10.1.5 Spec Tier List (DF 10.1.5)

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• +2. DPS Rankings
  • 2.1. A Tier
  • 2.2. Windwalker Monk
    • 2.2.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.2.2. Strengths of Windwalker Monks
    • 2.2.3. Weaknesses of Windwalker Monks
  • 2.3. Unholy Death Knight
    • 2.3.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.3.2. Strengths of Unholy Death Knights
    • 2.3.3. Weaknesses of Unholy Death Knights
  • 2.4. Shadow Priest
    • 2.4.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.4.2. Strengths of Shadow Priests
    • 2.4.3. Weaknesses of Shadow Priests
  • 2.5. Balance Druid
    • 2.5.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.5.2. Strengths of Balance Druids
    • 2.5.3. Weaknesses of Balance Druids
  • 2.6. Subtlety Rogue
    • 2.6.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.6.2. Strengths of Subtlety Rogues
    • 2.6.3. Weaknesses of Subtlety Rogues
  • 2.7. B Tier
  • 2.8. Destruction Warlock
    • 2.8.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.8.2. Strengths of Destruction Warlocks
    • 2.8.3. Weaknesses of Destruction Warlocks
  • 2.9. Feral Druid
    • 2.9.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.9.2. Strengths of Feral Druids
    • 2.9.3. Weaknesses of Feral Druids
  • 2.10. Frost Mage
    • 2.10.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.10.2. Frost Mages' Strengths
    • 2.10.3. Frost Mages' Weaknesses
  • 2.11. Arcane Mage
    • 2.11.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.11.2. Arcane Mages' Strengths
    • 2.11.3. Arcane Mages' Weaknesses
  • 2.12. Fire Mage
    • 2.12.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.12.2. Fire Mages' Strengths
    • 2.12.3. Fire Mages' Weaknesses
  • 2.13. Affliction Warlock
    • 2.13.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.13.2. Strengths of Affliction Warlocks
    • 2.13.3. Weaknesses of Affliction Warlocks
  • 2.14. Retribution Paladin
    • 2.14.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.14.2. Strengths of Retribution Paladins
    • 2.14.3. Weaknesses of Retribution Paladins
  • 2.15. Enhancement Shaman
    • 2.15.1. Best team compositions
    • 2.15.2. Enhancement Shamans' Strengths
    • 2.15.3. Enhancement Shamans' Weaknesses
  • 2.16. Augmentation Evoker
    • 2.16.1. Best team compositions
• +3. Augmentation Evoker Weaknesses
  • 3.1. Demonology Warlock
    • 3.1.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.1.2. Strengths of Demonology Warlocks
    • 3.1.3. Weaknesses of Demonology Warlocks
  • 3.2. Beast Mastery Hunter
    • 3.2.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.2.2. Strengths of Beast Mastery Hunter
    • 3.2.3. Weaknesses of Beast Mastery Hunter
  • 3.3. C Tier
  • 3.4. Assassination Rogue
    • 3.4.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.4.2. Strengths of Assassination Rogues
    • 3.4.3. Weaknesses of Assassination Rogues
  • 3.5. Havoc Demon Hunter
    • 3.5.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.5.2. Strengths
    • 3.5.3. Weaknesses
  • 3.6. Arms Warrior
    • 3.6.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.6.2. Strengths of Arms Warriors
    • 3.6.3. Weaknesses of Arms Warriors
  • 3.7. Frost Death Knight
    • 3.7.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.7.2. Strengths of Frost Death Knights
    • 3.7.3. Weaknesses of Frost Death Knights
  • 3.8. Elemental Shaman
    • 3.8.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.8.2. Strengths of Elemental Shaman
    • 3.8.3. Weaknesses of Elemental Shaman
  • 3.9. Marksmanship Hunter
    • 3.9.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.9.2. Strengths of Marksmanship Hunter
    • 3.9.3. Weaknesses of Marksmanship Hunter
  • 3.10. Fury Warrior
    • 3.10.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.10.2. Strengths of Fury Warriors
    • 3.10.3. Weaknesses of Fury Warriors
  • 3.11. Survival Hunter
    • 3.11.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.11.2. Strengths of Survival Hunter
    • 3.11.3. Weaknesses of Survival Hunter
  • 3.12. Outlaw Rogue
    • 3.12.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.12.2. Strengths of Outlaw Rogues
    • 3.12.3. Weaknesses of Outlaw Rogues
  • 3.13. Devastation Evoker
    • 3.13.1. Best team compositions
    • 3.13.2. Devastation Evoker Strengths
    • 3.13.3. Devastation Evoker Weaknesses
• +4. Healer Rankings
  • 4.1. S Tier
  • 4.2. Holy Paladin
    • 4.2.1. Best team compositions
    • 4.2.2. Strengths of Holy Paladins
    • 4.2.3. Weaknesses of Holy Paladins
  • 4.3. A Tier
  • 4.4. Preservation Evoker
    • 4.4.1. Best team compositions
    • 4.4.2. Strengths
    • 4.4.3. Weaknesses
  • 4.5. Holy Priest
    • 4.5.1. Best team compositions
    • 4.5.2. Holy Priests Strengths
    • 4.5.3. Holy Priests Weaknesses
  • 4.6. B Tier
  • 4.7. Restoration Shaman
    • 4.7.1. Best team compositions
    • 4.7.2. Restoration Shaman Strengths
    • 4.7.3. Restoration Shaman Weaknesses
  • 4.8. Restoration Druid
    • 4.8.1. Best team compositions
    • 4.8.2. Strengths of Restoration Druids
    • 4.8.3. Weaknesses of Restoration Druids
  • 4.9. C Tier
  • 4.10. Discipline Priest
    • 4.10.1. Best team compositions
    • 4.10.2. Strengths of Discipline Priests
    • 4.10.3. Weaknesses of Discipline Priests
  • 4.11. Mistweaver Monk
    • 4.11.1. Best team compositions
    • 4.11.2. Mistweaver Monks Strengths
    • 4.11.3. Mistweaver Monks Weaknesses
• 5. Conclusion
• 6. Changelog

