What is The BEST Class To Choose For FRESH Classic WoW Servers?

[@SolheimGaming]

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[@josephmurphy654]

Play the class you enjoy? Absolutely not. I need a meta spec to do my annual classic clear of the dead mines before get bored and quit lol.

[@RaiderJake]

LOL I feel attacked

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Idk there is something enjoyable about planning your char and knowing its strength. Like why watch this if all you care about is playing the class you like? :P

[@Peatopher90]

I feel like there's a disconnect in my brain between what I think I will like and what I actually like. Like I would love to be a prot paladin, a rogue, a warrior, a hunter, etc. but in reality the gameplay of aoe farming on a mage and doing most damage in dungeons and near-top in raids and farming the most gold and portalling and free food and water and being a god in pvp just actually plays out so much better than anything else

[@szn7548]

go to retail

[@Bleaxz6584]

​@@Peatopher90shadow priest has the best end game

[@metavore537]

I’m picking my class based on Burning Crusade. Classic is just a BC waiting room for me

[@kao1664]

Same

[@robinmoglisommer]

Same

[@Danny_79]

What are your picks for TBC then?

[@vugaddi160]

same

[@77rockcity]

Zzzzzz

[@gcstroud]

Ret isn’t the only way to level a Paladin. You can go straight down holy into consecration, then grab some shield talents at the top of Prot and you can pull 3-4 mobs at once constantly even in the low 20s. Perfectly serviceable to tank or heal dungeons in this spec. Just rock stam/int/spirit gear. Once you get level 38+ you can do insane aoe pulls with judgement of wisdom and seal of light. Also, call it cope, but I think with Dual Spec in we will see Prot paladins tanking raid trash and swapping to Holy spec to heal on bosses.

[@MikeyJ232]

Get used to wearing the dress at 60. Lol

[@Peatopher90]

yeah it's basically cope unless you're in a guild with bad/undergeared warrior tanks or warrior tanks who dont know how to fury prot, plus you will likely be behind them in gear and also you should just be healing if that's what you were brought to the raid for.... like you already have a tank war there, what else is he gonna do? talent swaps are probably not going to work outside of major cities

[@viamdolor9226]

Yeah, if you know what you are doing (i.e. one-hander int/stam gear 11/x/0) paladins are basically melee priests - cast your buffs, sit back and auto-attack/wand to 60 while also being able to heal AND tank in dungeons as a pala.

[@GoonerTechie]

​ @SolheimGaming In my point of view, dual spec actually pushes druid up a tier, because you can (as the only class) join a raid to fill all 3 roles. The versatility-kings get even more versatility. Cats will also get a tad more dps than before due to being able to use rip.

[@mnn1265]

True, if respec is coming that is a big boost to druid.

[@plasticbudgie]

Dual spec will only be use able in major cities.

[@GoonerTechie]

@@plasticbudgie Do you have a reference for this? All the official information refers to dual spec being introduced at some point, not at launch. There is no information yet about where you can learn dual spec, at what level or where/when you can swap between specs.

[@plasticbudgie]

@GoonerTechie basically the OG vanilla players wanted no Dual spec but the forum crying from people to implement it happened as they said we listened to feed back and have decided to last minute introduce it at somepoint. Now the Majority of people are saying dual spec should be only able to change in major cities at trainers. Which is a good thing! If you think raids are sweaty now, wait till you're forced to have 2 meta builds and swap between them for bosses. So I'm 99%, sure that will be the case.

[@GoonerTechie]

@@plasticbudgieI don't think that's sweaty, thats how I mostly played SoD to help the guild. Noone is forced to do anything. I don't think you should present it as a fact when it isn't. Besides, people would still just port to the cities and swap spec there and get summoned back. We'll see.

[@valitsemllaluokanavahyvaks3556]

One reason Warrior leveling is good is that u can tank and form dung groups very easily while leveling and while farming preBis.

