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Ranking World of Warcraft Classes from WORST to BEST

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The video ranks all 13 World of Warcraft classes from worst to best, offering humorous critiques of each class's fantasy, gameplay, and community perception. The ranking is subjective and meant for entertainment.

[0:00]
Introduction to Ranking

The video announces a ranking of all 13 WoW classes from worst to best, with an apology for low-ranked mains.

[0:30]
Evoker: Least Memorable

Evokers are criticized as the least memorable class despite being dragon-themed, with issues like taking fall damage and looking like a 'Lisa Frank notebook'.

[1:33]
Monk: Low Popularity

Monks are noted for their kung fu flips and panda theme, but are rarely played and often misunderstood.

[2:31]
Demon Hunter: Past Glory

Demon Hunters peaked in Legion and now feel out of place, with excessive jumping and shouting 'Illidan was right'.

[3:26]
Hunter: Lost Immersion

Hunters have lost their immersive pet management and ammo mechanics, now feeling like a 'mobile turret with a cat'.

[4:32]
Priest: Healer Identity

Priests are primarily healers, with Shadow being fragile and Discipline being a variant of Holy.

[5:33]
Death Knight: Faded Cool

Death Knights were iconic in Wrath of the Lich King but have since declined, now feeling like 'Bolvar's unpaid interns'.

[7:31]
Rogue: PvP Menace

Rogues excel in PvP with stealth and stabbing, but lack utility and are often forgotten in PvE.

[8:30]
Shaman: Cool Fantasy, Weak Performance

Shamans have a great class fantasy with totems and lightning, but are rarely top performers.

[9:28]
Druid: Versatile but Chaotic

Druids can fill all roles, but each spec has issues: Balance is spammy, Guardian is simple, Resto hasn't changed since 2007.

[10:12]
Warlock: Stylish and Powerful

Warlocks have great tier sets, demon minions, and strong DPS, but are associated with weird roleplay.

[11:01]
Paladin: Best of Everything

Paladins have plate armor, heals, bubbles, and a righteous fantasy, appealing to both lore fans and crusader enthusiasts.

[11:55]
Mage: Classic Fantasy

Mages channel fire, frost, and arcane, with portals and time travel, making them a versatile and iconic class.

[13:15]
Warrior: Number One

Warriors are the true WoW experience, relying on pure violence and rage, with iconic abilities like Charge and Execute.

The ranking is subjective and humorous, with Warrior taking the top spot as the most iconic class. Viewers are encouraged to debate the rankings in the comments.

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Which class is ranked last (13th) in the video?

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Evoker

0:30

What is the main criticism of Evokers?

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They are the least memorable class despite being dragon-themed, and they can still take fall damage.

0:30

Which class is ranked 12th?

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Monk

1:33

What is the class fantasy of Monks?

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Wandering brew master traversing Azeroth, doing kung fu flips.

1:33

Which class is ranked 11th?

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Demon Hunter

2:31

When did Demon Hunters peak according to the video?

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In the Legion expansion.

2:31

Which class is ranked 10th?

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Hunter

3:26

What did Hunters lose that made them less immersive?

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Pet management, feeding, training, and ammo mechanics.

3:26

Which class is ranked 9th?

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Priest

4:32

What is the primary role of Priests according to the video?

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Healer, whether they like it or not.

4:32

Which class is ranked 8th?

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Death Knight

5:33

When were Death Knights at their peak?

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In Wrath of the Lich King.

5:33

Which class is ranked 7th?

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Rogue

7:31

What is the main strength of Rogues?

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PvP, with stealth and stabbing from behind.

7:31

Which class is ranked 6th?

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Shaman

8:30

What is the class fantasy of Shamans?

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Totems, lightning, and spirit wolves.

8:30

Which class is ranked 5th?

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Druid

9:28

What is the main advantage of Druids?

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Versatility: they can tank, heal, melee, and ranged.

9:28

Which class is ranked 4th?

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Warlock

10:12

What are Warlocks known for?

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Best tier sets, demon minions, and strong DPS.

10:12

Which class is ranked 3rd?

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Paladin

11:01

What makes Paladins appealing?

