WotLK Classic ALL DPS Tier List in 3.3.5 (Warmane Wrath of the Lich King)

[@ivankrushensky]

I don't know why, but I just imagine you're the guy that actually has all of the Warmane servers in his basement.

[@CrixGuides]

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[@Sencess]

😂😂

[@Sencess]

@@CrixGuides hi crix! Will us warlocks still be able to top dps meters in wotlk do u think?

[@2GuysFoodChallenges]

@@CrixGuides 🤣🤣

[@Toyhouze]

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[@PoochoyGaming2024]

I love that you made it clear that it's all about DPS. No utilities included. Haha! I agree with your list.

[@Rubaontiful]

I wish people would say that this only applies on ICC. Naxx and ulduar rankings looks very different

[@facehugger8995]

yup cause fury warriors suck for most of wotlk haha

[@naejimba]

A few notes: One, if you want to roll a warrior, you will be using arms for the first two tiers, and when you get enough gear, switching over to fury. It isn't really until ICC that Fury gets good. TLDR: you will do shit damage and your guild will carry you through most of the content, but at the end of the expansion when you have great gear only a fire mage can do more damage. If you don't already have a group that is cool with this, it will be tough to find a spot, so keep that in mind. Survival is not "non viable" at any tier, but they will do MUCH less damage than MM when you get to the point where you can start gemming for armor pen (when you have at least 800 from gear alone before gems). It is really only due to armor pen that hunters do decent damage (which still isn't anything to write home about), and since much of survival's damage is in the form of magic damage it can't keep up. However, early on survival will do more damage than MM hunters. The point at which MM takes over is when you can get a ilvl 226 ranged weapon (below this the flat damage values on bows/guns are much lower). So if you want to min max, you will start out as survival. If you have more than one hunter though, having one of them go MM and pick up imp hunter's mark from the start is an overall DPS increase for the raid (at 2 or more hunters this is the case). With all of that said, you really want one or two Hunters in a group; if anyone has an odd chore to deal with during the fight, or needs to kite adds, they do this well... plus they are the only other class besides rogues that brings a threat redirect. Arcane is not bad at any tier; the highest parses in live during ICC were usually Arcane mages. Plus, keep in mind as mana becomes not as much of an issue, you can funnel innervates into them. The only amount of "skill" is in planning out your mana over the course of a fight. If you end a fight with mana left, you did it wrong... that extra mana could have been more damage. Ideally though, you will want to dump any extra mana when all your CDs are up (and during Heroism/Bloodlust), which tends to be at the start of a fight. So surprisingly the two button spec requires a ton of planning, and you are heavily punished if you don't get it right (so if you go for it and fail, you are worse off than if you didn't bother and just dumped mana at the end). Like the warrior, you will most likely be starting off as Arcane and moving to fire when you have the hit and crit to support the spec; the latter ends up scaling phenomenally with crit. I have seen some people run fire from the start, but that is with very specific gear and ensuring the 25 has the buffs it needs to be decent (so this will not be the case for most people). IMO, don't bother with FFB spec, in between, as losing Focus Magic to chain onto the other mages is too big of a loss, plus it is even less consistent than fire. Do keep in mind until you have an insane amount of gear (and therefore crit) fire will not do as well in a 10 man depending on the buffs you might not have like you would in 25. If this is the case, it can be worth keeping an Arcane off spec for 10s if you find you are doing much less damage. As for Warlocks, you always want ONE Demo and they are built like a support spec, sacrificing their own damage to provide an insane SP buff from stacking Spirit. It can quickly outpace the SP buff from Ele's totem of Wrath, so if you get the Demo spot over having another Affliction lock, THIS is why and you need to embrace that you are a support class. As for Affliction, they are horribly overpowered for the first two tiers and are solid the whole way through. There are a lot of unintuitive ways to min max your damage (corruption rolling comes to mind) so if you want to play Affliction it is worth doing your homework beforehand to learn all of those intricacies. Corruption rolling alone can make up 30-35% of your damage! Also, there is nuance in the execute phase, and Affliction does the most damage during execute... so worth learning as well. Ret isn't bad (especially later on) and your guild might have a spot for one in a 25... but you need to understand why that might be. Besides being the only other viable spec that provides the % increase in damage buff to the whole raid (Arcane being the other) you might be expected to have a 2nd ret spec that takes Divine Sacrifice/Divine Guardian to cheese certain fights especially on heroics. Having to use that spec will throw your damage into the toilet and make you cry. If you want to go ret you need to understand 1) you are a support class first, and your utility should be a large focus and 2) there will only be one spot in a 25... so if you don't know how to use things like Aura Mastery or your plethora of CDs they will find someone who will. If you just want to do melee damage and not worry about all of that pick rogue or DK. Boomies are high value from buffs and you want at least one. Yes, single target isn't the best, but if you play them well you can do really good damage in the first two tiers. A few things... first, you will want to focus on getting at least 30% crit even though haste before soft cap has higher value. If you don't you will never get into an eclipse state (meaning your damage will be shit) and you will run out of mana. As soon as you can move points out of mana talent like Intensity the better.... hell, Insect Swarm isn't even worth the DPS to press the button before 2/2 improved (it does provide a slight debuff that can cause the target to miss). There will be many situations where it is not the right time to use Starfall, and someone who understands this puts you ahead of most Balance players. Seriously, it's more annoying than hunters who can't control their pets. Shadow is solid the whole way through if you know what you are doing. Like corruption rolling for Affliction (at least on private servers) SW:P can "roll" over crit buffs and % damage increase buffs if it doesn't fall off. Again, high value from buffs and you want at least one. Later on in ICC, you can get to the point where you can take Mind Blast out of your rotation (make sure someone else is providing replenishment or your group doesn't need it). You can use this spreadsheet to calculate that point: www.dropbox.com/s/jha4d5nganc87io/MBRemove.xls?dl=0 Enhance is not bad, but it is rare to find a good player. The "hot new thing" in private servers is the "Spellhance" build, where you put flametongue on both weapons, use glyph of flametongue, fire nova, and stormstrike, prio changes to magma totem>maelstorm LB/CL>Fire Nova at the top, and use caster trinkets, weapon, neck, (and maybe a piece like wrist) to stack SP. Drinks mana like crazy. Any version is difficult to play but rewarding. Unless you want to run out and take Enhancing Totems there is no buff that someone else can't provide and do more damage. Poor Ele... ideal comp means there is no spot for you; EVERY buff can be provided by someone else who is more desirable or a superior version. Also, Ele pays the highest for the hybrid tax, meaning besides arms you are the lowest viable damage spec. Unless your guild doesn't have that one Demo you are shit out of luck. Sad days, especially since it is fun to play. Even 10s won't save you, since they will likely have another lock with a Demo off spec for that. For Shaman, the only thing really desired is a single Resto Shaman, but it is possible to get a spot as any spec depending on how hardcore the group is.

