"cheapest" raid class

[flowison]

due to lack of time i cant farm that much for consumeables and that stuff.
so what class is in your opinion the cheapest for raids?

which class need the least consumeables?
is the armor (cloth/leather/mail/plate) also important for this question?

[Setup]

On farm content, healers probably spend the least. Plus mana potions are cheap.

[Armilus]

Tanks and caster DPS need flasks which are really expensive. Healers probably have the cheapest consumables, even in progression you rarely need flasks (at least not until Naxx and maybe AQ40). If you would use a flask as a healer then melee DPS and hunters are cheapest I think. They have more consumables but overall cheaper because no flask.

[gotmilk0112]

Well, every class can play "cheap" and "expensive", it's all about how many world buffs/consumable buffs you're willing to pay for.

As a healing priest, each Molten Core run only costs me 3 or 4 Major Mana potions, a single mana oil, and 5-10 Nightfin Soup. All of that costs maybe 20g. And since I've got Holy Nova, I can easily farm lashers in DM E for easy pocket change.

But if I were to play "expensive", I'd easily be using 20 major manas, multiple elixirs, flask, etc....but it's really not necessary, because it's just Molten Core.

As for other classes, I'm not particularly sure. But in general, you don't really *NEED* tons of consumables until BWL. MC, Ony and ZG are really easy. Just basic stuff like healing/mana potions and some basic elixirs (agi elixir, etc) will be fine for those raids.

[flowison]

whats about the different armor types?
rep costs?
are clothies much cheaper, or do they have to repair more often than plates and it is equal?

rogue vs. fury?
what costs more?

thx

[Ana]

Plus mana potions are cheap.

Not anymore.

@OP
Mage is probably the cheapest. You use wizard oil, greater arcane elixir and that's it Warlocks come close but elixir of shadow power exists so you may be asked to use that too.

Btw if your guild asks you to flask up for current content as DPS, you should find another guild

[Setup]

what costs more?

thx

Rogue and fury use nearly the same consumables, except fury needs crit stones, so it costs a little more.

I'm a rogue. It's hard to estimate what a night of BWL costs me. Assuming a fairly competent 3-hour clear where I only die one time, I spend ~50g worth of consumables. You probably loot about ~25g in doing BWL, though.

[flowison]

one say caster use flasks and is expansive,
the other say mage and lock are the cheapest...

[Jeniwyn]

No class raids cheaply if you optimize. No class is expensive if you don't. I really don't think there is a much better answer than that.

The best way of getting away with not optimizing is being good.

[gotmilk0112]

one say caster use flasks and is expansive

You should not have to use flasks as DPS until Naxx. And even then, with the current player knowledge on how classes and mechanics work, we shouldn't need as much consumable abuse as people did back in retail vanilla.