I played a lot of DPS classes from ranged to melee And even though some classes had the ability to heal, I only ever did off healing and never queued up as a healer. I’m wanting to roll a class that has a tanking, healing, and a DPS spec. Of course I’m familiar with DPS the other two I’m familiar with but no expert on. I’m wanting to be able to queue up for battlegrounds, raids, and groups in whatever Spec my mood is in. Which class is my best fit for somebody new to healing and tanking?
Paladin: Easiest DPS class, Best tank, most straight forward of the healers
Monk: DPS is straight forward, Healer is great but has many nuances to be great, and tank has a higher learning curve
Druid: Easiest tank, DPS have the nuances, and probably the hardest of the healers to adapt to
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The only classes that can do all 3 are Paladin, Monk and Druid.
Tanking: Druid is braindead easy. Paladin has lots of utility, but they seem to be a bit squishy atm? Monk is the hardest because you have to manage Shuffle and cleansing Shuffle.
Healing: Druid heals with HoTs, so it may get some getting used to. Paladin and Monk are melee healers who dps to heal, but if you want to, I believe they have slightly less effective caster heal builds.
I would recommend Druid. You might like having the option between 4 specs, if the mood strikes you between playing a ranged or melee dps. Also, Druid tanking is very easy, so even if you haven’t tanked in a while you’ll hardly feel “out of practice” when you get in the mood to tank.
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Druid is easiest tank, easy dmg, mid healing
Pally is mid tank, easiest dmg, mid healing
Monk is mid tank, mid dps, mid healing
Imo of course
So if you take that I guess i’de recommend druid? But I also find bear tank leaning towards boring more than easy so idk
The important thing about all these classes is they all have pretty distinct and separate playstyles so I would honestly just say play what you think is fun. The more you play something the easier it gets even the harder specs
If you ask me, Druid healing doesn’t feel great right now in M+ when large healer checks come along, for whatever that’s worth… and Monk is a bottom tier tank in M+ right now as well. Since you didn’t mention M+ in your desired activities, maybe that doesn’t matter to you.
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Good healers make awesome prot paladins. All that utility should be easy to use for anyone who spends the most of their time healing.
Bear is certainly easy, but its been my main since TBC so I am bias. Easy doesn’t mean it isn’t fun. Bear goes brrrrrrr.
But brewmaster monk is definitely fun. I think once you master the rotation, it is the most fun out of all the tanks tbh. Just takes some getting used to stagger mechanic but its worth the investment if you like challenging specs.
I’d play a Paladin if you’re new to tanking and healing. Ret is easy so easy dps swap if needed.
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