The open beta version of the expansion has been going for a few months now, and it will still be going for a few weeks more. From that beta testing I have learned a few things about the Pandaren race and Monk class.

The Pandaren racial skills are Epicurean (You gain double stats from Well Fed effects), Gourmand (Cooking skill increased by 15), Inner Peace (The rested experience will last twice as long as normal), Bouncy (You will receive half of usual falling damage) and Quaking Palm (Stun the target for 4 seconds, this will also take you out of combat).

The WoW Panda race will start in the Wandering Isle as a neutral faction. You will get to choose between Alliance and Horde when you reach level 10 and finish the quest chain from that area. As a Pandaren, you will be able to start the game as a Warrior, Hunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Shaman and Monk.

We all know the other classes so let’s talk about the Monk.

The Monk is a hybrid class and will be able to wear armor up to Leather. Their main stats will be Agility for DPS and tanking and Intellect for healing. So you could say that this is a Druid. The weaponry they use start with their bare hands and feet and go up to Polearms and Staves including One-Handed Axes, Maces and Swords as well as Fist Weapons.

The three talent builds they will have are Brewmaster (the tank spec), Mistweaver (the healer spec) and Windwalker (the DPS spec). In the beta of the expansion, the class is extremely powerful having a lot of abilities that can reset a battle at any time. We can expect the Monk class to get nerfed before it goes live.

Since the WoW Panda hasn’t been released yet, the information you saw here is subject to change. Who knows what will become of the Monk once the Mists of Pandaria goes live.

Many have reported that they also make good amounts of gold from the loot they find when grinding. As long as you know good spots, this is entirely possible for anyone. Get a class that can AoE relentlessly and you will see a lot of progress.

That being said, another very good method to gain levels without quests is using the Group Finder to do instances. What you do is simple, you stay in a inn or play with the Auction House in any city while you wait for the Group Finder to get you in an instance. Every instance has quests that can be done once which give items and good XP. If you join random instances, you also gain experience and items when you finish the instance. Not to mention drops from bosses and such.

You can improve this by getting Heirloom items for the extra experience and also joining a top level guild. All of that experience bonus will stack and you can reach 50% more experience from kills and quests. At the lower levels, that means at least one level per instance.

Tips:

To join instances faster, get a tank spec or a healer spec. This way you will find a group in seconds during prime-time.

If you don’t know the instance, ask someone from the group to lead, you shouldn’t waste time checking the map and such.

If the end boss is within reach, take the long way first. If you kill the end boss quick, people will leave usually.

If you find a good group, tell them to stay for more runs. Good groups aren’t always easy to find.

So if you are tired with doing quests, this is a very good way to level up your character. Just note that you will not be able to level gathering professions like Mining, Herbalism or Skinning doing this. Unless you look for nodes and mobs to skin while you wait to get in an instance.

Some people like to level up using the Balance talent build. While it is fun and it does good damage, you lack any real AoE and you will have the mana issues that comes with any caster. Not only that, but you will also have to wait to cast spells and such. So the best Druid leveling spec is by far Feral. And here is how you should spec your Druid in Feral:

This build will ensure you have very good damage when in Cat form while also being able to tank very well in Bear form. Which is important as you can do dungeons as you level up to get better gear and extra experience.

One talent you don’t really need to train is Brutal Impact. You can skip training that and put the points in something else. But for the rest of the abilities that were trained, make sure you leave them as in the spec.

Using this Druid leveling spec you will be able to advance a lot faster even at low levels, as you will be able to move a lot faster on the ground. The ability to be either tank or DPS in a group will also come in very handy. I hope you will find this Druid leveling guide useful in your journeys.

Once you reach the level cap, you can spec either Destruction or Affliction, depending on what you want to do. These specs will both give you massive DPS so you will be able to be efficient in groups. But when it comes to leveling, you need consistency. And the Warlock leveling spec that offers the most reliability is Demonology. So in this Warlock leveling guide I will show you the perfect talent build for the Warlock for leveling up:

As you may have guessed, this leveling spec is focused on pets. You send them to attack and then just deal damage to their target. Healing your pet will not be a problem thanks to the Fel Synergy talent. When trained to the maximum, you gain a 100% chance to heal your pet for 15% of the damage you deal. So there is no way your pet will die to any mobs, elite or otherwise.

Training in Demonology will give you access to the Felguard. This is a melee pet that can take a lot of damage and can also dish it out. Combine this pet with the talent I told you about and you have an invincible pet ready to kill anything.

What I like about this Warlock leveling spec is that it opens up a lot more opportunities, enabling you to take on even hard elite quests and finish them easily. That is why I shared this particular spec in this Warlock leveling guide. Log your Warlock on and start leveling up fast with this talent build.

What you need to keep in mind about the Mage in WoW is snare. You will need to keep the enemy slowed down so you avoid getting hit. If you were to get hit on every fight, even once, you would have to eat something to regenerate your health every few pulls. Fortunately, you have a whole talent tree dedicated to that. So here is the Mage leveling spec you should have to be safe and advance fast:

Frost is a very good choice, if not the best, for leveling because you have a lot of snare effect on your spells, you won’t have any mana problems and you will have a wide arrange of defensive abilities. Damage will also not be an issue as well as cast time for your main damaging spell, the Frostbolt. Which you will find in any Mage leveling guide that it is something true.

