[2v2] Warrior+Resto shaman

[Ihsahn]

My resto druid partner is quitting the game next season. I have a very good resto shaman friend who is also on my 5v5 team is interested in pairing up with me in 2v2, how well is this combo? I know it's pretty powerful in S1. Can we break 2k with it?

[Solitary]

See the thread in the "Ask a Gladiator" forum.

http://www.arenajunkies.com/showthread.php?t=1735

Cliff notes are:
Yes, its possible to achieve 2k+.
Yes, its a little harder than you would probably find with a druid or paladin.
Yes, your main problem will be against dual DPS teams.

If there are any other more technical questions about the combination feel free to ask. (I played it til just about 2k, then started playing with a rogue and my warrior partner with a druid. Still play with a warrior in the 2k+ bracket occasionally and do decently though.)

[Tribby]

Shaman/warrior can be a very very strong combo especially with the recent rise of druid/warrior teams.

[Ihsahn]

Thanks for the response, i'll definitely check out the post and work on our strategy.

[Auracle]

Shaman/warrior can be a very very strong combo especially with the recent rise of druid/warrior teams.

From my experience (got 2200 2v2 with a warrior before he quit about a month ago), the druid teams beat the shaman teams. Just put the warrior on the warrior, druid covers totems and stacks lifebloom. As long as mana tide gets killed, the shammie will go oom long before the druid.

[Solitary]

From my experience (got 2200 2v2 with a warrior before he quit about a month ago), the druid teams beat the shaman teams. Just put the warrior on the warrior, druid covers totems and stacks lifebloom. As long as mana tide gets killed, the shammie will go oom long before the druid.

Shamans can purge your innervate. =(

I've found it to be closer than you make it seem. 3/3 Healing Way goes far, the occasional purge of the Lifeblooms so you have to restack them, etc. Yes, the druid usually does win this particular mana battle, but a Shaman can make a fight of it.

I find the problem to be the cyclones/roots to allow MS to fall off your warrior and get some nice free bigger heals, and controlling the heals/dps of the other team.

[Maftir]

I play with a Warrior in 2v2. Named Notando. We are curretntly at 2317. You need to know your stuff INSIDE OUT. If you dont, you will fail horribly. 2k is easy sauce. Gladiator range is were it gets tough.

For example when you fight druid teams, you need to bunch on top of the warrior, recall your totems, wack him to try proccing natures grasp and spam purge. If you can do that while keeping your totems that ur war needs down and keeping yourself and a warrior up while ur getting wacked, you will beat that team everytime.

If you fight Shadow priest warlock, its a matter of keeping yourself or ur warrior up and trying to survive there initial burst.

Shaman warrior should alwasy ALWAYS beat warrior paladin, so thats not an issue.

Priest combinations are also easy-sauce, if u can purge spam, you should always win..

SO basically... It is a very tricky combo, but good if played right.

[frogger04]

Hey matif was wondering if u knew a guide or anything b/c my shammy and i seem to go up to 2070 and then just linger. Was just wondering what your strat was agianst some teams like rogue/spriest, spriest/lock, lock/icemage, pally/warrior and some other ones. I just wanna get past the barrier and was wondering if u had any tips so i could go back and tell my shaman.

[Grup]

How can shaman warrior always beat warrior paladin if the other warrior keeps your warrior hamstringed the entire time? We can beat pally/warrior teams that don't do that, but Ransom and Dutche (4th on shadowburn from season 1) beat us something like 7 times in a row, just couldn't get on the paladin, and the paladin was able to outheal me on warrior vs warrior battles.

[Solitary]

Hey matif was wondering if u knew a guide or anything b/c my shammy and i seem to go up to 2070 and then just linger. Was just wondering what your strat was agianst some teams like rogue/spriest, spriest/lock, lock/icemage, pally/warrior and some other ones. I just wanna get past the barrier and was wondering if u had any tips so i could go back and tell my shaman.

Dual DPS teams are hard for your team to beat--- just the way it is. Warriors have very little to try and escape with, mitigate damage with while the shaman is CC'd/CS'd/Locked.

[Maftir]

Hey matif was wondering if u knew a guide or anything b/c my shammy and i seem to go up to 2070 and then just linger. Was just wondering what your strat was agianst some teams like rogue/spriest, spriest/lock, lock/icemage, pally/warrior and some other ones. I just wanna get past the barrier and was wondering if u had any tips so i could go back and tell my shaman.

Basically bro its pretty simple. You have to be able to survive a dual dps teams initial burst.

Vs Rogue Shadow priest, you want your shaman purge spamming priest, you will prob be on priest full time raping him. Your shaman should be able to keep you up no problem with a rogue and some dots beating on u.

Ur shaman has to dodge the priest fear, blind, and silence if possible (prob wont be likely but grounding totem can sometimes catch it).

You should be bursting that priest down like crazy and ignoring the rogue. With him having no magical Debuffs that should be easy for u to do. You also probably want to hamstring the rogue and have ur shaman depoisoning the crippling poison on u so u can be on tht priest without him running away etc.

Warlock Icemage is definently one of ur toughest combo's. Proper totems would be, Frost resistance totem - Mix of Windfury and grounding totem down, and tremor totem. You want to either burst the warlock down whether SL or not. and try to stop the mage from CC'ing either you or your shaman. You can play it by ear, either going for the icemage if your good enough to stay on him.

Pally warrior is basically just your shaman outhealing the wars dps and having u dps the paladin b4 ur shaman dies. With Earth shock from ur shaman, wf totem, strength or w/e. You should be able to kil lthat paladin before or after he bubbles which is how u win. The smart warrior paladin teams will put their warrior on u, so u just have to burst the paladin down before ur shaman goes oom. Purge spamming the paladin is am ust. You need to keep blessing of freedom off at ALL TIMES.

Warlock, Spriest. Toughie.... You need to survive the burst of the warlock and spriest while ur shaman is cc'ed. You should be on the spriest, priest should be purge spammed and u should be beating the living shiat out of him. If your shaman is being bursted down. You should win with ease.

Thats basically it, if u have anymore questions just post again...