Quad boomkins

[paranoidd]

Hey, i was thinking of making a quad boomkin arena team for now and cata. i already got a quad sham team to 2k so i know the quad arena game, but i was curious to here any input on what healer to use and the changes in cata how it will turn out. ty :)

[Shodokan]

Hey, i was thinking of making a quad boomkin arena team for now and cata. i already got a quad sham team to 2k so i know the quad arena game, but i was curious to here any input on what healer to use and the changes in cata how it will turn out. ty :)

This comp might work, but no one has actually done well with it.

[heyaz]

I think they could be a very good contender in large BGs. In cata BGs will be important and you won't have to arena to get top gear.

Out of the aoe magic classes, moonkins seem the most viable. You have stealth, armor, knockback, and heals. Mages are way too reliant on mobility (multibox blink and kiting? no way). Warlocks have some viability, good nukes like shaman (but not quite as reliable or hard hitting), dot and run (easily healed through, I did it back at 70 it was frustrating), and some rain of fire, SoC gimmickery in AV, but other than that I'm worried they'll just fall over like mages. Shadow priests seem fun, but they go oom, only have a few spells, and as far as being able to survive a barrage of melee and crap, they are worse than shaman.

Arenas... still looks like shaman are king, and dk+ret melee can get you 1800 or maybe even 2000 if you want to bang your head against the wall for months. No one has done much with moonkins in arena yet, I don't think they have the on demand burst they need and the tools that shaman have. but you could try :)

[Kicksome]

I think there are a couple 5x boomkin teams hovering close to 1800.

I think mine is at 1600 MMR, and I'm hardly trying. I'm going to try with a dedicated healer this weekened and see how it goes.

Fear is the thing that REALLY screws me. It's brutal...

[Zappy]

Xiopathe was over 1900 on his last week.

[Toned]

He xfered off my battle group :( we had some good games against each other.

[Shodokan]

I think there are a couple 5x boomkin teams hovering close to 1800.

I think mine is at 1600 MMR, and I'm hardly trying. I'm going to try with a dedicated healer this weekened and see how it goes.

Fear is the thing that REALLY screws me. It's brutal...
Screws almost everyone dude.

[ghonosyph]

I'm thinking of doing 4 boom and 1 shaman with the shammy played by a friend. My boomkins are 70 right now, but as they level the tricks you can pull off are amazing lol


In beta, druids have a few new tools that might get them to a Better place as well. Time will tell :)

[Kicksome]

Screws almost everyone dude.

That's why so many people play shamans in arena, you hardly notice it.

[Kicksome]

I just saw 5x boomkin in AV yesterday, they all had wrathful weapons, so you know they are 1800+, so there are people out there doing well with them.

[Zappy]

This comp might work, but no one has actually done well with it.

http://www.wowarmory.com/team-info.xml?r=Tichondrius&ts=5&t=No+Friend+Cleave&select=No+Friend+Cleave

Care to revise your statement? :D

One nice thing about this team is that if you do get feared, starfall continues to tick. It's the group stuns that really hurt (shadowfury, etc)

It's pretty interesting to see his make up though. He's been running with both a mage and a rogue for this 5th, so I'm assuming the mage/rogue is used to try and keep one of their healers locked down while starfall ticks.

He's also got some massive spell pen and the +SP on use trinkets which gives me some ideas to change on my weak boomkins.

[Shabu42]

My thought is no, now of course there will be always a few that can play it real well and know the ins and outs of how they interact with every class/comp, but if youre looking to start out with it, im going to say youre wasting your time. there are some many counters and disadvantages that even though the adv s mentioned before seem great, they dont matter that much in the scheme of comp pvp

[Toned]

He moved off my BG but if you look I went 29-11 vrs him ><

http://www.wowarmory.com/arena-team-report-opposing-teams.xml?r=Andorhal&ts=5&t=TotemFarm&select=TotemFarm

I still think 4 ele + a healer is the stronger comp :) If he catches you off guard though omg it's painful.