Wowhead's tiers, and what the logs say.

Wowhead ranks specs by judgement; archon.gg averages what players actually parse in Serpentshrine and Tempest Keep. Here are both for every damage spec, with where they disagree.

These rank specs, not items. They say nothing about which helm to wear and are not what the planner's per-slot gear rankings are built from. Wowhead's reasoning for each placement is their own writing and is not reproduced here; follow the link under each list to read it.