[@vXCozmoz]

Knowing we are going into Tbc in 1 year ish, that does effect my choices a bit atleast. But ofc still having fun in Vanilla. I just feel it's bit cringe when so many content creators talking about "bis class, spec, sweat the raids" when your gear means Jack once Tbc comes. Yes if you get full Naxx gear that will help out your Tbc leveling quite a lot (not that tbc leveling is hard to begin with) and be good until BT raid loot. I am going Hunter main. They are the middle dps tier in Vanilla sure, but Tbc = Lock/Hunter and Hunter is good for both PvE, PvP, farming (gold/professions) etc. This tier list showing Rogue S tier is only for Vanilla (once again ppl focus only on vanilla) when they are quite bad in Tbc until ending content/raid.

[@GriffintheDude88]

Ok, I'm gonna pause it and post my list here then check back at the end to see how close we match. S - Hunter, Mage, Druid A - Warlock, Rogue, Priest B - Shaman C - Warrior, Paladin I guess I misunderstood the assignment. I always thought trying to level a warrior first on a fresh server was ass. I focused more on the classes that are good at leveling without being funneled gold and gear and can farm for themselves or to fund an alt when the get to level 60. We only agreed on two haha. I think the min/max nature of Feral Druid is what appeals to some people. I was always a healer myself. Anyways, good video! I made a video on why I am picking Druid for the fresh servers. Check it out

[@Contmotore]

I always go for druid cos I like how versatile they are and I like healing dungeons. I never go for boomkin, it's either feral or resto.

[@anthonyharding4380]

In HC i really enjoyed levelling a Paladin because i felt so confident/ safe. Even if i pulled an extra 1-2 mobs accidentally, I wouldn't immediately panic 😊

[@johnnyringo2695]

So you played like a coward

[@xbc7685]

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[@chargersareboss2143]

Before this video I was considering hunter but now after it confirms that I want to play mage and possibly a priest alt in a couple months! Great video keep up the good work Solheim

[@daisyou812]

I'm so torn right now about what class and faction so ty for the vid!!

[@joshbirdsall947]

Ugh right. I've been playing alliance but played horde in vanilla. Maybe a tauren shaman again. Call him cowpensating

[@Klausryan]

I agree with your list and also disagre. one of the main things is they remove buff/debuff max and that can change the dynamic alot

[@iamlegion3093]

I’m gonna say, I think that SPriests are going to see an uptick definitely with dual spec confirmed and the removal of debuff cap limit. At least in the beginning

[@RealTweex]

I more than probably anyone want Shadow Priest to be good in Vanilla, but I know this just isn't the case. In PVE, a full shadow priest isn't worth the raid spot and most guilds will have you as a hybrid disc/shadow to off heal. SP dps is very bad and the mana issues can't be ignored either. They are great in PVP and will have their come up in TBC, but till then, get used to healing if you want to raid.

[@Rh0deRage]

Rogues in S tier and Warlocks in B?!?!

[@tinyskeletonman8882]

yeah not so sure about that one XD

[@SolheimGaming]

Should've put Warlocks in F Tier tbh

[@jessechampi9374]

@@SolheimGaminghaha why

[@mnn1265]

@@jessechampi9374 Locks are quite good for a lot of content and are in huge demand come TBC where they dominate. That comment makes no sense. I'm not maining lock but will definitely have a lock alt.

[@MikeyJ232]

@@mnn1265This list was for Vanilla, not TBC. That’s too far out yet. Warlocks are decent levelers, great PvPers, pretty bad in raids aside from their niche situations now that debuff cap is gone.

[@adamberglund5770]

Holy priest checking in! Will you be making a guild on fresh? I enjoyed raiding with you in SoD phase 1 and 2 and would like to do it again.

[@SolheimGaming]

Yep! Got a video about details tomorrow :D

[@theventhatiqtho8112]

I was lock and priest for the first classic go around. Going mage shaman and pally this time. Doing mage first to make gold so i dont have to worry for gold.

