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Disc/Arcane Mage...Rogues own us.
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Post by
Erethzium
I'm in a 2v2 arena group with a buddy, an Arcane Mage, and I'm a Disc Priest. Whenever we get in an arena with a Rogue, we always end up getting owned, mainly because we've got no way to remove the poisons that are constantly being spammed on us, so the rogue just uses -50% healing poisons and burns me down first. Even through bubbles and Pain Suppression, rogues seem to be our biggest problem.
If we can kill the rogue, then we pretty much win. IE, if he doesn't trinket out of my fear or the mage's sheep, and then stunlock me some more.
I'm just wondering what the hell I can do to get the damn poisons off of me. Slowing poison and -50% healing are the ones they use pretty much all the time. I also know to put DoTs on him so that he can't stealth.
I'd go Holy to get Body and Soul, but I like Disc a lot better for Arena.
Also, I've got just under 800 Resilence, which will be going up to about 860 once I get 50k Honor.
Post by
Eleazer
Has your buddy ever heard of polymorph? What mage does arenas as Arcane? Tell him to go Frost and than blow the snot out of that rogue.
You do realize you are a disc priest and everyone hates you? you can heal through it all and dispell, Penance and renew and flash heals are all more powerful than the 50 percent nerf.
My theory is both you and your mage have no idea how to CC the rogue and kill his partner or CC his partner, fear him and then blow him up. Smite/holy fire combined with mage deep freeze is ugly.
Post by
Lightrain
Control the mage so he can't spell steal your priest. Once you know the rogue has trinketed(probably right after fear), poly spam his azz and take on the mage. Once the rogue gets to DR, nova him with your priest farther away so he has to try to nuke you, then you should be able to CC chain him again.
Arcane is the anti caster mage. Get in combat. Sap will reduce your chances of winning by an extreme amount. Use PoM for poly, probably on the rogue after trinket.
The rogue will only have one way out of your CC, and CoS doesn't last too long. Nova, slow, and poly will take the rogue out of the equation after trinket and cloak, while slow will keep the rogue from kiting too badly.
The priest's dispells will be the end of the mage quickly.
Post by
Erethzium
Er, did you two read? The mage is my PARTNER, not the enemy. He refuses to go Frost, though. He's an arcaneaholic. I'll tell him these though.
Post by
Lightrain
Yes, I read it. The mage is the one with the problem. As a priest, you can't control anything. He has to learn how to save your azz or you will always lose to rogues. UD rogues will be more difficult as it's harder to get a trinket out of them.
Also, arcane is really squishy with lower gear levels. That's why most grinding mages go frost till their gear score/resil/partner's skill is enough to play arcane.
Post by
Erethzium
Yes, I read it. The mage is the one with the problem. As a priest, you can't control anything. He has to learn how to save your azz or you will always lose to rogues. UD rogues will be more difficult as it's harder to get a trinket out of them.
Also, arcane is really squishy with lower gear levels. That's why most grinding mages go frost till their gear score/resil/partner's skill is enough to play arcane.
I don't think gear is the problem. In his PvE set, his gear score's over 2900, and he said that he's got 900 Resilence in his PvP set. To tell ya the truth, I'm the one who's noob to arena XD
I mean, we HAVE won against Rogues before, it's just most of the time the rogue somehow burns me down in a matter of seconds and we lose. I mean, one rogue even crit me for 7k!
Post by
Eleazer
@ange - 7k is nothing in arenas. I got globaled by a bloody lock 18k health gone in 1.5 seconds woot! If you are a noob to arenas, you need to get yourself familiar with your oh snap buttons. Bubble/pain suppression, but in the end it's your partner's job to keep you from being wiped up. As a mage he has enough CC to lock down that rogue before you get wiped out.
Your mage is the one with the issue. He keeps you alive, you keep him alive that's how it works. It sounds like he is trying to kill off someone and just hopes you survive. Mages have to CC or you both die.
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