best 1v1 class in MOP?

[Berian]

Just wondering what would be the best way to go. Don't care about arenas anymore and RBGs are zzz... I just want to hunt people down in the world and gank them all day long.

I was thinking of:

- mage
- rogue
- BM hunter
- warrior
- holy paladin

[Mithgroth]

Rogue has always been and will be the best 1v1 class ever.

[Archeye]

Rogue has always been and will be the best 1v1 class ever.

Really? Because I've been able to beat rogues 1v1 with my hunter and ret pally for quite some time now.

On Topic: If you're looking to gank people, why would you go with a healer? The damage holy paladins had at the 5.0.4 release is no where near where they will be at come level 90.

[Deleted]

I was gonna say mage but as mage you will never beat a hunter who has some manner of functional brain. So I would say BM hunter.

And yeah, ganking as a holy pala is just going full-retard. Lameness level is off the scale.

[Lassira]

spriest
mage
ret
maybe bm hunter

[Arrowset]

Right now any hybrid should beat any bm hunter. I watched a sub-1500 ret pally beat the best hunter on my server in a duel.

But a bm hunter should destroy a mage.

[Lassira]

Right now any hybrid should beat any bm hunter. I watched a sub-1500 ret pally beat the best hunter on my server in a duel.

But a bm hunter should destroy a mage.

BM hunter should destroy both shaman specs and a balance druid
spriest can just power heal through the damage though

[Deleted]

It is, and will continue to be Rogue.
And yes, hunters have an easy time against them due to class mechancs such as flare, pet and traps, but 1 matchup does not counter balance 10others. They way the rogue class works allows it to lock down any single target and nullify its dmg, which is fine in arena with other players back up, but alone it stands strong. At the very least, a rogue can force a stalemate 9/10 with vanish spamm.
Even after recent nerfs to them, the class is designed around PVP play, while so many others have it glued on (Or so it seems). Even if it doesnt win everything, it will remain a content in the top 3 until a major rework.
Close behind (you guessed it) Frost mages. Blizzards fanboy-ism with mages never ceases to amaze me tbh, when was Mage not among the top for PVP or PVE on a competative level.?

[Mithgroth]

Really? Because I've been able to beat rogues 1v1 with my hunter and ret pally for quite some time now.

Just because you can beat some rogues, does not make your point valid.
World PvP wise, a rogue can always choose his fights, and run away successfully if he is going to lose.
They usually get to do the first hit and can catch you off-guard.

Plus, a rogue who blows all his cooldowns offensively, is almost unstoppable.

[Deleted]

Inbe4, WTB a poll

[Deleted]

Right now any hybrid should beat any bm hunter. I watched a sub-1500 ret pally beat the best hunter on my server in a duel.

But a bm hunter should destroy a mage.

That will change massively at 90. Rets win right now because healing is insane across the board and rets just outlast dps-ers without good self heals. It won't be at 90.

[Archeye]

Just because you can beat some rogues, does not make your point valid.
World PvP wise, a rogue can always choose his fights, and run away successfully if he is going to lose.
They usually get to do the first hit and can catch you off-guard.

Plus, a rogue who blows all his cooldowns offensively, is almost unstoppable.

My statement wasn't "some," I've been playing my hunter since Vanilla and have a very high win ratio against rogues. And just as a poster above you stated: it's largely due to the tool set that hunters have that makes them play so well against rogues. Things like flare, traps, pets etc. help out a great deal. All of these tools also work really well for world PvP for hunters especially when you add in the ability to track your targets, having a slow, knockback, stun and / or silence + scatter shot and all of these abilities can be used twice now that Readiness is baseline. Camoflauge is now also an effective stealth or vanish when used with Feign Death, making hunters great for world PvP. It's one thing to stealth up on someone and smack em in melee, it's entirely different to stealth and open up at a range.

That will change massively at 90. Rets win right now because healing is insane across the board and rets just outlast dps-ers without good self heals. It won't be at 90.

Not sure if you played much beta, but Ret was doing fairly well in PvP even without the use of self-healing. A well played ret pally can still do very well in pvp.

[Deleted]

Currently it is Shadow priests - don't know how it will end up in MoP. Quite frankly no one knows before the masses of players start playing at max level.

[Xenro]

If you seriously can't beat a rogue right now at 1v1, you have L2play issues. At 90, I don't I don't expect anything to be different, judging by the beta.

[Rorke]

That will change massively at 90. Rets win right now because healing is insane across the board and rets just outlast dps-ers without good self heals. It won't be at 90.

I think ret is the best spec against all melee in a 1v1. But when it comes to Ranged, I feel like a well played mage or warlock will make a good ret paladin fall flat.

[Nyaldee]

Just because you can beat some rogues, does not make your point valid.
World PvP wise, a rogue can always choose his fights, and run away successfully if he is going to lose.
They usually get to do the first hit and can catch you off-guard.

Plus, a rogue who blows all his cooldowns offensively, is almost unstoppable.

This, as a rogue you might not be able to win a fight, but if you're at least semi-decent with class you aren't going to loose any becouse of the ability to completly reset it even if you're getting jumped on.

[Deleted]

destro locks /sarcasm

[Dispirit]

Rogue has always been and will be the best 1v1 class ever.

rogue is by far the worst melee class for pvp in MoP.

[Kraniel]

(new member - first post!)

my vote is BM Hunter. i play ret, so maybe i'd stand a better chance as a different class.

[Deleted]

Frost mages are generally very strong in 1v1, and they are doing very well in a duel against basically everything except a bm hunter. Rogues might be a bit tricky, but as rogues aren't in a very good state right now they should be easy for mages.