Class Talent Guide

Table of Contents
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................2
Death Knight .............................................................................................................................................4
Strengths...........................................................................................................................................4
Weaknesses.......................................................................................................................................5
Stats To Get.......................................................................................................................................5
For DPS........................................................................................................................................5
For Tanking..................................................................................................................................5
Gear to Look For..............................................................................................................................5
Talent Templates...............................................................................................................................5
Rotation Suggestion..........................................................................................................................6
Major Glyphs to Get.........................................................................................................................6
Druid .........................................................................................................................................................7
Strengths...........................................................................................................................................7
Weaknesses ......................................................................................................................................7
Stats To Get.......................................................................................................................................7
Gear to Look For..............................................................................................................................8
Talent Templates...............................................................................................................................8
Rotation Suggestion..........................................................................................................................9
Major Glyphs to Get.........................................................................................................................9
Hunter ......................................................................................................................................................10
Strengths.........................................................................................................................................10
Weaknesses.....................................................................................................................................10
Stats To Get.....................................................................................................................................10
Gear to Look For............................................................................................................................10
Talent Templates.............................................................................................................................11
Rotation Suggestion........................................................................................................................12
Major Glyphs to Get.......................................................................................................................12
Paladin .....................................................................................................................................................12
Strengths.........................................................................................................................................12
Weaknesses.....................................................................................................................................12
Stats To Get.....................................................................................................................................13
Gear to Look For............................................................................................................................13
Priest ........................................................................................................................................................15
Strengths.........................................................................................................................................15
Weaknesses.....................................................................................................................................15
Stats To Get.....................................................................................................................................15
Gear to Look For............................................................................................................................16
........................................................................................................................................................17
Mage ........................................................................................................................................................18
Strengths.........................................................................................................................................18
Weaknesses.....................................................................................................................................18
Stats To Get.....................................................................................................................................18
Gear to Look For............................................................................................................................19
Rogue ......................................................................................................................................................20
Strengths.........................................................................................................................................20
Weaknesses.....................................................................................................................................20
Stats To Get.....................................................................................................................................21
Gear to Look For............................................................................................................................21
Shaman ....................................................................................................................................................23
Strengths.........................................................................................................................................23
Weaknesses.....................................................................................................................................23
Stats To Get.....................................................................................................................................23
Gear to Look For............................................................................................................................24
Warlock ...................................................................................................................................................26
Strengths.........................................................................................................................................26
Weaknesses.....................................................................................................................................26
Stats To Get.....................................................................................................................................26
Gear to Look For............................................................................................................................27
Warrior ....................................................................................................................................................28
Strengths.........................................................................................................................................28
Weaknesses.....................................................................................................................................28
Stats To Get.....................................................................................................................................29
Gear to Look For............................................................................................................................29
Resources ................................................................................................................................................31
Introduction
In this guide I'm going to cover the basics of every class so that you will have a better understanding as
to how to play them. I want to explain to you that I will be recommending green (uncommon)
randomly enchanted gear for each character. If you have rare, epic, or other items that are not random
enchant items but already have the stats you want then ignore the recommendations. They are just there
in case you don't have a piece that has proper stats and need to get a quick replacement.
Below is a table of all the randomly enchanted gear we will be focusing on. When I say randomly
enchanted piece of gear it will be an item that has a suffix of a name added to it. For example, Tunic of
the Monkey has "of the Monkey" suffix on it. Most of the items with these suffixes will have the stats
listed below in the table so it's very easy to search for the gear you want in the Auction House by
simply going in there and typing "of the monkey" or whatever one matches what you're looking for.
These are not all of the random enchants, only the ones I'm going to talk about in this guide.
Random Enchant (OF THE)
Stats
Bandit
agility, stamina, attack power
Bear
strength, stamina
Beast
strength, agility, stamina
Champion
strength, stamina, defense
Eagle
intellect, stamina
Elder
stamina, intellect, mana regen
Falcon
agility, intellect
Gorilla
strength, intellect
Hunt
agility, intellect, attack power
Hierophant
stamina, spirit, spellpower
Invoker
intellect, spellpower, crit
Monkey
agility, stamina
Owl
intellect, spirit
Physician
stamina, intellect, spellpower
Prophet
intellect, spirit, spellpower
Soldier
strength, stamina, crit
Sorcerer
stamina, intellect, spellpower
Tiger
strength, agility
Whale
spirit, stamina
In addition to these, there are items that have direct stats applied to them and that's it. Like, "of
Defense" will add + defense and that's it but it will be a lot more so watch out for those if you're
lacking in a single stat anywhere.
There are Of Healing, Of Power, Of Blocking, Of Eluding, Of Fire, Nature, Arcane, Frost, Shadow
Protection, Of Fire, Nature, Arcane, Frost, Shadow Resistance, Of Spirit, Intellect, Strength, Stamina,
Agility, and Of Frozen, Arcane, Fiery, Nature's, and Shadow Wrath.
Death Knight
Death Knights are new classes that were introduced in Wrath of the Lich King. They operate a bit
differently than the classic mana, energy, and rage bars that we are used to seeing. They have their own
system of runes to generate runic power which kind of works like rage so if you've played a Warrior
before you already have a head start in knowing how to play a Death Knight.
A Death Knight gets 6 runes total, 2 blood, 2 frost, and 2 unholy, prior to talent modification. The
Death Knight's special attacks will use 1 or more runes in different combinations and once a rune is
used it goes on a small cool down before it can be used again.
While you are using these abilities you generate runic power which is also a requirement for some of
the other Death Knight abilities.
Strengths
Can wear any armor

