Input Wanted -- Creating a Heroic Team

[Balduran]

Hi mates, just needed to reply on this, since i have many times asked myself the same question

I have Pally, Priest, 2 x firemage, firelock setup. I AOE through heroic ramp, botanica, UB, SL and for MT i havent managed to AOE there yet (normal is fine)

You get massive AOE, u get CC all if needed (MT), and u get nice buffs, but the burst dmg is the best. I have 3x shammies comming up ( at 42 ftm) for PvP. When i do quests, dailys or grind, i ride around and just AoE everything down.

Hope you have a great time with your team. nomatter what your setup is

[Mercurio]

I have Pally, Priest, 2 x firemage, firelock setup. I AOE through heroic ramp, botanica, UB, SL and for MT i havent managed to AOE there yet (normal is fine)

I'm quite familiar with firemages, but a firelock? Some kind of Destruction spec, I assume? Would be nice to see a toon name to check out the exact spend of talent points. And for lock AoE do you SoC or Hellfire or Rain of Fire?

I'm considering a similiar setup, so any info would be appreciated

[Balduran]

Character name is Cayla on Daggerspine EU, But the spec is 0/21/40 DS/S&F , basicly sacc your imp, and do immolate, incineratte, conflag. With Curse of Elem, and 5x im scorch, u get immense Burst dmg. And when i AOE i do HF, 550 dmg/sec so its nice. I counter this with CoH or Holy nova.

[Greythan]

Firelock is a destrction focused build. Very high fire (obviously) based burst DPS. Locks often spec that way when raiding/grouping with firemages to built off each other's ability to increase fire crit percentages, etc.

[Mercurio]

Thanks for the info, guys. It is a very interesting spec. I've been to the bottom of the affliction and demonology trees before, but not destruction. I didn't realize you could do destruction so efficiently while just picking up fire talents.

Now that I have a 2nd lock at 70 I can put together an AOE heroic team consisting of:

1 prot pally

1 fire mage

1 holy priest

2 locks

I originally leveled a 2nd one to 70 so I could put out SoCx2, but I'm interested to try the firelock thing out too. Fun fun!

Only thing is, yesterday I spent a whole bunch of resources getting a Frozen Shadoweave Set for the new lock (the other is in epics, so no change needed). Guess I'll need to start my four spellcloth tailors blowing their cooldowns.

Thanks again

Oh, and sorry for the threadjack. I'm done now (I think).

[accretion]

Based largely on y'all's advice, I'm now working up my Shaman trio to join my 63 Pally and either my 70 Hunter or my 40 (and soon-to-be levelled) Mage. They hit 20 last night and I should be able to hit Outland in a month or so. I'm definitely warming to the idea of a Hunter for low-hassle DPS, pet buffs and some other utility. I may ultimately end up with a Mage, but I'll start with a hunter and see where that goes. I hope that Pally/2xDPS Shamans/1xResto Shaman/Hunter will be able to tackle most Heroics eventually. We shall see.

[Akoko]

Prot pally, 3x mage, resto shaman is probably the easiest group to control. Possibly switch mages with any ranged/caster DPS class, however mages are most useful.

[accretion]

Yeah, I thought hard about that combo as well. The main drawbacks I saw were the "squishiness" of the team as well as few totems, which seem to be very powerful for instances. Although that group would be sick for AoE.