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Shadow Priest/Rogue (Lilic)

Author

Everz
Lothar
US-Ruin

Shadow Priest/Rogue

VS.

Paladin/Warrior

Overall difficulty: 3/10

This has been a fairly popular composition in previous arena seasons, but is not seen as much anymore. Like any Warrior setup, we are killing the Warrior and CCing his healer. A Paladin can be harder to deal with than a Druid, as he has two trinkets and both Fear and Silence resists, but is much easier to interrupt and LOS than a Druid. There are many possibilities for this matchup which all revolve around when and how the Paladin decides to use his trinket and bubble, but your ultimate goal is to get the Paladin in a Fear or Blind after he has used both.

The fight starts off with the Rogue Sapping the Paladin. Your Priest should be hiding and LOSing the Warrior until this happens. Watch out for Perception, its very important your Rogue does NOT get spotted. Check if there is Blessing of Sacrifice up on the Warrior. If it's up, Dispel it, and if it's not, the Rogue is free to open on the Warrior after the Sap on the Paladin. Your Priest should DoT up the Warrior while running next to the Paladin. With about 1-2 seconds left on Sap, your Priest should Fear the Paladin, which he will be forced to trinket. Follow the trinket with a Silence. If the Paladin doesn't bubble out of the Silence, the Warrior will most likely die. If the Warrior somehow lives through the Silence without the Pally bubbling, your Rogue needs to Blind the Paladin. The Paladin will be forced to bubble, but before he even does it your Priest should be casting a Mass Dispel on him, so the bubble is gone as soon as it goes up. After that, it's just a matter of getting the Paladin Feared and killing the Warrior.

Most of the time though, the Paladin will bubble out of the Silence. As soon as you see the Paladin bubble, the Priest should begin casting Mind Control on the Warrior. The Warrior will probably Pummel this, and when he does, your Priest should immediately cast a Mass Dispel on the Paladin (which the Warrior cannot Pummel). If the Warrior doesn't Pummel the Mind Control, he can't get healed until he either trinkets or gets cleansed. The Rogue should then just stun the Warrior for the Priest to get off his Mass Dispel. Again, after both bubble and trinket have been used up, CCing the Pally and killing the Warrior shouldn't be too hard.

Comments:

PsykalJun 20, 2008 - 5:45 AM (HideShow)
A paladin can't Cleanse Mind Control. ;)
VitesseJun 29, 2008 - 10:24 PM (HideShow)
paladins also cant bubble out of silence
NewmanJul 10, 2008 - 11:12 AM (HideShow)
palladin can bubble out of silance.
MizzleJul 31, 2008 - 7:26 AM (HideShow)
paladins can't bubble out of silence (newman)
KalerinAug 7, 2008 - 8:01 PM (HideShow)
Divine Shield removes all debuffs, including ones that remove control from your character or prevent you from casting. Silence falls into this category. A paladin can bubble out of Silence just as easily as he can bubble out of Kidney Shot.
MediumwaffleAug 17, 2008 - 3:04 AM (HideShow)
Only time a pally cannot bubble is if his holy tree is silenced.
DoomtrooperAug 29, 2008 - 2:43 PM (HideShow)
Hello, I'm a paladin. Divine Shield is a spell, and if I am silenced I can't cast spells. Put 2+2 together...

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