Arena 2v2 combo's..

[Louhi]

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I have just recently started doing arena pvp 2v2, and I am looking to see if there is anything that can help with combo's. What I mean by this is I mostly go in with a hunter (I am a warlock btw), and we can usually tear things up, except when we come against certain combination of classes. I also go in with a holy spec priest (he is a BU), and thuogh we did ok, we still had to learn about what we could do together.

So I am wondering is there something that will help in learning about different 2v2 pvp combinations, and how they can work together. Now I know that I know how to play my class, but I am more interested in how 2 different classes can integrate to be a combat whole. How to help strengthen each other, and downplay weaknesses.

Is there anything like that out there? THanks!! :grin:

[xDarkDrifterx]

Not sure - maybe try getting yourselves into some sticky situations with peeps in practice or regular pvp to see what strengths and weaknesses you each posses in terms of /assisting one another.

Obviously always try to CC one and Focus Fire on the other . . . dunno short of that as I have yet to do anyhting more than practice and read varying discussions on match ups.

Although, I would assume people could give you some more insight and more answers if you were to talk a bit about which match ups you guys have had the most problems with.

Druid (feral) + Druid (balance) vs Us - kind o' thing.

GL in Arena's.

[Shadowchild]

Mage + Lock

[tenmohican]

Druid + rogue imo would be the most difficult lineup.

The duo's that are the best share these qualities imo.

1.) instant cast abillities
2.) heavy crowd control and/or burst dps.
3.) highly mobile tactics

If your class has 2 of those 3, you probably are going to get higher ranks easier.

Warlock/Mage would do pretty good vs everything except a group with a priest or warrior... which Good luck w/ that. Also, long term classese that have a specific color damage, are going to become vanilla overall as people get their resiliency gear(which tbh, isnt terribly difficult to stack).

[elementalistmage]

Mage + Lock

This is what i run with. Im a mage, i either spec elementalist or 17/0/44 and my partner is 41 demo 20 ... no sure what the rest is in :tongue: he respecs alot, but allways demo. We usually keep a 1900 or so rating. Thats not bad considering our gear. Im in 3 epics/a few blues/ and greens and my partner has 2 epics/3 blues/and lots of ****ty greens.

Basically we never sheep as sheep blows now in pvp. 90% of teams either can use trinket to get out of it or have a class to dispel it. We keep the healer under control with Counterspell and Deathcoil/Fear while we burst the other one down.

Make sure both of you have healthstones and get the mage to make you food. Having food/water in arena is a lifesaver many times, especially in long fights. Its easy to drop combat and get a few ticks of food/water in before they hit you agian 1v1.

If you are afliction you would be better off with a 40/0/21 or 40/21/0 mage for his AP/PoM/?? burst to compliment your sustained DoT dmg. Dots are great untill you play a healer who just heals through the dots. Thats where the mage comes in. His CS will save many games for you as well.

[Malevia]

My 2 man team is me (24/37/0 warlock) and a resto shaman. we tear through teams pretty easily.

The most comon teams i've seen is rogue/rogue, rogue/druid druid/druid. for some reason people think stealth teams rule. My felhunter begs to differ though.

I usally create my pet, soul link, create healthstones, cast see invis, cast fel armor while in the pens. if i fight another lock i check his pet. if i see a succy i'll usally place a dot on it instead of banishing it outright. The dot prevents it from seducing anyone and leaves the other lock with a uncontrolled pet. Also I use shadowward to stop damage from locks/shadow priests (ive not seen many locks use this spell in arenas so i wonder if they even validate its use).

[Thumbtack]

My Team:

Holy Paladin / Affliction Lock

Most Over powered:

MS Warrior / Holy Paladin

[Richakin]

well im about ot ding 70 and play with a few friends.

my priest and my bosses from work Rogue(heavy sub spec)

than also have a arms warr, or DW enhance shaman also to run around with.

not sure how my priest is gonna go in arena, probably try shadow at first, than if it works i'll stick with it, or give a disc/holy spec a try. the rogue ill be doing 2v2 with is amazing. Seen some vids hes captured where he is in AB and takes out 2-3 people w/out breaking a sweat, so i might just go disc/holy to keep him alive =)

[Pongle]

Warlock IMO go well with BM Hunter, any healer, shadow priest, mage, or another warlock.