So to be able to advance quickly in the game as a Mage, make sure you don’t aggro more than one mobs, use the root spell when ever the enemy closes in on you and dish out damage without thinking about your mana levels. This Mage leveling spec will ensure that you get to the level cap fast. I hope you will find this Mage leveling guide as useful as it was for me.

Players argue about which talent tree is best for leveling solo, Enhancement or Elemental. I say that Enhancement is better simply because you rely on melee damage, which is reliable and more consistent. The problem with Elemental is that you will have problems with mana and you will waste a lot of time casting all sorts of spells. So with that in mind, I present to you the best Shaman leveling spec:

As you can see, this is more like a Hybrid spec that combines the best parts of both specs. You get the instant wolf form and movement speed bonus while still retaining very good magic damage in addition to the melee one. So you will be able to kill mobs very fast and not have to worry about mana.

Your totems also have some bonuses so you can rely on them to aid you when you need them the most. I personally find this particular Shaman leveling spec a very good one. I saw one or two Shaman leveling guides that had different specs than this. But if you want to be really fast while leveling, I suggest using this talent build.

While most would say that Frost is a very good way to spec for leveling, I have to disagree. It is true that you deal really good single target damage, but you are also very weak. Since you start from level 55, you will level around zones where there will be a lot of enemies. So you need to AoE kill efficiently and also be more resilient. So the Death Knight leveling spec you will want is Blood. And here is exactly how it should look like:

You probably noticed that there is no Blood Parasite trained. To be fair, the healing received from them isn’t that great and they also die very easily if the mob you are on has AoE attacks. And since you have the Lichborne ability from Frost, you can heal yourself with Death Coil and the other healing abilities you have. So there will be no shortage of self healing in this Death Knight leveling spec.

I also wanted to cover the Enchants in this Death Knight leveling guide. As you know, the DK adds his own enchants on weapons. The one you should add for leveling is Rune Of The Fallen Crusader. This rune has a chance to heal you for 3% of your total health and increase your Strength by 15% for 15 seconds. So it’s the best rune to use when leveling up and tanking.

Use this Death Knight leveling spec and you will see how easy everything will be. Also use the Glyph of Bone Shield to hasten yourself while moving. Which will increase your leveling even further. I hope you found this Death Knight leveling guide useful.

Rogues wear leather armor and don’t make that much hit points. In order to avoid dying, you have to rely solely on damage and incapacitation skills to avoid getting hit. Even though they have very good Dodge rates, they can still die pretty easily. Especially when you reach level 80 and start the Cataclysm expansion. So the Rogue leveling spec you should get is Combat and it should look like this:

Putting those talent points in the Subtlety and Assassination trees will increase your DPS and also help with Energy levels. Energy is what you need to use styles. No Energy will mean no skills and that is a very fast way to get defeated.

What I also wanted to cover in this Rogue leveling guide is the weapons you should use. While the off-hand will be Daggers only, you should use a high delay weapon. Any type of weapon as long as it has Agility and Stamina as stats. As for the way you should play, don’t fight more than one enemy at once, or you will surely perish.

With this Rogue leveling spec by your side and the info you got in this Rogue leveling guide, you won’t have any problems reaching the level cap very fast.

Most WoW players don’t want to make Priests because they think they are hard to level up. It is true that they aren’t the fastest levelers around, but they are certainly not the slowest. As long as you are using the right Priest leveling spec of course. So let me show you how you should train your talents in this Priest leveling guide:

Shadow is a pretty obvious choice for leveling since you need to deal damage. The points in Discipline will help boost that damage and also your healing affects. But health will not be such an issue, Mana will be. How can you sort this?

Well, until level 32 you will have to either sit down and drink a lot, or kill mobs slowly to conserve mana. At level 32 you will get the spell Shadow Word: Death. Add the Glyph of Spirit Tap to your Major Glyph spot and you will do better mana wise. That Glyph will return 12% of your total mana over 12 seconds each time you use that ability.

As I was saying in the beginning of this Priest leveling guide, having the right spec will help you level faster. Conserving mana and using abilities to restore it will help you achieve that. As well as having the best Priest leveling spec.

As I was saying, the Hunter can get all sorts of pets. Each pets will have different features, for example, a bear will Maul the enemy and have more hit points. So picking the right pet for your Hunter depends on what you want to do. But more importantly, you need to know which Hunter leveling spec to use. So here it is:

Going Beast Mastery is like picking safe mode to level up. Your pet will be very strong and will keep aggro on him easily. Don’t worry, you will keep doing the main DPS, which won’t be something to ignore, while the pet holds the aggro on him.

With this leveling spec, you can easily kill elite mobs so you can do even the elite quests to get awesome rewards. Once you get the Beast Mastery skill, you will be able to charm exotic pets. These will look very nice and also have unique skills in addition to what they would normally have. You will see that with this Hunter leveling spec, you won’t have any problems to reach the level cap. I hope you found this little Hunter leveling guide useful.