So I’m not a big pc gamer and recently got back into WoW classic and got a hunter to level 40 but all of the abilities and high skill ceiling and pet management is hard to play, and I’m not used to keybinds(have an mouse with 12 buttons which makes it easier). So what would be a simpler class to pickup and play at a respectable level in both pve and pvp?
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Strictly Alliance? This is going to be an entirely subjective list. My knee jerk reaction is Warrior, but most people will tell you it’s really “difficult” but I never had an issue with it & it was the 2nd toon I rolled in Vanilla. You have options for different classes depending on if you’re playing Horde or Alliance, which is why this makes a difference.
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Horde or alliance works for me, horde having the better pvp facials seems like a better choice cause I want to dabble in pvp alot
- mage
- paladin
- warlock
- priest
- druid
- rogue
- shaman
- warrior
- hunter
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Autocorrect be like 
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Shaman is always extra fun, if you’re going Horde. Honestly, despite what you’ll hear here, the racials don’t really make too much of a difference until BC, when they adjust them. Vanilla they’re a bit “meh” overall. Do you prefer hitting things from range or melee? Shaman is a great mix of spell casting & sword & board if you go enhance, esp. Elemental Shaman is tough on mana management but is very good in PvP. It’s definitely got a skill curve to it, but very fun.
-Rogue is always a good option. You just need to manage energy & combos.
-Warlock has been extra fun in Classic. You also get a pet, so it’s sort of similar to Hunter in that regard, just focused on casting & DoTs. Excellent in PvP.
-Pally (Ally) & Druid are boring imo and you basically autoattack forever in the beginning lol
Should ask for a separate list between pvp and pve. Mages are easiest in PVE for example, but hard in PVP
I initially thought the funness in PVP made up for the boringness in PVE, but now that ZG is up and there are so many raids… im not so sure. Can’t wait for fire to be the build.
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well, the easiest class to master is the paladin
the hardest class to master is either hunter or warlock, due to their pet/minion, with druids coming in third place
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Feral druid is the hardest class to play in PvE. The difference between a good and a bad feral druid can be literally 400 dps with the same gear.
Flag carrying as resto/feral isn’t exactly trivial either.
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How difficult is mage pvp? Given they have a huge kit it seems daunting to take up
if you concern is about keybinds rogues and warrriors require less binds, you need macros tho.
casters use downrank spells with inherenty means extra binds.
many binds are consumables and trinkets, so don’t matter what class you pick in that aspect.
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Paladin.
10 character limit is stupid.
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Play a warrior, they are the easiest class in game once you have gear.
Mage
Mage
Mage
Paladin
Arcane Mage
Enhancement Shaman
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I played hunter in Vanilla, and for years after, and druid has been way harder for me to work on mastering. I don’t want to rate the classes 1-9 as I haven’t played several of them enough to rate.
I also could kill every class on hunter in Vanilla without a lot of difficulty. Granted this was before people bothered with FAPs and engineering.
Mage. You have easy options for pvp and pve.
they are easy to do well with in bgs
absolutely mastering them will take a lot binds, macros and knowledge of other classes.
the thing with classic pvp is there is no arena where you actually need to do that. the skill ceiling is potentially high but theres no game mode that requires mastery, large group fights are easy
Not even remotely true. Warrior pve rotation is one of the most complex in classic by far
A war is constantly queuing and unqueuing Heroic strike, unless ww/Bt is more than 3 seconds on cd and you have over 50 rage then you let the HS go through. Then if you’re over 70 rage with a HS queued and
Bt/WW more than 1.5 away throw in a hamstring. Also keep Bt then WW on Cd, watch for interrupts, always attack from behind and all the normal melee stuff, while popping your reck/deathwish/zero rage/flask at optimal times and switching to execute at 20%.
Vs… Frostbolt. Frostbolt. Frostbolt etc
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I’d say mages and rogues are both easy to pick up, but have very very high skillcaps. Just watch any pro mage v rogue 1v1s. Theyre the kind of fights that will have you on the edge of your seat.
Shamans and druids are probably the hardest to get used to because of totems and forms respectively
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