[WoW] Looking for Feedback on Arena PvP

[Ellay]

I'd like to hear other stories out there of dual and multiboxers in Arena's. Your Pro's and Con's, and how well you are doing.

Thanks :)

[Djarid]

only another 48 levels and then I will share my experiences ;)

[Ellay]

To note I went up against a 4 Shadow Priest 1 Healer team this weekend. They were all played individually but it gave exciting possibilities for that class to be amazingly fun in the Arenas. They were at a 2k rating, sadly my Shaman overpowered them but they put up a good fight.

[Boogey]

I still try to find the best class^^ i have no 3x shamans on lvl 15 but i don't really like shamans.

So now i start 3Locks and 1 shadow priest, and with 70 i take a heal shaman with me to arena.
I just have to dot everyone and then run around :twisted:

[Bradster]

To note I went up against a 4 Shadow Priest 1 Healer team this weekend. They were all played individually but it gave exciting possibilities for that class to be amazingly fun in the Arenas. They were at a 2k rating, sadly my Shaman overpowered them but they put up a good fight.

You still Alliance? Or have you moved on to Mag?

[Ryan]

I'm leveling up 3 locks to try out 3v3 arena. They're at 51 now, so not much longer. I'm loving these leveling changes. And I can pretty much start off with the season 1 arena gear. I'm still not sure what spec or strat to go with, but I shall be sure to keep people up to date.

[TMNT]

Ellay i hear your not doing as well as you were in S2 with your shams? whats up?

[Slats]

I dont think hes doing that badly - people will be adjusting to his playstyle remember though - they know hes a serious threat.

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Smolderthorn&n=Aelli

What in paticular hurt you so badly with the Shadowpriests?

Since I play 4 Shadow Priests and a Paladin I am curious.

-Slats

[Shogun]

Once you get to a certain bracket you're going to be fighting a much smaller ammount of teams, and by now they'll all know who/what Ellay is, therefore tactics to counter him can be made. Doesn't mean they'll do badly, just not as well as with the element of surprise :)

[Ellay]

Hmm, where did you hear I wasn't doing good? :) If the season would end right now I would obtain Gladiator titles and get that nifty 310% speed armored nether drake mount.

My highest ranked team is 39th out of 5000 total teams in the bracket
For all 5v5 Teams on my server (Smolderthorn), I have the 8th place, 11th place, and 14th placed team.

Top team:
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/team-info.xml?r=Smolderthorn&ts=5&t=Your+Tears+Taste+So+Good&select=Your+Tears+Taste+So+Good&fl=1
next is
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/team-info.xml?r=Smolderthorn&ts=5&t=Tada&select=Tada&fl=1
I also have some other teams I help out guildies and friends on
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/team-info.xml?r=Smolderthorn&ts=5&t=Tryouts&select=Tryouts&fl=1

I have more teams on the way with other players, I just love playing 5's. I have beaten almost all the teams in the Top 10 on the entire bracket including #1 (several times) and #2.

Overall I am more powerful in season 3 than in season 2 because my gear is more fleshed out and more experienced. I only started up in Arenas half way through Season 2.

Right now the ratings aren't saturated enough yet like they were last season, they will be though in about a month - if I had to guess my 1919 rating is equivalent to a 2250 to 2300 rating from last season. So I'd say I'm doing awesome :)

[Ellay]

To answer some of the questions more specifically:


What in paticular hurt you so badly with the Shadowpriests?

Since I play 4 Shadow Priests and a Paladin I am curious.

Actually I never lost to the 4 Shadow Priest team in the 3 times I faced them, I just thought it was an awesome setup.

They have a very high amount of burst potential with a Mind Blast / SW:D combo, and then to finish it off with a Mind Flay which negates LoS if they try to run away.
This same strat is also able to be reproduced to another target within a small time frame making it a nice bread and butter combo.

The big drawback with them though is they unloaded everything on me and ran oom each game without killing a target.

[Slats]

They would have been better of dotting all 5 of you using LoS and then doing that combo. :/

Each taking a Shaman each and opening with Silence.

That would be my way of approaching you, but your guaranteed insta-gib move is scary and hard to deal with now you have the +dmg gear. :/

[Ellay]

Once you get to a certain bracket you're going to be fighting a much smaller ammount of teams, and by now they'll all know who/what Ellay is, therefore tactics to counter him can be made. Doesn't mean they'll do badly, just not as well as with the element of surprise Smile

I thought this way in the beginning, but if they are adapting to my playstyle I can too. With that I am able to counter a counter pushing the pressure back onto them. Arena's are a constantly evolving game style which makes it so much fun.

The biggest counter is Line of Sight and I have a solution to that on every map which catches every team off guard :)

[Ellay]

Broke 2k ratings and am ranked 19th!!! Front page yaaaaa
The name of my team is at the bottom "Tryouts"

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9849/top20pf6.jpg

[unit187]

I am thinking to do arena with shaman team in near future. Maybe you could do a small multibox shaman guide for arena for all those who go after you? :)

[Remote]

I just started doing arena. I posted a quickly slapped together vid though! XD

http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums2/viewtopic.php?t=2736

So far I'm just getting the hang of positioning and basic arena strategies. I'm having to unlearn everything I thought I knew about arenas. Even in my video, there are quite a few mistakes I could point out. I'm interested in what everyone else's thoughts are.

[Ellay]

I am thinking to do arena with shaman team in near future. Maybe you could do a small multibox shaman guide for arena for all those who go after you?

I can definitely put a guide together, I don't even mind if my opponents know my playbook. It's all about execution anyways.

Good movie Remote, I'm glad others are dabbling in the Arena's.

[Remote]

A playbook. I like this idea. /evilplan

Ty Ellay. =)

[samuraicow]

I am thinking to do arena with shaman team in near future. Maybe you could do a small multibox shaman guide for arena for all those who go after you?

I can definitely put a guide together, I don't even mind if my opponents know my playbook. It's all about execution anyways.

Good movie Remote, I'm glad others are dabbling in the Arena's.


hehe that and the other thing we tallked on, maybe you should combain them :p sounds like your going to be busy ^_^