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Popularity Tier List

Specializations grouped by how often they appear on Blizzard's Mythic Keystone leaderboards, computed from the same numbers the role pages show.

What this measures: specialization representation, from Blizzard's leaderboards, for the current leaderboard period, over a sample of the connected realms of every region. These counts were last updated on 7 November 2026, 07:00 UTC. Read the methodology.

Representation is counted from a rotating sample of each region's connected realms rather than from every realm.

How These Tiers Are Computed

A specialization's share is divided by the even share of its role, which is that role's total share divided by the number of specializations in it. S starts at 1.5 times the even share, A at 1.15, B at 0.85, C at 0.5, and D is everything below.

These tiers show how often each specialization is played. They are not a measure of how well it performs.

DPS

A Tier

No specialization falls in this tier.

Tank

S Tier

SpecializationShare
Paladin Protection5.5%
Druid Guardian5.4%

A Tier

SpecializationShare
Death Knight Blood4.0%

B Tier

No specialization falls in this tier.

C Tier

SpecializationShare
Warrior Protection2.4%

D Tier

SpecializationShare
Demon Hunter Vengeance1.7%
Monk Brewmaster1.1%

Healer

S Tier

SpecializationShare
Shaman Restoration4.8%
Paladin Holy4.7%
Priest Holy4.5%

A Tier

No specialization falls in this tier.

B Tier

SpecializationShare
Druid Restoration2.6%

C Tier

SpecializationShare
Monk Mistweaver1.5%

D Tier

SpecializationShare
Priest Discipline1.1%
Evoker Preservation0.8%

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