In this post you will find every DPS and healing specialization, or spec, in the game. There are several descriptions underneath each spec. The first is what team compositions the spec works well in. Depending on your team's overall strategy, multiple specs of the same class can play in the same team composition. If you are looking for a complete list of viable comps we have a guide for that. Underneath the team compositions are descriptions for the strengths and weaknesses the specialization has.

A-tier specializations have strong defensive and offensive cooldowns. With help from teammates it is easy for these specs to excel in 3v3 arena. Specializations are not ranked on their strengths and weaknesses alone. These Tiers reflect how well certain specs work within a team and with other specs.

1. Walking Dead (Windwalker Monk + Unholy DK + Holy Paladin)
2. Windwalker Monk + Havoc Demon Hunter + Restoration Druid/Holy Paladin
3. Windwalker Monk + Balance Druid + Holy Paladin/Restoration Druid
4. Windwalker Monk + Demonology Warlock + Holy Paladin
5. Windwalker Monk + Arcane Mage/Frost Mage + Holy Paladin/Restoration Druid

• Great mobility
• Strong team utility
• Strong self-healing

• Kiting is important to stay alive
• No defensive abilities when stunned
• Difficult for newer players

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Windwalker Monk in PvP, check out our Windwalker Monk PvP Guide.

1. Walking Dead (Unholy Death Knight + Windwalker Monk + Holy Paladin)
2. TSG (Unholy Death Knight + Arms Warrior + Holy Paladin)
3. Hero Cleave (Unholy Death Knight + Havoc Demon Hunter + Holy Paladin)
4. Shadowcleave (Unholy Death Knight + Demonology Warlock + Holy Paladin)
5. Spriest / DK (Unholy Death Knight + Shadow Priest + Holy Paladin)

• Strong burst damage
• Great consistent damage
• CC prevention
• Great lockdown toolkit

• No large hits for finishing power
• Many setup globals
• Low mobility

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Unholy Death Knight in PvP, check out our Unholy Death Knight PvP Guide.