[@Kruzics]

You seem like you have a lot to say about the game. I really recommend making a channel and putting it out there, I promise you'll have fun :D

[@naejimba]

@@Kruzics , yeah I've been told that before. I write guides, but still have lots that I haven't written (let alone that I don't play tanks). I also don't have the skills for video editing nor the time. If I had another person to work with I'd be willing, but right now I'm fairly busy at the moment trying to get into game development.

[@Kruzics]

@@naejimba Well gl my man, I enjoyed reading through your comment and I think you know your shit. Gl with game dev though!

[@guillaumeleclerc3644]

​@@naejimba Hey, you said you wrote guides ? may i inquisite you on these ? thanks :)

[@naejimba]

@@guillaumeleclerc3644 , i still have some of the files... what guide are you looking for?

[@dusanmilosavljevic776]

Great stuff man, looking forward to seeing more clips!

[@adamcroley8888]

This is all from a private server. This is probably the best expansion to play whatever you like. All classes are worth playing. Dont go by anything from the person that died in Die Hard.

[@vankowe6338]

Thanks for the video dude! Let us all appreciate how you have provided footage for most of the specs as well. Nice! :D

[@Menace_oce]

Very high quality and informative video from an even more knowledgeable and smart and good looking and funny youtuber. Thanks for the video Gnev 👍

[@amirmirou8037]

I like ure vids man! Keep up the nice work

[@aksolomun256]

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[@tachankasnip3r653]

Gratz on 7k subs!

[@Kruzics]

Thank you brother :)

[@depravedregime5288]

Excellent video and I love how blunt and honest you are

[@Greatlakessailing]

Nah. You can do just fine on LK with an Acrane mage. Timing your bursts comes in super handy. Fire is easier due to DOTs, but the instant focus fire from arcane is very handy on valks.

[@FrazierHarcrow]

Arc is for sure solid as a burst DPS option for your raid similar to a rogue. Need something dead? Sick the Arc Mage on em. Arc can even pump huge on BQL. The problem becomes that you need to raid support the arcane mage more than another fire. THey need more innervates to really push the threshold of dmg.

[@alexg22222]

@@FrazierHarcrowI have played arcane mage for a long time, and i did LK without a problem. I have never once needed any mana help and i did the max amount of damage i could. The mages that needed those innervates had no idea how to manage their cooldown's, with evocation every 2 minutes and mana gems, it is really hard to need an innervate if you use your cooldown's at the right time.

[@umilkovic]

I think DK(frost) is A or S tier. Everything else is perfectly matched. Good job and keep going! 🤤

[@anatos1722]

This. Ppl dont relize it but its hard to outdps good Frost on single target.

[@castboundd1941]

@@anatos1722 which rotation u guys use for frost dk?

