WotLK Classic Raid Composition Guide for 25 Man Raids

By Passion Updated: 2023/01/11

Gift of the WildDemonic PactAbomination's MightWowhead's Raid Composition ToolClass Buffs and Benefits in WotLK RaidsWarriorSunder ArmorCommanding Shout

Battle Shout and Commanding Shout are raid-wide buffs available to all Warriors, lasting 2-minutes and giving everyone within 30-yards a bonus to Attack Power and Health respectively. These are both buffed by the talent Commanding Presence from the Fury tree.
Battle Shout is shared with Blessing of Might and they both give the same amount of Attack Power.
Commanding Shout is shared with Blood Pact, giving drastically more health and not requiring a specific Warlock pet to get.

Sunder Armor reduces the targets armor by 4%, stacking up to 5 times for a total of 20% and is available to all Warriors, but generally both Arms and Fury Warriors will want to avoid spending Rage and global cooldowns casting Sunder Armor. The armor reduction debuff is also provided by both Rogues and Beast Mastery Hunters with Worm's. While Worm's are generally not something you'll see in raids, Rogues are. Even so, this debuff is best applied by Warriors no matter what spec, losing less than a Rogue would and multiple Warriors can contribute to reaching 5 stacks faster.

Demoralizing Shout reduces the Melee Attack Power of all enemies within 10-yards for 30 seconds, shared with Demoralizing Roar from Feral Druids, Vindication from Paladins and Curse of Weakness from Warlocks. When talented, all of these spells reduce Melee Attack Power by the same amount, but Curse of Weakness requires one cast per enemy and Vindication can only hit a maximum of 4 targets at once, Demoralizing Shout and Demoralizing Roar will be the best way to apply this to very large packs of enemies.

Devastate is one of the main attacks used by Protection Warriors and applies a stack of Sunder Armor with each hit, easily and passively applying the 5 stacks you need for the maximum effect.

Thunder Clap together with Improved Thunder Clap reduces enemies attack speed by 20%, shared with Icy Touch and Improved Icy Touch, Infected Wounds and Judgements of the Just. Thunder Clap is already a base part of a Protection Warriors rotation, as well as being an instant area-of-effect version, making it easily the best way to apply this debuff.

Blood Frenzy increases all physical damage a target takes and is applied passively by Arms Warriors as long as Rend or Deep Wounds is active, which they should always be. Unfortunately, this is shared with Combat Rogues Savage Combat, having the same effect as well as being applied equally passively.

Trauma increases the Bleed damage a target takes and is also applied passively everytime an Arms Warrior crits. This debuff lasts for 1-minute meaning after the first application it will always be reapplied before it falls off again. This debuff is also applied by Feral Druids as a part of their basic rotation, with Mangle (Bear) and Mangle (Cat) both applying the same effect.

Rampage passively increases the ranged and melee critical hit chance of everyone within 100-yards of the Fury Warrior. This is only shared with Leader of the Pack from Feral Druids. Both buffs are provided passively, with neither being better than the other. Unfortunately for Warriors most Raids will likely bring at least one Feral Druid, so this is unlikely to be needed.

PaladinDivine Guardian

Greater Blessing of Might, Greater Blessing of Wisdom, and Greater Blessing of Kings are provided by any Paladin, giving a 30-minute buff to all players of the targeted class. These are very useful in that if you are limited on how many Paladins your raid has, you can pick and choose what buff to give each class based on their needs and wants.

Blessing of Might an Attack Power buff shared with Warriors Battle Shout and when untalented or combined with their respective talents, Improved Blessing of Might and Commanding Presence, they give the same amount of Attack Power.

Blessing of Wisdom is a Mana Regeneration buff shared with Shamans Mana Spring Totem and when untalented or combined with their respective talents, Improved Blessing of Wisdom and Restorative Totems, they give the same amount of Mana Per 5.