1. Balance Druid/Shadow Priest/Restoration Shaman or Holy Paladin
2. Subtlety Rogue/Shadow Priest/Restoration Shaman
3. Shadowplay (Shadow Priest/Destruction Warlock/Restoration Shaman or Holy Paladin)
4. Shadow Priest/Elemental Shaman/Restoration Shaman or Restoration Druid

• Strong spread damage
• Dispel Magic and Mass Dispel are crucial
• High consistent damage

• No mobility
• Struggle to cast against melee teams
• Rely on teammates to stay alive

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Shadow Priest in PvP, check out our Shadow Priest PvP Guide.

1. Balance Druid + Havoc Demon Hunter + Restoration Shaman/Preservation Evoker;
2. Balance Druid + Windwalker Monk + Preservation Evoker/Restoration Shaman;
3. Balance Druid + Demonology Warlock + Restoration Shaman/Preservation Evoker;
4. Balance Druid + Elemental Shaman + Preservation Evoker.

• Strong control
• Multiple mobility spells
• Strong burst damage

• Cannot do damage when forced into Bear Form
• Little consistent damage
• Long burst cooldown

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Balance Druid in PvP, check out our Balance Druid PvP Guide.

1. RMP (Subtlety Rogue + Fire Mage/Frost Mage/Arcane Mage + Discipline Priest)
2. Thug Cleave (Subtlety Rogue + Survival Hunter/Marksmanship Hunter + Discipline Priest/Holy Priest)
3. RPS/RLS (Subtlety Rogue + Shadow Priest/Destruction Warlock + Restoration Shaman)
4. Dancing With The Stars (Subtlety Rogue + Balance Druid + Discipline Priest/Preservation Evoker)

• Powerful burst.
• Great mobility.
• Great control.
• Excellent utility.

• Very prone to dying in stuns.
• Significant cooldown on defensive abilities.
• Often reliant on teammates to stay alive.
• Non-existant sustained damage.

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Subtlety Rogue in PvP, check out our Subtlety Rogue PvP Guide.

B tier specializations are slightly weaker than A tier specializations. These specs are still strong, but might not be strong into certain match-ups against the stronger specializations.

1. RLP/D (Destruction Warlock + Assassination Rogue + Discipline Priest / Restoration Druid)
2. MLD (Destruction Warlock + Frost Mage + Restoration Druid)

• Extremely disruptive
• Strong, casted burst damage
• Great on-demand instant damage

• Struggle to stay alive against melee teams
• Hard to cast against teams with multiple interrupts
• Difficult to close games out before Dampening

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Destruction Warlock in PvP, check out our Destruction Warlock PvP Guide.

1. Kittycleave (Feral Druid + Arms Warrior/Fury Warrior + Preservation Evoker/Mistweaver Monk);
2. Jungle (Feral Druid + Survival Hunter + Discipline Priest);
3. FLS (Feral Druid + Destruction Warlock/Demonology Warlock + Restoration Shaman);

• Strong sustained damage
• Multiple mobility spells
• Strong burst damage

• Cannot do damage when forced into Bear Form
• Very few defensives
• Long burst cooldown

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Feral Druid in PvP, check out our Feral Druid PvP Guide.

1. MLD (Frost Mage + Demonology Warlock + Restoration Druid)
2. RMD (Frost Mage + Assassination Rogue + Restoration Druid)
3. GodComp (Frost Mage + Shadow Priest + Restoration Druid/Preservation Evoker)
4. WMD (Frost Mage + Arms Warrior + Restoration Druid/Preservation Evoker)

• Great control
• Multiple defensive cooldowns
• Strong burst damage
• Relatively strong sustained damage

• Forced to cast most abilities
• Predictable burst damage
• Low Durability when out of cooldowns
• Only one school of casting

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Frost Mage in PvP, check out our Frost Mage PvP Guide.