[@anatos1722]

@@castboundd1941 you can check out Gnimos guide for frost dk on warmane class forum,he elaborates which rotation and build you use depending on gear you have. Frost dk must be 100% arp (implying u are capped on hit and exp) , only then obliterate does raw dmg and you prioritize it. Also i run 3/3 subversion and 1/3 in Blood Caked Blade,since i find value of Subversion much better in fights where you move a lot and dont continuously dps. Also prep is important if you want max dps,proper timimg of army of the dead and raise ghoul,combined with arp food and pot 1 sec before pull. In top 3,4,5 dps not a lot of dmg diference exist so every micro thing is of importance,thats diference from any superb dps and good one. Good frost ends DBS with 18k,superb 19,5k you can get 20k if everything allings perfectly (taunka,KM procs,no misses on pestilance in clutch moments,etc) I did 21.7 with hysteria once,consistently i can do 19k+ speaking about DBS,since its raw dps fight. So to conclude Frost is easy in top 5 on every fight,and you should study it thouroughly in order to rly maximize dps,and plus its super fun to play when you understand runes completely and how to manage them in fights where you dont just stand and hit.

[@jurionov5358]

Frost is great but definitely not S. It provides no additional buffs other than blood tank. And its DPS cant touch warrior/feral/rogue/mage

[@KS-mw4ss]

@@jurionov5358 You obviously never met a good frost DK

[@wowzockasuc]

the good thing about wotlk is IMO, you can make every dps spec work and even outclass other dps players with higher tier classes, if you play better. surely at high end gameplay, numbers will decide who's better, but for middle class raid groups and pugs or random dungeons, you can do what you want and thats why wotlk is the best time to play wow!

[@zabuzawow9831]

Do tank list or healing. Good work bro :D

[@HamsterWheelGaming]

Very accurate list! And it really pains me to see Elemental shaman on C but it's so true, I have a boomie and an ele shammy on warmane, they have the same level of gear but my boomie easily does 3k dps more.

[@naejimba]

Especially on private servers, they should have a passive % damage increase per buff that someone else is providing. They pay the most for the hybrid tax, and EVERYTHING they provide can be covered by someone else (if not a superior version) and is more desirable. It's a shame since they are fun to play and lackluster in PvP... so no real niche for them in Wrath. =(

[@shaerigir88]

Elemental is strong early expansion though.

[@naejimba]

@@shaerigir88 , true, but eventually they end up doing just slightly more damage than a blood DPS spec for comparison, and about 2K more DPS than Arms. If there is practically any buff they are needed for (like SP or haste totem) then they are more than worth it. If not, you might struggle to find a spot depending on how hardcore the guild is.

[@HamsterWheelGaming]

@@shaerigir88 I don't know if I would call them strong, I'd say average to above average

[@smashit3406]

I just love what he said about the subtlety there

[@stevannedic7836]

Brate otkrio sam te danas a uvek sam pikao warmane, kidas samo nastavi drago mi je da vidim nase da prave kvalitet za razliku od ostalih srpskih jutjubera!

[@threek4985]

i disagree with survival, can be pretty decent if played well, would i choose it over mm based on dps? probably not, based on fun ? absolutely

[@shanehodges6980]

agreed, plus i dont know why he said melee hunters dont work, survival isn't melee in wotlk lol, i remember playing it a lot back in original wrath, did solid dps and was fun sad that now people just look at logs of the top 1% and base every thing of that lol

[@anonymoushonesty2688]

Demo locks bring the most dps of any class if you consider the raid buff they give.

[@milutinstojanovic558]

Good job , i wish you good luck in your future work on you tube :D

[@i.duhourq2519]

As an enha only player for 1+ years in warmane, having kinda mastered it, I've managed to hit top DPS in many fights with other specs w similar GS

[@xpload23]

bad mages/rogues + warriors

[@soseN08]

@@xpload23 how can one be a bad mage? you're pressing 2 buttons max

[@icebox1954]

@@soseN08 Precasts. Fucking precasts when pyro proccs, potentially wasting it.

[@velophil9502]

Thanks for the video. Can you share your ElvUI String?

[@mzlsx]

Quick reminder for everyone this list is for the last patch with icc+RS gear! Don't expect to do 22k dps was fury in first phase of any wotlk u will be lucky to be invited for a naxx.

[@johnnymcgeez5647]

Thanks alot for the vid. This should settle many debates of raging nerds now that they have video evidence :D Really good editing and i like the clips.

[@Kruzics]

Thank you very much my Johnny!

[@Leslaliun]

This tierlist is from icecrown server right

[@moepork]

You should do this vid, but for each phase that would come out in wotlk. Would be more work of course.

[@Gamble_626]

I remember ret pallies being gods all through the expansion.

[@bassreaper5539]

Enhancement is godmode spec but very skill dependant.

