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

[00:00] the best Midnight Pug and solo player

[00:03] specs to Maine. That's right. No more

[00:05] meta for you. You're a solo player. You

[00:07] don't play with anybody else. You don't

[00:08] have friends. You don't touch grass. You

[00:10] just log into this game every [music]

[00:11] day and play it solo. That's right.

[00:13] Greg's from accounting. I'm calling out

[00:14] to you, everyone who loves to do their

[00:16] delves and their other [ __ ] Maybe you

[00:17] just log in to gather every day. These

[00:20] are the best specs to main at midnight

[00:22] if you're that type of person. Here we

[00:24] go. Let's jump straight in.

[00:26] >> I think most people play World of

[00:27] Warcraft the same way I do. Now, you log

[00:30] in when you can. You try to get your

[00:31] stuff done, pug a mythic plus key or

[00:33] two, and just try to have fun without it

[00:35] being such a headache. I've realized as

[00:38] I'm getting older, I don't have the time

[00:39] or the patience to build the perfect

[00:41] group comp, sit in Discord, and play the

[00:43] game like it's a job anymore. So, in

[00:45] today's video, I'm going to show you the

[00:47] best midnight specs you could main for

[00:50] solo players [music] and people who

[00:52] mostly pug. And no, I'm not talking

[00:54] about what's S tier on a spreadsheet.

[00:56] I'm talking about the stuff that feel

[00:58] good can carry during chaos moments if

[01:01] need be and let you make real progress

[01:04] even when you're playing alone in Delves

[01:06] and Prey.

[01:06] >> Nice.

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[01:26] you go from a ridiculous goofy character

[01:28] that is barely doing anything into just

[01:30] a full-on god at the end if you power up

[01:33] properly. You swap your weapons and it's

[01:35] all about stacking these together.

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[02:13] let's get back to the content. Starting

[02:14] off first, Havoc Demon Hunter is easily

[02:17] one of the safest specs you can play if

[02:18] you're solo or looking for pickup

[02:20] groups. Havoc is one of the few DPS

[02:22] specs in the game that genuinely feels

[02:24] like it can just take care of itself.

[02:27] You have some of the best mobility in

[02:29] the game, really strong defensive

[02:31] toolkit with all them being updated this

[02:33] expansion, and more than enough sustain

[02:35] to survive messy situations that would

[02:37] most likely delete other DPS specs. So

[02:40] whether you're doing open world content,

[02:42] pushing delves, or even the brand new

[02:44] prey system where you're on your own,

[02:46] Havoc Demon Hunter, you're always just

[02:48] feeling solid. This spec is

[02:49] >> and don't forget the mobility. I mean,

[02:51] Havoc Demon Hunter just hops around,

[02:53] dips and dashes just like any other

[02:54] demon hun spec. So, I mean, yeah, you

[02:56] could easily avoid [ __ ] get out of

[02:58] [ __ ] It's a sustainable class cuz u

[03:00] it's hard it's harder to die to floor

[03:03] planted [ __ ] right? Standing if you die

[03:05] standing in the fire as a demon hunter,

[03:07] you've clearly you've had a seizure.

[03:09] Someone needs to check on you because

[03:10] it's so easy to dip and dash around and

[03:12] their damage is pretty decent always.

[03:14] So, I agree with you to stay alive and

[03:17] keep moving. I would say in particular

[03:19] when you do join pickup groups with

[03:20] Havoc though, they're one of the best

[03:22] specs for simply just how low dependent

[03:25] they are on your team and setups. You

[03:27] don't need the tank to pull a nuclear

[03:29] amount of mobs. You don't need to line

[03:31] up everything with a one or two minute

[03:33] cool down. don't need a ton of group

[03:35] coordination. Even when things feel

[03:37] super or unorganized with Havoc, you

[03:39] dash around, you pop some coolowns, deal

[03:41] your super consistent high DPS while

[03:44] healing yourself with all your natural

[03:45] leech, and you're good to go. One of the

[03:47] most slept on things I would say in pug

[03:49] groups, ladies and gentlemen, is needing

[03:51] to have consistent damage. Not just high

[03:54] sims are trying to peak and hit like 5

[03:57] million DPS. That's why specs like fire

[04:00] mage, frost death knight, and the old

[04:02] subtlety rogue, they really struggle in

[04:05] pickup groups because it's too hard to

[04:07] predict what the pole is going to look

[04:10] like. And if you misplay, you're going

[04:12] to suffer. That's why specs like Havoc

[04:14] Demon Hunter, Retribution Paladin,

[04:16] Outlaw Rogue, they're great for just

[04:19] super high consistent DPS that can keep

[04:22] the pressure up no matter what.

[04:24] >> Not only also there's a tank spec you

[04:25] can swap into. That's true. I mean, if

[04:27] you play a a speck or um uh a spec in a

[04:30] class where the class can also be a

[04:32] tanking uh spec, that's a that's a good

[04:34] point that you can always swap to it if

[04:36] you just feel like DPSing ain't your

[04:37] thing this season. That the rotation for

[04:39] Havoc is easy enough to where even if

[04:41] you do mess up, it doesn't feel like

[04:42] your entire damage kit just collapses.

[04:45] It's a very smooth flow spec and you can

[04:47] recover very easily. I'd say if you're

[04:49] trying to play on your own, you plug in,

[04:51] you know, some mythic plus keys every

[04:53] once in a while, your delves, your prey

[04:54] system. Havoc is easily one of the

[04:56] cleanest choices you can make. Very,

[04:58] very self-sufficient, straightforward

[05:00] class to main. Moving on, next we have

[05:02] the brand new reworked Unholy Death

[05:04] Knight. And this can absolutely be a

[05:06] solid option for anybody out there.

