WOTLK Alpha - Raid lineup theorycrafting

[Joy]

Mostly cause I enjoy doing it, some early lineup optimizing, ofcourse this is one of several possible setups, and lots may change in the meantime, some specs might turn up better than expected, or worse than expected, some spec/classes might get better/worse raid synergy, and so on, but gotta start somewhere

Group 1
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Prot Warrior
Prot Warrior
Frost Deathknight
Resto Shaman
Holy Paladin

Group 2
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BM Hunter
Survival Hunter
Destr. Warlock/Arcane? Mage
Affliction Warlock
Feral Druid/Resto shaman

Group 3
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Arms warrior
Rogue
Blood Deathknight
Enh. Shaman
RET Paladin

Group 4
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Disc Priest
Holy Priest
Resto Druid
Resto Shaman
Holy Paladin

Group 5
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Ele. Shaman
Destr. Warlock
Balance Druid
Fire/Frost Mage
Shadow priest

 

[Joy]

And don't go calling raidspots, too early for that

PS. Also missed out on Demon Warlock, no clue how that will fit in yet, if at all

 

[Tbone]

ok, BUT I CALL ROGUE SPOT!

 

[Careface]

Disc priest as in sprit buff? Or do you mean maxxed out disc. I havent checked priest buffs and stuff

 

[Joy]

Disc priest as in sprit buff? Or do you mean maxxed out disc. I havent checked priest buffs and stuff

Then maybe you should

 

[Joy]

Hope Unholy DK is going to be worth a raidspot, could fit in group 2, we'll have to see how that works out, would prefer to fit 3 DK's most of the time, since it's hawt and new, but it might just turn into mostly a PVP tree.

PS. Krouk: http://wotlk.wikidot.com/start

 

[Careface]

Ill pick it all up when it comes to retail, i dont need to know about priests at this time and chances are it'll be completely diffrent anyhow

 

[Razors]

Not to try and call a spot or anything.
But i call blood death knight spot. thanks

 

[Joy]

Ill pick it all up when it comes to retail, i dont need to know about priests at this time and chances are it'll be completely diffrent anyhow

True, but it's fun :<

 

[Bani]

are you telling me to reroll DK since you only plan one shadowpriest?

 

[Joy]

are you telling me to reroll DK since you only plan one shadowpriest?

Who says I'll play spriest

 

[Bani]

oh even better <3

 

[Joy]

oh even better <3

I might though

 

[Zermo]

grp 5 is a bit of a random, ele shaman doesn't bring much to the table (so far), mage should be fire or another arcane. in grp 4 the resto druid could be moved over to group 5 and you could put a Spriest instead (there u is saved Banim8). Also bai bai fury warr.

Doubt Unholy will be more than a pvp tree for now, though that tree is most likely to be adjusted - well it all is, since the trees are still quite a mess, most tank builds for DK's suggest them going trispec

 

[Joy]

Wut, Ele shammy is awesome, casters are losing alot of Hit, Ele totem will compensate for that, and they already rock <_<

 

[Careface]

Can i have the druid spot? Yous suck at keeping them anyways so might aswell gimme it

 

[Braque]

I know we've not seen the Paladin talents yet, but 2 prot warriors and no prot paladin? I'm pretty confident that DKs aren't going too be better at AOE tanking Paladins. How useful the AOE tank roll is, of course, depends on the encounter designs....

 

[Joy]

I know we've not seen the Paladin talents yet, but 2 prot warriors and no prot paladin? I'm pretty confident that DKs aren't going too be better at AOE tanking Paladins. How useful the AOE tank roll is, of course, depends on the encounter designs....

Yea have thought of that, depending on Prot pally buffs. But between a feral and a DK you prolly have enough AOE tanking, dunno, warlocks/mages will also be able to do some AOE tanking possilbly.

 

[Bani]

VT is down to 2% mana regen, from 5%

 

[Joy]

VT is down to 2% mana regen, from 5%

Man that's a good thing, without a nerf to VT it would be impossible to buff our damage like they are doing.