Easiest class to learn to PvP with?

[Brewski]

I want to play a new PvP class but don't want to take forever learning all the X's and O's, classes with a ton of confusing talents I want to stay clear of. What class can I easily jump into and master? Anything besides a rogue.

[Deleted]

I want to play a new PvP class but don't want to take forever learning all the X's and O's, classes with a ton of confusing talents I want to stay clear of. What class can I easily jump into and master? Anything besides a rogue.

Haha, this will be a very funny troll post!

Frost / Fire Mage
or BM Hunter

[Deleted]

I heard Rogues are pretty easy, Shadow Priests aren't hard either.

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Haha, this will be a very funny troll post!

Frost / Fire Mage
or BM Hunter

Lol you called it.

[Preestuss]

play a dk you wont die

[Deleted]

I heard Rogues are pretty easy, Shadow Priests aren't hard either.

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Lol you called it.

are you kidding ? shadow priest is easy since when ? face a full cataclysmic rogue or dk with a clue then come here and say that Oo

[warpath2k]

You won't be able to jump in and *master* anything without a lot of time and effort.

Frost mages personally are one of the easier classes to start with, join BG's, snare any melee, frost bolt, ice lance and you're not doing much wrong. Obviously this gets harder depending on how competent the other players are.

[Xista]

I would say it's all going to change come MoP, so what you choose now may play different then.

But straight out of the box, mages in general do very well in any situation. Frost usually has many tools (doesn't take much to learn), in order to kite others around. Good survivability and damage. If you choose a frost mage over any other caster, you'll probably have more success at the start since they have a low skill floor.

---------- Post added 2012-04-24 at 06:30 PM ----------

are you kidding ? shadow priest is easy since when ? face a full cataclysmic rogue or dk with a clue then come here and say that Oo

Shadow priests have a relatively easy rotation. Staying alive however is hard for them a lot of situations.

[Deleted]

are you kidding ? shadow priest is easy since when ? face a full cataclysmic rogue or dk with a clue then come here and say that Oo

And the first one bites, but no seriously I may have just met stupid Priests but they never did anything to me. I imagine shadow priests are pretty hard to play. For the OP go with frost mage if you want a no brainer.

[Xista]

And the first one bites, but no seriously I may have just met stupid Priests but they never did anything to me. I imagine shadow priests are pretty hard to play. For the OP go with frost mage if you want a no brainer.

It's mostly because shadow priests don't know when to use their 'pve rotation' , multi dot, or burst. I find a lot of shadow priests in random bgs don't know when to do these at appropriate times, and their overall performance suffers greatly.

[Shiny212]

Death Knight

[Nyaldee]

Frost DK - a real nobrainer, although if you switch to unholy it's a wholle different story.

[Dorfie]

It's mostly because shadow priests don't know when to use their 'pve rotation' , multi dot, or burst. I find a lot of shadow priests in random bgs don't know when to do these at appropriate times, and their overall performance suffers greatly.

Pff figuring out how to do damage is the easy part. Then you've got to land PBAoE fears while probably getting sat on by a rogue, throw off heals and shields if your healing is getting trained and mass dispel CC off your team every 2 seconds.

Seriously though, in high level arena there is no easy class to play (except Moonkin or Warlock in LSD 2). In RBGs I'd go a ranged DPS class that doesn't have a lot of responsibility, a Warlock or Mage. I'm a terrible Lock in arena but I got to 2.4k in RBGs just by dotting stuff.

That said, this thread is going to get your absolutely no where. People will chime in with what they think is easy because they got killed by it in a random BG. Already I see lots of people saying DK, but Unholy is anything but easy to play, and frost is pretty bad in high level arena. Just play what you ENJOY. You will be motivated to get better at the game if you are having fun.

If by "master" you mean get lots of kills in random battle grounds as opposed to getting gladiator, then fuck it BM hunter...