[@JohnRock14]

Great video, going to blow up when classic wrath is released haha

[@kristijan8518]

The list is more or less fine, but I'd like to step in and share my personal experience playing on warmane for 3 years. Ranking assassination in same tier as feral, affliction and hunter, is very foolish, as they never do nearly as much damage end game. Assa is Tier A at best. Frost DK does way more damage than unholy or shadow priest single target, and if player properly can still do a lot of cleave with howling blast (seen them top valk dmg on LOD), so it definitely deserves tier A or higher. A good feral will always race warriors and mages for top dmg on single target bosses, and can easily be top 5 on LOD. I've played with few good ferals and they are really amazing to watch. Should be same tier as combat rogue. Although survival is low compared to the top classes, it can still shine on few fights with their trap damage. Definitely higher than ele shaman or destro warlock. I'd say at least C tier.

[@kyle_14808]

I can agree on the Frost dk which was my main for years in wotlk. It has very consistant dps and very decent aoe. It can out dps most classes with the same gear lvl. Definitely deserves higher.

[@avekatten3207]

Both unholy and blood dk does more then frost st

[@kristijan8518]

@@avekatten3207 blood is bottom tier dps, in rank with arms, subtlety and beast mastery. Frost and unholy are similar, they depend on the encounter. Frost is better single target, unholy on AOE fights. Also frost is top tier in naxx and Ulduar patches.

[@karlittos]

Hey gnev good guide! For Horde what race should I pick mainly for PVE as a rogue'! thanks

[@Kruzics]

Thank you man, I'm honestly not sure if troll or orc parses better, gl though!

[@Vrory77]

Can't wait to see Blizzard Releasing Wotlk-Servers and all the Arcane-Mage will do TOP Dps.

[@davidrockefeller2007]

How are they in beta?

[@TheDeadAwesome]

I like MM Hunter, the whole meme of Huntard made me feel it was a joke class but realizing how beneficial it is in Toc and ICC makes me glad I picked that class, I feel important when I have a specific job in a raid fight just like a Healer or tank. Only worry is making sure I don't fuck up lol.

[@salebrate1]

what is name of addon at@4:02 that show cds for warr like that i mili seconds? and swing? look like quartz but with some better skin. Please answer and ty.

[@Kruzics]

That's cheese, you can find a link to it in my addons video

[@bobomber]

Why do many other people seem to rank assassination rogue and cat druid lower?

[@dirtearth]

He is talking about meleeing as a survival hunter in WOTLK. Looooooooooooooool.

[@painlesscontent4249]

Nice video. I agree with most of your list, except on ranking of BM hunts and arcane mages, because these 2 clases are same as assassination rogue, you wont see a really good player of that spec very often, but when you see them, they are at least top 3 in skada.

[@aimilios439]

And they have the same great utility as the other specs of the same classes, which is always a plus.

[@merk1201]

If those are top 3 the others are trash

[@rarepepe4849]

bm is dogshit wtf are you on about

[@Sumoboi1]

yeah thats just false lol. arcane is broken on warmane it cant do big numbers

[@dustinshepherd2199]

@@Sumoboi1 not true bud i got a new one there and i fucvk everyone up

[@TheEraOfCurruption]

as someone who plays assass rogue, i can confirm it is a fun, decent spec to play, at 5.2k gs I was out dpsing 5.8k combat rogues, and hitting 12k single in VOA 25 at the time i was just stacking Attack power and had almost 500 hit rating from gear with 49% crit rating, rogues name is Assplay

[@brandish8215]

Same man, I remember topping the dps meter with my assa rogue in a group that had combat rogues with much much better gear, also the spec is so much fun. Imo combat might only be better with late bis gear.

[@atomek6779]

Most accurate tier list for warmane

[@runiczugzug]

Bas sam se obradovao kad sam skontao da si balkanac! Svaka cast samo napred

[@tuborg38]

During ulduar i pumped on my assa rogue back in WotLK, when i got 2 swords from the dragon boss in ulduar i decided to give combat a swing. It was horrible ;p so i stuck to assa the rest of the expansion. I was allways at the top of the hill dmg dealer 👍 looking forward to WotLK classic, i am going to take up my daggers once more and re-live those glorious days 😉

[@lovelaxo]

assa is cool af just combat is op endgame on final patch

[@marvin1v929]

ofc you stick to assa becuase combat accually requiers skill assa is basicly one button rotation and ur autos do the rest noob spec

[@lovelaxo]

@@marvin1v929 combat skill xD

[@tuborg38]

@@marvin1v929 is that so..... You still need to keep up SnD, and preferably rupture, and garrote when it is the most beneficial. Multidotting is important when there are more targets. You are also punished more for not being behind the target. I would say it is a preference thing, and the reason I did so poorly back in WotLK with the combat specc was my lack of experience with the specc. Over all though, assa is through most of wows expansions the best single target, and combat (outlaw) is the AoE specc.

[@blighticus]

@@tuborg38 "You still need to keep up SnD" - You don't. Cut to the Chase talent ensures that you only need to cast SnD once at the start of the fight. Good luck on WotLK classic though, hopefully the shock of logs won't ruin your nostalgia.

