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Advanced Melee DPS Guide: Classic WoW Edition
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Hello and welcome to the Melee DPS guide for Classic World of Warcraft: I'm going to be telling you a little about what you can expect as a melee dps, and then tell you a little about each of the classes, let us begin:
About the Author
Krug
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Introduction:
In the world of Classic World of Warcraft, melee dps are the kings of the game. It's not uncommon for a raid to be comprised of 22 warriors (especially on horde side), so I'm writing this introduction with a bit of a disclaimer: while there are several classes that can technically deal damage in melee range of an enemy, only rogues and warriors will be brought to a competitive raid. Because of this, this guide will be broken down into simply Rogue and Warrior.
Rogue
Best Races for Rogue:
PVE:
Human
- For the Alliance faction you can't get any better than human because of
and
. This is by far the best race for PVE.
PVP:
Dwarf
- What is probably my favorite Alliance race also comes with one of the more versatile (and thus one of the more powerful) racials in the form of
石像形态
; notable uses of this include dispelling other rogue's poisons (including an active
致盲
), dispelling bleeds from a warrior or rogue, and also just simply increasing armor by 10%.
Gnome
- As a rule of thumb, I think any race that has an activated ability is worth considering and gnome is no exception.
逃命专家
is another very versatile ability and gives you game vs any class that relies on speed control as a win condition in PVP (mage, hunter, etc.). It's also worth noting that this works against any immobilization effects, and with Engineering being so popular you can count on almost everyone having
侏儒撒网器
.
PVE:
Orc
- I would consider Orc the Horde counterpart of Human since they get
(Rogues can't use axes) but, they also get
血性狂怒
on top of the extra weapon expertise. When you factor in
坚韧
making Orc one of the best PVP races as well, you can't really go wrong with picking an Orc as a melee DPS. If you are a first time classic player and you are playing Horde, I would recommend Orc because it's the safest best.
Troll
- While Orc is clearly the master race of the Horde side, I absolutely love Trolls, it's worth noting that they are uniquely placed as the only Race that seems designed purely for PVE. While not as straightforward as Orc,
狂暴
is an incredibly powerful racial in its own right; so if you're against playing Orc, or simply want to go against the norm, Troll is a perfectly good choice as well.
PVP:
Undead
- Besides Orc (which is also arguably the best PVP race) you have the classic Undead Rogue, which if you weren't aware was one of the most popular race/class combos back in original Vanilla World of Warcraft.
被遗忘者的意志
is another one of the versatile activate racials that I mentioned previously in the guide talking about gnome/dwarf. Most notably Undead gives you a lot of game against warlocks.
Rogue Resources:
Energy:
Rogues have a base 100 energy that returns to them in chunks of 20 amounts (referred to as "energy ticks"), your abilities require you to spend energy to cast them.
Combo Points:
some of your abilities generate combo points (referred to as "generators"), they cost energy and apply a combo point to your enemy, you may have a maximum of 5 combo points on an enemy. When you changed targets you lose all of your combo points. You can spend your combo points on a powerful ability (referred to as a "finisher"), this moves power depends on the number of combo points on your enemy.
Key Abilities for Rogue:
: Rogues have two main builds for PVE (Swords or Daggers), and if you're playing sword spec you will be using Sinister Strike as your combo point generator.
: If you're playing Dagger spec, this will be your main generator.
: This finishing move is your highest priority, keeping up Slice and Dice is going to be your biggest damage increase.
: This finishing move is your second priority, you will spend your combo points on Eviscerate for extra damage as long as it doesn't cost you losing uptime on Slice and Dice.
: One rogue in the raid will spec into improved expose armor and maintain this on bosses.
Rogue Consumables:
菊花茶
: This rogue-only consumable is very useful in both PVE and PVP, it's often used in pvp to set up large amounts of burst damage. It shares a cooldown with
特效治疗石
and
鞭根块茎
most notably.
龙息红椒
: Chance on hit to deal bonus fire damage, this food is excellent on rogues because of
.
献祭之油
: I would recommend that everyone in the raid carry at least a few of these on them, they are a free source of damage that every class can use to bring a little extra damage to the raid.
Rogue Stat Priority:
Hit
is your best stat, most of your damage will be comprised of auto attacks.
Agility
is your primary stat that provides attack power, dodge, and crit.
Critical Strike
is one of your better stats.
Strength
gives attack power at a 1 to 1 ratio
Rogue Class Guide
You can find more information on rotation and abilities, talents and builds, suggested addons, PvP and more in our
Rogue Class Guide
.