Blessing of Kings increases all primary stats by 10% and is a buff unique to Paladins. This is a fantastic buff and incredibly useful for every class and spec.

Devotion Aura, Retribution Aura, Concentration Aura Fire Resistance Aura, Frost Resistance Aura, and Shadow Resistance Aura are Auras provided by any Paladin, giving mostly unique but situational buffs passively to raid members within 40-yards of the caster.

Devotion Aura is a raid-wide Armor buff, not shared with any classes. Retribution/Protection Paladins will generally keep this active as their first choice of Aura. Protection Paladins can also spec into Improved Devotion Aura, increasing the Armor provided as well as giving a bonus to healing received, shared with Tree of Life from Restoration Druids

Retribution Aura deals damage to anyone attacking a buffed player, similar to Thorns but stacking with each other. This will generally be the second choice Aura for Retribution Paladins.

Concentration Aura reduces the pushback when taking damage while casting. This stacks with pushback protection talents like Improved Shadowform and Eye of the Storm and Holy Paladins can grab Improved Concentration Aura to further improve this effect, as well as reducing the duration of silences and interrupts for their party.

Fire Resistance Aura, Frost Resistance Aura, Shadow Resistance Aura are all very niche, situational Auras that will see very little use in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. Some boss fights, like Sapphiron make it worth using a Resistance Aura, but these fights are few and far between. Fire Resistance Aura and Frost Resistance Aura do not stack with the Shaman totems Fire Resistance Totem and Frost Resistance Totem respectively.

Judgement of Wisdom and Judgement of Light are debuffs unique to Paladins, restoring either Mana or Health to players attacking the debuffed target. These effects stack with all other Mana or Health restoring effects and because of this are incredibly valuable in any raid. Judgement of Wisdom is especially needed by many classes in the game to sustain their Mana on longer fights.

Hand of Protection makes a raid member temporarily immune to Physical damage, giving them a get out of jail free card for a lot of bad situations.

Blessing of Sanctuary/Greater Blessing of Sanctuary is a talented buff, reducing damage taken by 3%, increasing Strength and Stamina by 10%, and restoring Mana whenever the target blocks, parries or dodges a melee attack. The damage reduction doesn't stack with Vigilance or Renewed Hope, while the Strength and Stamina increases don't stack with Blessing of Kings. This is primarily a buff for Protection Paladins to keep their Mana high while tanking.

Judgements of the Just reduces enemies attack speed by 20% when hit by a Judgement spell. This is passively applied by Protection Paladins on a single target just by doing their rotation, but is very difficult to maintain on multiple targets. This is shared with Thunder Clap with Improved Thunder Clap, Icy Touch with Improved Icy Touch, and Infected Wounds. Thunder Clap is already a base part of a Protection Warriors rotation, as well as being an instant area-of-effect version, making it easily the best way to apply this debuff to multiple targets.

Divine Sacrifice and Divine Guardian allow a Paladin to redirect 30% of the raids damage to themselves and reduces the damage taken by the raid by 20% for 6 seconds. This is one of the best raid-wide defensive cooldowns in WotLK and can be a life saver.

Sanctified Retribution increases the damage caused by anyone affected by a Retribution Paladins Auras. This buff is shared with Ferocious Inspiration from Beast Mastery Hunters and Arcane Empowerment from Arcane Mages. Beast Mastery Hunters are very rare in WotLK raiding, and Mages may want to stop playing Arcane in later Phases, making Sanctified Retribution one of the best ways to apply this buff.

Swift Retribution increases the Haste of anyone affected by a Retribution Paladins Auras. This buff is shared with Improved Moonkin Form from Balance Druids, with neither being better or easier than the other.

Heart of the Crusader increases the raids critical chance against targets hit by a Retribution Paladins Judgement spells. This buff is shared with Assassination Rogues Master Poisoner and Elemental Shamans Totem of Wrath. Retribution Paladins are one of the worst classes to apply this buff, as Master Poisoner can easily be on multiple targets at once using Fan of Knives, and Totem of Wrath is a raid-buff instead of a target debuff.

