8 comps
B5s Double-Healer Control
The attrition archetype: a healer-heavy core with a warrior + mage for pressure and CC. You almost never lose a teammate first and grind the enemy out — but you need a real kill condition to close, not just survive.
BBeastcleave / KFC (Warrior / Hunter / Paladin)
KFC is TBC's iconic melee cleave: an Arms warrior and a Beast Mastery hunter share two overlapping healing debuffs and dump every cooldown on one target while a Holy Paladin keeps them topped. It wins by making a kill target un-healable, then bursting it down inside a stun. The moment it gets kited and controlled instead of getting to press, it falls apart.
BDouble-Healer Warrior (Warrior / Shaman / Paladin)
The purest attrition comp in the bracket: one Arms Warrior grinding a target while a Restoration Shaman and Holy Paladin refuse to let anyone die. You don't out-burst opponents — you out-last them, riding Mortal Strike pressure and two full mana bars until the enemy healer runs dry or panics. Tier B because a single peeled Warrior is a comp with no offense at all.
BResto Druid / Warrior
A mobile, high-skill comp. The druid kites and HoTs while Cyclone locks the enemy healer out of a kill; the warrior applies Mortal Strike pressure. Rewards elite kiting, punishes everything else.
BRetcleave (Warrior / Ret / Shaman)
Retcleave is TSG's controlling cousin: an Arms Warrior and a Ret Paladin train a target while a Resto Shaman sustains, but the paladin trades a second warrior for Repentance, Hammer of Justice, and Freedom. Less raw instant damage than double-warrior, far more healer lockdown and burst on demand. A high-floor cleave that actually sets up its kills.
BTSG (Warrior / Warrior / Shaman)
'Double warrior.' The TBC stand-in for melee cleave: two warriors train a target with instant Mortal Strike pressure while a Resto Shaman keeps them up. Ignores CC setups, gets kited by casters. High floor, capped ceiling.
BWarrior / Resto Shaman
Horde cleave at its most direct: Windfury Totem and Bloodlust turn the arms warrior's Mortal Strike into an instant-kill window while a Resto Shaman refuses to die behind Earth Shield and totems. Purge strips the enemy healer bare between swaps. It trains and swaps rather than kites, so control comps that lock the shaman down are the entire problem to solve.
BWarrior Cleave (Arms / Fury / Paladin)
Two warriors, one Mortal Strike debuff that never falls off, and the sturdiest healer in the game standing behind them. Warrior Cleave doesn't out-think anyone — it picks a target, glues both swords to it, and dares the enemy healer to keep up through 50% healing reduction and relentless snares. When the swap lands and the cooldowns pop, people simply die between globals.