Easiest raid lead class?

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I’ll be a raid leader next patch and currently I’ve been raid leading on my mistweaver, but i do notice the attention is being split actively reducing my quality of both.

So I’ve thought about rerolling to a class that’s rotation is relatively easy to do while focusing on stuff like calling out, dodging swirlies etc.

Been looking at BM, but any other ideas in case that’s get too mundane?

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BM or Destro lock good choices for ranged dps i would say BM if i had to choose as u can still dps and move and avoid so much and still do well.

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Yeah they do seem to be the overall simplest but mobile choice with atleast okay dmg most of the time.

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You really can not be tank/healer/melee if you want to do RL and do decent dps. It can be done ofc but BM makes it so much easier.

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Yeah unfortuantely, was trying to look for a guild to heal in and found a smaller one that just formed, and we wanted to raid, but no leader was given and somehow throughout the first raid somebody asked about the mechanics and i answered.

And throughout the raid nobody was gonna call out the mechanics and somehow i was asked too and ended up somhow raid leading all raids after that.

2 weeks later im the raid lead officer and social manager of the guild… things really spiraled out of control lmao

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I wish you very good luck in season 2 , it is a tough role to do but can be so rewarding and i am very sure you will do grand at it.

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That means alot, thanks. I’ll do my best, the teams seems trustworthy and like good people, I’m excited as well as nervous and I love that i can still feel that way

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I’ve been in a few guilds where the tank is the RL. It’s generally quite dull.

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What do you mean with generally quite dull? The tanking?

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It’s usually been a tank doing the raidleading for me. Whether that is optimal I have no idea tho :wink: I can imagine healing and raidleading fried your brain tho, you need several pairs of eyes for that.

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Yeah you could say that :sweat_smile:

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They don’t have a huge amount of complexity with raid tanking.

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Our RL is a Resto / Ele Shaman. I’d personally say being ranged is a huge advantage, tanks might not be doing that much themselves but they can also barely see what’s going on.

Hunter / Mage if you’re extremely proficient at it are probably the best RL classes.

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For that I recommend a ranged DPS, the main candidate being BM hunter. If not that, then a simpler tank spec is your second best option.

Most RLs I had in the past were tanks, and since most boss fights from a tank stand point is super simple you have plenty of time to watch out for callouts and the sort. The main disadvantage is that you have to shift the camera around on some bosses due to visibility.

If you are only looking to raid lead heroic raids or delve into early mythic bosses than almost every ranged spec can work, as gear inflation makes it so that even if your performance is mediocre due to leading bosses will still die.

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Played since 2006 and I can tell you that the class makes little difference when you raid lead, I’ve personally found that it’s the role you play which is the important factor: Tank, healer or DPS.

Thought I’d share what I’ve learned over the years raid leading:

  • Healers are busy at pretty much every boss fight looking at everyone’s health to heal, and most people are quite stressed over this which distracts them from raid leading because it’s common for some people to tunnelvision bosses, leading to missed boss mechanic calls on Discord, raid warnings etc. Not saying it’s impossible as a healer, but it certainly distracts you from performing; Both that you may forget to use a major healing cooldown which leads to a wipe, which goes hand-in-hand with if you aim for HPS logs on Warcraftlogs.
  • DPS are more ideal than healers because there are many more of the same role in the raid if you do Mythic raids, or Normal/Heroic with a bigger group (20+). If you get distracted calling out mechanics it doesn’t do as much difference, you are only going to lose DPS, which most often can be quickly regained. Although as a DPS it’s even more common for some people to tunnelvision bosses, most often due to them wanting competitive logs, which makes those completely forget mechanics calls, which can be punishing. If you compare a DPS to a healer, healers can get distracted more easily which is more punishing for the raid.
  • Tanks are in my experience without any doubt the best role to play for raid leading, due to the severe variables from the other two roles I previously mentioned. Today’s bosses does not require much movement as a tank, nor is there that many mechanics to watch out for or do. If you get distracted usually nothing serious will happen, as long as if you keep an eye on the boss timers for incoming boss special attacks designed for tanks so that you can mitigate the damage with an active basic ability or a major defensive cooldown, and move the boss or adds according to the tactics. Outside of that tanks are again in my experience the least punishing role to play if you get distracted, as they do not have that many performance requirements.

Only what I’ve learned over the years and how I am as a person, might be different from person to person though. My best tip is to simply try each role and see what suits you the best. Good luck!

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Id ignore vailyns advice, tanks have little going on but all they can see is the bosses crotch, to lead you need to be able to see the encounter.

So the plus points they get for having the mental bandwidth are more than offset by the negative
of not being able to see much.

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Ususally healer roles fit for the job, or very easy dps specs, mainly ranged.

Communicating takes lots of focus on your dps.

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BM hunter, Guardian Druid !

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Can you ever write something positive once in a while? I’ve seen your posts on these forums before and all you do is to always write for the primary sake of disagreeing, and always unsuccessfully attempting to find errors in what people write. It’s fine to have different opinions, but if you have no clue about the topic of the thread please refrain from posting as if you do.

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I ran a guild for 7 years and got 2 realm firsts and a decent handful of CE’s. You have one CE and less clues. You want something positive? I’m positive you were wrong in stating tank is the best role to raid lead.

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