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Im sure this has been posted before, but what is the best PvP class? Im going to play WoW as my alt game, I just cant take not being able to kill anyong in EQ2 
So which is the best at overall pvp, 1v1, or large battles. It would be nice if they were strong at PvE too but thats not my main concern. I have been hearing shamans but I want to make sure.
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Priest... depending on how you spec they can be the best class in 1v1, group PvP, and one of the three best in PvE(A warrior, mage, and priest is pretty much required for most instances).
Shamans are also good at everything.
Mages and hunters are also very good at both solo PvP and group PvP. Hunters that know how to play their class can beat any class 1v1, with the exception of maybe priests. Mages are the same way. Both are also very good for group PvP because ranged attacks own.
Rogues are good, but if a class knows a rogue is around, the fight will be MUCH harder. They also are the single worst class in high end PvE content. Also not that great for large scale PvP(they're good in small groups).
Rogues are the only class that you will have to be worried about not being wanted in high-end raid PvE content. Every other class has a solid role.
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
When picking a class in WoW make very sure you pick one thats fun for you first.Then next important thing is one thats good/wanted in both PvE and PvP.
Now take the rogue .A very good pvp class no doubt about that,exciting to play too and tons of fun.But for more people in WoW at 60 its 80% pve instance(aka dungeons) and 20% pvp.
And honestly there are loads of rogues around(euro server is almost overflowing with rogues) and you rarely see a raid take more then 2 as max.Often enough i seen so many rogues in ogrimaar spamming for over an hour to be on an instance raid.There are quite a few classes that get first priority before you even think of a rogue.
Shaman and paladins are about same as rogue.Good pvp class but not that important on rads.Shaman gets a bit more tells for raids simply because they got group enhancers(aka totems) ,can heal a bit(not thats what they get picked for in raids anyhow) and more importantly they can self rezz themselves so you find raids usually take 2 of them as standard since it has a 1 hour cooldown timer per shaman so that the raid does not get stuck.
I could go into details of others but i would say go priest.
Ok not most exiciting class to play heck mine is still level 24 and he was my first character even.I got bored with him so fast.
But a priest is almost a ultimate in WoW.Essential for pve,can beat nearly all classes in pvp in both solo or group.Not sure if this will stay like this forever with all the changes but rest assured they never be kept down to a state of been useless.
I think shadow priests are in line for a swing with the nerf bat. Rogues are good for DPS and an Arms specced Warrior with the right equipment could take out a rogue quickly. 3 swinds if you're lucky... Priests if you want to heal and be tagged by every rogue that can see you cast a healing spell. Anything else that can do an AoE or stun something is good, too.
Do not pick hunter. Hunter is a bad bad bad class to pvp with. No matter how good you are now a days they are just too nerfed for the average player to be average at pvp. you have to be really good to be average at pvping. and being really good at pvp with a hunter is really hard.
a mage you just trap people and nuke them but with a hunter you have to set the right trap and get a scatter shot off and get a wing clip in and every little thing has to go right to win. It used to be pretty easy, but they nerfed our damage...
i have a 50 rogue and i can take ane one on except a very good ice mage. if a person who makes a ice mage and knows how to use it they can pretty much kill ane one but besides that my rogue can take on alot of people i ahev taken on lvl 55 pallys and other 60 rogues. if u want i can try to get my characters tallents posted he upgraded in differnt areas but its a realy realy good rogue.
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Ok well I made a tauren shaman, on the shattered hand (PvP) server. Im going to wait till I spec in my talents till I know what im doing, I dont want to spec in the wrong stuff. I mainly just want to make best PvP class, if I see a better class before I get to far into Shaman then I will switch.
I would have to say that the UD Rouge would take the cake at the moment...They are extremely hard to beat, after that i would pick the UD Preist (my main) but you'll find that unless Shadow specced it will be a lot tougher.
Close after that the Shamen then Pally, also very tough. But in the end if you play you character well and have good gear any character can do well in PvP, after the first 2 i mentioned the field is pretty much even though. WoW is very gear dependant so don't expect to take 60's out when you first reach 60.
Well I made a UD mage, and im going to spec in ice. Ive heard those are very good in PvP.
Ice mages are also getting nerfed in this patch, btw. Just a heads up.
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
Ice mages are also getting nerfed in this patch, btw. Just a heads up.
Go Druid the only class you wont be able to beat normally are warlocks and that might change with the patch (seduce nerf)
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mages can own a lot of classes. don't listen to people when they say that rogues are the best. they're just the best at ganking lower levels or when someone has a mob on them. priests and shamans are also a good choice. warriors if you can get the godly gear only.
but all this can change every patch.