Can tank or DPS
Ability to solo and grind exceptionally well
Very good in PvP
Can buff other members while grouped
Starts at level 55 (must have a character higher than 55 to create one)
Free mount and gear
Weaknesses
Cannot wear shields
Relies on active abilities to tank
Can be hard to play
Stats To Get
For DPS
1.
2.
3.
4.
Strength
Hit Rating
Crit
Stamina
For Tanking
1. Stamina
2. Defense
3. Strength/Hit/Expertise
Gear to Look For

The gear you will be after is going to be all plate armor if possible. Make sure you have high DPS
weapons, stats on weapons aren't as important as the DPS, they aren't useless but don't take an
incredibly lower DPS weapon because it has better stats unless it makes sense to do so. Your stat
selection should be based on what role you are trying to fill, DPS or tanking.
Here are some of the green items that have random enchantments you can look for in the Auction
House.
Bear, Beast, Champion, Soldier, and Tiger
Talent Templates
This is an example of a build you will want to use while farming or grinding. If you have more talent
points to spend you can most definitely put almost all of them in the blood tree.
What you are looking for in the blood tree is anything that keeps you healed, helps you survive, or
increases your damage.
Rotation Suggestion
Plague Strike, Icy Touch, Heart Strike, Heart Strike, Obliterate
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Deathstrike
Glyph of Vampiric Blood
Druid
Strengths
Can heal, tank, or DPS

Can buff other players
Ability to go into stealth and shapeshift
Has aquatic form that allows for faster swimming and no breathe
Weaknesses
Can only wear cloth and leather armor
Shapeshifted forms are not as powerful as their counterparts
Limited race selection
Stats To Get
For Cat Form (melee DPS)
1. Agility
2. Hit, Crit, Attack Power
3. Stamina
For Healing (tree form)
1. Spellpower
2. Intellect, Spirit, Mana Regen
3. Stamina
For Tanking (bear form)
1. Stamina
2. Dodge/Agility/Defense
3. Hit/Expertise
For Caster DPS (moonkin form)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Spellpower
Spell Hit
Spell Crit, Intellect
Stamina
Gear to Look For

As a druid you will be limited to cloth and leather armor. If you are going to be tanking or doing melee
DPS you will want to stick primarily to leather armor but if you are going to be doing DPS as a caster
or healing then cloth is perfectly acceptable. Here are the different items that can benefit druids (it's a
lot depending on your role, match up the stats to get with what you're doing to the gear below).
Bandit, Eagle, Elder, Hierophant, Invoker, Monkey, Owl, Prophet, Sorcerer, Whale
Talent Templates
This is an example base build of the best form I think for grinding (cat form, melee DPS). You can
basically stay in the feral tree until you get the talents I recommend, once you have all 55, it's probably
best to start into the restoration tree unless you really feel you're missing something in feral.
Rotation Suggestion
Mangle, Rake until desired combo points reached, then Ferocious Bite or Rip depending on how many
hit points mob has left.
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Mangle
Glyph of Rip
Hunter
Strengths
Can tame pets

