A spec guide for classes that aren’t yours
A spec guide for classes that aren’t yours
Nowadays, you lucky kids have the Armory, and you can, on demand, look up the point-by-point spec of any player in the game. You can see who’s Fire, who’s Affliction, and who’s Resto at a moment’s notice, and gone are the days where you had to guess what spec a player was from the spells they cast.
Or are they? I’d hazard a guess that most players don’t have the Armory on quick dial, and yet all players still encounter different specs of classes every single time they play. In an Arathi Basin, by the time you’ve looked up the other guy’s spec on the Armory, the game is over.
So it’s still valuable to know specs just by glancing at the spells players are casting, and this is a guide to help you do that. Want to know at a glance whether your main tank laying down Mortal Strike is really specced Protection as he says, or if he’s got a few extra points in Arms than he should have? Want to know if that Warlock who sent a Felguard after you in the battlegrounds is specced Demonology or Destruction?
I’ve put together a handy guide to spotting specs of classes that aren’t yours– there are a few telltale spells in each class that will giveaway a player’s spec at a glance, and save you the momentary trouble of having to punch their name into the Armory. I’ve also given you a short brief on what each spec can and can’t do for you (so you’re not asking priests in Shadowform to buff you with Divine Spirit). To check it out, hit the link below.
Before we begin, a quick note, because I know someone will say it. Yes, I know these are not all the specs in the game. Yes, I know these are broad, sweeping generalizations, and that not all Ret Paladins are retnoobs, and Balance Druids can, on occasion, heal. Remember, these are specs for classes that aren’t yours– pretend you’re in a battleground, and an player has just run past you. This is a guide to give you a quick insight on just what spec that player might be, and how you can get help from or hurt them. Yes, these are broad generalizations and people choose to play their class for all kinds of reasons, but any Mage that Iceblocks does have a lot of points in Frost, and any Paladin that Crusader Strikes has most of their points in Retribution. That kind of identification is what we’re talking about here.
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