The Complete WoW Midnight CLASS Picking Guide (What To Play in 2026?)

[00:00] Welcome to the channel, ladies and

[00:01] gentlemen. My name is Sky, and today

[00:02] we're going to be looking at all 13

[00:04] classes in depth for the latest Midnight

[00:06] World of Warcraft expansion and helping

[00:08] you find the perfect class to main.

[00:11] We're going to be going over the

[00:12] strengths of each class and spec

[00:14] individually, all the biggest changes

[00:16] for each spec heading into Midnight, all

[00:18] the brand new Apex talents and what they

[00:21] do, the skill curve, and if the spec is

[00:23] easy or hard to play, and more.

[00:25] Hopefully, by doing so, we can steer you

[00:27] in the right direction to selecting a

[00:29] class that is perfect for you. This is

[00:32] the ultimate class picking guide for

[00:34] Midnight World of Warcraft. The call of

[00:37] the paladin is to protect the weak,

[00:39] bring justice to the unjust, and

[00:41] vanquish evil from all corners of the

[00:43] world. Paladins are equipped with plate

[00:45] armor to confront the toughest foes, and

[00:48] the blessing of the light allows them to

[00:49] heal wounds for their allies and even

[00:52] some cases restore life to the dead.

[00:55] When it comes to the strengths of the

[00:56] Paladin, you easily have some of the

[00:58] highest utility in the game. You bring

[01:00] powerful blessings to keep your allies

[01:02] alive, aura buffs, which are passive

[01:04] buffs to enhance your allies in combat,

[01:07] very strong offhealing capabilities,

[01:09] incredibly powerful cooldowns that can

[01:11] save your raid and group in just a

[01:13] moment, and one of the few classes in

[01:16] all of World of Warcraft who can

[01:17] resurrect an ally in combat. As a

[01:20] paladin, you have access to all three

[01:22] role types being tank, healer, and DPS.

[01:25] And overall, you're just very versatile.

[01:27] And if you enjoy playing multiple role

[01:30] types, this easily has to be one of the

[01:32] biggest benefits of a paladin. Moving on

[01:34] to some spec changes for retribution.

[01:36] Overall, the gameplay and vibe is very

[01:39] similar to what it was in the war

[01:40] within. They made a couple changes to

[01:42] their hero talent tree. Hammer of wrath

[01:44] is no longer a separate ability. It

[01:46] upgrades judgment whenever you pop

[01:48] wings, so you could just deal more

[01:49] damage. And they combined executioner

[01:51] sentence with final reckoning into one

[01:53] ability. For retribution's apex talent,

[01:56] it's an entirely passive talent that

[01:58] adds extra damage to your blade of

[01:59] justice and your holy power spenders. It

[02:02] gives you a chance to unleash a wave of

[02:04] holy light to deal extra damage to

[02:06] enemies in an area. It's not the

[02:08] flashiest ability ever, but it's free

[02:10] damage and it keeps retribution simple.

[02:12] For protection paladins, eye of tier and

[02:15] moment of glory are gone. But replacing

[02:17] that, your passive damage mitigation is

[02:19] much higher with your brand new rework

[02:21] talent tree. Your self-healing and

[02:23] sustain is substantially better with

[02:25] Word of Glory, and your damage is still

[02:27] very high as a protection paladin

[02:30] overall, even for a tank. For

[02:32] protection's Apex talent, it's an

[02:33] entirely passive talent called Glory of

[02:36] the Vanguard. It makes it to where your

[02:37] judgment has a chance to cause your

[02:39] Avengers shield to echo light damage

[02:41] across enemies and increases the damage

[02:44] of your shield of the righteous. Again,

[02:46] not a new play style type of talent, but

[02:48] it makes protection hit harder and

[02:50] that's always a win for them. And

[02:52] lastly, for holy paladin, they

[02:53] completely overhauled their talent tree.

[02:56] Additionally, they rework the light of

[02:58] dawn ability to heal anyone in a circle

[03:00] around you in a 40 radius as well. aura

[03:04] mastery and your powerful defensive

[03:05] cooldowns feel more impactful. Holy

[03:08] shock and judgment had have a ton of

[03:10] talent points centered around them to

[03:12] make them feel powerful and weighted

[03:13] again. So overall, things feel really

[03:15] great from a gameplay perspective for

[03:18] holy. When it comes to their apex

[03:19] talent, it's called beacon of the

[03:21] savior. Think of it as having an

[03:23] additional beacon on a lowest health

[03:25] ally within 30 yards automatically. Any

[03:28] healing you do onto others, 30% of that

[03:30] healing will replicate to this target.

