[0:00] Welcome to the channel, ladies and
[0:01] gentlemen. My name is Sky, and today
[0:02] we're going to be looking at all 13
[0:04] classes in depth for the latest Midnight
[0:06] World of Warcraft expansion and helping
[0:08] you find the perfect class to main.
[0:11] We're going to be going over the
[0:12] strengths of each class and spec
[0:14] individually, all the biggest changes
[0:16] for each spec heading into Midnight, all
[0:18] the brand new Apex talents and what they
[0:21] do, the skill curve, and if the spec is
[0:23] easy or hard to play, and more.
[0:25] Hopefully, by doing so, we can steer you
[0:27] in the right direction to selecting a
[0:29] class that is perfect for you. This is
[0:32] the ultimate class picking guide for
[0:34] Midnight World of Warcraft. The call of
[0:37] the paladin is to protect the weak,
[0:39] bring justice to the unjust, and
[0:41] vanquish evil from all corners of the
[0:43] world. Paladins are equipped with plate
[0:45] armor to confront the toughest foes, and
[0:48] the blessing of the light allows them to
[0:49] heal wounds for their allies and even
[0:52] some cases restore life to the dead.
[0:55] When it comes to the strengths of the
[0:56] Paladin, you easily have some of the
[0:58] highest utility in the game. You bring
[1:00] powerful blessings to keep your allies
[1:02] alive, aura buffs, which are passive
[1:04] buffs to enhance your allies in combat,
[1:07] very strong offhealing capabilities,
[1:09] incredibly powerful cooldowns that can
[1:11] save your raid and group in just a
[1:13] moment, and one of the few classes in
[1:16] all of World of Warcraft who can
[1:17] resurrect an ally in combat. As a
[1:20] paladin, you have access to all three
[1:22] role types being tank, healer, and DPS.
[1:25] And overall, you're just very versatile.
[1:27] And if you enjoy playing multiple role
[1:30] types, this easily has to be one of the
[1:32] biggest benefits of a paladin. Moving on
[1:34] to some spec changes for retribution.
[1:36] Overall, the gameplay and vibe is very
[1:39] similar to what it was in the war
[1:40] within. They made a couple changes to
[1:42] their hero talent tree. Hammer of wrath
[1:44] is no longer a separate ability. It
[1:46] upgrades judgment whenever you pop
[1:48] wings, so you could just deal more
[1:49] damage. And they combined executioner
[1:51] sentence with final reckoning into one
[1:53] ability. For retribution's apex talent,
[1:56] it's an entirely passive talent that
[1:58] adds extra damage to your blade of
[1:59] justice and your holy power spenders. It
[2:02] gives you a chance to unleash a wave of
[2:04] holy light to deal extra damage to
[2:06] enemies in an area. It's not the
[2:08] flashiest ability ever, but it's free
[2:10] damage and it keeps retribution simple.
[2:12] For protection paladins, eye of tier and
[2:15] moment of glory are gone. But replacing
[2:17] that, your passive damage mitigation is
[2:19] much higher with your brand new rework
[2:21] talent tree. Your self-healing and
[2:23] sustain is substantially better with
[2:25] Word of Glory, and your damage is still
[2:27] very high as a protection paladin
[2:30] overall, even for a tank. For
[2:32] protection's Apex talent, it's an
[2:33] entirely passive talent called Glory of
[2:36] the Vanguard. It makes it to where your
[2:37] judgment has a chance to cause your
[2:39] Avengers shield to echo light damage
[2:41] across enemies and increases the damage
[2:44] of your shield of the righteous. Again,
[2:46] not a new play style type of talent, but
[2:48] it makes protection hit harder and
[2:50] that's always a win for them. And
[2:52] lastly, for holy paladin, they
[2:53] completely overhauled their talent tree.
[2:56] Additionally, they rework the light of
[2:58] dawn ability to heal anyone in a circle
[3:00] around you in a 40 radius as well. aura
[3:04] mastery and your powerful defensive
[3:05] cooldowns feel more impactful. Holy
[3:08] shock and judgment had have a ton of
[3:10] talent points centered around them to
[3:12] make them feel powerful and weighted
[3:13] again. So overall, things feel really
[3:15] great from a gameplay perspective for
[3:18] holy. When it comes to their apex
[3:19] talent, it's called beacon of the
[3:21] savior. Think of it as having an
[3:23] additional beacon on a lowest health
[3:25] ally within 30 yards automatically. Any
[3:28] healing you do onto others, 30% of that
[3:30] healing will replicate to this target.
[3:33] Not only that, whenever a target
[3:34] receives this beacon, they gain an
[3:36] absorb shield and some damage
[3:38] mitigation. The only issue we need is
[3:40] some better UI clarity to know who has
[3:42] this absorb shield and beacon so we can
[3:44] actually tell who it is. But overall,
[3:45] this is a very strong direction for
[3:47] Holy. Listen guys, when it comes to the
[3:49] star ratings, overall for Paladin,
[3:50] they're one of the easier classes you
[3:52] can play in World of Warcraft. They
[3:53] don't get nuclear changes like some
[3:55] other classes, but they got cleaned up
[3:57] very well to the point where all three
[3:58] specs seem like they're in a really good
[4:00] spot at the moment. But if you're
[4:02] somebody who loves multiple role types,
[4:03] build variety is fantastic for Paladin
[4:06] as you can play DPS, tank, and healer.
[4:08] So, there's a lot of flexibility out
[4:09] there. Now, if you only like one
[4:11] specific roles, for example, like DPS,
[4:14] you are very limited with only having
[4:16] one spec on this class. When it comes to
[4:18] their Apex talents overall, I would say
[4:20] they're pretty decent at best. There are
[4:22] definitely some other Apex talent
[4:24] options in the game out there that
[4:25] perform better and feel a lot more
[4:27] impactful through a rotation, but
[4:29] Paladins's Apex talents across the board
[4:31] are almost entirely passive. They don't
[4:33] impede on the rotation. If you're
[4:34] looking for something simple that
[4:35] actually help, these are some good apex
[4:38] talents for you. Druids harness the vast
[4:41] power of nature to preserve balance and
[4:43] protect life. Druids can unleash
[4:45] nature's raw energy against your enemies
[4:47] by reigning celestial fury on them from
[4:49] a great distance, binding them with
[4:51] vines or even shapeshifting to powerful
[4:53] creatures to deal relentless attacks.
