter	10%		Warlock	-15%
Mage	6.3%		Priest	9%		DK	-17%
Rogue	3.8%		Shaman	8%		Shaman	-22%
Druid	3.3%		Rogue	7%		Hunter	-32%
Warrior	1.6%		Warlock	7%		Paladin	-51%


Top 100 Avg: Week 14			Weekly Trending
Paladin	26.1%		Warlock	9.9%
DK	17.7%		Rogue	5.1%
Hunter	15.1%		Warrior	3.0%
Shaman	10.3%		DK	1.5%
Priest	7.7%		Paladin	0.9%
Warlock	7.5%		Mage	0.3%
Mage	6.3%		Shaman	0.1%
Druid	4.1%		Hunter	-2.0%
Rogue	3.6%		Priest	-6.0%
Warrior	1.6%		Druid	-18.4%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

47.2 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Druid, which lost 18.4% of their representation from last week.

Hot Streak:

Warlock: 9 Week Winning Streak

Surprising Facts:

There are still Warriors in Arena

Next Week Predictions:

3.1 might come out next tuesday, which should start the new season of Arena

Top 100 Arena Stats: S5 Week 14

2009-03-24T12:52:00.000-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Paladin	67	34.9%	Paladin	62	22.2%	Paladin	100	21.3%
DK	45	23.4%	Hunter	48	17.2%	Hunter	76	16.2%
Shaman	24	12.5%	DK	42	15.1%	DK	68	14.5%
Hunter	23	12.0%	Warlock	29	10.4%	Priest	59	12.6%
Warlock	16	8.3%	Mage	28	10.0%	Shaman	58	12.3%
Druid	8	4.2%	Priest	22	7.9%	Mage	39	8.3%
Priest	5	2.6%	Rogue	21	7.5%	Druid	25	5.3%
Rogue	2	1.0%	Shaman	17	6.1%	Warlock	18	3.8%
Warrior	1	0.5%	Druid	8	2.9%	Warrior	17	3.6%
Mage	1	0.5%	Warrior	2	0.7%	Rogue	10	2.1%
Total	192		Total	279		Total	470


Top 100 Avg: Week 14			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Paladin	26.1%		DK	15%		Warrior	580%
DK	17.7%		Paladin	13%		Druid	143%
Hunter	15.1%		Warrior	11%		Rogue	96%
Shaman	10.3%		Druid	10%		Mage	59%
Priest	7.7%		Mage	10%		Priest	17%
Warlock	7.5%		Hunter	10%		Warlock	-7%
Mage	6.3%		Priest	9%		DK	-15%
Druid	4.1%		Shaman	8%		Shaman	-22%
Rogue	3.6%		Rogue	7%		Hunter	-34%
Warrior	1.6%		Warlock	7%		Paladin	-50%


Top 100 Avg: Week 12			Weekly Trending
Paladin	26.7%		Warlock	23.3%
DK	15.8%		DK	11.7%
Hunter	15.3%		Mage	4.7%
Shaman	10.7%		Priest	3.8%
Priest	7.4%		Hunter	-1.2%
Warlock	6.1%		Paladin	-2.1%
Mage	6.0%		Shaman	-3.6%
Druid	5.1%		Rogue	-19.0%
Rogue	4.4%		Druid	-19.3%
Warrior	2.4%		Warrior	-32.6%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

121.3 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Warrior, which lost 32.6% of their representation from 2 weeks ago.

Hot Streak:

Warlock: 8 Week Winning Streak

Surprising Facts:

Warlocks need a nerf to be balanced!

Warriors have lost representation for the last 5 weeks in a row!

Next Week Predictions:

Don't care until 3.1

No Week 13 Post

2009-03-23T01:53:00.000-04:00

Sorry about not having a week 13 post, was very busy with family.

Week 14 will be posted on tuesday.