[@Ese1Pac]

I played Fury and Ret mainly during wrath and that’s the most fun I ever had playing WoW. They were pretty simple but sometimes simple is best.

[@shaunybonny688]

This is based on like ICC farm geared classes right?

[@timotaglampe5979]

What you say about Spellhancer ?

[@MersadSBenz]

I out dps balance and demon lock and spriest soooooooo hard by frost dk and I will out dps every ret paladin with Smourne by frost dk if they have to use their support spells like cleanse even 1 time during whole encounter... Frost dk is in wrong tier

[@chadlix4395]

Fdk is S tier imo

[@anatos1722]

Ill outdps anyone on single target if mage doesent get lucky with crits as Frost,people sleeping on that class for real,becuse its somewhat difficult to execute perfectly (not hardest) but deff so much room for error in "rotation"

[@Trash432]

0:39 as someone with an almost full bis hunter and loved TBC hunter it kind of sucks that BM isn't that great. But hey I still rock it for the first boss in ICC.

[@emregocmen9562]

Tbh frost dk from naxx patch till toc and unholy dk togc->icc are SS tier. I always topped dps if you know how to utilize the class. Good video

[@xPlottzx]

I topped the charts as frost DK in ICC.

[@icebox1954]

@@xPlottzx Then you had bad players. ToGC but especially ICC mages dominate hard.

[@xPlottzx]

@@icebox1954 Might be, it was 12 years ago when people didn't min / max as much as they do now.

[@iqraaswad5660]

​@@icebox1954nah.. Frost dk real a / ss tier... Frost dk is simple class. But hard to mastering.. I can easily beat uh dk with lolmourne

[@icebox1954]

@@iqraaswad5660 A Frost DK would be the absolute last person to get Shadowmourne. Stop taking drugs my dude. Frost DK would never be S tier. The only S tier is Fury warrior, Feral DPS and Fire mage and maybe Ret pala while everyone is gearing. Everything else is pretty far below them. Frost DK is much lower than them too. I want you to really grasp how delusional you are. Not only are you worse than Unholy, you are also worse than Blood DK DPS. As a Frost DK you are middle of the pack if you look at statistics. That's with 90'th percentile, 95'th percentile and you're even worse at 99'th percentile. Frost DK is the worst spec for DPS for your class. Whether you can beat an Unholy with Shadowmourne is pure speculation considering no sane person would ever give a frost DK one in the first place.

[@CHAOSDixieMan]

heya, great video! what is your opinion on frostfire mage?

[@Kruzics]

I saw some people do solid dps on them, never played it myself though

[@dwarfminerwillie]

So your saying that if I am playing an enhance shaman currently in tbc classic I should consider switching to frost dk because they provide the same buffs and give more damage.

[@naejimba]

There is one situation where you can land an enhance slot: running two 10s from your 25 and they want Bloodlust for the 2nd group. Hard to find a good enhance, but they do REALLY well until the last tier where Armor Pen melee specs pull way ahead. If you are good you can find a spot depending on the guild.

[@dwarfminerwillie]

@@naejimba Oh for sure, I know almost any good player playing his class well is more important than the class/spec priority, thats why I'm considering switching because I consider myself a shitty enhance shaman as it is XD. I'm too lazy to totem twist between windfury and agi if the fight has too many other things going on or its just trash, I'm too lazy to sync my weapons manually, sometimes I forget that a fight has a fear and don't drop a tremor totem etc. Thats why I'm kinda considering dk because it seems like it would be an easier class to find a raid spot for a player like me, but idk maybe i'm wrong.

[@naejimba]

