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Mythic+ Tier List: Midnight Season 2

This list ranks every Mythic+ spec by how often it shows up in the hardest timed keys of Midnight Season 2. It is built from 140,000 leaderboard runs we collected from US and EU realms (September 22, 2026 to October 5, 2026). "High keys" means the top 10% of timed runs by key level, which this window puts at +20 and higher (19,620 runs). Updated October 5, 2026 at 20:29 UTC.

What the data says this week

Guardian Druid fills 46.2% of tank slots in high keys (9,062 appearances), 2.8 times an even split across 6 specs.
Holy Paladin fills 58.3% of healer slots in high keys (11,437 appearances), 4.1 times an even split across 7 specs.
The most common DPS in high keys are Arms Warrior, Arcane Mage, Elemental Shaman.
Outlaw Rogue gains the most as keys get harder: 0.9% of its role across all timed keys, 1.7% at +20 and up.
Restoration Druid drops off the most: 4.5% of its role overall, 0.9% in high keys.
The widest region gap is Guardian Druid: 39.8% of its role in US high keys against 49.5% in EU.
Biggest weekly move: Guardian Druid, up 7.9 points of role share against the previous week.

Tank tier list

19,620 tank slots in 19,620 high-key runs, shared by 6 specs. An even split would give each 16.7%.

No spec this week

No spec this week

Protection Paladin

Tier	Spec	Role share, high keys	Index	n	Lift	Avg timed key	Top timed key	Timed at +20+	US / EU	vs last week
S	Guardian Druid	46.2%	2.77	9,062	1.54	+17.8	+23	86.3%	39.8% / 49.5%	▲ +7.9
S	Blood Death Knight	36.5%	2.19	7,160	1.08	+17.5	+22	86.5%	39.7% / 34.9%	▼ -5.9
C	Protection Paladin	7.0%	0.42	1,367	0.38	+16.5	+22	78.9%	5.4% / 7.8%	▼ -1.2
D	Brewmaster Monk	6.1%	0.37	1,198	1.30	+17.2	+22	84.5%	7.4% / 5.4%	▼ -1.5
D	Vengeance Demon Hunter	3.0%	0.18	580	0.42	+16.7	+22	83.9%	5.3% / 1.8%	● -0.1
D	Protection Warrior	1.3%	0.08	253	0.21	+16.3	+21	84.6%	2.5% / 0.7%	● +0.7

Tanks: role share in each week's top 10% of timed keys

Spec	Week 1 +17 floor	Week 2 +18 floor	Week 3 +19 floor	Week 4 +19 floor	Week 5 +20 floor	Week 6 +20 floor
Guardian Druid	16.3%	18.5%	22.1%	28.6%	42.0%	49.9%
Blood Death Knight	56.6%	57.7%	56.3%	54.1%	39.6%	33.7%
Protection Paladin	9.3%	8.6%	5.2%	5.8%	7.6%	6.4%
Brewmaster Monk	10.2%	9.5%	10.7%	7.2%	6.9%	5.4%
Vengeance Demon Hunter	3.9%	3.1%	3.1%	2.9%	3.0%	2.9%
Protection Warrior	3.7%	2.6%	2.5%	1.4%	0.9%	1.6%

Weeks start on week 1 = August 25, 2026; week 2 = September 1, 2026; week 3 = September 8, 2026; week 4 = September 15, 2026; week 5 = September 22, 2026; week 6 = September 29, 2026. Each week uses its own key floor, so early weeks and late weeks compare like for like.

Healer tier list

19,620 healer slots in 19,620 high-key runs, shared by 7 specs. An even split would give each 14.3%.

