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Lazak · 04/26/07, 12:10 PM

I currently play in all 3 brackets and wanted to share my input.

2v2:
I started out by duoing with a mage. And althou this combo has some strong points in excessive CC, it doesnt work at the higher levels. Any healer that uses LoS around pillars can more or less shut us down, It becomes almost impossible to CC the healer and we are on a clock since we cannot heal ourselves. We got it to 1800-1900 rating before we stopped playing that combo.
After that we added a Warrior and a Paladin to the team and i had a great deal of succes with Paladin/Warlock. At this time i was Soul link/Felguard . Paladin/Warlock and Paladin/Warrior got the team to 21** rating.

Since then i have left to play with another friend, so now im in a 2 man team with a shaman.
I am now Affliction specced and we are doing great with a score of 32-3atm. We have meet the rank 1 team (paladin, warrior) once and we got a win there.

Against Paladin/Warrior we dot up the warrior and once he is down to 60-70% and the paladin shield has been used, we call a nuke on TS: Earth Shock, Spell Lock, Earth Shock, Fear, Earth shock on top of a CoT is usually enough time, for me to kill the warrior.

Against other healer/dps combos we either try the same nuke tactic or we outlast them by me using Drain mana + Dark pact.
We are nearing 2050 rating and climbing steadily.

3v3:
Here i play with the same Mage, Paladin, Warrior, Shaman from the 2v2 teams and we are hovering around 2100 rating.
I mostly Dot up and then use CC's on the other team. We find that we can mostly beat all other combos by outlasting them.
Our best lineup is probably our Warrior, Paladin, Warlock, where we have only meet 1 team we couldnt beat. A team in our battlegroup that plays Holy Priest, Shadow Priest, Affliction Warlock.
They can simply dot up the Warrior and then they silence/fear the paladin.
He cannot dispell because of Unstable Affliction and he cannot outheal all the ticking dots, especially not when they CC him with Silence and fear.
If anyone has any advice regarding this setup, id like to hear it.

5v5
I have had problems finding my spot in this bracket. We normally run a 2 Healer 2 Dps and warlock setup.
I started out by being the weakest link, simply because i had no defense against being focussed. A soul link spec helped there, but it limited my options in 5v5.
Since then i have gathered my pvp gear and i now have 11.500 unbuffed HP and 312 Resilience.
I am now back in an Affliction spec, where i feel i do so much more for the team.

We started out by being 9 ppl on the team, which lead to using a different team each week. And althou we all 9 got arenapts, our rating was never stable.
Currently we run a Paladin, Druid, Warrior, Mage, Warlock setup and we are learning how this setup works best.

04/26/07, 12:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Lazak Glass Joe Lazak Undead Warlock <Glodge> Magtheridon (EU)	My input I currently play in all 3 brackets and wanted to share my input. 2v2: I started out by duoing with a mage. And althou this combo has some strong points in excessive CC, it doesnt work at the higher levels. Any healer that uses LoS around pillars can more or less shut us down, It becomes almost impossible to CC the healer and we are on a clock since we cannot heal ourselves. We got it to 1800-1900 rating before we stopped playing that combo. After that we added a Warrior and a Paladin to the team and i had a great deal of succes with Paladin/Warlock. At this time i was Soul link/Felguard . Paladin/Warlock and Paladin/Warrior got the team to 21 rating. Since then i have left to play with another friend, so now im in a 2 man team with a shaman. I am now Affliction specced and we are doing great with a score of 32-3atm. We have meet the rank 1 team (paladin, warrior) once and we got a win there. Against Paladin/Warrior we dot up the warrior and once he is down to 60-70% and the paladin shield has been used, we call a nuke on TS: Earth Shock, Spell Lock, Earth Shock, Fear, Earth shock on top of a CoT is usually enough time, for me to kill the warrior. Against other healer/dps combos we either try the same nuke tactic or we outlast them by me using Drain mana + Dark pact. We are nearing 2050 rating and climbing steadily. 3v3: Here i play with the same Mage, Paladin, Warrior, Shaman from the 2v2 teams and we are hovering around 2100 rating. I mostly Dot up and then use CC's on the other team. We find that we can mostly beat all other combos by outlasting them. Our best lineup is probably our Warrior, Paladin, Warlock, where we have only meet 1 team we couldnt beat. A team in our battlegroup that plays Holy Priest, Shadow Priest, Affliction Warlock. They can simply dot up the Warrior and then they silence/fear the paladin. He cannot dispell because of Unstable Affliction and he cannot outheal all the ticking dots, especially not when they CC him with Silence and fear. If anyone has any advice regarding this setup, id like to hear it. 5v5** I have had problems finding my spot in this bracket. We normally run a 2 Healer 2 Dps and warlock setup. I started out by being the weakest link, simply because i had no defense against being focussed. A soul link spec helped there, but it limited my options in 5v5. Since then i have gathered my pvp gear and i now have 11.500 unbuffed HP and 312 Resilience. I am now back in an Affliction spec, where i feel i do so much more for the team. We started out by being 9 ppl on the team, which lead to using a different team each week. And althou we all 9 got arenapts, our rating was never stable. Currently we run a Paladin, Druid, Warrior, Mage, Warlock setup and we are learning how this setup works best.