Were absolute damage powerhouses in Wrath, capable of deleting squishy clothies in a matter of seconds, and we apply so much pressure on enemy healers that they struggle to do anything besides heal our target when we connect a task thats made significantly easier by our excellent mobility, particularly when were paired with a Holy Paladin. Lava Flows gives enemies a strong dis-incentive to dispelling our Flame Shock. I will share my Lich King spec and class tier list for 3.3.5, as that is what wrath classic will be played on. Youll find it harder to find arena partners than if you played standard Ret, though when you do find some team-mates, chances are youll do just fine, as its very much a viable spec. Best DPS in WotLK Classic - Tier List and Rankings for ICC Why you should play Ret: They pump Why you should not play Ret: literally everybody will be playing Ret and only Ret because of how much they pump. As a note, not every single possible comp will be included. It uses a spell power focused 1-handed weapon & shield, aiming to get a lot of spell power (with the Sheath of Light talent) and then maximize your crit chance. Finally, the reworked Drain Soul (boosted further by Deaths Embrace) gives us a terrifying execute ability start draining someone at low HP, and watch them panic, futilely trying to stay alive. Get Wowhead. 7. Terrible mobility, terrible survivability, non-existent crowd control, and for the most part unimpressive damage. Finally, we have extremely frustrating mana issues; even though Aspect of the Viper has been buffed to restore mana a lot faster than it did in TBC, it still leaves us useless while its up, and we use up a lot of mana in general running out of mana just as you get a chance to kill someone is unfortunately far more common than it should with this really awkward mana regen gimmick. However, if they have a spec thats vulnerable to being blown up in 2.5 seconds, notably a Disc Priest or Resto Shaman, you can temporarily switch to Combat and surprise them by killing them in your opener, before they realize that youre not Subtlety and they must be careful. Expansion: WotLK Classic. Plus, who can forget the insanely overpowered Throwing Specialization and 5v5 arena teams comprised of 5 Combat Rogues spamming Deadly Throw exclusively? Also almost every one claims to have "the worst" tier set. Indeed, Improved Kick, Nerves of Steel and Unfair Advantage are all clearly PvP-centric talents, and surprisingly decent at that. If you fail to kill someone during those 10 seconds, you likely lose. Protection Warrior is an extremely peculiar spec that is honestly somewhat hard to place on a tier list. Introduction 2. Fire has always been a PvE-centric spec that has stayed in Frosts shadow, and this unfortunately doesnt change in WotLK. Were certainly a good bit better than what we used to be, but so is everyone else. Many specs would kill for an instant-cast, AoE incapacitate effect like Hungering Cold, on a mere 1 minute cooldown no less. Furthermore, where MM is already a janky spec, we crank the jank up to 11; our main damage spell, Explosive Shot, does AoE damage, which means that enemies can intentionally move closer to their crowd-controlled allies and break the crowd control effect with your Explosive Shot. As a result were generally better in the 2v2 bracket (with 2 S-tier 2v2 comps, even!) A lot of you probably scrolled down here thinking Wait, what the hell is a Preg Paladin? and I cannot fault you for being confused. Just aoe the mob, especially living bomb mages, druids, warlocks and hunters. A minor gimmick allows it to have some surprisingly okay arena comps, but overall it lacks a major strength thatd push it any higher than the D-tier, at the edge of viability. Destruction does far more damage than you could ever hope to do, while having a significantly easier time casting. The main aspects we use to rank each class are based upon 3 factors: Synergy with other classes, support, buffs, and debuffs. Furthermore, our mobility is very weak as we lack a Charge or Sprint type ability, which results in us getting stuck, unable to move, pretty often. On the flipside, we unfortunately struggle slightly in the 3v3 bracket, as we are slightly squishy and prone to getting focused down, and it is easier for enemy teams to crowd-control us during our Shadow Dance, thus shutting our damage down. Affliction: Shadow Priest, Frost Mage, Restoration Shaman. Assassination was originally the preferred Rogue spec in WotLK PvP, so some may be surprised to see it in the D-tier. Feel free to also consult the 2v2 bracket and 5v5 bracket tier lists, as well as our PvP DPS and PvP Healer rankings in order to learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of each class and specialization when individually assessed. WotLK Arena PvP Tier List/Rankings - Wrath Classic - Wowhead Mutilate and Envenom hit very hard, very fast, which can catch a lot of people off-guard. Death Knight. Chances are, youre not surviving for 2 minutes until you can use Metamorphosis again, either. Marksmanship sees a pretty drastic rework in WotLK. However, some absolute genius out there had a brilliant idea: what if we played in a team that had another player that is also weak to being focused down and interrupted, like, say, a Destruction Warlock?! World of Warcraft: WotLK PvP Tier List - MMOPIXEL As mentioned