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Plate armor, heals, bubbles, and a righteous fantasy.

11:01

Which class is ranked 2nd?

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Mage

11:55

What abilities do Mages have?

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Portals, food, time travel, invisibility, and elemental magic.

11:55

Which class is ranked 1st?

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Warrior

13:15

What is the core fantasy of Warriors?

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Pure violence and rage, with no spells or gimmicks.

13:15

💡 Key Takeaways

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Evoker Criticism

Highlights the disconnect between the class's dragon theme and its underwhelming implementation.

0:30
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Hunter's Lost Immersion

Points out how class mechanics that once added depth have been removed, reducing the class's appeal.

3:26
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Death Knight's Decline

Illustrates how a once-iconic class has lost its luster over time.

5:33
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Warrior as Top Class

Declares Warrior the quintessential WoW class, emphasizing simplicity and effectiveness.

13:15

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Worst WoW Class: Evoker Roast

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Hilarious and relatable critique of the newest class, sparking debate among players.

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Monk & Demon Hunter: Overhyped?

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Controversial low rankings for popular classes will trigger passionate fan defenses.

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Hunter & Priest: Fallen from Grace

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Nostalgic take on once-iconic classes resonates with veteran players.

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Death Knight & Rogue: Mid Tier?

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Top 3: Paladin, Mage, Warrior

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[00:00] World of Warcraft has 13 classes,

[00:02] everybody, and you probably have tried

[00:04] most of them. But let's be honest, some

[00:06] of them are better than others. Some

[00:08] classes feel iconic, like they are

[00:10] Warcraft, and others feel like they just

[00:13] kind of somehow snuck into the game one

[00:15] day without anybody noticing. No way.

[00:17] So, today we're ranking every WoW class

[00:20] from worst to best. And I apologize in

[00:22] advance if your main is near the bottom.

[00:24] So, let's begin with number 13.

[00:28] [Music]

[00:30] The

[00:32] Evoker. You're the newest class in the

[00:34] game, Evokers, and yet somehow you're

[00:36] the least

[00:37] memorable. How is that even possible?

[00:39] You're literally playing as a dragon

[00:41] person who can literally soar the skies

[00:44] of Azeroth, and yet somehow you all can

[00:45] still take fall damage. Like, what is up

[00:47] with that? You're a failed experiment of

[00:49] Deathwing. You spend your days spamming

[00:51] magic laser beams. And guys, you think

[00:54] that you look fabulous while doing it,

[00:56] but you don't. Listen, evokers. You

[00:59] might think you're cool, but you're just

[01:00] the guy who shows up to the raid looking

[01:02] like a Lisa Frank

[01:04] notebook. Evokers have potential, sure,

[01:07] but they feel like a tech demo for a

[01:09] better class we haven't seen yet,

[01:11] especially with their most recent spec

[01:13] augmentation. And no matter how many

[01:15] times you say that you're not a furry,

[01:18] you play a dragon with eyeliner. Okay,

[01:21] you're not fooling

[01:24] anybody. Number 12.

[01:33] The

[01:36] monk. You play this class because you

[01:39] love. You might say it's because of the

[01:42] game play of the monk, but deep down you

[01:45] just want to do kung fu flips while

[01:46] dressed up like a teaserving panda.

[01:49] Also, yes, all monk players are torrent

[01:52] because the image of a cow doing karate

[01:53] kicks is hilarious. Seriously though,

[01:55] monks, they are weirdly strong in PvP

[01:58] and in dungeons, but nobody remembers

[02:01] that because nobody plays them. You're

[02:03] just the guy who picks the off meta

[02:04] spec. You insist that it's viable, and

[02:06] then you get mad when nobody knows what

[02:09] your buttons do on your keyboard. You

[02:10] don't even know what the monk buttons

[02:12] do. Your class fantasy, it is pretty

[02:14] cool. You know, the idea of the

[02:15] wandering brew master traversing the

[02:17] lands of Azeroth, but unfortunately,

[02:19] monks, your popularity is

[02:22] not. Number 11.

