Running in circle

[SaraiE]

So, I was leveling my Pally(Proto) +4 elemental shamies in Zangarmarsh last night. In a cave for a quest, came this troll enhancement shammies at lvl64. Pally at 70, 4 shammies at 62. This troll shammy wiped my team. I was able to take him down to 10%, but he potted, but what he did was interesting.

He somehow was able to run around in circle and dual-dagger my team to death, with the wolves. I was not able to face him and fire or hit hit. I know, I suck with PVP, but then again, how the heck you beat somehow when he is running around in circles all the time.

Kudos to him/her for able to master the running in circle and daggering me to death. I summoned flame/searing totems and hit the nova button to spam aoe, but that was it. my Pally couldnt hit him, shammies could fire.

Advices/Suggestion to deal with this?

SaraiE

[thedreameater]

Should have a totem set drop for people who circle you like this - rogues, warriors, pallies, and enh shaman. It should include Earthbind, Magmax4, Stoneskin (remember, you have 4), Nature resist, Healingx3, cleanse, and grace of air.

I have frost shock and hammer bound to the same key and staggered - if I hit this key once the mob is hammered (stunned), if I hit it twice and the hammer doesnt hit, the FS does.

Spread out! He can't circle you all when you're spread out.

Your pally should have taken him out alone - you need to duel, read strats (don't read em on wowwiki - that site SUCKS and doesn't update their pvp strats), and get into BG more.

Losing is a good thing, it forces you to evaluate and improve. Even when you win, you shouldn't settle, you can always do better.

[cmeche]

One thing i like to do is just drop my magma totems on all and then spam heal whoever needs healing.....and then thunderstorm x4.

[Siaea]

Magmas, novas, earthbind, insta ghost wolf, get some range then you can nuke them down. Granted it'll be harder having a non shaman, but your pally can bubble

[modhackmaster]

So, I was leveling my Pally(Proto) +4 elemental shamies in Zangarmarsh last night. In a cave for a quest, came this troll enhancement shammies at lvl64. Pally at 70, 4 shammies at 62. This troll shammy wiped my team. I was able to take him down to 10%, but he potted, but what he did was interesting.

He somehow was able to run around in circle and dual-dagger my team to death, with the wolves. I was not able to face him and fire or hit hit. I know, I suck with PVP, but then again, how the heck you beat somehow when he is running around in circles all the time.

Kudos to him/her for able to master the running in circle and daggering me to death. I summoned flame/searing totems and hit the nova button to spam aoe, but that was it. my Pally couldnt hit him, shammies could fire.

Advices/Suggestion to deal with this?

SaraiE

Sadly, running circle is not a technical move as you expected to be: all you need to do is to spam "Interact with target" and your main "attack macro" buttons all together. You can try the follow steps for your melee teams:

1. Put all your slaves on follow with your main
2. Target your enemy with the main before in the melee range
3. Hit your attack macro (with /assist main) button
4. Hit your "Interact with Target" button
5. Just keep spamming your "3" and "4" (yes, spam the two keys, otherwise, they will run away from the opponent)

Result: You will see them running circle.
Note: Not all of them will do the circle move most of time, but enough to hallucinate the opponent that all of them are running circle. The killer part is, the opponent has hard time to dodge/block/parry the melee attack. If you try to counter the attack, follow the suggestions/instructions above(from the other posters). Or, park your team against a wall.


That is how exactly I do for my melee teams.

[ash1ey]

spam "Interact with target"

Does using interact with target make casters "follow" there target but not necessarily move so they stop casting?

[Ualaa]

If the lead toon was spamming, but the casters were not.
The casters would continue to follow the lead toon.

That would probably require mostly instant casts.
Or follow would interrupt the spell cast.