[0:00] picking your main can be one of the
[0:01] toughest decisions you make when playing
[0:03] World of Warcraft and it's never been
[0:04] more of a difficult Choice than it is
[0:06] right now while it may be easy to follow
[0:08] Trends and get hyped over tier list
[0:09] videos I wanted to make a guide on the
[0:11] right way to pick your main that isn't
[0:13] going to leave you frustrated if you end
[0:15] up picking what your favorite YouTuber
[0:16] tells you is some Godly s tier spec now
[0:19] in this video I'll be giving you a
[0:21] series of questions that you should
[0:22] answer that will help you make the right
[0:24] choice and will increase your chances of
[0:26] success and enjoyment in whatever class
[0:28] or spec you decide to play and lastly be
[0:30] sure to stick around for the end of the
[0:32] video where I'll be giving you guys my
[0:34] top suggestions for each role in the
[0:36] game that you can't go wrong with so the
[0:38] first thing I wanted to talk about with
[0:40] this video is going to be the warband
[0:42] system now the warband system is going
[0:44] to be that new feature that's coming to
[0:45] the war within which is going to allow
[0:47] us to have shared progression between
[0:49] all of our alts and in my opinion I
[0:50] think the warband system is going to
[0:53] basically make the option of picking our
[0:54] main that much easier essentially the
[0:57] warband system is alt insurance now
[0:59] prior to this expansion I think picking
[1:01] your main was probably a more permanent
[1:03] and more serious decision but because of
[1:05] the warband system it's going to be a
[1:07] lot easier because now if you guys pick
[1:09] your main and you know down the road
[1:11] you're just not feeling it you'll be
[1:12] able to swap characters pretty easily
[1:14] with the warband system because the
[1:15] warband system is basically you know
[1:17] shared progression between all of our
[1:18] characters and obviously you'll have
[1:20] those warbound items that you'll be
[1:22] collecting that you can gear up your
[1:23] alts with and on top of that I also
[1:25] highly suggest that whatever main you
[1:27] decide to pick you should always have a
[1:28] backup option that means having an ALT
[1:31] that you play regularly that wouldn't
[1:32] require a ton of time and dedication to
[1:35] gear up if you decided to switch
[1:37] characters if there's one thing that I
[1:39] wanted you guys to take away from this
[1:40] video above all else it is this do not
[1:43] chase the flavor of the month I know how
[1:45] tough this one can be because I
[1:46] personally love tearless videos and it's
[1:48] always really hard to watch these videos
[1:51] you know someone will be like oh yeah
[1:52] subtlety Rogues s tier it's going to
[1:54] blow everything out of the water you
[1:55] guys need to play this and you're
[1:56] sitting here watching the video and
[1:57] you're just like dang I really should
[1:59] play a right now but I'm here to tell
[2:01] you guys do not do this chasing the
[2:03] flavor of the month is never a good
[2:05] option because two things are going to
[2:06] happen firstly you're going to spend a
[2:08] bunch of time and investment into
[2:10] gearing up this flavor the month spec
[2:12] only to have it be nerfed into the
[2:13] ground later on and you're going to be
[2:15] really frustrated on top of that also
[2:17] the flavor of the month might be
[2:19] something that you don't enjoy playing
[2:20] and that's going to burn you out later
[2:22] on down the road and I get it you
[2:24] probably want to be playing something
[2:25] that's op and just does really well I do
[2:27] too but the thing is when it comes to
[2:29] balance tuning in World of Warcraft it
[2:31] just changes way too much for you to
[2:34] have that be a consideration when you're
[2:35] trying to pick a main a much better way
[2:37] to go about this is to find a class in
[2:40] Spec that you actually enjoy playing
[2:42] because chances are eventually whatever
[2:44] you're playing at some point during the
[2:46] duration of the expansion your spec is
[2:48] going to be really good and that's how
[2:49] balance tuning works it's literally a
[2:51] roll of the dice on whether something is
[2:53] going to be good or not unless you're
[2:54] playing something like a feral Druid
[2:56] sorry guys so this next question is
[2:58] something that is going to to be a
[3:00] really big factor in what you guys want
[3:02] to play and that is going to be are you
[3:04] a more casual player or a more hardcore
[3:06] player and what do I mean by this I
[3:08] consider a casual player someone that
[3:11] you know plays only a few hours a week
[3:13] maybe they have like an hour or two
[3:14] after work on the weekends something
[3:16] like that they do LFR or maybe they'
[3:18] dipped their toes into the normal mode
[3:21] of the raid or even done a few low
