[5v5] splitting dps?

[headput]

we play 2 warrios, 2 palas 1 shaman.
warriors: dealing dmg and fear
palas: heal, stun, bof (on their focus and to support our warriors), bop, dispell
shaman: purge, totems, shocks and heal

now as we are reachin 2k+ its getting harder.

what do you think: shall we focus or split our dps vs.
1) 4dps teams (hardest ones)
2) 3dps
3) 2.5 dps (2345)

till now we went quite good with focusing, but times are changing.
i know, against good 4 dps teams it will be kinda impossible to win.

till now focus nr1. was warlock and priest (with perma purge from the shaman).

if we split, what do we have to target? (against those teams)

my opinion: (plz correct me if i am wrong)

against 4-3 dps teams:
a mage alone is a real pain in the ass(sheep, counterspell, nova etc.), as is a priest (mana burn) and a warlock who can dot and especially put curse of tongues on us as he likes (which is the hell, cause we got no decurse)
--> split dps (for 2 parallel ms debuffs) 1. mage, 2. warlock, 3. ele shaman(melee shaman)
--> their priest has to help healing and isnt able to mana burn that much (has he?) and they are not able to deal so much dmg and cc that much

if i am right, against a 2 dps team, focusing a healer (imho a priest) should be the way to go. or should we also try here to split our dps?

plz help us

[Xaevier]

Erg 2 paladins....You really need a priest for a 2 warrior team to function 100%

Without that you can't mana burn and try and outlast the other team very effectively and paladins are very weak to CC/FF once their bubbles are gone.

As for splitting DPS it really depends on who you are fighting, normally a 2 warrior team will only split DPS if they are against a heavy CC team since mace warriors can effectively mess with CC classes a good duel.

I run a 4 DPS team and the only reason we really ever lose to a 2 warrior team is because they run us oom though, unless you somehow CC our one healer perfectly and we are slacking on our CC on the warriors then you won't be able to last long enough and we will most likely kill one of your paladins rather quickly due to mass dispel....

I think your problems are in your group makeup not your strategy?

[headput]

we often thought about taking a priest, for mana burn, but that gives us a real weak link. as we got no cc it is much harder to keep a priest alive. a paladin wears plate, has bubble (at least for a few seconds) and, most important, has bof to help out our 2 warriors.