Strategies

Shaman/Warlock

Authors

Komaya
Scarlet Crusade
US-Reckoning		Nethaxion
Scarlet Crusade
US-Reckoning

Shaman/Warlock

VS.

Shadow Priest/Rogue

This fight is, not pleasant at all. They have so much CC and burst and you'll almost definitely lose every match if they play well. Fortunately, this is a rare comp.

If they both get on the same target early, you're basically going to lose. They're going to do a ridiculous amount of damage to that person while silencing/fearing/blinding/vanishing sapping the other person.

Your only hope is basically to peel them off early in the game. Poison Cleansing, Magma Rank 1, and Tremor Totem down instantaneously, Earth Shield on you and Ghost Wolf should all be used liberally. Your Warlock needs to rush the Shadow Priest and pressure him to about 70ish%, then use Bloodlust and continue pressure, and CC the Rogue as best as you can. If the Priest drops Shadowform, you win.

Obvious tips:
  • Warlock Perspective: This match is more on the shoulders of the Warlock than the Shaman. If you're not Undead, it could be tougher, depending on what the Priest does. Basically you're going to charge the S Priest, Fear him right off the bat (as most run Fear Ward on the Rogue, which your teammate should purge) and when he breaks it with WoTF (because most will be undead with an undead rogue) Deathcoil him immediately. Your Shaman will, during this time, be getting WAY AWAY FROM THE PRIEST. Anything less will be a loss 95% of the time. Him being away from the Priest means no Silence, no Fear, no DoTs, and no dispelling of his Earthshield.

    Anyway, when the Priest is Deathcoiled/Feared, DoT him up fully. If you're afraid he's going to get to the Shaman, CoEX or CoT if you know he's going to. Keep your DoTs up and spam Searing Pain. If he starts to go for a pillar and isn't in danger of being near your Shaman, switch of CoA and Lifedrain him as he goes for it. If he doesn't drop to heal at this point, you've won as long as your Shaman isn't near him. If he does switch to heal, keep the damage up and try and force him OOM to prevent him going back into shadow.

Comments:

ForensicMar 7, 2008 - 10:41 AM (HideShow)
I might even say use spell lock before your first fear sometimes. Just so he won't silence your fear and get to the shaman. Or you can fake it or eat a silence in the beginning with CoEX on him (so he isn't near shaman while you are silenced) and then fear (he WOTF), deathcoil, fear, and save your silence. But if he is near the shaman in the beginning, I would go ahead and silence then fear so you can't get interrupted in your first fear / deathcoil.

Oh and sap is horrible. If you are going in to rush the shadow priest, be aware there will be a rogue out in front. You are going to have to get some good jukes in to get to the priest if he is far behind. If you are sapped, I hope your shaman can stay way long enough for it to wear off, because you know another blind is coming if you trinket.
CaesarXApr 21, 2008 - 8:05 PM (HideShow)
Any competent S Priest/Rogue team, there is no way you can win. Granted you start off well, say... a fear on the priest as the guide says. Once the rogue catches someone, doesn't matter who it is (usually the shaman) that means you the warlock will have to get in and help, but if you're in range the fear, you're also in range to get blinded, or feared back. Regardless, the point is... no matter who the gank, the other player will be getting CC'd no matter what until their FF is down.

This guide is definitely nice, but as mentioned in the second sentence, you'll almost definitely lose every match. This I agree with.
RokhedrumpleJul 20, 2008 - 3:51 PM (HideShow)
Forensic: Warlocks can get in combat from the other side of the map, don't even have to cast or be in LOS. All you have to do is send your pet at the SPriest and you're in combat. Lock/Resto Shaman should never get sapped unless it's double stealth like druid/rogue or rogue/rogue. Hunters and mages can do this as well (pets and water eles)
MurdockzSep 4, 2008 - 5:55 AM (HideShow)
I just started this Setup (Lock - shammy) and it seems work well against this Setup
(SP - rogue). im playing with a full pve Shaman (SW - BT geared) and he uses haste Gems. What we do against this setup is trying to kill the Sp ASAP we rush into the SP and full dot for the priest and trying to silence him while he cast Vampiric Touch when rogue apears fully dot him and fear him if he was on the shaman if he was on me its simple the shaman heal and i use my Trinket (Talisman of the horde) and HS when shaman is free he use BloodLust and i start Directly fearing the rogue and fully dot Priest and start SearingPain on the priest when he gets out of the ShadowForm i silence again and keep spaming Searing pain. well it takes around 5 sec when the shaman use Bloodlust to knock the Priest Down. oh and i must keep my pet on the priest. shaman also must Purge Priest if he used his HoT.
XpazSep 25, 2008 - 10:40 PM (HideShow)
4 dots on priest, spellock first shadowspell, extreme cc on him afterwards, frequently check shaman hp and help him out twice or thrice with fear on rogue, priest dies
TrebSep 28, 2008 - 2:40 AM (HideShow)
Assuming your Shaman is focused, it is a bad idea for the Shaman to pillar hump vs. this comp. Pillar humping means your Warlock loses control of the Shadow Priest. Juke healing, grounding spam, and keeping tremor down are more important.

If the Warlock is focused the Shaman needs to move the entire fight, kiting the Priest and keeping tremor totem down. Standing on your tremor totem is a sure-fire way to eat a full fear.

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