[05:07] >> I'll say right now, Unholy is absolutely

[05:10] pumping. I think they recently got

[05:11] nerfed uh pretty hard, but uh they're

[05:14] still pumping.

[05:15] >> I think they're still going to be okay

[05:16] even after those nerfs. We went through

[05:18] all those numbers and everything that

[05:19] they're bringing down on them, but man,

[05:21] they were doing huge numbers.

[05:23] >> Looking for something new. Unholy is one

[05:25] of those specs that naturally checks

[05:27] that self-sufficiency box because you're

[05:29] by far the stankiest class in all of

[05:31] World of Warcraft. You have great

[05:33] durability compared to everyone else

[05:34] builtin sustain. You know, you got your

[05:36] multiple defensives. So, if you love

[05:38] doing your world quest, you know,

[05:39] pushing delves, try out the new prey

[05:41] system or just doing solo stuff in

[05:43] general where you know, you don't have

[05:44] your healer babysitting you, Unholy is a

[05:46] solid option. Now, of course, what I'm

[05:48] about to say is a plus, but it is

[05:50] important to know if

[05:50] >> and I know it's not blood DK, but you

[05:52] can still self-heal as a as unholy DK.

[05:54] So, yeah, if you're out there doing solo

[05:56] content, first of all, you got all your

[05:58] mobs like just running at [ __ ] so

[06:00] things won't target you as often. And

[06:02] then you can self-heal at the same time.

[06:04] So, very like sustainable class if you

[06:06] want to just run around and do solo

[06:07] content with.

[06:08] >> It's not as strong as some of the other

[06:09] classes in this video, but of course

[06:11] with Unholy, you do have your pets. You

[06:13] have a ton of comfortability with that

[06:15] as well. uh through your rotation. Now,

[06:17] as unholy, you summon all your pets and

[06:19] you deal like 90% of your damage being

[06:21] entirely ranged. So, previously, unholy

[06:24] death knight was incredibly dependent

[06:25] on, you know, very large poles, a lot of

[06:28] like five, six, seven global cooldowns,

[06:30] a proper setup. You got to apply your

[06:32] festering wounds, spread your diseases,

[06:34] get your death and decay down, and then

[06:36] you could start ramping. It was awful.

[06:38] Not anymore, though. At this point,

[06:40] unholy is a couple buttons to get up and

[06:42] rolling. you're absolutely blasting and

[06:44] you're not a spec that needs to have

[06:46] everything line up anymore. You simply

[06:47] roll into a pack, spread your diseases,

[06:49] get your army going, and then you're off

[06:51] to the races. Now, Unholy Death Knight

[06:53] doesn't have the most utility in the

[06:55] game. I'm not going to lie. But they

[06:57] have a couple things that can really

[06:59] save a group. You have multiple grips to

[07:00] grip in those caster mobs. You have good

[07:02] AoE disruption. You have your powerful

[07:05] AMZs, which can really save your group

[07:07] depending on the big heal checks on

[07:09] certain bosses. So, you have enough to

[07:10] where people would want you, but most

[07:12] importantly, your damage profile is just

[07:14] some of the best in the game right now,

[07:15] and you can pretty much carry any group

[07:17] if you know how to DPS well. Midnight is

[07:20] going to be your expansion where you're

[07:21] grinding solo, pugging keys, uh, you

[07:23] know, whenever you can. You want

[07:24] something that feels durable,

[07:25] consistent, powerful with a brand new

[07:26] rework. I think Unholy is the best uh

[07:28] spec for you.

[07:30] >> Moving on next, we have an absolute

[07:31] layup here. This is the beast mastery.

[07:33] Oh yeah, if you're a solo player or you

[07:35] live in pickup groups, this is probably

[07:38] the easiest class to uh quest with in

[07:41] the entire game.

[07:42] >> We have a realm to destroy.

[07:44] >> Hello, Steel. Thank you so much for that

[07:46] uh for that follow, man. Welcome to our

[07:48] scourge. Uh I appreciate it. Again,

[07:50] easiest, by far the easiest spec to uh

[07:53] to quest with at any point. You got your

[07:56] pets out there, you're never taking any

[07:58] damage. You're sitting there far out

[07:59] just blasting your arrows. It's always

[08:01] been one of the easiest ones and it's

[08:02] always been one that like I've told

[08:04] somebody if they're new to the game and

[08:05] they just want something, you know, I

[08:07] wouldn't say easy. I feel bad saying

[08:09] easy, but something safe to play as a

[08:11] spec, right? Yeah. Make a beast mastery

[08:14] hunter. It's going to be so much easier

[08:15] to quest that way. And yeah, uh yes, of

[08:18] course. Yeah. Uh Unholy can heal

[08:20] themselves. Yeah. Why you asking that,

[08:21] P? Of course they can. Uh longtime

[08:24] YouTube viewer finally caught your

[08:26] stream live. What's up? Yes, welcome in.

[08:28] Thank you so much for coming for joining

[08:29] us. the the most simple and comfortable

[08:32] spec you can play in the game. Beast

[08:34] Mastery is all about self-sufficiency

[08:36] because you're never alone. You have

[08:38] your pet that is tanking for you at an

[08:40] unprecedented rate. It holds all the

[08:42] aggro, takes all the pressure off of

[08:44] you, and deals tons of damage. So, if

[08:47] you're doing open world quest, farming,

[08:49] pushing devils are doing,

[08:50] >> there are al often times too where yes,

[08:51] where beast mastery is the top DPSer. uh

[08:54] whether or not it's always no no spec is

[08:57] ever always the top DPSer, but beast

[08:59] mastery oftentimes does make the

[09:01] rotation in a season where like it's

[09:02] viable top three DPS.

