[0:00] the best Midnight Pug and solo player
[0:03] specs to Maine. That's right. No more
[0:05] meta for you. You're a solo player. You
[0:07] don't play with anybody else. You don't
[0:08] have friends. You don't touch grass. You
[0:10] just log into this game every [music]
[0:11] day and play it solo. That's right.
[0:13] Greg's from accounting. I'm calling out
[0:14] to you, everyone who loves to do their
[0:16] delves and their other [ __ ] Maybe you
[0:17] just log in to gather every day. These
[0:20] are the best specs to main at midnight
[0:22] if you're that type of person. Here we
[0:24] go. Let's jump straight in.
[0:26] >> I think most people play World of
[0:27] Warcraft the same way I do. Now, you log
[0:30] in when you can. You try to get your
[0:31] stuff done, pug a mythic plus key or
[0:33] two, and just try to have fun without it
[0:35] being such a headache. I've realized as
[0:38] I'm getting older, I don't have the time
[0:39] or the patience to build the perfect
[0:41] group comp, sit in Discord, and play the
[0:43] game like it's a job anymore. So, in
[0:45] today's video, I'm going to show you the
[0:47] best midnight specs you could main for
[0:50] solo players [music] and people who
[0:52] mostly pug. And no, I'm not talking
[0:54] about what's S tier on a spreadsheet.
[0:56] I'm talking about the stuff that feel
[0:58] good can carry during chaos moments if
[1:01] need be and let you make real progress
[1:04] even when you're playing alone in Delves
[1:06] and Prey.
[1:06] >> Nice.
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[1:30] a full-on god at the end if you power up
[1:33] properly. You swap your weapons and it's
[1:35] all about stacking these together.
[1:37] >> Reminds me of Wizards 101. I don't know
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[1:42] >> Of course, your mid-run class upgrades.
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[2:13] let's get back to the content. Starting
[2:14] off first, Havoc Demon Hunter is easily
[2:17] one of the safest specs you can play if
[2:18] you're solo or looking for pickup
[2:20] groups. Havoc is one of the few DPS
[2:22] specs in the game that genuinely feels
[2:24] like it can just take care of itself.
[2:27] You have some of the best mobility in
[2:29] the game, really strong defensive
[2:31] toolkit with all them being updated this
[2:33] expansion, and more than enough sustain
[2:35] to survive messy situations that would
[2:37] most likely delete other DPS specs. So
[2:40] whether you're doing open world content,
[2:42] pushing delves, or even the brand new
[2:44] prey system where you're on your own,
[2:46] Havoc Demon Hunter, you're always just
[2:48] feeling solid. This spec is
[2:49] >> and don't forget the mobility. I mean,
[2:51] Havoc Demon Hunter just hops around,
[2:53] dips and dashes just like any other
[2:54] demon hun spec. So, I mean, yeah, you
[2:56] could easily avoid [ __ ] get out of
[2:58] [ __ ] It's a sustainable class cuz u
[3:00] it's hard it's harder to die to floor
[3:03] planted [ __ ] right? Standing if you die
[3:05] standing in the fire as a demon hunter,
[3:07] you've clearly you've had a seizure.
[3:09] Someone needs to check on you because
[3:10] it's so easy to dip and dash around and
[3:12] their damage is pretty decent always.
[3:14] So, I agree with you to stay alive and
[3:17] keep moving. I would say in particular
[3:19] when you do join pickup groups with
[3:20] Havoc though, they're one of the best
[3:22] specs for simply just how low dependent
[3:25] they are on your team and setups. You
[3:27] don't need the tank to pull a nuclear
[3:29] amount of mobs. You don't need to line
[3:31] up everything with a one or two minute
[3:33] cool down. don't need a ton of group
[3:35] coordination. Even when things feel
[3:37] super or unorganized with Havoc, you
[3:39] dash around, you pop some coolowns, deal
[3:41] your super consistent high DPS while
[3:44] healing yourself with all your natural
[3:45] leech, and you're good to go. One of the
[3:47] most slept on things I would say in pug
[3:49] groups, ladies and gentlemen, is needing
[3:51] to have consistent damage. Not just high
[3:54] sims are trying to peak and hit like 5
[3:57] million DPS. That's why specs like fire
[4:00] mage, frost death knight, and the old
[4:02] subtlety rogue, they really struggle in
[4:05] pickup groups because it's too hard to
[4:07] predict what the pole is going to look
[4:10] like. And if you misplay, you're going
[4:12] to suffer. That's why specs like Havoc
[4:14] Demon Hunter, Retribution Paladin,
[4:16] Outlaw Rogue, they're great for just
[4:19] super high consistent DPS that can keep
[4:22] the pressure up no matter what.
[4:24] >> Not only also there's a tank spec you
[4:25] can swap into. That's true. I mean, if
[4:27] you play a a speck or um uh a spec in a
[4:30] class where the class can also be a
[4:32] tanking uh spec, that's a that's a good
[4:34] point that you can always swap to it if
[4:36] you just feel like DPSing ain't your
[4:37] thing this season. That the rotation for
[4:39] Havoc is easy enough to where even if
[4:41] you do mess up, it doesn't feel like
[4:42] your entire damage kit just collapses.
[4:45] It's a very smooth flow spec and you can
[4:47] recover very easily. I'd say if you're
[4:49] trying to play on your own, you plug in,
[4:51] you know, some mythic plus keys every
[4:53] once in a while, your delves, your prey
[4:54] system. Havoc is easily one of the
[4:56] cleanest choices you can make. Very,
[4:58] very self-sufficient, straightforward
[5:00] class to main. Moving on, next we have
[5:02] the brand new reworked Unholy Death
[5:04] Knight. And this can absolutely be a
[5:06] solid option for anybody out there.
