Updated 7/25/20.
In light of a recent thread requesting a more detailed "Tier List" for the Vet/F2P bracket, I've compiled the below general guidelines based on common feedback.
**This is primarily a tier list for Battlegrounds - performance in Arenas is not considered here.**
There are, admittedly, many variables to an accurate tier list. The below "Assumptions" are outlined under each list and are assuming an optimal gear set-up and a balanced team comp with equally-skilled players.
The ordering of each bullet under a particular Tier is arbitrary; specs within a given Tier can be reordered interchangeably based on the composition and needs of the team comp.
I will do my best to update these lists regularly with each patch and expac - if you disagree with anything here, please leave your feedback and if the general consensus agrees with you, I'll update it accordingly!
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Tier List - Veterans
Assumptions:
- BiS Gear & Enchants.
- (Without BiS Gear & important Enchants like "Crusader" and "Superior Impact", melee specs (Fury, Arms, Ret) and "Weapon Damage Specs" (i.e. those that benefit disproportionately from +weapon damage enchants and modifiers like MM, Surv, Feral, etc.) fall lower on the Tier List.)
- Well-rounded Team Composition with Healer Support.
- (Without Healer Support, specs lacking self-sustain (Warrior, Hunter, Mage, etc.) fall lower on the Tier List.)
- Equally-skilled Players.
S Tier (Best In The Bracket):
- Balance Druid
- Restoration Druid
- Restoration Shaman
A Tier (Better Than Average):
- Arcane Mage
- Discipline Priest
- Fury Warrior
- Holy Priest
- Marksmanship Hunter
- Mistweaver Monk
- Outlaw Rogue
B Tier (Average):
- Arms Warrior
- Beast Mastery Hunter
- Destruction Warlock
- Elemental Shaman
- Feral Druid
- Holy Paladin
- Retribution Paladin
- Shadow Priest
- Survival Hunter
C Tier (Worse Than Average):
- Demonology Warlock
- Enhancement Shaman
- Frost Mage
- Protection Paladin
- Subtlety Rogue
- Windwalker Monk
D Tier (Worst in the Bracket):
- Affliction Warlock
- Assassination Rogue
- Brewmaster Monk
- Fire Mage
- Guardian Druid
- Protection Warrior
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Tier List - F2P
Assumptions:
- BiS Gear with Optimal Secondary Stats
- (F2P does not have access to important enchants like "Crusader" and "Superior Impact" and, as such, certain specs like Fury, Arms, Ret and Feral have dropped on the Tier List when compared to the Veteran rankings.)
- Well-rounded Team Composition with Healer Support.
- (Without Healer Support, specs lacking self-sustain (Warrior, Hunter, Mage, etc.) fall lower on the Tier List.)
- Equally-skilled Players.
S Tier (Best In The Bracket):
- Balance Druid
- Restoration Druid
- Restoration Shaman
A Tier (Better Than Average):
- Arcane Mage
- Discipline Priest
- Holy Priest
- Marksmanship Hunter
- Mistweaver Monk
- Outlaw Rogue
B Tier (Average):
- Beast Mastery Hunter
- Destruction Warlock
- Elemental Shaman
- Holy Paladin
- Shadow Priest
- Survival Hunter
C Tier (Worse Than Average):
- Demonology Warlock
- Enhancement Shaman
- Feral Druid
- Frost Mage
- Protection Paladin
- Retribution Paladin
- Subtlety Rogue
- Windwalker Monk
D Tier (Worst in the Bracket):
- Affliction Warlock
- Arms Warrior
- Assassination Rogue
- Brewmaster Monk
- Fire Mage
- Fury Warrior
- Guardian Druid
- Protection Warrior
Really just digging too deep now. Elemental is dog shit... its not like everybody came to that conclusion in a day... its been over a year. It was dog shit then... it's dog shit now. It does not do 1 single thing better than Resto... not one. The entire "burst" concept of Earthshock is just terrible as that burst compared to real big dick damage from other burst classes is just laughable. IF you have malestrom... IF you are a full vet twink with glass cannon enchants... IF you get a crit... it is just not good. Quite frankly getting two crits in a row on your resto is going to do more damage than the watered down elemental damage + an earth-shock in the same amount of time. It is just not good. Please let this nonsense TROLL shit die.