1. RMD(Arcane Mage + Assassination Rogue + Restoration Druid)
2. Arcane Mage + Windwalker Monk + Holy Paladin/Holy Priest
3. Arcane Mage + Demonology Warlock + Holy Priest
4. Arcane Mage + Shadow Priest + Restoration Druid
5. FMP (Arcane Mage + Feral Druid + Holy Paladin)

• Great mobility
• Strong single-target damage
• Great control and utility
• Strong Survivability

• Only one major casting school
• Predictable burst damage

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Arcane Mage in PvP, check out our Arcane Mage PvP Guide.

1. MLD (Fire Mage + Demonology Warlock + Restoration Druid)
2. RMP (Fire Mage + Subtlety Rogue + Holy Priest)
3. WMP (Fire Mage + Fury Warrior + Holy Priest)
4. FMP (Fire Mage + Feral Druid + Holy Priest)
5. Boomy/Mage (Fire Mage + Balance Druid + Holy Priest)

• Strong crowd control
• High burst damage
• Multiple casting schools
• Significant instant cast damage
• Strong DoT Pressure sustained Damage

• Consistent damage is low without the use of Glass Cannon
• Predictable burst damage
• Will struggle versus teams with two melee on it

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Fire Mage in PvP, check out our Fire Mage PvP Guide.

1. LSD/LSPri (Affliction Warlock + Elemental Shaman + Restoration Druid / Holy Priest)
2. Shadowplay (Affliction Warlock + Shadow Priest + Restoration Druid)
3. RLP/D (Affliction Warlock + Assassination Rogue + Discipline Priest / Restoration Druid

• Great spread damage
• Good against teams with low self-healing or no hybrids

• Struggle to cast against teams with many interrupts
• Lack of reliable crowd control
• Only one casting school

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Affliction Warlock in PvP, check out our Affliction Warlock PvP Guide.

1. Retribution Paladin + Arms Warrior + Restoration Shaman/Restoration Druid)
2. Cupid (Retribution Paladin + Beast Mastery Hunter + Discipline Priest)
3. Vanguards (Retribution Paladin + Unholy DK/Frost DK + Mistweaver Monk/Restoration Druid/Restoration Shaman)
4. Retribution Paladin + Havoc Demon Hunter + Mistweaver Monk/Restoration Druid

• Strong burst damage
• Great consistent and cleave damage
• Multiple ways to support teammates via blessing spells
• Nearly the entire damage kit can be done from mid-range

• Limited mobility
• Target of choice for most teams
• No Mortal Wounds effect limits compositions

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Retribution Paladin in PvP, check out our Retribution Paladin PvP Guide.

1. Turbo (Enhancement Shaman + Arms Warrior + Holy Priest/Mistweaver Monk)
2. Turbo (Enhancement Shaman + Fury Warrior + Holy Priest/Mistweaver Monk)
3. Enhancement Shaman + Windwalker Monk + Discipline Priest

• Strong melee and ranged damage and burst
• Multiple interupts
• Significant caster distruption
• Strong team healing
• Grounding Totem and Tremor Totem provide strong utility to the team

• Predictable burst damage
• Limited crowd-control
• Damage is dependent on uptime

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Enhancement Shaman in PvP, check out our Enhancement Shaman PvP Guide.

1. Augmentation Evoker + Subtlety Rogue + Holy Paladin
2. Augmentation Evoker + Arms Warrior + Holy Paladin
3. Augmentation Evoker + Unholy DK + Holy Paladin

• Great mobility
• Countless spells to help teammates land a kill
• Multiple instant healing spells to keep teammate alive

• If mobility is not used properly, easy to crowd control
• Very little crowd control
• Can get swapped to and die in a stun

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Augmentation Evoker in PvP, check out our Augmentation Evoker PvP Guide.

1. Shadowcleave (Demonology Warlock + Unholy Death Knight + Holy Paladin/Restoration Druid).
2. Mage/Lock (Demonology Warlock + Frost Mage + Mistweaver Monk/Restoration Shaman);
3. Demonology Warlock + Elemental Shaman + Restoration Druid/Holy Paladin;
4. Shadowplay (Demonology Warlock + Shadow Priest + Holy Paladin/Restoration Druid).
5. LSD2 (Demonology Warlock + Balance Druid + Holy Paladin/Preservation Evoker).

