Easiest ST class - rotation

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Hello all,

Which class ranged or melee has the absolute easiest ST rotation? I am done juggling 5 CDs plus a rotation plus mechanics with Unholy DK.

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Doesn’t paladin have like a 2 button macro?

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beastmaster hunter

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Hey have some damn respect. It’s three buttons!

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You should try arcane mage, yup definitely, just trust me

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Have you tried frost dk?

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I’m regularly pressing like 6-8 abilities (not including significant CDs) juggling two 20 second buffs, and have a very structured 30 second wings window. Ret is much more complicated to play correctly now than ever before.

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I dunno, depending on the spec the class has like upto 15 rotational abilities.

I think the answer is always Arcane Mage or DH in terms of fewest buttons.

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Frost DK two hand obliterate is like 5-6 buttons.

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I got 10 buttons

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Frost mage mostly spams ice lance. And other abilities exist to proc ice lance. Though frost is pretty terrible overall

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BM hunter. Pretty much press KC on ST, multi shot on cleave, then just watch your animals shred

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that was the meta early SL until boneboi became meta and it was a lil bit less about the icelances and more about the 3min boneboi cd.

so they just came back to the full icelance meta? how original lol

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DH has to be the only class that is so simple I can’t stand to play it, feels like 20% of my time playing Havoc I’m just sitting there auto-attacking and 80% of the time hitting whatever button isn’t grey.

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Not really, there is a lot to keep track of, but we do have “easy mode” builds. Not gonna say beastmasters are the hardest class or anything, but since Legion we’ve had a fair bit of complexity.

Beastmaster being the brain dead spec is an old meme. Frenzy stacks are the main thing, granted, a lot of other abilities are just hit on cooldown.

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That’s all melee classes

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DH being the fewest buttons is kind of a meme now. They have one of the hardest rotations to do well imo. Mostly because you have to have like omnipotent situational awareness to be wooshing around with Fel Rush/Vengeful retreat when you’re not using them purely for utility.

Watch Jedith’s videos on DH builds – changed how I play my DH. I think it’s the hardest class to play now.

Like – Imagine trying to do any content in a cramped space where you can’t move around much, or like the first boss in Jade Temple where if you move poorly you can just flat out die lol. It’s a whole different kinda hard from everything else I’ve played.

I’d say the easiest specs I’ve played would be:
Fury, Feral, and Windwalker. They have really simple rotations, good mobility, good utility and Feral/Windwalker do pretty obscene damage even without gear. Also all 3 specs do pretty solid cleave and single target.

Assassination has a pretty fantastic rotation for Single Target, but you’re not really gonna get away from having lots of keybinds on a rogue. They have a ton of utility that needs to be keybound imo.

Ret has a pretty easy rotation, but bad mobility. They do have pretty good survivability compared to other specs though. Bubble/LoH/SoV/BoP/Freedom/Turbo Horse/WoG are all tools they can use to not die or cheese mechanics in a fight. Rotation really depends on how you spec. If you’re doing Seraphim/The Spender version of Wake of ashes I think the rotation kinda sucks/feels like it needs too much setup… but if you’re not doing that spec, it’s a pretty fluid rotation.

DK seemed pretty straight forward to me, Unholy is basically 3 buttons + cooldowns. Wasn’t really my vibe either, but it wasn’t hard to do.

I tend to like specs that are consistently strong without burning big CD’s every pull – so Fury/Feral/Windwalker tend to be my go-to for running keys.

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Here’s my experience;

I played a Demon Hunter for most of SL, playing a Death Knight for season four. At the end of SL, I levelled one of everything to 60 to get an idea of what I’d want to play.

Class/specs with enjoyable play in my opinion:

  • Fury Warrior, has a good number of cooldowns but they are just press on CD and press two buttons regularly with a third every so often. The movement abilities are really nice.
  • Demonic Warlock, has a nice 123 feel for rotation, starts slow ramps up with imps and blasting with hand of guldan. I did some reading however and found that maybe at high end there is a lot of micro-management to get top DPS out of it.
  • Demon Hunter, my third choice after those two. I didn’t care for the always in motion play required (never in the same spot, always Fel Rushing).

Class/specs that I feel are terrible for how they play;

  • Retribution Paladin, it’s easy but there are too many buttons that require constant pressing and don’t form a rotation so much as waiting for short CDs. Survival was quite low, I was shocked at how little passive self-healing the spec has. I do not like building power, only to have to use it on an instant heal instead of damage.
  • Enhance (or any) Shaman… There’s not enough buttons in the world for this class… Too many niche abilities.
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icy-veins dot com/wow/frost-death-knight-pve-dps-rotation-cooldowns-abilities

If you’re playing correctly in Mythics it gets fairly complicated.

BM Hunters are my mindless choice for days I want to just spam buttons without though.
The only thing it requires is watching Barbed Shot CD

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pretty much. Blame talents that boost ice lance damage + swirling pools of damage that spawn directly under your feet so you always have to move and can’t cast even 1.4s spells