Today's Solo Shuffle Snapshot
Assassination Rogue is the easiest melee spec to climb with today, Devourer Demon Hunter the easiest ranged, and Preservation Evoker the easiest healer. Each role is ranked in its own pool from the live Solo Shuffle ladder. Specs land higher when more of their characters reach the top of the ladder, with the highest rated characters weighted far more heavily than mid-rating ones. Rankings refresh daily from Blizzard’s live ladder. After a balance patch, things resettle within a day or two as players climb on the new tuning.
Melee Tier List
The melee pool today. Each spec is judged on where its players end up on the live ladder. Specialists, hybrids, bursters, and brawlers scored side by side.
Assassination Rogue 50.9% round WR · 1,024,625 rounds 
Retribution Paladin 50.7% round WR · 3,430,030 rounds 
Havoc Demon Hunter 49.7% round WR · 1,525,241 rounds 
Arms Warrior 50.5% round WR · 3,003,556 rounds 
Enhancement Shaman 50.9% round WR · 1,298,626 rounds 
Survival Hunter 50.2% round WR · 648,706 rounds 
Windwalker Monk 50.7% round WR · 1,820,962 rounds 
Subtlety Rogue 49.9% round WR · 1,999,302 rounds 
Outlaw Rogue 50.9% round WR · 538,591 rounds 
Feral Druid 48.5% round WR · 1,105,184 rounds 
Unholy Death Knight 50.4% round WR · 2,209,931 rounds 
Frost Death Knight 49.5% round WR · 838,735 rounds 
Fury Warrior 49.1% round WR · 1,342,081 rounds Melee S Tier
Top of the role. If you’re chasing rating, these are the specs taking players the highest today.
- Assassination Rogue: A momentum spec through and through. Assa takes rank 1 of 13 melee by staying on the target and never letting off.
- Retribution Paladin: Burst, bubbles, freedoms, Lay on Hands: Ret covers every angle. That completeness is taking it to rank 2 of 13 melee.
Melee A Tier
A tier. Strong specs, clearly above the role midpoint. No disadvantage to playing one.
- Havoc Demon Hunter: Approachable rotation, consistent climb. The mobile cleave spec lands at rank 3 of 13 melee.
- Arms Warrior: No single lane carries Arms. At rank 4 of 13 melee, it’s the full kit working together that puts it this high.
- Enhancement Shaman: Upper-half returns for Enhance. Burst plus support plus a short-cooldown kick into casters keeps the hybrid profile reliable.
Melee B Tier
Middle of the role. Not carrying you, not dragging you down. Player skill matters more than the spec at this band.
- Survival Hunter: Trap, bomb, swing, repeat. At rank 6 of 13 melee, it adds up to average.
- Windwalker Monk: Mid-pack for Windwalker. The burst isn’t swinging rounds like it usually does, and mobility alone doesn’t carry the spec out of the middle.
- Subtlety Rogue: Sub lands mid-pack this patch. The CC chains still land, but the Shadow Dance windows aren’t converting through current defensives as cleanly as they should.
- Outlaw Rogue: Mid-pack for Outlaw. The CC setups still land, but when the burst isn’t high enough to kill through them, the thin sustain can’t pick up the slack.
- Feral Druid: At rank 10 of 13 melee, Feral’s returns don’t match the effort required to play it.
Melee C Tier
Bottom of the role. Not unplayable, but climbing is harder than the specs above.
- Unholy Death Knight: No Plan B when the pressure softens. Unholy finishes at rank 11 of 13 melee.
- Frost Death Knight: Frost DK is lagging the field right now. A one-dimensional burst spec needs the burst damage to be exceptional to offset the utility gap, and right now it isn’t.
- Fury Warrior: Tanky enough to survive, not dangerous enough to win. Fury finishes at rank 13 of 13 melee.
Ranged Tier List
Today’s ranged ranking. Popularity doesn’t matter; where a spec’s players end up on the ladder does.