[02:31] Demon

[02:34] [Music]

[02:35] Hunter, you guys had your moment in

[02:38] Legion. And then, well, what exactly are

[02:41] you guys even doing right now? Lorewise,

[02:43] you all should be retired or dead. And

[02:45] gameplay-wise, most of you guys are just

[02:47] jumping around like anime characters

[02:49] that got lost on your way to Final

[02:50] Fantasy 14. You still got that double

[02:53] jump. You got that glide and you delight

[02:55] in your chaos damage, but it all feels

[02:57] kind of weird and out of place when

[02:58] you're a literal freaking demon hunter

[03:00] and yet you've been pulled into some

[03:02] goblin gang warfare down in the

[03:04] undermine. Also, 90% of your class

[03:06] fantasy is just yelling, "Illan was

[03:08] right. Illan was right." with your shirt

[03:10] off. Seriously, do your nipples ever get

[03:11] cold, guys? Put on a

[03:19] shirt. Number 10.

[03:26] The

[03:28] [Music]

[03:30] Hunter. Once upon a time, long ago, you

[03:34] were the king of immersion, my friend.

[03:36] You were taming pets. You were feeding

[03:37] them. You were training them, managing

[03:40] your ammo, peak hunter lifestyle, dudes.

[03:43] And now you're just a mobile turant with

[03:45] a cat. Everything that made hunters feel

[03:47] unique and cool is gone. You're just a

[03:49] discount warlock with no demons and a

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[04:03] Beast Mastery, it's basically just press

[04:06] button and let your pet do the work.

[04:08] Survival, that spec is just a rumor,

[04:10] dude. Marksman mains, they're the only

[04:12] ones still holding the line and even

[04:14] they're losing faith. Hunters are just

[04:16] kind of boring nowadays. What can I say?

[04:18] That's why they're so low on this list.

[04:19] But don't worry, we're only just getting

[04:21] [Music]

[04:26] started. Number

[04:32] nine,

[04:36] priest. You will be a healer whether you

[04:39] like it or not. You can pick Shadow. By

[04:41] all means, pick Shadow, but your group

[04:43] still expects you to res them after

[04:45] every wipe. You're either the best

[04:46] support in the raid or you're the most

[04:48] fragile bag of cloth on the battlefield.

[04:51] Discipline is holy priest light. Holy is

[04:53] what this class was originally designed

[04:55] around. You'll never escape that fact.

[04:57] And shadow is one bad patch away from

[05:00] turning into a goth themed mage. You all

[05:02] know it. You're loyal to your class,

[05:04] everybody. And we respect that. I

[05:06] respect that. Even if in most people's

[05:08] minds, the only reason you exist in this

[05:10] game is to buff them with power word

[05:12] fortitude. Personally, I've met a lot of

[05:15] great priest players out there, but they

[05:17] were all the types that got a monster

[05:19] energy drink and a cigarette and called

[05:21] it lunch. But hey, they were kind of

[05:23] cool I

[05:28] guess. Number

[05:33] eight Death

[05:38] Knight. You guys thought I was going to

[05:40] put Death Knight higher on the list,

[05:41] didn't you? Well, you were wrong. Here's

[05:43] the thing. Death Knights, they were the

[05:44] coolest kids on the block back in Wrath

[05:46] of the Lich King. They were overpowered

[05:48] as a creative metaphor, and they have

[05:50] been chasing that high ever since. Even

[05:52] me. Now, death knights were all just

[05:54] Bolvar's unpaid interns, especially back

[05:56] in Shadowlands. That was the Death

[05:58] Knight's moment to shine. But all we did

[06:00] was carry around this big burnt looking

[06:02] toast fella and complain about Sylvanas.

[06:04] Now, sure, we still got the runes and

[06:07] the diseases, and we got our pet ghouls

[06:09] with names like Graves Sniffer.

[06:11] Something's missing. All right, we're

[06:13] the heavy metal class that used to

[06:15] scream in solo dungeons and now now we

[06:18] mostly sit alone in the outdoors

[06:20] wondering what went wrong. Unholy

[06:22] players wish they could play as a

[06:23] necromancer in this game. Frost death

[06:25] knight players hate it when they're not

[06:27] top DPS with every single patch. And

[06:29] blood DKs, they're just too stubborn to

[06:31] die. In fact, when they do die, they

[06:32] claim that the entire game is broken. I

[06:35] mean, I guess we're still a little bit

[06:37] cool, but we are not Wrathgate cool

[06:39] anymore.

