Hybrids

Why be a jack of all trades, master of none when you can be a master of 1? Many people like to take the DPS Class such as Rogue, Mages and Warlock. But what about hybrids?

Hybrids are very valuable in WoW, because they can do everything. They might not be able to do as good as the primary class, but they can do EVERYTHING.

For example, a rogue and a druid. Both of this class wears leather armour, and has roughly the same amount of life.
The rogue can deal more damage than the druid.
However, the druid can tank and heal too!

Here is an example.
A party consisting of a druid/rogue, priest and warrior are in a dungeon raiding. The party happens to aggro 2 hard hitting enemies. The warrior immediately engage 1 enemy and start dealing threat to him. The other enemy attacks the rogue and hits the rogue dealing him lots of damage as the rogue has less life and armour. The priest who is healing the warrior, cannot heal the rogue in time and the rogue dies.
If a druid was present instead of the rogue, he can shapeshift into Bear Form and tank the enemy. Once he has killed the enemy, he can shapeshift into Cat Form and help the warrior fight his enemy. If the enemy is hitting the warrior too hard, he can turn back into his original form and heal the warrior.

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There are currently 3 hybrids in WoW. Shaman, Paladin and Druid.
This is a rating comparison for the 3 hybrids on how good they are in.

Tank
It is a close fight between Paladin and Druid but the Paladin wins. Shaman who wears mail armour can't tank as well as these 2.
DPS
Shaman wins, follow by Druid and lastly Paladin. Paladin is one of the worst DPS class in the game lol.

Heal
Again, its a close fight between the Paladin and Druid. The Druid is better at healing a group as he has spells that heal everybody. However, the Paladin is the most powerful single target healing class. The Paladin heal is so good that he is on the same par as the Priest! The Shaman can heal, but not as good.

Buffs
All 3 classes are able to cast buffs to make the party stronger. This time, Paladin wins follow by the Shaman and lastly, the Druid.

Versatility
The Druid wins this one. This is because, he just have to put his talent points in his shapeshifting skills to be able to shapeshift and change roles. The Paladin and Shaman however, has to re-spec to be able change roles. They still can do other roles but not as good when they focus their talent points.

As you can see, each of the hybrids are good in their own way. If you want more DPS orientated, you take Shaman. You want a more healing and tanking class, you take Paladin. You want a class that is good in everything and balanced out in skills, you take the Druid.

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