Vindication reduces the Melee Attack Power of all enemies hit by a Retribution Paladins damaging attacks. This does not include spells like Consecration, limiting its AoE potential to 4-targets using Divine Storm. This debuff is shared with Demoralizing Roar from Feral Druids,Demoralizing Shout from Warriors and Curse of Weakness from Warlocks. When talented, all of these spells reduce Melee Attack Power by the same amount, but Curse of Weakness requires one cast per enemy and Vindication can only hit a maximum of 4 targets at once, Demoralizing Shout and Demoralizing Roar will be the best way to apply this to very large packs of enemies.

Judgements of the Wise applies the highly coveted Replenishment to 10 raid-members whenever a Retribution Paladin uses a Judgement spell. This is shared with Hunting Party from Survival Hunters, Enduring Winter from Frost Mages, Vampiric Touch from Shadow Priests, and Improved Soul Leech from Destruction Warlocks. Even though Replenishment doesn't stack on the same target, you want multiple classes that can apply this to make sure it has the highest uptime you can get on as many players as possible, and Retribution Paladins are one of the better classes to apply this.

Hunter

Scorpid Sting reduces an enemies chance to hit with melee and ranged attacks. This debuff is shared with Insect Swarm from Balance Druids. Generally this debuff is rarely needed in raids, but Balance Druids will generally be applying it with their rotation by default anyway, so Scorpid Sting will rarely ever be used.

Misdirection allows a Hunter to redirect their threat to a target for 4 seconds. This can be used to pull a target from far away and have it run directly to a tank, or to give a tank a much needed threat increase on pull. This is incredibly useful and has a lot of odd niches.

Sting is an Armor reduction debuff applied by a Wasp pet. This debuff is shared with Curse of Weakness from Warlocks and Faerie Fire from Druids. Faerie Fire will generally be kept up by a Balance Druid for Improved Faerie Fire, meaning it is very rarely useful to bring a Wasp instead of any other pet.

Hunting Party applies the highly coveted Replenishment to 10 raid-members whenever a Survival Hunter crits with Arcane Shot, Explosive Shot, or Steady Shot. This is shared with Judgements of the Wise from Retribution Paladins, Enduring Winter from Frost Mages, Vampiric Touch from Shadow Priests, and Improved Soul Leech from Destruction Warlocks. Even though Replenishment doesn't stack on the same target, you want multiple classes that can apply this to make sure it has the highest uptime you can get on as many players as possible, and Survival Hunters are one of the better classes to apply this.

Trueshot Aura increases the Attack Power of all raid members within 100-yards. This is shared with Abomination's Might from Blood Death Knights and Unleashed Rage from Enhancement Shamans, with all three being effectively identical.

Ferocious Inspiration increases the damage caused by everyone in the raid. This buff is shared with Sanctified Retribution from Retribution Paladins and Arcane Empowerment from Arcane Mages. Beast Mastery Hunters are very rare in WotLK raiding, making the other two versions the more common ones.

Acid Spit is an armor reduction debuff, applied by Worm pets and is shared with Expose Armor and Sunder Armor. If you are already bringing a Beast Mastery Hunter this debuff is worth bringing a Worm, otherwise it is covered easily by the other two classes.

Stampede is a debuff, increasing Bleed damage taken by the target for 12-seconds, applied by Rhino pets. This is strictly a worse version of Trauma, Mangle (Bear), and Mangle (Cat), that will always be applied to the target if your raid uses Bleeds.

RogueTricks of the TradeMisdirectionMaster Poisoner

Tricks of the Trade works similarly to Misdirection, allowing a Rogue to redirect threat to a target for 6 seconds, but with one key difference. Tricks of the Trade increases the damage the target deals by 15% for the duration, giving a significant damage boost to a single target. Because of this one difference, this is most often used as a DPS increase for the raid, instead of a threat increase for the tank.