[Nest]

Mage
DK
Ret Paladin

Thread will consist of this anyway:
"X is easy"
"OMG no X isn't easy... I lose to Y all the time"

[Rorke]

Arms Warrior - Warriors don't really have a resource bar anymore. You can practically mash your keyboard and never worry about rage. Warriors have a lot of abilities to use as part of their damage rotation but that doesn't really take skill, just keybind practice. The class is so easy that at high ratings a warrior is as good as his healer. Warriors offer no utility other than "get closer and do damage." And that's all you'll be thinking about. Don't listen to these other warriors on the forums who act like warriors are tough to play.

Frost Death Knight - Very similar to arms warriors except the fact that frost dks have a much smaller toolkit. You literally hit three buttons (Necrotic strike, frost strike, howling blast) as part of your main damage rotation. Frost dks do really well in bgs but aren't the best choice for arena. I personally think frost dks take a little bit more skill than warriors because of the runes and runic bar. You actually have a resource to worry about.

Retribution Paladin - Easy to learn, hard to do well with. However, Ret paladins are much more rewarding than frost dks and warriors if you're looking to master an easy spec.

Templars verdict hits about 25k-30k on 5k resilience targets with Avenging Wrath (Can be dispelled). Word of glory can be OP with selfless healer/last word/Avenging wrath. Retribtion is great for players who make a ton of mistakes and like to have fallbacks. Hammer of wrath is completely superior to execute in every single way. It can't be dodged or parried and has a range. It will crit for 30k on 5k resilience targets. The only problem with ret is its sustained damage.

[kharyll]

I would suggest rolling a healer class if you want to learn pvp. While people will recommend classes that are good in 1v1 or can survive on its own while dealing damage, as a healer you will have the best survivability. In battlegrounds you can create a big impact even in relatively low gear and feel good about PvP rather than frustrated by the fast pace action around you. Just stay away from arena before you gain some experience, because in arenas you will be the primary target.

Almost all of the healer classes have ups and down in PvP, I can't recommend one particular class.

[Beefkow]

Arms Warrior - Warriors don't really have a resource bar anymore. You can practically mash your keyboard and never worry about rage. Warriors have a lot of abilities to use as part of their damage rotation but that doesn't really take skill, just keybind practice. The class is so easy that at high ratings a warrior is as good as his healer. Warriors offer no utility other than "get closer and do damage." And that's all you'll be thinking about. Don't listen to these other warriors on the forums who act like warriors are tough to play.

Frost Death Knight - Very similar to arms warriors except the fact that frost dks have a much smaller toolkit. You literally hit three buttons (Necrotic strike, frost strike, howling blast) as part of your main damage rotation. Frost dks do really well in bgs but aren't the best choice for arena. I personally think frost dks take a little bit more skill than warriors because of the runes and runic bar. You actually have a resource to worry about.

Retribution Paladin - Easy to learn, hard to do well with. However, Ret paladins are much more rewarding than frost dks and warriors if you're looking to master an easy spec.

Templars verdict hits about 25k-30k on 5k resilience targets with Avenging Wrath (Can be dispelled). Word of glory can be OP with selfless healer/last word/Avenging wrath. Retribtion is great for players who make a ton of mistakes and like to have fallbacks. Hammer of wrath is completely superior to execute in every single way. It can't be dodged or parried and has a range. It will crit for 30k on 5k resilience targets. The only problem with ret is its sustained damage.

Hate to disagree, but actually if your gonna play an arms warrior, you gotta have addons/macros/keybinding skills and lots of sweat... (im not exaggerating)

Frost dk is a no skill class period and if you were smart enough, you would spam obliterate on a clothie.

Ret pallys ill agree on you most of the part... but WTF?? 25k-30k HITS??? dang even my warrior couldnt crit for 20k with all of my cds popped (410 wep full cata) and you have to be wise on your cds, you gotta manage your cds correctly or receive terrible consequences.

[Stanton Biston]

I'd say frost dk too. Not a huge number of buttons period, and you can do well in randoms getting the hang of things while still making a meaningful contribution.

[PowerGamez]

Frost Mage, Frost DK

[Skarsguard]

Hunter's make you seem like god in BG's although in arenas you will fell helpless.

[asharia]

Mage

nova/deepfreeze people, then mash icelance on them

thats it

literally

thats it