Warrior
It's worth mentioning that Warrior is without a doubt the best class in the game in Classic and you will see upwards of 20 dps warriors in a raid. If you had to rank the classes in a tier system, Warrior would be above the rest in a tier of its own.
Best Races for Warrior:
PVE:
Human
- For the Alliance faction you can't get any better than human because of
and
. This is by far the best race for PVE.
PVP:
Dwarf
- What is probably my favorite Alliance race also comes with one of the more versatile (and thus one of the more powerful) racials in the form of
石像形态
; notable uses of this include dispelling rogue's poisons (including an active
致盲
), dispelling bleeds from a warrior or rogue, and also just simply increasing armor by 10%.
Gnome
- As a rule of thumb, I think any race that has an activated ability is worth considering and gnome is no exception.
逃命专家
is another very versatile ability and gives you game vs any class that relies on speed control as a win condition in PVP (mage, hunter, etc.). It's also worth noting that this works against any immobilization effects, and with Engineering being so popular you can count on almost everyone having
侏儒撒网器
.
PVE:
Orc
- I would consider Orc the Horde counterpart of Human since they get
but, they also get
血性狂怒
on top of the extra weapon expertise. When you factor in
坚韧
making Orc one of the best PVP races as well, you can't really go wrong with picking an Orc as a melee DPS. If you are a first time classic player and you are playing Horde, I would recommend Orc because it's the safest best.
Troll
- While Orc is clearly the master race of the Horde side, I absolutely love Trolls, it's worth noting that they are uniquely placed as the only Race that seems designed purely for PVE. While not as straightforward as Orc,
is an incredibly powerful racial in its own right; so if you're against playing Orc, or simply want to go against the norm, Troll is a perfectly good choice as well.
PVP:
Undead
- Besides Orc (which is also arguably the best PVP race) you have the option of Undead, which if you weren't aware was actually a pretty common race/class combo back in original Vanilla World of Warcraft.
被遗忘者的意志
is another one of the versatile activate racials that I mentioned previously in the guide talking about gnome/dwarf. Most notably Undead gives you a lot of game against warlocks.
Tauren
- I'm including Tauren in the PVP section of this guide simply because I view it as a beefy (pun intended) race choice for a Warrior.
战争践踏
is another racial that you have to activate to use and thus have full control over, if I were to play devil's advocate: it's worth noting that the Orc racial is pure RNG (25% stun resist is quite high) but I know a lot of people opt to just play Undead or Tauren to have full control of their racial.
Warrior Resources:
Rage:
Warriors generate rage mostly from auto attacks and spend rage on their abilities. You can have up to 100 rage.
Key Abilities for Warrior:
: You will usually be at least 31 points in the fury tree for your talents, you should use bloodthrist on cooldown, unless your target is in execute range.
旋风斩
: Second to Bloodthirst (and third to execute), this is another ability you will want to use on cooldown outside of execute phase.
: Probably one of the most iconic abilities for a dps class in vanilla, Execute does incredible damage to targets at low life and in my opinion it defines the class and is what sets it a tier above the rest.
: Heroic strike is an off-global ability that increases the damage of your next main-hand auto attack and completely defined the class up until it's removal in WoD. This is the ability that you are going to use to "manage" your rage: you will use this ability when you are high on rage and in danger of capping, and avoid this ability when low on rage.
: This might seem like an odd ability to include in a melee dps guide but, in Classic you don't have access to a ton of filler abilities and while your main skills are on cooldown, you can fill empty globals with Hamstring. On Horde side this is especially important because hamstring will give you a chance to proc
.
Warrior Consumables:
强效怒气药水
: Similar to thistle tea, this is a class-only consumable for Warrior that is one of the only consumables in the game that actually provides a dps increase. As you can imagine lining this up with execute phase or one of your cooldowns can be incredibly powerful.
有限无敌药水
: paired with
挑战怒吼
allows any Warrior to tank any number of mobs. This is an incredibly powerful combo that can salvage an awkward pull in a dungeon, or that can be coordinated to be used in a raid for certain trash packs.
献祭之油
: As I've stated in other guides and previously in this one, I would recommend that every class / spec should carry this item around as it is a free source of damage to boost the raid's overall dps.
Fury Warrior DPS Guide
You can find more information on rotation and abilities, talents and builds, suggested addons, PvP and more in our
Fury Warrior DPS Guide
.