Expose Armor reduces the targets armor by 20%, lasting longer for each combo point used. This debuff is shared with Sunder Armor from Warriors and Beast Mastery Hunters with Worm pets. While Worm's are generally not something you'll see in raids, Warriors are. This debuff is best applied by Warriors no matter what spec, losing less than a Rogue would and multiple Warriors can contribute to reaching 5 stacks faster.

Savage Combat increases all physical damage a target takes and is applied to all poisoned targets. This debuff is shared with Blood Frenzy from Arms Warriors, having the same effect as well as being applied equally passively.

Master Poisoner increases the raids critical chance against targets poisoned by an Assassination Rogue. This debuff is shared with Heart of the Crusader from Retribution Paladins and Totem of Wrath from Elemental Shamans. Assassination Rogues are one of the best classes to apply this buff, easily able to debuff multiple targets at once using Fan of Knives. Totem of Wrath is a raid-wide buff instead of a debuff, ultimately making it the best of the three if you do bring an Elemental Shaman.

PriestPrayer of FortitudePrayer of SpiritPrayer of Shadow ProtectionRenewed HopeInspiration

Prayer of Fortitude and Improved Power Word: Fortitude are unique to Priests and increase the Stamina of the raid. This is a fantastic buff that all raids will want to have around if possible.

Prayer of Spirit increases the Spirit of all raid members. This buff is shared with Fel Intelligence from Affliction Warlocks, but providing more Spirit.

Prayer of Shadow Protection increases the Shadow resistance of all raid members. This buff is shared with Shadow Resistance Aura from Paladins, but because they can only have one Aura active at a time, this is generally the superior version.

Hymn of Hope and Divine Hymn are channeled raid-wide spells. These spells hit 3 players every 2 seconds for 8 seconds, prioritizing the players with the lowest Mana or Health respectively. These are unique to Priests and can be incredibly valuable for raids.

Power Infusion increases the cast speed and reduces the mana cost of a single players spells for 15 seconds. This is a big offensive cooldown unique to Priests that will drastically boost a players burst window. This doesn't stack with all buffs, for example Icy Veins, limiting the potential targets.

Renewed Hope reduces the damage taken by all raid members. This is applied to everyone when the Discipline Priest casts Power Word: Shield and lasts for 1 minute, giving it effectively 100% uptime. The damage reduction is shared with Vigilance from Protection Warriors and Blessing of Sanctuary from Protection Paladins.

Rapture restores mana, rage, energy or runic power to targets that take enough damage to break Power Word: Shield. This is a unique buff, similar to Revitalize from Restoration Druids, but they both work together.

Inspiration reduces the physical damage taken by targets that are critically healed by Priests with this talent. This buff is shared with Ancestral Healing from Restoration Shamans, and both are passively applied by simply healing.

Misery is applied passively with the normal Shadow Priest Rotation, increasing the raids chance to hit with spells by 3%. This debuff is shared with Improved Faerie Fire from Balance Druids, but because it is applied passively instead of taking a global cooldown it is the preferable way to apply this debuff.

Vampiric Touch applies the highly coveted Replenishment to 10 raid-members whenever a target with Vampiric Touch is hit by Mind Blast. This is shared with Judgements of the Wise from Retribution Paladins, Enduring Winter from Frost Mages, Hunting Party from Survival Hunters, and Improved Soul Leech from Destruction Warlocks. Even though Replenishment doesn't stack on the same target, you want multiple classes that can apply this to make sure it has the highest uptime you can get on as many players as possible, and Shadow Priests are one of the better classes to apply this.

Death KnightPestilenceEbon Plaguebringer

Horn of Winter increases the raids Strength and Agility for 2 minutes. This is shared with Strength of Earth Totem from Shamans. Death Knights will always want to cast this, even if they have Strength of Earth Totem, because Horn of Winter also gives them runic power.

