tarutaru
08-17-2007, 03:25 PM
Hello there. I've recently gotten heavy into PvP since the unfourtunate demise of the Hyjal/BT Raiding guild I was a member of. I'm currently a Resto Druid (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=MzjMzbZVMhoZVMItcq0hsb) doing 2v2 with a RL friend playing a Soul Link Warlock (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=Nq0rVRrkRZbxczIizzLs).
Desipte the fact that I have pretty shabby gear (only 150ish Resilience and 900 or so +Healing) and the Lock being decked in 5-man blues (only PvP gear he has is the Insignia), we've managed to climb to about 1800 rating. Of course it's around this point where we're starting to feel the gear wall, and that should be worked out in time now that we're both constantly honor grinding.
We're pretty devoted to PvP now. We both researched a ton of gameplay styles and have done extensive testing. We feel we have a solid grasp on the more advanced arena tactics. For example, as a Druid I know the successful way to kite any melee around an arena indefinately, all while HoTing my partner and the occasional CC on the FF. I have all of the LoS "tricks" in each of the 3 arenas memorized by heart. We've faced nearly every team matrix and have strategies drawn-up beforehand for how to play the fight out. We both are pretty adept at playing the war of attrition (LoS'ing even more, knowing how and when to steal a few seconds to drink, etc). Granted, we do still make plenty of mistakes, and we believe we have alot to learn.
However, the reason I'm here is that there are a few things we can't seem to solve on our own, and I was wondering if you could maybe shed some good ole' Gladiator advice :)
vs. Paladin/Hunter - Yes, it's pretty uncommon. However, we can't seem to decide on a strategy to work. Should we go for wearing out the paly's mana pool, or just concentrate on draining the Hunter's mana, killing the pet, then playing war of attrition? (Also, even rarer, the Warlock/Hunter combo, how should they be handled).
vs. Paladin/Warrior - 9/10 times we win. Frankly, whenever I see a warrior on the other team I laugh a little inside (being a knowledgable resto druid). However, there is the occasional time (esp. vs Orc Warriors) where we can't seem to win. Specifically, the Paladin is a very good player, and just dispel-bots himself while throwing BoF on the Warrior every chance he gets while kiting the lock around the arena. Between BoF spam, and Orc racial if applicable, we can't seem to survive. So, vs. a team such as that how should we handle it?
vs. ShadowPriest/Warlock - 50/50 for us at the moment. I'm pretty sure it's just due to gear and my lock parter not being able to withstand the initial onslaught. However, how should we spread out the cc's? (It always resorts to a chaotic mixture of cc all over the place, never with any direction or focus).
vs. Dual DPS Teams - Pretty much the same as above. I usually get pretty nervous and just resort to spam-healing the lock to try and franticly survive. I know there's a better way, any suggestions? (Team usually consists of any combination of Warrior, Druid, and/or Rogue)
Thanks in advance, I might have more to add through edits later on. And I hopefully look forward to being able to post here soon...
Desipte the fact that I have pretty shabby gear (only 150ish Resilience and 900 or so +Healing) and the Lock being decked in 5-man blues (only PvP gear he has is the Insignia), we've managed to climb to about 1800 rating. Of course it's around this point where we're starting to feel the gear wall, and that should be worked out in time now that we're both constantly honor grinding.
We're pretty devoted to PvP now. We both researched a ton of gameplay styles and have done extensive testing. We feel we have a solid grasp on the more advanced arena tactics. For example, as a Druid I know the successful way to kite any melee around an arena indefinately, all while HoTing my partner and the occasional CC on the FF. I have all of the LoS "tricks" in each of the 3 arenas memorized by heart. We've faced nearly every team matrix and have strategies drawn-up beforehand for how to play the fight out. We both are pretty adept at playing the war of attrition (LoS'ing even more, knowing how and when to steal a few seconds to drink, etc). Granted, we do still make plenty of mistakes, and we believe we have alot to learn.
However, the reason I'm here is that there are a few things we can't seem to solve on our own, and I was wondering if you could maybe shed some good ole' Gladiator advice :)
vs. Paladin/Hunter - Yes, it's pretty uncommon. However, we can't seem to decide on a strategy to work. Should we go for wearing out the paly's mana pool, or just concentrate on draining the Hunter's mana, killing the pet, then playing war of attrition? (Also, even rarer, the Warlock/Hunter combo, how should they be handled).
vs. Paladin/Warrior - 9/10 times we win. Frankly, whenever I see a warrior on the other team I laugh a little inside (being a knowledgable resto druid). However, there is the occasional time (esp. vs Orc Warriors) where we can't seem to win. Specifically, the Paladin is a very good player, and just dispel-bots himself while throwing BoF on the Warrior every chance he gets while kiting the lock around the arena. Between BoF spam, and Orc racial if applicable, we can't seem to survive. So, vs. a team such as that how should we handle it?
vs. ShadowPriest/Warlock - 50/50 for us at the moment. I'm pretty sure it's just due to gear and my lock parter not being able to withstand the initial onslaught. However, how should we spread out the cc's? (It always resorts to a chaotic mixture of cc all over the place, never with any direction or focus).
vs. Dual DPS Teams - Pretty much the same as above. I usually get pretty nervous and just resort to spam-healing the lock to try and franticly survive. I know there's a better way, any suggestions? (Team usually consists of any combination of Warrior, Druid, and/or Rogue)
Thanks in advance, I might have more to add through edits later on. And I hopefully look forward to being able to post here soon...