Originally Posted by Lerrielin
S3, I started doing arena by going 8/11/42 with an MS warrior 2v. That was how I did the bulk of my learning, and after reaching 1850 with that team we stopped. I then joined a new 2v with a mutilate rogue while running 11/11/39. We capped out at around 1900 by the end of S3. My rogue partner and I are also in the same 3v and 5v teams, and while I understand that the style of play is very different in each bracket, I'm wondering if there's some sort of inherent things that we're not doing right.
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I myself, having a rogue know how this goes. Most people will tell you, under the 2100 bracket and what not you'll see some "special" teams. Builds that wouldnt hold their own against hardcore, skilled cookie cutter teams, yet just do decent against those learning. Most of the ones Ive encountered, are all about burst. While im assuming based on your ability and etc, that your healing to full extent, maybe your rogue is not saving his cooldowns for the correct times. Im not a rogue pro at all, just in my head it makes sense to not save COS (1 min cooldown, for dot remover, and spell dodge for 4 seconds). Also Evasion is saved a lot more. People always assume to use it when they are near death, which just seems wrong.
The cooldown will come back faster, when you use it, and it will do nearly the same job. (yes i understand situations arise where the healer is not available and it'll save your ass) In my opinion though, dodging that burst, whatever the teams are can be a stepping stone. Using COS or Evasion at the correct time should fix this minor delima. If you are referring to 3v3 combat, that is another story.
While druids 3 stack lifebloom can add about 1400 health, or so.. it doesn't stop dual damage. You'll be pretty certain to have to spam rej, swiftmend, regrowth, rej swiftmend regrowth, just to stay afloat. The main point of the matter would be to outlive the craziness by mana dump, so that you can get on a steady even keel. Hoping that your teammates can knock out the other healer, or an other dps.