Long ranged damage
Crowd control abilities
Run speed enhancing buffs (aspects)
Limited down time with pet tanking
Weaknesses
Can only wear cloth, leather, and mail armor

Can be hard to keep pet alive in certain circumstances
Can't melee very well
Has to maintain a certain range to maintain ranged damage
Stats To Get
For DPS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Agility
Stamina, Hit
Attack Power, Crit
Intellect
Gear to Look For

For the most part you will avoid all cloth. Leather can be okay but most leather only comes with
agility/stamina and no intellect which can be a very helpful stat. For the most part you will stay with
mail armor and make sure you have a good DPS ranged weapon. Don't melee with your hunter when
possible or people will make fun of you.
Here is some of the green gear you can get if you don't have anything decent:
Monkey, Bandit, Hunt, Falcon
Talent Templates
You will be doing all of your farming in the beast mastery tree. The beast mastery tree allows for your
pet to put out a significant amount of damage while holding aggro so you can sit back on auto shoot if
you want and go afk.
Stay in beast mastery for all of your beginning points, the focus here is to enhance your pet damage and
avoidance so it can tank (this allows for almost no down time because you can heal your pet).
Once you get all your points into the beast mastery tree start in marksmanship and begin working on
your crit and attack power.
Rotation Suggestion
Pet attack, Arcane Shot, Multi-Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Arcane Shot, Mutli-Shot (auto shot fires
automatically)
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Bestial Wrath
Glyph of Multi-Shot
Paladin
Strengths
Can wear plate armor

Can heal, tank, and DPS
Can use shield
Uses auras to buff other players
Has abilities to go completely immune to all damage for a period of time
Weaknesses
Dependant on mana
Limited ranged abilities
Lower base hit points than Warriors
Stats To Get
For Tanking:
1. Stamina, Defense
2. Strength, Agility, Hit, Expertise, Dodge, Parry, Block
3. Intellect
For Healing:
1. Spellpower
2. Intellect, Mana Regen
3. Stamina
For DPS:
1. Strength, Crit
2. Agility, Hit, Expertise, Attack Power
3. Stamina
Gear to Look For

You'll be wearing plate all the time except when you are healing then it's okay to use any armor you get
with good stats. Sometimes you can go down to mail armor if your plate armor slot is bad but it's not
recommended.
Here is some gear to look out for:
Bandit, Bear, Beast, Champion, Eagle, Elder, Hierophant, Invoker, Monkey, Owl, Prophet, Sorcerer,
Tiger
Talent Templates
Most people use the retribution tree to grind for at least the first 30 levels, but the build template I'm
going to give you is for the protection tree. I wouldn't use it till you pick up Judgment of Light at level
30 though. The reason I choose protection for grinding is that you can solo really really hard bosses in
this spec or you can AoE grind (pull multiple mobs at a time) and burn them down. The 1on1 DPS is
not the greatest but it's manageable, your focus should be to pull multiple mobs always.
Rotation Suggestion
Avenger's Shield, (when you have it), Holy Shield (when you have it), Hammer of Righteousness
(when you have it), Consecration, Judgment of Light
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Consecration
Glyph of Hammer of the Righteous
Priest
Strengths
Can heal and resurrect other players

Can DPS
Can mind control
Can significantly buff other players
Weaknesses
Can only wear cloth armor
Low hit points
Requires quick reflexes to play and heal others
Stats To Get
For Healing:
1. Spellpower
2. Intellect, Spirit, Mana Regen, Spell Crit
3. Stamina
For DPS:
1. Spellpower
2. Intellect, Spell Hit, Spell Crit
3. Stamina, Spirit, Mana Regen
Gear to Look For

