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While getting curbstomped by gladiator teams can feel really bad and get frustrating, these games can help you learn a lot more than some of the close games if you can find the things that caused you to lose. Sometimes you die so fast that you cannot tell what you did wrong but other times if you can drag the game out long enough, you get to better understand what the other team is doing and how you might counter it. While this is not always possible, some matches you can drag out quite a while.
One example I have is on my Shaman when we were playing to 1850 we got paired vs a 2100 lock/pally team when we were at 1840. While we lost, it was not fast and I know exactly why we lost. (I made a stupid error) If we play any of those teams that are legit 1800’s I am pretty sure that we could beat them now that we better understand how that comp is played at a higher level. Winning these games is not as important as figuring out why you lost and how you can get better.
The second example I would offer is week one of season 3, I had been 70 for less than a month and went from 70 resilience to about 200 in a day and my partner picked up the 4 set warrior bonus. We played for a few hours after the servers came up and a few other times that week for about 30-40 games just so we could play these teams, even if we had no chance at winning them. Overall we faced quite a few 2k+ teams but we learned a lot from playing them and are better off because of it.
The times you really do not want to face these re-roll teams is when you are trying to get over the 1850 mark for the first time, we got lucky and only lost 3 points in the game in this situation and got it next game but running into 3 gladiator teams at 1840 and ending back at 1800 is extremely frustrating as your short term goal is more important for you than the long term one.
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