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Strategies
Arcane Mage/Rogue
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  | Pihwi Chromaggus EU-Reckoning |
 | Arcane Mage/Rogue | VS. |   | Death Knight/Paladin |
Many of you fellow Rogue/Mages have probably broken a few keyboards trying to figure out a way to beat this comp. I for one know it has been damn frustrating at times. But with the recent nerfs on Death Knight survivability this comp isn't all that bad actually. Our strategy doesn't differ too much from the Death Knight / Druid one. Bottomline is to land two good stuns on the Death Knight and try to manage a kill on either one of them. You can also sheep the paladin so some matches might turn out to be easier than with the druid healer. We use the same opener as I have explained in the previous strategy, Sap the DK, frost nova the pet and start off with a full stun. Be wary of Aura Mastery at all times when thinking of counterspelling the paladin. One thing which might turn out to be tricky is that the Paladin can dispel the Blind you put on after the DK has trinketed with a BoP (At this point you should approach the paladin and gouge / kick him and have your mage run away from the DK). If you catch the paladin using his bubble early on, always try to run away and reset the match. Ice Block and Cloak/Vanish is a good idea at this point. After the bubble the paladin hasn't got much to say in terms of overhealing our DPS on the DK. The important thing to remember is to save your cooldowns for the stun after the paladin has bubbled and the DK has used his defensive cooldowns. Your objective is to overlast the other team as long as it takes, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
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 Loveall | Jul 2, 2009 - 10:16 PM (HideShow) |
| hmm i wonder what paladins and dks u have in your bg cuz tbh in the time a dk has to kill a rogue in aura mastery + hand of sacrifice / bubble / IBF + AMS (not to mention if he's spec into amz) / avenger shield pewpews on the mage that dk can kill a whole army of rogues. and .. WHO THE $(@#*$() goes for an arcane mage when he has a rogue right next to him ? .. furthermore .. lol @ blinding the dk to reset .. that just gives the pala's hoj time to get off cd and the dk's pet stun .. in which u will sureley either die or do no damage after the reset :( | |
 Jolah | Jul 3, 2009 - 12:58 AM (HideShow) |
| I agree. The only chance at winning is at the very beginning. Steal sacrifice if you can, if you can't you will probably lose. | |
 Velystina | Jul 3, 2009 - 3:48 AM (HideShow) |
| you shouldnt be able to poly a descent pally, just a bit of advice there | |
 Sterny | Jul 7, 2009 - 8:21 PM (HideShow) |
| Lol just FYI This is extremely easy but takes a Strat probably easier than the above- I christen it: The Reset strategy. Didn't take too long to figure out, you need to Sap/Blind/Poly the DK while first raping the Ret pally hopefully making him bubble or if we kill him fast enough just kill him before he can hit that gay button, then I blink away and invis, and he CoS/Vanishes. We then reposition ourselves, eat a little to get back to full health, then come back in charging @ that ret pally, again a little bit of CC against the DK but basically the Ret pally just drops, then all we have to do is rape the DK! Sometimes the Rogue is almost dead so I just deal with the DK, and while i know this is risky i find it managable! And yes the DK's pet will b being a homo and peeling ur rogue or maybe even me so i tend to just frost nova it as much as possible! | |
| Jolah | Jul 8, 2009 - 2:44 AM (HideShow) |
| lol@1200 mage posting | |
 Híde | Jul 12, 2009 - 2:11 PM (HideShow) |
| 1200 mage who thinks we're talking about ret pallies....... | |
| Disrepute | Jul 20, 2009 - 12:30 AM (HideShow) |
| Avengers shield, Hoj, Aura Mastery, Bubble..... AMS, AMZ, Gnaw, Strangulate, Death grip, Sac... Try and win 1/5 against this comp if there not horrible and be happy. | |
| Mighymage | Aug 2, 2009 - 1:14 PM (HideShow) |
| Yeah, we rnt talking about ret pallies, cuz i dnt know ANY ret pallie that has avengers sheild lol. I currently am only at 1100, but been playing it 2 days lol. The strategy he mentioned is gd for me atm, but against a holy pally, its sorta . Sap the dk, nuke and silence pally 2 death till he shield, then invis+evocate and vanish+eat food i made for my rog partner :-) Then u go again, kill pally, and make it 2v1 against there dk, only way we have won. HOWEVER, if the dk is in significantly better gear dan u, lead him round a pillar or summit, then CC pally, while u kill dk round the pillar, dis is harder 4 a mage, but if he is attacking rogue, use arc power+icy veins and any trinkets, and cast him u will do alot more damage like that. Then generally the pally quits, he wud have 2 be amazing to kill a rog+mage on his own cuza the many silences and interrupts you have between you. :-) hope this helps guys. | |
  Awful | Aug 22, 2009 - 4:59 PM (HideShow) |
| Holy crap you suck at english | |
 Eggfart | Oct 6, 2009 - 3:59 AM (HideShow) |
| I thought this site was suppose to only let the best of the best even post comments here... that's why i come here for advice sometimes, boy was i mistaken | |
| Hazardly | Nov 10, 2009 - 4:49 PM (HideShow) |
| this ^ | |
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