[09:04] >> Prey BM Hunter is probably the easiest

[09:07] spec in all of World of Warcraft for

[09:09] this. What makes this spec so good at

[09:11] solo content is that you're speced

[09:17] whole more than you should and still be

[09:20] okay because you've got tools for

[09:21] anything the game can throw at you. Not

[09:23] only that, they're very low dependent on

[09:25] team setup and comp. You don't need some

[09:26] perfect group synergy or great

[09:28] coordination. You show up, you press

[09:30] your beastial wrath every 30 seconds,

[09:32] you spam your AOE, you know, kill

[09:34] commands by pushing your wild card ab uh

[09:37] yeah, [clears throat] you're pretty much

[09:37] good to go. That is almost the entirety

[09:39] of the rotation and it's quite fun.

[09:41] Honestly, once again, I think it's very

[09:43] important to look at consistent and

[09:44] median based damage rather than, you

[09:47] know, who's sending the highest burst

[09:49] damage with their cooldowns up because

[09:50] the

[09:51] >> sounds like a perfect spec for you. say,

[09:52] "What's wrong with you guys? You guys

[09:54] angry today? Everyone get a little bit

[09:56] of get a little bit of hot sauce in your

[09:58] coffee? What's it's a everyone's so

[10:00] mad?"

[10:01] >> Truth of the matter is, ladies and

[10:02] gentlemen, nothing ever goes beast

[10:04] mastery pugs or group content and you

[10:06] need to be able to do your full DPS

[10:08] rotation consistently while being in

[10:11] panic mode. And beast mastery hunter is

[10:13] all about that. You can do all your

[10:15] damage on the move while dodging

[10:16] mechanics and avoiding all the crap. And

[10:18] I will say I think Hunter doesn't bring

[10:20] a lot of utility of course, but they

[10:22] still bring blood lust. They have a

[10:24] couple of items of control. Just know

[10:26] that you're growing into group.

[10:27] >> Blood lust alone is a big one that's

[10:28] always going to cause people to bring

[10:29] you around. And honestly, the whole pet

[10:31] thing, it's a fun miniame, finding like

[10:34] a new pet in a new expansion. I don't

[10:36] know what it is, but when I used to play

[10:37] Hunter, there hunter was my first class

[10:39] I ever played in this game. Um, and I

[10:41] used to play marksmanship for the most

[10:42] part. And back in Burning Crusade, you

[10:44] still had a pet even when you were a

[10:45] marksmanship hunter. Um, I loved going

[10:47] and getting a new pet in the new areas.

[10:49] I don't know, it was always exciting and

[10:51] fun. You go find the new animals that

[10:53] are in the new expansion, you get a new

[10:54] pets to deal damage, avoid mechanics,

[10:57] and then die and go about your day.

[10:58] Beast Mastery Hunter is a very easy,

[11:00] chill. You log in, progress your

[11:02] character, log out spec. Moving on,

[11:04] next, we have the Retribution Paladin.

[11:06] And this is one of the most main

[11:08] character specs you can play if you're a

[11:11] solo player or you spend most your time

[11:13] in pugs

[11:14] >> in any version of the game. I think

[11:15] Retribution Paladin is the most played

[11:17] spec in the entire game and for a good

[11:20] reason. Everybody says it. It's very

[11:22] well built, plays well, does good

[11:24] numbers, self-heals, bubble, really good

[11:26] survivability. I mean, yeah, it's it's a

[11:28] it's there's a reason it's the most

[11:29] played spec in the game. Now, what I

[11:31] personally love about retribution is

[11:32] that it's not all about dealing damage.

[11:34] It's about being the guy in the group

[11:36] that can look at a completely doomed

[11:39] pole set to just wipe everybody and then

[11:41] you take over and make sure your group

[11:43] doesn't wipe. It's one of the specs in

[11:45] the game that you have just so many

[11:47] panic buttons, not only for yourself,

[11:49] but you have panic buttons for your

[11:51] teammates. And on top of it all, you're

[11:53] still blasting every 30 seconds with

[11:55] your wake of ash's burst damage windows.

[11:57] Remember, ladies and gentlemen, pickup

[11:58] groups don't fail in mythic plus because

[12:00] your DPS was 2% lower than the meta.

[12:03] They fail because somebody either dies

[12:05] at the wrong time, the tank will pull

[12:07] too many, or your healer falls behind

[12:09] and doesn't call that they're out of

[12:10] mana. Retribution Paladin is one of the

[12:12] very few specs in the game that can

[12:14] literally prevent any spiral in content

[12:17] from happening. You have blessing of

[12:19] sacrifice you could put on the tank.

[12:20] Blessing of protection you could put on

[12:21] the healer. Enormous off heals with word

[12:24] of glory. You have a full health heal

[12:25] with lay on hands. You got your bubble

[12:27] to make yourself immune. I mean you name

[12:30] it, the retribution paladin has an

[12:32] answer for it. Now when it comes to pure

[12:35] >> retribution paladin, you know what I'll

[12:36] say about them? They're one of those DPS

[12:38] specs that if we all die, you hope that

[12:41] that last man standing, that last DPSer

[12:43] that's still alive maybe is a

[12:44] retribution paladin cuz they might be

[12:46] able to finish off that last like.5% of

[12:49] the boss or something cuz they just have

[12:51] those utility features for themselves

[12:53] and for the group where they just might

[12:54] be able to survive that little bit more

[12:56] and pump out some DPS to finish the boss

[12:58] off. If if the only guy left is like a

[13:00] mage or something or a disciplined

[13:03] priest or you might be dead. I'll be

[13:04] honest, you might be dead. perish some

[13:06] some because there's just no way for

[13:07] them to survive that [ __ ] But with with

[13:10] a rat paladin sometimes they pull off

[13:11] those heroic moments. Yeah. Also bres

[13:13] and [ __ ] right? Um sorry Sam, watch the

[13:15] video. There's no blood DK. Of course

[13:17] there's no blood DK cuz these classes

[13:18] are also like easy to get into and play.

