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1. Know Your Class!
Inevitable Betrayal

2. Classes
Roles
Responsibilities
Overview

3. WoW offers players 11 classes to choose from
Each class offers 3 specializations to select
Selection of Class is final for the rest of the life
of the character
Specializations can be switched
Classes

4. Classes & Specializations
Classes Specializations
Death Knight Blood Frost Unholy
Druid Guardian Feral / Balance Restoration
Hunter Beast Mastery Marksmanship Survival
Mage Arcane Fire Frost
Monk Brewmaster Mistweaver Windwalker
Paladin Holy Protection Retribution
Priest Discipline Holy Shadow
Rogue Assassination Combat Subtlety
Shaman Elemental Enhancement Restoration
Warlock Affliction Demonology Destruction
Warrior Arms Fury Protection

5. Class
• Has the biggest effect on how you play the
game and what role you take.
Specialization
• Allows you to specialize and excel in your
role.
Classes

6. Everyone has a Role!

7. 3 Basic Roles

8. The Tank
• Tank
o Able to absorb and mitigate large amounts of
damage
• The Conductor
o Assess the situation
o Assess team members
o Versed in the mechanics

9. The Tank
• Tanking Classes
o Death Knight (Blood)
o Druid (Guardian / Bear
form)
o Monk (Brewmaster)
o Paladin (Protection)
o Warrior (Protection)

10. The Healer
• Healers
o Maintain party members’ health, especially the
Tank(s)!
• They umm... Heal
o Anticipate damage taken
o Prioritize heals
o Keep the tank alive
o Know the fight sequence
o Recognize and dispel curses, poisons, DOTs applied to raid
member(s)

11. The Healer
• Healer Classes
o Druid (Resto)
o Monk (Mistweaver)
o Paladin (Holy)
o Priest (Disc / Holy)
o Shaman (Resto)

12. The Damage Per Second (DPS)
• DPS
o Quickly do high damage to targets
• The Killers / Assassins
o Max out your damage
o Protect the healer
o Assist the tank

13. Damage Per Second (DPS)
• DPS Classes
o All Classes can DPS
• Sub-Classes
o Ranged
 Stay at distance
o Melee
 Up close
 Attack from Behind

14. Class Roles and Specializations
Class Tanking DPS Healing
Death Knight Blood Frost / Unholy
Druid Guardian Feral / Balance Restoration
Hunter All
Mage All
Monk Brewmaster Windwalker Mistweaver
Paladin Protection Retribution Holy
Priest Shadow Holy/Disc
Rogue All
Shaman Elem / Enhan Restoration
Warlock All
Warrior Protection Arms / Fury

15. Endgame Goal of each Class
• Optimize their specific set of abilities
• Tanks
o Block, dodge, parry (i.e. mitigate damage)
• DPS
o DPS (damage per second)
• Healer
o HPS (heals per second) & minimize Overhealing

16. How can you Optimize?
• Primary way
o Familiarity with spells, talents & glyphs
o Gear
• Secondary
o Increase Priority Stats on Gear
 Reforging, Gemming, Enchants
o Potions and Food

17. How can you Optimize?
• Gear
o WoW gear is color coded
• Purple - Epic
o best gear for your level
o drops from Raids or
randomly

18. How can you Optimize?
• Blue - Rare
o next highest lvl gear
o Drops from dungeon
bosses, special quests,
and randomly
• Green - Uncommon
o Drops from most quests
o sometimes can be
purchased from vendor

19. Responsibilities

20. Quick Questions........
Tanks do what?
Heals......?
DPS......?
And Leeroy Jenkins did what..........?

21. Each role has distinct responsibilities
Anyone can call the fight, designated as Raid
Leader
Tanks
• Tank the boss
• Manage party aggro
• Communicate with other tank
• Common for Tanks to be Raid Leaders
Responsibilities

22. Healers
• Manage party health
• Prioritize battle rezzes
• Call for mana replenishment
• Common for Heals to be Raid Leaders
DPS
• Do high damage
• Avoid taking damage
• Help with other duties as needed, e.g. dealing
with Adds
Responsibilities

23. Starting Alignment

24. Fight Starts

25. Once Boss is Engaged

26. Things we haven't mentioned yet
You also need to be situationally aware
During any given fight all players need to be
paying attention...:
• Role in Fight
• Fight Progression
• Look for Adds
• Watch your Feet
• Watch your Health
• What's coming Next?

27. Things we haven't mentioned yet
We generalized a lot. There are a ton of little
details that are required to be successful in
raiding:
• Studying
• Know what your abilities are and when to use
them
• Being open to improvement
• Lots of Practice
• Constant Analysis

28. Things aren't always what they
appear
• Top DPS
• Top Heals

29. Things we haven't mentioned yet
• Key to successful raiding group
o It's about optimizing the GROUP
not any one person
o Raiding is a collaborative endeavor

30. Z A D A L A R I
WARBRINGER

31. Questions / Discussion