Skillcap: what are the hardest classes to master.

[Lacyyy]

So we all know Vanilla is super duper easy, pretty much everyone can create a new toon and smash people with him right away.

But when it comes to truly "mastering" a class (or playing it very well), what are the ones that are the most skill-intensive ?

I could be totally wrong but from what I've seen I would say:

Tiers 1
Rogue
Mage
Druid

Tiers 2
Warrior
Hunter
Priest
Lock
Shaman

Tiers 3
Paladin

Now to be honest I have never ever played a Shaman and they actually may be easier to play that it looks like but I believe really good Shamy players are able to really use the full potential of their totems.

[mozibake]

classes I like: hardcore classes for hardcore players such as myself, high skill cap
classes I don't like: shit tier shit for shit eaters

[thargo]

IMO the true thing you must master in Vanilla is your engy grenade throwing skills

If you take race/faction into play, alliance warlock is my choice for hardest to master. With two thirds of the horde being undead for the extra trinket against your fear/seduce.

Also, specs would have to be taken into account. As a mage using the classic Arcane/frost build is so stupid easy it should be a crime. Whereas a mage lacking iceblock in it's spec would be extremely hard to master.

[Jeddite]

Being a competent Balance or Feral Druid is an uphill battle in vanilla. Shapeshifting is much more clunky in classic WoW; that's one of the first things I "remembered" when I started my Druid here. Oy vey.

[newtee2]

Death knight

[FiveWeeksOneMinute]

Mage and Rogue are arguably 2 of the easiest classes to pick up and immediately feel "good" at, but definitely the 2 most difficult to master/high skill cap

Warlock skill cap also very high

I'd put Hunter, Shaman (eleresto spec) and Priest on a tier below Mage/lock/rogue

Warriors I think have a high skill cap in BG/group PvP but individually not so much

other classes pretty mong mode

also engineering significantly raises skill cap for any class, as others said

[Fubbzy]

not going to include spec but in general imo..

tier 1
mage/rogue
hunter

tier 2
lock/druid
priest/sham
warrior/paladin

[milkribs4k]

Rogue is actually the easiest class to master and Druids are way above any other class when it comes to difficulty.

[ProMeTheus112]

i think playing druid is not easy except for situations in open world where you get your invisibility stunlock 1v1 but it is a lot of fun

[Rashgar]

So we all know Vanilla is super duper easy, pretty much everyone can create a new toon and smash people with him right away.

But when it comes to truly "mastering" a class (or playing it very well), what are the ones that are the most skill-intensive ?

I could be totally wrong but from what I've seen I would say:

Tiers 1
Rogue
Mage
Druid