[4:56] Druids are the most versatile combatants
[4:59] in all of World of Warcraft, and they
[5:01] can fulfill every single role. When it
[5:04] comes to the strengths of the druid, you
[5:05] are easily the most versatile class in
[5:07] the game by having access to four specs
[5:09] and three different role types being
[5:11] DPS, tank, and healer. You're also one
[5:13] of the very few classes in all of WoW
[5:15] who have access to a battle resurrection
[5:18] which allows you to resurrect allies
[5:19] during combat. You can shapeshift into
[5:22] multiple forms to cater to whatever
[5:24] situation you're in. Whether you need
[5:25] more mobility with travel form, more
[5:27] defensive capabilities with bear form,
[5:29] or even the option to stealth past
[5:31] enemies in cat form. You bring great
[5:33] utility with your Mark of the Wild raid
[5:35] buff, battle resurrection, good crowd
[5:37] control, as well as your intervate
[5:39] ability to help your healers cast more
[5:41] spells. When it comes to specs and all
[5:43] of their big changes for feral druid
[5:44] heading into midnight, bleed
[5:46] snapshotting did get substantially
[5:48] easier than before. You're not juggling
[5:50] so many things at once, and you have a
[5:52] couple new tools in your kit, such as
[5:54] frantic frenzy, which is a cool little
[5:56] AoE ability, as well as Chomp, a single
[5:59] target bite ability whenever you're low
[6:01] on energy. They did get some pruning
[6:03] with thrash being gone, but when it
[6:05] comes to their apex talent, Unseen
[6:06] Predator, it's entirely passive and it
[6:09] pretty much just has a chance to flicker
[6:11] and deal some extra damage whenever you
[6:13] ferocious bite. Balance druid. When it
[6:15] comes to them, their biggest change is
[6:16] that eclipse as a system got reworked
[6:19] and it's now a button that you actively
[6:21] press. The gameplay for balance now is
[6:24] trying to stay in eclipse state as long
[6:26] as you can to deal substantially more
[6:29] damage. Not only that, your mastery got
[6:31] buffed and it's now just flat arcane and
[6:33] nature damage increase overall. For the
[6:35] apex talent, it's called ascendant
[6:37] eclipses and it makes it to where
[6:38] whenever you activate an eclipse, you
[6:40] immediately deal damage to enemies. It
[6:42] makes your star surge and starfall hit
[6:44] harder and your critical strikes deal
[6:46] additional damage over time to enemies
[6:48] during eclipse, which feel really good.
[6:50] For guardian druid, they got a lot of
[6:52] changes in midnight. Thorns of iron as a
[6:55] passive got removed and there's no more
[6:56] iron fur spam style of gameplay. It's
[6:59] now a major shift toward active
[7:01] decision-making and it is a bit harder
[7:04] to play overall. Their apex talent is
[7:06] called wild guardian where after you pop
[7:08] incarnation, you gain access to another
[7:10] ability called wild guardian. This
[7:12] causes the next two cast of iron for
[7:14] maul or frenzied regen to be echoed
[7:17] again which offers some good variety for
[7:20] restoration druid. drastically reduce
[7:21] the amount of ramp needed to get off
[7:23] some powerful heals like lifeloom and
[7:26] your other heal overtime effects as they
[7:28] drastically deal more healing faster and
[7:30] it's become overall a more reactive
[7:32] healer. Restoration's apex talent ever
[7:34] bloom drastically increases the power of
[7:36] your lifeler
[7:39] healing that stacks over time and have
[7:41] powerful ondemand healing whenever you
[7:43] consume soul of the forest making it
[7:45] easily one of the best healer apex
[7:47] talents in the entire game. Listen guys,
[7:50] when it comes to star ratings for druid,
[7:52] they are one of the harder classes to
[7:53] play in World of Warcraft. Between, you
[7:55] know, weaving in and out of different
[7:56] forms to capitalize on certain
[7:58] situations, knowing when to use your
[8:00] battle res and intervate abilities
[8:01] properly, they're, you know, also having
[8:03] four different specs you can learn and
[8:05] master. I'm not going to lie, druid
[8:06] easily has to be one of the harder
[8:08] classes to play in WoW, but their
[8:10] ceiling is quite literally limitless.
[8:13] When it comes to build variety, it goes
[8:14] without saying druid is amongst the best
[8:16] in the entire game. If you're somebody
[8:18] who likes to play multiple role types,
[8:20] there's no better class in World of
[8:21] Warcraft than Druid. And then lastly,
[8:23] when it comes to the Druid Apex talents,
[8:25] overall, I would say they're actually in
[8:26] a pretty good spot, except for Pharaoh
[8:28] Druid. Ferro Druid's Apex is probably
[8:30] one of the worst in the entire game.
[8:32] Just how boring and unimpactful it
[8:33] feels. But because of how strong, you
[8:36] know, Guardian, Restoration, and Balance
[8:38] Druid feels, it definitely even things
[8:40] out to push them into a solid category.
[8:43] The priests are devoted to the spiritual
[8:45] realm and express their unwavering faith
[8:47] by serving the people. In the midst of
[8:49] terrible conflict, no hero questions the
[8:52] value of the priestly order. They use
[8:54] powerful healing magic to fortify
[8:56] themselves and allies and also wield
[8:58] powerful offensive abilities from a
[9:00] distance through dark practices. When it
[9:02] comes to the strengths of the priest,
[9:04] one of the biggest strengths is that you
[9:05] have access to multiple different healer
[9:08] specializations. and you are the only
[9:10] class in World of Warcraft that has two
[9:12] healer options. This typically means one
[9:15] of them is going to be performing very
[9:16] well in a content type, rather it be
[9:19] PvP, Mythic Plus, or raiding. The class
[9:22] overall has many high impact support
[9:25] abilities such as power infusion, power
[9:27] ward fortitude, and leap of faith to
[9:29] really aid their party and raid.
[9:31] Overall, you're a very flexible healer
[9:33] and you have a strong DPS class with
[9:35] Shadow Priest that brings fantastic
[9:37] utility and off healing as well. With
[9:39] Shadow Priest, the biggest changes for
[9:41] them heading into Midnight is that their
[9:42] entire theme has swapped from void to
[9:45] now the old god theme. Visually, they're
[9:47] pretty much changed top to bottom, but
[9:50] the gameplay is very similar. Their
[9:52] offensive cooldowns got simplified and
[9:54] the talent tree is more streamlined and
[9:55] focused more on void apparitions. The
[9:58] apex talent, like I said, is void
[10:00] apparitions, and it makes it to where
[10:01] whenever you activate one of your idle
[10:03] effects from your talent tree, you
[10:05] summon shadowy apparitions to go toward
[10:08] your target. You also summon them
[10:10] automatically whenever you tentacle
[10:12] slam. And these apparitions have a
[10:13] chance to spawn as void apparitions that
[10:16] shoot dark magic at enemies. Now, when
[10:18] it comes to holy priest, they got some
[10:20] of the biggest changes out of any healer
[10:22] in the game. Tons of spells are gone and
[10:25] it's now being known as one of the
[10:26] easiest and beginner healers in all of
[10:29] WoW. Renew is a passive ability you
[10:32] don't need to manually upkeep. And other
[10:34] drastic changes happen through the tree.
[10:36] The biggest one being the ultimate
[10:37] serenity talent near the end of the tree
[10:39] that replaces sanctify as a core strong
[10:42] singlet target hero option that also
[10:44] splashes for AoE healing. For their apex
[10:46] talent, it's called Benediction. It
[10:48] causes your prayer of mending to have a
[10:50] chance to upgrade your flash heal to
[10:52] benediction to heal your target for more
[10:54] and cause a cosmic ripple healing
[10:56] effect. This cosmic ripple is like a
[10:58] mini splash heal effect with a cool
[11:01] visual and can even activate during each
[11:03] pulse of divine hymn. And during
[11:05] apotheiois flash heal is automatically
[11:07] replaced by benediction for the
[11:09] duration. For discipline priests, their
[11:11] gameplay style really did not change
[11:13] much. penance gains two charges and it's
[11:15] heavily damage focused now to result
[11:17] into more healing and overall your
[11:19] atonement healing is substantially
[11:20] stronger than before. Their apex talent
[11:23] is called master the darkness where your
[11:25] penance has a chance to upgrade power
[11:27] ward shield into void shield which is an
[11:29] AoE shield that applies to your party.