Rogues amplify issues with Warrior+Paladin (all the above, sans BM Hunters really help vs that combo), Warriors are quite easy to CC/Ignore, DPS shamans are just useless in the smaller brackets, non-BM hunters are like Warriors.

[Thumbtack]

heh

your joking right?

warriors quite easy to CC?

Warriors is the only reason teams win in 2v2 and 3v3 as it is. You dont need much skill when every win relies on MS being applied to the targets.

[Pongle]

Warriors is the only reason teams win in 2v2 and 3v3 as it is. You dont need much skill when every win relies on MS being applied to the targets.

Which is why most top 2v2 teams are Warlock + Caster/Healer..

AMIRITE?

[xDarkDrifterx]

After 2 seasons I would have to say that my 2 team (2 BM hunters- yes I respecd for arena - first time as a BM) own fairly nicely . . .

Until we go up against a team with a lock and a shadow preist who can actually play. Talk about getting chain feared till you're dead . . . ughhhh.

I just said this in another post yessterday, but man does that team makeup usually work nicely. I say usually b/c we have won against this team makeup, just not usually unless we get the drop and even then . . . :tongue:

[Clavina]

I spec arms for the arena and quite enjoy teaming with my holy pala friend

[YuanTi]

My 2 man team is me (24/37/0 warlock) and a resto shaman. we tear through teams pretty easily.

The most comon teams i've seen is rogue/rogue, rogue/druid druid/druid. for some reason people think stealth teams rule. My felhunter begs to differ though.

I usally create my pet, soul link, create healthstones, cast see invis, cast fel armor while in the pens. if i fight another lock i check his pet. if i see a succy i'll usally place a dot on it instead of banishing it outright. The dot prevents it from seducing anyone and leaves the other lock with a uncontrolled pet. Also I use shadowward to stop damage from locks/shadow priests (ive not seen many locks use this spell in arenas so i wonder if they even validate its use).

meh,if you use that against a priest and he does'nt dispel it of you immediatly he has to L2P! (shadow ward that is):azn:

[waytofailself]

i'm in a resto druid/bm hunter team, and while we're still figuring out the PvP thing and gearing up, it is nice to see that so many teams really have no idea what to do against us because it's a pretty rare match up.

Warlocks give us the most trouble. I'd hate to meet a warlock/pally team, but I haven't yet.

[Kugan]

Mage + Lock

That is so scary. We faced one of those teams last night (Holy Paladin + Warlock against Mage + Lock). Usually when the match is over we will discuss strategy, what we did wrong, how we can improve, etc.

When we exited that match there was only one thing to say:
“WE CAN’T DO ANYTHING AGAINST THAT TEAM!!!” :laugh:

[Athame]

I'm currently 2v2ing as an elemental shaman with a BM hunter. I didn't expect us to do particularly well with that setup, but it's fun and even though it is the first week we are winning more than losing at the moment. Rogue/rogue doesn't stand a chance, and we do manage to win against warrior teams if the second class is a DPS, but against the pally+war team we have no viable strategy yet. It's fun though, fights are really different, because against some teams I need to dps like crazy and others I have to spam heal and run like lassie. I think the reason it works so far is that they usually can't take me down quickly enough to allow the hunter to be ignored - a hunter with bloodlust is very lethal.

[Lalaust]

I was thinking of making a shadowpriest + shadowpriest team with a friend of mine. Or a retribution paladin + shadowpriest - depends on how high my paladin would be at that point.

How would it work? Just totally burst a target, and hope for Imp. VE too keep us alive and running?

[Kugan]

I was thinking of making a shadowpriest + shadowpriest team with a friend of mine.


Can't really tell you how that will work, but I can tell you this:
If I ever face that in the arena, I'll just lean back and close my eyes. :cry: