Rank the classes on old raid soloability

[deadllbolt]

Seriously rating Rogues like this? I was expecting one person at max to do it but geez seems like everyone(not just in this thread) underestimates the power of Rogues in old raids...
You do realize a Rogue could probably do better than a Warlock,Hunter or a Warrior if played right with correct timing and usage of cooldowns? Now ofcourse a Rogue will not be able to solo stuff like heroic Lich King which DK and Hunter can but they will do pretty damn good! Personally, as a rogue, I have solo'd MOST of the Old Content and I have it on farm every single week for gold,transmog,pets and mounts. Don't believe me? Okay, your problem, go rerroll a rogue and see for yourself.

Yeah, i'm not sure why either. My main is a rogue. I've only had problems with the last fight in SSC and Razorgore. I'm not sure what's up with the razorgore fight, honestly. I did it the first time with 0 problems, and have went up at least 20 ilevels since then, and now i can't solo it anymore. I'm confused. I have to switch to combat instead of assassination to do twin emps & c'thun, but other than that, i have no problems at all.

[Lilly32]

Where would prot pallies rank? I had them pretty low because of their pitiful DPS. I mean if you cant beat enrage timers what good are you? Unless they have enough defense to eat enrages?

[Shadowbane]

I solo'd Omnitron Defence System on my monk as Brewmaster offspec the other day.

iLevel around 380 - 390, not even Brewmaster gear.

[voidspark]

I also find it weird that we'd even care about class limits for this. How many people seriously push themselves and try the cata raid bosses that actually pose a challenge? Bears can stealth through pretty much all trash, and kill most any pre-cata raid boss within a minute without any risk of death. For what most people do, that counts as an excellent spec .

You're confusing extreme soloing with what I call "efficiency soloing" - extreme solo'ers are not as interested in rewards so much as pushing their class to their limits. It's a version of hardcore raiding/challenge modes/etc.

Personally for me, I don't bother soloing anything unless there is a reward (mount/pet), and if I do, it had better be a good use of time (in other words, takes a short amount of time for me to do). That's "efficiency soloing" and you can't really compare it to extreme soloing.

[Lilly32]

You're confusing extreme soloing with what I call "efficiency soloing" - extreme solo'ers are not as interested in rewards so much as pushing their class to their limits. It's a version of hardcore raiding/challenge modes/etc.

Personally for me, I don't bother soloing anything unless there is a reward (mount/pet), and if I do, it had better be a good use of time (in other words, takes a short amount of time for me to do). That's "efficiency soloing" and you can't really compare it to extreme soloing.

Yea since Blizzard thought it would be funny to troll everyone by making raids drop next to no gold now its really only done either for new pets, transmog, or epeen. They definitely arent done as an efficient way to make gold.

[gorocz]

I don't know... I used to like soloing with my Warlock more than my DK, just because he was my main and I had the best feel for the class and its control. Nowadays, when I play monk as a main, I find it enjoyable to solo with him, though not as much as the Warlock. From what I've heard, soloing with Warrior is very nice due to things like Second Wind. Druids and Paladins would probably follow, just because they can both tank and heal.
So my personal feelings on soloing would be:

Warlock
DK
Monk
Warrior
Paladin
Druid
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For Hunters, Priests, Shamans, Mages and Rogues, I can't really tell. I know that Hunters would be somewhere really high on the list, but I lack the personal experience to be specific...

[Thassarian]

I can solo everything I need to solo every week on my Ret; All Vanilla content for pets, all of Naxx 10 pet bosses, Ony for reins, Alysrazor for Flametalon. In terms of clearing useful content, that being non-transmog stuff, Ret is perfectly fine. You won't ever be on the cutting edge of clearing content, but you'll be more than fine when it comes to farming mounts/pets. If you're looking to farm Legendaries I guess you could solo a handful of bosses in Ulduar and ICC, but I think you'd have issues on HC mode big time.

My top 5 list:

Blood DK
Hunter (See below)
Lock (Pets cheese so many mechanics it's just not funny)
Prot Warrior
Brewmaster

Where would prot pallies rank? I had them pretty low because of their pitiful DPS. I mean if you cant beat enrage timers what good are you? Unless they have enough defense to eat enrages?

Outside of soloing ZG's Mandokir, I don't think that Prot Paladins have any standout performances. And even then, soloing Mandokir basically involves cheesing the decapitate mechanic enough times in order for you to kill it and nuking hard after the second decapitate (BoP/Bubble First -> Ardent Defender Second, massive Vengeance spike to nuke -> BoP/Bubble Third). I've seen some Prot Pallies solo much harder fights, but why you would even bother when it's much easier to gear up a DK in blue HC gear and have them outperform you in raid epics when it comes to soloing.

[Dabrix32]

I can solo everything I need to solo every week on my Ret; All Vanilla content for pets, all of Naxx 10 pet bosses, Ony for reins, Alysrazor for Flametalon. In terms of clearing useful content, that being non-transmog stuff, Ret is perfectly fine. You won't ever be on the cutting edge of clearing content, but you'll be more than fine when it comes to farming mounts/pets. If you're looking to farm Legendaries I guess you could solo a handful of bosses in Ulduar and ICC, but I think you'd have issues on HC mode big time.

My top 5 list:

Blood DK
Hunter (See below)
Lock (Pets cheese so many mechanics it's just not funny)
Prot Warrior
Brewmaster



Outside of soloing ZG's Mandokir, I don't think that Prot Paladins have any standout performances. And even then, soloing Mandokir basically involves cheesing the decapitate mechanic enough times in order for you to kill it and nuking hard after the second decapitate (BoP/Bubble First -> Ardent Defender Second, massive Vengeance spike to nuke -> BoP/Bubble Third). I've seen some Prot Pallies solo much harder fights, but why you would even bother when it's much easier to gear up a DK in blue HC gear and have them outperform you in raid epics when it comes to soloing.

Why Prot warriors better than Prot Pally? Arent they pretty much the same. I dont see tham having that much more DPS but then again never played a warrior before.