Best Professions For Every Class

WoW Forever has massively reworked how professions work and the choice of what is best for your class, may not be as simple as before. So here is breakdown for every single class. For more information check out the detailed video here linked to the right.

(Mage, Warlock, Priest)

Best Choices: Tailoring and Enchanting

Tailoring gives us access to multiple very powerful cloth sets that are "Bind on Pickup", meaning they cannot be brought or sold, and are only available to the person creating them. Some powerful sets include:

Mages:

The Pearly Set (Arcane Damage Boost):

• Filigreed Pearly Gown
• Filigreed Pearly Circlet
• Filigreed Pearly Leggings

The Silky Set (Frost Damage Boost):

• Filigreed Silky Circlet
• Filigreed Silky Gown
• Filigreed Silky Leggings

The Flame Set (Fire Damage Boost):

• Filigreed Flame Circlet
• Filigreed Flame Gown
• Filigreed Flame Leggings

Warlock and Shadow Priest:

• Filigreed Shadow Circlet
• Filigreed Shadow Gown
• Filigreed Shadow Leggings

Holy/Disc Priest:

• Filigreed Pristine Circlet
• Filigreed Pristine Gown
• Filigreed Pristine Leggings

Additonally you can craft a ton of gear for leveling that will give you great stats and help you to level faster. As Tailoring doesn't need a gathering professions (everyone can pick up cloth), you have a free profession slot too. Not only that but we can craft bags for convenience and easy gold.

Enchanting is a great 2nd option as in WoW Forever we can now craft staffs, see Glimmering Staff as a good example. Again these are bind on pickup, so you NEED to be an enchanter to use them.

Not only that but you can enchant spell damage on your gear Enchant 2H Weapon - Mighty Spell Power, and now in WoW Forever, also on your neck. Enchanting works really well with Tailoring because we can craft a ton of green and blue gear and then disenchant it to level our enchanting.

Enchanting can also make very powerful wands, that can exceed those in the open world, such as the Twisted Nether Wand that can work really well on specific builds.

Additional Options:

Engineering will always be massively powerful in PVP regardless of your class. It also works even better if you are a gnome with Engineering Specialization. So may be worth taking alongside tailoring. I wouldn't consider Alchemy as "needed" as most of the spell damage and burst spell flasks/potions can be brought on the auction house.

If you don't want a second crafting profession Skinning can be a decent second profession. Some pecies may need leather, and gathering leather doesn't require hunting down nodes, so can be very passive. Especially on some caster builds with amazing AoE potential, we can farm leather v fast.

Mage Specific Profession:

Comprehension:

Mages can lean comprehension, a new mage specific skill that does not take up one of the 3 slots. This lets us use Comprehend Scroll to decipher scrolls. This is very simmilar to lockpicking, as the scrolls are locked, but give an awesome set of buffs when comprehended. This starts as a bit of fun, but can be a real gold earner if you level it and can get the most powerful scrolls.

(Warrior, Paladin)

Best Choices: Mining and Blacksmithing

Similar to tailoring, blacksmithing feeds us with a TON of leveling gear, and then even better endgame gear, that can also be bind on pick up.

We now have build specific crafted gear that is bind on pick up and gives us a ton of stats, really good for both warriors and paladins.

Paladin Gear:

• Justicar's Belt
• Justicar's Boots
• Justicar's Gauntlet
• Justicar's Gloves
• Justicar's Pauldrons
• Justicar's Sabatons
• Justicar's Waistguard
• Justicar's Wristguards

Holy Paladin:

• Acolyte's Silvered Chain Helm
• Acolyte's Silvered Chain Leggings
• Acolyte's Silvered Chain Shirt

Tank Gear:

• Guard's Silvered Chain Helm
• Guard's Silvered Chain Leggings
• Guard's Silvered Chain Shirt

Warrior DPS:

• Officer's Belt
• Officer's Boots
• Officer's Gauntlet
• Officer's Gloves
• Officer's Pauldrons
• Officer's Sabatons
• Officer's Waistguard
• Officer's Wristguards

