Multi-boxing 3's

[traedoril]

So I am almost 85 on my toons and I am considering running MLS/RLS. I know 5's is the favored bracket for the multiboxer but I am just curious if there are any multiboxer's out there running threes and if you can give me any tips or maybe what castsequence macro's your using to be successful. My goal isn't glad but I want to get 220 and get the better tier weapons. Any suggestions at all would be great.

[Nikita]

Shodokan broke 2,2 k running with 2 DKs and 1 holy paladin friend. But I doubt you would be able to get 2,2 running that comp by yourself.

Tell us your setup, what chars you are gonna play

[zenga]

Keep in mind that 2.2k now is not what 2.2k was last season. I see many 2.4k players from last season around 2k this season .... just pointing out that having realistic goals is not to be underestimated.

[Fat Tire]

Keep in mind that 2.2k now is not what 2.2k was last season. I see many 2.4k players from last season around 2k this season .... just pointing out that having realistic goals is not to be underestimated.

Much wisdom. Incredibly hard to get to 2.2 playing by yourself in 3s unless you cheat or pay. Of the comps you listed mls and rls, there is no fricken way.

Most people who have played all three characters in 3s get around 1800 max on avg, 3 frost dks, 3 ele shamans, 3 bm hunters(back in the day) and so on. Most success I have had with playing all 3 in 3v3 was 2 ele/ 1 disc priest. Z axis maps were a win and all others were 50/50, this was season 8 though so ymmv. 2 melee and another player as healer has worked best for me.

[Shodokan]

I've played;

Double dk/ret
Warrior/dk/ret
Tripple DK

All to 2200 by myself previously. Tripple DK was in s9 with stupid hungering cold and Double dk + hpally to 2400ish with hpally partner last season. (many SS of beating rank 1 players last season)

This season I'm already over 2k with double dk + hpally and double dk + ret, will likely hit 2200 tonight or tomorrow and then work on 5's.

This season i want to try:

Double ret + dk
Double ret + Random stuff with friends
Ret + DK + Rogue (rank 1 friends are helping me figure out how to best deal with no stealth rogue, but most tell me its not necessary)
DK + Ret + Insert random DPS with friends
TSG with friend hpally
Ret/DK/Priest or Ret/DK/Hpally with friends.

[Nikita]

Lets face it, boxing melee cleaves are alot stronger then boxing caster cleaves. If you want success in 3s, roll a melee team

[zenga]

I've played double blood dk last night, and went 16-3. It's stupidly easy, I even had some teams instantly leave as soon as the gates open and they saw double blood. Some people have no clue how to deal with blood dk's apparently. Got my ass handed by double mage and destro lock/ele (2x), but against any melee/melee or melee/healer and caster/healer it was faceroll.

Surprised me how many bad rogues there are btw, as a solo rogue should basically never lose against 1 or more blood dk's (not that he should win, he should just not lose). Can't imagine on higher ratings it's gonna be viable though. But against the stupid it's probably the easiest setup to get some rating and extra cp's.

[traedoril]

I said at the top I was considering mls rls but I could do ret/rogue/dk or another melee cleave. I just need to know how you deal with interrupts and castsequence macros.

[Fat Tire]

I said at the top I was considering mls rls but I could do ret/rogue/dk or another melee cleave. I just need to know how you deal with interrupts and castsequence macros.

You deal with interupt and macros like everyone else does, trial and error. I would use similar abilities for each class/button and arena target macros for interrupts and party1/2/3 for wogs and train the opposing teams healer. As you play and learn from losses change some stuff around.

Ret/Rog/DK is a good trip deeps comp, was thinking bout trying it out myself.

The current fotm in 3s is double blood dk/ rogue, its amazing.

[zenga]

The current fotm in 3s is double blood dk/ rogue, its amazing.

