Highest Skillcap Class in Vanilla

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Just curious what the community thinks the class with the highest skillcap is for Classic. Mostly for PvP since I hear PvE is mostly spamming 3 or less buttons :smile:

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For pvpā€¦ Mage and Hunter.

Hunter might require more effort but the tools at a Mageā€™s disposal can be amaze-balls if used rightā€¦ which requires quick timing.

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PvE depends on the spec - a Mage will always be easy, but something like a Feral Druid or even a Hunter will have a much higher skill ceiling. In order to do competitive DPS (not as much as a Mage, Warrior, or Rogue though) a Feral has to power shift and farm MCPā€™s to compete. For a Hunter, you have to play around your auto shot, your Multi-Shot and Aimed Shot cooldown, and even run into melee for one or two swings with Raptor Strike for maximum damage.

Just because you donā€™t press 10 buttons doesnā€™t mean itā€™s not complex.

For PvP, Rogue can have a high skill ceiling, but arguably Warlocks and Hunters require the most knowledge and skill to pull off.

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Hunter or lock. Druid is a close 3rd. Hunter has to deal with dead Zone. Lock has so many different play styles, and druid pretty much kites you and out survives you.

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After watching many long time vanilla veterans like Perplexity, I would argue Mage, lock and rogue.

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Should be an interesting threadā€¦ I would love to know from some vanilla vets which classes they think have high skill-caps in PvP and PvE.

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everyone except paladin

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Warrior and Hybrid Druid PvP is a carpal tunnel tier :joy:

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Iā€™d say itā€™s a three way tie between Mage, Rogue, and Hunter.

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Spriest and Rogue. Weā€™ve all seen the stunlock videos.

I remember watching spriest videos all day long. Itā€™s a freaking art. The 1v1s against spreist made them look like literal gods weaving all sorts of crazy stuff together.

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What do people mean by shadow weaving? And I was under the impression it was proc based to stunlock on spriest, not skillcap. Is that wrong?

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I would say exploting hunter death zone.

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Youll find most of the ā€œskillā€ is something rng based like blackout/impact stuns and windfurry procs. Shatter crits are barely more than 50/50, etc.

Or heavy use of consumables and engineering.

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either the warlock or the hunter(probably hunter) has the highest skillcap, due to having a pet
though, some may argue that druids have a higher skillcap due to their forms, but weā€™re just talking about the maximum skillcap; maneuvering your pet perfectly at all times while perfectly timing its non-autocast abilities AND perfectly playing the warlock or hunter at the same time is pretty hard

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I forget the vid but it was a classic mage fighting 3 people at once LUL

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Vurtne fought four at once in one clip, if thatā€™s who you mean.

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I donā€™t know, man. I remember using more than three buttons in vanilla as a Druid. Even as a Rogue on the Classic beta test, Iā€™m using more than 2-3 buttonsā€¦ My options are somewhat limited by my current level, however. Just interrupting a cast on Druids requires at least three button pressesā€¦ :face_with_monocle:

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Yeah. Couldnā€™t remember if it was 3 or 4. I just knew it was more than 2.

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Hunter without a doubt has the highest.

Paladin without a doubt has the lowest.

But if you love a class, that cap comes down and if you hate it then it goes up.

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I donā€™t know but somehow I doubt its shadow priest