I used to do a lot of arena pre bfa, so I’m aware of the strategies, etc, I used to hover around 2100 mmr. Lately I’m finding I’m not hitting my mark as quick or multi tasking as well as I used to… as far as cross CC goes… still happens but I’m slower and fat finger abilities sometimes which make it hard to recover. I don’t know if I’ll ever make it back to 2k as a sub rogue because of the demanding coordination at that level of play.
What would be the easiest class/spec be for me to play to try to get back up there in shadowlands?
Ret Paladin. 4-5k DPS, BoP, BoF, Bubble, Sac. Word of Glory instant for 20-30k. More damage than almost any DPS. More healing than some healers. An answer for everything.
Windwalker. With decent (i220+) weapons and Invoker’s Delight, enjoy doing 300k to the enemy team over the course of like 30sec. Not as ridiculous defensively as Ret, but they’re more mobile, more disruptive and the damage is freakin’ unreal. Needs to be dragged behind the nerf bus through the nerf forest.
Resto Shaman. Let’s go Primordial Wave into a myriad of 12k riptides. Totally cool. Mana shield giving them arguably the best mana efficiency currently in arena, nearly immune to death, great toolkit. Dig it, dig it.
Controversy time!
Arms Warrior. Whew lad. Let’s go Disarm! Let’s go constant Intervenes that are practically a huge defensive cooldown on your target. Who likes constant reflects? Blade Storm for 6k DPS anyone? Oh, let’s Kyrian Spear a zone on the ground that’s literally impossible to get out of! Lock Teleport? NOPE. Blink? NOPE. Easily peel that “go” or lock down a hapless melee cleave for that aforementioned Blade Storm with your super free, low cooldown Covenant “iWin” utility today!
Those are the 5 specs currently seeming overtuned in arena. Honorable mention goes to Spriest. Marks Hunters seem manageable after the Double Tap nerf and poor rogues might as well just accept that they’re a CC-bot for Combustion / Marks burst or uninstall.
Subt is sort of dead. 1300 2s don’t exactly count. The only Subt I’m seeing on the 3s ladder right now are mostly just there to set up the combustion or Marks burst. The problem was Echoing Reprimand and PvE trinkets so blizzard nerfs Shadow Blades, Nightstalker and Cold Blood?! Assassination is dead. Outlaw is hot garbage for PvP and Subtlety has arguably the worst sustained pressure in the game now and their burst has been neutered.
People legit thinking Subt are causing more mayhem than Ret, WW or Boomie need some glasses.
ret/ww/arms are the best melee in the game atm with ret being the easiest / most forgiving
Any of those three together are instantly a t1 comp
moonkin / ele / fmage / spriest are the best wizards with any of them played together or any of them played with any of the top 3 melee (or sub) being top tier
things like enhance/feral/aff/mm are really good but a little more comp reliant
Ret is one of the easier ones yeah, we’re in a pretty strong spot right now which is cool, though it’s kind of a noob stomper and will fall off as you get higher rated with how strong it is.