Abomination's Might increases the Attack Power of all raid members within 100-yards. This is shared with Trueshot Aura from Marksmanship Hunters and Unleashed Rage from Enhancement Shamans, with all three being effectively identical.

Unholy Frenzy buffs a single player, increasing their physical damage dealt by 20% but drains their health every second. This is unique to Blood Death Knights and can be a very strong raid DPS boost during burst phases.

Icy Talons reduces enemies attack speed by 20% when they are affected by Frost Fever. This is shared with Thunder Clap with Improved Thunder Clap, Judgements of the Just, and Infected Wounds. Thunder Clap is already a base part of a Protection Warriors rotation, as well as being an instant area-of-effect version, making it easily the best way to apply this debuff to multiple targets, but combined with Pestilence, this debuff can easily be spread to a lot of targets.

Improved Icy Talons increases the melee haste of raid members by 20%. This buff is only shared with Windfury Totem with Improved Windfury Totem from Enhancement Shamans, but is provided fully passively, making it the better option.

Icy Touch together with Improved Icy Touch reduces enemies attack speed by 20%. This debuff is shared with Thunder Clap with Improved Thunder Clap, Infected Wounds and Judgements of the Just. Thunder Clap is already a base part of a Protection Warriors rotation, as well as being an instant area-of-effect version, making it easily the best way to apply this debuff, but combined with Pestilence, this debuff can easily be spread to a lot of targets.

Ebon Plaguebringer increases a targets magic damage taken by 13% as long as they are affected by Blood Plague or Frost Fever. This debuff is shared with Earth and Moon from Balance Druids and Curse of the Elements from Warlocks. When combined with Pestilence this becomes the only area-of-effect application of this debuff and easily the most valuable version because of it.

ShamanWrath of Air TotemchooseBloodlustHeroism

Bloodlust/Heroism increases the raids Haste by 30% for 40 seconds. This is why Shamans have a permanent spot in every single raid group. This buff is unique to Shamans in WoTLK and is the single biggest raid DPS increase available. While you only need one Shaman to blanket the entire raid with this, having two Shamans, casting this sequentially can contribute to getting temporary pets like Shadowfiend buffed with Bloodlust as well as the pets owner.

Strength of Earth Totem increases the raids Strength and Agility while placed. This is shared with Horn of Winter from Death Knights.

Stoneskin Totem increases the raids Armor while placed. This is a unique buff to Shamans and is typically placed when you bring two.

Tremor Totem is a party-wide Totem, breaking Fear, Charm, and Sleep on all party members every 3 seconds. This is a very unique strength for Shamans, allowing them to passively break certain CC even while affected by it. Using this in a Healer or Tank party can be a life saver for raids.

Flametongue Totem increases the Spell Power of all raid members. This buff is shared with Demonic Pact from Demonology Warlocks and Totem of Wrath from Elemental. Flametongue Totem is the weakest of the three Spell Power buffs, but does not require any specific talent spec and can be placed by any Shaman.

Mana Spring Totem is a Mana Regeneration buff shared with Paladins Blessing of Wisdom and when untalented or combined with their respective talents, Restorative Totems, and Improved Blessing of Wisdom they give the same amount of Mana Per 5.

Healing Stream Totem is a Health regeneration buff unique to Shamans. While the actual Health restored is often negligible, this can be used if there are multiple Shamans in the same raid.

Cleansing Totem is a party-wide Disease and Poison cleanse, removing one of each from every party member within range every 3 seconds. This can be used alongside other dispels and is a fantastic way to passively cure Disease and Poison debuffs, both of which are fairly common in WotLK raiding.

Wrath of Air Totem is a raid-wide 5% Spell Haste boost that is exclusive to Shamans. This buff will always be sought after by any raid, adding to the usefulness of the class.

Grounding Totem is a party-wide Totem that will absorb the next single target harmful spell cast at a party member. This may have rare niche uses in WotLK and can be used to protect a tank if they share a party.

