Skilled at multiple classes?

[Notdev]

I can play Priest (all 3 specs), Resto Druid, Mage (all 3 specs), Ele/Resto Shaman, Prot Paladin, and BM Monk each probably 90%+ optimal. I also mained a warrior for 4+ years so I could probably re-pick that up fairly quickly.

Honestly, all it takes is 20 or so minutes browsing forums/logs/armories, 20 minutes setting up an optimal UI, and an hour or so practicing in LFR. I'm also a raid leader which requires me to know mechanics from the perspective of all roles, so picking up new things in different roles isn't an issue for me.

This is all PvE wise of course. It takes longer to master a class in PvP. I've played my Mage, Priest, and Warrior to 1800+ levels, though I've never been a serious PvPer.

[Vorality]

In terms of PVE, I can generally play every class/spec at a higher level than the avg player, except monk, won't even bother playing one. In terms of PvP, I can play Warrior, DK, Hunter, Frost Mage, Holy Priest and RDruid fairly well. All 1800~; but warrior has been my favorite/best.

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You're contradicting yourself. You first say that you need a few raids to master it. Assuming SoO, a "few" raids would be at least two weeks. Then you quote a guy, saying his post is true, when he says you only need one day at a dummy.

So, basically, if you can play a Rogue at 2400+ rating in all brackets, you can do the same with any other class without any issues, right off the bat?


I mean, I know that the community in this game has declined rapidly and the elitism has grown, but this is just silly.

I'm sure he's talking in terms of PvE. But a 2400+ player should be able to play MANY other classes to around 2k without too much trouble.

[ThrashMetalFtw]

You're contradicting yourself. You first say that you need a few raids to master it. Assuming SoO, a "few" raids would be at least two weeks. Then you quote a guy, saying his post is true, when he says you only need one day at a dummy.

So, basically, if you can play a Rogue at 2400+ rating in all brackets, you can do the same with any other class without any issues, right off the bat?

Read up some guide to get a general idea about char setup. An hour or two at the dummy to practice the rotation until your muscle memory kicks in. At that point you are a better player than 95% of the wow community. And no, going into a raid does not mean two weeks. LFR and Flex works for that purpose aswell, and it doesn't have to be SoO. New raid, old raid, HC or LFR, the tactics might change, but the way you play your character, does not.

The skillcap in this game really isn't that high. Mastering a class is not something that takes years of experience. Could I get top 30 ranks as any class, assuming proper gear? Not very likely. Could I pick a random Dps class/spec, join a top 50 world guild, and get top 200 ranks as any class? Yes absolutely, no doubt whatsoever.

Good Dps comes from understanding of the game and raid mechanics, not years of experience playing a single class. Once you are familiar with your rotation and keybinds, the concept of every Dps is the same: Minimizing downtime and making the most out of your CDs/procs, while performing your rotation.

Yes I am talking about PvE, not PvP.

[Itisamuh]

I've never played a class or spec I wasn't good with. This really isn't a hard game. I think if you're good with one melee you can be good with any melee, and if you're good with one caster you can be good with any caster. I'm sure it's the same with tanks and healers too.

[Bamzy]

I'd claim the exact opposite. If you are really good at one class you tend to be more realistic about really getting your hands down on a new class and won't easily be satisfied by topping the charts in a PuG-raid. You will actually require much more work on a new class to meet the standards that you would call "really good" yourself.
I'm really good at doing the warlock and still each time I swap main spec that comes down to several weeks of getting back into it until I meet my own standards in terms of warlock again. Sure, I can pick up every spec in the game to quickly reach the top in an lfr-raid.. but that's nothing. Being honest, I wouldn't call myself really good on any other spec besides maybe the prot warrior. Although the warrior is always my alt of choice and I can pull decent numbers with its damage specs I'm well aware that it doesn't come close to my level of playing the warlock.

edit: to make that clear: I can easily pull off dps rankings on my warlock, but I could never do that playing arms or fury even if you gave me all the gear.

It is pretty much impossible to be as flawless on your alts as you are on your main*, but like I said, if you are already an advanced player, you should be able to grasp the intricacies of any class within a couple of weeks time if you really set your mind to it.

You're not going to be nerding out about 50 DPS, but good enough to bring to a top world kill, should your main be struggling too much on a particular encounter.

In fact, quite a few of the top guilds require you to be world class not only on all of your main's specs, but also at least one alt / second main. Depends on how the guild is run of course, but generally it doesn't hurt to have an up-to date alt that you are able to play at a high standard.

*There are some exceptions. Few players who are really serious about raiding, and have a secure position in their guilds don't necessarily have a main at all. They play a "role", not a class (Melee, Tank, Healer etc.), and only ever main a class on a tier by tier basis. Players who are truly able to do this and are in a position which allows them to do it, are insanely rare. Will be even rarer come WoD, due to real 10 man progression not existing, which was, IMO where this ability was most advantageous (if the guild preferred to have a tight roster).

Edit: By top world kill I mean like top 60-70, not top 10. It's probably a completely different story going on there.

[Ealyssa]

I can raid on :
shaman 3 specs
Paladin ret/prot
Monk WW/BrM (MW could probably be OK as I played it in PVP and dungeons)
Hunter BM/SV
Destrolock (never got the aff rotation top)
DK blood

I PVPed with DK, Hunter, shaman, paladin and monk. But don't PVP anymore (imo MoP pvp is shit)

Enh shaman is my MoP main (and was from vanilla until end BC). Ret was my main from WoLK until MoP (still playing it in flex/norm PUG).
And I'm really into tanking with all my alts (not liking bear currently so not playing it, and trying to level a warrior on my server)

Having 13 90s (2 shamans, 2 monks, 2 druids, 1 paladin, 1 warrior, 1 hunter, 1 priest, 1DK, 1 warlock, 1 rogue) and way too much $$$ spent on server/faction switch

[Tziva]

Honestly just two nowadays.