• Great control
• Multiple casting schools
• Strong consistent damage

• Predictable burst damage
• Lack of scary damage outside of Summon Demonic Tyrant

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Demonology Warlock in PvP, check out our Demonology Warlock PvP Guide.

1. Jungle (Beast Mastery Hunter + Feral Druid + Holy Priest/Discipline Priest)
2. Cupid (Beast Mastery Hunter + Retribution Paladin + Restoration Druid/Discipline Priest)
3. Beast Mastery Hunter + Frost DK/Unholy DK + Holy Paladin/Restoration Druid
4. Beast Mastery Hunter + Arms Warrior + Restoration Shaman/Holy Paladin

• Great control
• Decent mobility
• Strong consistent damage

• Hard to get crowd control without the help of teammates
• Weak to teams with multiple stuns
• Very few defensive cooldowns

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Beast Mastery Hunter in PvP, check out our Beast Mastery Hunter PvP Guide.

It is important to note that these specializations are not bad just because they are in the third tier. They are in this tier because one or more of the classes other specs are much stronger to play in arena right now.

1. RMP/E (Assassination Rogue + Fire Mage/Frost Mage/Arcane Mage + Holy Paladin/Discipline Priest/Preservation Evoker)
2. RPS/E (Assassination Rogue + Shadow Priest + Restoration Shaman/Preservation Evoker)
3. RSD/E (Assassination Rogue + Elemental Shaman + Restoration Druid)
4. RLS/E (Assassination Rogue + Affliction Warlock/Destruction Warlock + Restoration Shaman/Preservation Evoker)

• Excellent sustained damage.
• Decent burst.
• Great control.
• Excellent utility.

• Very prone to dying in stuns.
• Significant cooldown on defensive abilities.
• Often reliant on teammates to stay alive.
• Very predictable burst damage.

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Assassination Rogue in PvP, check out our Assassination Rogue PvP Guide.

1. Hero Cleave (Demon Hunter/Frost Death Knight/Holy Paladin or Restoration Shaman)
2. Demon Hunter/Destruction Warlock/Holy Paladin or Restoration Shaman
3. Demon Hunter/Arms Warrior/Holy Paladin or Restoration Druid
4. Demon Hunter/Retribution Paladin/Holy Paladin or Restoration Druid

• Great mobility
• Strong burst and sustained damage
• Multiple utility spells

• Weak against teams with multiple stuns
• Predictable burst damage
• Easy to learn, but difficult to master

If you are interested in learning more about to play Havoc Demon Hunter in PvP, check out our Havoc Demon Hunter PvP Guide.

1. TSG (Arms Warrior + Frost DK / Unholy DK + Holy Paladin / Restoration Shaman)
2. Arms Warrior + Retribution Paladin + Holy Priest / Restoration Shaman
3. Turbo Cleave (Arms Warrior + Enhancement Shaman + Holy Paladin / Mistweaver Monk)
4. WLS (Arms Warrior + Destruction Warlock + Restoration Shaman / Holy Paladin / Holy Priest)
5. WMP(ala) (Arms Warrior + Fire Mage + Holy Paladin / Holy Priest
6. Arms Warrior + Shadow Priest + Holy Paladin / Restoration Shaman)

• Strong, consistent damage and powerful burst windows.
• Can effectively fight any number of enemies.
• Strong mobility.
• Sharpen Blade is the strongest healing reduction in the game.
• Adaptable kit able to respond to almost any situation.
• Strong defensive kit.

• Struggles to keep up with consistent ranged slows.
• Talent lineup has you sacrifice either sustained or burst damage for the other.

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Arms Warrior in PvP, check out our Arms Warrior PvP Guide.