[@dandoge8999]

Since debuff limit is gone it should be alot more fun to play other classes now.

[@melski9205]

Pity they havent allowed for people to login and reserve characters, then theyd know some numbers and see if their 1 server thing is going to hold. hard to plan much if your not sure about where your friends are going to end up in a deep queue.

[@benediktleyrer6892]

played classic back in 2004 beta and after. did quit in BC because of rl and because my guild broke apart. I was part of the second best guild on my server as a Hunter. i can tell you Hunter is alot of fun to level and PVP (esp World-PVP) is good aswell. Not crazy strong but not bad. You can do a lot of stuff solo too. If you are more progress oriented i would pick another class. Hunter scales very badly with gear compared to the other clases. Sadly Tier 1 gear form Molten Core is all you ever need. The difference in damage to T2 is not much :/ . And back then with limited debuff slots full T2 was out of question anyway. Because of that most progress-guilds only raid with 2-3 Hunters in their 40 man raids (just enough to Tranq Shot certain bosses [Some guilds even let you only join for that specific fight with your hunter and switch you out afterwards]. If you don't mind to see every cool Item that other classes can use go to anyone but you and i mean ANYONE then ok you can do it. Maybe you are best firends with your raidleader and he lets you have cool stuff but be prepared for people beeing pissed if you get anything before they do because their class need that item so much more... . I never was someone who alway wanted everything first, but if you get stuff only if noone else wants it you are basically an item dumpster. and after a few months it really kills motivation and fun. So if you want to play Hunter please know what awaits you or play him as a second charakter to farm Gold in the Maraudon-Dungeon (Earth Song Falls) or PVP.

[@misszerylvscompany1683]

Former bear tank here its a fight to get a spot in a raid and i can farm a pummler blindfolded i done it so much lol

[@Djoshi-]

I really want to play feral again but I’m so sick of everybody else not understanding how good they can be with mcps, I’m probably just gonna sit this one out again. Or just level and wait for tbc I guess

[@maximecaron1969]

@@Djoshi- or play it and find a good guild who doesn't care about min maxing. I have done so many raids with weird composition and it always works out

[@CoreyMcCue]

First 35 seconds was the most important takeaway from the entire video

[@howe1371]

I disagree on feral Druids being that low. Especially feral tanks where for raids instead of having to gear an additional warrior tank you can get an OT with brez, innerv, etc. utility available.

[@ArkOvu]

Hunter is the best class for doing whatever you want imo. It’s hard for me to commit to any other class.

[@AmnesiaLoL]

Warlock at B tier with pally is SO cap. Easily the most fleshed out class in design, and a top 4 dps contender with hunter. Lock utility = S tier Lock levelling = S tier Lock Dps = A tier Lock survivability = S tier Lock PVP = S tier

[@dustindecker2604]

When I played in 2019 everyone was playing for fun I seen and always said play what you like. I'm rolling probably orc enhance sham.

[@benkelly7182]

My first toon in Vanilla was an Orc Enhancement Shaman! It was awesome

[@valitsemllaluokanavahyvaks3556]

I like Enhancer too but not too sure there will be any raid spots for em cuz of sperg minmaxers.

[@dustindecker2604]

@valitsemllaluokanavahyvaks3556 there wasn't much of a problem with that last time I played. Yeah there are sweaty players but there was plenty of guilds that will let you play what you like.

[@Khelevandros]

@SolheimGaming I'm wondering what your thoughts are on just how much of the playerbase will be sticking to the toxic, min-maxing gatekeeping mindset that's been plaguing classic since 2019? I mean, it's our 4th go at classic, we know how easy the content is, and a lot of classes just got a lot better with the debuff limit removed, and yet I'm still seeing creators pushing out the same guides where they basically say you NEED to be running 25/30 warriors in every raid or you won't clear. They don't specifically say 'won't', but they push the mindset to the absolute limit, with a little 5 second disclaimer at the end where they mutter 'play what you want' I know warriors will still be top dps, I KNOW the most 'optimized' group is 30 warriors and all that crap. What I don't get is how most of us haven't realized that we don't have to play that way, that just as much if not more fun can be had by just letting people play what they want, and the same results can be had. I'm just terrified that these servers are just going to be a rinse/repeat of everyone reinforcing the absolute WORST aspects of the game, and just deliberately ruining things for people, because instead of the 'journey, fun and experience' all that ends up truly mattering is 'numbers, math, and efficiency'

