5.2 Arena experiences

[odyne]

Hey guys,

So being the lazy shit that i am i never actually read the patchnotes and am figuring things out as they come along (hello fade nerf). Anyways i did about 10 arenas, and i've noticed a few things.
Rogues do damage now apparently, i played with and against rogues a few times. They can put out quite a bit of damage, though i don't know just how viable they are.

Hunters however are clearly viable now. I met a hunter team twice, they played survival disc. Lost when i played with a rogue, the distrubing thing was my rogue mate ate traps but just died in the scatter. Won as disc prot, but still took a lot of damage, they definitely had kill opportunities.

So the point of this thread is basicly, what are your experiences and whats viable now? Hunters took me by surprise and i'm wondering what other viable classes/specs are around.

 

[Manaki]

Every single class/spec is viable with a disc.
Good rogues are amazingly hard teamed with a good disc.
Prot paladins are just as op as always
Prot warriors are now making a comeback.. just you wait and see one in the arena.
Incase you didn't know, disc shields can now crit now, reinforcing the need for dispellers in the team ~ inc 19k shield absorbs.
Shadow priests seem like they havn't been nerfed at all.. still insane 6k initial crits and then a massive burst damage with 3 dots and mindflay doing twice as much damage for the duration.

 

[odyne]

To me SP seems weaker tbh, i havn't played it myself just against it but less burst from DP, no fade to avoid shit and they seem to go oom quite fast

 

[dogform]

played rogue/boomkin with johnny and played 3-1 vs some survival/disc. after we lost we decided to fotm it up so went boomkin/disc and won everything #hardgame

 

[Meat]

Hunters have been sick since forever

 

[Awze]

Death Knights are actually healing well with Death Siphon. It is the only thing that makes them good IMO.

 

[Hypercranks]

Think 70 is overall more balanced, Sp's been nerfed slightly which has made a big difference, Rogues doing nice damage now and with prep baseline they have more than enough utility, Prot paladins are still the same and doing retarded damage out of nowhere, Mages doing sick damage now as frost. Think all classes are good if played right I'd say dk's are the worst class to twink atm, Also boomkins are killable quite easily now since displacer has been changed.

Won as disc prot

No shit man, rly? Would of never of guessed.

 

[dogform]

i'd actually say displacers beast has been buffed. the speedboost is sick. in my opinion the stealth didn't actually matter too much since dots were gonna get me out in 0.5 seconds anyway. sure you lose your target for quick moment but easy to catch the druid again. guess its up to you as a player, but i liked it better now

 

[Hypercranks]

Yeh, it's class dependant rly. For me thought it's a big nerf since displacer was usable while silenced / blanketed You back to 70 anyway?

 

[dogform]

nah i just dinged 90 on my rogue. more fun to kill healers in garrote kidney than do 1k starsurge at resistacking healers :<

to answer your post odyne, i think most classes are viable now except dk's. best comp in my opinion is still rsham/spriest and disc/prot (even stronger now). struggled some against disc/rogue actually so I suppose that is not too bad now either. but i bet most people agree with me when i say that no comp should beat disc/prot atm.

 

[zahia]

Playing prot warr atm with a spriest. Goes surprisingly well, 28-3 @ 2076 rating. 3 losses against disc/prot pala but we also won a lot vs that comp, so it aint impossible.

 

[halford v]

yh sp/prot warr is good + fun.


from sp pov

 

[Hypercranks]

nah i just dinged 90 on my rogue. more fun to kill healers in garrote kidney than do 1k starsurge at resistacking healers :<

to answer your post odyne, i think most classes are viable now except dk's. best comp in my opinion is still rsham/spriest and disc/prot (even stronger now). struggled some against disc/rogue actually so I suppose that is not too bad now either. but i bet most people agree with me when i say that no comp should beat disc/prot atm.

Holla if you wanna q alli bgs sometime

 

[odyne]

Derp just tried my DK, good god that class is beyond useless at 70 x)

 

[TWG]

Prot Warrior/Holy Pala is nice too :L

 

[Archy]

Derp just tried my DK, good god that class is beyond useless at 70 x)

Actually, the Blood specc is pretty good. Insane survivability and decent damage.

 

[odyne]

Actually, the Blood specc is pretty good. Insane survivability and decent damage.

Interesting, i specced blood and i'm loving it Now if only there was a single other twink to play with on kazzak >.<

 

[Hozuka]

I can join you Odyne for some Arenas. Still got my mage on Kazzak

 

[dogform]

Holla if you wanna q alli bgs sometime

will do maan

 

[Chicita]

How are Resto shamans? Good with S priests as said above? And how about boomkins and 3s comps?
cheers