[06:42] Number seven.

[06:45] [Music]

[07:04] [Music]

[07:10] [Music]

[07:23] [Music]

[07:31] Rogue. If you love stealth, stabbing

[07:34] people from behind, and being a complete

[07:36] absolute PvP menace, Rogue is your jam.

[07:40] You're slippery, you're smug, and

[07:42] borderline insufferable in battlegrounds

[07:44] and in groups. You play to win, and you

[07:46] always play to win dirty. Green tea,

[07:48] it's always been your drink of choice,

[07:50] your secret weapon in the shadows. But

[07:52] honestly, who needs tea when you have

[07:55] coffee? Bold, beautiful, and brewed for

[07:58] chaos. Link down below in the

[08:00] description.

[08:02] But anyway, outside of PvP, people just

[08:04] forget you exist, Mr. Rogue. You don't

[08:06] bring buffs. You don't bring utility.

[08:08] You don't even bring friendliness.

[08:09] You're kind of an [ __ ] Why are you

[08:11] guys always so bitter? You guys just

[08:13] bring knives. Okay, and that's cool and

[08:15] all, but even Gash would be like, "Hey,

[08:17] maybe like chill a little bit." Still,

[08:18] when it comes to pickpocketing,

[08:19] poisoning, and vanishing midfight,

[08:21] nobody does it better. Rogues can be a

[08:22] lot of fun. Number

[08:30] six,

[08:34] shaman. Shamans are one of the coolest

[08:36] class fantasies in the game, dudes.

[08:39] Totems, lightning, wolves made up of

[08:41] spirit energy. Dude, this is the vibe

[08:44] class. But for some reason, shamans, you

[08:47] guys are always playing catch-up. You

[08:49] are never the top DPS. You are never the

[08:53] first pick, but you should be. At least

[08:56] that's what you tell yourselves when

[08:57] you're alone in your bedroom at 3:00

[08:59] a.m. doing some dailies.

[09:02] You're a servant to the elements, the

[09:04] spiritual cousin to Thrral himself. And

[09:07] yet, Blizzard treats you like the backup

[09:09] singer of the class roster. And still,

[09:11] you hold the line. You cast chain

[09:13] lightning with pride, and we salute you

[09:15] for

[09:16] it. Number five.

[09:28] [Music]

[09:30] Druid,

[09:33] you can do everything. You can tank, you

[09:35] can heal, melee, ranged, you name it.

[09:37] You're like five classes duct taped

[09:39] together and somehow it works and

[09:41] somehow it makes sense lore-wise.

[09:43] Everyone's jealous of your versatility,

[09:45] even if they pretend not to be. But

[09:46] let's be real, Frell is kind of

[09:48] suffering a little bit. Balance is moon

[09:50] spam. Guardian is chunky bear mode.

[09:52] Resto druid players, you guys haven't

[09:54] blinked since 2007. You're the class

[09:57] people forget how to fight in PvP

[09:59] because you guys just have too many damn

[10:01] abilities and too many damn buttons. You

[10:02] are chaos in a tree form. And I think

[10:05] Treebeard would be very proud of that

[10:07] fact. Number

[10:12] four Warlock.

[10:16] The Warlock player is fashionable,

[10:18] diabolical, and probably into some

[10:20] really weird stuff out of game. Weird

[10:22] stuff involving whips and too much black

[10:24] leather, if you catch my meaning.

[10:25] They've got the best looking tier sets

[10:27] in the game, a cast of demonic minions

[10:29] and spells that will make everybody else

[10:30] feel underdressed. You are a DPS

[10:33] machine, Warlocks, a soul stone vending

[10:35] machine, and a walking trauma trigger

[10:38] for anybody who did vanilla raids. And

[10:40] yes, we know that you installed that

[10:43] nude mod for World of Warcraft all those

[10:46] years ago to have some naked succubus

[10:48] following you around. And no, we're not

[10:50] judging. At least not much. Number

[10:54] [Music]

[11:01] three, the Paladin.