[11:32] Not only that, this void shield will
[11:34] reflect 15% of damage taken back to
[11:37] enemies and cause atonement healing,
[11:39] which feels great. Listen guys, when it
[11:41] comes to the star ratings, I think for
[11:43] priest, they aren't as difficult to play
[11:45] as some people may think. Holy priest is
[11:47] known as one of the easier healers to
[11:49] pick up in WoW. While discipline priest
[11:51] still is rather straightforward, I think
[11:53] their apex talents are strong across the
[11:55] board. And always, holy priest or
[11:57] discipline priest are going to perform
[11:58] substantially well in one form of
[12:01] content or another, whether it be
[12:02] raiding, PvP, or mythic plus. If you're
[12:05] looking for a class that isn't too
[12:06] complicated as a caster or healer DPS,
[12:09] Priest is a very good option for you.
[12:10] When it comes to build variety, if
[12:12] you're enjoying healing, you have a ton
[12:13] of different options and choice here,
[12:15] and you're the only class in the game
[12:16] with two different healer specs.
[12:18] Overall, I really enjoy priest for what
[12:20] they are. I love the game variety and
[12:22] the styles of all three specs. And I
[12:24] think this class in general is in a very
[12:26] good spot heading into Midnight WoW.
[12:29] From an early age, the Call of the Wild
[12:31] draws some adventurers from their
[12:32] comfort of their homes into the
[12:34] unforgiving primal world outside. Those
[12:37] who endure this eventually become
[12:40] hunters, masters of the environment.
[12:42] They're able to slip like ghosts through
[12:44] the trees and lay traps in the path of
[12:46] their enemies while guarding beastial
[12:48] allies. When it comes to the strengths
[12:50] of the hunter, they have three very
[12:52] different DPS specs that can all fit
[12:54] different niches. Not only that, because
[12:56] they have three different specs. one of
[12:58] them typically becomes very strong
[13:00] compared to the rest, meaning it's very
[13:02] safe option for a class if you only like
[13:04] the damage. The hunter is also very easy
[13:07] to learn. Having access to a pet, you
[13:09] makes it easier to solo content compared
[13:11] to some other classes, and it's easy to
[13:13] avoid raid mechanics as a marksman or
[13:15] beast mastery due to being as mobile as
[13:18] you are. When it comes to each spec and
[13:20] their biggest changes, starting off with
[13:21] survival, pretty much top to bottom, it
[13:23] got reworked in terms of class theme and
[13:26] fantasy. Now it's based off of
[13:27] explosives, shotguns, and Molotov
[13:30] cocktails with abilities being core to
[13:32] their kit like boomstick, which is a
[13:34] frontal cone channel in front of you.
[13:36] Their apex talent is called raptor
[13:38] swipe, where whenever you raptor strike,
[13:40] it improves itself then afterward to
[13:42] raptor swipe, which damages enemies
[13:44] around you in a nearby radius, which is
[13:46] great for their consistent DPS increase.
[13:49] For marksmanship hunter, Blizzard pushed
[13:50] them in a direction to where their aim
[13:52] shot hits substantially harder, but with
[13:55] that the cast time of it is increased
[13:57] and streamline was also removed from the
[14:00] game. Killshot is now also exclusive to
[14:02] marksmanship hunter and overall the
[14:03] class has now a slower gameplay style of
[14:06] pace. Think of it like a backline sniper
[14:09] turret style of play. Marksmanship apex
[14:12] talent amplifies this with the take aim
[14:14] passive. It makes it to where aimshot
[14:16] will always critically strike. The
[14:18] damage of it is increased and whenever
[14:20] you rapid fire, it reduces the cooldown
[14:22] of aimshot. For beast mastery hunter,
[14:24] overall the gameplay is very similar.
[14:26] Multi-shot is replaced by a new pet AoE
[14:29] called wild thrash. Beastial wrath is
[14:31] now on a flat 30 second cooldown and the
[14:33] miniame of juggling barb shot as a buff
[14:36] is now removed. Your apex talent is
[14:38] called nature's ally to where whenever
[14:40] you activate beastial wrath, you summon
[14:42] an animal companion along your side to
[14:45] help you in combat. Beastial Wrath will
[14:47] now strike four targets in an AoE and
[14:50] you get more kill commands while you're
[14:52] doing your rotation. I think when it
[14:53] comes to a star rating system, guys, I
[14:55] think the skill curve of Hunter, you got
[14:57] to know they're one of the easiest
[14:59] classes to play in the entire game. for
[15:01] all three specs. They're very
[15:02] straightforward, relatively easy to
[15:04] play, and they're all very effective in
[15:06] dealing damage no matter what content
[15:08] type they're in. The reason for that is
[15:10] being because, yes, you are a pure DPS
[15:12] class. So, your versatility when it
[15:14] comes to roll types and utility, yes, it
[15:16] may not be that high, but I will say,
[15:18] however, when it comes to a DPS class,
[15:20] you have a very wide variety of dealing
[15:22] damage. Three different DPS specs that
[15:23] all have multiple build types. So, the
[15:25] build variety is definitely there for
[15:27] hunter on that end for pure DPS. When it
[15:30] comes to their Apex talents for Hunter,
[15:31] I gotta say all three of them feel like
[15:33] they're in a really good spot. They're
[15:34] all straightforward enough to
[15:36] understand. They elevate the class to
[15:37] deal simply more damage, and they're
[15:39] effective to where they amplify your
[15:41] abilities that all feel good to press.
[15:43] For example, like aim shot for
[15:44] marksmanship and kill command for beast
[15:47] mastery. For rogues, the only code is
[15:49] the contract, and their honor is
[15:51] purchased in gold. Free from the
[15:53] constraints of a conscious, these
[15:55] mercenaries rely on brutal and efficient
[15:57] tactics. There are lethal assassins and
[15:59] masters of stealth who approach their
[16:01] marks from behind, piercing a vital
[16:03] organ and vanish back into the shadows
[16:05] before the victim even hits the ground.
[16:07] When it comes to the strengths of the
[16:09] rogue, they have three very different
[16:10] DPS specs that all fill very different
[16:12] niches. Not only that, because they have
[16:15] three different DPS specs, one of them
[16:16] typically becomes very strong and at
[16:18] least meta in one form of content. The
[16:21] rogue has very flexible DPS for any
[16:24] situation. Whether you want more AoE or
[16:26] single target, you have great
[16:28] survivability in raids with faint as
[16:30] well as cheat death. And you also have
[16:32] access to stealth and you can put your
[16:33] allies in stealth for a short period of
[16:35] time with Shroud of Concealment. Not
[16:38] only that, of course, we all know Rogue
[16:39] is one of the best PvP classes in the
[16:42] entire game and is a fantastic dualist.
[16:45] When it comes to changes, subtlety rogue
[16:47] heading into Midnight probably received
[16:48] the most out of all rogue specs. This
[16:50] spec got substantially pruned with
[16:53] things like flagagillation, symbols of
[16:55] death, and rupture all being removed.
