Top 3.1 specs so far from 3D Armory
by Mike Schramm 
Apr 17th 2009 at 3:00PM
Not to be outdone by TalentChic, the folks at 3D Armory also sent us their lists of what the most popular builds are in the game after patch 3.1, and since everybody seems to be build-hungry lately (and why not -- we each get two!), here they all are.Warrior: Fury 18/53/0.
Paladin: 0/0/0, which means you need to log in, Paladins! Also 51/5/15 for Holy.
Hunter: 0/0/0 wins here, too, but Survival (6/14/51) comes in next.
Rogue: Combat 15/51/5.
Priest: 14/57/0 for Holy.
Death Knight: 17/0/54 Unholy.
Shaman: Elemental 57/14/0.
Mage: 0/53/18 Fire.
Warlock: 0/41/30 Destruction.
Druid: 14/0/57 Restoration, which surprised me.
Keep in mind that these are from only a small sample of the game, so they're not the most popular specs in the game, just the most popular among those surveyed by the 3D Armory. And unfortunately, unlike TalentChic, it doesn't look like there's any way to see where the points are going, just the distribution of points among the trees (though that reminds us that Blizzard probably has some amazing point-by-point stats on how popular talents are).
It appears that raiding is the main goal here, which makes sense in all kinds of ways, both in terms of what people want to do in the game after 3.1, and in terms of which people are checking their listings on 3D Armory. It would be good, too, to see something that neither TalentChic nor 3D Armory show: which builds people are choosing together -- are Druids going Feral/Resto or Boomkin and Resto? Are Paladins choosing tanking and healing or supplementing either one with lots and lots of Ret?
As Alex pointed out insightfully on the other post, things are still shaking out here, so these numbers will likely change (and it occurs to me, though I am not completely familiar with all of the classes, that most of these builds were the exact same used before 3.1, so those may change over time as well). But there's another look at where people are going after 3.1 with their choice of talent specs.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Blizzard, Raiding, Classes, Talents, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Xaro Apr 17th 2009 3:05PM
My priest has both #1 and #2 popular specs listed. Go figure.
Zzyxk Apr 21st 2009 5:12PM
Resto druid being the average spec doesn't surprise me. They're tools. Unless you're talking about the way they specced resto.
Ben Apr 17th 2009 3:11PM
It's actually at 57/3/11 for mages right now.
peagle Apr 17th 2009 3:20PM
Soooo, that would mean no change than pre-3.1?
Agathon Apr 17th 2009 3:16PM
Something is wrong with their data pull or something.
11/0/61 is impossible. Just saw that under the Druid link.
Nublet Apr 17th 2009 9:44PM
When 3.1 went live it wasn't. I had 72 talent points when I first logged on my resto druid. But the next day I had my talents reset again so now I'm back to 71. =(
zhaharik Apr 17th 2009 3:59PM
There was a bug post-patch where some Druids had 72 talent points, so maybe they picked up a lot of their stats before that was fixed?
Joe Smith Apr 17th 2009 4:04PM
I'm not so surprised that Resto is one of the top builds for Druids now. I would be surprised if it wasn't, as I'm sure most Balance and Feral added Resto as their dual spec, PLUS all the druids that have Resto as their main spec
Cheese Rations Apr 17th 2009 3:20PM
Is there no way to view the actual talents that were chosen by those builds? I think that'd be more interesting and useful. Hopefully I missed something!
Joe Apr 17th 2009 3:26PM
Yes, please tell us how to view the actual talents. Otherwise the site is pretty useless.
skbid Apr 17th 2009 4:44PM
I can get to the builds no problem, the problem I have is being able to print them off. Since Blizz updated the Armory to dual spec there's no ability to get a print version. Printing the page is useless as the detail doesn't come thru at all. So now it looks like ALT/TAB to check specs when you're dialing in your toons. Come on Blizz how hard was it to leave the option to print?
Mindaika Apr 17th 2009 3:21PM
And 17/0/54 is a 3.0.9 build for DKs. When did they last update that site?
Calophi Apr 17th 2009 3:23PM
Actually with TalentChic If you click on "Build 1" in that one column you can see where all the points are going.
Calophi Apr 17th 2009 3:23PM
I lied, it's under the "show" column.
ZBeebs Apr 17th 2009 3:29PM
On the warlock, 0/41/30 is Demonology.
Euripides Apr 17th 2009 3:31PM
Here's what most hunters who raid are using- http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#cZ0eVooZx0ci0cIhedAhsk:NfiMz
There's one point missing- it's a floater.
Gridneo Apr 17th 2009 3:40PM
Why are you suprised by a 14/0/57 Restoration Druid spec? It is after the right spec. Ha. Nature's Splendor is a must. And of course I'm one of those, for PvE. My Balance spec is 58/0/13 ...
Schadenfreude Apr 17th 2009 3:59PM
If those numbers are right, I'm surprised so many locks are 0/41/31. Any spec that's dependent on keeping your pet up is excruciating for me.
janoi Apr 17th 2009 4:01PM
dual spec paly... holy/ret FTW.....
no more daylis in slow motion.....
Braundo Apr 17th 2009 4:04PM
I was appalled to see that 51/5/15 was so common for paladins. Apparently lots of people think it's a good idea to trade +3% crit for +5% overheal.
Not surprised that Combat is back on top for rogues, now that it's gotten a small buff to put it more on par with mutilate.