Top 100 Arena Stats: S5 Week 12

2009-03-10T19:13:00.000-04:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Paladin	67	34.5%	Paladin	63	23.1%	Paladin	108	22.5%
DK	44	22.7%	Hunter	54	19.8%	Hunter	76	15.8%
Shaman	23	11.9%	DK	28	10.3%	DK	69	14.4%
Hunter	20	10.3%	Mage	26	9.5%	Shaman	57	11.9%
Warlock	17	8.8%	Rogue	23	8.4%	Priest	53	11.0%
Druid	9	4.6%	Shaman	23	8.4%	Mage	41	8.5%
Priest	7	3.6%	Priest	21	7.7%	Druid	25	5.2%
Rogue	4	2.1%	Warlock	17	6.2%	Warrior	22	4.6%
Warrior	3	1.5%	Druid	15	5.5%	Warlock	16	3.3%
Mage	0	0.0%	Warrior	3	1.1%	Rogue	13	2.7%
Total	194		Total	273		Total	480


Top 100 Avg: Week 12			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Paladin	26.7%		DK	15%		Warrior	357%
DK	15.8%		Paladin	13%		Druid	96%
Hunter	15.3%		Warrior	11%		Mage	66%
Shaman	10.7%		Druid	10%		Rogue	59%
Priest	7.4%		Mage	10%		Priest	21%
Warlock	6.1%		Hunter	10%		Warlock	15%
Mage	6.0%		Priest	9%		DK	-5%
Druid	5.1%		Shaman	8%		Shaman	-25%
Rogue	4.4%		Rogue	7%		Hunter	-35%
Warrior	2.4%		Warlock	7%		Paladin	-51%


Top 100 Avg: Week 11			Weekly Trending
Paladin	25.6%		Warlock	15.2%
DK	15.8%		Hunter	6.3%
Hunter	14.4%		Paladin	4.3%
Shaman	11.6%		Druid	2.3%
Priest	7.5%		DK	-0.2%
Mage	6.8%		Priest	-0.7%
Warlock	5.3%		Shaman	-7.6%
Druid	5.0%		Rogue	-10.2%
Rogue	4.9%		Mage	-11.4%
Warrior	3.1%		Warrior	-22.3%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

80.5 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Warrior, which lost 22.3% of their representation from last week.

Hot Streaks (Top Two):

Warlock: 7 Week Winning Streak

Hunter: 5 Week Winning Streak

Surprising Facts:

Mages have zero representation in the Top 100 2's!

Warriors, Rogues & Mages continue to lose representation even though their representation is already low

Warlocks are the 2nd most balanced class

Next Week Predictions:

Major class representation changes will happen after 3.1, until then, not much will change

Top 100 Arena Stats: S5 Week 11

2009-03-03T14:51:00.000-05:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Paladin	58	30.2%	Paladin	67	24.0%	Paladin	110	22.7%
DK	43	22.4%	Hunter	47	16.8%	Hunter	72	14.8%
Shaman	28	14.6%	DK	33	11.8%	DK	64	13.2%
Hunter	22	11.5%	Mage	28	10.0%	Shaman	61	12.6%
Warlock	15	7.8%	Rogue	26	9.3%	Priest	50	10.3%
Druid	8	4.2%	Priest	24	8.6%	Mage	45	9.3%
Priest	7	3.6%	Shaman	21	7.5%	Druid	28	5.8%
Rogue	5	2.6%	Druid	14	5.0%	Warrior	24	4.9%
Warrior	4	2.1%	Warlock	13	4.7%	Warlock	17	3.5%
Mage	2	1.0%	Warrior	6	2.2%	Rogue	14	2.9%
Total	192		Total	279		Total	485


Top 100 Avg: Week 11			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Paladin	25.6%		DK	14%		Warrior	259%
DK	15.8%		Paladin	13%		Druid	101%
Hunter	14.4%		Warrior	11%		Mage	47%
Shaman	11.6%		Druid	10%		Rogue	42%
Priest	7.5%		Mage	10%		Warlock	31%
Mage	6.8%		Hunter	10%		Priest	20%
Warlock	5.3%		Priest	9%		DK	-11%
Druid	5.0%		Shaman	8%		Hunter	-30%
Rogue	4.9%		Rogue	7%		Shaman	-31%
Warrior	3.1%		Warlock	7%		Paladin	-49%