[@davidinman6020]

If you play at your own pace none of that stuff really matters. It can take you a year to get to 60 and you'll be just in time for TBC. :)

[@chriscollins1097]

I think the playing for fun players are the silent majority. Just ignore all the sweaty players and guilds and find like minded players and you will still clear content. Does suck that gaming in 2024 is nothing but the meta for a lot of people, and this is supposed to be a PVE game from a bygone era to get a break from PVP sweat in say an RTS or FPS. But I think a lot more people have that resentment against that like we do than you realize.

[@bwsilvas]

Is this considering the no debuff limit?

[@ivanmarkoski64]

Do we need to wait for tomorrow and download some different game or can we download the live vanila and start tomorrow?

[@sunridder215]

Download the classic version. You'll see the new servers listed under "Anniversary," but they are currently offline.

[@Artinusxxi]

@@sunridder215was wondering the same thing. Thank you!!

[@DeadTechno22]

I’m struggling between being a troll shaman or a orc or Tauren warrior.

[@MikeyJ232]

If you’re just planning on leveling and casually playing the first phase through BWL, Hunter is decent but quite bad past that.

[@Tildradain]

I know it's a question of opinions but Rogue S tier and druid D tier is so funny to me

[@paulwalther5237]

1... or 2 in a 40 man raid??? And that's if you're a healer. Oh noes! My #1 class to play is more of a meme than a pally.

[@MasterMacaroni]

Sounds like the only reason priest is in A is because shadow isn’t good?

[@77rockcity]

Shadow pwns

[@viamdolor9226]

Shadow is great in pvp. Don't expect a raid spot as shadow, though. Priest is probably the best overall class in vanilla, including design-wise.

[@jameswatts-r4c]

If you could lower the pitch on your voice you would be my favorite Classic content creator... Its just nails on a chalkboard for me

[@Bayyurt]

If I could pay for my sub I would choose a Warrior. Warrior has been my pick since 2005. For the Horde! I appreciate your videos. Thank you.

[@Bonebounder93]

im still not sure hunter or mage

[@SolheimGaming]

Both solid picks!

[@MikeyJ232]

Mage if you care about endgame raiding

[@paulwalther5237]

Do warriors ever make it to S tier in any expansion after vanilla? Is it any coincidence that vanilla is the most popular version of WoW and warriors are on top?

[@MikeyJ232]

Literally every single expansion except for TBC. Warrior, Mage, Warlock and Hunter are the best in expansions.

[@galeitiaa]

@@MikeyJ232 Warriors are in fact amazing in TBC. Did you forget about glaives?

[@MikeyJ232]

@ Glaives are a non-factor, its end of expac and extremely rare. BM Hunter, Warlock and Mage are the best overall.

[@galeitiaa]

@@MikeyJ232 although true on rarity...the #1 top dps is warrior min maxed, warlock is a close 2nd

[@MikeyJ232]

@ technically, no. even after execute phase in sunwell gear fury warrior is slightly behind BM hunter.

[@themillers9820]

Are we playing the same game?

[@pacmanghostdude5227]

Im going shaman!

[@jessechampi9374]

Are you playing pve or PvP server?

[@PatrickWayneCollects]

People who don’t know how to play paladin love to say “all they do is auto attack” being a good paladin takes work. Bad ones are lazy

[@MikeyJ232]

At 60? You’re healing.

[@PatrickWayneCollects]

@ bet

[@cookeatliverepeat8815]

ranking warlocks not as a top tier class shows that you have no clue. this is the most broken pvp class ever.

