seems talk of boxing mages is dead.

[natex]

Ok, so im looking around these forms and it seems everyone is talking about boxing shaman.

I understand they have high armor and can heal, but it seems to me that mages would be a more powerful choice for battlegrounds just because of the cc/stay put moves they have.

So are shaman really that worth it?

[Xaedra]

Most like the Shaman setups (x5 Shaman/x4 shaman + 1 Paly) because they are viable in both PVE and PVE. Can you instance as 5 mages without heals? Very unlikely. You can, however, do it with Shaman (or a well-balanced group). I am sure a x5 mage group would be awesome in PVP/PVE w/ out instancing. But personally, I'd much rather PVP 5 Warlocks

[Skuggomann]

If you wana own BG go for 4x lock 1x priest. Shammys are the best becoru of the totems + armor + heal + CL + Heroism x5

[Ughmahedhurtz]

A lot of us abandoned the squishies because they just die too damn fast. There's a balance in there somewhere between utility, survivability and DPS and shammies do a fair job of all 3.

[Zaelar]

Smart use of anti-fear totem > wotf.

[Emo?]

Well i dont like that everyone play shaman, takes away the kind of "rareness" from Multiboxing. But if they are best for pvp and pve.. well keep playing them. I enjoy my mages Every single day, and i can always laught my ass of when i play. Imo, choose what classes you whant (imo you should choose casters) and go with them, im sure you will find a fun way of playing them. Good luck

- Mages is not dead! -

- Emo?

[Quix]

I love my mages, they just don't hold up too well in arena (Probably related to My playing, not the mages). For everything else I want to do (BG, World PVP, Dailies, Heroics with a live tank friend)they rock.

But the shammies are wayyy more survivable in 5v5.

Overall i'd say my 4xmage 1 priest group is more fun than my shammies, but since my goal is 5v5 & I personally can't figure out how not to get Roflstomped on them in 5v5, I spend more time on the Shams.

[natex]

Well i dont like that everyone play shaman, takes away the kind of "rareness" from Multiboxing. But if they are best for pvp and pve.. well keep playing them. I enjoy my mages Every single day, and i can always laught my ass of when i play. Imo, choose what classes you whant (imo you should choose casters) and go with them, im sure you will find a fun way of playing them. Good luck

- Mages is not dead! -

- Emo?

I agree completely. Everyone boxes shaman, I kind of want to be unique. When i think of the 4mages/1healer team or 5mages I imagine someone flying around Outlands.. then out of nowhere... Fireblast, POM-quad pyro!! slowfall. Now that is destruction.

The main reason I want to stay away from shaman is because there are two guys on my server who box them and I have seen, on many occasions, two mages knock them all out with arcane explosion. I think If I were doing sunwell dailies and someone jumped me, quad trinket / POM pyro or Arcane explosion would be WAY more effective then trying to cast CL and earthshock. If I saw 5 shaman I would be way more inclined to mess with them then if I saw, lets say 4locks or 4mages +healer.

anyways. I hate being indecisive.

Edit: ohh just imagined the possibilities of having 4 SL SL locks,a deathcoil round robin chain and stacked dots (do the dots stack? if not seems to be a lot less of what I want in arena.)

[kllrwlf]

My Mages are just too squishy. Nice fire-power from a distance and for PVE.

For PVP, they die pretty quickly.

[keyclone]

well.. if you'd like a challenge, and do something very few have tried.. you could try 5x warriors



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