[5:07] >> I'll say right now, Unholy is absolutely
[5:10] pumping. I think they recently got
[5:11] nerfed uh pretty hard, but uh they're
[5:14] still pumping.
[5:15] >> I think they're still going to be okay
[5:16] even after those nerfs. We went through
[5:18] all those numbers and everything that
[5:19] they're bringing down on them, but man,
[5:21] they were doing huge numbers.
[5:23] >> Looking for something new. Unholy is one
[5:25] of those specs that naturally checks
[5:27] that self-sufficiency box because you're
[5:29] by far the stankiest class in all of
[5:31] World of Warcraft. You have great
[5:33] durability compared to everyone else
[5:34] builtin sustain. You know, you got your
[5:36] multiple defensives. So, if you love
[5:38] doing your world quest, you know,
[5:39] pushing delves, try out the new prey
[5:41] system or just doing solo stuff in
[5:43] general where you know, you don't have
[5:44] your healer babysitting you, Unholy is a
[5:46] solid option. Now, of course, what I'm
[5:48] about to say is a plus, but it is
[5:50] important to know if
[5:50] >> and I know it's not blood DK, but you
[5:52] can still self-heal as a as unholy DK.
[5:54] So, yeah, if you're out there doing solo
[5:56] content, first of all, you got all your
[5:58] mobs like just running at [ __ ] so
[6:00] things won't target you as often. And
[6:02] then you can self-heal at the same time.
[6:04] So, very like sustainable class if you
[6:06] want to just run around and do solo
[6:07] content with.
[6:08] >> It's not as strong as some of the other
[6:09] classes in this video, but of course
[6:11] with Unholy, you do have your pets. You
[6:13] have a ton of comfortability with that
[6:15] as well. uh through your rotation. Now,
[6:17] as unholy, you summon all your pets and
[6:19] you deal like 90% of your damage being
[6:21] entirely ranged. So, previously, unholy
[6:24] death knight was incredibly dependent
[6:25] on, you know, very large poles, a lot of
[6:28] like five, six, seven global cooldowns,
[6:30] a proper setup. You got to apply your
[6:32] festering wounds, spread your diseases,
[6:34] get your death and decay down, and then
[6:36] you could start ramping. It was awful.
[6:38] Not anymore, though. At this point,
[6:40] unholy is a couple buttons to get up and
[6:42] rolling. you're absolutely blasting and
[6:44] you're not a spec that needs to have
[6:46] everything line up anymore. You simply
[6:47] roll into a pack, spread your diseases,
[6:49] get your army going, and then you're off
[6:51] to the races. Now, Unholy Death Knight
[6:53] doesn't have the most utility in the
[6:55] game. I'm not going to lie. But they
[6:57] have a couple things that can really
[6:59] save a group. You have multiple grips to
[7:00] grip in those caster mobs. You have good
[7:02] AoE disruption. You have your powerful
[7:05] AMZs, which can really save your group
[7:07] depending on the big heal checks on
[7:09] certain bosses. So, you have enough to
[7:10] where people would want you, but most
[7:12] importantly, your damage profile is just
[7:14] some of the best in the game right now,
[7:15] and you can pretty much carry any group
[7:17] if you know how to DPS well. Midnight is
[7:20] going to be your expansion where you're
[7:21] grinding solo, pugging keys, uh, you
[7:23] know, whenever you can. You want
[7:24] something that feels durable,
[7:25] consistent, powerful with a brand new
[7:26] rework. I think Unholy is the best uh
[7:28] spec for you.
[7:30] >> Moving on next, we have an absolute
[7:31] layup here. This is the beast mastery.
[7:33] Oh yeah, if you're a solo player or you
[7:35] live in pickup groups, this is probably
[7:38] the easiest class to uh quest with in
[7:41] the entire game.
[7:42] >> We have a realm to destroy.
[7:44] >> Hello, Steel. Thank you so much for that
[7:46] uh for that follow, man. Welcome to our
[7:48] scourge. Uh I appreciate it. Again,
[7:50] easiest, by far the easiest spec to uh
[7:53] to quest with at any point. You got your
[7:56] pets out there, you're never taking any
[7:58] damage. You're sitting there far out
[7:59] just blasting your arrows. It's always
[8:01] been one of the easiest ones and it's
[8:02] always been one that like I've told
[8:04] somebody if they're new to the game and
[8:05] they just want something, you know, I
[8:07] wouldn't say easy. I feel bad saying
[8:09] easy, but something safe to play as a
[8:11] spec, right? Yeah. Make a beast mastery
[8:14] hunter. It's going to be so much easier
[8:15] to quest that way. And yeah, uh yes, of
[8:18] course. Yeah. Uh Unholy can heal
[8:20] themselves. Yeah. Why you asking that,
[8:21] P? Of course they can. Uh longtime
[8:24] YouTube viewer finally caught your
[8:26] stream live. What's up? Yes, welcome in.
[8:28] Thank you so much for coming for joining
[8:29] us. the the most simple and comfortable
[8:32] spec you can play in the game. Beast
[8:34] Mastery is all about self-sufficiency
[8:36] because you're never alone. You have
[8:38] your pet that is tanking for you at an
[8:40] unprecedented rate. It holds all the
[8:42] aggro, takes all the pressure off of
[8:44] you, and deals tons of damage. So, if
[8:47] you're doing open world quest, farming,
[8:49] pushing devils are doing,
[8:50] >> there are al often times too where yes,
[8:51] where beast mastery is the top DPSer. uh
[8:54] whether or not it's always no no spec is
[8:57] ever always the top DPSer, but beast
[8:59] mastery oftentimes does make the
[9:01] rotation in a season where like it's
[9:02] viable top three DPS.