Fire Resistance Totem, Frost Resistance Totem, and Nature Resistance Totem are all very niche, situational Totems that will see very little use in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. Some boss fights, like Sapphiron can make it worth using a Resistance Totem, but these fights are few and far between. It is also important to keep in mind that you will lose one of your four Totems in order to place a Resistance Totem, potentially costing your raid a more important support buff. Fire Resistance Totem and Frost Resistance Totem do not stack with the Paladin Auras Fire Resistance Aura and Frost Resistance Aura respectively.

Unleashed Rage increases the Attack Power of all raid members within 100-yards. This is shared with Trueshot Aura from Marksmanship Hunters and Abomination's Might from Blood Death Knights, with all three being effectively identical.

Windfury Totem together with Improved Windfury Totem increase the melee haste of raid members by 20%. This buff is only shared with Improved Icy Talons from Frost Death Knights. Improved Icy Talons provides this buff to everyone within range passively, without requiring a Totem to be placed, making it the better of the two.

Totem of Wrath increases the raids critical strike chance by 3% against enemies and increasing the Spell Power of all raid members within 40-yards of the Totem. The critical chance is shared with Assassination Rogues Master Poisoner and Retribution Paladins Heart of the Crusader, while the Spell Power is shared with Demonic Pact from Demonology Warlocks and Flametongue Totem. The Spell Power bonus from Totem of Wrath is significantly stronger than Flametongue Totem and for a large portion of early WotLK raiding will be stronger than Demonic Pact. All of this together makes this one of the best ways to apply these buffs, but unfortunately Elemental Shamans may be one of the rarer specs in WotLK raids.

Elemental Oath gives all raid members within 100-yards 5% spell critical chance. This buff is shared with Moonkin Form from Balance Druids. You generally always want to bring a Balance Druid, so they will be the best source of this buff.

Ancestral Healing reduces the physical damage taken by targets that are critically healed by Restoration Shamans. This buff is shared with Inspiration from Priests, and both are passively applied by simply healing.

MageArcane BrillianceFocus Magic

Arcane Brilliance increases the Intellect of all raid members. This buff is shared with Fel Intelligence from Affliction Warlocks, but providing more Intellect.

Focus Magic increases a single targets chance to critically hit with spells by 3% and buffs the casting mage whenever they do crit. This is unique to Mages and is a strong buff for a single player.

Arcane Empowerment increases the damage caused by anyone within 100-yards of the Arcane Mage. This buff is shared with Ferocious Inspiration from Beast Mastery Hunters and Sanctified Retribution from Retribution Paladins. Beast Mastery Hunters are very rare in WotLK raiding, and Mages may want to stop playing Arcane in later Phases.

Improved Scorch debuffs targets hit by Scorch, giving everyone attacking them 5% more critical chance with spells against them. This debuff is shared with Winter's Chill from Frost Mages and Improved Shadow Bolt from Warlocks. Scorch isn't a key part of Fires rotation, but Shadow Bolt is vital to Warlocks, making them the best candidate for applying this debuff.

Winter's Chill debuffs targets hit by Frost spells, giving everyone attacking them 5% more critical chance with spells against them. This debuff is shared with Improved Scorch from Fire Mages and Improved Shadow Bolt from Warlocks. Frost isn't generally considered a raiding spec, and Scorch isn't a key part of Fires rotation, but Shadow Bolt is vital to Warlocks, making them the best candidate for applying this debuff.

Enduring Winter applies the highly coveted Replenishment to 10 raid-members whenever Frostbolt hits. This is shared with Judgements of the Wise from Retribution Paladins, Vampiric Touch from Shadow Priests, Hunting Party from Survival Hunters, and Improved Soul Leech from Destruction Warlocks. Even though Replenishment doesn't stack on the same target, you want multiple classes that can apply this to make sure it has the highest uptime you can get on as many players as possible, but it isn't worth bringing a Frost Mage for this.