Top 100 Avg: Week 10			Weekly Trending
Paladin	26.7%		Warlock	11.0%
DK	14.8%		Hunter	9.0%
Hunter	13.2%		DK	6.8%
Shaman	12.1%		Priest	3.0%
Mage	7.3%		Druid	1.8%
Priest	7.3%		Paladin	-4.0%
Rogue	5.6%		Shaman	-4.4%
Druid	4.9%		Mage	-7.1%
Warlock	4.8%		Warrior	-7.2%
Warrior	3.3%		Rogue	-11.8%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

66.1 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Rogue, which lost 11.8% of their representation from last week.

Hot Streaks (Top Two):

Warlock: 6 Week Winning Streak

Hunter: 4 Week Winning Streak

Surprising Facts:

Rogues & Mages are, most likely, at their worst representation in the Top 100 that they have ever had in any arena season

Next Week Predictions:

Warlocks passed Rogues & Mages like I predicted and are now the 6th best class; I predict Warlocks will be balanced in about one month

There was much less movement this week and movement will continue to be very small until 3.1

Top 100 Arena Stats: S5 Week 10

2009-02-24T14:32:00.000-05:00

2v2			3v3			5v5
Paladin	66	33.3%	Paladin	68	24.4%	Paladin	109	22.2%
DK	41	20.7%	Hunter	41	14.7%	Hunter	65	13.3%
Shaman	27	13.6%	DK	30	10.8%	Shaman	65	13.3%
Hunter	23	11.6%	Mage	28	10.0%	DK	63	12.9%
Warlock	12	6.1%	Rogue	27	9.7%	Mage	51	10.4%
Druid	8	4.0%	Shaman	26	9.3%	Priest	50	10.2%
Rogue	8	4.0%	Priest	24	8.6%	Druid	28	5.7%
Priest	6	3.0%	Druid	14	5.0%	Warrior	27	5.5%
Warrior	4	2.0%	Warlock	14	5.0%	Warlock	17	3.5%
Mage	3	1.5%	Warrior	7	2.5%	Rogue	15	3.1%
Total	198		Total	279		Total	490


Top 100 Avg: Week 10			Lvl 80 (US + EU)			To balance:
Paladin	26.7%		DK	14%		Warrior	229%
DK	14.8%		Paladin	13%		Druid	103%
Hunter	13.2%		Warrior	11%		Warlock	44%
Shaman	12.1%		Druid	10%		Rogue	43%
Mage	7.3%		Mage	10%		Mage	37%
Priest	7.3%		Hunter	10%		Priest	24%
Rogue	5.6%		Priest	9%		DK	-5%
Druid	4.9%		Rogue	8%		Hunter	-24%
Warlock	4.8%		Shaman	8%		Shaman	-34%
Warrior	3.3%		Warlock	7%		Paladin	-51%


Top 100 Avg: Week 9			Weekly Trending
Paladin	25.9%		Hunter	17.8%
DK	14.5%		Warlock	7.8%
Shaman	13.4%		Priest	7.0%
Hunter	11.2%		Paladin	2.9%
Mage	7.6%		DK	1.9%
Priest	6.8%		Mage	-3.7%
Rogue	6.5%		Shaman	-9.9%
Druid	5.6%		Druid	-12.1%
Warlock	4.5%		Rogue	-14.0%
Warrior	4.1%		Warrior	-18.4%

Weekly Trending

Overall Movement:

95.5 percentage points

Largest Mover:

Warrior, which lost 18.4% representation from last week.

Hot Streaks (Top Two):

Warlock: 5 Week Winning Streak

Hunter & Paladin: 3 Week Winning Streak

Surprising Facts:

Warlocks and Rogues are in the same position balance wise

Next Week Predictions:

With overall movement coming down this week, I expect even less movement next week

Warlocks will overtake Rogues and Mages next week and become the 6th best class

Hunters & Warlocks seem to counter Warriors, so if Hunters & Warlocks continue to do well, Warriors might continue to have trouble