Put the stick down and open your spell book!

 

Do you have any idea of the sheer joy and confusion that comes from running up to a enemy, and whacking the crap out of them with a stick? I do. Sadly I know the frustration that comes with fighting with the same enemy for five minutes. Not because it's amazingly powerful but because I fell into the pit of suck that is not really understanding your class and how it functions.

 

Today I'm going to cover one of the most common mistake new players make; Auto attack. Auto attack is a wonderful ability. If your a melee class like Rouges, Warriors, Monks, Enhancement Shaman, Death Knights, Hunter, Guardian or Ferial Druids, or some Paladins. However if your a caster such as Mage, Priest, Warlock, Elemental Shaman or Balanced Druid this is not for you. Auto attack is a ability that allows your character to launch a continuous melee attack. This is great way to fill in the space between your abilities as a melee class. However casters aren't built the same way. Casters are the book worms of Azeroth like most nerds we lack upper body strength so hitting things isn't our thing. Casters draw their power from a different source making auto attack a bad fit for us. We instead use a series of separate spell that draw from our intellect. Back in the days of Wrath of the Lynch King Auto attack somehow found it's way onto all of our action bars regardless of  our class. As a result, oh so many of us lost hours of our lives in very long and pointless fights. Your lesson of the day is if you're a melee class hit and shiv thing on auto pilot. If you're a caster leave the hitting to the jocks, leave auto attack untouched in your spell book and blow things up with the other cool stuff you find there, after all you didn't see Merlin rocking an axe.
Remember were all noobs, some of us just fly the flag higher.
Morison-