WarlockCurse of WeaknessFel IntelligenceDemonic PactBloodlustRitual of SoulsRitual of Summoning

Blood Pact gives Health to the raid as long as the Warlock is using Summon Imp. This buff is shared with Commanding Shout, which gives drastically more health and does not require a specific pet.

Curse of the Elements increases a targets magic damage taken by 13%. This debuff is shared with Earth and Moon from Balance Druids and Ebon Plaguebringer from Unholy Death Knights. This is generally the worst option of the three, requiring a global cooldown and restricting the Warlock from using any other curses.

Curse of Weakness reduces the Melee Attack Power of a single target. This debuff is shared with Demoralizing Roar from Feral Druids,Demoralizing Shout from Warriors and Vindication from Paladins. When talented, all of these spells reduce Melee Attack Power by the same amount, but Curse of Weakness requires one cast per enemy and Vindication can only hit a maximum of 4 targets at once, Demoralizing Shout and Demoralizing Roar will be the best way to apply this to very large packs of enemies.

Improved Shadow Bolt debuffs targets hit by Shadow Bolt, giving everyone attacking them 5% more critical chance with spells against them. This debuff is shared with Winter's Chill from Frost Mages and Improved Scorch from Fire Mages. Scorch isn't a key part of Fires rotation, but Shadow Bolt is vital to Warlocks, making them the best candidate for applying this debuff. Worth noting is that Destruction Warlocks may opt to skip this talent in favor of other more valuable talents.

Create Soulstone is unique to Warlocks and allows them to place a 15 minute long buff on a raid member, reviving them once if they die during that time. This is easily forgotten but incredibly valuable for a raid.

Ritual of Souls creates a Soulwell, giving every player that interacts with it a Fel Healthstone. These share cooldowns with a few items, but not with Potions, making them an incredibly valuable tool to have in your pocket whenever you need an emergency heal.

Ritual of Summoning allows the Warlock to create a Summoning Stone anywhere, including inside of raids. While this generally isn't useful once the raid has gotten going, it is very useful leading up to that point, saving massive amounts of time getting everyone in position.

Demonic Pact increases the Spell Power of all raid members every time the Demonology Warlocks pet crits. The Spell Power from this buff is equal to 10% of the Demonology Warlocks at the time, meaning it scales with gear. This buff is shared with Flametongue Totem and Totem of Wrath from Shamans, but because this abilities boost is based on the Warlocks Spell Power, it will gain a boost from either totem on its initial proc. This is initially worse than both totems, surpassing Flametongue Totem around 1500 Spell Power, and Totem of Wrath at around 2800 Spell Power.

Improved Soul Leech applies the highly coveted Replenishment to 10 raid-members whenever Soul Leech procs. This is shared with Judgements of the Wise from Retribution Paladins, Vampiric Touch from Shadow Priests, Hunting Party from Survival Hunters, and Enduring Winter from Frost Mages. Even though Replenishment doesn't stack on the same target, you want multiple classes that can apply this to make sure it has the highest uptime you can get on as many players as possible.

Fel Intelligence increases the Intellect and Spirit of all raid members as long as the Warlock is using Summon Felhunter. The Intellect portion of this buff is shared with Arcane Brilliance from Mages and the Spirit portion is shared with Prayer of Spirit from Priests. Fel Intelligence provides less of both stats, but Affliction Warlocks will generally be using Summon Felhunter anyway.

DruidInnervateRebirthGift of the WildRevitalize

Gift of the Wild increases the Stats, Armor, and Resistances of all raid members. This buff is unique to Druids and can be improved with Improved Mark of the Wild.

Innervate buffs a single player, regenerating a massive amount of mana over 10 seconds. This can be an incredible tool for longer fights and for keeping Healers going.

