Post by bdeboare
Just copying my post from the WoW forums to get a more diversity of replies if you don't mind:
Hey there everyone!
I was hoping to get some advice from experienced players about arena. I've been playing arena since a week and we're currently at 1400 rating. We don't communicate vocally yet, because my partner doesn't have a mic yet. He will buy one soon, so that will hopefully help a bit while CC'ing and coordinating.
SetupUnholy Death Knight with Restoration Shaman
TacticMost of the matches I start with Earth Shield on myself, then switch to whoever is being focused. Either LOSing and kiting with earthbind while keeping myself up by Riptide, ES and Stoneclaw. Or if my partner gets focused I switch ES on him as fast as possible and give him a Riptide, put Water Shield on myself and hide behind a pole.
When I'm not being followed by the enemy partner I start purging and healing.
I usually pop Bloodlust when the enemy player my partner is bursting has reached >50%.
However with all this we have been experiencing problems with the following setups:
Mage / Rogue
Warlock / Priest
<Mage / Rogue>TotemsEarth: Stoneclaw, Earthbind,
Fire: Flametongue,
Water: Cleansing,
Air: Nature Resistance, Grounding, Windfury
Unless their burst is manageable we can beat this team, it's a short fight most of the time for us or for them. Either they burst me down in the first 20 sec or they can't and we win because I can get up again and escape better after that initial burst.
<Warlock / Priest>TotemsEarth: Stoneclaw, Tremor,
Fire: Flametongue,
Water: Mana Spring,
Air: Grounding, Windfury
The problems I'm having here is basically with mana. Mana Burn paired with Mana Drain are too much for me. If Grounding is off cooldown and I get feared I eat atleast one Mana Drain before Tremor pulses. By the time that happens I'm in LOS of the healer and if he isn't bursted he gives me a couple of Mana Burns where I shock one of but can't get away from all.
Note: we notice we're sometimes paired with teams that outgear us, but not all. I'm also new to arena so it could be that I'm making some serious mistakes. This is from a healer's POV so perhaps it would be nice to get some other Restoration Shamans to react.
But feel free to post if you don't play any of the mentioned classes.
EDIT: Armory Link
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Al%27Akir&cn=Neyaweh&gn=Ravenous+Tempest