Looking for a melee dps toon that can off spec as a tank when needed. I am stuck between these three, I have never played wrath before so I am looking to get some information on the playstyles, viability or desirability in raids, and general fun/ease to play.
Thanks!
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Fury Warrior, Retribution Paladin or Death Knight PvE
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Forum Veteran
dk and pala tank are way more popular than Warrior Tank.
Pick the class you prefer to play between dk and pala
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I love, LOVE warrior and i think its by far the most mechanic intense/interesting character. However, that also can be annoying some times. Paladins are REALLY good, like maybe best class, and they are super easy to play. You can also always tank or heal.
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Paladin and DK are easier to gear then Warrior, both tank and DPS while DK be easier (unholy) then paladin. Wrist, Back, Legs and Ring (all bis) are unique and only for Udk and they take only one per raid. Waist and ring you share one with war and one with frost dk (which is rare these days). Neck you share with all plate dps classes. Trinkets you share with all arp classes.
Tank DK is easiest to gear, almost all bis items are on trash bosses (maro, lady, rot, fest vdw) + its imba to tank with DK, no brain single target aggro.
Conclusion: Unholy DK is best choice for you, with Blood Tank offspec.
- It is a full strength class. Items that people make fun of, like gunship wrist with hit, is your bis item.
- The rotation is pretty easy.
- Raid buff that you bring is unique. (+30% diseasse damage, +12% spell damage even on aoe)
- Raid responsibility is low, you watch only your DPS job, you dont care for buffing, Dsac, Aura Mastery etc, etc.
- You never die, 20% constant damage reduction + built in constant heal
- Bis unholy DK, if played well can be in top 4-5 DPS, depending on raid setup and encounter
- One of the best AOE DPS in game
- No mana issuesEdited: February 15, 2022
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Loremaster
Never tell people that you only played arcane mage before.
Warriors as fury are the bottom of the barrel when it comes to any amount of thinking needed.
@OP Paladin or DK. Warriors aren't sought after as tanks outside one specific boss in wrath,and fury warriors are a dime a dozen.
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That's what a trash warrior would say..
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And why is it? As a fury pve warrior?
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Loremaster
Because it's considered high skill to use sunder armor on empty gcds and commanding shout every 6 mins by warmane standards. If you press one button three times to switch stance,apply rend and switch your stance back,that's galaxy brain tier.
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Warrior's damage in naxx patch is bad , some people even choose arms spec to play with in raids , dk however is one the top dps classes from day one and they maintain that good dps in almost every patch . But if you're planning to be a main tank , better go for warrior or paladin , dk tank needs alot of gear to survive boss attacks , they cant hold aggro (specially aoe aggro) and they have same amount of health pool that warriors do but without sheild block .
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Loremaster
I would suggest reconsidering all you wrote with with some research on 3.3.5,since that's the only wrath patch warmane(and every pserver for that matter) runs.
The only thing that's correct is that dks have bad aoe aggro,but that can be somewhat solved with a frost or unholy tank spec for dungeons,and it's not an issue for raids.
Basically there's always demand for a dk(or bear but OP didn't mention them) maintanks and paladin offtanks,while warriors have a niche for Anub HC addtanking,which can also be done by a paladin,while said paladin brings more to the table for the raid.
Bringing a warrior maintank,especially for ICC/RS is a challenge run of sorts,not something you'll see on a regular basis.
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