[16:58] Subrogue is now known as being one of
[17:00] the most easy specs you can play in the
[17:02] game. You have a brand new talent tree
[17:03] focused on shadow clones with their apex
[17:05] talent, ancient arts, amplifying this as
[17:08] well. If you've ever played Zed from
[17:10] League of Legends, it's very similar to
[17:12] how he plays. Your damage attacks that
[17:14] expend shadow techniques have a chance
[17:16] to summon a shadow clone to deal
[17:18] additional damage for you. So, visually
[17:20] and from a class fantasy perspective,
[17:22] Subtlety Rogue has definitely seen some
[17:24] incredible improvements heading into the
[17:26] new expansion. When it comes to Outlaw
[17:28] Rogue, the Roll the Bones has been
[17:30] simplified and reworked a bit. It's not
[17:32] as RNG reliant, but there's still that
[17:35] aspect tied to it. Between the Eyes now
[17:38] gives you a flat percentage damage
[17:39] increase to all your abilities when you
[17:41] use it. And the spec is now all about
[17:43] big setups and big ginormous burst
[17:46] windows rather than being super speed
[17:48] spammy melee like it was before. Their
[17:50] Apex talent, Gravedigger, makes it to
[17:52] where whenever you dispatch, you have a
[17:54] chance to build a bullet in your sleeve
[17:56] and then every so often it'll give you a
[17:58] free charge between the eyes and reset
[18:01] its cool down. This is perfect for
[18:02] lining up those big burst damage windows
[18:04] into then using heavy-hitting abilities
[18:06] like killing spree. For Assassination
[18:08] Rogue, they reworked Crimson Tempest to
[18:10] where it's now an ability that spreads
[18:12] your bleeds to nearby targets. So, gone
[18:15] are the days of requiring you to be in
[18:17] stealth to spread your gross and
[18:18] ruptures in an AoE setting. This spec
[18:21] now has the fantasy of spreading your
[18:22] bleeds effectively and then preparing
[18:24] big chain and venom windows with big
[18:27] rewards if you pull it off properly.
[18:29] Your apex talent and plaable makes it to
[18:31] where each invenum you chain backto back
[18:34] increases your energy generation
[18:35] drastically when it runs out. Your
[18:37] king's bane also deals substantially
[18:39] more damage and generates you full combo
[18:41] points. Listen, when it comes to a class
[18:43] star ratings perspective, I think with
[18:45] skill curve for rogue, it is one of the
[18:47] more complicated classes you can play in
[18:49] the entire game. Whether it be for PvE
[18:52] or PvP, this class is not easy by all
[18:55] means. For build variety, if you enjoy a
[18:58] pure DPS class, you do have a very wide
[19:01] variety of build options for each spec
[19:03] individually for rogue. Overall, I think
[19:05] Apex talents for rogues surprisingly are
[19:07] in a good spot. They at least feel very
[19:09] thematic toward each spec individually.
[19:11] And of course, they see some good
[19:13] improvements in damage when you unlock
[19:15] them, which is a good thing. My biggest
[19:17] concern for Rogue is always going to be
[19:18] the fact that they have very, very
[19:20] little utility for a group. And in
[19:22] general, they're a very selfish class
[19:24] overall. So, if Rogue isn't dealing very
[19:27] good damage compared to everybody else,
[19:29] it's going to be difficult sometimes to
[19:31] find a group, whether it be for Mythic
[19:33] Plus or Raid, because of how selfish
[19:35] rogue is. Mages are gifted with a keen
[19:38] intellect and unwavering discipline. The
[19:41] arcane magic available to the Magi is
[19:43] both great and dangerous, and thus is
[19:46] revealed only to the most devoted
[19:48] practitioners. The mage only wear cloth,
[19:51] but arcane shields and enchantments give
[19:54] them additional protection. They use
[19:56] fire, frost, and arcane magic. And yes,
[19:58] they may be fragile, but they are
[20:00] absolutely deadly from afar. When it
[20:03] comes to the strengths of the mage, they
[20:04] have three very different DPS specs that
[20:06] can all fill different niches. Not only
[20:08] that, because they have three different
[20:09] DPS specs, one of them typically becomes
[20:12] very strong compared to the rest,
[20:14] meaning it's a very safe option for a
[20:16] class if you only like DPS. You're very
[20:19] flexible when it comes to build variety,
[20:21] whether it be for single target or
[20:22] cleave through three specs. You're a
[20:24] very mobile caster that is one of the
[20:26] only classes in the game that has a
[20:28] cheap death mechanic to avoid getting
[20:30] one-shotted if you are playing fire. You
[20:32] have great utility and control inside of
[20:34] mythic plus and raids and even time warp
[20:37] to massively increase your allies
[20:38] damage. You're an incredible PvP class
[20:41] if you know what you're doing and you're
[20:42] skilled enough to play the mage. And not
[20:44] only that, you bring portals to summon
[20:46] the capital cities, as well as food,
[20:48] water, and more. When it comes to each
[20:50] spec and their biggest changes for fire
[20:52] mage, they definitely saw the most
[20:54] drastic changes heading into Midnight.
[20:56] Phoenix Flames has been removed, and a
[20:58] lot of very key talents for what made
[21:00] Fire Mage great have been pruned. During
[21:03] combustion windows, you're still very
[21:05] high damage and nuclear on the DPS
[21:07] meters, but outside of this, things are
[21:09] slowed down maybe too much. Your apex
[21:12] talent is called fire up where consuming
[21:14] hot streak has a chance to increase your
[21:16] fire damage and now fired up increases
[21:18] the duration of your combustion while
[21:20] not only that reducing the cooldown of
[21:22] your fire blast ability. So it really
[21:23] helps you in your combustion window. For
[21:26] frost mage heading into midnight, you
[21:27] have a brand new freezing and shattering
[21:30] debuff mechanic system. Now some of your
[21:32] spells apply a debuff to a target which
[21:34] you shatter by using icecelance or comet
[21:37] storm. Not only that, Icy Veins is now
[21:40] removed and replaced with the ray of
[21:41] frost ability, and overall the talent
[21:43] tree has been reworked for frost mage
[21:45] for substantially better improvement.
[21:48] Your apex talent is called a hand of
[21:50] frost, where whenever you shatter an
[21:52] enemy, you have a chance to summon a
[21:53] hand of frost to pursue them and deal
[21:56] AoE damage. Not only that, your ray of
[21:58] frost will summon Hand of Frost over its
[22:00] duration and it will gain an additional
[22:02] charge as well. For Arcane Mage, they
[22:04] got changed and it's become way more
[22:06] simple than it was before. You have a
[22:08] brand new Arcane Pulse ability, which is
[22:10] like Arcane Blast, but instead deals AoE
[22:13] damage consistently with a complete
[22:15] change to their talent tree with very
[22:17] unique build and variety. Now, your Apex
[22:20] talent is called Touch of the Ark Mage,
[22:22] and it makes your Touch of the Magi
[22:24] increase the damage your target
[22:25] receives. and increases your damage
[22:27] overall and makes your touch of the magi
[22:29] deal more damage in an AoE on the floor
[22:32] after it expires. Listen, when it comes
[22:34] to the star ratings for skill curve on
[22:36] mage, you have to know that the mage is
[22:37] a very advanced class to play. Your
[22:40] defensive capabilities are quite low for
[22:42] the most part now due to the pruning and
[22:44] they don't have any self- sustain with
[22:45] any real healing. So, so you're going to
[22:47] be very reliant on your healer. Not only
[22:49] that, some of the rotations can be quite
[22:51] difficult to master, even after the
[22:53] pruning and rotations, making them at
[22:55] least slightly hard to play. If you like
[22:58] a pure DPS class, Mage has a ton of
[23:00] build variety with all three specs. Of
[23:02] course, yes, you are stuck as one role,
[23:05] but there are always one or two mage
[23:07] specs that are dominating on the meters,
[23:09] making it a very safe choice to play if
[23:11] you purely like the DPS. When it comes
[23:13] to their Apex talents, I actually think
[23:15] mage has some of the best designs in the
[23:17] entire game across the board. The only
[23:19] spec I don't necessarily love is fire
[23:22] mage, as all it does is feed into more
[23:23] combustion reliance. But overall, all
[23:25] three of these specs are incredibly
[23:27] thematic with their apex talents and
[23:28] will help them deal substantially more
[23:30] damage, which I do enjoy. In the face of
[23:33] demonic power, most heroes see death.