[11:06] You picked Paladin because you watched

[11:08] Arthus in Warcraft 3 and thought, "Whoa,

[11:11] that's me." And honestly, it kind of is.

[11:13] Paladins get the best of everything.

[11:15] Plate armor, big heals, massive crits,

[11:18] bubbles, a smug sense of righteousness.

[11:20] Whether you're cleansing evil or just

[11:22] cleansing debuffs, you make it look

[11:24] glorious. Retribution, swings, a

[11:26] comically large hammer, protection,

[11:29] you're just a walking tank fortress. And

[11:31] holy is the raid bomb that we all need.

[11:33] You have one of the best class fantasies

[11:35] in World of Warcraft. And even if you

[11:37] don't know anything about World of

[11:39] Warcraft lore, who freaking cares? You

[11:41] can just play a paladin like you're a

[11:43] freaking crusader who's off to the Holy

[11:45] Land to reclaim Jerusalem for Rome, and

[11:47] that works fine, too. Number

[11:51] [Music]

[11:55] two the

[11:57] mage. You, my friend, are classic

[12:00] fantasy. You channel fire, frost, and

[12:03] arcane energy like a caffeine-fueled

[12:05] wizard on aderall. You blink into

[12:07] danger. You explode everything and then

[12:09] you blink out before anybody can blame

[12:11] you. You get portals. You get food, time

[12:14] travel, invisibility. You're basically

[12:16] the ultimate flavor class, pretending to

[12:19] be a simple DPS, and we let you do it

[12:22] because when a mage pops off, they

[12:24] become a glowing hurricane of

[12:26] destruction with a book fetish. You are

[12:29] magical, dudes. I'll also say if you've

[12:32] been playing a mage since vanilla,

[12:34] you're probably still wondering how the

[12:36] hell people get around without portals

[12:38] to everywhere. Other classes walk or fly

[12:42] to the portal rooms. Like, how tedious

[12:44] is

[12:46] that? And now everybody, the moment

[12:49] you've all been waiting for. It's time

[12:51] to reveal the number one class. Guys, if

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[13:01] races from worst to best for all of you.

[13:04] Here we

[13:05] [Music]

[13:10] go. Number

[13:15] one the

[13:19] Warrior. What can I say? It's the true

[13:21] World of Warcraft experience. you, an

[13:24] axe, and a dream of purple pixels. You

[13:28] are the muscle of the party, the

[13:30] screaming embodiment of rage, and the

[13:32] reason bosses die fast. You don't need

[13:35] spells, you don't need tricks or stupid

[13:37] gimmicks, just pure unfiltered violence.

[13:41] Warriors have two buttons and infinite

[13:43] swag. Every expansion, people say

[13:45] warriors are bad, and then you know

[13:47] what? They charge in, they hit execute,

[13:49] and they end some careers. You are the

[13:51] gash man, the gladiator, the raid

[13:54] leader, the myth, the legend. This is

[13:57] your world, everybody. Everybody else is

[14:00] just squishier. And seriously, Gash is

[14:02] every warrior player's patron saint

[14:04] because Gash, they swear to their dying

[14:06] breaths, did nothing wrong, which of

[14:08] course he didn't. So, there you have it.

[14:09] All 13 classes ranked from worst to

[14:12] best. If your main landed low on the

[14:14] list, well, I guess just cope harder.

[14:16] And if you're a warrior main,

[14:18] congratulations. you are the true Giga

[14:20] Chad archetype. Let me know in the

[14:22] comments where your class should have

[14:23] been ranked. And if you say Evoker

[14:25] deserves top three, just please explain

[14:27] in detail while the rest of us question

[14:29] your sanity. And if you guys want

[14:31] another video to watch, check out what

[14:32] your favorite WoW villain says about

[14:34] you, which is on your screen right now.

[14:37] Thanks for watching everybody, and I'll

[14:38] see you with my next

[14:40] video. Oh, there we go.

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