[3:23] levels of Mythic plus now if that sounds
[3:25] like you you guys have the best choices
[3:27] because you can literally pick whatever
[3:29] you want to play balance tuning and
[3:31] player perception do not apply to you
[3:33] guys now if you're a hardcore player
[3:35] there are some things that you do need
[3:36] to consider when picking your main and
[3:38] that's going to be balance tuning and
[3:40] player perception hey there buddy uh
[3:42] didn't you just say that uh not to pick
[3:44] flavor of the month and play with you
[3:45] enjoy yes I did say that but there is a
[3:48] big difference between trying to pick
[3:50] the flavor of the month and chasing
[3:51] Trends versus not picking the DPS that
[3:55] is bottom of the barrel when it comes to
[3:56] damage and never getting invited to a
[3:58] group and that is the main reason why I
[4:00] always tell everyone to have a backup
[4:02] alt and that is why I think War bands is
[4:04] such an awesome feature for the war
[4:06] within because again it's going to make
[4:08] having that backup character so much
[4:10] easier to maintain and have ready in
[4:12] case whatever class and spec you picked
[4:13] is just terrible the next big question
[4:16] you need to ask yourself is do you want
[4:18] to tank DPS or heal maybe you want to do
[4:21] a couple of things maybe you want to DPS
[4:23] but also tank when you need to or maybe
[4:25] you want to do all of them some choices
[4:27] definitely have more options than others
[4:29] for example a druid is going to be a
[4:30] really good pick if you want to
[4:32] literally do everything in the game
[4:33] because the Druid can literally do
[4:35] everything it can tank it can heal it's
[4:37] got a melee and a range DPS option and
[4:39] regardless of the spec that you play on
[4:41] the Druid it's got a ton of utility that
[4:43] people want in their groups so
[4:44] definitely take a look at the different
[4:46] classes that you're thinking about and
[4:47] see what kind of options they have for
[4:49] their specs another thing that I want
[4:51] you guys to take into consideration when
[4:53] you're picking your class in Spec is
[4:55] something that I call reroll insurance
[4:57] now this mainly is more focused towards
[4:59] DPS players but that is basically
[5:02] picking a class that has multiple specs
[5:04] at all DPS so that way you know if your
[5:07] spec that you're playing and enjoy is
[5:09] not very good you still have two other
[5:11] options that are more than likely going
[5:12] to be a lot better than what you're
[5:14] currently using so for example let's say
[5:16] you're playing a mage right and you love
[5:17] playing Arcane but arcane's not
[5:19] performing really well well you have two
[5:21] other options there's probably a very
[5:23] good chance that fire or Frost are both
[5:25] doing pretty good so instead of having
[5:27] to reroll to a brand new class you can
[5:30] just swap specs and play something that
[5:32] just does a little bit better and this
[5:33] brings up a really good point and that
[5:35] is whatever class you guys decide to
[5:37] play make sure that you enjoy playing
[5:39] all the specs that it brings to the
[5:41] table if you just absolutely love
[5:43] playing a shadow priest but you hate
[5:45] playing discipline or holy what happens
[5:47] if Shadow ends up being really bad
[5:49] that's literally the only DPS spec for
[5:51] priest so your chances are you're either
[5:53] going to one trick and just you know
[5:55] stick with playing the shadow priest
[5:56] even when it's really bad or you're just
[5:58] going to have to play something else
[5:59] this this next question is going to
[6:00] drastically affect your choice and that
[6:02] is going to be simply are you someone
[6:04] that plays this game by yourself or are
[6:06] you in a guild or just have a group of
[6:08] friends that you play the game with the
[6:09] reason why I say this is because if you
[6:11] are a solo player you're going to be at
[6:13] the mercy of player perception a lot
[6:15] more than you would if you're playing
[6:16] with a group of friends and what I mean
[6:18] by this is that you're going to have a
[6:20] really rough time if you're playing a
[6:22] class in Spec that a lot of people or
[6:25] the player perception is sucks so for
[6:27] example if people think that in enement
[6:29] shamans are terrible you're probably
[6:31] going to have a really hard time getting
[6:32] invited to any groups if you're playing
[6:34] an Enhancement Shaman and then on the
[6:35] other side if you are part of a guild or
[6:38] you've got a group of friends that you
[6:39] guys play the game with regularly who
[6:40] cares what the player perception is
[6:42] because your friends are going to invite
[6:43] you because you're their friend so now
[6:46] it's time for me to give you guys my
[6:47] recommendations of what I think are
[6:49] going to be really good picks going into