[23:36] Warlocks only see opportunity. Dominance
[23:39] is their aim, and they found a path to
[23:41] the dark arts. These voracious
[23:43] spellcasters summon demons and minions
[23:45] to fight beside them and toss out dark
[23:47] magic to deal massive damage to enemies
[23:50] through shadow, chaos, and fire. When it
[23:52] comes to the strengths of the warlock,
[23:54] they have three very different DPS specs
[23:56] that can fill different niches. Not only
[23:59] that, because there's three different
[24:00] specs, one of them typically becomes
[24:02] very strong and at least close to meta
[24:05] compared to everybody else. They're one
[24:07] of the few classes in the game that have
[24:08] access to pets, so solo content could
[24:10] become much easier for them. They have
[24:12] good utility for raids by bringing
[24:14] health stones, soul stones as a battle
[24:16] resurrection, and demonic gateways for
[24:18] mobility to avoid mechanics for their
[24:21] raid and party. Warlock does have access
[24:23] to some of the most powerful offensive
[24:25] cooldowns in the game. They can summon
[24:27] their teammates from across realms, and
[24:29] in my opinion, they have one of the
[24:30] coolest class fantasies in all of World
[24:33] of Warcraft. When it comes to each spec
[24:35] and their biggest changes for
[24:36] destruction warlock, they really didn't
[24:38] see much change heading into Midnight.
[24:40] They're kind of a onetoone copy of what
[24:42] they have been other than some minor
[24:44] talent changes and adjustments. You're
[24:46] still seeing massive damage with rain of
[24:48] fire and chaos bolt and that's not going
[24:51] to change here. Their apex talent is
[24:53] called embers of nihilm and it causes
[24:55] your incinerate to occasionally invoke
[24:57] the power of the dark titans to deal
[24:59] damage to enemies in an area. Also, when
[25:02] you chaos bolt in Reign of Fire, it will
[25:04] automatically cast this ability as well.
[25:06] For Affliction Warlock, you're seeing a
[25:08] toptobottom rework of the spec. Overall,
[25:11] it's being reverted back to a spec being
[25:13] all about damage overtime effects while
[25:15] removing malefic rapture entirely. You
[25:18] have soulshard spenders now, such as
[25:20] unstable affliction and seed of
[25:22] corruption back, and a ton of new
[25:24] abilities in your kit. So now for
[25:25] affliction, you're officially back to
[25:27] being that slow damage overtime rot spec
[25:30] yet again. Your apex talent is called
[25:32] shadow of nathrazi where where your
[25:35] haunt's ability damage has a chance to
[25:37] summon a demonic soul from the twisting
[25:39] nether to deal damage to your target and
[25:41] enemies around them. For demonology,
[25:43] they also drastically reduce the skill
[25:45] required to play this spec. Your
[25:47] dreadstalkers now are instant and free
[25:50] cast and they also automatically summon
[25:52] your charhound for you. So, just one
[25:54] ability, you have a ton of pets out
[25:56] instantly attacking enemies. Not only
[25:58] that, they completely reworked their
[26:00] entire talent tree and brought back a
[26:01] ton of new abilities, including a
[26:04] Doomguard as a 2-minute cooldown pet
[26:06] that you can summon. Your Apex talent is
[26:09] called Dominion of Argus, and it summons
[26:11] additional minions whenever you pop your
[26:13] Demonic Tyrant from the home world of
[26:15] the Legion, flooding the battlefield
[26:17] with minions. Listen, from a star rating
[26:19] system, I think it's pretty well known
[26:21] throughout history that Warlock is one
[26:23] of the hardest caster DPS to play in the
[26:25] game. Affliction and demonology are not
[26:27] easy to learn and master at all. But if
[26:30] you do, you'll definitely end up
[26:32] separating yourself from the rest of the
[26:33] pack very easily. If you like a pure DPS
[26:37] class, then Warlock can absolutely be an
[26:39] option for you. You have three different
[26:41] specs that all have great variety in
[26:43] terms of AoE and single target damage
[26:46] with three different hero talents and
[26:47] great apex talent tree design across the
[26:50] board. This class is very far from
[26:52] boring and everything is very thematic
[26:54] and fun for their apex talents and class
[26:56] trees in general, easily making them one
[26:58] of the best numerically and class
[27:00] fantasy-wise in the game. If you can
[27:02] master this class, for as long as war
[27:04] has raged, heroes from every race has
[27:07] aimed to master the art of battle.
[27:09] Warriors combine strength, leadership,
[27:12] and a vast knowledge of arms and armor
[27:14] to wreak havoc and glorious combat. Some
[27:18] protect the front lines with shields,
[27:19] and others forego the shield and unleash
[27:21] their rage at the closest threat with a
[27:24] variety of deadly weapons and attacks.
[27:27] When it comes to the strengths of the
[27:28] warrior, they do have access to two
[27:30] different role types, being tank or DPS.
[27:33] Between Arms and Fury, they have a very
[27:35] wide variety of flexible DPS toolkits to
[27:38] fill just about any need out there.
[27:40] Because you are a warrior wearing plate
[27:42] armor, you are very durable and tanky
[27:45] compared to some other classes in the
[27:46] game. And not only that, you bring your
[27:48] attack power buff for your raid with
[27:50] your battle shout and even some more
[27:52] durability with the new and improved
[27:54] rallying cry. When it comes to their
[27:55] biggest class changes for Arms Warrior
[27:57] heading into Midnight, they reworked
[27:59] their talent tree for the better. Not
[28:01] only that, Colossus Smash is now AoE
[28:03] baseline and affects [music] everybody
[28:04] around you when you use the ability.
[28:06] Sweeping Strikes is reworked to a fixed
[28:09] set number of attacks again, and your
[28:11] mastery increases your damage by a flat
[28:13] amount. So, Arms Warrior feels a bit
[28:15] slower, but your attacks feel a lot more
[28:17] weighted and heavy-hitting, making them
[28:19] deal more damage. Your Apex talent is
[28:22] called Master of Warfare, where whenever
[28:24] you attack an enemy, your slam has a
[28:26] chance to upgrade to heroic strike. This
[28:29] will have you deal more damage, reduce
[28:31] the enemy's armor, and reduce the
[28:32] cooldown of your Colossus Smash ability
[28:34] whenever you use it, making it great for
[28:36] your rotation overall. When it comes to
[28:38] Fury Warrior, their core rotation is
[28:40] very similar. It's still all about that
[28:42] Bloodthirst, Ravager, and Rampage
[28:44] rotation. They just simply got some nice
[28:46] talent tree updates, which has done
[28:48] wonders for them. Not only that, they
[28:50] have one of the best Apex talents in the
[28:52] entire game with Rampaging Berserker.
[28:54] This makes it to where whenever you pop
[28:56] recklessness, your damage is further
[28:58] increased substantially. Your rampage
[29:00] cost is reduced drastically. And
[29:02] whenever you cast rampage, you get an
[29:05] increase of your strength by a flat
[29:06] percentage amount. For protection
[29:08] warrior, they solve very minimal
[29:09] gameplay changes, and overall, they're
[29:11] still a straightforward, simple tank you
[29:13] can play. They're still all about strong
[29:15] physical damage reduction, but still
[29:17] being rather weak to magical attacks.