Professions For Melee Dps
By now I think it's pretty common knowledge that you should have engineering on any character that you are bringing to a serious raid environment, it's the only profession that actually increases your damage directly giving you access to extra consumables and items.
Engineering
地精工兵炸药
: This is typically a required consumable by every member of the raid, this allows you to deal a large amount of AOE damage on specific pulls. It is worth noting that this is something you should be able to plan ahead in regards to when to use it during a raid (bigger pulls that require aoe damage).
致密炸弹
: Similar to Goblin Sapper Charge, this gives you a good way to deal aoe damage. It's worth noting that these are much cheaper than any other high level explosive and are very affordable to spam.
奥金机械幼龙
: Another item that can be used by anyone to increase raid dps, this item in particular is usually synchronized with other engineers in the raid, you can probably imagine what might happen if 40 engineers summoned a mechanical dragon at the same time.
安全传送器:加基森
and
空间撕裂器 - 永望镇
: Without the modern day portal hubs to help players travel around the world, Engineering allows you to pick up one of these two trinkets (depending on your specialization), these trinkets can be quite convenient when contesting world bosses, gathering world bosses, or simply getting to the raid faster.
Honorable Mentions
I'd probably be doing some sort of social injustice by not speaking a little bit about each of the "meme" specs as they are known. These dps specs aren't very viable but, if you aren't worried about viability you can attempt to make them work.
Enhancement Shaman: The issue with Shaman as a melee dps is the lack of sustained damage, you're relying completely on your ability to proc extra auto attacks via
, without a reliable source of damage you are setting yourself up for failure. While you might argue that Enhance is a good option to wield the raid's
夜幕
, you could easily just let one of the resto shamans do this. You can find more information on rotation and abilities, talents and builds, suggested addons, PvP and more in our
Enhancement Shaman Guide
.
Retribution Paladin: Similar to their horde counterparts, Paladins don't really have access to sustained damage, you are entirely reliant on auto attacks and
procs. I think in addition to the issue of sustained damage, ret paladin takes a lot of raid investment and costs your raid much more than it gains from bringing this spec. You can find more information on rotation and abilities, talents and builds, suggested addons, PvP and more in our
Retribution Paladin Guide
.
Feral Druid: If I had to bring one of these "honorable mentions" to a raid, I'd definitely choose the Feral druid: you could easily drop a resto druid and bring a feral for
, you'd also gain access to
which I'm sure some melee dps would absolutely love to have in their party. Feral Druids actually have abilities that allow them to do sustained damage beyond auto attacks but, you ultimately will never be able to compete with a rogue / warrior of an equal gear level. You can find more information on rotation and abilities, talents and builds, suggested addons, PvP and more in our
Feral Druid DPS Guide
.
Conclusions
Rogue and Warrior are really the only two melee dps if you're talking about a competitive Classic raid environment, their plethora of abilities and access to dps cooldowns allow them to actually simulate what would be most familiar to someone coming from a later version of World of Warcraft.
When it comes to picking a race to play, the min/max options are probably Human and Orc respectively, at the end of the day there isn't a huge difference between the races and you should play whatever you believe you will enjoy most (I personally will be a troll).
Engineering is a MUST if you are attempting to take PVE seriously in Season of Mastery, explosives give you access to an extra source of damage that someone who didn't opt for engineering would miss out on, you also gain access to a variety of trinkets and devices useful for improving quality of life in Classic WoW.
Thank you so much for reading this guide and I hope it was informational. Until next time,
-Krug.
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评论
评论来自
Auryqiss
"Upwards of 20" warriors in a raid.
I find that hilarious, my vanilla raid guild had me as the only fury warrior for about 90% of our lifetime.
The general player base of classic wow (especially on horde side) was an unending tide of rogues and mages (almost all of them forsaken, who'd have thought), with all other classes just sprinkled in there in tiny amounts. To the point where being able to get a guild invite (let alone a fixed raid spot and not just one as a backup) as a rogue or mage was extremely difficult for most of them, so maybe it's not the best idea to suggest those classes to new players without warning them of that danger of playing an overpopulated class.
That being said, you might want to give the "honorable mentions" some more love. We ran with an enhancement shaman some of the time (poor guy had to respec really often), and the improved buff totems were quite nice to have in the melee group compared to those that a resto shaman would put down - Nightfall isn't the only thing an enh. shaman is good for.
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Looks good, TheKrugLife! Can't wait to get rolling with my bag o' BREs!
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