[13:21] Blood DK is highly skilled, extremely

[13:23] reactive, probably one of the hardest

[13:24] class to play in the game. That's why I

[13:26] play it.

[13:26] >> Solo content. Rhett is also really

[13:28] comfortable for that as well. It's tanky

[13:30] and durable. Built-in healing, of

[13:32] course, the great defensive. It's

[13:33] usually a mage, but okay, a mage could

[13:35] survive, but they got to port around,

[13:37] dip and dash, blink everywhere, try to

[13:38] get a ice block maybe long enough to get

[13:41] something off. Yeah, they could.

[13:42] Everyone can have the heroic moment, but

[13:44] I'm just saying when I when I see that

[13:46] red paladin, the last man say, I'm like,

[13:47] "Oh, maybe we got a shot. Maybe he can

[13:50] survive this." Bosses and elites, no

[13:52] problem. It's one of those specs where

[13:54] you could just run in, press wake of

[13:55] ashes, pop all your cool downs, and

[13:56] everything's going to be dying very

[13:58] quickly. Retribution is just that rare

[14:00] combo of very high consistent damage and

[14:03] clutch utility. It is a oneofone in my

[14:05] opinion when it comes to DPS. Easy to

[14:08] execute, very smooth rotation. And I

[14:10] love that even when you're not playing

[14:11] perfect on Rhett, you're at least doing

[14:14] something useful if you focus on your

[14:16] utility and group support. You don't

[14:18] >> One one thing I will say about Paladin,

[14:20] why a lot of people probably play it is

[14:21] it is one of those few specs in the game

[14:24] or classes in the game where you can be

[14:26] a tank, a healer, or DPSer. So like

[14:28] literally whatever your flavor of the

[14:30] month is, you can switch and play all

[14:31] three roles of the game in this in a

[14:33] single class. So that is that is a

[14:35] benefit for sure. Have to be a god tier

[14:37] player, but if you have a high

[14:39] shielding, you can do some ridiculous

[14:41] stuff on this spec. Absolutely love

[14:43] retribution for solo play. They are a

[14:44] pug carry. Next up, if you're looking

[14:47] for a caster, we got to talk about frost

[14:49] mage. Now, I know a lot of people are

[14:50] going to hear this and think, "Oh my

[14:51] god, mage. I thought they were hard to

[14:53] play. I thought they were, you know,

[14:55] nothing but glass cannon sky. What are

[14:56] you talking about?" But throughout

[14:58] history, yes, that may be true.

[15:00] >> I heard the rotation got much easier.

[15:02] So, um maybe they are one of the the

[15:04] easier ones to play now. I I heard it

[15:07] got dropped down a lot. Now, that's a

[15:08] common thing across the g across the

[15:10] board right now. Everybody's specs, a

[15:12] lot of rotational [ __ ] got taken out uh

[15:14] when this post add-on world. So, I think

[15:17] this goes for everybody, but I did hear

[15:18] that for mage specifically, a lot of it

[15:21] got trimmed down. Frost feels amazing

[15:22] now. Great. Yeah. So, this is a good one

[15:24] on the list. Heading into Midnight

[15:25] though, Frost Mage is easily one of the

[15:27] best solo and plug specs in the game

[15:29] because it has the most control in the

[15:32] game.

[15:32] >> Is this a review for season one? No.

[15:34] This is the best classes uh this best

[15:35] specs to solo in uh Midnight.

[15:38] >> Now, some of you may think control is

[15:40] not a big deal, but let me tell you

[15:41] something. If you run a Delve on a frost

[15:43] mage, you can run them super

[15:45] undergeeared simply because no mobs can

[15:48] never actually touch you. You're kiting

[15:50] them constantly.

[15:52] slows up to 70%.

[15:57] >> Very true. I mean, a lot of what Frost

[15:59] Mage does um and what this list really

[16:01] is about, Var is you're out there

[16:04] playing this game solo, don't have

[16:05] friends, you pug everything you do,

[16:07] mythic plus, uh raids, uh solo content

[16:10] when it comes to open world content,

[16:12] questing, everything. And yes, Frost

[16:14] Mage is really good at all of that

[16:15] because nothing ever touches you. You

[16:18] could solo mobs out in the open world so

[16:20] easily just by, you know, freezing them

[16:22] in place. You keep slowing them and

[16:24] you're just, you know, blinking around

[16:26] doing your thing. Nothing ever gets to

[16:28] you, which means one, you never die. And

[16:30] two, hey, low repair costs. Your armor

[16:33] never gets damaged cuz you're never

[16:34] getting hit. Uh, you also have your

[16:35] little frosty bubble thing that you put

[16:37] on all the time. Ice block, great for

[16:39] survivability. Yeah, it's it's a great

[16:41] class to solo. I don't disagree.

