Is the word "hybrid" Used correclty

[Lnakka]

After reading post etc, I have kinda reached a theory/thought about the word.

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/hybrid.html

Most people on World of Warcraft say the hybrid classes are: Druid, paladin, sharman and maybe priest.

But looking at talent trees I personally feel all classes are hybrid. Every class has really to a degree can/have 2 different roles.

For example:
Warrior: tank/DPS
Mage: DPS/CC

Whilst reading on how to play Druid I kept reading "gear dependant", "hybrid" and "Can or may not be as good as a pure". But surely This is true for tanking.. You cant really dps with a shield or tank great with a twohander or you cant off tank with crit gear on a warlock.

The only class that really doesn't fit is rogue.

What do others think?

[Phaer]

Fist then all i think that ppl who write about classes sometimes did't play them, at least till high level, but simply study theirs talent tree.

You can read the tankadin guide on wowwiki: at the beginning it says pally can be a tank as warriors and druids, simply he is a different tank. at the end someone else try to explain that a pally can't be as good as a warrior as tank.

Talking about tanks, pallys and druids are considered hybrid classes, since they can do at least 2 roles in an instance (tank or healer mainly). Dps warriors can do instances, but they haven't CC, so many guides don't consider classes without CC as instance classes. This way, i theirs opinion warrior can just be tank to be useful in an instance and as a consequence they are a pure tank class.

i agree with you: nearly all classes can be considered "hybrid", but there are roles who are simpler for a certain class (if you just have a good build) and others who requires loads of drops to be done efficiently.