No spec this week

No spec this week

No spec this week

Tier	Spec	Role share, high keys	Index	n	Lift	Avg timed key	Top timed key	Timed at +20+	US / EU	vs last week
S	Holy Paladin	58.3%	4.08	11,437	1.41	+17.8	+23	87.0%	56.9% / 59.0%	▲ +5.0
S	Restoration Shaman	30.5%	2.14	5,992	1.04	+17.4	+22	84.0%	33.6% / 29.0%	▼ -2.0
D	Holy Priest	4.0%	0.28	792	0.29	+16.3	+21	75.3%	4.6% / 3.8%	● -0.1
D	Mistweaver Monk	3.1%	0.22	617	0.56	+16.7	+22	92.4%	2.2% / 3.6%	▼ -2.4
D	Preservation Evoker	1.6%	0.11	306	0.61	+16.8	+21	88.2%	0.4% / 2.2%	● +0.3
D	Discipline Priest	1.5%	0.11	299	0.53	+16.4	+21	83.3%	1.6% / 1.5%	● -0.3
D	Restoration Druid	0.9%	0.06	177	0.20	+16.0	+21	83.5%	0.8% / 0.9%	● -0.6

Healers: role share in each week's top 10% of timed keys

Spec	Week 1 +17 floor	Week 2 +18 floor	Week 3 +19 floor	Week 4 +19 floor	Week 5 +20 floor	Week 6 +20 floor
Holy Paladin	45.2%	47.6%	51.0%	55.4%	55.6%	60.6%
Restoration Shaman	39.3%	37.6%	37.9%	32.8%	31.6%	29.6%
Holy Priest	6.6%	6.3%	5.0%	5.9%	4.1%	4.0%
Mistweaver Monk	4.9%	4.8%	2.9%	2.8%	4.4%	2.0%
Preservation Evoker	2.4%	3.0%	2.6%	2.1%	1.4%	1.7%
Discipline Priest	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	1.7%	1.4%
Restoration Druid	1.3%	0.5%	0.4%	0.8%	1.2%	0.6%

DPS tier list

58,860 DPS slots in 19,620 high-key runs, shared by 27 specs. An even split would give each 3.7%.

Tier	Spec	Role share, high keys	Index	n	Lift	Avg timed key	Top timed key	Timed at +20+	US / EU	vs last week
S	Arms Warrior	19.4%	5.24	11,419	1.52	+17.9	+23	86.1%	21.5% / 18.3%	● -0.7
S	Arcane Mage	17.5%	4.73	10,322	1.06	+17.5	+22	87.4%	15.7% / 18.5%	● +0.1
S	Elemental Shaman	17.3%	4.66	10,167	1.52	+17.8	+23	86.4%	14.8% / 18.5%	● +0.9
S	Assassination Rogue	9.8%	2.64	5,750	1.59	+18.0	+23	82.9%	8.0% / 10.7%	▲ +1.3
A	Unholy Death Knight	6.0%	1.61	3,519	0.97	+17.5	+22	84.0%	7.4% / 5.3%	● +0.2
B	Windwalker Monk	4.1%	1.11	2,413	1.28	+17.7	+22	86.8%	3.7% / 4.3%	● -1.0
B	Havoc Demon Hunter	4.0%	1.09	2,377	1.18	+17.4	+22	89.6%	2.7% / 4.8%	● +0.1
B	Retribution Paladin	3.9%	1.05	2,291	0.52	+16.7	+22	82.1%	4.9% / 3.4%	● -0.2
C	Demonology Warlock	2.8%	0.75	1,629	0.37	+16.7	+22	82.5%	3.3% / 2.5%	● -0.4
C	Devourer Demon Hunter	2.5%	0.69	1,499	0.80	+17.3	+22	85.8%	3.1% / 2.3%	● +0.5
C	Feral Druid	2.4%	0.64	1,399	1.42	+17.6	+22	82.3%	2.5% / 2.3%	● -0.2
C	Beast Mastery Hunter	2.1%	0.57	1,250	0.33	+16.3	+22	87.1%	3.6% / 1.4%	● -0.1
C	Subtlety Rogue	2.0%	0.55	1,202	1.57	+17.7	+22	84.8%	2.9% / 1.6%	● -0.3
C	Frost Death Knight	1.8%	0.49	1,063	0.99	+17.2	+22	83.0%	0.9% / 2.3%	● 0.0
C	Outlaw Rogue	1.7%	0.47	1,029	1.86	+18.0	+22	84.3%	1.8% / 1.7%	● -0.3
D	Shadow Priest	0.6%	0.17	377	0.34	+16.3	+21	87.9%	0.7% / 0.6%	● 0.0
D	Balance Druid	0.6%	0.15	325	0.26	+16.3	+21	83.8%	0.4% / 0.6%	● -0.1
D	Enhancement Shaman	0.5%	0.13	283	0.28	+16.5	+21	82.5%	1.0% / 0.2%	● -0.1
D	Fury Warrior	0.4%	0.11	231	0.38	+16.6	+22	81.1%	0.6% / 0.3%	● 0.0
D	Destruction Warlock	0.1%	0.03	66	0.32	+15.7	+21	100.0%	0.0% / 0.2%	● 0.0
D	Survival Hunter	0.1%	0.03	64	0.21	+16.2	+21	84.2%	0.0% / 0.2%	● 0.0
D	Marksmanship Hunter	0.1%	0.03	61	0.19	+16.1	+20	92.4%	0.2% / 0.1%	● 0.0
D	Affliction Warlock	0.1%	0.02	43	0.16	+15.7	+20	86.0%	0.2% / 0.0%	● +0.1
D	Augmentation Evoker	0.1%	0.02	38	0.33	+16.3	+20	80.9%	0.1% / 0.1%	● +0.1
D	Devastation Evoker small sample	0.0%	0.01	20	0.06	+15.8	+20	69.0%	0.1% / 0.0%	● +0.1
D	Frost Mage small sample	0.0%	0.01	13	0.05	+15.3	+20	100.0%	0.0% / 0.0%	● 0.0
D	Fire Mage small sample	0.0%	0.00	10	0.09	+15.7	+20	100.0%	0.1% / 0.0%	● 0.0