Devourer Demon Hunter 50.7% round WR · 2,303,320 rounds 
Marksmanship Hunter 50.7% round WR · 1,791,882 rounds 
Frost Mage 50.7% round WR · 2,733,914 rounds 
Beast Mastery Hunter 51.4% round WR · 2,071,764 rounds 
Affliction Warlock 50.1% round WR · 1,645,036 rounds 
Elemental Shaman 50.1% round WR · 856,582 rounds 
Shadow Priest 49.9% round WR · 1,161,375 rounds 
Devastation Evoker 50% round WR · 691,285 rounds 
Fire Mage 50.8% round WR · 575,507 rounds 
Balance Druid 48.5% round WR · 857,015 rounds 
Destruction Warlock 48.7% round WR · 926,373 rounds 
Arcane Mage 49% round WR · 274,287 rounds 
Augmentation Evoker 48.7% round WR · 66,689 rounds 
Demonology Warlock 49% round WR · 653,770 rounds Ranged S Tier
Top of the role. If you’re chasing rating, these are the specs taking players the highest today.
- Devourer Demon Hunter: Devourer at the top of the pool almost always means the burst is broken. The spec doesn’t bring enough utility or tankiness to climb on anything else, so when it leads the pool, the burst numbers are doing the heavy lifting and then some.
Ranged A Tier
Just behind the S-tier specs. Players pushing rating on these are climbing fine.
- Marksmanship Hunter: Upper-half returns for Marks. The burst windows are still converting, even if the numbers aren’t at an absurd peak.
- Frost Mage: Upper-half returns for Frost. The slow-the-game-down identity plus the mage CC toolkit stays reliable, and the frame holds up better than the other mage specs.
- Beast Mastery Hunter: Low skill floor, decent damage, decent tankiness. BM sits at rank 4 of 14 ranged.
- Affliction Warlock: The damage-bot warlock lands at rank 5 of 14 ranged. Toolkit unchanged, results good.
Ranged B Tier
B tier. Plenty of these characters still reach high rating; the spec isn’t the thing stopping you.
- Elemental Shaman: Mid-pack for Elemental. The toolkit is always the same, so when the damage output isn’t high, the spec starts getting overwhelmed as dampening progresses.
- Shadow Priest: At rank 7 of 14 ranged, Shadow is surviving without dictating rounds.
- Devastation Evoker: Mid-pack for Dev. The burst isn’t doing great right now, and without it the spec doesn’t have the defensive stack to survive late-damp rounds.
- Fire Mage: At rank 9 of 14 ranged, Fire is landing burst that doesn’t quite kill.
Ranged C Tier
Bottom of the role. Not unplayable, but climbing is harder than the specs above.
- Balance Druid: Balance is struggling to climb. Like Shadow, the spec needs damage to carry games on its own, and right now the output isn’t finishing the kills the CC sets up.
- Destruction Warlock: Can’t out-damage the melee train. Destro finishes at rank 11 of 14 ranged.
- Arcane Mage: Arcane is struggling to climb. The spec lives on one-shot burst, and when that burst can’t be pulled off under pressure, there’s nothing else to lean on.
- Augmentation Evoker: Aug’s support-DPS model lives or dies by meta pace. When the meta isn’t slow enough to make the buffs matter, there isn’t much Aug can contribute. Right now the pace isn’t cooperating.
- Demonology Warlock: Demo is struggling to climb. Melee eat the spec alive, and without casts there’s nothing to contribute. The pet’s healing debuff stops mattering when Demo spends the round being chased.
Healer Tier List
Today’s healer ranking. The throughput specialists, the cooldown kits, and the utility healers all scored on climb signal alone.
Preservation Evoker 50.2% round WR · 1,674,405 rounds 
Discipline Priest 50.8% round WR · 5,590,370 rounds 
Restoration Shaman 50.2% round WR · 1,748,940 rounds 
Mistweaver Monk 50.4% round WR · 2,752,850 rounds 
Restoration Druid 48.9% round WR · 2,638,732 rounds 
Holy Paladin 49.7% round WR · 2,308,903 rounds 
Holy Priest 50.7% round WR · 2,015,601 rounds Healer S Tier
S tier. Pulling away from the pack, and the gap to A is real.