Additionally you can make a ton of new weapons:

• Thorium Cestus
• Legionite Glaive
• Thorium Poleaxe
• Thorium Greatmace

Not only all this, but blacksmithing gives you a ton of really good stuff for leveling and endgame, that will make you stronger and more defensive, much needed as a plate wearing frontline character. Dense Sharpening Stone Dense Weightstone for big damage. Things like Golden Skeleton Key to pop your own locks, without relying on rogues. and Mithril Shield Spike for tanking

Note also that both Mining and Blacksmithing give a strength and damage buff at the campfire, so a perfect combo.

Other Options:

For Paladin it may be worth considering Enchanting as they can now craft librams, such as Libram of Holy Alacrity. We don't know the extent of what will be available on full release, or what will be Bind on pick up, but very important to consider.

(Druid, Rogue, Shaman, Hunter)

Best Choices: Skinning and Leatherworking

Unlike in WoW Classic, lots of mail recipes have moved from blacksmithing to leatherworking, making skinning and leatherworking perfect for all 4 of these classes. Similar to before we now also have class and spec specific leatherworking gear that is bind on pickup:

For healers:

• Wisdom's Leather Belt
• Wisdom's Leather Boots
• Wisdom's Leather Gloves
• Wisdom's Leather Helm
• Wisdom's Leather Leggings
• Wisdom's Leather Tunic

Melee DPS:

• Warden's Leather Boots
• Warden's Leather Bracers
• Warden's Leather Gauntlets
• Warden's Leather Shoes
• Warden's Leather Waistguard
• Warden's Leather Shoulders

Shaman Specific:

• Totemic Leather Armor
• Totemic Leather Belt
• Totemic Leather Boots
• Totemic Leather Gloves
• Totemic Leather Helm
• Totemic Leather Leggings

Mail Specific:

• Stalker's Leather Belt
• Stalker's Leather Gloves
• Stalker's Mail Boots
• Stalker's Mail Bracers
• Stalker's Mail Sabatons
• Stalker's Mail Shoulders

Again these are just examples of the MANY crafted sets. Additionally they can make armour kits that not only increase defensives, but give damage boosts now. Such as Forceful Thick Armor Kit for attack power, and Mystic Heavy Armor Kit for spell power.

Shaman and Druid may want to consider Enchanting as they appear to create idols and totems such as Idol of the Dream and Totem of Thunder. (there are many more). Enchanter also works if you're planning a full spellcaster build, such as elemental shaman or balance druid, due to the ability to craft staff such as Glimmering Staff.

Hunter may want to consider Engineering due to the ability to craft scopes, guns and more ranged gear. SAF-T Ultra Precision Scope is an example of the type of stuff engineers can craft. Druid may also consider engineering as the druid forms can now throw the throwable grenades and consumables.

Why no Herbalism, Alchemy or Engineering ?

Alchemy has had massive reworks in WoW forever and gives a ton of new potions, such as cooldown buff pots, Greater Mender's Potion, Greater Spellblasting Potion and Greater Frenzy Potion.

Also a ton of utility potions such as Free Action Potion and Dragonfire Potion, elemental resistance potions such as Fire Protection Potion.

They have transmutes, flasks for raids, and can make tons of the NEW Forever materials that will feed into other professions. They can make Recipe: Transmute Legionite which makes the really cool blacksmithing gear, and can make dye's such as Cerulean Dye which lots of tailoring recipes need.

However, almost all of this can be brought or sold on the auction house, so the only real reason to take this, is if you want to craft your own stuff, sell potions, or just like the aesthetic of Alchemy.

Similar with Engineering, now coming into WoW Forever, we now have a ton of recipes that are no longer bind on pick up. So we can buy lots of these consumables and throwables on the auction house. The main reason to take engineering is if you are a Hunter, or want to go very hard on PvP. We don't fully know how endgame will scale, but engineering could give MASSIVE dps boosts for endgame raiding too, but its too early to tell.