What is the best type of World of Warcraft character?

Question

As a human is it best to be Mage, Warlock, Warrior, etc? I am brand new to the game have no idea what I'm doing haha so if you want to help message/email me your name please I would appreciate it. Anyways just wondering the different classes (such as mage/warlock/warriors) strengths and weaknesses and which is best overall. Thank you!

Answer 1

You need to ask a few simple questions first....

1)

Do you want to be Horde or Ally? ( ppl age 18- tend to play Ally as they think they are the good guys, I have found Horde to be somewhat more mature players, although this is not always the case)

2)

a. Do you want to be the guy that runs in and takes all the pain you will be fighting as well just not doing the most damage**The tank**

b. Do you want to be the one fighting and causing the most damage? ** The DPS**

c. Do you want to be the one healing.. Keeping the party alive? ** The healer**



after you make that choice, its simple



~~If you want to be a big bad tank you choices are

Pally, Druid or Warrior IMO I would stay away from a warrior right now as they have been nerved bad lately



~~ If you want to be DPS you choices are

Druid, Pally, Rogue, Shammy, Hunter, Warlock, Mage

I am going to be honest with you if you roll a Rogue ppl will assume you are a ninga, Mages and locks are fun but they wear cloth and die easy, pallys are fun but they do there damage with maylee attacks and well that's not always so good I think your best bet is a hunter or a shammy, if you are brand new to the game hunters have got to be the easiest class to level, but be pre paired they will call you a huntard :(



~~ If you want to be a healer your choices are Priest, Druid, Shammy and pally. IMO shammys make good back up healers as well as Pallys but I dont think that is the best spec for them. Druids are great healers if you want to do a lot of PvP ( player vs. player) if you are more into PVE (player vs environment) a priest is the way to go.





Now lets sum it up.... these are just my pick and everyone has a right to there opinion, I play a lot of WoW I have 4 level 80's and am the GM of a top raiding guild so I do know a few things about the game

>>>>>>>If you want to be a tank go Pally, they are super OP (over powered) ATM, As a tank you will find it east to get into groups, ppl are always looking for a good tank, and Pallys are the best out there

>>>>>> If you want to be a dps stay away from Rogues there are just way to many of them, locks and mages are great fun but not the best for a first time player, I would go with a hunter super easy mode

>>>>>> If you want to be a healer, go with a priest, just make sure you stay full holy spec and you will find ppl begging to group with you, everyone needs a healer and when in comes to end game content they are the strongest healing class, good luck and happy gaming :)

Answer 2

The first consideration you need to make, is what will make the game play easiest/most fun for her. As many have mentioned, a tank/healer combo can be pretty brutal, but tanking can be fairly involved and high stress and she may not enjoy that. My first recommendation would be that she start with a pet class. Warlock would be easiest, as humans and gnomes can be warlocks (Alliance side), and so you can easily get her into the game with you without a long corpse run, as would happen with a draenei or night elf character. If warlock isn't her style, perhaps a hunter. Dwarf is easiest in terms of getting you both to the same starting area, though she may prefer the appearance of NElf or Draenei. The advantages of her playing a pet class are many. One, you get a tank (as others suggested) in the form of her pet(s). Two, if she ever decides to do a bit of leveling while you're unavailable, pet classes are the easiest for a new player to manage solo. Since you've been playing for a few months, I'll make the guess that your priest is at least somewhere in the 20-30 range as far as level. Leveling 1-20, a lot of your advancement is driven by XP from killing mobs as much as it is quests, though this changes drastically from 20-60. If you are grouping to help her out early, you will severely limit her XP gains at those low levels, so it will take longer for her to level up. To that end, you might consider rolling another toon yourself, so that you're both starting on the same footing. Happy WoWing!

Answer 3

The simplest answer is that there is no 'best' class. Each class does some thing best, and some things worst. It also matters which 'spec' you choos for your class.



For example, a Protection speced Paladin can survive massive amounts of damage and defeat many mobs at once... But does very little damage to a single target, and is no good for PvP. On the other hand, a Retribution speced pally can do amazing amounts of damage to a single mob, but can't handle large groups as well as a Prot pally.

Answer 4

Warrior- Pretty good class for beginners. Can take a beating and can dish out good damage. Make good tanks(keep monsters attetion so others dont get attacked)

Paladin- Can do damage as well as minor healing. Good tanks and damage. Ok backup healers.

Rogue- They are stealthed and use fast attacks.Fast with lot of damage.

Mage- Lots of damage and cool spells. Low health.

Warlock- Good damage and can summon demons to help fight. Low health.

Priest- Good damage and good healers. Low health.

Hunter- Use guns/bows from afar and lets pets attack up close.

Shaman- All around balanced class. Spell caster.

Druid- Can tank, do good damage, or heal.