[16:43] >> It's actually quite hilarious. And

[16:45] honestly, I think it needs to get

[16:46] nerfed. If you want my honest opinion, I

[16:48] was doing tier 11 delves in the war

[16:50] within on my frost mage, which such

[16:52] horrible gear and dominating them

[16:55] because no mob literally could not touch

[16:58] me. It was hilarious. Now, now, not only

[17:00] that though, it translates very well. I

[17:04] would say the real problem isn't

[17:05] necessarily the fact that damage is not

[17:07] high enough in pickup groups. It's

[17:09] really the little tangible things aren't

[17:11] being done properly. the everyday things

[17:13] that you should be doing. It's it's what

[17:15] no one is doing. No kicks are going out.

[17:17] Defensives aren't being used properly.

[17:19] Mobs aren't being crowdcontrolled on

[17:20] cooldown. Frost mage is great for this

[17:23] sort of thing. Not only that, when it

[17:24] comes to a damage profile, Frost Mage is

[17:27] nuclear right now. Their damage is out

[17:29] of control for a mythic plus

[17:30] environment. It's still good enough to

[17:32] compete for single target as well. So,

[17:34] it's really, really straightforward,

[17:35] fluid, and fun. I love that this spec is

[17:38] forgiving. It doesn't require a lot of

[17:40] like mastering of the spec to know

[17:41] what's going on. Very consistent. I love

[17:44] the control. I love the utility with

[17:46] your arcane intellect, you know, time

[17:48] warp and blood lust effect sort of deal.

[17:50] And I think frost mage is one of the

[17:52] best DPS specs you can main in general

[17:55] heading into midnight.

[17:56] >> And and one thing about mage that I'll

[17:57] add on, no, they can't tank or they

[17:59] can't heal. Maybe one day. Uh, but it

[18:02] one of their three DPS specs is almost

[18:04] always in the top five of DPS like all

[18:08] around always. So like whether it's

[18:10] frost, arcane, or fire, usually one of

[18:13] those three specs is like popping off in

[18:15] any given season. So if you want a class

[18:17] that's like always has at least one spec

[18:20] that's super hardcore popping off in the

[18:22] mythic plus and everything, this a great

[18:24] one cuz there's always going to be one

[18:26] of those three is always going to be

[18:27] popping off. Now next up, another caster

[18:29] that's set to dominate. We got to talk

[18:30] about the demonology warlock. Now, I

[18:32] main warlock and

[18:34] >> there's a common theme here. Anything

[18:35] with a pet is really good for solo

[18:37] content because usually the pet is

[18:39] holding aggro. So, yeah, of course,

[18:40] demonology warlock makes sense. You're

[18:42] summoning thousands of demons to help

[18:44] you fight [ __ ] Yeah, of course it's

[18:46] going to be great for solo content.

[18:47] Season two of the war within. I'm going

[18:48] to be honest, demonology felt like I was

[18:50] cheating anytime I had to do solo

[18:52] content like tier 11 delves. You

[18:55] literally just show up to the delve with

[18:57] an army of demons and your fell guard,

[18:59] he is so tanky, it makes things in my

[19:02] opinion just trivial. Now on the

[19:04] midnight beta, Demonology right now is

[19:06] one of the strongest single target DPS

[19:08] specs in the game. Not only that, their

[19:11] whole kit and design pretty much

[19:13] destroys delves in general. So when it

[19:15] comes to the brand new prey system and

[19:16] delves, they're going to be one of the

[19:18] best options in the game, bar none. But

[19:21] because your AoE DPS is still high while

[19:23] you're singing

[19:24] >> Greg from accounting going to love a

[19:26] demo warlock this season for sure and

[19:28] every season really. Anything that's so

[19:30] low content like a delve, of course you

[19:32] bring 50 pets with you, that shit's

[19:34] going to be real easy cuz you're just

[19:35] going to have the pets tanking and

[19:37] you're just going to be sitting back

[19:38] there blasting [ __ ] and never getting

[19:39] touched. So of course, yeah, Demo

[19:41] Warlock and from what I like just the

[19:43] visuals of Demo Warlock, it looks like

[19:45] so much fun to play. Summoning an army

[19:47] of demons to kill [ __ ] of course that

[19:49] sounds good. Well, Target is one of the

[19:50] best. It makes them great for raids and

[19:53] mythic plus. Not only that, the spec is

[19:55] very straightforward compared to what it

[19:57] used to be, man. And I think a lot of

[19:58] people, you know, you may think, oh,

[20:00] just cuz it's a warlock spec, it's going

[20:01] to be difficult, but in reality, it's

[20:03] actually very straightforward and very

[20:05] clean now. I love personally for

[20:06] demonology warlock, you can lock down

[20:08] casters like pretty much entirely alone

[20:10] because you have multiple kicks now with

[20:12] your fell guard, you know, toss, your

[20:14] axe toss, and then your grimore fell

[20:15] ravager talent now, which gives you an

[20:17] extra kick. You also have shadow fury,

[20:20] your AoE stun. You bring your

[20:21] hellstones, you bring your battle

[20:22] resurrection with your soul stone. I

[20:24] mean, I think demonology is one hell of

[20:26] a spec right now. So, you combine the

[20:28] fact that they have elite single target

[20:29] damage, failgard tanking for solo

[20:31] content, straightforward rotation that's

[20:33] smooth, heavy crowd control for mythic

[20:34] plus, sure, they just become one of the

[20:36] most solid solo and pug player specs in

[20:39] the game bar none. And I think they're a

[20:41] no-brainer if you like warlock. Moving

[20:43] on to our final DPS spec, we have

[20:45] probably the biggest surprise. And

[20:46] believe it or not, we got to talk about

[20:47] the fury warrior. Now, I know I know

[20:49] what you're thinking. A warrior.

