WoW Dragonflight: Every Amirdrassil Tier Set Ranked
The Best and Worst Class Armor Tier Sets in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Amidrassil Raid
- World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Season 3 Tier Sets for all classes come from the Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope Raid.
- Each armor set has six different color variants with four coming from the Amirdrassil raid difficulties and two coming from PvP.
- Each Tier set has five pieces between shoulder, legs, head, hands and chest.
Whenever a near raid is announced one of the things that players most look forward to is their new tier set for their class. The class-specific armor tier sets are known for their iconic looks and for helping to know at a glance, what class a player is. There have been some amazing designs in World of Warcrafts nearly 20 year history. But after almost 20 years, designing armor sets that fit each class without recycling old aesthetics can be tough. The designs aren’t always up to the standards of older, coveted transmog sets.
So here’s how each of the 13 tier sets currently in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Season 3 measure up to one another.
Death Knight - S Tier
The Risen Nightmare’s Gravemantle is appropriately named and everything about this tier set lives up to the Death Knight name. The helmet has a covered faceplate with spikes coming out of the eyes, a skeletal mouthguard, with skulls and spikes all over the rest of the armor. All four color choices from the raid are appropriate with dull and dark grays highlighted with reds, purples and more. Death Knights everywhere should be proud to wear this set.
Shaman - B Tier
Vision of the Greatwolf Outcast for Shaman is a very good look. It has wolf heads on the pauldrons, the color of which is based on the rarity of the gear. These colors are further enhanced by the Shaman aesthetic of elements. The gear also has an open front on the legs instead of the usual battle-skirt the class gets stuck with. The only downside is the look is used, pieces of this tier set reference back to styles used by former tier sets and while homages are great, it feels like more of the same.
Demon Hunter - D Tier
Screaming Torchfeind’s Brutality is a great looking armor set, but the Demon Hunter runs into a problem being one of the newer kids on the block. They share a lot of aesthetic choices and vibes with the Warlock and to a degree, even the Death Knight. The armor is great, but the large horns on the head are a distraction. If it wasn’t for the fact that casters normally feature battle-skirts, you’d think this was a Warlock Tier set, which also features large horns.
Evoker - D Tier
As the newest class on the block, the Evoker has yet to really find its identity in the same way all the other classes have. Therefore it suffers from the same fate as the Demon Hunter, when I look at the Werynkeeper’s Timeless Vigil set, I see a Priest tier armor set. It even shares a striking resemblance to some of the Priest armor sets of the past, the only saving grace is that the shoulders actually depict a dragon. The problem is, until the Evoker came along to claim the draconic heritage as their own, any class could’ve got away with it.
Warlock - C Tier
The Devout Ashdevil’s Pactweave looks great, it’s clearly a Warlock set thanks to the tried and true ridiculously large horns on the helmet. But it loses points because a lot of the set looks more metal than cloth. For the same reason Demon Hunter lost points, so too does Warlock. Besides the battle-skirt, these two sets could be interchangeable.
Hunter - A Tier
The Blazing Dreamstalker’s Trophies is a perfect addition to the Hunter Tier Set armor library. It features scale armor, a dragons-head on the shoulder (see Evoker, it’s not just a you thing) and horns on the helmet. This is textbook Hunter design, which means it’s likely not to leave any lasting impressions but you know a hunter when you see one.
Monk - B Tier
The Mystic Heron’s Disciple is a fine armor set for the Monks in World of Warcraft. This Tier Set is clearly Monk-aligned with the colors, the glows and the wing motifs, along with the heron on the shoulder. The face mask is a bit more the Rogue’s speed, but there’s nothing wrong with a Monk showing off a bit of mystery though it does start to evoke more of a ninja-vibe.
Priest - S Tier
The Blessings of Lunar Communion is exactly how you do an homage to an iconic Priest Tier Set without feeling like it’s retreading. The colors match up very closely with the Black Temple Tier 6 Absolution Regalia, one of the best Priest Tier sets ever released. The soft glow on the helmet gives off an ethereal crown look and the angels on the shoulders are further love letters to the blind-justice face from the Absolution Regalia.
Paladin - A Tier
The Zealous Pyreknight’s Ardor is the Paladin Tier Set from Amidrassil and it has a lot of great designs to live up to. Paladin’s have some of the most iconic tier sets in the game and this one continues that tradition. The only downside is that the armor itself evokes the idea of Paladin’s being protectors. Bulky, bastions of defense and knowledge, but the swords on the shoulders, while very cool, clash with that idea.
Druid - B Tier
Benevolent Embersage's Guidance for the Druid is a very mid-tier design. It has some of the usual signs you’d expect out of a Druid, feathers and fur to denote a connection to nature. But shoulders are too tall even for World of Warcraft’s like. It makes the druid’s profile skinny and awkward. This could also very easily be a Hunter set, or a Shaman set. There’s a lot here that screams ‘birds’ but nothing that says Druid.
Mage - C Tier
The Wayward Chronomancer's Clockwork for Mage is a bit of a let-down as far as class tier sets go. There’s nothing inherently wrong or bad with the design, and the shoulders will make for an amazing addition to any transmoger’s collection. But it’s too bland and relies on the ‘wizards wear big hats’ trope. We know what mages are and this gets that message across in the most cliche way possible.
Rogue - B Tier
Lucid Shadewalker’s Silence is oddly named considering nothing about this design looks stealthy. It seems like there’s more metal than anything else on the armor. The design lends itself more to the brutality of the class than usual aspects like stealth and shadow. Overall, the design is fine, but might’ve made a better Warrior design with the right tweaks.
Warrior - C Tier
The Molten Vanguard's Mortarplate for Warrior runs into a similar problem as the Mage, there isn’t a lot here that makes it stick out. You know it’s the warrior because the Death Knights have spikes, the Paladin’s are holy knights and you’re clearly not a Druid. The Warrior is the catch-all tank and melee DPS and as a result sometimes lacks an identity of its own.