[@Aphorism89]

Hm warrior will not be that strong. Remember, we have 10/11 months of raids only in total. That is a good chunk less resets, so only a few warriors will gear enough to become machines. The rest will wonder around like "wtf"

[@Jvstm]

Paladin, duh

[@p0pp0pp0pp0pp0p]

Theres only one Palachad

[@Taso475]

Hype is real

[@sylvesterpedersen171]

lol, warlocks are crazy strong in pvp, sure they are not good dps, BUT, they bring good utlity AND you NEED warlocks for curses for overall damage of the raid. Also, its extremely easy to get raid spot because no one plays warlock, despite them being good + in TBC they become actually god tier. So putting them in B tier is legit a disgrace for this fresh server. Also, again, paladin, auras and buffs, best pvp healer, so many good things about them, B tier???????? This tier list is so biased xD

[@angeljesus4800]

Anyone know where can i download this new wow classic? Im kinda confused 😢

[@ripcrusader]

In no world locks in b tier benefit from raid debuf unlimit+ ez leveling ez pvp also

[@ivanmarkoski64]

Undead Mages wya letsgoooo

[@Bleaxz6584]

Troll mage sniff* sniff*

[@cmoney163]

I’m rolling a resto Druid, am I cooked chat?

[@4est64]

Not at all. People Min max too much and classic was about just having a good time. A healer is a healer, plus like previous commenter said classic will just be a fun waiting room to re-live all the classic content before TBC. There won't be any time to Min max stuff

[@Toweliee69]

Resto Druid is spamming rank 4 healing touch and you will be the weakest healer. Weaker than priest, pally, or shaman. Tbc Druids get way better.

[@martin9202]

@@Toweliee69will see, druids can use their hots too now, since buff cap is removed… I think they’re gonna be better then people think…

[@viamdolor9226]

Resto is fine, but you might have trouble finding raid spots because 1 resto druid is enough, especially since hots from multiple druids don't stack.

[@13attman]

with duel spec druids will be goated

[@josephteller9715]

Obvious your opinion of Ferals is a bit off... go watch the Vods of Guzu on his Feral Druid leveling... The pommeler is not the only path to playing it well... My guess is you've never played on in classic and are guessing based on other folk's opinions.

[@SolheimGaming]

I have 3 Ferals at level 60 in Classic, one on priv server, one in Classic Era, and one in Hardcore. I've played Feral 😊👍

[@Tetrahcodom]

Dual Speccing will be in classic fresh.

[@thefishandwildlifereport7441]

Druid c??

[@tz7763]

the best class to play is the one you ahve the most fun on. the content is so trivial it's an absolute joke.

[@Navrem1990]

I know its a streamers job to do tier lists and hype vids but really.. classic has been re-re-relaunching every year lately those vids are countless 😂

[@Blueraazor]

all hybrids are higher with dual spec

[@gelgamech303]

I really want to shadow priest in pve but classic won't allow it. Guess I could level and do some pvp until BC.

[@SolheimGaming]

Shadow Priest hype!

[@13attman]

hes wrong about that my old classic raids had at least 1 shadow priest for the debuff +shadow damage

[@Wikidsik]

Play what you want. But dint play these classes are they are dog poop at end game. Lol. All seriousness druids are great levellers, not deserving of c tier. Easily a to s tier.

[@mattmiller4821]

Hint...it's furry warturds

[@pey7777]

Surprised you mentioned that rogues will be one of the more populated classes. I think that's your PvP server bias showing. When I played classic era on PvP, rogue was one of the most played classes, but on PvE it was one of the least played classes. I think you'll be surprised how few rogues you'll see on the PvE server this time

[@FriendlieGhost]

Why that?? So I’ll roll rogue

[@MrSherhi]

I started as a rogue in Vanilla on PvP server and you are right. I could get into dungeons but it took hours it was horrible (I just had a ton of free time back then). In TBC I had to abandon my rogue completely because only 1 or 2 could fit into a 25man raid on my server, it was basically one melee group with windfury and thats it (dunno how it was in last TBC classic but this was my situation in the past). +I never liked combat, I loved subtlety or poisons but many mobs were immune to poisons and bleeds.