[03:33] Not only that, whenever a target

[03:34] receives this beacon, they gain an

[03:36] absorb shield and some damage

[03:38] mitigation. The only issue we need is

[03:40] some better UI clarity to know who has

[03:42] this absorb shield and beacon so we can

[03:44] actually tell who it is. But overall,

[03:45] this is a very strong direction for

[03:47] Holy. Listen guys, when it comes to the

[03:49] star ratings, overall for Paladin,

[03:50] they're one of the easier classes you

[03:52] can play in World of Warcraft. They

[03:53] don't get nuclear changes like some

[03:55] other classes, but they got cleaned up

[03:57] very well to the point where all three

[03:58] specs seem like they're in a really good

[04:00] spot at the moment. But if you're

[04:02] somebody who loves multiple role types,

[04:03] build variety is fantastic for Paladin

[04:06] as you can play DPS, tank, and healer.

[04:08] So, there's a lot of flexibility out

[04:09] there. Now, if you only like one

[04:11] specific roles, for example, like DPS,

[04:14] you are very limited with only having

[04:16] one spec on this class. When it comes to

[04:18] their Apex talents overall, I would say

[04:20] they're pretty decent at best. There are

[04:22] definitely some other Apex talent

[04:24] options in the game out there that

[04:25] perform better and feel a lot more

[04:27] impactful through a rotation, but

[04:29] Paladins's Apex talents across the board

[04:31] are almost entirely passive. They don't

[04:33] impede on the rotation. If you're

[04:34] looking for something simple that

[04:35] actually help, these are some good apex

[04:38] talents for you. Druids harness the vast

[04:41] power of nature to preserve balance and

[04:43] protect life. Druids can unleash

[04:45] nature's raw energy against your enemies

[04:47] by reigning celestial fury on them from

[04:49] a great distance, binding them with

[04:51] vines or even shapeshifting to powerful

[04:53] creatures to deal relentless attacks.

[04:56] Druids are the most versatile combatants

[04:59] in all of World of Warcraft, and they

[05:01] can fulfill every single role. When it

[05:04] comes to the strengths of the druid, you

[05:05] are easily the most versatile class in

[05:07] the game by having access to four specs

[05:09] and three different role types being

[05:11] DPS, tank, and healer. You're also one

[05:13] of the very few classes in all of WoW

[05:15] who have access to a battle resurrection

[05:18] which allows you to resurrect allies

[05:19] during combat. You can shapeshift into

[05:22] multiple forms to cater to whatever

[05:24] situation you're in. Whether you need

[05:25] more mobility with travel form, more

[05:27] defensive capabilities with bear form,

[05:29] or even the option to stealth past

[05:31] enemies in cat form. You bring great

[05:33] utility with your Mark of the Wild raid

[05:35] buff, battle resurrection, good crowd

[05:37] control, as well as your intervate

[05:39] ability to help your healers cast more

[05:41] spells. When it comes to specs and all

[05:43] of their big changes for feral druid

[05:44] heading into midnight, bleed

[05:46] snapshotting did get substantially

[05:48] easier than before. You're not juggling

[05:50] so many things at once, and you have a

[05:52] couple new tools in your kit, such as

[05:54] frantic frenzy, which is a cool little

[05:56] AoE ability, as well as Chomp, a single

[05:59] target bite ability whenever you're low

[06:01] on energy. They did get some pruning

[06:03] with thrash being gone, but when it

[06:05] comes to their apex talent, Unseen

[06:06] Predator, it's entirely passive and it

[06:09] pretty much just has a chance to flicker

[06:11] and deal some extra damage whenever you

[06:13] ferocious bite. Balance druid. When it

[06:15] comes to them, their biggest change is

[06:16] that eclipse as a system got reworked

[06:19] and it's now a button that you actively

[06:21] press. The gameplay for balance now is

[06:24] trying to stay in eclipse state as long

[06:26] as you can to deal substantially more

[06:29] damage. Not only that, your mastery got

[06:31] buffed and it's now just flat arcane and

[06:33] nature damage increase overall. For the

[06:35] apex talent, it's called ascendant

[06:37] eclipses and it makes it to where

[06:38] whenever you activate an eclipse, you

[06:40] immediately deal damage to enemies. It

[06:42] makes your star surge and starfall hit

[06:44] harder and your critical strikes deal

[06:46] additional damage over time to enemies

[06:48] during eclipse, which feel really good.