[9:04] >> Prey BM Hunter is probably the easiest
[9:07] spec in all of World of Warcraft for
[9:09] this. What makes this spec so good at
[9:11] solo content is that you're speced
[9:17] whole more than you should and still be
[9:20] okay because you've got tools for
[9:21] anything the game can throw at you. Not
[9:23] only that, they're very low dependent on
[9:25] team setup and comp. You don't need some
[9:26] perfect group synergy or great
[9:28] coordination. You show up, you press
[9:30] your beastial wrath every 30 seconds,
[9:32] you spam your AOE, you know, kill
[9:34] commands by pushing your wild card ab uh
[9:37] yeah, [clears throat] you're pretty much
[9:37] good to go. That is almost the entirety
[9:39] of the rotation and it's quite fun.
[9:41] Honestly, once again, I think it's very
[9:43] important to look at consistent and
[9:44] median based damage rather than, you
[9:47] know, who's sending the highest burst
[9:49] damage with their cooldowns up because
[9:50] the
[9:51] >> sounds like a perfect spec for you. say,
[9:52] "What's wrong with you guys? You guys
[9:54] angry today? Everyone get a little bit
[9:56] of get a little bit of hot sauce in your
[9:58] coffee? What's it's a everyone's so
[10:00] mad?"
[10:01] >> Truth of the matter is, ladies and
[10:02] gentlemen, nothing ever goes beast
[10:04] mastery pugs or group content and you
[10:06] need to be able to do your full DPS
[10:08] rotation consistently while being in
[10:11] panic mode. And beast mastery hunter is
[10:13] all about that. You can do all your
[10:15] damage on the move while dodging
[10:16] mechanics and avoiding all the crap. And
[10:18] I will say I think Hunter doesn't bring
[10:20] a lot of utility of course, but they
[10:22] still bring blood lust. They have a
[10:24] couple of items of control. Just know
[10:26] that you're growing into group.
[10:27] >> Blood lust alone is a big one that's
[10:28] always going to cause people to bring
[10:29] you around. And honestly, the whole pet
[10:31] thing, it's a fun miniame, finding like
[10:34] a new pet in a new expansion. I don't
[10:36] know what it is, but when I used to play
[10:37] Hunter, there hunter was my first class
[10:39] I ever played in this game. Um, and I
[10:41] used to play marksmanship for the most
[10:42] part. And back in Burning Crusade, you
[10:44] still had a pet even when you were a
[10:45] marksmanship hunter. Um, I loved going
[10:47] and getting a new pet in the new areas.
[10:49] I don't know, it was always exciting and
[10:51] fun. You go find the new animals that
[10:53] are in the new expansion, you get a new
[10:54] pets to deal damage, avoid mechanics,
[10:57] and then die and go about your day.
[10:58] Beast Mastery Hunter is a very easy,
[11:00] chill. You log in, progress your
[11:02] character, log out spec. Moving on,
[11:04] next, we have the Retribution Paladin.
[11:06] And this is one of the most main
[11:08] character specs you can play if you're a
[11:11] solo player or you spend most your time
[11:13] in pugs
[11:14] >> in any version of the game. I think
[11:15] Retribution Paladin is the most played
[11:17] spec in the entire game and for a good
[11:20] reason. Everybody says it. It's very
[11:22] well built, plays well, does good
[11:24] numbers, self-heals, bubble, really good
[11:26] survivability. I mean, yeah, it's it's a
[11:28] it's there's a reason it's the most
[11:29] played spec in the game. Now, what I
[11:31] personally love about retribution is
[11:32] that it's not all about dealing damage.
[11:34] It's about being the guy in the group
[11:36] that can look at a completely doomed
[11:39] pole set to just wipe everybody and then
[11:41] you take over and make sure your group
[11:43] doesn't wipe. It's one of the specs in
[11:45] the game that you have just so many
[11:47] panic buttons, not only for yourself,
[11:49] but you have panic buttons for your
[11:51] teammates. And on top of it all, you're
[11:53] still blasting every 30 seconds with
[11:55] your wake of ash's burst damage windows.
[11:57] Remember, ladies and gentlemen, pickup
[11:58] groups don't fail in mythic plus because
[12:00] your DPS was 2% lower than the meta.
[12:03] They fail because somebody either dies
[12:05] at the wrong time, the tank will pull
[12:07] too many, or your healer falls behind
[12:09] and doesn't call that they're out of
[12:10] mana. Retribution Paladin is one of the
[12:12] very few specs in the game that can
[12:14] literally prevent any spiral in content
[12:17] from happening. You have blessing of
[12:19] sacrifice you could put on the tank.
[12:20] Blessing of protection you could put on
[12:21] the healer. Enormous off heals with word
[12:24] of glory. You have a full health heal
[12:25] with lay on hands. You got your bubble
[12:27] to make yourself immune. I mean you name
[12:30] it, the retribution paladin has an
[12:32] answer for it. Now when it comes to pure
[12:35] >> retribution paladin, you know what I'll
[12:36] say about them? They're one of those DPS
[12:38] specs that if we all die, you hope that
[12:41] that last man standing, that last DPSer
[12:43] that's still alive maybe is a
[12:44] retribution paladin cuz they might be
[12:46] able to finish off that last like.5% of
[12:49] the boss or something cuz they just have
[12:51] those utility features for themselves
[12:53] and for the group where they just might
[12:54] be able to survive that little bit more
[12:56] and pump out some DPS to finish the boss
[12:58] off. If if the only guy left is like a
[13:00] mage or something or a disciplined
[13:03] priest or you might be dead. I'll be
[13:04] honest, you might be dead. perish some
[13:06] some because there's just no way for
[13:07] them to survive that [ __ ] But with with
[13:10] a rat paladin sometimes they pull off
[13:11] those heroic moments. Yeah. Also bres
[13:13] and [ __ ] right? Um sorry Sam, watch the
[13:15] video. There's no blood DK. Of course
[13:17] there's no blood DK cuz these classes
[13:18] are also like easy to get into and play.