[@paulswift5196]

Druid is S tier

[@paulswift5196]

Druids can beat any class 1v1 easy as hybrid caster. cat dps with shifting is decent for raids. Bear tank is good for certain bosses with that huge health pool. Druid all around with a true classic player can be unstoppable… I was doing that kitty quick shift back in 2004 owning people. The leveling as Druid is great, no down time at all. Can jump in and tank instances or heal without a problem.

[@max022251]

Duo spec confirmed so this video is void.

[@SolheimGaming]

How does duo spec being out mean this video is void LMAO This video was literally made after dual talent spec was confirmed & was made with that in mind. No idea what you're smoking but give me some.

[@martin9202]

Dual spec will be allowed on lvl 60 is my guess… maybe 50…. It’s for end game content

[@MikeyJ232]

Dual spec doesn’t change the meta lol

[@MrSherhi]

dual spec changes maybe that players like me will even try to play because due to my limited time I can only play healer or tank (less time spent in lfg) and without dual spec its a no-go for me removed limit on debuffs is way bigger impact than dual spec

[@gixxie117]

have fun with bots and streamer BS again nerds

[@byteme0000]

The problem with the information in this video is that the classes are ranked based primarily on their desirability in raiding. You tell us at the beginning just to play the class we like and don’t worry about what anyone thinks, but then the rest of the video is about why no one will want to give you a raid spot for one reason or another. I happen to be a big raider myself (mostly rogue), but many players are not; for many, hitting 60 and then doing end-game dungeons, maxing reps and professions, acquiring their class dungeon sets, etc. is their idea of end game-those folks are getting mixed messages here. Edit: For example, if you don’t plan to do any serious raiding, shadow priests and druids are amazing for dungeons. With a hybrid druid spec, you can be a terrific healer and also a kick-ass tank. If you omit raiding, I would move druids and shadow priests up higher on your chart.

[@sylvesterpedersen171]

So true, and for sure the best answer here, Druids (in a raid setting) is a healing class, obviously, we all know that, they still bring Innervate, buffs and okay ish healing, but looking past everything else, they are pretty good. Its an extremely biased tier list lol

[@ClintOrris]

Sorry but this is a lazy video. These servers will progress through TBC. Which means the class rankings should be based on TBC not Vanilla. Warriors in TBC aren't as good as they are in Vanilla. A lot of classes get a lot more viable specs in TBC

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Lol why, half the pop is not even gonna play TBC.

[@kbg3803]

Tbc is in 14 months anyway

[@effortlessGFX]

@ClintOrris Dumbest comment I’ve read in quite some time.

[@Fantasyremix]

It’s a year from now. You can level an alt.

[@zoologic1190]

Whatever

[@mklizzar]

Theres no GDKP and multiboxing farming frostmaul ekkos with 30 accounts to make shekels is frowned upon, so ima pass on classic, no dough to be made.

[@SolheimGaming]

Thank fuck for no GDKPs

[@Bommelle]

@@SolheimGaming100% 🎉 GDKPS made the game unplayable for casuals

[@mnn1265]

Thank you for not playing and screwing our fun. Good riddance!

[@mklizzar]

@@mnn1265 Thank you for helping keep the realm of God not crowded.

[@mnn1265]

@@mklizzar “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

[@ahetzel9054]

I dont know why i watch these videos, i have absolutely no interest in the most boring iteration of the game...

[@W0WShaneEV]

19views in 3mins. Wow solheim fell off

[@misszerylvscompany1683]

Sorry I'm at work, I will do better

[@SolheimGaming]

Fell off big time. Concidering quitting tbh.

[@jaredhoff8601]

First

[@redacted5035]

Ridiculous 😂🫵