[20:50] >> Oh, what? I'm s furry warriors. What is

[20:54] going on here? A full out melee spec is

[20:56] one of the best solo. That's an

[20:58] interesting. If you noticed, most of

[21:00] these are either um ranged or they're

[21:03] like a super movable dip and dive or

[21:05] survivable melee spec. So, like for

[21:08] melee, we had retribution paladin on

[21:10] this list and uh what was the other one?

[21:12] Uh yeah, war um demon hunter. So dipping

[21:15] and diving out or surviving a furry

[21:18] warrior though typically warriors are a

[21:20] little bit tougher to play because of

[21:22] survivability factor and you the fact

[21:23] that you got to get in the face of

[21:24] everything you fight making the solo

[21:26] content sky what the hell talking about

[21:30] are you taking those crazy pills well I

[21:32] might be because fury warriors talent

[21:33] tree just got overhauled but with that

[21:35] it gave them so many more defensive

[21:37] capabilities above your average melee

[21:40] DPS that their self-sustain is out of

[21:43] control they kept enrage Rage

[21:44] regeneration as a defensive. There's a

[21:46] ton of talents that amplify bloodthirst

[21:48] self-healing, so it heals you for a good

[21:50] amount anytime you use it. Now, rally

[21:52] and cry got buffed when you're not in a

[21:54] rage. You have impending victory on a

[21:56] mob whenever you kill it, which is a 20%

[21:58] heal. You have natural 6% leech on all

[22:00] your attacks. And then to cap it all

[22:02] off, you have the brand new talent,

[22:04] killer be killed, where when you would

[22:06] sustain fatal damage, you instead fly

[22:08] into an unstoppable rage where if you

[22:10] kill the guy, you don't actually die.

[22:12] Think of it like a trying to mirror

[22:13] ultimate in League of Legends. It's

[22:15] absolutely ridiculous. So, if there's

[22:18] solo potential in difficult content such

[22:20] as tier 11 delves and the new prey

[22:22] system is very good, I think it'll

[22:24] translate well in mythic plus and solo

[22:26] content such as that. Now, what I

[22:28] personally love about Fury Warrior

[22:30] probably more than any other spec in the

[22:32] game is that you're not sitting around

[22:34] hoping for some cooldowns to come up to

[22:36] deal your damage. You literally charge

[22:38] into the pole and you are ready to throw

[22:41] hands.

[22:42] I will say something like some as

[22:43] somebody who plays Blood DK and you guys

[22:45] have watched me PvP and all that [ __ ]

[22:47] It is fun to just go straight into a

[22:50] [ __ ] bunch of people and not be

[22:52] afraid, right? Just go in balls to the

[22:54] wall, big mob pole, you don't care, big

[22:57] group of players, you don't care. You're

[22:58] going in because you know you have that

[23:00] max survivability even in melee and a

[23:03] lot of people try to get the hell away

[23:04] from you. It sounds like Fury is kind of

[23:07] going to play that way now. It does

[23:09] sound like they have a lot more

[23:10] survivability which would yeah bring

[23:12] them up on this list. Uh again though of

[23:14] this list I would say Fury is probably

[23:16] the hardest one to uh to play in terms

[23:19] of solo content because again it is full

[23:21] board like melee in your face. Amazing

[23:23] for pickup groups because you have

[23:25] incredible self sustain, crazy ondemand

[23:28] damage whenever you need it, good crowd

[23:29] control, one of the best Apex designs in

[23:31] the game. You got storm bolt shockwave.

[23:33] you got your low cooldown kick and

[23:35] whenever you do have your cooldowns

[23:36] going, you deal some of the highest

[23:38] burst damage in the game. So, I think

[23:39] fury warrior is one of the best specs in

[23:41] Midnight in general, but I'm going to be

[23:43] honest, I was so surprised by how great

[23:45] they are in solo content. It is it is

[23:48] really really just a cherry on top. Not

[23:50] only that, you have good utility now, I

[23:52] would think, with your attack power buff

[23:54] getting buffed up to 8%. Rallying Cry

[23:56] being substantially stronger outside of

[23:58] raiding environments, and I think

[23:59] overall, Fury Warrior is doing really

[24:01] solid. Moving on to our first healer, we

[24:03] got the restoration shaman. Now, listen,

[24:05] I'm just gonna say it's

[24:06] >> the only healer with an interrupt

[24:08] anymore. That's it. You know, it's the

[24:09] only I'm just saying you might get

[24:11] invites just because of that. Now,

[24:13] >> up. If you're a pug healer and you're

[24:15] someone who likes to play solo and just

[24:16] get into LFG, this is one of the safest

[24:19] and most carry capable specs right now

[24:21] in now. Restoration shamans, they not

[24:24] only heal at a pretty high level if you

[24:25] know what you're doing, it stabilizes

[24:27] chaos very well. As we all know in

[24:30] pickup groups more than anything, things

[24:32] just tend to go wrong more often than

[24:35] not. Pugs don't wipe once again because

[24:38] healing numbers are a bit too low or the

[24:39] damage is slightly off. Pugs wipe

[24:42] because everything will just go wrong at

[24:44] the same time. People Yeah, like some

[24:46] tank running around not knowing what to

[24:47] pull next. So, he's he's pulling [ __ ] he

[24:49] shouldn't be pulling. Some melee or a

[24:52] random DPSer gets gets a knock back that

[24:54] hits him into another set of mobs. Yeah.

[24:57] or interrupts aren't being done

[24:59] properly, right? Yeah, these things

[25:00] happen. These things happen in pugs.

[25:01] He's right.

[25:02] >> Stand and stuff. Cast don't get the

[25:04] tanks will overpull. Defenses don't get

[25:06] pressed.

