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After making an 11 Fury warrior I decided like I always do, make some alternatives to the chosen one. And here are my notes on them:
11 MM Hunter (Fdjt) - This is the only spec that smacks. Mastery helps a lot with range and damage. It's really hard to die with feign death and the gem heal. It's a fun alternative, but you have to cast aimed shot still which slows you down. I usually run casting Steady Shot then an Arcane to kill an NPC. Pet does about 15% of your damage. In a normal group you dominate damage. Tried level 15 and 16 for multi shot and rapid fire but no bueno. My specs:
159 agi
20% crit
11% haste
13% mastery
5% verse
38% speed
11 Arcane Mage (Arcasm) - Not at all prone to death. Only have ever died once. NE racial is great to shadowmeld and lose aggro if needed. 2nd best single target damage behind R sham and the AOE is insane. You have some buttons to push, but mostly use Orb on 20 sec coolddown and Arcane Explosion. Focus ALL on Intellect gems besides 3 Jewel gems for the speed and heal, and Mastery, Crit and Haste is nice too. She is fast sololing dungeons with blink and 2 vanishes. Arcane Blast can 2 shot bosses sometimes with Balefire Branch trinket. Blink out of stuns, can get Iceblock if you are a weiner. Only downside is it' dps so queues are longer. My specs:
163 Int
26% crit
20% Mastery
4% Verse
32% Speed
10 Resto Druid (Scaling) - Probably my favorite, versatile with heal, dps, tank and AOE in 3 forms. Bear and Cat Swipe does a lot of damage, Cat the most. Or cast Starfire for AOE, or AOE heal with Wild Growth. Also hot Rejuv just insta heals everyone. I tested my Fury warrior dps with the Cat and the kitty does more damage. Don't need Lifesteal chant either. I did get ParJesh's Medallion trinket for cheat death heal. MAX out Intellect as it's like Agility x2. My specs:
150 Int
18% Crit
10% haste
4% Mastery (YUCK)
18% Verse
32% Speed + cat 30%
11 Prot Paladin (Karen) - Prot is the way with pallys. 25% more damage than ret plus you can hold aggro with 3 AOEs. About 65% the damage as the cat, but a blast to play and you don't die with huge pulls. Went with Thorium Spike on shield for a little more dam. Max out Mastery for more damage plus block and stay in your consecration on big pulls. My specs:
112 Strength
17% crit
6% Haste
25% Mastery
8% Verse
40% Speed
3% Dodge
10% Parry
30% Block
10 Resto Sham (Bigsmack) - Highest single target damage. Flame shock kills most npcs, but with Lava Burst and Balefire Branch trinket which makes me 249 intellect, it destroys. Very mobile with ghost wolf. Chain Lightning is great in groups. 2 casts kills the 3 pack. And 1 Lightning Bolt kills 1 NPC. Mastery is the best 2nd stat, haste and crit help a ton too. My specs:
149 Int
22% Crit
23% Haste
29% Mastery
5% Verse
45% Speed
10% Block
16 Devastation Evoker (Crypto) - I posted about this guy before. Hard to get out of starting area before 16. But even at 16, this guy is a blast. A lot of AOE spells, roots, heals, has speed, and great single target. I highly recommend trying one. I did see a level 11 that got out during whatever that event was. She had 5 or 6 pieces of level 254 gear which is nuts. Guessing she 1 shots everything, but really that gets old. That is why I am mentioning alternatives to Fury. My specs:
217 Int
15% Crit
15% Haste
26% Mastery
13% Verse
44% Speed
10 Monk is nice, 11 Fury too, but you see those everywhere and I got sick of playing them in a day.
11 MM Hunter (Fdjt) - This is the only spec that smacks. Mastery helps a lot with range and damage. It's really hard to die with feign death and the gem heal. It's a fun alternative, but you have to cast aimed shot still which slows you down. I usually run casting Steady Shot then an Arcane to kill an NPC. Pet does about 15% of your damage. In a normal group you dominate damage. Tried level 15 and 16 for multi shot and rapid fire but no bueno. My specs:
159 agi
20% crit
11% haste
13% mastery
5% verse
38% speed
11 Arcane Mage (Arcasm) - Not at all prone to death. Only have ever died once. NE racial is great to shadowmeld and lose aggro if needed. 2nd best single target damage behind R sham and the AOE is insane. You have some buttons to push, but mostly use Orb on 20 sec coolddown and Arcane Explosion. Focus ALL on Intellect gems besides 3 Jewel gems for the speed and heal, and Mastery, Crit and Haste is nice too. She is fast sololing dungeons with blink and 2 vanishes. Arcane Blast can 2 shot bosses sometimes with Balefire Branch trinket. Blink out of stuns, can get Iceblock if you are a weiner. Only downside is it' dps so queues are longer. My specs:
163 Int
26% crit
20% Mastery
4% Verse
32% Speed
10 Resto Druid (Scaling) - Probably my favorite, versatile with heal, dps, tank and AOE in 3 forms. Bear and Cat Swipe does a lot of damage, Cat the most. Or cast Starfire for AOE, or AOE heal with Wild Growth. Also hot Rejuv just insta heals everyone. I tested my Fury warrior dps with the Cat and the kitty does more damage. Don't need Lifesteal chant either. I did get ParJesh's Medallion trinket for cheat death heal. MAX out Intellect as it's like Agility x2. My specs:
150 Int
18% Crit
10% haste
4% Mastery (YUCK)
18% Verse
32% Speed + cat 30%
11 Prot Paladin (Karen) - Prot is the way with pallys. 25% more damage than ret plus you can hold aggro with 3 AOEs. About 65% the damage as the cat, but a blast to play and you don't die with huge pulls. Went with Thorium Spike on shield for a little more dam. Max out Mastery for more damage plus block and stay in your consecration on big pulls. My specs:
112 Strength
17% crit
6% Haste
25% Mastery
8% Verse
40% Speed
3% Dodge
10% Parry
30% Block
10 Resto Sham (Bigsmack) - Highest single target damage. Flame shock kills most npcs, but with Lava Burst and Balefire Branch trinket which makes me 249 intellect, it destroys. Very mobile with ghost wolf. Chain Lightning is great in groups. 2 casts kills the 3 pack. And 1 Lightning Bolt kills 1 NPC. Mastery is the best 2nd stat, haste and crit help a ton too. My specs:
149 Int
22% Crit
23% Haste
29% Mastery
5% Verse
45% Speed
10% Block
16 Devastation Evoker (Crypto) - I posted about this guy before. Hard to get out of starting area before 16. But even at 16, this guy is a blast. A lot of AOE spells, roots, heals, has speed, and great single target. I highly recommend trying one. I did see a level 11 that got out during whatever that event was. She had 5 or 6 pieces of level 254 gear which is nuts. Guessing she 1 shots everything, but really that gets old. That is why I am mentioning alternatives to Fury. My specs:
217 Int
15% Crit
15% Haste
26% Mastery
13% Verse
44% Speed
10 Monk is nice, 11 Fury too, but you see those everywhere and I got sick of playing them in a day.
