Malag

I've seen some good threads in here with a lot of thoughful discussion regarding a few classes in 2v2. I was hoping someone could share their experience with me regarding enhancement-shamans in the 2v2 bracket.

Mainly I'm looking for input on class to group with, but wouldn't mind tips on how to improve my game as well. Most of my experience is from 3v3 (grouped with a holy priest and a fire mage), and we didn't have a very good rating in season 1 (partly because of lack of experience, poor gear and sub-optimal setup).

I was a rogue from the release of 1.0 and until tbc, but rerolled to enhancement-shaman because I wanted to switch things up a bit. In PvE this is fine, but in Arena's I often find myself playing the 'crazy rogue' character - e.g. something between the in-your-face warriors and behind-your-back-rogues. "Blodlust", or tunnel vision as it's most commonly referred to tends to be a problem of mine, and by the time I spot teammates needing help it's often a bit too late.

Sometimes playing agressively works well, but when I get focused things take a turn for the worse. Either I pray that my partner(s) can keep me up, or I start turtling with my, let's be honest, puny heals. Either ends badly really - it's rare that we win (3v3) after I've been turtling.

Playing defensively is worse considering the burst-group setup mentioned above. I tried taking time to set up correct totems and purging the other team as much as possible before engagement, but I find myself going into turtle-mode more often than not when doing this rather than going for the initial hit.

I've managed to get 144 resilience, and planning to get the season 2 pants come wednesday and the honor-boots as soon as I can muster up the honor for them - bringing me up to 180-190ish resilience.

I was thinking maybe I'd try to group with a paladin in 2v2, mainly because of BoF that I long for sometimes during kite-fests (maybe it'll allow me to play more agressively), but by going that route there's not much CC to get. Anyone have any experience with that setup?

I'm not planning on competing at the 2300+ rating segment, but I'm not content at surfing 1600-1700 either. Any suggestions would be welcome.