DPS: role share in each week's top 10% of timed keys

Spec	Week 1 +17 floor	Week 2 +18 floor	Week 3 +19 floor	Week 4 +19 floor	Week 5 +20 floor	Week 6 +20 floor
Arms Warrior	19.8%	20.6%	22.9%	22.0%	19.8%	19.1%
Arcane Mage	19.3%	18.7%	17.6%	18.8%	17.5%	17.6%
Elemental Shaman	11.8%	12.3%	14.6%	15.3%	16.8%	17.7%
Assassination Rogue	5.1%	7.1%	8.3%	8.7%	9.1%	10.4%
Unholy Death Knight	2.2%	1.2%	0.6%	0.7%	5.9%	6.1%
Windwalker Monk	2.6%	3.7%	4.6%	4.1%	4.6%	3.6%
Havoc Demon Hunter	1.2%	2.1%	2.2%	2.1%	4.0%	4.1%
Retribution Paladin	6.6%	5.2%	4.6%	5.1%	4.0%	3.8%
Demonology Warlock	6.0%	6.6%	4.2%	4.9%	3.0%	2.6%
Devourer Demon Hunter	5.3%	3.1%	1.9%	2.2%	2.3%	2.8%
Feral Druid	2.8%	4.2%	4.8%	3.0%	2.5%	2.3%
Beast Mastery Hunter	1.5%	3.1%	2.4%	3.0%	2.2%	2.1%
Subtlety Rogue	3.3%	2.0%	1.5%	1.7%	2.2%	1.9%
Frost Death Knight	0.7%	1.2%	2.2%	2.3%	1.8%	1.8%
Outlaw Rogue	4.4%	3.4%	3.8%	2.7%	1.9%	1.6%
Shadow Priest	1.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%
Balance Druid	2.2%	2.0%	1.3%	1.2%	0.6%	0.5%
Enhancement Shaman	1.3%	1.1%	0.6%	0.7%	0.5%	0.4%
Fury Warrior	1.0%	0.8%	0.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%
Destruction Warlock	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Survival Hunter	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Marksmanship Hunter	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Affliction Warlock	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
Augmentation Evoker	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
Devastation Evoker	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
Frost Mage	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fire Mage	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Spec picks by dungeon

Each dungeon uses its own top 10% of timed keys, because some dungeons are timed higher than others. Shares are within the role.

