New Player TBC Raiding Class Selection

[Bsilly26]

I’m a WOTLK raider that always wanted to see TBC endgame raiding content. What class should I roll (or buy) that is most in demand for raiding guilds/groups. I prefer melee but open to ranged dps as well. TBH don’t care about loot will likely use the coin shop to stay ahead of the curve. Just want to consume the expansion. Thanks for the help.

[galltid]

Warlock/Hunter are the go to dps classes for raids, warriors are good mele in raids but kinda have to tank if you wanna do heroic 5mans.
Other then that shamans are always wanted for the bloodlust, mostly as resto though even if dps spots open more for them in 25man then in the 10 and 5.

[jmsvanbuskirk]

It is difficult to find a roster spot for melee classes. They are also very difficult to get through the dungeon phase of content because they lack good CC and die easily to mechanics. So groups don't want to take you and you will die a lot.

One angle you can maybe take is roll a prot paladin to blast dungeons/karazhan and then scoop up some ret gear. Or a resto shaman and get enh gear. Run a dual spec. If not then mage/warlock/hunter/ele sham do really well across the board.

[OOFMAN]

As melee you might struggle simply they lack any reliable tools for heroics that you need to make ij order to get T5 raid attunement and t5 raids are needed to get attunement for hyjal and bt, your best bets are warrior, shaman or paladin because you can tank dungeons as warrior or paladin and then respec into dps for raids, shaman similar, do dungeons as heal and then respec enh for raids. Rogue will have a very hard time.

But if you want just go dos only thrn your best bets are warlocks and hunter because they are best dpses for entire tbc therefore raid leaders would be more than happy to let you fill that dps slot. But personally i will recommend to pick hunter, warlock makes big numbers but they also generate a lot of threat, meanwhile hunter makes similar dps but he has way less problem with threat management, you have misdirection that brings a lot of utility to tbc raids and feign death simply removes all threat and more hunters is just better for raid than more warlocks.

You can also try mage, mages are always welcome in dungeons for CC they provide, and raids are also not exception.