Rebirth is a resurrection spell that can be used in combat, on a long cooldown. This is unique to Druids and can be a much needed get out of jail free card if things get bad.

Leader of the Pack passively increases the ranged and melee critical hit chance of everyone within 100-yards of the Feral Druid. This is only shared with Rampage from Fury Warriors. Both buffs are provided passively, with neither being better than the other. Unfortunately for Warriors most Raids will likely bring at least one Feral Druid.

Improved Leader of the Pack passively heals raid members for 4% of their health whenever they critically hit with a melee or ranged attack. This is unique to Feral Druids and stacks with Judgement of Light.

Mangle (Bear) and Mangle (Cat) increase the Bleed damage a target takes for 1 minute. This debuff is also passively applied by Trauma from Arms Warrior as a part of their basic rotation.

Demoralizing Roar reduces the Melee Attack Power of all enemies within 10-yards. This debuff is shared with Vindication from Retribution Paladins, Demoralizing Shout from Warriors and Curse of Weakness from Warlocks. When talented, all of these spells reduce Melee Attack Power by the same amount, but Curse of Weakness requires one cast per enemy and Vindication can only hit a maximum of 4 targets at once, Demoralizing Shout and Demoralizing Roar will be the best way to apply this to very large packs of enemies.

Infected Wounds reduces enemies attack speed by 20% when hit by Shred, Maul, Mangle (Bear) and Mangle (Cat). This is shared with Thunder Clap with Improved Thunder Clap, Icy Touch with Improved Icy Touch, and Judgements of the Just. Thunder Clap is already a base part of a Protection Warriors rotation, as well as being an instant area-of-effect version, making it easily the best way to apply this debuff to multiple targets.

Moonkin Form gives all raid members within 100-yards 5% spell critical chance. This buff is shared with Elemental Oath from Elemental Shamans. Because you generally want to bring a Balance Druid, this will be the best source of this buff.

Improved Moonkin Form increases the Haste of raid members within 100-yards. This buff is shared with Swift Retribution from Retribution Paladins, with neither being better or easier than the other.

Improved Faerie Fire is applied alongside Faerie Fire, increasing the raids chance to hit the target with spells by 3%. This debuff is shared with Misery from Shadow Priests, but because Misery is applied passively instead of taking a global cooldown it is the preferable way to apply this debuff.

Insect Swarm reduces an enemies chance to hit with melee and ranged attacks. This debuff is shared with Scorpid Sting from Hunters. Balance Druids apply this as a part of their rotation, as such it is the better of the two.

Earth and Moon increases a targets magic damage taken by 13%. This debuff is shared with Curse of the Elements from Warlocks and Ebon Plaguebringer from Unholy Death Knights. This is applied passively, and you will typically want to bring a Balance Druid anyway, so this is a great buff to have, even if it isn't applied to multiple targets at once.

Tree of Life is a raid-wide buff, increasing the healing received by everyone within 100-yards. This buff is only shared with Paladins specced into Improved Devotion Aura.

Revitalize gives your Rejuvenation and Wild Growth ticks a chance to restore energy, rage, mana or runic power each tick. This is a unique buff, similar to Rapture from Discipline Priests, but they both work together.

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Comment by ShiZZe

Destruction warlocks do not spec into Improved shadow bolts. Only Affliction and Demonology do

Comment by ShiZZe

Shouldn't "Hunter's mark" be included for hunters?

Comment by legoman60

Devotion Aura and Stoneskin Totem are the same armor buff; neither is unique to their respective class.

Also, there are a number of instances where the 'better' source of a buff/debuff isn't necessarily going to provide it. For example, Balance Druids provide a chance to miss debuff via Insect Swarm that is the 'better' source, but that effect is removed by the glyph that is used by all PVE specs in wowhead's talent build guide. So a raid leader probably shouldn't expect a Balance Druid to provide that debuff unless it is discussed before the raid.

WotLK Classic Raid Composition Guide for 25 Man Raids

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