Last Updated 10/14/10 @ 10:36 p.m.
Having eschewed the PTR that requires a download every other day, I actually have very little idea how classes will work other than reading patch notes, staring at the new trees and trying to decide what glyphs to buy now or later. However, plenty of bloggers have been testing out their classes, so this post is a recognition of that hard work, and I hope, a good way for a disparate number of readers to find out about their favorite class.
A big thank you to Rebecca Judd with MMO Melting Pot for sharing her work with me! If you just want to know which one is the best to read, check out her guide on the best (current) class guide.
If you have a guide, or know of a good one, let me know so I can update my links. Thanks!
Death Knight ♦ Druid ♦ Hunter ♦ Mage ♦ Paladin ♦ Priest ♦ Rogue ♦ Shaman ♦ Warlock ♦ Warrior ♦ Return Here!
Death Knight
- …Of The Horde: 4.0.1 Death Knight PvP Specs | Unholy DPS Spec
- 2fps: 4.0.1, the Death Knight and You
- Elitist Jerks: 4.0.1 DK Tanking | Frost DPS | Unholy DPS
- Ferocious Inspiration: Unholy Abilities, Talents & Glyphs
- PWNWEAR: DK Tank 4.0.1 Answers
- Skeleton Jack: 4.0.1 Talent Specs
- Variant Avatar: Death Knights in 4.0.1
- WoW Insider: What’s Changed for Death Knights in Patch 4.0.1
Feral (Tank)
- Big Bear Butt Blogger: Bear Tanking in 4.0.1
- Ferocious Inspiration: 4.0.1 Druid | Feral Tanking Abilities Overview, Feral Tank Talenting & Glyphs
- I Like Bubbles: Friday Flowchart: Feral Tanking
- Primal Precision: Feral Builds (Feral Tank & Melee)
- Think Tank: 4.0.1 Spec/Gear/Glyphs (Feral Tank & Melee)
- WoW Insider: Bear Druids in Patch 4.0.1
Feral (Melee)
- Druid of the Moon: Kitties Be Ready
- Feral Aggression: 4.0.1 Kitty Primer – What You Need to Know
- Fluid Druid: Kitty DPS in 4.0.1
- Primal Precision: Feral Builds (Feral Tank & Melee)
- Think Tank: 4.0.1 Spec/Gear/Glyphs (Feral Tank & Melee) | Cataclysm Cats: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Moonkin
- Balanced Undergrowth: 4.0.1 PTR, Balance Druid Spells, Talents and More
- Elitist Jerks: Balance 4.0 Draft Guide Discussion
- Gray Matter: Moonkin Guide to 4.0.1
- Qieth’s Quips: Moonkin Guide 4.0
- Redhawk’s Gaze: Hey Moonkins, Check Your Gear (So You Don’t Get Screwed on 4.0.1)
- Relevart’s Druid Reliquary: Moonkin Class Guide
- Restokin: Moonkin Preparations for 4.0.1
- Sunfyre’s Nest: 4.0 / Cataclysm DPS Rotation & Glyphs
- Syrcro-owl: Moonkin in 4.0.1
- Tastes Like Battle Chicken: Noobkin to Boomkin Pre-Cataclysm
Tree
- Dreambound: Spell Use Changes – Resto | Kae’s 4.0 Druid Macros
- Druid Love: Patch 4.0.1 Resto Druid Guide
- Falling Leaves and Twigs: 4.0.1 Resto Druid Questions (Q&A format)
- Rank 4 Healing Touch: 4.0.1 Primer – Basics and ICC 25 HM
- Restodude: Restoration Druid Guide
- Restokin: Resto Healing in 4.0.1
- Tree Bark Jacket: Patch 4.0 Guide | Restoration Druid Specs for 4.0 – Some Options
- The Brew Hall: Patch 4.0 – Some Things to Expect
- Marks-365: Marksman Talents in 4.0
- MMO-Champion: 4.0.1 Hunters
- One-Man Raid: 4.0.1 A Hunter Guide
- Warcraft Hunter’s Union: Preparing Your Hunter for 4.0.1 | Beastmaster | Marksman | Survival
- Frost is the New Black: 4.0 Frost Mage Pre-Cataclysm Raiding Guide
- Mana Obscura: Mage 4.0 Compendium
- Total Biscuit (video): Part 2 – Fire, Part 3 – Frost, Part 4 – Arcane
- WoWPhiles: Arcane Mage Spec for 4.0.1
Holy
- A Healadin’s Tear: 4.0.1 – Talents & Mastery
- Blessing of Kings: Holy Paladin Spec and Glyphs in 4.0.1
- Kurn’s Corner: What Holy Paladin’s Need to Know for 4.0.1
Protection
- Crusader Shock: Protection in 4.0.1 (PTR)
- Ferocious Inspiration: 4.0.1 Protection Paladin’s Spells | Paladin Changes Overview
- Righteous Defense: Everything You Need to Know About Prot and 4.0.1 at 80 | Your Shopping List for Glyphs Before 4.0.1 | The Maybe So Feasible, Possible New Single Target Rotation for 4.0.1 | Block Capping at 80 With Mastery
Retribution
- Paladin Schmaladin: Retribution Breakdown for Cataclysm
- Retpaladin.com: 4.0 How To Video
- MMO-Champion: Patch 4.0.1 Ret Paladin FAQ
- RetPally @ LiveJournal: Ret 4.0 – Holy Shift
- Retribution Paladins: Patch 4.0.1 | 4.0.1 – Day After | 4.0.1 Day Two
- WoW Insider: Retribution in 4.0.1
- Bible of Dreams: My Shadow Priest’s Planned Patch Day Build & Glyphs
- Disciplinary Action: Discipline Builds for 4.0
- Tales of a Priest: 4.0.1 Survival Guide – Holy and Disc Specs, Glyphs & More
- Type “H” for Heals: Discipline 4.0.1 Guide
- World of Matticus: Raiding Discipline Specs for priests in the Cataclysm 4.0.1 patch | Priest Glyphs for 4.0.1 and Cataclysm
- WoW Insider: Shadow Priest Glyph Shopping | Reforging, Gemming, and GCD Tactics
- Elitist Jerks: 4.0.1 Rogue FAQ | 4.0.1 Combat Spreadsheet
- PvE Rogues: 4.0.1 – Level 80 Mutilate Cataclysm Talent Build | 4.0.1 – Level 80 Combat Cataclysm Talent Build
- WoW Insider: Playing Your Rogue in Patch 4.0.1
Elemental
- Flame Shock: 4.0.1 PTR Post
- Totemspot: 4.0.1 Elemental Guide
- WoW Insider: Elemental Changes for Patch 4.0.1 | Elemental Mana Management for Cataclysm
Enhancement
- Myrddin: The Enhancement Shaman 4.0
- Totemspot: 4.0 Enhancement Guide – You can follow Elam’s math wizadry at his blog Shaman on Ramen
- Windfury: Are You Ready for 4.0.1?
