shaeman
06-25-2008, 04:46 AM
I was sitting daydreaming about getting a team to 70 quickly and also trying to think about something other than 5 shamans. (doesn't mean I wont be levelling a team of them though).
I then thought about something that would be quick to level, good for pvp and might stand a chance of doing 5 mans.
I wanted something that would be quick to level, would be good for pvp (bg's mainly, not sure I'd try arena) and something that might be able to do 5 mans and possibly the odd heroic.
So I thought about a team of 4 hunters with a healer as support. I have a 70 shaman that could spec resto for healing duties, and it might be nice for the ranged attack buff (and bloodlust every 10 mins), also a mana spring totem or mana tide would help to keep the hunters shooting. I also have a 32 druid that I could pick up as the healer for when they level, or could have a priest level with them.
Some strengths I can think of.....
1. a mix of Frost traps /Freezing traps. Slow pulls down, brief crowd control for a couple of mobs. Snake traps.
2. Feign death - so long as it isn't resisted there might be scope to have a mob run between the hunters tanks to feign death dropping aggro. (cant remember the name of the other aggro reduction talent - is it feint or something).
3. Misdirection to pets as another form of crowd control... e.g park pets a big distance away with a freezing trap in front of them. misdirect a couple of mobs over to them (so taking them out of the fight for the amount of time it takes to run to the pet, get frozen, kill pet and run back.
4. Chain ... so can take a couple of hits (although not as good as shamans with shield)
5. SIlencing shot (If i spec at least a couple of hunters Marksmanship I can pretty much handle caster mob trash).
6. Intimidation for at least one interrupt. ( I can't remember if this is a beast mastery talent only). but I would have at least one BM hunter in the mix.
The biggest issue is lack of a tank (assuming I have a healer that can cope with healing the crowd), but if push comes to shove I could end up with a tank, healer and 3 hunter group, but ideally would try and run the 4 hunters and priests.
What do you think - A viable 5 man instance team? It would probably struggle with heroics though.
I'll do it anyway for the pvp side of things, but would love to hear the insights of more experienced boxers.
(perhaps even some that are running something like this already)
I then thought about something that would be quick to level, good for pvp and might stand a chance of doing 5 mans.
I wanted something that would be quick to level, would be good for pvp (bg's mainly, not sure I'd try arena) and something that might be able to do 5 mans and possibly the odd heroic.
So I thought about a team of 4 hunters with a healer as support. I have a 70 shaman that could spec resto for healing duties, and it might be nice for the ranged attack buff (and bloodlust every 10 mins), also a mana spring totem or mana tide would help to keep the hunters shooting. I also have a 32 druid that I could pick up as the healer for when they level, or could have a priest level with them.
Some strengths I can think of.....
1. a mix of Frost traps /Freezing traps. Slow pulls down, brief crowd control for a couple of mobs. Snake traps.
2. Feign death - so long as it isn't resisted there might be scope to have a mob run between the hunters tanks to feign death dropping aggro. (cant remember the name of the other aggro reduction talent - is it feint or something).
3. Misdirection to pets as another form of crowd control... e.g park pets a big distance away with a freezing trap in front of them. misdirect a couple of mobs over to them (so taking them out of the fight for the amount of time it takes to run to the pet, get frozen, kill pet and run back.
4. Chain ... so can take a couple of hits (although not as good as shamans with shield)
5. SIlencing shot (If i spec at least a couple of hunters Marksmanship I can pretty much handle caster mob trash).
6. Intimidation for at least one interrupt. ( I can't remember if this is a beast mastery talent only). but I would have at least one BM hunter in the mix.
The biggest issue is lack of a tank (assuming I have a healer that can cope with healing the crowd), but if push comes to shove I could end up with a tank, healer and 3 hunter group, but ideally would try and run the 4 hunters and priests.
What do you think - A viable 5 man instance team? It would probably struggle with heroics though.
I'll do it anyway for the pvp side of things, but would love to hear the insights of more experienced boxers.
(perhaps even some that are running something like this already)