[25:07] >> Restoration shaman feels like they're

[25:08] built for moments like that. Your apex

[25:11] talent, storm stream totem pretty much

[25:13] will just full heal the entire group

[25:15] whenever you activate it. So, it's one

[25:16] of the most impactful Apex talents in

[25:18] the game. You have great control with

[25:20] capacitor totem every single pole. And

[25:22] then you're now the only healer in the

[25:24] game left with a kick. Earth Shield and

[25:27] Rip Tide do a ton of healing for your

[25:29] tank and you don't even need to

[25:30] micromanage him. All packed up in a

[25:32] very, very simple, straightforward

[25:33] rotation where your buttons feel very

[25:35] impactful whenever you press them.

[25:38] Literally, one of the biggest reasons I

[25:40] even made this video is the fact that

[25:41] Shaman in general just feels like they

[25:44] are pug superstars, man. And I'm looking

[25:46] for an excuse to talk about it. Shaman

[25:48] is so

[25:49] >> obviously totems bring utility. Like

[25:50] that's a that's a freaking number one

[25:52] positive to bring in a shaman. They're

[25:54] going to put those those dildo totems

[25:56] down. That's going to help the group.

[25:57] It's going to help the raid. It's going

[25:58] to help everybody. Of course, everyone

[26:00] loves to see a total

[26:01] >> comfortable. You don't need perfect

[26:02] coordination to make your group strong

[26:04] and your kit play out. You don't need

[26:06] proper group play to be or good comms

[26:09] and communication and discord. You walk

[26:11] into any pug, you bring your insane

[26:12] value with your group buff, you got your

[26:14] blood lust, and you're just doing very

[26:16] well. So, if I'm being completely

[26:17] honest, if you're heading into Midnight

[26:18] where you're dedicated on playing solo

[26:20] or just healing pugs, I think

[26:22] Restoration Shaman probably is one of

[26:24] the best picks in the entire game. Next

[26:26] up for healers, I got to bring up the

[26:28] restoration. Now, listen, I'm going to

[26:29] keep this short and sweet. I think

[26:31] Restoration Druid is probably the most

[26:32] consistent and just overall high healing

[26:36] per second healer in the game at the

[26:37] moment. And in particular, what I

[26:39] personally really enjoy about

[26:40] restoration is that you can heal very

[26:42] high while doing everything else you

[26:45] need to simultaneously. So you pretty

[26:47] much you put your rejuvenations, you pop

[26:49] wild growth on everybody, and then you

[26:50] throw your life bloom on the tank.

[26:52] You're straight up just AFK. Now, at

[26:54] that point, you're focusing on movement,

[26:55] mechanics, positioning, maybe some extra

[26:57] damage, popping in and out of, you know,

[26:58] either cat or moonkin form, and you're

[27:00] good to go,

[27:01] >> right? Put your you got your dot heels.

[27:03] Put your dot heels up and then run

[27:04] around. That's basically what you're

[27:06] doing. Not only that, when it comes to

[27:07] personal survivability, I mean, they're

[27:09] so durable and mobile, it really feels

[27:11] like druid can survive most situations

[27:13] some other healers cannot. I think

[27:16] what's also really valuable is their

[27:17] grouping potential. You got Ursil's

[27:19] Vortex for the AoE crowd control. They

[27:21] have the best group buff in the game

[27:22] with Mark of the Wild, Battle

[27:24] Resurrection. You got Stampede and Roar.

[27:26] So, basically, you could just plug them

[27:28] into any group and they will fit no

[27:31] problem. I think restoration druid right

[27:33] now is a knockout across the board in

[27:35] terms of just HPS and adaptability for

[27:37] any group. So I really really like that

[27:40] about restoration. Moving on to our

[27:42] first tank slot, we have of course the

[27:44] superhero protection paladin. I'm going

[27:46] to make this

[27:47] >> I will say propally I mean I don't like

[27:49] to say it as a blood DK. I just want

[27:51] everyone to use blood DKs in their

[27:53] tanking. Uh but yeah, prop pali I mean

[27:55] so much survivability.

[27:57] uh so many ways for them to just, you

[27:59] know, they they mount up. So they they

[28:01] freaking use their little hammer of

[28:02] justice, bounce it off a [ __ ] to pull

[28:04] big mobs in. They they consecrate and or

[28:07] constipate the ground, whatever you want

[28:09] to call it. It's Yeah, they're really

[28:11] good. They hold aggro. They survive. I

[28:13] mean, I could be a hater all I want.

[28:15] They're a good They're a good freaking

[28:17] um They're a good tank. And as a as a

[28:19] spec, again, as a class, you could play

[28:21] all three roles.

[28:22] >> Once again, short and sweet. If you're

[28:23] the type of player who likes to tank on

[28:26] here, prop paladin is the safest and

[28:30] most powerful spec you can play at

[28:32] midnight because you're not just

[28:33] tanking. You can literally do every

[28:35] other role entirely alone.

[28:37] >> True.

[28:37] >> Propi is the kind of tank that can walk

[28:39] into a messy pug and instantly make it

[28:42] feel organized because your toolkit is

[28:44] built around control and problem

[28:46] solving. You got answers to every

[28:49] problem in the game. You have a ton of

[28:50] interrupts, controls, and silences for

[28:52] caster mobs, so that can never happen.

