In the world's blockbuster of an online RPG, World of Warcraft, there exists 2 groups of classes: dedicated classes and hybrid classes. Role-specific classes are those character types that are committed to filfilling a specific role. Hybrid classes, on the other hand, are those characters who can fulfill a variety of roles, depending on their preference as well as the demands of a particular scenario.
There are only three character types which are capable of becoming hybrids: paladins, shammies, and druids.
Among these three character types, druids are the most potent when it concerns playing multiple roles. Druids are, as a matter of fact, so potent, it may seem that the word "hybrid" was made just to describe them.
Druids, who are optimized as feral, are actually excellent tanks. As a matter of fact, when it comes to agro control, druids are next to warriors, the latter being a focused tanking character type. Even if druids don't carry shields, they benefit from a four hundred percent increase in armor whenever they are in dire bear form. Armor, stamina, defense and dodge rating are the statistics that a agro-managing feral druid will have to work on.
Druids who are optimized as feral are also fantastic DPS characters. The physical damage they deal are merely secondary to rogues, rogues being a focused physical DPS class. Druids in cat form share many skills with their rougish cousins. Druids can turn invisible and ravage enemies from the back for max damage. The attack system is also comparable to a rogue's, with 100 energy points apportioned for appropriate combo strikes.
Druids who are optimized as balance are also fantastic DPS machines. In moonkin form, druids can deal damage comparable to that of a mage, a focused spell damage class. Though moonkins are not possessed of the mana efficiency of mages, they can utilize a skill called innervate to help them replenish their mana fast.
Druids who are optimized as restoration are quite in demand these days, what with the HOTs, or heals over time, they can give to the group or raid. HOTs are very important in several end game instances, and druids give out the most powerful HOTs in the World of Warcraft. Because HOTs enable druids to heal a player and quickly go to the next, druids are only second to shamans when it comes to multi-target healing.
In the World of Warcraft, you will inevitably have to make a choice whether you want to be the anchor of the group when it comes to controling agro, the life stream of the group when it comes to keeping everyone alive or a damage dealer.