[13:21] Blood DK is highly skilled, extremely
[13:23] reactive, probably one of the hardest
[13:24] class to play in the game. That's why I
[13:26] play it.
[13:26] >> Solo content. Rhett is also really
[13:28] comfortable for that as well. It's tanky
[13:30] and durable. Built-in healing, of
[13:32] course, the great defensive. It's
[13:33] usually a mage, but okay, a mage could
[13:35] survive, but they got to port around,
[13:37] dip and dash, blink everywhere, try to
[13:38] get a ice block maybe long enough to get
[13:41] something off. Yeah, they could.
[13:42] Everyone can have the heroic moment, but
[13:44] I'm just saying when I when I see that
[13:46] red paladin, the last man say, I'm like,
[13:47] "Oh, maybe we got a shot. Maybe he can
[13:50] survive this." Bosses and elites, no
[13:52] problem. It's one of those specs where
[13:54] you could just run in, press wake of
[13:55] ashes, pop all your cool downs, and
[13:56] everything's going to be dying very
[13:58] quickly. Retribution is just that rare
[14:00] combo of very high consistent damage and
[14:03] clutch utility. It is a oneofone in my
[14:05] opinion when it comes to DPS. Easy to
[14:08] execute, very smooth rotation. And I
[14:10] love that even when you're not playing
[14:11] perfect on Rhett, you're at least doing
[14:14] something useful if you focus on your
[14:16] utility and group support. You don't
[14:18] >> One one thing I will say about Paladin,
[14:20] why a lot of people probably play it is
[14:21] it is one of those few specs in the game
[14:24] or classes in the game where you can be
[14:26] a tank, a healer, or DPSer. So like
[14:28] literally whatever your flavor of the
[14:30] month is, you can switch and play all
[14:31] three roles of the game in this in a
[14:33] single class. So that is that is a
[14:35] benefit for sure. Have to be a god tier
[14:37] player, but if you have a high
[14:39] shielding, you can do some ridiculous
[14:41] stuff on this spec. Absolutely love
[14:43] retribution for solo play. They are a
[14:44] pug carry. Next up, if you're looking
[14:47] for a caster, we got to talk about frost
[14:49] mage. Now, I know a lot of people are
[14:50] going to hear this and think, "Oh my
[14:51] god, mage. I thought they were hard to
[14:53] play. I thought they were, you know,
[14:55] nothing but glass cannon sky. What are
[14:56] you talking about?" But throughout
[14:58] history, yes, that may be true.
[15:00] >> I heard the rotation got much easier.
[15:02] So, um maybe they are one of the the
[15:04] easier ones to play now. I I heard it
[15:07] got dropped down a lot. Now, that's a
[15:08] common thing across the g across the
[15:10] board right now. Everybody's specs, a
[15:12] lot of rotational [ __ ] got taken out uh
[15:14] when this post add-on world. So, I think
[15:17] this goes for everybody, but I did hear
[15:18] that for mage specifically, a lot of it
[15:21] got trimmed down. Frost feels amazing
[15:22] now. Great. Yeah. So, this is a good one
[15:24] on the list. Heading into Midnight
[15:25] though, Frost Mage is easily one of the
[15:27] best solo and plug specs in the game
[15:29] because it has the most control in the
[15:32] game.
[15:32] >> Is this a review for season one? No.
[15:34] This is the best classes uh this best
[15:35] specs to solo in uh Midnight.
[15:38] >> Now, some of you may think control is
[15:40] not a big deal, but let me tell you
[15:41] something. If you run a Delve on a frost
[15:43] mage, you can run them super
[15:45] undergeeared simply because no mobs can
[15:48] never actually touch you. You're kiting
[15:50] them constantly.
[15:52] slows up to 70%.
[15:57] >> Very true. I mean, a lot of what Frost
[15:59] Mage does um and what this list really
[16:01] is about, Var is you're out there
[16:04] playing this game solo, don't have
[16:05] friends, you pug everything you do,
[16:07] mythic plus, uh raids, uh solo content
[16:10] when it comes to open world content,
[16:12] questing, everything. And yes, Frost
[16:14] Mage is really good at all of that
[16:15] because nothing ever touches you. You
[16:18] could solo mobs out in the open world so
[16:20] easily just by, you know, freezing them
[16:22] in place. You keep slowing them and
[16:24] you're just, you know, blinking around
[16:26] doing your thing. Nothing ever gets to
[16:28] you, which means one, you never die. And
[16:30] two, hey, low repair costs. Your armor
[16:33] never gets damaged cuz you're never
[16:34] getting hit. Uh, you also have your
[16:35] little frosty bubble thing that you put
[16:37] on all the time. Ice block, great for
[16:39] survivability. Yeah, it's it's a great
[16:41] class to solo. I don't disagree.