Any teams who get a decent rank like that? First time i hear of the comp, never seen it. I played blood solo with a rogue in 2s and it's pretty good, except against a rogue/healer (my rogue gets killed eventually while we get the healer, resulting in rogue vs blood dk, and well ... a rogue should never lose from a blood dk), ending in ties all the time.

[Fat Tire]

Any teams who get a decent rank like that? First time i hear of the comp, never seen it. I played blood solo with a rogue in 2s and it's pretty good, except against a rogue/healer (my rogue gets killed eventually while we get the healer, resulting in rogue vs blood dk, and well ... a rogue should never lose from a blood dk), ending in ties all the time.

Honestly I havent played it, I have played against it. On the ladders there is several 2200 teams, of course its a gimmick team,but you could say that about every single comp there to a degree. The rogue stays steath when cooldowns are down and you time the smoke bombs/strang after bombs. If you dont get a kill, rogue vanishes and you wait until cooldowns are back up. games can take a bit longer.

ret/rog/dk is good triple deeps that a boxer could do ok with though I think

[traedoril]

Cool thanks for the input I will be 85 by tommorrow on them and I am getting my legendaries by next week. Ret/Rogue/DK it is. Should I go Blood/Frost/UH for the DK?

[Fat Tire]

Cool thanks for the input I will be 85 by tommorrow on them and I am getting my legendaries by next week. Ret/Rogue/DK it is. Should I go Blood/Frost/UH for the DK?

Its all about blowing up the healer. Frost or UH would be great, blood is a waste because you have 1min to maybe 2 mins to win, if you havent downed their healer quickly its a loss. Only comp that counters it is pally healers

[traedoril]

For pallies wouldn't you just use sap, strangulate, blind, Hoj, Repentance and destroy one of his team mates in a smokebomb when he bubbles

[Nikita]

Sounds easy on paper :P 3 guild mates of mine did 2200 in 1 night doing rogue, DK and retri paldin.

[Fat Tire]

Sounds easy on paper :P

lol I was just about to reply with the same thing.

[Shodokan]

lol I was just about to reply with the same thing.

I played it last season, and i have multiple rank 1 friends who say that sap openings are just not necessary. Got to 2200 with ease, the only problem is that if you don't shadow step + shadow dance + garrote spam on a paladin team then you will likely lose and your burst is really negated. So if you are playing vs shatterplay or shadowplay with a hpally then you can bet your ass you will lose. If you can get your rogue vial of shadows from LFR and 2 piece PVE gear then you should have no problem globaling things while wings are up.

Prob the single easiest comp to box and get 2300+ would be double ret + dk. Anything without a paladin healer just dies, anything with a paladin healer you have so much CC for the paladin that with wings you should be able to blow up your target easily enough. Repent > repent (9 seconds of CC) > hammer > hammer (9 seconds of cc) > strangulate (6 seconds of CC). Tripple ret even works.

Ret/Rogue/DK is proably the hardest to play successfully since you have to lead from the rogue and maintain good macroing/ISBoxer settings for the dk/ret.

Playing 3's alone honestly is boring, and a lot of people love playing with dual-boxers for 3's (in my experience). So just run double ret or dk + ret and grab a friend for the 3rd.

[traedoril]

The only guy I actually enjoy playing with has a resto shaman, We have been playing together for 3 seasons now and its alot of fun, what two classes should I run with him? I have the ability to do any for the next month and a half I still have RAF XP.

[Nikita]

Go for DK + ret, or 2 x DKs

[Fat Tire]

Go for DK + ret, or 2 x DKs

This^

ret/dk/other player healer is my favorite comp for the past 2 seasons and any healer works, but need a few more macros for wogs/bops than dk/dk.

dk/dk works too, but I only like having a pally heals in that comp. I have played all the variations of melee/dk/healer.

[traedoril]

Sweet I'll gear up my DK towards frost then, I already have macro's setup for WoG, HoF, HoP, HoS on him so all I will have to do is turn on the keys that the macros are on.