Best Class in WoW Forever? Pick the Right One for YOU (Beginner Guide) – Transcript

00:00Maybe you already have a favorite, or you've tried a few classes in the beta and you're more unsure than when you started. Either way, let's narrow it down. Almost every class here plays differently from the one you remember. And each one has a side you only notice after a few hours, usually in the way it helps other people or shuts enemies down. Five questions first to build a short list. Then all nine classes. how each one fights, how its specs differ,

00:28what it can do for the people around you, and what it asks of you in return. At the end, we'll put the closest pairs side by side so you can get down to one or two. If you played classic, you've probably picked your class already. It's still worth checking which old habits work here. The basics are the same, but a lot of details changed.

00:49Druids can't refill energy by shifting in and out of cat form anymore. Hunters can drop traps in the middle of a fight. Paladins have a real way to taunt. Warriors build rage differently. Shamans can put down four totems with one cast. And every priest gets fear ward, whatever their race. And if you're coming from retail, the opposite warning. No class here is four buttons.

01:13You can learn a basic solo loop first, but the full kit adds control, defenses, and utility. And on most classes, it's more than people expect. You also unlock it slowly. Many tools in this video arrive with levels, and some only come with talents in one spec. Start with your week. Questing alone, dungeons with friends, groups with strangers, or fights with other players

01:38on a PvP realm. If groups matter, roles matter. Forever's group finder is a list, and leaders choose whom to invite. So, your role affects which groups you can join. Damage only. Rogue, Mage, Warlock, and Hunter. Damage or tanking, warrior.

01:58Damage or healing, priest and shaman. All three, druid and paladin. I play mostly solo, and that's exactly why I keep looking at classes that can tank or heal. That gives me another way into groups when I don't have a team. With a regular group of friends, agree on roles first. If there are only two of you, decide whether you want two damage dealers for questing or someone willing

02:23to tank or heal when you build a group. Be honest about the second role, though. It only helps if you'd enjoy playing it and you collect the gear for it. If healing sounds like a chore, leave it out of the decision. Up close or at range?

02:39Up close, warrior, rogue, paladin, enhancement shaman, and feral druid. At range, hunter, mage, warlock, shadow priest, elemental shaman, and balance druid. Shaman and druid show up on both sides because their specs fight in different ways. Then think about the rhythm. What a class spends changes how a fight feels. Rage builds as you hit

03:06and get hit. So, a warrior wants to be in the middle of the action. Energy refills on its own, so a rogue fights in short bursts and waits a moment between them. Mana is a budget for the whole fight, and casters pay for a long one by drinking afterwards.

03:21And think about pace. Some players want a calm loop they can play while talking to friends. Others get bored without a decision every few seconds. Having little time to play doesn't settle this for you. A busy player can still want a class with a lot going on. Every class can change a fight for its group. And this is often what makes a class feel right in a dungeon.

03:44Do you like watching your allies and answering trouble with a shield, a cleanse, or a quick heal on someone in danger? Look closely at priest, paladin, shaman, and druid. Do you prefer shutting enemies down by interrupting a cast, taking one enemy out of the fight, or slowing the ones that chase you? Mage, rogue, warlock, hunter, and warrior all have a lot of that. Or do you want to stand in front and decide

04:10where the fight happens? That's tanking. Warrior, paladin, or druid. These overlap. A rogue can save the healer with a well-timed stun. A mage can remove a curse, and a shaman who heals can still interrupt an enemy caster. A damageonly class still brings plenty.

04:29Pick the kind of help you'd enjoy giving. Fantasy is a fair reason to pick a main. You'll spend a lot of time with this character, so think about what you'd love to be doing. A companion that fights with you. Hunter's beasts or warlocks demons.