Best advice- Play each class and see which one you play best as. Otherwise, go on the worldofwarcraft.com and check out what they say about each class.

Answer 5

Don't listen to Ravenpaw, when you hit the level cap, (80) Paladins are the best healers and can pull the most healing in a fight. If you look up charts online, EVERY fight has a paladin healer topping the charts.





Also, again, wowmom is wrong, paladins top every healing chart. How she is in a top end raiding guild baffles me.

Answer 6

I have a human mage- and I love playing her.



Warriors- Good for tanking, slow on leveling. Not really the best when it comes to DPS. -Wears Plate



Paladins-Good for Tanking and Healing, slow on leveling, dps varies by gear and how the spec is set up. - Wears Plate



Shaman-High DPS, Nice for Healing, Totems give nice buffs for parties- Starts off wearing Leather then wears mail at 40.



Death Knight- Hero Class, High Population, must have a level 55. Nice for Tanking & DPS. Easy to level. -Wears Plate



Warlock-High DPS, can get a bit boring while leveling, Dots make PvP fun but die easy -Cloth Gear Only



Mage- High DPS, Hard to Level, but really cool and powerful spells - Cloth Gear Only



Priest- High DPS, High in Healing, hard to level as a holy priest- Cloth Gear Only



Hunter- Easy to Level, Pets, DPS varies by spec, high population, most "kids" like to play hunters. -wears leather and mail at 40



Druids- Nice for DPS, Tanking, and Healing, - a lot of buffs require regents. Has in battle rezing - Wears Leather



Rouges-Hard to level, nice for PvP - Wears leather

Answer 7

The #1 class to play is Hunter. - easiest to learn, fastest to level, always highest or near highest dps (damage per second), even at max level. Hunters can get out of combat if they bite off more then they can chew. You get to have PETS. Awsome fun and you dont need friends to help you, when you got your PET.



Talk to anyone that has created a hunter, they will all tell you, with no doubt in their mind, it is the most fun class to play. Period.



2. Warrior is horrible to level up. - No healing, no way of getting away from Mobs. If you don't understand how to survive, you will give up on this class. There will be times, that you get poisen on you, and will die, simply because you can't get it off of you. This is annoying as hell, and slows up your leveling process. (pick this as your second character.)

this class takes serious skill to play and not die every ten minutes. It is seroius biz, behind a skilled player, but maybe give something else a shot first. WOW is a deserted below level 70. So you will be by yourself most of the time. this class sucks on its own.





3. Druid/rouge. Excellent class to play. very powerful, great survivability, Druids are fun because of shape shifting (Bear, cat, bird, seal) can heal, dps and tank. While leveling up, you can be any three of those things for a group, without being specc'd for any one specifically. Rogues have serious dps, great use in groups, and can get out of combat if they bite off more then they can chew.



Getting out of Combat is important, because you will want things to stop hitting you, so you can live. A few classes have no way of escaping easy, these two classes are very good at it, including hunters.



Both druids and Rogues can turn invisible (steath) which lets them roam around areas that have enimies that will kill visible players. this helps alot when questing, because you can avoid fights that would slow you down, or kill you.



4. Paladins. Excellent. This class levels very fast. is capable of tanking, healing and doing near best dps of all classes up to level 45. After that, they lose a bit of muscle, but can survive like few other classes. This is another fast leveling class. Almost impossible to kill a paladin, in normal fights. and when they bite off more then they can chew, they can run, jump, stun and flee to safety like no other class. not dying means faster leveling.



5. Priest / Shaman. Good. You can level this class very easy, As a shadow preist, you can still main heal for a group, while leveling up. this class has medium survivability. Shamans always make friends, because they are so helpful in a group. they can self resurect, so when biting off more then they can chew, you can rez without running back to your body, and they have two hearths. very nice indeed.



6. Warlock. Hardest class to play, nearly the most powerful class in the game. levels as fast a hunter, can self rez, and makes life a nightmare for anything in its path. don't get too excited, this class takes some skill, but worth the effort.



7. Mage. makes things go BOOM. you will either love this class or hate it. Fast leveling, cus things die.... like right now. but if anything hits you, you die. If hit n run is your style or you can think fast, then this class is awsome. Ice mage spec lets you get away when you bite off more then you can chew.



Warriors after level 65 can level pretty fast, because then their dps goes way up. but still a pain.



@ wowmom, a lot of decent advice. A lot of it wrong, or biased. Much of your advice is for level 80. a priest can be shadow and still main heal any five man, while leveling up. Priest is a skill class, and thus may not be the best to pick as your first class for solo leveling.



It does not matter what class has too many people playing it, almost everyone has multiple characters, so if he picks a rogue, he will still find a home.

Answer 8

How do we email you? It's not in your profile.



