A Viable Variation of the Quad Shammy Gladiator Comp?

[asonimie]

3 Words: Ranged Mortal Strike
I've been very successful so far with the cookie cutter quad sham comp, but I've also been thinking of variations that would be non-disruptive, and add something to the comp... like an invaluable MS...

I had been chatting with my priest about how nice it would be to drop a shaman for a hunter... still boxed so he could follow my target changes effectively. He went and talked to a couple highly geared huntards who started spamming me to join lol (I'm the top rated 5v5 on our server).

Heres the idea, for my focus kill target, or any kill target for that matter, the hunter would bring MS to the table. Incredibly useful of course. I would probably lose a small chunk of dmg, because I don't know of any hunter abilities that can guarantee 8kish instant dmg like a shaman has, but it would be so useful for those times when that pesky warrior is left at 5% health... and gets rehealed before my CLs go off. I told the interested hunters that in order for it to work, they would pretty much have to give me their acct info and let me merge their hunter into my boxing setup during 5v5 nights, as a result they get 1k+ pts per week and gear :P

I probably wont do this, but its an interesting idea for any arena boxers who may have a hunter clone lying around.

PS... thats without taking into consideration ice trap, pet stuns, scatter shot, etc etc that a hunter brings to the table. BMs are doing some sick dmg in 5v5 I've seen.

[Negativ1337]

I was thinking of:

Get savage elemental gear.

Get full hateful enhancement gear.

Get a healer and a deathknight

Let DK follow your main.

DK grips, 3x stormstrike go off and BOOM someone must be dead.

Prolly wont work but enhancement is so fun to play

[asonimie]

Melee is the suck in arena unfortunately. There are so many gimmicks that sound awesome... just like instant lava burst sounds awesome and flawless... but it still requires surgical precision and a lil luck to use.

A PS, shield wall, or plate wearer in general would easily survive it, and then you're left with no MS, and no more tricks up your sleeve.

I admit tho, it would be hilarious when it DOES work.

[Clone]

I dont know if you where joking about using someone elses hunter account but it is against TOS to account share and it will get you banned when your opponents start QQ about it.

[asonimie]

No, that's what I told them as a reason why I won't let THEM play their hunter in my comp. It would only be viable if I am controlling it.

I just wish I had a hunter of my own I could test with. Too late in the season to be switching things up however, I'm racing against 1 horde team for #1 on the server, therefore gladiator.

[Ualaa]

They'd be ok playing their account, while you play yours.
It likely wouldn't win for you, due to lack of syncrosity and coordination.

If you were to play someone elses account, you'd both be banned in fairly short order.
Arena is high scrutiny. You might get away with someone elses account in an obscure location.
You won't when everything is checked and rechecked to see how they beat your team.

I wouldn't all of your accounts, guaranteed you'll lose them eventually.
In arena, probably sooner rather then later.

[asonimie]

Enough DeRailing. Im not going to play someone elses account. Just as I am not going to attempt this comp, or risk anything, until I get my Glad. this season.

I wanted to throw the idea out there, which I feel the numbers support, that someone may want to try this... as I feel it would be just as, or nearly as viable as quad sham.

[Maxion]

With some practice the hunter could set up to attack your target about as easily as your alts do, just have them set up focus or whatever targeting you use, and practice with you a bit.

[asonimie]

I thought about this too, and putting /assist on his Aimed Shot would work, the rest of his damage might be split tho. Also, usually my kill target is in front of me, but on occassions where some nub runs off alone, and tries to flank me, I will group-turn and gib them since they are guaranteed to not have nearby heals... granted this is a rare exception.

[magwo]

Pondered this many times while I boxed shammies.
A hunter brings not only MS, but also 41 yard snare, which is immensely useful for shammies that lack the long range catching ability, and pretty good healer interruption with pet.


However I would recommend playing the hunter as main character, to fully utilize him. You probably know how to play shammies inside out, so it will be much easier to use the hunter as your new main, and let the shammies follow with appropriate spells.