You will be limited to cloth unfortunately. The good thing is, if you're lower level or farming you won't
really have to change out your healing gear for DPS gear because it will have identical stats besides hit
obviously, but less hit will be needed if you aren't raiding.
Eagle, Elder, Hierophant, Invoker, Physician, Owl, Prophet, Sorcerer
Talent Templates
Shadow is the easiest tree to farm from as a priest. It has the highest damage and good survivability.
Rotation Suggestion
Shadow Word: Pain, Mind Blast, Vampiric Embrace, Vampiric Touch, Mind Flay, Mind Blast
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Shadow
Glyph of Shadow Word: Pain
Mage
Strengths
Powerful AOE abilities

Long range damaging abilities
Ability to escape enemies
Can port self and other players
Weaknesses
Can only wear cloth armor
Almost no melee capabilities
No healing
Stats To Get
1. Spellpower
2. Spell Crit, Hit, Intellect
3. Spirit, Mana Regen, Stamina
Gear to Look For

You will be wearing only cloth and since you only have one role as damage, your gear will not vary
except if you need hit to hit higher level mobs.
Here's some gear you can look for:
Eagle, Elder, Hierophant, Invoker, Prophet, Sorcerer, Owl
Talent Templates
The frost tree is the best talent tree to play in for leveling, grinding, and surviving. There are a ton of
escape and damage mitigation talents and you can slow the run speed of enemies.
Rotation Suggestion
Frost Nova, Blink, Blizzard Repeat for AoE'ing
or Frostbolt a mob down while kiting it or freezing it in place
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Iceblock
Glyph of Frost Nova
Rogue
Strengths
Can stealth
Can add poisons to weapons
Very high melee damage
Can escape most battles and circumstances
Has the ability to pick lock and pick pocket
Weaknesses
Can only wear cloth and leather armor
Can't buff other classes
Can't heal
Limited ranged abilities
Stats To Get
1. Agility
2. Hit, Attack Power, Expertise
3. Crit, Stamina
Gear to Look For

Bandit, Monkey
Talent Templates
What rogue builds are best for anything is a highly controversial topic. I'm not going to tell you that
combat swords is the best farming build, what I am going to tell you is it's what I use to farm, I like it
the best because it seems to have good survivability and allows for you to fight an enemy toe to toe
easier.
Rotation Suggestion
Sinister Strike till full on combo points, then either Slice and Dice if the mob has enough health left or
just Eviscerate. You can also get a head start on combo points by Cheap Shotting out of stealth.
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Eviscerate
Glyph of Sinister Strike
Shaman
Strengths
Can heal
Can melee or caster DPS
Can shapeshift into ghost wolf for faster run speed
Can walk on water
Has Ancestral Recall (second hearthstone basically)
Buffs players via totems
Weaknesses
Can only wear up to mail armor
Totems are easy to destroy
Stats To Get
For Healing:
1. Spellpower
2. Mana Regen, Intellect
3. Stamina, Spirit, Crit
For Caster DPS:
1. Spellpower
2. Crit, Spell Hit
3. Intellect, Stamina, Mana Regen

For Melee DPS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Agility, Hit
Expertise, Intellect
Stamina, Crit
Spellpower (part of melee DPS will be magic attacks)
Gear to Look For

Bandit, Eagle, Elder, Falcon, Hunt, Hierophant, Invoker, Monkey, Owl, Physician, Prophet, Sorcerer
Talent Templates
The talent tree I've chosen as best for grinding is enhancement. You can do it in elemental if you want
but I seem to have problems surviving when fighting multiple mobs there or I run out of mana and
there's down time. With enhancement you have all kinds of tools that are at your disposal to help with
multiple mobs, like ghost wolves, and there's not much down time with Shamanistic Rage.
Rotation Suggestion
Stormstrike, Flame Shock, Lava Lash, Maelstrom Proc or Auto Attack then repeat (don't forget to
imbue your weapons with Windfury and Flametongue)
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Lavalash
Glyph of Lightning Shield
Warlock
Strengths
Can summon pets to help fight