previously, we take a few minor nerfs: Wound Poison VII now reduces healing taken on the target by 50% but no longer stacks, making it easier to dispel. And then we have all of the same weaknesses that MM does, with none of the strengths; its trivially easy to line of sight and deadzone us, we can die in one disarm as we cant use Deterrence while disarmed, we have mana issues, etc. Furthermore, we lack Retributions Judgements of the Wise, instead relying on a permanent Divine Plea granted by Guarded by the Light for mana regeneration. Here you can find Guides, News, Tools, Forums, and more for WoW Classic, TBC Classic, WotLK, and Shadowlands! Just like some of the other melee classes on this list, warriors can simply get kited forever in the open world and without much self-healing, this is a recipe for disaster. Shadow Dance is such a massive part of our kit, that Sub Rogue gameplay essentially boils down to using it to force defensive cooldowns and PvP trinkets on the enemy team, and then waiting 50 seconds for your next Shadow Dance. Wrath Classic will have rewards for 2v2 Arena, which it did not in the original release. Comment by Radefa on 2023-04-26T18:25:28-05:00. The S Tier is the place for the best three 2v2 comps that will dominate the meta in WotLK Season 5. The Wowhead Client is a little application we use to keep our database up to date, and to provide you with some nifty extra functionality on the website! Coupled with a lack of healing reduction effect, and our options for team-mates become limited somewhat; as Enh you need to play either with a spec that has a healing reduction effect ( Hunter or Arms Warrior), or a spec that has so much burst damage that you can kill someone before they have a chance to get healed ( BM Hunter, Ret / Preg Paladin, etc). WoW WotLK Classic Guide - PvP Arena Comp Tier List Whats more, Protection Warriors have some insane damage as well when theyre stacked with armor penetration, thanks to Shield Slams (which also dispels a magic effect??) Arms Warriors and Unholy DKs are particular sore point for us, as they can stick on us like glue and make our life hell. Other general buffs to Affliction damage, like Pandemic and Eradication, boost our damage further, but none as much as our new capstone talent, Haunt. 3.3.5a PVP Tier List : r/wowservers - Reddit However, dont let this daunt you: we are extremely good against everything else, and particularly against caster cleave teams. Our biggest weakness is that unfortunately we are very reliant on our Feral Spirit wolves. PvP DPS Tier List - Dragonflight 10.0.5 [Rankings] (Apr 2023) This means that Warlocks of any spec can now pick it up and become monsters of tankiness you arent forced into being a Demonology hybrid anymore. The new Shaman spell Hex paired with our interrupt ability being moved to the off-GCD Wind Shear are massive control buffs, on top of Storm, Earth and Fire giving us a very powerful instant cast AoE root. There might be an absolute maniac out there that makes it their life mission to get a Gladiator title, and if theyre incredibly skilled they might even succeed, but for the overwhelming majority these specs are so bad that theyll hold you back severely, most likely preventing you from even finding arena partners to begin with. PvP TIER LIST - All Classes & Specs | Wrath of the Lich King The main new goodies we got are Decimation and Molten Core, which rely on us casting spells with long cast times, like Immolate, Incinerate and Soul Fire. New Season 2 Druid Tier Set Tints in Patch 10.1 Embers of - Wowhead To Blizzards credit, they tried kinda. WOTLK 2v2 COMP TIERLIST for Season 5 Wrath Classic PvP For Duels: S Tier: Death Knight, Rogues Moreover, we still lack a healing reduction effect, which unfortunately makes it practically mandatory that we team up with a Hunter or Arms Warrior in 3v3. On paper, Arcane is very good. In our first Tier list of Wrath of the Lich King we will show the best classes and talents for General PvP. Comment by ixnorp EASIEST to HARDEST Classes to Play in Wrath Classic! Shaman (Elemental) Our new capstone talent, Chaos Bolt, does an absolutely insane amount of damage, allowing us to easily take away as much as 50-60% of someones health pool when combod with a Conflagrate. Thankfully, they have some very big weaknesses. Arms Warriors have dominated PvP since the beginning of World of Warcraft, and continue to do so in WotLK, being one of (if not THE) strongest spec in the game in both the 2v2 and 3v3 arena brackets. Melee DPS in particular can just focus you down and prevent you from casting altogether, effectively taking you out of the game. We lack a gimmick like Fire and its peculiar little Dragons Breath that keeps it somewhat relevant starting in season 7, youre unfortunately extremely unlikely to see an Arcane Mage, as anything we can do, Frost can just do better. The one area we do slightly better at is range and line of sight issues, as a big bulk of our damage comes from our pet, which cannot be deadzoned and follows players behind line of sight. With Barkskinnow usable in all forms, Frenzied Regenerationnow healing for a significantly higher amount, and a brand-new defensive cooldown in Survival Instincts, our survivability is actually pretty strong most teams wont want to target us. The unfortunate reality is that we just trade too much for that extra damage of ours.