[28:54] You have some of the best defensive tool

[28:56] kits in the game for yourself, so you

[28:58] should be fine if you know what you're

[28:59] doing. You have the best utility out of

[29:01] any tank in the game with blessing of

[29:02] sacrifice, blessing of protection,

[29:04] incredible off heals with word of glory,

[29:06] lay on hand for yourself, for somebody

[29:08] else. And not only that, you have some

[29:09] of the highest DPS in the game, too. So,

[29:12] uh, yeah, you know what? Uh, protection

[29:14] paladin, you name it, they got it. So,

[29:15] in pugs where, you know, people miss

[29:17] kicks, the damage could be low,

[29:18] sometimes the healing feels a little bit

[29:20] off, as a prop paladin, you can solve

[29:22] every single problem. Not only that,

[29:23] you're one of the more durable tanks now

[29:25] heading into the game with their talent

[29:26] and the natural damage mitigation

[29:28] adjustments. I'm just going to be

[29:29] honest, protection paladin is a one of

[29:31] one. There's not a class like it. So, if

[29:33] you're heading into Midnight and

[29:34] expansion where you want to tank, carry

[29:37] these random groups, and feel like a

[29:38] superhero, prop paladin is the best

[29:41] spec. No question.

[29:42] >> Yeah, prop P prop Paladin. Yeah. feel

[29:44] like a you're going to feel like an

[29:45] Avenger. No doubt. You're throwing your

[29:47] shield around. You got your hammer of

[29:48] justice. Um you're you're going to feel

[29:50] like Thor and Captain America combined

[29:53] running around playing the hero game.

[29:55] Yes, I don't disagree

[29:57] >> about it. And then finally, we got to

[29:58] talk about Avengers Demon Hunter. Now, I

[30:00] would say if you want a more aggressive

[30:02] >> So, there you go. You got two uh two

[30:04] classes with that are on this list

[30:06] twice. Demon Hunter and Paladin.

[30:08] >> And modernized approach. Vengeance is

[30:11] one of the best specs in Midnight. I

[30:13] would say the biggest thing that makes

[30:15] Vengeance so strong is number one, their

[30:17] mobility through the roof, which means

[30:19] in a real pickup group environment and

[30:22] solo Q environment, they can control the

[30:24] pace and push the pace very well, which

[30:26] believe it or not is valuable. And

[30:28] number two, as of right now, their

[30:29] damage and self is some of, if not the

[30:33] best in the entire game. On top of that,

[30:35] Vengeance right now is extremely

[30:37] durable, which is crazy. The spec is

[30:40] constantly self-healing, sustaining

[30:42] itself while being very aggressive, high

[30:45] damage, high mobility, and you have a

[30:47] ton of tools to support your group as

[30:48] well. My favorite thing about Vengeance,

[30:50] I think, has to be their apex talent

[30:52] though, untethered rage. It gives you

[30:53] free procs and metamorphosis, and you're

[30:55] pretty much just unkillable at that

[30:57] point, and that happens very

[30:58] consistently. So, with Vengeance, you

[31:00] have a tank that can push the pace, deal

[31:01] great damage, great utility with grip,

[31:03] and their magical debuff on enemies for

[31:05] caster comps such as, you know,

[31:06] vengeance demon.

[31:07] >> I'm I'm being a bitter [ __ ] I'm not

[31:08] going to lie. I'm pretty jealous. I am.

[31:10] The utility of uh uh vengeance demon

[31:13] hunter and protection paladin. It's

[31:15] freaking [ __ ] Uh they need Blizzard

[31:17] needs to help out Blood DKs. They do. We

[31:19] used to be just the unkillable force and

[31:21] that was what made us cool. Uh and they

[31:23] since then they've nerfed our healing a

[31:25] lot and [ __ ] So it's changed things. Uh

[31:27] we we need to go back to full god mode

[31:28] like the dragon flight days. We do.

[31:31] Yeah. Or even even Shadowlands. Like we

[31:33] were putting out such big dick numbers

[31:35] once we got the Jailer's weapon. What

[31:37] the [ __ ] was it called? the gavvel. Uh,

[31:39] man, we we need to go back to those

[31:41] days. We do. Yeah, they've they had to

[31:44] nerf blood decay because of Sam. That's

[31:46] true. It's true. Yeah, I was soloing the

[31:48] [ __ ] out of this game live on stream

[31:50] every day and yeah, Blizzard had to nerf

[31:52] them because of that. I agree. I agree.

[31:54] Cyclone Hunter, augmentation evoker,

[31:55] Frost Mage on Holy DK sort of deal. And

[31:58] they're just built to dominate the

[31:59] leaderboard at that point. So, yes, if

[32:01] you're looking for a tank that could

[32:02] really push really, really high tier, I

[32:05] would say this one has the highest

[32:07] ceiling. But yes, ladies and gentlemen,

[32:08] that is going to wrap up this solo and

[32:10] pugging main guide heading into

[32:11] midnight. Listen, I'm a sucker for

[32:13] playing on my own. And I got to say,

[32:14] there are definitely a couple classes

[32:16] that made this list rethink my main

[32:19] choice

[32:21] to destroy.

[32:21] >> Den, thank you for the follow, man.

[32:22] Welcome to our scourge.

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[32:37] next one.

[32:37] >> No, great video from the uh from the

[32:39] comeback kids here. And uh I agree with

[32:41] a lot of it, honestly. And like my whole

[32:43] thing with the um the classes that can

[32:45] be multiple play multiple roles in this

[32:47] game, it's very true. Demon Hunter was

[32:49] on there twice, paladin was on there

[32:51] twice, and then you got other ones like

[32:53] say mage or warlock where it's always

[32:55] like one of their specs, their DPS specs

[32:58] is viable. So, a lot of this is right.

[33:00] Anything with a pet obviously makes for

[33:02] really good solo content. And uh overall

[33:05] nice list here from the comeback kids. I

[33:07] agree with uh with with a lot of this

[33:08] [ __ ] Nice one.

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