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# The BEST Specs To Play If You Want To SOLO Midnight - World of Warcraft -Samiccus Discusses & Reacts

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## Summary

This video is a reaction and discussion of a guide from 'The Comeback Kids' on the best World of Warcraft specs for solo players and those who primarily pug (pick-up groups) heading into the 'Midnight' content update. Samiccus and another host review and react to each recommended spec, evaluating them based on self-sufficiency, survivability, consistent damage, utility, and ease of play in uncoordinated groups. The overarching theme is that specs with strong survivability, self-healing, mobility, and consistent damage profiles are superior to those requiring high coordination or perfect setups.

### Key Points

- **Target Audience Clearly Defined** [0:00] — The video is explicitly aimed at solo players and pug-only players, not coordinated groups. Greg from accounting is the target, players without guilds or friends who just log in and play.
- **Solo Pug Mindset Defined** [0:26] — Most players log in to get stuff done, pug a mythic plus key or two, and have fun without the headache of building a perfect group comp or sitting in Discord. The video is about specs that feel good and can carry during chaos.
- **Sponsored Game Plug: Lort** [1:07] — The video includes a sponsorship segment for 'Lort', an 8-player co-op action roguelike on Steam, described as chaotic, hilarious, and currently under $10.
- **Havoc Demon Hunter: Safe & Self-Sufficient** [2:13] — Havoc is described as one of the safest solo/pug specs due to excellent mobility, strong defensive toolkit, high sustain, and low dependency on team coordination. It offers consistent, high damage without needing perfect setups.
- **Unholy Death Knight: Revamped & Powerful** [5:02] — Despite recent nerfs, Unholy DK is highlighted for its self-sufficiency, great durability, built-in sustain, and a reworked rotation that no longer requires long ramp-up. It's effective with a few buttons and has powerful AOE disruption.
- **Beast Mastery Hunter: Easiest & Safest** [7:30] — Considered the easiest spec for questing and solo content because the pet tanks, takes all aggro, and deals damage. The rotation is simple and mobile, and the spec provides consistent, median-based damage.
- **Retribution Paladin: The Pug Carry** [11:04] — Ret is praised for having panic buttons for both self and teammates, preventing group wipes. It offers high consistent damage, a smooth rotation, and tremendous utility including heals, blessings, and bubble. A pug superstar.
- **Frost Mage: Control is King** [14:47] — Frost Mage is surprisingly good for solo due to unparalleled control. Constant slows and freezes allow it to solo content undergeared. In pugs, its consistent damage and utility (CC, kick, Bloodlust) make it a strong pick.
- **Demonology Warlock: Pet Army Trivializes Content** [18:29] — Demonology is described as trivial for solo content like delves because a pet army tanks everything. It has elite single target damage, a straightforward rotation, and strong crowd control for pugs.
- **Fury Warrior: Surprising Solo Survivability** [20:43] — Fury Warrior is unexpectedly great for solo due to a talent overhaul giving it immense self-sustain (heals, leech, cheat death). It offers consistent on-demand damage and utility, making it a strong pick despite being melee.
- **Restoration Shaman: Chaos Stabilizer** [24:03] — Resto Shaman is the top healer pick for pugs because it's built for chaotic moments, has the only healer interrupt, and brings strong group healing, CC, and bloodlust. It's a pug superstar.
- **Restoration Druid: Consistent & Mobile Healer** [26:26] — Resto Druid is praised for its high consistent healing, durability, mobility, and group utility (battle res, Mark of the Wild). It is very adaptable to any group composition.
- **Protection Paladin: The Superhero Tank** [27:42] — Prot Paladin is considered the safest and most powerful tank for pugs. It has answers to every problem, including interrupts, silences, off-heals, blessings, and high damage. It can organize a messy group on its own.
- **Vengeance Demon Hunter: Aggressive & Mobile Tank** [29:57] — Vengeance is highlighted for its extreme mobility, high damage, constant self-healing, and strong group utility (grip, magic debuff). It can control the pace of a dungeon and is very durable.

### Conclusion

The best specs for solo and pug play in Midnight are those with high self-sufficiency, mobility, utility, and consistent damage or healing, as they can handle chaotic, uncoordinated groups and solo content effectively. The video emphasizes that practical, median performance is more important than theoretical maximum damage.

## Transcript

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