Safe DPS For KSM

Just looking to time 15s for the sweet mount in Season 3 (mainly pugging unless I find some chill players along the way).

Most Tier lists are built around min/maxers and coordinated groups doing large pulls where max aoe classes like Sub Rogue can flourish, but for pugging 15s that likely won’t be the case.

What are some safe DPS classes that do good DPS in average PUGs, and are “meta” enough to actually get in groups?

I thought about Sub Rogue but that doesn’t seem like the best pick for a casual who’s mainly Pugging since it’s best combined with coordinated groups and big pulls.

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Mage, frost.mage, meta, ezpz, that’s it

Aaalso, ranged, much easier time in sl dungeons!

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Didn’t they just get nerfed though?

Did they?
They got the nerfs, then reverted them i think

Mage, rogue and DH are safe bets.

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Frost druid, Fire priest or Arcane paladin

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Frost mage is a safe pick. Does good damage (still the best ranged spec for m+, even after the nerfs), is meta, brings bloodlust and mage food.

Elemental shaman is also okay, does good AoE, brings bloodlust.

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This. Always mage.

It’s not always the same spec from season to season - be prepared to research what’s new every patch and learn another if needs be - but one spec is always meta, all the time.

Plus you bring timewarp. Lot of groups end up with 4 players LF someone with bloodlust, and whenever the choice is you vs a non-bloodlust class, you’re picked.

If you prefer melee… I’d say rogue. They can be a bit more volatile on the meters than mages, not always high on the meta - but when they’re not, they tend to get buffed first. Blizzard like their sneaky bois.

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With a Resto Sham heavy meta does that devalue mages at all since they would be able to cover lust?

Yeh, Frost got a nerf, Fire looks pretty strong with T4 bonus. I haven’t paid any attention to Arcane though.

There’s no reason to sit and wait for a resto shaman for +15 keys.

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Indeed. Any healer will do you a 15.

Mages will still have a top tier spec on raw DPS though… Always do.

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Warrior, strong in AE, cleave and st

Either windwalker monk or havoc DH. Easy to play and do tons of damage.

Blizz? how to unlock???

Any dps is totally fine for a 15 - in fact, any tank, healer and 3 dps is totally fine.
Just pick something you enjoy playing.

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I mean sure. But we all know a ret will get chosen behind a frost mage 99 times out of 100. If you just want a low stress way of getting ksm then theres the easy way, and the hard way.

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To be fair, the easiest way to get KSM as a “DPS” is kyrian resto shaman.

Ancelyn runs and hides behind Rocky.

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Depends. If a group already has 2 ranged dps and a healer that can’t interrupt, they’re asking for problems if they take another ranged. But we are only talking about 15s, so the lack of interrupts probably won’t kill the key.

The funny part is, 90% of the pugs will do this. Agreed though.

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