[16:43] >> It's actually quite hilarious. And
[16:45] honestly, I think it needs to get
[16:46] nerfed. If you want my honest opinion, I
[16:48] was doing tier 11 delves in the war
[16:50] within on my frost mage, which such
[16:52] horrible gear and dominating them
[16:55] because no mob literally could not touch
[16:58] me. It was hilarious. Now, now, not only
[17:00] that though, it translates very well. I
[17:04] would say the real problem isn't
[17:05] necessarily the fact that damage is not
[17:07] high enough in pickup groups. It's
[17:09] really the little tangible things aren't
[17:11] being done properly. the everyday things
[17:13] that you should be doing. It's it's what
[17:15] no one is doing. No kicks are going out.
[17:17] Defensives aren't being used properly.
[17:19] Mobs aren't being crowdcontrolled on
[17:20] cooldown. Frost mage is great for this
[17:23] sort of thing. Not only that, when it
[17:24] comes to a damage profile, Frost Mage is
[17:27] nuclear right now. Their damage is out
[17:29] of control for a mythic plus
[17:30] environment. It's still good enough to
[17:32] compete for single target as well. So,
[17:34] it's really, really straightforward,
[17:35] fluid, and fun. I love that this spec is
[17:38] forgiving. It doesn't require a lot of
[17:40] like mastering of the spec to know
[17:41] what's going on. Very consistent. I love
[17:44] the control. I love the utility with
[17:46] your arcane intellect, you know, time
[17:48] warp and blood lust effect sort of deal.
[17:50] And I think frost mage is one of the
[17:52] best DPS specs you can main in general
[17:55] heading into midnight.
[17:56] >> And and one thing about mage that I'll
[17:57] add on, no, they can't tank or they
[17:59] can't heal. Maybe one day. Uh, but it
[18:02] one of their three DPS specs is almost
[18:04] always in the top five of DPS like all
[18:08] around always. So like whether it's
[18:10] frost, arcane, or fire, usually one of
[18:13] those three specs is like popping off in
[18:15] any given season. So if you want a class
[18:17] that's like always has at least one spec
[18:20] that's super hardcore popping off in the
[18:22] mythic plus and everything, this a great
[18:24] one cuz there's always going to be one
[18:26] of those three is always going to be
[18:27] popping off. Now next up, another caster
[18:29] that's set to dominate. We got to talk
[18:30] about the demonology warlock. Now, I
[18:32] main warlock and
[18:34] >> there's a common theme here. Anything
[18:35] with a pet is really good for solo
[18:37] content because usually the pet is
[18:39] holding aggro. So, yeah, of course,
[18:40] demonology warlock makes sense. You're
[18:42] summoning thousands of demons to help
[18:44] you fight [ __ ] Yeah, of course it's
[18:46] going to be great for solo content.
[18:47] Season two of the war within. I'm going
[18:48] to be honest, demonology felt like I was
[18:50] cheating anytime I had to do solo
[18:52] content like tier 11 delves. You
[18:55] literally just show up to the delve with
[18:57] an army of demons and your fell guard,
[18:59] he is so tanky, it makes things in my
[19:02] opinion just trivial. Now on the
[19:04] midnight beta, Demonology right now is
[19:06] one of the strongest single target DPS
[19:08] specs in the game. Not only that, their
[19:11] whole kit and design pretty much
[19:13] destroys delves in general. So when it
[19:15] comes to the brand new prey system and
[19:16] delves, they're going to be one of the
[19:18] best options in the game, bar none. But
[19:21] because your AoE DPS is still high while
[19:23] you're singing
[19:24] >> Greg from accounting going to love a
[19:26] demo warlock this season for sure and
[19:28] every season really. Anything that's so
[19:30] low content like a delve, of course you
[19:32] bring 50 pets with you, that shit's
[19:34] going to be real easy cuz you're just
[19:35] going to have the pets tanking and
[19:37] you're just going to be sitting back
[19:38] there blasting [ __ ] and never getting
[19:39] touched. So of course, yeah, Demo
[19:41] Warlock and from what I like just the
[19:43] visuals of Demo Warlock, it looks like
[19:45] so much fun to play. Summoning an army
[19:47] of demons to kill [ __ ] of course that
[19:49] sounds good. Well, Target is one of the
[19:50] best. It makes them great for raids and
[19:53] mythic plus. Not only that, the spec is
[19:55] very straightforward compared to what it
[19:57] used to be, man. And I think a lot of
[19:58] people, you know, you may think, oh,
[20:00] just cuz it's a warlock spec, it's going
[20:01] to be difficult, but in reality, it's
[20:03] actually very straightforward and very
[20:05] clean now. I love personally for
[20:06] demonology warlock, you can lock down
[20:08] casters like pretty much entirely alone
[20:10] because you have multiple kicks now with
[20:12] your fell guard, you know, toss, your
[20:14] axe toss, and then your grimore fell
[20:15] ravager talent now, which gives you an
[20:17] extra kick. You also have shadow fury,
[20:20] your AoE stun. You bring your
[20:21] hellstones, you bring your battle
[20:22] resurrection with your soul stone. I
[20:24] mean, I think demonology is one hell of
[20:26] a spec right now. So, you combine the
[20:28] fact that they have elite single target
[20:29] damage, failgard tanking for solo
[20:31] content, straightforward rotation that's
[20:33] smooth, heavy crowd control for mythic
[20:34] plus, sure, they just become one of the
[20:36] most solid solo and pug player specs in
[20:39] the game bar none. And I think they're a
[20:41] no-brainer if you like warlock. Moving
[20:43] on to our final DPS spec, we have
[20:45] probably the biggest surprise. And
[20:46] believe it or not, we got to talk about
[20:47] the fury warrior. Now, I know I know
[20:49] what you're thinking. A warrior.
