The BEST MELEE Class PvP TIER LIST - WoW CATACLYSM

this video is everything you need to know about every single melee class in Spec and how they perform in PvP on World of Warcraft cataclysm expansion this comes from my experience of playing on this expansion for almost 10 years on different private servers I have played multiple classes to rank once Arena master and duelist titles mostly as a retribution pounding Unholy Death Knight Arms Warrior but also some warlock healer and even tank specs your own experience May differ from mine depending on when and on what service you played so if you agree or disagree with anything I say feel free to comment and discuss I always read every comment under my videos we have five tiers from s tier where the best specs are all the way to F tier which are mostly unplayable for any competitive PVP I will talk about how much damage can the class inspect do its healing capabilities defensive abilities and crowd control what brackets they Excel and suck at as well as the best arena comes for that specific class and spec I will also include timestamps in the video if I don't forget but we will go through the classes in the order as you can see them on screen starting from the plate armor wearing classes to male and finishing with leather first on the list is one of my favorites the Retribution Paladin Paladin is a hybrid class and so it has a little bit of everything in each spec red has an insane burst it is one of the best burst damagers in the game but in PvP this is easily countered through crowd control stuns disarms fears Etc so you will oftentimes find yourself having to use your burst cooldown separately you have your guardian of ancient Kings which once you stack to Max you pop your Zillow tree avenging wrath combined with unused DPS trinket and you hit for 50 percent of enemies HP no matter what resilience they have you have some of the worst sustained DPS though so you can't do much pressure outside of your cooldowns same goes for healing once you pop your burst cooldowns your healing is also vastly improved with the only 10 second cooldown on your main healing ability word of Glory which can literally heal for as much as lay on hands would you are the best supporter DPS class in the game if that wasn't enough your flashes of light can also help a bit too in times when you can afford to hardcast keep in mind however that these will cost a ton of Mana you also have sacred Shield this is much different from the sacred chill spell as you were used to it back in Wrath of Lich King on cataclysm this is a passive on a one minute internal cooldown that procs automatically every time you reach 30 HP it gives you an absorption Shield which also improves healing on you while it is active the amount it absorbs can also be further boosted by using your burst cooldowns since it scales with your strength so make sure to use your burst cooldowns before sacred Shield procs to have even more absorb and longer duration on it Reds overall have never had many defensive abilities and the only real defensive is divine protection which grants you 20 percent reduction you obviously have your Divine Shield AKA bubble for complete immunity to everything but it also decreases your damage done and of protection for physical damage immunity against melees or Hunters but it can be dispelled or perched and also hand of freedom and sacrifice to further boost your supporter role Mobility has never been piled in strength but at least you can remove slows and roots from yourself using cleanse you have very little crowd control you can Hammer of justice and repentance every minute which apply a stun and an incapacitate to your target respectively you can also holy rats done and cherny will fear Undead minions such as death knight schools and gargles warlock's pets and even death Knights themselves if they use lichborne paladins Excel in Solo PVP they can be played a number of top tier comps in 2v2 including retribution plus Unholy DK Marksmanship Hunter Enhancement Shaman sub Rogue but also with ferals Frost or fire Mages Beast Mastery hunters and even and disciplined priests if you like longer games they aren't as extremely impressive in 3v3 but still a solid pick you will see them played with the aforementioned DPS classes plus a Healer usually a disciplined priest or Resto Shaman but Resto Druid is also a decent option rats can also be played in triple EPS comp ideally with a Marksmanship Hunter and a subtlety Rogue for bgs they are okay but not amazing if you can support your team with your hands of Freedom protection lay on hands and word of Glory while doing some nice damage you will be good but you will have a hard time getting in a rated BG group for these reasons it is an eight-year spec since their overall better classes than red that also excel in Battlegrounds while being some of the best for Arenas as well arms Warriors Got nerfed AF on cataclysm between Wrath of Lich King cataclysm and Mr Pandaria this is by far the worst arms has been since they are overpowered on both of the other expansions they still have an incredible damage