[29:20] Your apex talent is called failinsx and
[29:22] it causes your thunder clap to increase
[29:23] the damage of your next shield slam and
[29:26] cause AoE damage in front of you. And
[29:28] then while your shield block is active,
[29:30] your active shield slam deals more
[29:31] damage, giving you a nice little back
[29:33] and forth between using thunderclap and
[29:35] shield slam while also upkeeping your
[29:37] defensives, which is a great form of
[29:38] gameplay. When it comes to the skill
[29:40] curve for the warrior, for the most
[29:41] part, this class is very straightforward
[29:43] to play. If you've ever had an
[29:44] experience in MMO RPGs, you can probably
[29:47] pick up all three of their specs in
[29:48] their rotations very quickly and learn
[29:50] the class very easily. I will say,
[29:52] however, when it comes to build variety,
[29:54] you don't have much room for
[29:56] interchangeability and flexibility here.
[29:58] Arms and fury, very straightforward DPS
[30:01] specs with like one or two builds max.
[30:03] And at the end of the day, a warrior is
[30:05] always going to feel like a warrior
[30:06] where you charge in there, you swing
[30:08] your weapon, and you hit stuff. When it
[30:10] comes to their apex talent,
[30:11] surprisingly, I can't believe I'm saying
[30:12] this. I actually really enjoy all three
[30:14] warrior specs, apex talents across the
[30:17] board. For fury, it's one of my
[30:18] favorites, if not my favorite in the
[30:20] entire game with rampaging berserker.
[30:22] And I think protection warrior
[30:23] incentivizes you to deal more damage
[30:25] while upkeeping your defensive
[30:26] capability, which is a great way to
[30:28] design a class. Shamans are spiritual
[30:31] guides and practitioners, not of the
[30:33] divine, but of the very elements of the
[30:35] world themselves. Unlike some of their
[30:38] mystics, shamans commune with forces
[30:39] that are not strictly benevolent. The
[30:42] elements are chaotic and left to their
[30:44] own devices. They rage against one
[30:46] another in unending primal fury. It is
[30:48] the call of the shaman to bring balance
[30:50] to this chaos, acting as moderators
[30:53] among earth, fire, water, and air. When
[30:56] it comes to the strength of the shaman,
[30:58] you have the option to DPS or heal,
[31:00] having access to two different role
[31:02] types. And with their DPS specs, you
[31:04] have a range spellcaster with elemental
[31:06] and an uplose fighter with enhancement.
[31:09] All three of their specs offer a very
[31:11] wide range of gameplay. They have some
[31:13] of the best utility in the entire game
[31:15] with all of their totems and of course
[31:17] their new sky fury buff and the blood
[31:19] lust ability to massively increase all
[31:21] your allies' damage. Now, when we're
[31:23] talking about each spec and their
[31:24] biggest changes for enhancement, they
[31:26] got pruned and polished drastically
[31:28] heading into the new expansion. This was
[31:30] one of the classes that had an insane
[31:32] amount of button bloat in War Within and
[31:33] they tightened it up and made it so much
[31:36] better heading into Midnight. Not only
[31:37] that, they updated their talent tree and
[31:39] bought some nice quality of life to
[31:41] them. So overall, things are looking
[31:42] good for enhancement. The Apex talent is
[31:44] called Storm Unleash to where each
[31:46] maelstrom you spend has a chance to
[31:48] cause your next Crash Lightning to
[31:49] ignore its cooldown and deal additional
[31:51] damage in an area. When it comes to
[31:53] elemental shaman, voltaic blaze is the
[31:55] latest addition to the spec, and it
[31:57] causes flame shock to hit enemies in an
[31:59] AoE and causes your next lava burst to
[32:01] hit all of them on a very consistent
[32:03] basis. Not only that, they updated their
[32:05] talent tree substantially, improved the
[32:07] spec without them feeling gutted. For
[32:09] elemental's apex talent, it's called
[32:11] feedback loop. This causes your
[32:13] elemental overload damage to be higher,
[32:15] and cause elemental overloads to guess
[32:18] what? have a 25% chance to cause an
[32:21] additional elemental overload where
[32:23] you're pretty much shooting out spells
[32:24] like a machine gun. For restoration
[32:26] shaman heading into midnight, they got
[32:28] substantially pruned. Healing surge is
[32:31] gone. You don't get both healing tide
[32:32] and ascendants anymore. Cloudburst, earn
[32:35] wall, and other niche totems were also
[32:37] removed as well. Their apex talent is
[32:40] called storm stream totem and it makes
[32:42] it to where whatever you rip tide, you
[32:44] have a chance to upgrade your next
[32:45] healing stream totem into storm stream
[32:48] which heals for a substantial amount of
[32:50] health to all allies in your party. From
[32:52] a raw number perspective, this is easily
[32:54] one of the best apex talents in the
[32:56] entire game. I will say from a star
[32:58] ratings perspective, shaman and
[32:59] difficulty makes it a bit more
[33:01] complicated than other classes out
[33:02] there. there in WoW, you do have a lot
[33:04] of utility options. So, to really make
[33:06] use of a good shaman player, you got to
[33:08] know how to help your party. When it
[33:10] comes to build variety, I will say,
[33:12] however, there is a ton of build variety
[33:14] for each spec that you can pretty much
[33:16] just fill any spot possible. If you need
[33:18] more range DPS, you play elemental. If
[33:20] you need more melee, cleave, on demand,
[33:22] burst DPS, you play enhancement. If you
[33:24] need more support, of course, you play
[33:25] restoration. All these specs have
[33:26] fantastic variety. And not only that,
[33:28] their apex talents and hero talents
[33:30] offer more variety as well. So, a lot of
[33:32] flexibility here. Now, when it comes to
[33:34] their Apex talent design, surprisingly,
[33:37] I'm not the biggest fan of Shaman's apex
[33:40] talent. I think buffing Crash Lightning
[33:41] is pretty boring on enhancement, and I
[33:43] think simply having another elemental
[33:45] overload is pretty boring on elemental
[33:48] in my opinion. Now, I don't mind healing
[33:50] stream totem getting buffed into storm
[33:51] stream for restoration as it does
[33:53] perform really well numerically, but I
[33:56] feel like they could have done better
[33:57] overall. When the Lich King's control
[33:59] over his death knights was broken, his
[34:01] former champions found their new purpose
[34:04] as the knights of the Ebban Blade. Death
[34:07] Knights engaged their foes up close,
[34:09] supplementing swings of their weapon
[34:10] with dark magic that renders enemies
[34:12] vulnerable or damage them with unholy
[34:15] power. When it comes to the strengths of
[34:16] the death knight, you have the option to
[34:18] tank or DPS, having two different role
[34:20] types. It's universally known as for
[34:22] being the most tanky class in the entire
[34:25] game, making you incredibly durable and
[34:27] difficult to kill. Both of your DPS
[34:29] specs are very different in terms of
[34:31] gameplay, with one being about minions
[34:33] and summoning pets, and the other being
[34:35] about explosive frost damage and
[34:37] heavyhitting attacks. You're one of the
[34:39] few classes in the game that have access
[34:40] to battle resurrection to resurrect your
[34:43] fallen allies in combat, and you easily
[34:45] have one of the coolest class fantasies
[34:46] in the game. Now, heading into Midnight,
[34:48] the biggest changes for Unholy, they got
[34:50] completely reworked top to bottom.
[34:52] You're now a class that's all about
[34:54] summoning minions to flood the
[34:55] battlefield and do your bidding while
[34:57] dealing necrotic, shadow, and disease
[35:00] damage to your enemies. This is easily
[35:02] one of the most fun specs you can play
[35:04] in all of World of Warcraft right now,
[35:05] and the changes will definitely surprise
[35:07] you as it is very fun. Their Apex talent
[35:10] is called Forbidden Knowledge, and
[35:12] whenever you cast your Army of the Dead,
[35:14] it transforms your death coil and
[35:16] epidemic abilities into stronger
[35:18] abilities and making you summon
[35:20] additional minions at an increased rate,
[35:22] flooding the battlefield with the dead.
