Logs tell us all of these things, and Warcraft Logs makes reading them possible.īefore you can analyze your logs, you first need to create and upload them. Whether someone was in the right (or wrong) position, was hitting the correct target, using the right talents and gear, how much healing they did, whether they used a healthstone, if a cooldown was used or healing received before a big hit, who interrupted, and even simply as a means of competition - comparing which group killed the boss the quickest, or which player managed the highest DPS/HPS on that particular encounter. This guide will help you learn how to get started, navigate the website's many features, and use them to improve your gameplay.Ĭombat logs unequivocally tell you what happened during an encounter.
Warcraft Logs is a community website which uses in-game combat logs to created detailed analytics which measure both group and individual player performance, in the form of damage and healing dealt and taken, buff and debuff uptime, player and NPC positioning, and much more, through the use of detailed charts, graphs, and encounter replay.