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Class roles
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Base starting stats can be found on the race page.
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| DPS | AoE | Heal | Tank | CC | Pull | Buff | DBf | MA | |
 Druid
| Yes | New | Yes | New | 2+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 3+1 | 3^ | 3 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | ||||||||
 Hunter
| Yes | Yes | New | Yes | New | Yes | New | Yes | Yes | Yes | New | 3+1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 3 | (4) | 1 | 1 | (4) | |
 Mage
| Yes | New | Yes | Yes | New | New | Yes | New | New | Yes | Yes | (4) | (4) | 0 | 0 | 3^+1 | 1 | 2 | 0+1 | 3 | |
 Paladin
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | New | 2+1 | 2 | 2+2 | 3+1 | 1^ | 0+1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
 Priest
| Yes | Yes | New | Yes | Yes | New | Yes | New | New | Yes | Yes | 2+1 | 0+1 | (4) | 0+1 | 2^ | 1 | 3+1 | 1+3 | 0 | |
 Rogue
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | New | Yes | New | Yes | Yes | Yes | (4) | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2+1^ | 3 | 0 | 2* | (4) | ||
 Shaman
| Yes | New | New | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2+1 | 1+1 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
 Warlock
| New | Yes | Yes | New | Yes | New | Yes | New | Yes | 3+1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 3^ | 3 | 1 | (3+1) | 2 | |||
 Warrior
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | New | New | New | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2+1 | 1+1 | 0 | (4) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
 Death knight
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | New | Yes | New | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2+1 | 2 | 1 | 3+1 | 2^ | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Legend
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| New | Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will add this race/class combo. |
| AoE | Effectiveness at dealing damage to multiple enemies (AoE stands for "Area of Effect") |
| Heal | Effectiveness of healing |
| Tank | Effectiveness at holding aggro and soaking up damage. |
| CC | Ability to control crowds of mobs or enemies |
| Pull | Effectiveness at pulling |
| Buff | Effectiveness of buffing others |
| Dbf | Effectiveness of debuffing enemies. This includes from DoTs and other weakening effects. |
| MA | Usefulness as the main assist, the one of the group calling the next target for all members |
| DPS | Effectiveness of dealing damage ("Damage per Second") |
RatingsEdit
These ratings are the opinions of WoWWikians and should hopefully be defended in the discussion page.
| 4 | = Best class for this role |
| 3 | = Very good class for this role |
| 2 | = Good class for this role |
| 1 | = Class capable in this role |
| 0 | = Class unable to fill this role |
| (x) | = "Best of the best" class for this role (may depend on specific encounters) |
| ^ | = Only against specific type of enemy (beasts, humanoids, demons, etc) |
Marks in blue denote enhancements that can be made via talents.
