Best solo PVP class for World PVP

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Once upon a time I was a mighty hunter, but now days I am old slow and my reaction time is not as great as it once was…

However while this is unfortunately true and I have been having a great time playing my hunter regardless of the annoyance that is a failed system (FD not working as in vanilla).

With that said, I have discovered that in this “Classic WoW” (not vanilla) Shadow priest is easily the best PVP build for world PVP by a mile.

This is so because of a single factor; Scream (unlike vanilla) never appears to break on damage or early.

As such this is my new class for world PVP enjoyment because essentially Scream (unlike actual vanilla) never breaks early at all, ever so it’s effectively a stun that has only a single draw back; being that the pathing can be annoying at times.

this build has the side bonus of offensive and defensive dispel and a blanket silence.

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Psychic scream breaks on for me every once in a while on damage. I rarely have it resisted though.

If you are rolling alliance the undead characters also have a 2 minute CD that can break it so pick your battles.

95% of horde rogues are undead because of this.

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Not so subtle “Everything in Classic is wrong and not working properly” thread.

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Druids are the answer to all your problems.

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Wat…
The OP was pretty blunt about their spite towards hunters being a mess right now. You’re reading into something that isn’t there.

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Did you miss the part where he goes on to say:

I’m only reading what I’m reading. It’s a “Classic is not Vanilla” QQ thread.

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Actually most of it is right; just that some things are presently not “vanilla” at all. FD not dropping combat is not authentic at all man.

That’s game breaking if you play a hunter.

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Where’d your “rogue is broken” thread go? You know, the one where you didn’t even bother to check a single rogue video before claiming some game breaking bug?

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It was an addon causing a client side problem, the community helped me find that very quickly.

In other words it was resolved almost as quickly as anyone would like.

FD on the other hand is a problem that has yet to be addressed, and Blizzard is apparently “working on it”.

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Someone died to a shadow priest in pvp.

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Pretty much sums up this entire post.

If you want a real answer on best solo pvp class, it’s actually warlock. Spriests are a top tier 1v1 class for sure, but they aren’t the best.

The only reason they win out on dueling tournaments is that Locks aren’t allowed to use spellstones/healthstones, not to mention you’ll probably have soulstoned in wpvp, meaning you can just rezz and kill someone if they do manage to actually kill you.

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Rogue is a solid choice

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nope, the only reason is because all those warlocks have brain tumor

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47.8% of stats are made up.

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Indeed they are, its why I am now playing one because it’s actually surprisingly fun. The utility they provide is also outstanding.

This is why I said.

Typically something done both solo and in group. As a hunter I don’t really have problems with S-priests or locks because they don’t get the opportunity to close the gap to ever get a dot on me.

The reason I have gravitated toward this class is simply because they’re both as good as they always were and in some ways better because fear is not breaking on damage. I noticed this when some of the guys I was playing with got feared and lost roughly half their health pool in full duration fear (scream) that did not ever break. That made me wonder, is fear breaking? Turns out it’s not.

Hence the point of the post, there was no complaining out of me at all. Instead I was pointing toward this as a good option for older SLOWER players like me whom are not as fast as we once were.

Its simply a fact that I don’t have to be as good to play an S-priest, and yet its every bit as fun as the hunter…

Take that as you like, but until Hunter FD is working, I will be playing other classes.

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I could perhaps get behind the idea that shadow priests have the lowest skill floor to be effective, but they definitely aren’t the best wpvp class. I guess it depends on what you’re actually trying to accomplish in your wpvp, but if it’s farming honor than it’s even less the case.

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Warlocks are good, but when you can’t summon the specific pet needed to counter your opponent, you’re a lot easier to deal with. AKA out in the world as opposed to in duels.

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This is why I’m the present state of game play I do feel shadow is the best option because of its almost universal effectiveness.

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A succubus is incredibly effective against every class, that’s your “universal” pet. And you will “universally” solo everyone (almost no classes have a defense against charm).

It’s even easier if you’re an SL lock, probably the simplest spec to play, and nigh unkillable unless you’re alliance facing a shaman.

There’s many reasons a lock, especially an orc one is the best world pvp class in the game.

-One is that they can often kill people even if you die, you can kill almost any class that doesn’t have healing capabilities simply by dotting them.

-Soulstone allows you to rezz and kill people/more uptime in combat

-Spammable CC. Fear is arguably the best cc in the game, and for classes that are immune to fear, seduce is almost just as broken.

-Extremely high burst potential. Soul Fire is the hardest hitting spell in the game, even over Pyroblast. I’m SM/Ruin spec (not burst spec) and I often 3 global people with 3500-3700 hps (DC>Shadowbolt>Shadowburn).

-Has a pet. A pet is an amazing advantage outside the obvious abilities. It allows you to target nearby enemies you can’t see and send them to find out where they are hiding. It gives spell pushback, and absorbs enemy globals to deal with.

-No hard counters. With a spriest, a rogue can stunlock and kill one if they don’t have a shield up (which they probably wont in wpvp). A rogue can also do hit and runs to get 5 combo points before a real opening, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it besides run away from the area. A lock doesn’t have this problem, especially with a succubus out, as you can simply seduce the rogue. It’s even easier for an orc because you have a 30% chance to resist stuns, letting you get a DC off (which you can’t WoTF), it also makes it much harder to be the victim of rogue shenanigans.

  • You also get Healthstones, which means you have extra healing pots.

  • Easy to tag in wpvp raids. Locks have aoes and you can tab corruption on targets, if nightfall spec, it allows you to spam instant shadowbolts as well.

There’s nothing a spriest can do that a lock can’t do better. This is especially true in group play. A lock can burst harder, cc more, and survive longer. And unless your SL, you’re not prone to purge and you can still cast spells if you get locked out of a tree.

That’s not to downplay spriest. They are one of the best solo classes, but locks are better. Even in a 1v1, with similar skill levels a lock will win. (in dueling tournaments healthstones/spellstones are often banned, and SS ensures you get the kill if they happen to win)

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Lol. Scream isn’t why SPs are the best. It’s because of the fact they take 15% less physical dmg and can self heal while doing dmg + shield that only shaman and other priests can dispel + insane damage. Psychic scream is probably the weakest ability in the tool kit considering you have to be able to reach a player to cast it. Also the way fears work is theres a dmg threshold so dots won’t break it easily, but a mind blast will break it every time.

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