[06:50] For guardian druid, they got a lot of

[06:52] changes in midnight. Thorns of iron as a

[06:55] passive got removed and there's no more

[06:56] iron fur spam style of gameplay. It's

[06:59] now a major shift toward active

[07:01] decision-making and it is a bit harder

[07:04] to play overall. Their apex talent is

[07:06] called wild guardian where after you pop

[07:08] incarnation, you gain access to another

[07:10] ability called wild guardian. This

[07:12] causes the next two cast of iron for

[07:14] maul or frenzied regen to be echoed

[07:17] again which offers some good variety for

[07:20] restoration druid. drastically reduce

[07:21] the amount of ramp needed to get off

[07:23] some powerful heals like lifeloom and

[07:26] your other heal overtime effects as they

[07:28] drastically deal more healing faster and

[07:30] it's become overall a more reactive

[07:32] healer. Restoration's apex talent ever

[07:34] bloom drastically increases the power of

[07:36] your lifeler

[07:39] healing that stacks over time and have

[07:41] powerful ondemand healing whenever you

[07:43] consume soul of the forest making it

[07:45] easily one of the best healer apex

[07:47] talents in the entire game. Listen guys,

[07:50] when it comes to star ratings for druid,

[07:52] they are one of the harder classes to

[07:53] play in World of Warcraft. Between, you

[07:55] know, weaving in and out of different

[07:56] forms to capitalize on certain

[07:58] situations, knowing when to use your

[08:00] battle res and intervate abilities

[08:01] properly, they're, you know, also having

[08:03] four different specs you can learn and

[08:05] master. I'm not going to lie, druid

[08:06] easily has to be one of the harder

[08:08] classes to play in WoW, but their

[08:10] ceiling is quite literally limitless.

[08:13] When it comes to build variety, it goes

[08:14] without saying druid is amongst the best

[08:16] in the entire game. If you're somebody

[08:18] who likes to play multiple role types,

[08:20] there's no better class in World of

[08:21] Warcraft than Druid. And then lastly,

[08:23] when it comes to the Druid Apex talents,

[08:25] overall, I would say they're actually in

[08:26] a pretty good spot, except for Pharaoh

[08:28] Druid. Ferro Druid's Apex is probably

[08:30] one of the worst in the entire game.

[08:32] Just how boring and unimpactful it

[08:33] feels. But because of how strong, you

[08:36] know, Guardian, Restoration, and Balance

[08:38] Druid feels, it definitely even things

[08:40] out to push them into a solid category.

[08:43] The priests are devoted to the spiritual

[08:45] realm and express their unwavering faith

[08:47] by serving the people. In the midst of

[08:49] terrible conflict, no hero questions the

[08:52] value of the priestly order. They use

[08:54] powerful healing magic to fortify

[08:56] themselves and allies and also wield

[08:58] powerful offensive abilities from a

[09:00] distance through dark practices. When it

[09:02] comes to the strengths of the priest,

[09:04] one of the biggest strengths is that you

[09:05] have access to multiple different healer

[09:08] specializations. and you are the only

[09:10] class in World of Warcraft that has two

[09:12] healer options. This typically means one

[09:15] of them is going to be performing very

[09:16] well in a content type, rather it be

[09:19] PvP, Mythic Plus, or raiding. The class

[09:22] overall has many high impact support

[09:25] abilities such as power infusion, power

[09:27] ward fortitude, and leap of faith to

[09:29] really aid their party and raid.

[09:31] Overall, you're a very flexible healer

[09:33] and you have a strong DPS class with

[09:35] Shadow Priest that brings fantastic

[09:37] utility and off healing as well. With

[09:39] Shadow Priest, the biggest changes for

[09:41] them heading into Midnight is that their

[09:42] entire theme has swapped from void to

[09:45] now the old god theme. Visually, they're

[09:47] pretty much changed top to bottom, but

[09:50] the gameplay is very similar. Their

[09:52] offensive cooldowns got simplified and

[09:54] the talent tree is more streamlined and

[09:55] focused more on void apparitions. The

[09:58] 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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