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Then you must play some really "sucky" players. almost all the classes just sit in our no hit zone with some form of trap and just kill us. we can maybe beat warriors if we get some lucky crits, and maybe beat paly's if we get a good trap off and get some more good crits. everything else wins if they play it right. even if we play it great and they play it right they still will win.
although, tell me how the new scattershot thing is, i would love it if it balanced our class a little better towards pvp.
i don't know where youre' getting your info from but hunters own priests and rogues (fair duel). you can keep the rogue away from you pretty well if you use your traps, wing clips, slow shot etc. and the rogue can't vanish on you either of course once you got that mark on them.
and if you don't think hunters can own priests then i just don't know what to say to you.
Banned from Blizzard cause I was too GOOD!!!
i don't know where youre' getting your info from but hunters own priests and rogues (fair duel). you can keep the rogue away from you pretty well if you use your traps, wing clips, slow shot etc. and the rogue can't vanish on you either of course once you got that mark on them.
and if you don't think hunters can own priests then i just don't know what to say to you.
What? no one owns priests. you must be joking, cause i kind of did laugh when you said that.
heres a fact. shadow specc'ed priests own everything in their path, no matter what you do. they remind me of jedi from SWG. you have to gang up on them just to kill them.
Yes a shadow specced priest i am suprised don't get nerfed.
They simply are amazing in both pve,raids,pvp etc.Even a shadow specced priest is still more wanted in an instance then a druid.
Only time i seen a shadow specced priest lose to a class in a duel (not counting some people that are just horrible gamers) was to a shaman who had time to put down his totems.
In a normal pvp situation(not a duel) a shaman will never have such time unless he attacks the priest first and came from behind.
i don't know where youre' getting your info from but hunters own priests and rogues (fair duel). you can keep the rogue away from you pretty well if you use your traps, wing clips, slow shot etc. and the rogue can't vanish on you either of course once you got that mark on them.
and if you don't think hunters can own priests then i just don't know what to say to you.
What? no one owns priests. you must be joking, cause i kind of did laugh when you said that.
heres a fact. shadow specc'ed priests own everything in their path, no matter what you do. they remind me of jedi from SWG. you have to gang up on them just to kill them.
first i need to know where this info is coming from. what level chars you have first? do you even have a level 60 hunter? and to explain to you why hunters own priests:
priests rely on casting spells naturally but with pet on them and hunter shooting them, it delays their spell casting.
priests rely on fear to keep their opponents away from them so they can heal up and do their dot spells. but since you're far from the priests, assuming you're a ranged hunter, then its kinda hard for them to do this.
last but not least, since both of you are ranged it comes down to who can out dmg who. you probably think even though hunters outdmg priests, the priests should win cause of their healing but lets just say that with the casting delays and the hunters aim shots and scatter shot(disrupt their casting).
basically all the level 60 hunters on my guild say that priests are one of the classes the hunter can beat. so please explain to me where you got your info from and list out how a priest can beat a hunter. don't just say "shadow priests own hunters!!!"
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as a warlock it seems shamans are over powered, but then again it all balances out in massive combat like we see with the new patch, Blizz needs some new classes the basic 6 classes are getting old. To make pvp more fun and chanalging we need more choices then just rock paper and that cutting device. Make it more complicated for pvp.
In my opinion, the only class a Hunter can be easily is a rogue and a paladin. Every other class is usually a close fight. Hunter's typically have the least ammount of health since most Hunters focus on agility gear and all of our Hunter class specific armor has loads of agility. We also have difficulty dealing out burst damage, which is what matters the most in PVP. When it comes to fighting Shadow Priests, either you get lucky and they run over your trap before they can deal any damage, or you sneak up from behind using tracking and position yourself behind an object that does not count for line of sight. Such as a tree, hills, large rocks, etc.. Aimed shot, and try to suck their mana dry with viper sting. Even then it can be a close fight, since they can shield, heal, put the massive DoT's on you and begin mind blasting for 500+ damage. By the time they get low on health you're either dead, try to fear you, or they can use shield again and heal. Of course i'm a Marksman specced Hunter, and I have no idea how good a Hunter would be with Spiritbond in a PVP situation. I hear it's on diminishing returns, so you can only be healed for a certain ammount.
The two worse classes to fight in PVP as a Hunter are: Druid and Warlock. Against a Druid, they sleep your pet, root you, and moonfire spam the crap out of you. Warlock's use their succubus, seduce you, and then the warlock uses their only two or three large DD spells that require soulshards. Then they fear you, and do a shadowbolt or two, and you're dead.
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Xaven - Lvl 60 Orc Hunter
Discordia guild - Archimonde
http://www.discordia-guild.org
When I duel hunters it usually pretty easy. I polymorph the pet, freeze the hunter, stand right next to the hunter and cast arcane missles that cant get interupted. The higher level I get, the easier it is to kill hunters. Im only lvl 19 though
Everywhere i go people say PRIEST is the best PVP class of all being able to have shdw form and heal itself out of shdw form and it can nuke out mana. They have all cool dmg spells that work away almost everybody instantly