1. Walking Dead (Frost Death Knight + Windwalker Monk + Holy Paladin/Restoration Shaman)
2. TSG (Frost Death Knight + Arms Warrior + Holy Paladin/Restoration Shaman)
3. Zombie Chicken (Frost Death Knight + Balance Druid + Holy Paladin)
4. Vanguards (Frost Death Knight + Retribution Paladin + Holy Paladin/Restoration Shaman)
5. Hero Cleave (Frost Death Knight + Havoc Demon Hunter + Restoration Shaman)
6. Dev DK (Frost Death Knight + Devastation Evoker + Healer)

• Strong burst damage
• Powerful AoE setups
• Unmatched disruption & anti-mobility
• Crowd Control prevention tools

• Limited crowd control
• Low damage mitigation
• Little to no mobility

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Frost Death Knight in PvP, check out our Frost Death Knight PvP Guide.

1. Elemental Shaman + Destruction Warlock + Holy Priest
2. Elemental Shaman + Demonology Warlock + Restoration Druid
3. Elemental Shaman + Shadow Priest + Restoration Druid/Preservation Evoker
4. Elemental Shaman + Balance Druid + Holy Priest/Preservation Evoker

• High sustained damage with high uptime of Fire Elemental and Flame Shock through the use of Surge of Power causing strong pressure
• High burst damage with Primordial Wave, Lava Burst, Deeply Rooted Elements and Earth Shock
• Strong mobility and kiting with Gust of Wind, Thunderstorm and Earthgrab Totem
• 5-second stun and moderate damage with Lightning Lasso, which cannot be dispelled but can be interrupted.
• Dispel protection of Flame Shock
• Has Healing Stream Totem, Earth Shield and Healing Surge for strong off-healing
• Short cooldown interrupt in Wind Shear
• Grounding Totem, Static Field Totem and Tremor Totem provide strong utility to the team

• Predictable burst damage
• Dependent on procs of Lava Surge based on Flame Shock which can be dispelled
• When focused, it can be challenging to generate Maelstrom

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Elemental Shaman in PvP, check out our Elemental Shaman PvP Guide.

1. Jungle Cleave (Marksmanship Hunter + Feral Druid + Holy Priest/ Discipline Priest)
2. Cupid Cleave (Marksmanship Hunter + Retribution Paladin + Holy Priest/ Discipline Priest)
3. Thug Cleave (Marksmanship Hunter + Subtlety Rogue/ Assassination Rogue + Holy Priest/ Discipline Priest)
4. Scatterplay (Marksmanship Hunter + Shadow Priest + Restoration Druid)

• Lethal burst damage when freecasting
• High sustained damage
• Decent mobility and kiting tools
• Mortal strike from pets
• Support for team with Roar of Sacrifice, Master's Call, Sentinel's Perception or Interlope

• Weak to teams with multiple stuns and other instant crowd control
• Needs help from teammates to land crowd control
• Less crowd control than other ranged specs and all on relatively long cooldowns
• Heavily relies on landing Freezing Trap at the right moment and timing Scatter Shot effectively
• Being able to do damage effectively relies on having knowledge of which targets are able to stop your casts

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Marksmanship Hunter in PvP, check out our Marksmanship Hunter PvP Guide.

1. TSG (Fury Warrior + Unholy DK + Holy Paladin / Restoration Shaman)
2. Fury Warrior + Retribution Paladin + Holy Priest / Restoration Shaman
3. Turbo Cleave (Fury Warrior + Enhancement Shaman + Holy Paladin / Mistweaver Monk
4. WMP(ala) (Fury Warrior + Fire Mage + Holy Paladin / Holy Priest
5. Fury Warrior + Shadow Priest + Holy Paladin / Restoration Shaman)
6. KFC (Fury Warrior Beast Mastery Hunter / Survival Hunter + Holy Priest / Restoration Druid

• High sustained damage.
• Recklessness gives a lot of burst damage.
• High mobility.
• Incredible healing output.
• Enraged Regeneration is a strong defensive and useable while stunned.

• Struggles against consistent ranged slows.
• Lack of Bladestorm means high vulnerability to being hit with CC.
• Not a lot of utility.
• Choice of PvP talents is minimal.

