Originally Posted by Errelno
Out of curiousity, what level are you generally playing arenas at? And what "brute force" are you under the impression that you have?
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You can armory me, but my 5v5 is 2365. We were in the top 10 of our battlegroup most of the season playing 5 or 6 different class compositions for fun. We havent played in a month(I think we are 15th currently) My 3v3 is 2293 that we got up in about 2 days of play. We will boost it to 2400ish on monday when our warrior gets back(he has been gone 9 days for thanksgiving). I played on a 2300 2v2 before we gave up out of sheer boredom.
Brute force aspects of the class I would consider to be extremely high heal throughput which cant be nerfed or it would make us useless in pve. High armor. No pushback on heals. Unresistable spells(think felhunter) Reasonable burst damage in a short span of time(Holy shock, JoR, HoW). Extreme mana efficiency if you are intelligent at all. These are all brute force abilities that require no real skill, subtlety or knowledge of game mechanics to play.
I play 4 70s in arenas from 1800-2200 in addition to my paladin. A rogue, druid, warlock and mage. A very close friend that is on my 5v5 and 3v3 plays a shaman at 2300 plus 2v2. Personally I think shamans are better off then pallies in 2v2. Not nearly as good as druids or even priests however. Shamans simply have more options.