Mage Or Archer?

i kinda want to choose a good class that isnt gonna get nerfed to the ground(cough cough shaman)

 

Shaman is far from nerfed to the ground, it's still strong but now it's crowd control as it was intended and not just aura-aura-aura
Archer is still very strong even with nighthawk nerf, tied with assassin as most powerful class combat-wise
Mage is better for literally everything not combat. Heal means you don't need pots anymore and tp is the best movement spell.
I main mage but I'm gonna be honest and say I often wish it did more damage and meteor fell faster

 

Archer is a great class

 

Archer is overrated.
I would probably recommend Shaman (my main, so I'm biased), or Assassin.
The problem with Mage is that it is quite hard early-game.

 

Ice Bear says mage if you want a class that isn't the best in combat but is great for endgame in lootrunning and professions, Archer if you want the best class to beat endgame content and bosses.

 

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mage is great I’m not biased or anything but mage is the best class

 

Not including Shaman because that thing's going to be nerfed to the ground.

Mage IMO is the best starter class. You have a Heal Spell so you won't die often, Teleport for movement, Meteor for damage, although Mage is pretty bad for damage, and Ice Snake is a good debuff spell.
Archer has a good range, good spells, and great damage, but is also a Glass Cannon that you need some survivability items to live long enough to deal significant damage to a superboss.
Warrior is the standardish class, it has poor range and spells, but has great damage and Defense, so you won't need any huge survivability items.
Assassins are Warriors but shorter range and better spells.

 

Archer all the way, the speed 3 makes it for me.

 

Shaman's still good even after the nerfs in 1.20--it just used to be waaay above the other classes, and now it's been a lot more balanced. For mage or archer, though--personally, I find archer to be super fun, and it's great for soloing LI and the Eye etc. but mage is IMO easier, so it depends on what you're looking for.

 

Depends on what you want, ideally you get them both eventually.
Archer:
- Overall best damage (tied with Shaman I'd say)
- Can solo endgame content easiest
- Has decent movement spells (gets outpaced by mage's teleport spell but the speed 3 you get with escape spell definitely isn't bad!)
- Because of the range it has, it is really good in the upcoming 1.20 raids


Mage:
- Overall balanced class, does decent damage
- Can solo endgame content but it's definitely harder than Archer/Shaman
- Best class for non-combat tasks: lootrunning/professions
- Really good for the upcoming 1.20 raids , probably tied with archer (?) because of the tankiness.

The upcoming raids heavily prefer range + sustain, which is why archer/mage are both good for the raids.
- Warrior is bad for the raids because of its range
- Shaman is bad because of its glassiness & in TCC sometimes the aura/totem can't even hit the hitboxes
- Assassin is a bit better than warrior but still not prefered to do raids with because of its range.
Note1: With mythics & skilled players doing TCC with warrior/assassin is ofcourse still possible, just a lot harder

note2: raid comments are based on what I know from the TCC (The Canyon Colossus), if i remember correctly there is another higher level raid coming so above comments might not apply to that one..