I used to raid regularly on four classes and was pretty good on three of them and acceptable on the fourth but the only two classes this expac.

I mean, I'm not amazing or anything but I know what I am doing and can pull my weight.

[resonance7982]

PVE wise
All 3 DK specs
All 3 Warlock specs
All 3 Hunter specs
Resto druid/okay at balance
Assass/combat rogue
Ele shaman

Pvp wise
best at Hunter or Resto druid
Okay on ele shaman, enh shaman, warrior, frost/UH dk, destro/affli lock

[Deviant]

Everything but death knights never been bothered to learn the class honestly.

[Lord Pebbleton]

I can almost get to 1M burst with my hunter.
Then I switch to rogue and press whatever button seems to be the right one...

[Coldhearth]

I feel I can play 4 DPS specs optimally. Anyone claiming can play everything well likely don't actually have any comprehension of what optimization is and play them all at a mediocre level.

Whatever. Keep telling yourself this. This game is so watered down and ridiculously easy for anyone with a brain to comprehend that it's not even funny. Every class/spec plays the same anyway with the same basic mechanics and concepts. Get over yourself.

[Deleted]

I could heal with any class, and frequently changed between healers (main shaman, but raided but holy pally and priest)... but was pretty crap at DPS and terrible at tanking. So I 'd say I was good with multiclasses in one role.

[Deja Thoris]

What qualifies as skilled?

pve wise I have endless 30 on 3 chars in 3 roles. PvP wise I'm really skilled at running away.

[Blufossa]

Just curious how many of you out there are skilled multi class? Me personally Im really good at feral/guardian and hunter, enough that i have 2 ferals and 3 hunters. So me wanting to branch out I gave shaman a try, im decent at resto and mediocre at ele. Ok lets try another class im mediocre at priesting and i havent even tried shadow but im sure im shit at that too. So Im working on a lock and Im pretty sure Im setting myself up to be dissapointed when im not decent at that. That aside do any of you guys out there good at multi class or one of the mes out there that are only good at 2 classes.

I have all classes at 90 (see my sig, my 90 Rogue is Horde though http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...onshark/simple) and I can play all of them well but the casters.

I just can't seem to Mage, Priest, or Warlock properly lately. =/

But my bestist-best classes are Feral Druid, BM Hunter, and WW Monk. <3

[Shahad]

Read up some guide to get a general idea about char setup. An hour or two at the dummy to practice the rotation until your muscle memory kicks in. At that point you are a better player than 95% of the wow community. And no, going into a raid does not mean two weeks. LFR and Flex works for that purpose aswell, and it doesn't have to be SoO. New raid, old raid, HC or LFR, the tactics might change, but the way you play your character, does not.

The skillcap in this game really isn't that high. Mastering a class is not something that takes years of experience. Could I get top 30 ranks as any class, assuming proper gear? Not very likely. Could I pick a random Dps class/spec, join a top 50 world guild, and get top 200 ranks as any class? Yes absolutely, no doubt whatsoever.

Good Dps comes from understanding of the game and raid mechanics, not years of experience playing a single class. Once you are familiar with your rotation and keybinds, the concept of every Dps is the same: Minimizing downtime and making the most out of your CDs/procs, while performing your rotation.

Yes I am talking about PvE, not PvP.

I agree with this. I picked up the Shadow spec for the first time about four months ago, got rank 63 a couple weeks ago. Would have gotten rank 30 but a healer yelled at me for cheesing Twist of Fate on pull

Anyhow, it took me four months to get to that point from playing a healer for years. Now I feel like I could pick up another class/spec and get to that level in a much shorter amount of time.

[Deviant]

Whatever. Keep telling yourself this. This game is so watered down and ridiculously easy for anyone with a brain to comprehend that it's not even funny. Every class/spec plays the same anyway with the same basic mechanics and concepts. Get over yourself.

That is why everyone has a heroic Garrosh kill oh wait they don't. Everyone is 2200/gladiator as well oh wait they aren't. No, every class plays differently otherwise they would all be viable and none of them would be sat in pve. He is right "skilled" can mean a lot of different things because "opinions". The topic creator never listed a requirement or described a skillful level of play. The only class I am skilled at is priest played at 2.6k on him. I can get every other class to at least 2kissh mmr without much effort tho.

[Vyrd]

warlock
feral/guardian
dk
warrior
everyone is good at hunter lol

paladin was my old main during tbc
played shaman for half of wrath

[Cinnamohn]

I can play everything. :\

[prwraith]

surv hunter / bm hunter
demo lock / destro lock
holy pal / ret pal
blood dk / frost dk

[Dracodraco]

4x Characters at 14/14 heroic.
Hunter
Disc priest
Blood DK
Ele shaman

Resto druid at 8/14 heroic.
Warlock at 8/14 heroic (pugs both, whatcha gonna do ).

Ranked top 10 on my hunter and priest regularly, ranked top 100 with DK regularly, and when my shaman catches up in gear, I hope to make it part of the "top end" pack (already doing decent dmg for 573 ilvl, but can't rank vs 585 ilvl shamans - apart from a #39 on protectors cos pressing CL is apparantly hard).

Druid was fairly well ranked during Firelands (main alt), and warlock is a new project.