- Preservation Evoker: Aggressive healer closing rounds fast. Preservation takes rank 1 of 7 healers when comps can match its forward pace.
Healer A Tier
Upper half of the role. Reliable climbers, just short of the top tier.
- Discipline Priest: Aggressive and supportive at once. Disc climbs at rank 2 of 7 healers because the momentum-based cooldowns reset fast enough to keep pressing.
Healer B Tier
Middle of the role. Not carrying you, not dragging you down. Player skill matters more than the spec at this band.
- Restoration Shaman: At rank 3 of 7 healers, Resto Shaman is healing reactively when it wants to be healing aggressively.
- Mistweaver Monk: At rank 4 of 7 healers, MW is winning the focus-target matchups and losing the spread ones.
- Restoration Druid: At rank 5 of 7 healers, Resto Druid is spreading HoTs into rounds the HoTs can’t keep alive.
Healer C Tier
Bottom of the role. Not unplayable, but climbing is harder than the specs above.
- Holy Paladin: Best externals in the game, worst HPS floor. Holy Paladin finishes at rank 6 of 7 healers.
- Holy Priest: Holy Priest is struggling to climb. In slow, dampening-heavy rounds, the CC chains don’t force kills and the raw HPS falls off as the early cooldowns dry up. Long games are where Holy collapses.
Key Takeaways
- Most-played melee is Retribution Paladin (24,141 characters), but the spec that climbs furthest is Assassination Rogue
- Devourer Demon Hunter is the highest-ranked ranged spec today
- Top-ranked healer: Preservation Evoker, by rating distribution shape
- Today: 4 S, 8 A, 12 B, 10 C across 34 ranked specs
- 176,640 unique players, around 9,354,028 shuffle rounds. The ranking sees today's distribution, not last week's
How We Rank
Short version: roles get ranked separately. For each spec we look at the share of its characters that reach every 100-rating tier from 1,000 up to glad. High ratings count for a lot more than low ones. Small populations get a confidence penalty so they can’t sneak in on a small sample. Specs with similar final scores land in the same letter tier. The data is the live ladder, refreshed every day, so a balance patch starts changing the rankings immediately.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best melee spec in Solo Shuffle right now?
Assassination Rogue is the top-ranked melee spec right now. More of its characters reach high rating than any other melee spec on the live ladder. Melee specs are ranked in their own pool, so this is about how it compares to other melee, not the full bracket.
What is the best ranged spec in Solo Shuffle?
Devourer Demon Hunter is the top-ranked ranged spec. Its characters reach high rating more reliably than any other ranged spec on the live ladder. Ranged specs are scored in their own pool, separate from melee and healers.
What is the best healer for Solo Shuffle?
Preservation Evoker is the top-ranked healer. More of its characters climb to high rating than any other healer on the live ladder. The healer pool is small (only seven specs), so a small-sample correction does most of the work to keep noise out of the ranking.
How often is this tier list updated?
Every day. The ranking reads the live Solo Shuffle ladder, so each refresh sees today's rating distribution. There is no rolling time window to lag behind balance patches.
What rating is this tier list based on?
Every rated character on the live Solo Shuffle ladder, from 1,000 up to the highest rating in the game today. Small populations get a confidence correction so they can't beat large populations by luck. The rating itself is weighted on the Elo skill scale, so a 2400 character is worth roughly 316x a 1400 character.
How many specs are in S tier today?
4 out of 34 specs scored into S tier today. S tier is the top group within each role, so a melee S-tier spec was only compared against other melee specs.
Does this tier list apply to 2v2 or 3v3 arena?
No. Solo Shuffle is a different format. You queue alone and get random partners each round, so the data reflects individual spec performance. In 2v2 and 3v3 the tier order can look very different.
How is this tier list calculated?
One input: the live Solo Shuffle ladder. For each spec, the score sums over every 100-point rating step from 1,000 upward. At each step we take the share of the spec's characters at or above that rating, correct for sample size, and weight by the actual skill that rating represents (the Elo scale, 400 points = 10x the skill).