[35:24] With Frost Death Knight, they stayed
[35:25] exactly the same heading into Midnight.
[35:27] So, nothing has really changed here.
[35:29] When it comes to the Apex Talent, it's
[35:30] called Chosen of the Frost Brood. Your
[35:32] Frostworm's fury deals more damage and
[35:35] grants you haste for a certain amount of
[35:37] time. Additionally, you can activate the
[35:39] ability again to call Craosa back to
[35:42] deal more damage to enemies. And for
[35:44] Blood Death Knight, they saw some major
[35:46] ability pruning heading into Midnight.
[35:47] Your core abilities are heavier and more
[35:49] weighted and more impactful than ever,
[35:51] which feels kind of good. But the
[35:52] biggest change is your dancing rune
[35:54] weapon is now on a set cooldown rather
[35:57] than being able to be reduced by
[35:58] expending bone shield charges. For your
[36:01] apex talent, it's called dance of
[36:02] midnight where whenever you consume a
[36:04] rune, you have a chance to call a
[36:06] dancing rune weapon to your aid.
[36:08] Additionally, while dancing rune weapon
[36:10] is active, your heart strike will deal
[36:12] more damage and your overall combat
[36:13] abilities will greatly be enhanced.
[36:16] Listen, when it comes to their star
[36:17] ratings, I will say for Death Knight,
[36:19] they are very straightforward to play.
[36:21] other than maybe unholy death knight now
[36:22] being reworked. All of their rotations
[36:24] when it comes to a DPS or tanking
[36:26] perspective are not that difficult to
[36:28] pick up. When it comes to build variety,
[36:30] you have a pretty decent amount for
[36:31] death knight. Overall, it really just
[36:33] depends if you like the other specs
[36:35] between the class overall or not. You
[36:37] just have to understand the gameplay
[36:38] variance is drastically different
[36:41] compared to unholy, frost death knight,
[36:43] and even blood death knight. When it
[36:45] comes to their apex talents, personally,
[36:46] I'm not a big fan of all of them. The
[36:48] only other one I seem to enjoy is unholy
[36:51] death knight. But man, I really dislike
[36:53] blood death knight's apex talent being
[36:54] focused about dancing rune weapon and
[36:56] then of course frost death knight. I I
[36:58] just don't love it. I think it could
[37:00] have been improved. So hopefully we get
[37:01] some changes there. Now whatever your
[37:04] combat role may be, monks rely mainly on
[37:06] their hands and feet to do the talking.
[37:09] With a strong connection to their inner
[37:10] chi to power their abilities, it's the
[37:12] monks who brought hope to a seemingly
[37:14] dim future. and they're here to do it
[37:16] yet again in Midnight WoW. Monk's
[37:19] talents focus on directing theirQi
[37:21] energy to control the battlefield by
[37:23] enhancing their movement and restricting
[37:25] their their enemies and even healing
[37:26] their allies in the party. You're one of
[37:28] the only classes in the game that has
[37:30] access to three different role types
[37:32] being DPS, tank, and healer. Each
[37:34] specialization for monk brings a special
[37:36] aura for the raid, which is great. And
[37:38] you also bring Mystic Touch, which
[37:40] brings a 3% debuff to have everyone deal
[37:43] additional 3% melee physical damage.
[37:45] You're also one of the most mobile
[37:47] classes in the game. And easily amongst
[37:49] all of their specs, there's a very
[37:50] unique gameplay style across the board,
[37:53] which is very cool. Heading into
[37:55] Midnight, Windalker got some updates.
[37:56] One of them being Storm, Earth, and Fire
[37:58] is gone. And a lot of their micro burst
[38:00] cooldowns have been removed as well.
[38:03] Their talent tree got completely
[38:04] reworked, and their hero talent trees
[38:06] got updated as well. So, there were a
[38:08] lot of changes. Overall, you have a
[38:10] brand new cooldown called Zenith, and a
[38:12] lot of your damage is based around fist
[38:14] of fury. Now, their apex talent is
[38:16] called Tiger's Eye Brew. Pretty much
[38:18] whenever you activate your new cooldown
[38:20] called Zenith, your critical strike
[38:22] chance is increased. Not only that, your
[38:24] fist of fury deals additional damage
[38:26] based off your critical strike chance as
[38:28] well. For Mistw Weaver, they saw some
[38:29] improvements to their talent tree, and
[38:31] one of those is Vivify being replaced
[38:33] with Shaun's gift, which is a splash
[38:36] heavy healing ability. Not only that,
[38:38] you have the opportunity to play the new
[38:39] and improved caster soothing mist build
[38:42] on a mistw weaver. And overall, your
[38:44] healing amplification effects were
[38:46] trimmed. For Apex talent, it's called
[38:48] Spirit Font, where your Rising Sunkick
[38:50] and Vivify have a chance to activate
[38:52] Spirit Font, causing your next
[38:54] enveloping mist to channel soothing mist
[38:56] onto five nearby allies around you. Not
[38:59] only that, when you pop Thunder Focus
[39:01] Tea, it'll automatically activate this
[39:03] effect and apply Chica Cocoons at 30%
[39:06] effectiveness to all allies around your
[39:08] target, making it a phenomenal healer
[39:10] apex ability. For Brew Master Monk, they
[39:12] got heavy pruning and rotation
[39:14] simplification across the board. Your
[39:16] stagger interactions are cleaned up,
[39:18] talent trees were improved, and they
[39:20] drastically lean fully into the brew
[39:22] master-like theme. Your Apex talent is
[39:25] bring me another, where whenever you
[39:26] cast one of your brews, it leaves you
[39:28] with an empty barrel. These stock up and
[39:30] are tied to your next keg smash to deal
[39:32] additional damage to enemies in front of
[39:34] you. Listen, when it comes to star
[39:36] ratings for difficulty for monk, I'm not
[39:38] going to lie, this class is very
[39:40] advanced to play for the average player,
[39:42] but I think if you spend time on it, you
[39:43] can learn the class. you can perform
[39:45] very well. I think across the board, the
[39:48] only class that's re the only spec
[39:49] that's really in question still just
[39:51] numerically is wind walker as they
[39:54] definitely need some buffs right now.
[39:55] When it comes to build variety, this
[39:57] class entirely depends on if you enjoy
[39:59] playing multiple roles or not. The fact
[40:01] that they have one spec of each roll
[40:03] type can either limit or expand your
[40:06] build variety greatly depending on how
[40:08] you play. When it comes to their apex
[40:10] talents, personally, I'm not the biggest
[40:12] fan of them on the monk. Overall, I will
[40:14] say I really love Mistw Weavers and I
[40:16] think it's one of the best in the entire
[40:18] game. However, Wind Walker and Brew
[40:20] Master Monks seem to be falling flat a
[40:22] little bit in my opinion in terms of
[40:23] interacting with your rotation and
[40:25] making it a bit more fun. Demon Hunters
[40:27] are the disciples of Illan Storm Rage.
[40:30] They embrace fell and chaotic magic to
[40:33] challenge the Burning Legion and enemies
[40:35] who wish to destroy their allies. They
[40:38] capitalize on speed, closing the
[40:40] distance quickly to strike enemies with
[40:42] one-handed weapons, and even range
[40:44] demonic voidlike attacks. When it comes
[40:46] to the strengths of the demon hunter,
[40:47] you now have access to two different ro
[40:49] types, being DPS or tank. You're easily
[40:52] one of the most mobile classes in the
[40:54] game, and you have incredibly strong
[40:56] offensive cooldowns like metamorphosis
[40:58] to vastly increase your damage and
[41:00] defensive capabilities for duration.
