Blackmaw Hold role guide: tank, healer and DPS (WoW Forever)

Blackmaw Hold is a 5-player dungeon for levels 55–60 in Azshara, behind a long-sealed gate (Blizzard dungeon post, 20 Oct). Bosses and loot aren't public yet; we'll add them as we confirm them, on the dungeon page.

What Blizzard has said

Where: Azshara, behind a long-sealed gate (Kalimdor)
A long level-60 dungeon with several bosses and more than one route.
One of the entrances to the Barrow Deeps raid is connected to it (raid post).

What your group has at level 60

Everyone has up to 51 talent points, enough for the 31-point milestone in one tree. Abilities that unlock around this range:

Tanks

Protection Warrior (S): Shield Wall no longer shares a cooldown (15 min); Thunder Clap in Defensive Stance.
Protection Paladin (S): Consecration hits the first four enemies hardest; Judgement taunts from 10 yards.
Feral Combat Druid (A): Lacerate at 16 points, potions and enchants work in Bear Form; no interrupt.

Healers

Holy Priest (S): Prayer of Mending, several Priests' Renews on one target, Prayer of Healing heals pets.
Restoration Shaman (S): Chain Heal, Riptide at 31 points, resistance totems that cover the whole raid.
Holy Paladin (A): Strongest single-target healer per Blizzard; Light's Vigil at 31 points for group damage.

Damage

Frost Mage (S): Frost Nova plus Cone of Cold for packs; water for the whole group.
Enhancement Shaman (A): Windfury Totem is now a raid-wide buff; can off-tank a pull with Spirit Weapons.
Elemental Combat Shaman (A): Lightning Overload reaches 30%; Lightning Bolt raised 80% at max rank on 3 Nov.
Affliction Warlock (A): Curse of the Elements now covers all magic damage; Soulstone for wipes.