Boris_amj
OG
For reference, I'm a warrior.
Too many times I've seen imba twinks losing fights against other twinks simply by lack of knowledge of the class they're fighting.
That's why in my guild I organise training duels.
The purpose of these are to learn how other classes fight, their strengths and their weaknesses.
We test shooting and casting ranges.
We learn how to counter each other tricks.
For example, if you're a rogue and I Disarm you, just kite me for the duration (but don't forget to throw something at me to stop me from using my Charge, or just in case I'm bandaging).
If you suddenly spam Evasion, I change to Defense stance, equip my shield and kite you for a while (Overpower is too unreliable in this case).
For rogues I always urge them to use finishing moves as soon as they're available (you'd be surprised how many just don't bother with them).
So we try Eviscerate, then we test Slice'n'Dice, then Expose Armor, etc.
Using Recount, we check general damage and reliability and find the best performance for the specific rogue.
For warriors I test changes in stances, the effect of Sunder Armor, Shield Block, etc.
I have created a macro for swapping a 2-H weapon for a sword and a shield.
For rogues, I recommend they create macros for this specific situation:
- Macro: Stealth while equipping a dagger in Main Hand
- Sap
- Macro: Ambush while equipping sword in Main Hand
I'm fighting a Hunter.
"Oh noes! He's done a Concusive Shot at me and he's constantly running away. Hunters are so overpowered (QQQQQQQQQ)"
But hey, the Concussive Shot debuff icon shows a countdown. And the cooldown for CS is 12 seconds, so he's not going to repeat that any time soon. If I could just time my Swiftness Potion to coincide with the end of the last second, I will run fast enough to catch the Hunter and apply a Hamstring on him faster than you could say "pwned"".
Anyway, you see my point: knowing your class is not enough. You need to know what other classes can do before you can beat them.
I also want to emphasize that this exercise is only to improve your personal fighting skill.
When you go to WSG, there are other training exercises we practise.
I will explain some of these in another post.
Too many times I've seen imba twinks losing fights against other twinks simply by lack of knowledge of the class they're fighting.
That's why in my guild I organise training duels.
The purpose of these are to learn how other classes fight, their strengths and their weaknesses.
We test shooting and casting ranges.
We learn how to counter each other tricks.
For example, if you're a rogue and I Disarm you, just kite me for the duration (but don't forget to throw something at me to stop me from using my Charge, or just in case I'm bandaging).
If you suddenly spam Evasion, I change to Defense stance, equip my shield and kite you for a while (Overpower is too unreliable in this case).
For rogues I always urge them to use finishing moves as soon as they're available (you'd be surprised how many just don't bother with them).
So we try Eviscerate, then we test Slice'n'Dice, then Expose Armor, etc.
Using Recount, we check general damage and reliability and find the best performance for the specific rogue.
For warriors I test changes in stances, the effect of Sunder Armor, Shield Block, etc.
I have created a macro for swapping a 2-H weapon for a sword and a shield.
For rogues, I recommend they create macros for this specific situation:
- Macro: Stealth while equipping a dagger in Main Hand
- Sap
- Macro: Ambush while equipping sword in Main Hand
I'm fighting a Hunter.
"Oh noes! He's done a Concusive Shot at me and he's constantly running away. Hunters are so overpowered (QQQQQQQQQ)"
But hey, the Concussive Shot debuff icon shows a countdown. And the cooldown for CS is 12 seconds, so he's not going to repeat that any time soon. If I could just time my Swiftness Potion to coincide with the end of the last second, I will run fast enough to catch the Hunter and apply a Hamstring on him faster than you could say "pwned"".
Anyway, you see my point: knowing your class is not enough. You need to know what other classes can do before you can beat them.
I also want to emphasize that this exercise is only to improve your personal fighting skill.
When you go to WSG, there are other training exercises we practise.
I will explain some of these in another post.
