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What class gets the most success in PUGs?

this is a good question, and one I could talk about for too long

the answer (as it is for any good question) is that it depends. it depends on how you define success- being desirable to groups? success in accomplishing your task? personal convenience? or something else? do you value lower stress roles? do you care more about the class's skill floor or skill ceiling? What level of intensity are you looking for?

in typical 5-man PvE content, being a tank instantly finds you groups and you're immediately in charge, for better or for worse. as GF implied, rogues do have an ability- "shroud of concealment"- that is uniquely useful to highly competent PUGs in the highest "mythic plus" tiers of content, but I'd still say that tanks have more success in general.

in raids, healers are always in demand- every group always has 2 dedicated tanks already

Other classes have their perks- but those go up and down from patch to patch.

I've played the game on and off since 2007, and little to no advice has been consistently true from TBC all the way through Shadowlands.

I'd say that ranged DPS usually has a better quality of life than melee dps, and "pure" dps classes are often better supported.

On the other hand- we're talking about PUGs. Paladins, hunters, mages, and rogues have the premier 'get of of fuckin dodge when the pug goes south' abilities in the game, in that order.

That's how I define success in PUGs

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