[20:50] >> Oh, what? I'm s furry warriors. What is
[20:54] going on here? A full out melee spec is
[20:56] one of the best solo. That's an
[20:58] interesting. If you noticed, most of
[21:00] these are either um ranged or they're
[21:03] like a super movable dip and dive or
[21:05] survivable melee spec. So, like for
[21:08] melee, we had retribution paladin on
[21:10] this list and uh what was the other one?
[21:12] Uh yeah, war um demon hunter. So dipping
[21:15] and diving out or surviving a furry
[21:18] warrior though typically warriors are a
[21:20] little bit tougher to play because of
[21:22] survivability factor and you the fact
[21:23] that you got to get in the face of
[21:24] everything you fight making the solo
[21:26] content sky what the hell talking about
[21:30] are you taking those crazy pills well I
[21:32] might be because fury warriors talent
[21:33] tree just got overhauled but with that
[21:35] it gave them so many more defensive
[21:37] capabilities above your average melee
[21:40] DPS that their self-sustain is out of
[21:43] control they kept enrage Rage
[21:44] regeneration as a defensive. There's a
[21:46] ton of talents that amplify bloodthirst
[21:48] self-healing, so it heals you for a good
[21:50] amount anytime you use it. Now, rally
[21:52] and cry got buffed when you're not in a
[21:54] rage. You have impending victory on a
[21:56] mob whenever you kill it, which is a 20%
[21:58] heal. You have natural 6% leech on all
[22:00] your attacks. And then to cap it all
[22:02] off, you have the brand new talent,
[22:04] killer be killed, where when you would
[22:06] sustain fatal damage, you instead fly
[22:08] into an unstoppable rage where if you
[22:10] kill the guy, you don't actually die.
[22:12] Think of it like a trying to mirror
[22:13] ultimate in League of Legends. It's
[22:15] absolutely ridiculous. So, if there's
[22:18] solo potential in difficult content such
[22:20] as tier 11 delves and the new prey
[22:22] system is very good, I think it'll
[22:24] translate well in mythic plus and solo
[22:26] content such as that. Now, what I
[22:28] personally love about Fury Warrior
[22:30] probably more than any other spec in the
[22:32] game is that you're not sitting around
[22:34] hoping for some cooldowns to come up to
[22:36] deal your damage. You literally charge
[22:38] into the pole and you are ready to throw
[22:41] hands.
[22:42] I will say something like some as
[22:43] somebody who plays Blood DK and you guys
[22:45] have watched me PvP and all that [ __ ]
[22:47] It is fun to just go straight into a
[22:50] [ __ ] bunch of people and not be
[22:52] afraid, right? Just go in balls to the
[22:54] wall, big mob pole, you don't care, big
[22:57] group of players, you don't care. You're
[22:58] going in because you know you have that
[23:00] max survivability even in melee and a
[23:03] lot of people try to get the hell away
[23:04] from you. It sounds like Fury is kind of
[23:07] going to play that way now. It does
[23:09] sound like they have a lot more
[23:10] survivability which would yeah bring
[23:12] them up on this list. Uh again though of
[23:14] this list I would say Fury is probably
[23:16] the hardest one to uh to play in terms
[23:19] of solo content because again it is full
[23:21] board like melee in your face. Amazing
[23:23] for pickup groups because you have
[23:25] incredible self sustain, crazy ondemand
[23:28] damage whenever you need it, good crowd
[23:29] control, one of the best Apex designs in
[23:31] the game. You got storm bolt shockwave.
[23:33] you got your low cooldown kick and
[23:35] whenever you do have your cooldowns
[23:36] going, you deal some of the highest
[23:38] burst damage in the game. So, I think
[23:39] fury warrior is one of the best specs in
[23:41] Midnight in general, but I'm going to be
[23:43] honest, I was so surprised by how great
[23:45] they are in solo content. It is it is
[23:48] really really just a cherry on top. Not
[23:50] only that, you have good utility now, I
[23:52] would think, with your attack power buff
[23:54] getting buffed up to 8%. Rallying Cry
[23:56] being substantially stronger outside of
[23:58] raiding environments, and I think
[23:59] overall, Fury Warrior is doing really
[24:01] solid. Moving on to our first healer, we
[24:03] got the restoration shaman. Now, listen,
[24:05] I'm just gonna say it's
[24:06] >> the only healer with an interrupt
[24:08] anymore. That's it. You know, it's the
[24:09] only I'm just saying you might get
[24:11] invites just because of that. Now,
[24:13] >> up. If you're a pug healer and you're
[24:15] someone who likes to play solo and just
[24:16] get into LFG, this is one of the safest
[24:19] and most carry capable specs right now
[24:21] in now. Restoration shamans, they not
[24:24] only heal at a pretty high level if you
[24:25] know what you're doing, it stabilizes
[24:27] chaos very well. As we all know in
[24:30] pickup groups more than anything, things
[24:32] just tend to go wrong more often than
[24:35] not. Pugs don't wipe once again because
[24:38] healing numbers are a bit too low or the
[24:39] damage is slightly off. Pugs wipe
[24:42] because everything will just go wrong at
[24:44] the same time. People Yeah, like some
[24:46] tank running around not knowing what to
[24:47] pull next. So, he's he's pulling [ __ ] he
[24:49] shouldn't be pulling. Some melee or a
[24:52] random DPSer gets gets a knock back that
[24:54] hits him into another set of mobs. Yeah.
[24:57] or interrupts aren't being done
[24:59] properly, right? Yeah, these things
[25:00] happen. These things happen in pugs.
[25:01] He's right.
[25:02] >> Stand and stuff. Cast don't get the
[25:04] tanks will overpull. Defenses don't get
[25:06] pressed.