inside but also outside of cooldowns warrior is a killing machine incredible single Target damage and probably the best on-demand AOE damage with blightstorm what makes arms Warrior special is the Mortal strike ability that reduces healing gun by the enemy the problem comes in PvP where you will oftentimes get crowd control and will be unable to hit the enemy for a very long periods of time and since Warrior lacks Gap closers just having charge on a pretty long cooldown and leap on one minute cooldown isn't enough you will struggle hard even touching classes like Mages or anything with a rogue or feral partner even though you have slows compared to Paladin which has none Warrior slows are the worst in the game you have to apply hamstring or piercing hell manually it costs you a global cooldown and it is only a 50 slow while Rogues have an automatic 70 slow applied with their melee hits you have almost no healing you can use Victory rush for healing only once you get a killing blow so pretty much useless in an arena situation and your enrage regeneration is on a long cooldown you have a few defensive cooldowns namely Shield wall but even then if you get disarmed you can't use it and it is on an unbelievably long five minute cooldown don't forget you need to switch to a one-handed weapon and a shield to be able to use it so your damage then also sucks throughout its duration same with spell reflect even Shield block which essentially doesn't even do much for you at all you have a decent crowd control short charge stun fear and a two minute cooldown disarm and throw down which is a stun the worst done in the game which can be dodged and parried which happens quite often so you will want to use it within your charges stunt duration to secure it lands in 1v1 arms Warriors are trash straight up probably the worst spec of all of them never play alone unless you can outplay others 2v2 is better but you will need a Healer with you ideally a Holy Paladin or Resto Shaman r restodroid is also good disc priest is playable but far from optimal I have also played this comp with a Retribution Paladin up to around 2500 rating on the rootless PVP season making me rank one arms Warrior at that time so that is also totally playable and I have seen one person play arms with a mark snow ship Hunter these are super fast games and require great communication and perfect timing in 3d3 is where warrior becomes really competitive you can play with Hunters ferals Affliction warlocks but even death Knights retributions or Mages and add a Healer like a Resto sham and Holy Paladin or rest her Druid on top of that and you could totally attack the top ranks in Battlegrounds you're mostly useless Warriors die too easily but you could also be a good Target and kill caller if you can communicate with your teammates properly on Discord overall especially comparing arms Warriors to other expansions cataclysm is really tough on them but it is a fun play style nonetheless just a bit frustrating I can't put it higher than C tier if I compare it to the other specs on the list for the fury spec that is even worse than arms sure it looks cool wielding two big two-handed weapons but I hope it looks good to you from the graveyard because that is where you will spend most of your time as Fury you do crazy stupid damage in your burst the problem is that burst you only have every 5 minutes while other classes usually have their bursts ready every two minutes your recklessness is a five minute cooldown and your death wish is a three minute cooldown your sustain damage sucks you have some decent healing with bloodthirst which is your main DPS ability a bit better healing than arms for sure pretty much the same defensives as arms and you lose the Throw Down Stone it can be kind of fun playing duels as Fury but you aren't gonna kill too many classes you will never see a fury warrior in Arena or Battlegrounds or ever in the game not even in PVE very few people play it and it is for a reason it is a bad spec in every situation for fun sure but you will be furious literally by how often you will feel useless and useless specs go into F tier death Knights and cataclysm are amazing in every single spec but Unholy is the best PVP spec by far it has everything amazing burst damage with Unholy frenzy dark transformation and gargle but even pretty decent sustained damage majority of unholy's damage comes from his dots and pets it isn't very mobile but you also have some really good snares with chains of ice on demand and desecrated ground automatic slows and of course the kill caller death grip you can even heal yourself pretty well every two minutes with death packed and crazy goodlich born when combined with AMS and fighting casters or anyone with magical damage worst case scenario you can also use Death Strike to heal but then you will lose on a lot of damage really good defensive cooldowns too the aforementioned anti-magic shell which is a nightmare for any Mage warlock or priest and time magic Zone as the only death Knight's back icebound fortitude which also removes and prevents stuns on you decent crowd