[6:51] the war within regardless of balance
[6:53] tuning now as a quick disclaimer I just
[6:55] want to remind you guys my choices are
[6:58] not based off of DPS or performance or
[7:00] anything like that my choices are simply
[7:02] what I think are fun approachable and
[7:05] very versatile picks that you guys can
[7:07] play and have a really good time with so
[7:09] starting off with tanks my first pick
[7:11] here is going to be the mountain thing
[7:13] protection Warrior mainly because I just
[7:15] really like the aesthetic of the
[7:16] Mountain King from Warcraft 3 so it's
[7:18] really cool that they're bringing that
[7:19] back into the game and also the
[7:21] playaround Thunderclap is really good
[7:24] prop Warriors are just generally overall
[7:25] really good tanks when it comes to
[7:27] taking and absorbing damage so you
[7:29] really really can't go wrong here my
[7:30] next pick is going to be the San Lane
[7:32] blood death knight mainly because I feel
[7:35] like with blood death Knights they're
[7:36] just really good at self-healing even
[7:39] though they just got a massive Nerf to
[7:40] that with that last patch but I do think
[7:42] the whole idea of a blood death knight
[7:45] SL vampire kind of thing fits really
[7:47] well with the blood DK and I feel like
[7:49] it's just going to have a ton of even
[7:50] more self-healing than it has before
[7:52] plus blood dks are really easy to play
[7:55] and death grip is just so good to have
[7:57] my last pick for the recommendation for
[7:59] tanking is going to be the Druid of the
[8:01] claw Guardian Druid mainly because I
[8:03] think the improvements with the shape
[8:04] shifting is going to be really good and
[8:06] I think it's just going to flow really
[8:07] well with Guardian Druid in general plus
[8:09] Guardian Druid is just really easy to
[8:11] play for our DPS picks I'm going to go
[8:13] with the Arcane Mage specifically the
[8:15] Spells Slinger mainly because Arcane
[8:18] recently just got a massive rework the
[8:20] spec in general is just a lot easier to
[8:22] play now and the actual like play style
[8:24] is really fun it's really Snappy and
[8:27] it's actually the spec that I'm going to
[8:29] be remaining in the war within my next
[8:31] pick is going to go with the Riders of
[8:33] the Apocalypse on holy death knight and
[8:35] I really don't feel like I need to
[8:36] explain why I mean having mounted combat
[8:39] out in the world is really cool just the
[8:40] overall theme of this hero Talent is
[8:43] just insanely cool and also Unholy death
[8:45] Knights have historically been in a
[8:47] really good spot and then for my last
[8:49] pick for DPS I'm going to go with the
[8:50] Templar red Paladin the aesthetic of
[8:52] Templar red paladins is just really cool
[8:54] in general you're just bringing down
[8:56] these Hammers and I think the play style
[8:58] is going to be really fun to play it's
[9:00] really easy and I think it's going to do
[9:02] really well for healers the first one
[9:04] I'm going to go with is going to be the
[9:05] restoration Shaman specifically totemic
[9:08] I think the new totems that it's going
[9:10] to bring to the table are really cool
[9:12] and it also looks like they're kind of
[9:13] going back to the whole chain heel play
[9:15] style for that healer which I thought
[9:17] was probably one of the most fun ways to
[9:19] play A Healer and then also they're
[9:20] bringing Sky Fury which is a brand new
[9:22] raid buff for Shaman for my next pick
[9:25] I'm going to go with the lightsmith Holy
[9:26] Paladin mainly because holy paladins are
[9:29] just one of those picks that are always
[9:30] in the group you know when you go to a
[9:32] raid you always have a Holy Paladin
[9:34] there so they pretty much are guaranteed
[9:36] a spot because of their kit and also I
[9:38] know that lightsmith has been struggling
[9:40] recently I know the player perception on
[9:42] the forms has been kind of mixed but
[9:44] hopefully they can iron that down and
[9:46] make it a lot better and then my last
[9:48] pick for the healer is just pure out of
[9:50] nostalgia and that's going to be the
[9:51] keeper of the grow of Restoration Druid
[9:53] mainly because I personally am a
[9:55] Warcraft 3 player or was and the whole
[9:57] idea of a you know Keeper of the Grove
[9:59] coming to the game is really cool I'm
[10:00] really interested to see what the
[10:02] treants are going to be like for the
[10:03] Healer but in general just having some
[10:05] Triant out when you're healing is going
[10:06] to be just really cool to see now that
[10:08] you guys have a couple of
[10:09] recommendations to look at when you're
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[10:26] considering for the war within thank you
[10:28] so much for watching today's video I'm
[10:30] still solo and I'll see you guys in the
[10:31] next one