Creates health stones and soulstones
Can summon other players by summoning a summoning stone
Can heal itself by draining the health of enemies
Capable of causing high amounts of AoE and single target damage
Weaknesses
Can only wear cloth
Cannot melee well
Certain spells require the use of soulshards
Stats To Get
1.
2.
3.
4.
Spellpower
Crit, Spell Hit
Intellect, Stamina
Spirit
Gear to Look For

Since you will be wearing only cloth and you'll only be casting you will be using caster type gear.
Eagle, Elder, Hierophant, Invoker, Owl, Physician, Prophet, Sorcerer
Talent Templates
Most people feel comfortable stacking points into demonology so they can buff their pets like hunters
do. While that is a viable option for grinding, the most fun and efficient way to farm mobs is through
the affliction tree.
Rotation Suggestion
Shadow Bolt, Haunt, Corruption, Unstable Affliction, Curse of Agony, Shadow Bolts until you have to
renew DoTs
Use Lifetap to keep mana full

Use Drain Soul on mobs with low health instead of Shadow Bolt
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Haunt
Glyph of Corruption
Warrior
Strengths
Have higher HP base than some of the other tanks

Can tank with shield
Can wear plate
Can use all weapons except wands
Can tank or DPS
Weaknesses
Can't heal
Very limited ranged abilities
Limited party buffs
More activity required to control threat than some other tanks
Stats To Get
For Tanking:
1. Defense, Stamina
2. Expertise, Hit, Dodge, Parry
3. Agility, Strength
For DPS:
1. Strength, Hit
2. Expertise, Crit, Agility, Attack Power
3. Stamina
Gear to Look For

Bandit, Bear, Beast, Champion, Monkey, Soldier, Tiger
Talent Templates
You can farm effectively in any of the three trees, however, if you do protection it is slow in the
beginning levels, but protection is king for soloing bosses, hard mobs, or even AoE grinding at the
higher levels. But for farming only purposes, I have selected fury.
Rotation Suggestion
Blood Thirst, Whirlwind
If Bloodsurge procs make sure to throw in your instant Slam. Use Heroic Strike or Cleave for rage
dump depending on what you are fighting.
Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Whirlwind
Glyph of Bloodthirst
Resources
Below I've placed some resources that I have found to be very helpful when playing my characters. I
encourage you to check them out.
Resource
Leveling & Class Guide
PvP Guide
Profession Guide
Description
Both Horde and Alliance 1-80
Leveling Addon included to point you in
the right direction at all times
Talent Guide with Leveling Talent Builds
for Every Class
Talent and Gear Guides for Every Class
Developed by a 2200+ Rated Arena Player
Includes PvP Macro Guide
Includes PvP Video Tutorials
Detailed instructions on how to fight every
class from any of your characters
Includes recommended PvP Talent Specs
Fastest and Cheapest Routes to Level

Step by Step Instructions
Both Horde and Alliance

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Table of Contents

agility, stamina, attack power

strength, agility, stamina

strength, stamina, defense

stamina, intellect, mana regen

agility, intellect, attack power

stamina, spirit, spellpower

intellect, spellpower, crit

stamina, intellect, spellpower

intellect, spirit, spellpower

strength, stamina, crit

stamina, intellect, spellpower

Can wear any armor

Gear to Look For

Major Glyphs to Get

Can heal, tank, or DPS

Gear to Look For

Major Glyphs to Get

Can tame pets

Can only wear cloth, leather, and mail armor

Gear to Look For

Major Glyphs to Get

Can wear plate armor

Gear to Look For

Major Glyphs to Get

Can heal and resurrect other players

Gear to Look For

Major Glyphs to Get

Powerful AOE abilities

Gear to Look For

or Frostbolt a mob down while kiting it or freezing it in place

Major Glyphs to Get

Limited ranged abilities

Gear to Look For

Major Glyphs to Get

3. Intellect, Stamina, Mana Regen

Gear to Look For

Major Glyphs to Get

Can summon pets to help fight

Gear to Look For

Use Lifetap to keep mana full

Major Glyphs to Get

Have higher HP base than some of the other tanks

More activity required to control threat than some other tanks

Gear to Look For

Major Glyphs to Get

Leveling & Class Guide

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