control with pet sleep to interrupt and root targets when the pet is in dark transformation pets done on a one minute cooldown and strangle light silence you are extremely good in 1v1 only really countered by Rogues and ferals or by a good Retribution Paladin or Hunter you can play in 2v2 as double DPS ideally with a Retribution Paladin but also with a Marksmanship Hunter similarly to Arms Warriors for faster more bursty Arenas and you can also play with healers since you have so much pressure best healers for you include Holy Paladin and Resto Shaman there are many viable comps in 3v3 for Unholy with a markzmanship hunter Retribution Paladin arms Warrior feral Affliction warlock Shadow priest combine that with a Resto Shaman Holy Paladin or even Resto Droid or disc priest and you can go all the way to rank 1 easy you're pretty good for BG's again and very similar to Warrior for kill calling your death grip and Battlegrounds is insanely crucial ability so if you can use it right to secure a kill your team will love you and holy DK is definitely one of the best specs in PvP and is a very deserved High a tier maybe even s tier eightier for now Frost death knight is also very good it has even better sustain damage than Unholy it can burst every single minute with pillar of frost you can even choose between different Talent builds that change your play style you can play with a two-hander or two one-hand weapons you can specialize in necrotic strikes or obliterates or even howling blast if you want to do crazy AOE damage mostly good for bgs it is also one of the easier specs to play overall so if you don't like complicated rotations this might be a good spec for you however it doesn't have a strong Lich born healing since Frost death coils aren't nearly as strong and neither is his AMS it also lacks the the AMZ but you gain improved chains of ice which not only slowed the target but also rooted in place which is extremely powerful for Battlegrounds especially you also have the hungering cold ability to freeze all your Targets near you due to the lack of healing and defensives Frost isn't as amazing in PvP overall compared to Unholy it struggles in 1v1 in 2v2 you could play it with similar classes as Unholy but people will usually prefer to play with a death knight and Unholy spec rather than Frost same for 3-3 I have probably seen one Frost death knight in all of those years of playing cataclysm that could really pull it off and get near rank 1 with a spec but it's more of an exception not a rule I would compare Frost death knight to an arms Warrior Frost is better in many regards but lacks the Mortal strike ability but you also get so many different play styles with frost and much like Unholy you still have the death grip to pull enemies and kill them I would Place Frost DK in the same category he has arms Enhancement Shaman is not a very popular class in cataclysm but it is very strong nonetheless it is similar to Retribution Paladin in that it is also a hybrid class it has an okay sustain damage but even better burst with his wolves it can move fast it has Mobility but also snares with frost chalk for a single Target and Tow them for AOE which is super annoying if you're fighting a shaman since it is a hybrid class your off healing is amazing it takes time until you stack it but the heels are sometimes even comparable to those of Retribution your only defensive cooldown is shamanistic Rage which is only on one minute cooldown but you need to use it right it reduces damage taken by 30 percent and is also usable while stunned and it also removes magical stunts such as Paladin's Hammer of Justice or Mages deep freeze outside of your slows you have hex which is a casted spell that serves as a crowd control similar to polymorph your Frost Shock can also freeze targets if if used on a longer distance but that's about it no other crowd control abilities for Shaman shamans are one of the best classes for 1v1 they are great in 2v2 with Retribution Paladin but also with a discipline priest I haven't seen too many enhancement shamas in arenas but I have seen like two people at really high rating on cataclysm with the spec in 3v3 you can play with an arms Warrior rat Paladin or a hunter and add a disc Breeze to it and you could do really well for BG's you're mostly useless Ellie Shaman is way better I put in hands in the B tier above arms and frost DK since enhance does way better in 1v1 situations and a bit better in 2v2 feral Druids are one of the most busted classes on cataclysm if you can't play the game just roll a feral Droid keep buying the bear form and back paddle you will do just fine it is ridiculous seeing all the feral Druids and bear forms being attacked by five people and still unkillable ferals do cry crazy damage both sustained and burst with berserking bleeds probably the best sustained damage in the game since they're also the most mobile class in the game so unlike Warriors ferals can actually stick to their target much easier they also have their snares applied automatically through melee attacks another hybrid class with insane off-healing