For beginners I would say a hunter would be the best to start with. You get to choose a pet around lvl 10. And they are fun and easy to lvl. I like the orc hunter the best.

Answer 9

The most powerful and easiest to use is a death knight, but if you aren 55 yet i would choose to be a paladin.

Answer 10

PICK A PALADIN.



this is what i did as my second character.



they are really easy to level and can do anything



they are one of the best tanks healers and dps (damage per seecond)



since you are allowed to respec you can do anything at any time.

Answer 11

I personally like paladins

Answer 12

here goes the list as of the last time i played (month ago, i quit my characters)



warlock: currently not the strongest in pvp (fighting other players) but still good depending on the team setups. 3v3 and 5v5 there good. Relies mostly on pet given abilities and dots to deal damage. dot is damage over time. example: instead of doing 4000 in one casted attack, he throws an instant cast dot that does 4000 over the next 15 seconds. This is good and bad. Since it doesnt have the burst damage, but he can also throw up all his dots then run away to do something else if he has to. Makes for good pressure. wears cloth, so very low armor. Preety good in pve (raids, dungeons, etc..) signature moves are fear (causes the enemy to run around in a panic) and deathcoil (heals the lock for lil bit and fears the enemy for 2 or 3 seconds) another class thats easy to lvl once you hit lvl 40.



Mage: cloth also, but is the opposit to the lock. uses casted/instant cast spells to deal up front damage. Currently one of the better classes for pvp and pve. Can blink, shooting himself several yards in a direction, freeze people in place and polymorph (turn them into a sheep) can also turn into a block of ice to stop attacks temporarily. requires more kiting then the lock.



paladin: ret paladin is currently one of the top 3 strongest classes in pvp and pve damage. Excells in pvp and pve as both holy and ret. prot pallies can tank well also. good all around class that can let you easily perform all 3 roles. can bubble for 10 seconds and go immune to all damage. wears plate armor. gives buffs in the form of blessings and auras that stay active without being recast. can throw out nice lil buffs like hand of freedom (removes any stuns or roots or anything from your character and makes you immune to those effects for a small duration) can be cast on other players. Currently on of the best 2's is deathknight holy paladin, or for 3's deathknight, lock, holy paladin.



shaman: another 2 role class. Superb healers in pvp and pve, elemental provides great damage in pve, but can be shut down alot in pvp becuase most abilities are casted. Enhancment can do good in pve but requires certian setups to do good in pvp due to limited snares.

wears mail armor.



rogue: can go invisible, knock out a target from stealth temporarily and also blind (causing loss of character control). Relies heavily on stuns to compete in pvp due to his low armor and hp. wears leather armor. Has great burst and poison applications provide bonus effects (slowing enemies by 70% for example) Does fairly well in pve, but lately is being over shadowed by alot of classes.



Warrior: Usually primary tanks due to plate armor and a shield. Can also provide excellent pve damage by duel wielding two 2 hand swords. Unfortunitly they have dropped SIGNIFIGANTLY in strength in wotlk for pvp. They are still good in certian setups, but not nearly as strong as before. Can still do good damage though with proper setups.



Hunter: Currently one of the top 3 damage in pve and pvp. wears mail, or leather, i forget. uses ranged attacks + pets. One of the easiest classes to lvl. Can solo most quests, even ones designed for multiple people. Pvp relies on traps and burst (survival spec is the best for arenas atm) Not sure what best pve spec is, but they do good from the meters iv seen.



Druid: Used to be the ****, but have been evened out in wotlk. Druid tanks still great, lots of hp and armor (iv seen druid tanks at 60k hp) moonkin is decent dps, but is very gear dependent. feral is the druid equivalent to a rogue and is better (imo) for pvp resto is good however requires skill and good team mates due to only wearing leather armor. resto in pve is great. can shift into multiple forms (bear , cat, tree, etc..) to do different roles. moonkin and resto require alot of kiting. Feral requires gear and good skill to keep on with a target (think of him as a rogue with not as many stuns)



Deathknight: Might not be able to do this one due to its requirments. Another of the top 3 dps classes. Similiar to a warrior or ret pally. Uses 2 hand weapons, wears plate melee fighter. However he also uses spells in addition to its melee. Some of his melee attacks use spell damage, therefore are not affected by armor. can root you from a distance, death grip to pull you into melee range, summon pets and other super sexy abilities. Currently one of, if not the best pve dps classes. in pvp, their also one of the strongest classes atm and are represented in the tournament brackets in the top 5's, of all 3 brackets (2v2, 3v3 and 5v5) For tanking, their a lil more gear reliant then warriors becuase they dont use shields, but are rivaled only by paladins for aoe pulls. for single target bosses they are still good, but require a higher degree of gear then others due to not having shields. Easiest class in the game to lvl (they start at lvl 55, and i didnt require help on a quest untill i reached lv