WSG Strategy

[Memn]

I have finally reached a maturity with my main group (Pal, Priest, 3x Mages) that I can actually contribute to winning a BG. I don't top the DPS meter, but my priest usually leads healing, and my mages are 3,4 & 5 on dps or so. I've had some moderate luck in WSG lately, but the strategy I've been using is different than the defensive strats I've seen posted.

Basically, I have found it very helpful to play offensive, but not front line. I will usually follow a warrior or feral druid into the enemy flagroom and help keep that player up and secure the room while they capture. I will then escort as best as I can, while burning down chasers and interceptors. Once the flag runner is back on our side, I go back on the offense to get back our flag, usually with the help of a rogue or hunter. Using this strategy, I find myself in the enemy flagroom more than anywhere else, and I've had a number of wins with this strat. Playing defensively, it always seems like I deter them from attacking until they have the numbers to take me out. By assisting the offense, they can't focus on me, or they will let our flag runner through.

[Dominian]

the problem with defending as a boxer is that it takes a druid and a clever cc'er.

If the druid caps the flag from stealth and does a feral charge on your team mate you cant catch up with him.

[merujo]

druids can be taken down.

problem are rogues with cos.

[Memn]

The problem is they don't have to beat you, they just have to get past you, which means they really only have to disorient your main long enough to get out of the room.

I say, best defense in WSG is a good offense... for boxers, that is. Bonus: the losses are quick....

[xtobbenx]

I discovered that corpsing the enemy flag room was a good way to do WSG, with 4 shammys i basicly take their flag room, totem it up completly and making it imposibol for them to return any flags without geting one shoted, which normaly happens a few times before they figure out whats going on in there. Its a good strategy, try it :D

[Bluepants]

If i play with a PvE spec, i tend to camp their GY ;)
ToW makes mana last alot longer ;)

[Ughmahedhurtz]

If i play with a PvE spec, i tend to camp their GY ;)
ToW makes mana last alot longer ;)Apparently, you're not the only one.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9336573939&sid=1

[Naysayer]

If i play with a PvE spec, i tend to camp their GY ;)
ToW makes mana last alot longer ;)Apparently, you're not the only one.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9336573939&sid=1hahaha

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[Dominian]

Haha that tactic was awsome i will have to try it when i farm my wsg marks since i assume theese marks will be the biggest pain to farm?

[noir]

You know, GY camping has been around since the first day WSG opened its gates. It has nothing to do with 5-boxers. XD

In the 50-59 bracket, I would solo camp the H GY on my then 500 spell dmg 59 demo lock... I could keep them camped a good 10 minutes before 4-5 would team up versus me, solo. (1v3, I won the majority of the time, 1v4, not so much.)

[Nixi]

In WSG, if the other team is pisisng me off bad enough and the rest of my team is hopeless, i'll go over toward the tunnel entrance on the Ally side (i'm horde) and just start going all out on their Res'ers coming down while watching for the flag running to make their way back. I'll be able to tie up a ton of their team, in something that ends up being a protracted loss, but it makes me feel better inside to exert my dominance over the opposing team. I'll usually end the match with some ridiculous Killing Blow/Death ratio, and of course, still lose.

If my team isn't completley hopeless, the most effective strategy I've found to use in WSG is a 10 man rush and just gib the enemy flag carrier on the way back home. Anytime the opposing team has smart rogues, or an abundance of mages it's usually bad news for me, and that aggressive strategy won't work. (saps, blinds, frost nova, rogues jumping my followers, etc) and I'll have to just set up shop in the middle somewhere trying to tie up as many of their guys as possible instead of going for the their flag. I'll only GY camp if they are REALLY pissing me off.

I think just like one time I got 2 awesome hunters on my team that watched our base. They didn't let the allies go very far when they captured our flag and we did an 8 man rush. It was a memorable match because we weren't up against scrubs, and those 2 hunters were just amazing.

[defactoman]

I used to try and defend but all it took was one rogue with Cloak of shadows and sprint to run past me. So I moved to running offense which has worked pretty well. I will get the flag, pop wolf form and run out. Between my alts killing and healing power I can usually make it across the map to help by the time im OOM or overwhelmed. At the start of the match I will usually thin out their offense so I can kill the flag carrier on the way back if possible.