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panny · 01/30/08, 10:41 PM

Highly doubt anyone would mistake a Shaman with 5-6k mana as anything but Enhancement. Starting with a Shield is a good idea though. I bought my S2 shield last season just to avoid capping my points, but it's turned into a great investment. When a Rogue opens up on you, it's pretty likely that you'll be stunned and unable to attack for awhile anyway. May as well start with an extra 500 HP and 5000 armour.

In fact, with the shield, I've won almost all my duels against rogues and warriors (with them being S3 geared). In a recent 2v2 match, we had two Rogues use their various CC to take my Priest out of the fight for something like 20-30 seconds and when he finally came out of DR, I was still at 45% health!

I've been moving slowly up and hit 1818 in Bloodlust's 2v2, but I am getting knocked down again due to facing teams that out gear us (S3 weapons/shoulders) while my Priest is still in his S1 robe. That, combined with the higher levels of skill, makes it pretty hard to beat those really annoying combos (mostly anything with a warlock or druid or rogue).

I got a 3v3 with Warrior/Druid up to 1818, but we tended to lose to mages. My druid mentioned that he couldn't cyclone due to the fact he'd get counterspelled, which usually meant that the 2nd dps (usually a rogue) could keep me locked down enough for the mage to sheep the warrior, keeping pressure off their team. He also had trouble healing one of us through a shatter + 1 combo. I really feel that for a 3v3 team that's not 3dps, you'll need a strong ranged class as well as a good counter for snares (in the form of dispels, BoFs or stun lockdown). My next thought is to try Holy Paladin/Hunter. Lots of snares from the Hunter, some draining, strong ranged damage without being too vulnerable to melee as well as MS. Paladin for BoF makes for a slippery hunter or an unstoppable shaman, and BoSac makes CCing the healer less of an issue. Any thoughts?

01/30/08, 10:41 PM	#254 (permalink)
panny role != roll Hortez Tauren Shaman <Offline> Barthilas	Highly doubt anyone would mistake a Shaman with 5-6k mana as anything but Enhancement. Starting with a Shield is a good idea though. I bought my S2 shield last season just to avoid capping my points, but it's turned into a great investment. When a Rogue opens up on you, it's pretty likely that you'll be stunned and unable to attack for awhile anyway. May as well start with an extra 500 HP and 5000 armour. In fact, with the shield, I've won almost all my duels against rogues and warriors (with them being S3 geared). In a recent 2v2 match, we had two Rogues use their various CC to take my Priest out of the fight for something like 20-30 seconds and when he finally came out of DR, I was still at 45% health! I've been moving slowly up and hit 1818 in Bloodlust's 2v2, but I am getting knocked down again due to facing teams that out gear us (S3 weapons/shoulders) while my Priest is still in his S1 robe. That, combined with the higher levels of skill, makes it pretty hard to beat those really annoying combos (mostly anything with a warlock or druid or rogue). I got a 3v3 with Warrior/Druid up to 1818, but we tended to lose to mages. My druid mentioned that he couldn't cyclone due to the fact he'd get counterspelled, which usually meant that the 2nd dps (usually a rogue) could keep me locked down enough for the mage to sheep the warrior, keeping pressure off their team. He also had trouble healing one of us through a shatter + 1 combo. I really feel that for a 3v3 team that's not 3dps, you'll need a strong ranged class as well as a good counter for snares (in the form of dispels, BoFs or stun lockdown). My next thought is to try Holy Paladin/Hunter. Lots of snares from the Hunter, some draining, strong ranged damage without being too vulnerable to melee as well as MS. Paladin for BoF makes for a slippery hunter or an unstoppable shaman, and BoSac makes CCing the healer less of an issue. Any thoughts?