Dungeon	Top tanks	Top healers	Top DPS	Biggest swing vs overall
Altar of Fangs +20 and up, 1,913 runs	Guardian Druid 50.6% Blood Death Knight 34.0%	Holy Paladin 59.0% Restoration Shaman 31.3%	Arms Warrior 18.5% Elemental Shaman 17.9% Arcane Mage 15.9%	Guardian Druid: 50.6% here, 46.2% overall
Den of Nalorakk +20 and up, 3,110 runs	Guardian Druid 49.6% Blood Death Knight 33.5%	Holy Paladin 53.4% Restoration Shaman 32.7%	Arms Warrior 19.2% Elemental Shaman 16.5% Arcane Mage 16.4%	Guardian Druid: 49.6% here, 46.2% overall
Kings' Rest +20 and up, 2,692 runs	Guardian Druid 45.1% Blood Death Knight 36.4%	Holy Paladin 57.3% Restoration Shaman 33.0%	Arms Warrior 21.4% Arcane Mage 18.4% Elemental Shaman 16.1%	No spec moves 3 points or more
Murder Row +20 and up, 2,781 runs	Guardian Druid 45.1% Blood Death Knight 36.4%	Holy Paladin 53.8% Restoration Shaman 34.3%	Arms Warrior 19.2% Arcane Mage 17.7% Elemental Shaman 16.3%	Restoration Shaman: 34.3% here, 30.5% overall
Ruby Life Pools +20 and up, 2,047 runs	Guardian Druid 42.7% Blood Death Knight 41.4%	Holy Paladin 58.1% Restoration Shaman 31.3%	Arms Warrior 21.8% Arcane Mage 16.9% Elemental Shaman 16.8%	Blood Death Knight: 41.4% here, 36.5% overall
Temple of Sethraliss +20 and up, 2,698 runs	Guardian Druid 43.9% Blood Death Knight 39.1%	Holy Paladin 66.6% Restoration Shaman 24.5%	Elemental Shaman 18.8% Arcane Mage 18.2% Arms Warrior 17.6%	Holy Paladin: 66.6% here, 58.3% overall
The Blinding Vale +20 and up, 2,180 runs	Guardian Druid 44.0% Blood Death Knight 39.3%	Holy Paladin 63.0% Restoration Shaman 26.2%	Elemental Shaman 18.3% Arcane Mage 18.2% Arms Warrior 18.0%	Holy Paladin: 63.0% here, 58.3% overall
Voidscar Arena +20 and up, 2,199 runs	Guardian Druid 48.5% Blood Death Knight 32.7%	Holy Paladin 56.8% Restoration Shaman 30.1%	Arms Warrior 19.6% Arcane Mage 18.4% Elemental Shaman 18.0%	No spec moves 3 points or more

How we rank

Take every timed run from the last 2 weekly leaderboards (this week and last week).
Find the key level that marks the top 10% of those runs. This window it is +20. Every run at that level or above is a "high key".
Count each spec's appearances in high keys and divide by all appearances of its role. That is the role share. A group with two players of the same spec counts both.
Index = role share times the number of specs in the role. 1.00 is an even split. 2.00 means the spec shows up twice as often as an even split would give it.
Tier by index: S at 2 or more, A at 1.3 or more, B at 0.8 or more, C at 0.4 or more, D below 0.4. The cut-offs are fixed, so a week with one dominant tank shows one S and a week with an open meta can show none.
Lift = role share in high keys divided by role share across all timed keys. Above 1 means the spec is picked more as keys get harder.
Specs with fewer than 30 high-key appearances are marked small sample.

What this does not measure

Representation is not strength. A popular spec can be popular because it is easy, fun or well known, and a strong spec can be rare because few people play it.
Top players pick what top players already pick. Group finders and streamer builds push the same specs into high keys week after week.
The ranking averages the last two weeks, so a buff or nerf takes a week or two to show fully. The weekly history table shows the turn sooner.
Group comp matters more than any one spec. A spec can be here because it pairs with the top tank, not because of its own damage.
We read who was in the group, not how much damage or healing they did. There are no combat logs in this data.

Sources and data window

OFFICIAL Blizzard: Midnight Season 2 is live, checked October 5, 2026.
REPORTED Warcraft Wiki: Midnight Season 2 (start date, PvP Season 42), checked October 5, 2026.
REPORTED Blizzard Watch: patch 12.1.5 release date (October 13, 2026), checked October 5, 2026.
Our crawl of the Blizzard Mythic+ leaderboards, US and EU realms (we do not collect Korea or Taiwan). Ranking window: September 22, 2026 to October 5, 2026. History: the last 6 weekly resets of this season.
Snapshot computed October 5, 2026 at 20:29 UTC. The current week is still in progress, so its numbers move until the weekly reset.