[25:07] >> Restoration shaman feels like they're
[25:08] built for moments like that. Your apex
[25:11] talent, storm stream totem pretty much
[25:13] will just full heal the entire group
[25:15] whenever you activate it. So, it's one
[25:16] of the most impactful Apex talents in
[25:18] the game. You have great control with
[25:20] capacitor totem every single pole. And
[25:22] then you're now the only healer in the
[25:24] game left with a kick. Earth Shield and
[25:27] Rip Tide do a ton of healing for your
[25:29] tank and you don't even need to
[25:30] micromanage him. All packed up in a
[25:32] very, very simple, straightforward
[25:33] rotation where your buttons feel very
[25:35] impactful whenever you press them.
[25:38] Literally, one of the biggest reasons I
[25:40] even made this video is the fact that
[25:41] Shaman in general just feels like they
[25:44] are pug superstars, man. And I'm looking
[25:46] for an excuse to talk about it. Shaman
[25:48] is so
[25:49] >> obviously totems bring utility. Like
[25:50] that's a that's a freaking number one
[25:52] positive to bring in a shaman. They're
[25:54] going to put those those dildo totems
[25:56] down. That's going to help the group.
[25:57] It's going to help the raid. It's going
[25:58] to help everybody. Of course, everyone
[26:00] loves to see a total
[26:01] >> comfortable. You don't need perfect
[26:02] coordination to make your group strong
[26:04] and your kit play out. You don't need
[26:06] proper group play to be or good comms
[26:09] and communication and discord. You walk
[26:11] into any pug, you bring your insane
[26:12] value with your group buff, you got your
[26:14] blood lust, and you're just doing very
[26:16] well. So, if I'm being completely
[26:17] honest, if you're heading into Midnight
[26:18] where you're dedicated on playing solo
[26:20] or just healing pugs, I think
[26:22] Restoration Shaman probably is one of
[26:24] the best picks in the entire game. Next
[26:26] up for healers, I got to bring up the
[26:28] restoration. Now, listen, I'm going to
[26:29] keep this short and sweet. I think
[26:31] Restoration Druid is probably the most
[26:32] consistent and just overall high healing
[26:36] per second healer in the game at the
[26:37] moment. And in particular, what I
[26:39] personally really enjoy about
[26:40] restoration is that you can heal very
[26:42] high while doing everything else you
[26:45] need to simultaneously. So you pretty
[26:47] much you put your rejuvenations, you pop
[26:49] wild growth on everybody, and then you
[26:50] throw your life bloom on the tank.
[26:52] You're straight up just AFK. Now, at
[26:54] that point, you're focusing on movement,
[26:55] mechanics, positioning, maybe some extra
[26:57] damage, popping in and out of, you know,
[26:58] either cat or moonkin form, and you're
[27:00] good to go,
[27:01] >> right? Put your you got your dot heels.
[27:03] Put your dot heels up and then run
[27:04] around. That's basically what you're
[27:06] doing. Not only that, when it comes to
[27:07] personal survivability, I mean, they're
[27:09] so durable and mobile, it really feels
[27:11] like druid can survive most situations
[27:13] some other healers cannot. I think
[27:16] what's also really valuable is their
[27:17] grouping potential. You got Ursil's
[27:19] Vortex for the AoE crowd control. They
[27:21] have the best group buff in the game
[27:22] with Mark of the Wild, Battle
[27:24] Resurrection. You got Stampede and Roar.
[27:26] So, basically, you could just plug them
[27:28] into any group and they will fit no
[27:31] problem. I think restoration druid right
[27:33] now is a knockout across the board in
[27:35] terms of just HPS and adaptability for
[27:37] any group. So I really really like that
[27:40] about restoration. Moving on to our
[27:42] first tank slot, we have of course the
[27:44] superhero protection paladin. I'm going
[27:46] to make this
[27:47] >> I will say propally I mean I don't like
[27:49] to say it as a blood DK. I just want
[27:51] everyone to use blood DKs in their
[27:53] tanking. Uh but yeah, prop pali I mean
[27:55] so much survivability.
[27:57] uh so many ways for them to just, you
[27:59] know, they they mount up. So they they
[28:01] freaking use their little hammer of
[28:02] justice, bounce it off a [ __ ] to pull
[28:04] big mobs in. They they consecrate and or
[28:07] constipate the ground, whatever you want
[28:09] to call it. It's Yeah, they're really
[28:11] good. They hold aggro. They survive. I
[28:13] mean, I could be a hater all I want.
[28:15] They're a good They're a good freaking
[28:17] um They're a good tank. And as a as a
[28:19] spec, again, as a class, you could play
[28:21] all three roles.
[28:22] >> Once again, short and sweet. If you're
[28:23] the type of player who likes to tank on
[28:26] here, prop paladin is the safest and
[28:30] most powerful spec you can play at
[28:32] midnight because you're not just
[28:33] tanking. You can literally do every
[28:35] other role entirely alone.
[28:37] >> True.
[28:37] >> Propi is the kind of tank that can walk
[28:39] into a messy pug and instantly make it
[28:42] feel organized because your toolkit is
[28:44] built around control and problem
[28:46] solving. You got answers to every
[28:49] problem in the game. You have a ton of
[28:50] interrupts, controls, and silences for
[28:52] caster mobs, so that can never happen.