- WoW Insider: Shaman Changes for 4.0.1
Restoration
- Flow: Patch 4.0 Resto Shaman Build Speculation
- Life In Group 5: The Resto Shaman’s Guide to 4.0.1
- World of Matticus: 4.0.1 Shaman Glyphs
- WoW Insider: What to Expect for Restoration for 4.0.1
- WoWPhiles: Resto Shaman Spec for 4.0.1
- Destructive Reach: Warlock 4.0 – We’re a Talented Bunch [Guide to Speccing] | 4.0 – Destruction Derby | All About Affliction
- Fel Concentration: [ITLFAC] 4.0.1 Affliction by Fulguralis
- Forsaken Few (Guild – Public Access): Demonology
- Optec (YouTube Video): Cataclysm Warlock Changes – Part 1, Part 2
- The Warlock’s Den: 4.0.1 Destruction
- Undercity: 4.0.1 Destruction Warlock Rotation
- Ferocious Inspiration: 4.0.1 Prot Warrior Tanking Tree
- Fun In Games: Prot Warrioring at 80 in 4.0
- Panzercow: 4.0.1: No You’re Not Going to Die – Protection
- WoW Insider: Patch 4.0.1 is a Good Thing
http://community.livejournal.com/wow_ladies/14116… has an extensive list a well
Thanks for the information
Both Warcraft Hunters Union and The Brew Hall have 4.0.1 survival guides for hunters:
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/prepa…
and
http://thebrewhall.com/2010/09/28/patch-4-0-some-…
Updated. Thanks!
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Thanks for the link love, Windsoar, tis very much appreciated.
Also good to see a resource for all the guides out there! Look at all the love resto druid is gettin! Hah! Glad I didn't go down that path as well. 
You're quite welcome– all you hard-working guide writers deserved some recognition!
The more the merrier!
Man you're fast! Thanks for the link love!
Just lucky timing
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Thanks a lot for the link. It's nice to see my incoherent ramblings getting some exposure!
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Brilliant! Now to relearn to Paladin heal
What can I say? I have a lot of characters to relearn >.>
As someone with an 80 of each class, I appreciate this so very much.
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No fury warriors
The only fury information I've found is a short and sweet Q&A FAQ at Elitist Jerks which is question/answer format which didn't suit what I was looking for in a guide.
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Can you add Keeva's latest post too? It has a bunch of interesting spec options for resto druids: http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/10/13/resto-druid-…
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Thanks for assembling such a great list. Last night I spend half the night trying to explain to all my guild mates changes in their class. While I do not mind helping them I will just send them all this list now. Will make my life easier. Thank you, thank you and once again thank you.
The Warcrafthuntersunion.com now has guides up for all 3 specs. Also Achtung Panzercow at panzercow.wordpress.com has a fairly good prot warrior discusion.
thnkx for the link to my guide
I just wanted to say thanks for this awesome post! It helped me out tremendously yesterday while trying to figure out what I needed to do for my mage and pally spec wise. Now…to spec my remaining 11 80s lol.
@Jed, @The Grumpy Elf
Thanks! I'm glad you were able to find what you needed, for yourselves or guildmates as they case may be
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http://retributionpaladins.com/
very thorough and quickly up to date on current patch notes and does constant work to find the best for ret pallies
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You rock, Windsoar. Just sayin'. ^_^
Hope it got some shamans over and reading
Your guide was epic!
Hey Windsoar, thanks for getting my blog out there. The other folks over at Ferocious Inspiration really appreciate it! I just finished up my 401 Unholy DK post and it's posted – complete with some how-to video. If you'd like to include that I've enclosed the link. I have your feed on my reader so I'll be sure to check it out often. Thanks again!
I'll be happy to get that one added. Probably won't get around to an update 'till tomorrow.
And, more than happy to help
These kinda posts are hard work and deserve some recognition.
@Night, Jmandude, & Titleist
Thanks for the information!
Should be up to date now
A-mazing! Thank you Windsoar!
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Impressive compilation.
how much haste should fire/arcane mages have 800 is what ppl are tlelling me hopefull someone here could give me the right answer
You can figure your own spell haste with this handy dandy calculator. 800 is a good ballpark figure to shoot for, but the numbers aren't in from the grand poombas of theorycrafting about a solid haste number for specs at this time.