Guide: Trinity Comp (Tank/3x BM Hunter/Healer

[Ellay]

Thanks for those references to the links Nodoze, will be checking their ranking systems. I have seen some of Yumytv's content as well and would recommend.

Also to note the monk passive for 5% physical has gotten nerfed to 3% as well as the Demon Hunter magical also being 3%. So it's still good just not as strong.

War Scrolls are also leaving, and the Priest/ Warrior / Mage buff has gone from 10% to 5%.

[nodoze]

Thanks for those references to the links Nodoze, will be checking their ranking systems. I have seen some of Yumytv's content as well and would recommend. ...

Heads up just in case you haven't been able to keep fully up that Blizzard did some balancing to try to tweaks Tanks and Healers some.

Here is Yumytv's overview of the most recent Tank & Healer balance changes.

Sounds like the nerfbat hit Disc Priests, Vengeance, & Brewmasters the most but if I understood correctly Brewmaster may still be in the top tier with stagger (especially with 3 spirit pets continuously helping him).

From the options that I was thinking about healer-wise it sounds like Shaman got a slight lift and Druids were maybe surprising not nerfed so still on top.

Sounds like the both the previously lowest tier Tanks (Warriors & Druids) got some lifts and Warrior is better than it was and maybe niche OP for some encounter mechanics but Druid Tanks maybe didn't get enough and still aren't where they would need to be.

DK wasn't mentioned (at least I don't remember hearing about it) so I guess it remains in the top tier mix but maybe more importantly it sounds like Paladin got some good tweaks and is much less of a "glass canon" which was music to my ears (since Vanilla my mains have been typically Paladins with Druids alts and always a Hunter for solo stuff)...

My head is still swimming with everyone's great input (my brain trying to think though all the permutations of pros/cons and playstyles) and I am kinda thinking of taking Feint90's advice to heart and consider playing "whatever you like playing" and not try to chase any "metas".

I don't know much about Brewmasters and never played DKs as true PVE tanks so I don't know if I will like them (or not)... I will try to make some time to do some class trials and maybe create a brewmaster and DK to test some... Otherwise if I don't get any testing time I am thinking at this point for me that these balancing changes (and this great discussion) are helping me to likely go:

• -3 NE Hunters: My original main back in Classic and beyond for soloing and BGs;
• -RDruid: will be my raid healer that then comes and heals my 5box Mythic team;
• -Prot Paladin Tank: Dedicated tank for 5box Mythic team (Paladin Healers were my traditional raid healing main but I don't like the idea of having to be heal from melee range so for now I am going druid healer in raids... Maybe will try Holy Paladin in melee in raids at some point but fine if he remains just Prod (My Holy Paladin healers were always dual-spec'ed for Protection paladin role from Vanilla->WotLK).

Since I am a fan of Hybrids and my main PVE team was Paladin+4Shaman I would be happy to try Shaman Healers also (fall back healer now after Druid).

Anyway I would love to hear what changes you all make in your plans (if any) and of course any feedback you have from your own testing/theory-crafting.

Thanks again for starting this thread for all the great info and recent BFA experience shared as my retail knowledge is so very dated...