[28:54] You have some of the best defensive tool
[28:56] kits in the game for yourself, so you
[28:58] should be fine if you know what you're
[28:59] doing. You have the best utility out of
[29:01] any tank in the game with blessing of
[29:02] sacrifice, blessing of protection,
[29:04] incredible off heals with word of glory,
[29:06] lay on hand for yourself, for somebody
[29:08] else. And not only that, you have some
[29:09] of the highest DPS in the game, too. So,
[29:12] uh, yeah, you know what? Uh, protection
[29:14] paladin, you name it, they got it. So,
[29:15] in pugs where, you know, people miss
[29:17] kicks, the damage could be low,
[29:18] sometimes the healing feels a little bit
[29:20] off, as a prop paladin, you can solve
[29:22] every single problem. Not only that,
[29:23] you're one of the more durable tanks now
[29:25] heading into the game with their talent
[29:26] and the natural damage mitigation
[29:28] adjustments. I'm just going to be
[29:29] honest, protection paladin is a one of
[29:31] one. There's not a class like it. So, if
[29:33] you're heading into Midnight and
[29:34] expansion where you want to tank, carry
[29:37] these random groups, and feel like a
[29:38] superhero, prop paladin is the best
[29:41] spec. No question.
[29:42] >> Yeah, prop P prop Paladin. Yeah. feel
[29:44] like a you're going to feel like an
[29:45] Avenger. No doubt. You're throwing your
[29:47] shield around. You got your hammer of
[29:48] justice. Um you're you're going to feel
[29:50] like Thor and Captain America combined
[29:53] running around playing the hero game.
[29:55] Yes, I don't disagree
[29:57] >> about it. And then finally, we got to
[29:58] talk about Avengers Demon Hunter. Now, I
[30:00] would say if you want a more aggressive
[30:02] >> So, there you go. You got two uh two
[30:04] classes with that are on this list
[30:06] twice. Demon Hunter and Paladin.
[30:08] >> And modernized approach. Vengeance is
[30:11] one of the best specs in Midnight. I
[30:13] would say the biggest thing that makes
[30:15] Vengeance so strong is number one, their
[30:17] mobility through the roof, which means
[30:19] in a real pickup group environment and
[30:22] solo Q environment, they can control the
[30:24] pace and push the pace very well, which
[30:26] believe it or not is valuable. And
[30:28] number two, as of right now, their
[30:29] damage and self is some of, if not the
[30:33] best in the entire game. On top of that,
[30:35] Vengeance right now is extremely
[30:37] durable, which is crazy. The spec is
[30:40] constantly self-healing, sustaining
[30:42] itself while being very aggressive, high
[30:45] damage, high mobility, and you have a
[30:47] ton of tools to support your group as
[30:48] well. My favorite thing about Vengeance,
[30:50] I think, has to be their apex talent
[30:52] though, untethered rage. It gives you
[30:53] free procs and metamorphosis, and you're
[30:55] pretty much just unkillable at that
[30:57] point, and that happens very
[30:58] consistently. So, with Vengeance, you
[31:00] have a tank that can push the pace, deal
[31:01] great damage, great utility with grip,
[31:03] and their magical debuff on enemies for
[31:05] caster comps such as, you know,
[31:06] vengeance demon.
[31:07] >> I'm I'm being a bitter [ __ ] I'm not
[31:08] going to lie. I'm pretty jealous. I am.
[31:10] The utility of uh uh vengeance demon
[31:13] hunter and protection paladin. It's
[31:15] freaking [ __ ] Uh they need Blizzard
[31:17] needs to help out Blood DKs. They do. We
[31:19] used to be just the unkillable force and
[31:21] that was what made us cool. Uh and they
[31:23] since then they've nerfed our healing a
[31:25] lot and [ __ ] So it's changed things. Uh
[31:27] we we need to go back to full god mode
[31:28] like the dragon flight days. We do.
[31:31] Yeah. Or even even Shadowlands. Like we
[31:33] were putting out such big dick numbers
[31:35] once we got the Jailer's weapon. What
[31:37] the [ __ ] was it called? the gavvel. Uh,
[31:39] man, we we need to go back to those
[31:41] days. We do. Yeah, they've they had to
[31:44] nerf blood decay because of Sam. That's
[31:46] true. It's true. Yeah, I was soloing the
[31:48] [ __ ] out of this game live on stream
[31:50] every day and yeah, Blizzard had to nerf
[31:52] them because of that. I agree. I agree.
[31:54] Cyclone Hunter, augmentation evoker,
[31:55] Frost Mage on Holy DK sort of deal. And
[31:58] they're just built to dominate the
[31:59] leaderboard at that point. So, yes, if
[32:01] you're looking for a tank that could
[32:02] really push really, really high tier, I
[32:05] would say this one has the highest
[32:07] ceiling. But yes, ladies and gentlemen,
[32:08] that is going to wrap up this solo and
[32:10] pugging main guide heading into
[32:11] midnight. Listen, I'm a sucker for
[32:13] playing on my own. And I got to say,
[32:14] there are definitely a couple classes
[32:16] that made this list rethink my main
[32:19] choice
[32:21] to destroy.
[32:21] >> Den, thank you for the follow, man.
[32:22] Welcome to our scourge.
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[32:37] next one.
[32:37] >> No, great video from the uh from the
[32:39] comeback kids here. And uh I agree with
[32:41] a lot of it, honestly. And like my whole
[32:43] thing with the um the classes that can
[32:45] be multiple play multiple roles in this
[32:47] game, it's very true. Demon Hunter was
[32:49] on there twice, paladin was on there
[32:51] twice, and then you got other ones like
[32:53] say mage or warlock where it's always
[32:55] like one of their specs, their DPS specs
[32:58] is viable. So, a lot of this is right.
[33:00] Anything with a pet obviously makes for
[33:02] really good solo content. And uh overall
[33:05] nice list here from the comeback kids. I
[33:07] agree with uh with with a lot of this
[33:08] [ __ ] Nice one.
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