04:45Stealth, rogue, and druid in cat form. Changing shape for every job. Druid totems that you place for your group. Shaman, a holy warrior in plate who protects others. Paladin, Light and Shadow, Healing and the Mind, Priest, Dark Magic and Curses, Warlock,

05:11Frost, Fire, and Arcane Magic, and control from a distance. Mage, a weapon in your hands, and nothing to hide behind. Warrior. If one of these grabbed you right away, keep that class on your list, even if it didn't fit every earlier answer. And if one of them puts you off, check the spec before you cross out the class. A healing druid spends little time in cat form. And a marksmanship hunter can choose to fight

05:38without a pet. Every class has a routine you'll repeat every evening. Hunters carry ammo and look after a pet. Casters drink after fights. Warriors and rogues stop to eat and bandage. Warlocks set up again after a death. Shamans and paladins keep their totems and blessings in place. Druids learn several sets of buttons. Think about where you'll play, too. On a PvP realm, you can die at a

06:05bad moment, and a long setup hurts more. At home, an interruption in the middle of a pull is easier on some classes than others. Now, put your answers together. Start with the role and the way of fighting you want most.

06:19Keep the classes whose fantasy or tools pulled you in. Cross off any routine you dread. As we go through all nine, note the two or three that keep matching. And at the end, we'll compare the closest pairs.

06:32First, four classes that stick to damage. In a group, you'll always apply as a damage dealer. So, the real differences are in how you fight and how you change the fight for everyone else. Skyborn can play rogue on either faction. The rogue is for players who like to decide how a fight starts and then keep control of it up close.

06:53Picture a camp with three humanoids. You walk in in stealth and sap one of them. It's out of the fight for a while and sap now keeps you in stealth, so you still get to choose your opener. You open on the second one from behind. When the third starts casting, kick stops it.

07:10If something goes wrong, gouge buys you a few seconds. And evasion from level eight helps you avoid melee hits. Stealth changes how you move through the world, too. You can walk past enemies you don't need, and distract makes nearby enemies worse at spotting you, so slipping past a patrol is a real option.

07:29Pickpocket lets you steal extra loot while you're stealththed. Just remember that skipped enemies are also skipped experience, so a shorter route isn't always a faster one. The specs change what happens after the opener.

07:42Subtlety is about stealth. You burst out of it, and you now have more options once it ends. Assassination leans on poisons and later mutilate strikes with both weapons at once. Combat is the steady fighter and its weapon talent works with any weapon, so a better drop doesn't make you rebuild your talents.

08:02Blizzard wants rogues to lead singlet target boss damage when they can stay on their target and keep attacking. In a group, you're the precise one. Sap before the pull and kick on the dangerous cast during it. Later, you get stuns for the enemy that runs at your healer, poisons that slow enemies or make their spells slower, and blind for one more emergency.

08:24In openw world PvP, you usually choose when the fight starts. When it turns against you, vanish lets you disappear and try again. The cost is recovery. Energy refills on its own, so you never drink, but food and bandages are still how you get your health back between harder pulls. spend all your energy and you wait for the next ability even though the bar keeps refilling.

08:48Stealth also helps when you get interrupted at home because you can wait somewhere safe. It doesn't play the fight for you though. Every pull still needs your attention. Pick it if you enjoy planning the opener, reacting up close, and choosing which fights to take. Skip it if you want a tank or healer role, or stopping to recover after hard pulls would wear you down.

09:10Orcs can now be mages and Alliance Skyborn can be mages, too. The mage is for players who want to control the battlefield from range with no pet to look after. A pull goes wrong and three enemies come at you. You turn one into a sheep, freeze the other two in place with frost nova, and from level 20, blink away to get some distance. Then you finish them one at a time. You don't take hits well, so you make sure they

09:35don't land. Control costs mana, too, so if you've spent everything on damage, you have nothing left to save the pull. The specs feel quite different. Frost slows and freezes, and ice lance gives you a fast follow-up when your frost spells line it up. Fire builds toward a big finish. Critical hits make your next pyro blast faster. Arcane is a gamble with your mana. Each arcane blast makes your other spells hit harder and costs

10:02more than the last, so you push your luck, then fill the gaps with cheaper fire and frost spells. All three specs keep the sheep, the freeze, and blink. And if you enjoy dealing damage to groups of enemies, area damage is another reason to consider mage. Outside of combat, the mage has a life of its own. You make your own food and water, and you can hand it out. From level 20, you teleport to your capital cities. And

10:28from level 40, you open portals for other players. And the new research and scroll system gives mages something to collect and discover between fights. In a group, you bring counter spell for a dangerous cast, a sheep on the extra enemy the tank can't hold, a way to remove curses from your allies, and arcane intellect for every caster in the party. In openw world PvP, you win by