@@dwarfminerwillie , overly convoluted mechanics like totem twisting and weapon syncing don't exist in Wrath. Instead, you have a few new abilities to track that are part of your rotation. It is GCD locked and complex (but with time you get the hang of it)... here is what the standard (aka not spellhance) single target looks like: 1. Lightning bolt at 5 Maelstrom stacks 2. Refresh Lightning Shield when it falls off 3. Feral Spirit (If you can time it right before Bloodlust/Heroism it is a DPS increase) 4. Shamanistic Rage (with tier 10 set bonus, if not ignore and use for mana regen as needed) 5. Stormstrike if no charges left on target 6. Fire elemental (if fight will last at least 1 min; try to time right before Bloodlust/Heroism) 7. Refresh Magma Totem if expired (if Fire Elemental not available, or shorter fight) 8. Flame Shock if it has fallen off (never refresh early) 9. Earth Shock if off CD and above are not available 10. Stormstrike off CD and < 5 Maelstrom stacks 11. Lava Lash on CD 12. Fire Nova 13. Refresh Magma totem if it will expire before you get a free GCD (this varies and takes time to feel out when to refresh) 14. Refresh Lightning Shield if less than 2 stacks, or other totems will not need to be refreshed 15. Totem Refresh to save that GCD (if fight will last longer than 5 min) Depending on how many targets are up, your priority will change dynamically and takes quick reaction. There are procs you have to respond to as well. You would still have Tremor Totem, but all of the complexity changes to your base rotation. As for DK, they are easier and do good damage the whole way through. As opposed to a priority system like Enhance, it has a set "rotation." The downside of this is mistakes are punished pretty heavily (especially frost that does huge single target damage) and it will take a while for you to line runes back up, so fairly easy unless you mess up. One of the more difficult things is figuring out exactly what to do after you messed up to get back to the set rotation while losing the least damage. Unholy is less punishing with mistakes, but does less single target and shines in AoE fights. Like any spec that focuses on dots, there is a lot of subtle min maxing (like spreading diseases when your trinket procc'd etc.). Either one is a good choice and much easier than Enhance if that is your concern. Rogue is probably the easiest of all three, but like how you have to learn the ins and outs of runes for DK the same is true for energy. Unlike the other two you are not GCD locked, instead waiting for the right moment to use abilities, typically depending on whether or not you are about to cap on energy or a buff/debuff will fall off. While both Assassination and Combat's rotation is much easier, part of the tricky bits of playing a rogue is understanding all of your defensive options and which boss mechanics each one will work on in order to survive. An inexperienced Rogue that doesn't know the fight and their defensives can die a lot. Assassination is by far the easiest melee spec (it is the Arcane mage of melee) and does more damage at the start; once you get slice and dice rolling you mostly press two buttons for your damage. Combat is a bit trickier, but not by much. Also, you will be switching Combat builds at different points that changes how the spec plays. Much like Arms changes to Fury or Arcane to Fire for mages you will eventually switch over to Combat. Target switching isn't the best for the spec, and dumping Combo points on an Eviserate right before a target dies means you are wasting as little damage as possible. Rogues are like a Hunter in that the difficulty in playing them doesn't lie in the rotation itself, but understanding and properly utilizing all of your other abilities. If played well, they do good damage throughout the expansion. I hope that helps you narrow down what you want to play! Oh! and you can always do an instant 80 on a private server (Warmane's Blackrock is a good example where you can get gear and port to training dummies) to try out all the options beforehand to make sure you are happy with what you choose. This will make sure you are ready to roll on day one.

[@Krabbo7]

Do one for healing pls

[@Kruzics]

I'll think about it, thanks for the suggestion!

[@matesanikidze4796]

Would be good

[@ravek7500]

I agree with your choices for SS 100%.

[@JohnDoe-lc3sc]

I disagree with blood dk. Blood dk can do amazing damage on single target and two target cleave fights. On heroic icc + shadowmourne gear level you can compete on fights like saurfang with equally geared fury warriors. You just spam 20k heart strikes and 30k death strikes, the only downside is that your deathcoil does comparatively no damage so your runic power dump moments are kind of underwhelming, but doing over 22k dps on fights like that is definitely possible.

[@Kingmagnus_]

Yes finally someone that knows some shit I agree ☝️

[@TDT0188]

Icc is primarily ST anyways so all the aoe classes are pretty wasted unless you're speed running. If your raid has buffs covered and you have the gear, play blood dps and make your mages cry. Death coil is a wet noodle and you only have a few globals free in the rotation anyways. Use it for running between targets or while you're waiting for runes, otherwise you can ignore your RP bar.

[@fatsquid90]

Srv Hunter was was not melee in WotLK.... but it was S tier DPS... IDK what you are talking about bud.

[@rcmag13]

During Wotlk classic I was the highest dps on the server playing a destro warlock...Of course this is probably before people really figured out how to min/max characters

[@16RAM]

No offence but i think u never saw a Blood dk full arpen. biggest mono target dps from far

[@rustyshackelford4613]

Must be fun playing 5 raids your whole life

[@Ramiobomb]

With T7 a good player behind Enh Sham can np top the DPS charts, especially with its "Spellhance" spec. However, they don't scale so well as the expansion progresses. EDIT: Also, regarding shadow priests and seeing you play on Warmane, if you'll see Afterlight's (Best PvE guild on Icecrown realm, horde) LoD/RS25HC streams, you can see them priests top the DPS charts.

[@laszlofarkas4482]

AFTERLIGHT BEST GUILD XDDDDDD

[@Ramiobomb]

@@laszlofarkas4482 So far they're topping the charts.

[@icebox1954]

Until ICC enhance is amazing but you need to be really good. I have a buddy that plays it and he's pretty much the only one that's enhance on logs for best guilds.

[@naejimba]

Shadow is good if played well. Most people don't know that (at least on Warmane) SW:P can "roll" over crit and % damage increases like Affliction's corruption rolling. At a certain point in ICC you can drop Mind Blast from your rotation (provided the guild doesn't need replenishment) for more damage. Stack that haste and only interrupt Mind Flay right after a tick.

