Mage, easy. OP in BGs as Frost (not arenas) then buff Frostbolt dmg, they get a BL (yes BM hunters get it too with a pet with no other big things going for it) and all 3 specs are viable in PvE and PvP (Hi elemental shaman) no capital city portals (except Org now), come on. There's my reasons.
Feral Druid main so what's up?
Yes seriously, look at reality with a non biased view and tell me in what seasons Warlocks weren't strong.... lolwut?
... seriously?
Hunter/Warrior/Blood DK here!
I easilly agree mages are highly OP. I run 2's once in a while as Frost mage with a Resto Shaman (We're both mostly in greens/blues/few epics now) and got a steady 24 win 4 loss percentage, 1242 rating. I'm not super good at playing a mage, but it's really easy once you pick it up. Then on the warrior I play with a Hunter and even if we're rather well geared, we lose a tad more than we win (Although our score is like 40/60). Mages ARE entirely unfair because of far too many controls of the enemy, way too easy movement, kiting abilities, way too hard hitting burst damage, did I say too much crowd control?.
Honestly, when even an only decent mage like myself with rather crap gear can kick ass on most vicious geared warriors (Which is an awesome class IMO, balanced in general except against mages) - You know something is wrong.
They're just as strong as most other classes.
Let's take Cata for example:
Demonology is rather weak in singletarget but has INSANE Burst (and that's the point) AoE. If he doesn't have metamorphosis (+ Immolation Aura) up Hellfire's rather weak.
Affliction being the strongest warlock spec right now is on same terms with ... let's say mages and hunters, destruction being a little bit behind that.
We're (just as) strong, but far from being OP.
You are strong, which is exactly my point. I didn't say you were OP right now (Close to, any Warlock+Resto Shaman+X setup works), but have been OP in the past (S6 Destro, SL/SL comes to mind). Further more you have been strong almost every season (Think you were weak in S1, but I didn't play back then).They're just as strong as most other classes.
Let's take Cata for example:
Demonology is rather weak in singletarget but has INSANE Burst (and that's the point) AoE. If he doesn't have metamorphosis (+ Immolation Aura) up Hellfire's rather weak.
Affliction being the strongest warlock spec right now is on same terms with ... let's say mages and hunters, destruction being a little bit behind that.
We're (just as) strong, but far from being OP.
Taking this in mind, I don't think it's weird to say Warlocks are Blizzards fav class (I don't believe they really have a fav class, but yeah).
People that voted for druids probably have boomkins in mind, one of the most nerfed specs in this expansion without proper compensation and are still toping meters.
lol.. epic poll results are epic. :P
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Love being a Mage, since vanilla. <3
Failers who voted Mage are conquest point cappers or BG lullerz.
Mage/Hunter, def.
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