[41:02] You're relatively a straightforward
[41:04] class to pick up but difficult to master
[41:06] and one of the best AoE damage toolkits
[41:08] in the game, making them great for
[41:10] mythic plus. They bring the chaos touch
[41:12] debuff to your target, which increases
[41:14] the magic damage they take by 3%, which
[41:16] is great for a raid. And they have
[41:18] fantastic self- sustain with their
[41:20] natural leech. When it comes to each
[41:22] spec and their changes, Devourer is the
[41:24] brand new spec heading into Midnight
[41:26] WoW. and it's all about collecting the
[41:28] souls ripped from your enemies and
[41:30] consuming them to turn you into a
[41:32] metamorphosis state to deal
[41:34] substantially increased damage. It's
[41:36] going to be one of the easier classes
[41:38] you can pick up in World of Warcraft,
[41:40] but also incredibly unique and difficult
[41:43] to master. Your Apex talent is called
[41:45] Midnight. This drastically increases the
[41:47] damage of your collapsing star, making
[41:49] it automatically critically strike and
[41:51] have you collect more soul fragments
[41:53] whenever you enter Metamorphosis. For
[41:55] Vengeance, they did see minor changes
[41:57] heading into the new expansion. Fiery
[41:59] Brand and Spirit Bomb got reworked and
[42:01] updated, and your damage profile is
[42:03] still incredibly high as a tank. For
[42:06] their apex talent, Untethered Rage, it
[42:08] makes your abilities have a chance to
[42:10] allow Metamorphosis to be cast without
[42:12] incurring its cooldown. This is easily
[42:14] amongst one of the best Apex talents in
[42:16] the entire game, as it drastically
[42:18] increases your damage, survivability,
[42:20] and just overall levels of fun whenever
[42:22] you proc this. When it comes to Havoc
[42:25] Demon Hunter, they overall stayed very
[42:27] similar heading into Midnight. They just
[42:28] got some minor talent tree updates and
[42:30] changes to some of their previous
[42:32] abilities. They do have better defensive
[42:34] capabilities with blur. And overall,
[42:36] their rotation is simple and still
[42:37] tight-knit. Their apex talent is called
[42:39] Eternal Hunt, where fully channeling
[42:42] I-beam makes your next blade dance
[42:44] refresh its own cooldown after you use
[42:46] it. Not only that, it increases the
[42:48] damage of your hunt, i-beam, and blade
[42:50] dance abilities. When it comes to a star
[42:52] rating system, I will say Demon Hunter
[42:54] is a very straightforward beginner class
[42:56] to play. Even today, across all three
[42:58] specs heading into Midnight, they're
[43:00] very straightforward, beginner friendly.
[43:02] So, if you're looking for a class that's
[43:03] relatively, you know, easy to pick up,
[43:05] Demon Hunter can be for you. Now, when
[43:07] it comes to build variety, you do now
[43:09] have three specs with Devourer being
[43:11] added. There's a good amount of build
[43:13] variety here. You have a range DPS spec
[43:14] with Devourer, melee DPS with Havoc, and
[43:17] a tank spec with Vengeance. And all of
[43:18] them are performing exceptionally well.
[43:20] When it comes to Apex talents across the
[43:22] board for Devour, they're among some of
[43:23] the best in the game. I think
[43:24] personally, Vengeance has the best Apex
[43:26] talent for tanks, while Havoc has one of
[43:28] the best in the entire game for DPS.
[43:30] Overall, Apex talents look good. I think
[43:32] Demon Hunter in general is in a great
[43:34] spot right now and a great class you
[43:36] could pick up for anybody in the game.
[43:38] As an evoker, you possess special
[43:40] empowered abilities that you can use to
[43:42] change the strength of a spell. Evokers
[43:44] take advantage of these empowered spells
[43:47] and fight from moderate range. They
[43:49] demolish their foes with fiery attacks
[43:51] or restore allies to keep them in the
[43:53] fight. You focus on the power of the
[43:55] red, blue, and green dragon flights to
[43:58] deal devastating damage or preserve your
[44:00] allies. When it comes to the strengths
[44:01] of the evoker, as the evoker, you have
[44:03] access to three different
[44:04] specializations that include a DPS, a
[44:07] healer, and a support buffer DPS, which
[44:10] is the one and only spec that can do
[44:12] this in the entire game. You are one of
[44:15] the few classes in the game that bring a
[44:16] blood lust effect which vastly increases
[44:18] your allies damage for a short duration.
[44:20] And easily Evoker has one of, if not the
[44:23] best hero and apex talent tree designs
[44:25] in the game, leaving your creativity and
[44:27] build design pretty much limitless
[44:29] across the board. When it comes to the
[44:30] biggest changes heading into the
[44:32] expansion, augmentation has stayed very
[44:35] similar. You're still going to be that
[44:36] support class that's buffing your allies
[44:38] to increase their damage overall. Eban
[44:40] might is now raidwide and the baseline
[44:43] buff has been increased as well. With
[44:45] your apex talent duplicate, Breath of
[44:47] Eons now summons a time version of you
[44:49] to assist you in battle. It duplicates
[44:51] your abilities and anytime you extend
[44:53] your eb and might, your duplicate is
[44:55] also extended as well, increasing your
[44:57] stats overall. For Devastation, they
[45:00] didn't see drastic changes, but they did
[45:02] get tightened up. Shattering Star is now
[45:04] a passive tied to Eternity Surge. Their
[45:06] hero talent trees got changed
[45:07] drastically and they're much more
[45:09] effective than previously before. Your
[45:11] apex talent is called rising fury where
[45:14] whenever you activate dragon's rage, you
[45:16] increase your haste. Then when dragon
[45:18] rage ends, it grants you damage and
[45:20] haste bonuses and generates you essence
[45:22] burst for you as well. And then finally,
[45:24] you have preservation where they did see
[45:26] some changes. Spirit bloom was removed.
[45:29] Dream breath has become substantially
[45:31] buffed and more core to your rotation.
[45:33] and Ekko's and Verdant Embrace were
[45:35] drastically buffed as well. Your Apex
[45:37] talent is called Merithra's Blessing.
[45:39] Your essence abilities have a chance to
[45:41] infuse your next reversion, upgrading it
[45:44] to Meithra's blessing, which shoots out
[45:46] healing to allies in a five target area
[45:49] around you. Not only that, this apex
[45:51] also increases Dream Breath's instant
[45:53] healing, and Dream Breath will
[45:54] automatically proc this effect, giving
[45:56] you this ability whenever you need,
[45:58] making a very good apex talent. When it
[46:00] comes to star ratings for skill curve
[46:02] for Evoker, they can be a little bit
[46:04] complicated. I'm not going to lie. Being
[46:06] the brand new class in World of War
[46:07] being one of the brand new classes in
[46:08] World of Warcraft over the last few
[46:10] years, it's something a lot of players
[46:11] have never experienced before. So, it is
[46:13] something they'll have to pick up from
[46:15] scratch. For the most part, each evoker
[46:17] spec has a very wide variety of builds
[46:19] they can run because all their hero
[46:21] talent trees and Apex talents provide
[46:23] really good support for their role type
[46:24] and things are looking really good for
[46:26] them from a build variety perspective.
[46:28] But yes, ladies and gentlemen, that is
[46:30] going to wrap up our massive video on
[46:31] Midnight World of Warcraft. This took me
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