[@jambajuice2408]

Raises Hand. 4pc t8 is nutty. Yeah, people don't know how to gear enhance, then don't know how to play it or half ass plays it. You have to have a brain to be enhance. And it's all I play. It took me awhile to finally figure it out. But I went to the best enhancement shamans in Game. And I shut the fuck up. Took out my notepad, and went to school. Goggins on Warmane Frostmourne. Look him up. He's the Daddy of Enhancement shamans. You can't top meters until you receive his blessing.

[@nagyricsi1553]

i did like the video over all but i cant aggre with the list . first of all feral cat is the best dps in the game ( if you know how to play it ) also affly / bomie can be top also in a hands of a skilled player and i have to mention also demo lock u can easy top dps with a demo just by playing with your soulfire proc exemple marrow spike or lk ghouls . about frost mage and ele shaman dont like them in raids but seen skilled people play them for fun and you whoud be surprised like me seeing them in top dps. elemental shaman is a rly hard class to play its not just about spaming your lighting bolt like 90% of people who play ele .

[@Frostgaming335]

unholy not about r1 dps, but stable 20k dps good spec imho

[@emreyetim2547]

Which one is better bro im between shadow pri and balance

[@Ypppich]

Why you thinks frost dk cant deal more damage whan rogue? srly

[@Baggiolyful]

Is boomie single target not competitive then ?

[@siyahkedi8170]

Hello, I really enjoy playing affliction lock, but my friends say it is too weak. A tier is also included in your list, what should I do?

[@siyahkedi8170]

I'm sorry for my bad english

[@СимеонКоларов-у3ы]

Aff lock is one of the best for pure dps after 6k+ gs

[@NibbaiWotlk]

Mozes lagano da krenes kontent PvE da rokas, vidim da imas sve klase skoro u pveu. Moze lepa lova da se uzme 💪

[@Kruzics]

Hvala covek, radis dobar posao!

[@jovanovic1327]

Sta je kontent pve? Kakva lova? Noob sam xd

[@etelewischan9109]

Enha is bit underrated here. I know that many players can't play it and can't do viable dps. I didn't see ever other viable enha sham, but telling the truth I am the one or one of them who can play it. I don't know why other ppl can't, maybe because it haven't got a rotation. It only have a prio list, and nearly anytime u have to choose, if your decisions good, it will revarding you, if not: it won't. Looks like an Affli lock, what was my other favorite. If u are not understand it, it will be shit. If u pay attention nearly on anything what you have to (rolling corr, multidot, procs, pretrinket, etc) it will revarding u with a fcking high dps. Enha has it's limit, can't be an SS, maybe can't be S, but it's definately an A.

[@twitchfailskekw]

Laughed my ass off on Survival Hunter & Unholy DK abusing the WP on LOD fights truth indeed.

[@brodelnaz]

Survival hunter not viable? Are you high? Its top dps for hunter

[@peskyy7087]

what are those proc things u have on the side of ur char? :D

[@Kruzics]

The addon is called cheese, you can find a link to it in my addons video :)

[@reiximus9799]

since when is wrath sv hunter melee?

[@danielc2694]

Nice!! Done, very fun!!

[@katepro5451]

can someone explain what exactly "non viable" means ? The way i understand it means that it can not compete with other specs of the same class . For example i can Easily outdamage most of the classes as frost mage but there is no way in hell for frost to beat fire mage in pve on single target.

[@badalh0c0]

survival hunter = melee on wotlk lol just ended the video for me there

[@masonhigginbotham9375]

Ya this video isn’t that great tbh

[@gordonforsyth7036]

I mean it’s been a while since wotlk but I maimed a surv Hunter untill trail came out and it was a ranged spec I don’t know were your pulling the mdps from cause it only changed in legion

[@Kruzics]

I made a mistake there, they're pretty solid in the first few patches but they fall off when you reach 100% arp

[@Chopstorm.]

Part of the issue with arms might be that you're using your fury gear. Arms optimally will swap out quite a few pieces from the fury set (like the legs and hands). Your gemming will also be quite different. You also _should_ be able to fit in whirlwinds if you time them properly while specd for tactical mastery. Arms is mostly timing. I'm not trying to make it sound like arms does as much dps as fury, but it should only be a few thousand behind an equivalently geared fury warrior _at most_ . Your dps should not be half of a fury warriors.

[@AnEddisAirport]

Very nice video, good reasoning for every spec and why they lack dps etc

[@zfkzemun9958]

Stara Goveda, ahahhaahha :D.......Nikako nemam srece da nadjem nekoga da me busta u ice crown heroic ili negde gde mogu da uzmem weapon...hahahah samo napred!

[@nzothemage2624]

If we learned one thing about TBC classic is that private server data is useless.

[@kowsco]

Poor baby hunter having to put traps down and do your job. Hunters were probably the most fun class to play along with mage

[@stefangruber5964]

Shadow priest?

[@dzonmilisav3386]

bato koji je to adddoni za hud i addon za plateove ?

[@Kruzics]

To je Elvui, okacicu link u opisu klipa ako zelis da probas :D

[@jambajuice2408]

Man that hurt... I'm enhance... It's honestly the best dps in the game. I understand your Tier. But it's definitely S tier.

