Arena fun

Nothing like a few arenas to boost some energy.
The last days I've been doing some 2v2 with a guildie holy paladin.
Starting from 1500, it's notorious how Blizzard changed the scoring rules.
Last week, after winning 13:1, we've only gained 19 points.
This week was worse, 5:5.
According to Blizzard, it seems that one has to invest some time in playing, so that the win/loss ratio goes from <1 to >1, ie, playing 10 games a week is no longer possible if you want to go up the ranks and e.g. buy PVP weapons.

I've seen some difficult combos.

Warrior + Paladin: They both can do some massive AoE, fearing, interrupts, meaning it gets hard for a lock to live through it after demon mode wears off. It seems like chain fearing warrior might be the only way here, while pounding the pala continuously.

Shaman + Druid: They heal each other, so the only way again seems to chain fear one, and hit on the other. Usually the druid will be feral, so the shammy should go down 1st

Any combo with a disci-priest: Omg they are so hard to kill. For starts they have Shadow Resistance, then they have pain supression that saves them from a near death and allows them to go full hp again, and then... insta heals, volleys, the hell. It seems that a felguard is useless against these. Felhunter is the way.


Now...an improvement regarding what I've been doing is to use the voidwalker and sack him for shield, then summon the demon that's more appropriate to the incoming comobo, or felguard by default.

Btw, you will agree that lock preparation is a mess.

1 - Buff Fel Armor
2 - Summon pet (or voidwalker)
3 - Buff Soul Link
4 - Create 1st HS
5 - Trade HS
6 - Create 2nd HS
7 - Buff Invi and underwater breathing for all 3 toons.
8 - Create felstone(if needed)
9 - Apply felstone to weap.
(10 - Sack voidwalker for shield)
(11 - Detect combo and summon (non-insta) the right pet)

3.1 will be an important improvement, so that PVP glyphs (shadowburn crit below 35% hp is a must) can be used all the time.