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Fury Warrior in PvP, check out our Fury Warrior PvP Guide.

1. Jungle (Survival Hunter + Feral Druid + Holy Paladin/Discipline Priest)
2. Cupid (Survival Hunter + Retribution Paladin + Restoration Druid/Discipline Priest)
3. Thug (Survival Hunter + Subtlety Rogue + Restoration Druid/Holy Paladin
4. Survival Hunter + Arms Warrior + Holy Paladin/Restoration Druid

• Consistent crowd control abilities
• Decent mobility
• Strong burst damage

• Difficult for newer players
• Weak against teams with multiple stuns
• Very few defensive cooldowns

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Survival Hunter in PvP, check out our Survival Hunter PvP Guide.

• RMP/D (Outlaw Rogue + Frost Mage/Arcane Mage + Discipline Priest/Restoration Druid)
• RLS/E (Outlaw Rogue + Warlock + Restoration Shaman/ Preservation Evoker)
• RPS/E (Outlaw Rogue + Shadow Priest + Restoration Shaman/Preservation Evoker)
• RSD (Outlaw Rogue + Elemental Shaman + Restoration Druid)
• Thug Cleave (Outlaw Rogue + Beast Mastery Hunter/ Survival Hunter + Discipline Priest)

• Great control.
• Great sustained damage.
• Great mobility.
• Very durable.
• Excellent utility.

• No defensive abilities when stunned.
• Mediocre burst damage.
• Reliant on luck regarding Roll the Bones.
• Suffers greatly from loss of uptime because of Restless Blades.

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Outlaw Rogue in PvP, check out our Outlaw Rogue PvP Guide.

• Devastation Evoker + Frost Death Knight + Discipline Priest/Restoration Druid
• Devastation Evoker + Enhancement Shaman + Discipline Priest/Restoration Druid
• Devastation Evoker + Subtlety Rogue + Restoration Druid

• Great mobility
• Some of the strongest burst damage in the game
• Multiple healing spells to keep teammate alive

• If mobility is not used properly, easy to swap to in a stun
• Very little crowd control
• Can get swapped to and die in a stun

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Devastation Evoker in PvP, check out our Devastation Evoker PvP Guide.

Just like the DPS specializations, there is a ranking for each healer. They are based on utility, team compositions and overall healing output.

1. RMPally (Holy Paladin + Arcane Mage + Subtlety Rogue/Outlaw Rogue)
2. Jungle (Holy Paladin + Survival Hunter + Feral Druid)
3. WPP (Holy Paladin + Shadow Priest + Arms Warrior)
4. WMP (Holy Paladin + Fire Mage + Arms Warrior)
5. RPP (Holy Paladin + Subtlety Rogue + Shadow Priest)

• Large amount of healing cooldowns
• Multiple defensive abilities
• Great burst healing

• Weak spread healing
• Easy to swap to if overextended
• Limited mobility when out of Blessing of Freedoms

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Holy Paladin in PvP, check out our Holy Paladin PvP Guide.

1. Mage/Lock (Preservation Evoker + Frost Mage + Demonology Warlock)
2. Dancing with the Stars (Preservation Evoker + Subtlety Rogue + Balance Druid)
3. Shadowcleave (Preservation Evoker + Demonology Warlock + Unholy DK)

• Great mobility
• Strong damage output to contribute to kills
• Multiple instant healing spells to keep teammate alive

• If mobility is not used properly, easy to crowd control
• Very little crowd control
• Can get swapped to and die in a stun

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Preservation Evoker in PvP, check out our Preservation Evoker PvP Guide.

1. RMP (Holy Priest + Subtlety Rogue + Frost Mage);
2. Jungle (Holy Priest + Survival Hunter + Feral Druid);
3. MLP (Holy Priest + Demonology Warlock + Frost Mage);
4. Thug Cleave (Holy Priest + Subtlety Rogue + Survival Hunter);

• Strong spread healing
• Multiple powerful healing cooldowns
• Very Mana efficient

• Struggle against teams with two melee on it
• Have to cast most spells to get value from cooldowns
• Very limited mobility

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Holy Priest in PvP, check out our Holy Priest PvP Guide.

