Stat Priorities

In Warlords of Draenor each class has specific stats they want to stack more than others. In general the stats of Mastery, Critical Strike, Multistrike, and Haste are most desirable across all specializations (specs) and classes. When you are crafting gear with professions, you will want to reroll the secondary stats to align with your specs optimal stats. For example on Enhancement Shaman you want to stack as much haste as possible then dump the rest of your stats into Mastery and Multistrike. And also understand that all the stats are good and most specs can be played in various ways. We have learned over the years that Versatility is incredibly powerful and is theoretically the best stat for almost every spec.

***Tanks will always want "Bonus Armor"*** as #1 stat.

***Healers will always want "Spirit"*** as their #1 stat.

On Firestorm armor can be put on all crafted items and will be attached to multistrike. So tanks on WoD will often have higher armor and multistrike stats than was available on retail WoD. Classes without self healing capabilities will have an increased need for the tertiary stat "Leech" and it should be prioritized higher than warforged (+6ilvls). Use the following stat priorities to determine what stats to stack on your crafted items, gems, and enchantments.

### **Death Knight**

* **Blood**: mastery > crit >= multi
* **Frost**: haste > mastery >= crit
* **Unholy**: multi > haste
* Death Knights are the most durable tanks in WoD

### **Druid**

* **Guardian**: armor > mastery > versa
* **Feral**: crit > mastery > multi
* **Balance**: mastery > haste >= crit
* **Restoration**: mastery > haste > multi *OR* versa >= crit
* Balance and Restoration Druids are especially potent and self sufficient

### **Hunter**

* **Marksman**: crit / multi / haste
* **Beastmaster**: haste / mastery
* **Survival**: multi > crit > mastery *OR* versa >= crit
* Beastmaster Hunter is in the Top3 best specs of WoD, huge toolkit and are entirely self sufficient

### **Mage**

* **Fire**: Crit > Mastery > Haste
* **Arcane**: Mastery > Haste > Crit
* **Frost**: multi > crit (31%) > haste
* Fire Mages are more active and "fun" to steer, but Arcane will hit harder at higher ilvl tiers

### **Monk**

* **Brewmaster**: crit > multi
* **Windwalker**: multi > crit > haste
* **Mistweaver (Crane)**: multi > haste > crit
* **Mistweaver (Serpent)**: multi > crit > mastery
* Monk Tanks are one of the hardest hitting specs in WoD, along with being incredibly capable

### **Paladin**

* **Holy**: crit > mastery
* **Protection**: haste >= mastery >= crit
* **Retribution**: haste >= mastery >= crit
* Paladin healers have a significant number of triggered passives and become overpowered at high levels of expertise

### **Priest**

* **Shadow**: crit > multi >= haste
* **Discipline**: mastery >= crit
* **Holy**: multi > haste > crit
* Shadow Priests are a durable top tier spec of WoD with an active and engaging playstyle
* Discipline Priests drop enormous shields onto their targets, making them *the ideal co-healer* for any raid composition

### **Rogue**

* **Subtlety**: haste >= multi (daggers)
* **Combat**: haste >= multi (hammers)
* **Assassination**: mastery >= crit > multi (daggers)
* Subtlety Rogues have immense DPS capabilities and the entire class is especially useful in dungeons and Challenge Modes

### **Shaman**

* **Enhancement**: haste > mastery >= multi
* **Restoration**: haste > mastery >= multi
* **Elemental**: multi > haste >= crit
* Enhancement Shaman is in the Top3 best specs of WoD and has the widest toolkit available in the game

### **Warlock**

* **Destruction**: crit >= mastery
* **Affliction**: haste >= mastery
* **Demonology**: mastery > haste >= crit (this is a bugged spec, do not use it)
* Destruction Warlocks hit like freight trains in AoE with their utterly massive Chaos Bolts

### **Warrior**

* **Fury**: crit / mastery
* **Arms**: crit >= mastery > multi
* **Protection**: mastery > crit
* **Gladiator**: mastery > crit >= haste
* Fury Warrior is the hardest hitting DPS spec on WoD

### **Conclusion**

Keep in mind that all tank specs will stack "Bonus Armor" and all healers will stack "Spirit". For high tier healers they can adjust their amount of Spirit down as they become experts in their class, but in general having high spirit will make you a more capable healer (mana regeneration). Sadly on WoD the Warlock spec "Demonology" is bugged and should not be used, they do not have a functional mastery stat which neuters their pets severely. Similarly, be aware that Frost Mages do not have access to a core ability due to it crashing the server (the ice ball spell).

Each spec has several ways it can be played or constructed. The stat priorities listed above should be taken as guidelines not as law. As you become an expert in your spec you will find your own best path and determine the stat priorities for yourself.