[@1un4cy]

Dang, does dps really go from 1600-2400 at the end of tbc to 15-21k at the end of wrath? pretty huge jump between one xpac

[@thf1933]

Main instance ICC gives +30% dps. So real avg dps is 10+

[@Velvydian]

I actually top dps meters with my blood dps(FULL BiS), could the feral do more if I gave him the hysteria? Yes. Could the Fury do more dps with my hysteria? Yes. Do I care? No. If boss dies, the job is done. Blood dps with own hysteria pulls ez dps. Do I deal more dps on my unholy spec? I used to when I had str gems, however currently I have arp build and I ain't going back. 35k Deathstrikes are far too fun. Edit: ye after seeing retri S and blood C (blood does more dps wtf are you smoking fam, you said you only look at dps not at utility) I know this list is a troll, that or you have never seen a good blood dps. Also enha C? Might not be best class, but I have one in my LoD group that pulls quite an insane amount of dps for how much trash shaman dps gets. I really hope this list is a troll or I might start questioning the validity in the information on your other videos that I've watched.

[@UsunnTT]

I think you took this list a bit too literal as he was trying to deliberate himself from. I for one interpreted the tier list based on general surface information, and not going to into every length of every corner of every spec. Therefore your beloved blood arp build(FULL BiS) might not have been considered in the video. Regarding the enha spec, he said he gave it a C based off it being a high skillcap that requires alot of dedication. He never disclosed enha being able to pull as mentioned, insane amount of dps

[@Bonkbonk100]

Chill out man

[@BloodFangRogue1]

Is warmane true to actual wrath numbers? Cause DW frost in ICC tier gear with armor pen did alot of fucking damage. Obliterates hit hard and pestilence would refresh dots making so runes weren't wasted on keeping diseases up. Frost were truckers

[@Kruzics]

When I look back on this video I think my biggest mistake was putting frost where I put them, I was proven they can pump in the months since then

[@youtubeuserx]

mr gnev what is the best DPS for overall dmg ?

[@Kruzics]

Was warrior in my experience, boomies/mages can race with them too though

[@adapt8914]

the list is accurate only thing id put survival hunter a rank or 2 higher, I dont personaly play it but I've seen surival hunter topping useful dmg on lich king on lod. Thats atleast on horde idk about ally tho :)

[@mards2479]

He called it a melee spec too. Not sure he even knows what survival is about

[@xxDUPAxx1]

how come blood dk dps cant do any dmg lol? xD its top 5 single target spec in wotlk at late icc when u can reach 100% arp with talents and gear its super good

[@AbendscheinLGN]

It's a tank spec and gets fkd in late wrath.

[@copege24]

Blood sub frost bis tank spec. Bring unholy dks and blood sub frost tank and you are set on dks. Your blood dk will do great dmg, provide the frost buffs and tank amazingly. If you don’t know this you don’t know dks and really shouldn’t be commenting on them. Early phases of wrath most go deep blood and bring a frost and unholy then swap around for optimizing as gear gets better.

[@SinioGovedo]

Combat is very good, but not as good as fury and fire, he should be S tier. Also frost Dk should be at least an A, other than that I completely agree Good video

[@JakeGittes84]

In real wotlk back in the day assassination rogues were often dominating DPS in ICC.

[@bejeko923]

Solid analysis

[@LeMoez]

If you look just dps wise a full arp bis blood dk dps with histeria hits top dps in raids, he just doesnt provide anything to the raid besides that

[@stevanovic4200]

Every spec is good with gear

[@midnightblue1874]

Nice, clean and simple video man, is there any Wotlk video of this caliber for PvP?

[@Kruzics]

Thank you. I'm not sure that there are Tier Lists out there but you can check out Nibbai. He makes good PvP content for Wrath.

[@robbiehorstmann2199]

i play survival hunter and i out dps MM hunters and fury warriors with same GS as my hunter i know MM out dps survival but learn survival you will see the DPS out put is not bad

[@Epck]

Wotlk really had alot of wiggle room I believe it

[@frezix2993]

Frost dk is SS tier if you know how to get maximum obliterate, frost strike count, abusing blood tap and tapping unbreakable armor on cd

[@hernancortes4856]

Anyone know the addon he is using for the procs? Can see it at the frost mage part at 6:10

[@Kruzics]

It's called Cheese, you can find the link to it in my addons video

[@jullz4800]

hey man, i have a question. What dps will be the most needed in 5 man dungeons and heroics? Will they be the same as the most performing classes in raid in phase 1? I made the mistake of going rogue in tBC which was the worst idea ever and i don't want to be left behind because of it in WOLTK. If anyone has an idea, let me know.

[@Kruzics]

Yo dud, dungeons aren't really that hard to get into, even at the start of the expansion because they're quite easy. I wouldn't worry about it too much :D

[@boshaft]

Any class that does good AOE damage.