1. Restoration Shaman + Fury Warrior + Shadow Priest
2. Restoration Shaman + Shadow Priest + Affliction Warlock
3. Restoration Shaman + Shadow Priest + Destruction Warlock
4. Restoration Shaman + Shadow Priest + Demonology Warlock
5. Restoration Shaman + Shadow Priest + Fire Mage
6. Restoration Shaman + Shadow Priest + Subtlety Rogue

• Spirit Link Totem will save a teammate from dying.
• Very strong team healing through Healing Tide Totem with the PvP talent Living Tide selected.
• Resetting the cooldown of Earthen Wall Totem with Totemic Recall.
• Multiple utility spells
• Purge/ Greater Purge is crucial in matchups
• Wind Shear and Grounding Totem are critical stopping crowd-control.
• Passive healing through Healing Stream Totem and Earth Shield.
• Strong damage through Flame Shock, Stormkeeper and Lava Burst.
• Several spells that heal when you are in crowd control or interrupted.
• A Mortal Strike effect and damage reduction through Unleash Shield

• Heavily dependent on rotating cooldowns for keeping teammates alive.
• Lacking large damage reduction cooldowns, or burst healing.
• Healing throughput is moderate, not strong.
• No damage reduction team cooldowns.

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Restoration Shaman in PvP, check out our Restoration Shaman PvP Guide.

1. MLD (Restoration Druid + Frost Mage + Demonology Warlock);
2. RMD (Restoration Druid + Frost Mage + Subtlety Rogue);
3. Restoration Druid + Elemental Shaman + Demonology Warlock;
4. Hero Cleave (Restoration Druid + Arms Warrior + Unholy DK);
5. God Comp (Restoration Druid + Fire Mage + Shadow Priest);

• Great control and crowd control
• Good mobility
• Very hard to kill

• Hard to play for newer players
• Hard to heal against teams with strong spread damage
• Struggle against teams with a Purge ability

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Restoration Druid in PvP, check out our Restoration Druid PvP Guide.

1. Jungle (Discipline Priest + Feral Druid + Survival Hunter/Beast Mastery Hunter);
2. Discipline Priest + Retribution Paladin + Arms Warrior;
3. RMP (Discipline Priest + Assassination Rogue/Subtlety Rogue + Frost Mage);
4. Thug Cleave (Discipline Priest + Assassination Rogue/Subtlety Rogue + Survival Hunter/Marksmanship Hunter);
5. Cupid (Discipline Priest + Retribution Paladin + Survival Hunter/Beast Mastery Hunter);

• Powerful defensive abilities.
• Significant damage.
• Offensive purge.
• Decent utility.

• Very little mobility.
• High Mana consumption when hard-casting heals.
• Reliant on teammates to land CC.

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Discipline Priest in PvP, check out our Discipline Priest PvP Guide.

1. Shadowplay (Mistweaver Monk + Demonology Warlock + Shadow Priest
2. Turbo(Mistweaver Monk + Arms Warrior + Enhancement Shaman)
3. Shadowcleave (Mistweaver Monk + Demonology Warlock + Unholy DK
4. MLChi (Mistweaver Monk + Frost Mage + Demonology Warlock
5. Herocleave (Mistweaver Monk + Havoc Demon Hunter + Unholy DK)
6. TSG (Mistweaver Monk + Arms Warrior + Unholy DK)

• Great mobility
• Strong single-target healing
• Multiple crowd control abilities

• Easy to get stuck in crowd control
• Very little utility for teammates
• No damage to help with kills if you do not Fistweave

If you are interested in learning more about how to play Mistweaver Monk in PvP, check out our Mistweaver Monk PvP Guide.

Every class has at least one strong specialization they can play. Each spec brings different damage and utility. Find one that you enjoy playing and build teams around that playstyle. If there are any questions please let me know in the comments.

• 11 Aug. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
• 07 Oct. 2017: Specialization tier list created.

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