life Bloom Rejuvenation regrowth and if that wasn't enough you can jump in Bear form for frenzied regeneration and never die bark skin reduces your damage taken by 20 on a one minute cooldown you have some of the best crowd control in the entire game Roots either hardcasted or with Nature's grasp instant on whoever touches you Cyclone a crowd control ability with no cooldown so you can spam it on multiple targets also hardcast or instant bash stun maim stun pound stun charge root and I'm sure I'm still forgetting about something and you can also counter Rogues with your fairy fire ability that prevent them from stealthing you are the king of 1v1 Rogue Marksmanship Hunter and feral are the best three uncontested classes that dominate 1v1 in my opinion you can play in a bunch of top qv2 comps including feral Rogue Marksmanship Hunter rat Paladin and since your damage is so insane you can also easily play with healers like disc priest or Holy Paladin and do just fine in 3v3 when the aforementioned or even arms Warrior Affliction warlock Unholy death knight or Enhancement Shaman plus disciplined priest or Holy Paladin and you are a top candidate for rank 1. with the best mobility in the game and some of the best defensive abilities comes the rank of the best flag carrier on cataclysm period so you will be more than welcome in any Battleground rated or non-rated group I think it's clear now that feral is a prime candidate for the S tier The Best For Last Rogue and if you know me and my videos you know what is coming be because Rogue is the best another best in sustained damage though it is good but their burst is on another level starting with subtlety spec Shadow dance is on a one minute cooldown so it is a very frequent burst rogue's damage becomes even more overpowered on the last PVP season cataclysmic since it is the only class that can get a legendary in dragon soul raid that in combination with bone link trinkets makes even subtleties sustain damage one of the best in the game Rogues have insane healing recuperate as a heal with pretty much 100 uptime that gives you some four to five percent HP every few seconds rogue's defensives might be the actual best in the game evasion making you unhittable on melee cloak of Shadows making you immune to any spell damage and vanish making a straight up just get the F out of the fight combat Readiness decreasing damage taken to a point where you take almost zero damage and of course you're a man's crowd control toolkit helps too smoke bomb which is a new ability introduced with cataclysm it is an area of smoke through which you cannot cast or be casted onto so if you are in smoke bomb you can't deal damage to people outside of it or you as a rogue can't be dealt damage into same with any healing then you have a disarm on one minute cooldown a bunch of stuns gouge and capacitate sap growth silence and blind your slows are automatically applied with your melee hits and these slows really slow you down you also have healing or casting time reduction through poisons decent Mobility would Sprint and Shadow step and if all else fails you can reset some of your major cooldowns with preparation Rogues are the king of 1v1 much like ferals they can play in a ton of the best uv2 comps with frost or fire Mages feral Marksmanship Hunter Retribution Paladin even warlock elemental shaman or Shadow priest but those three aren't as amazing and even with a discipline Lynn priest in 3v3 again with all the aforementioned plus a disciplined priest or even Resto Shaman or Resto Droid ropes can be a real pain in the ass and Battlegrounds they can smoke bomb a Target that was death gripped by a death knight and secure a kill they can control the game with all their stuns saps blinds Etc and they can also ninja cap basis s tier of course assassination and combat then can't really compare to subtlety they have mostly the same core defensive and crowd control abilities they just might be losing one or two of them and don't have the shadow dance burst assassination specializes in poisons it has been data which prevents for instance Rogues from Vanishing from you it does great damage but lacks the one minute burst and better crowd control combat is a rogue spec that is played with one-handed weapons instead of daggers it has really good bursts with killing spree and adrenaline rush but with Adrenaline Rush being on a three minute cooldown it can't really compare both of these specs much like Fury Warrior for example are a nice four fun addition to the game but not really competitive and don't make much sense playing if you can already play the overpowered subtlety spec and much like Fury Warriors I put them in F tier and that's it now you know everything you'd need to know about melee classes in PvP on cataclysm let me know how your experience differs from what I have said in this video like the video if you liked it and look forward to similar to your list with the rest of the classes and specs too

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Length: 20min 30sec (1230 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 12 2023