new to arena

So last night my brother and I tried our first arena matches (2v2), it
was humbling to say the least. I am playing a demo warlock and he is
playing a MM hunter, noticibly lacking synergy. I even went as far as
respecing to destr because he was more a cc than a dps toon. We went
2-7 for the night, and our 2 wins were a fluke. On the first win it
was because there was only one person to fight, and the second win was
a slaughter on people worse than us. Neither of us really have the
gear since we just started , but he was a few things that he bought
from doing BGs.

1) Is it even feasible to do well with a hunter and lock? If so what
suggested builds?

2) where is a good place to start to collect PvP gear? I saved every
drop and quest reward that resiliance on it and I still only had a 51
when I switched out gear.

We want to try again, especially since being the "noob" there really
sucked.

> > 1) Is it even feasible to do well with a hunter and lock? If so what

I think that combination would work fine; it's probably not _the best_
combination possible, but doable.


I would do battlegrounds and the daily BG quest to get honor points (which
are separate from arena points). You'll be able to buy several pieces of
nice Vindicator gear rather quickly.

Furthermore, even if your arena team stinks, you'll still get some arena
points every week if you do ten matches. Even a lousy team should get
150-200 points per week, and the best S3 armor costs only 1875 points. Hang
in there for the first few weeks while you gear up and things will get
easier.

Also, don't feel bad that you were 2-7, even getting two wins with no prior
experience is something to be proud of. Arena is really quite different than
world PVP and BGs and it takes some practice.

"Majestick" <xuldinga@gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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I think any combination is doable (as in, with a bit of practice it
shouldn't be a complete slaughter all the time but I do think you'll
benefit a lot from having a healer. Plus, a 3v3 team will get you more
points.

As for spec, I recently respecced my own warlock to SL/SL and it definitely
helped (I was almost full affliction before that). I don't know much about
hunters, but they have an ability I found very annoying on both my warlock
and my rogue. It looks like the hunter becomes enraged and s/he becomes
immune to both fear and stun. I'm sure someone inhere knows what build you
need to take to get that. I see a lot of hunters in arenas with this spec, I
assume it's the cookie cutter spec ATM. It sure seems to work quite well.


As Brian C says, do a bit of BG's and you'll be able to buy some gear pretty
quickly. There are some non-set epics (belt, boots, bracers, ring and
necklace) named Vindicator's, and the Arena Season 1 gear is also available
for honor points. You should see an improvement after getting some of these
items.

Devast8or

On 5 tammi, 17:44, "Devast8or" <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

That's The Beast Within. It's a 41 point beastmaster hunter talent.
This is the official description:
When your pet is under the effects of Bestial Wrath, you also go into
a rage causing 10% additional damage and reducing mana costs of all
spells by 20% for 18 sec. While enraged, you do not feel pity or
remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed.

Majestick <xuldinga@gmail.com> wrote:

My Beastmaster hunter is in a 2v2 team with my friend's affliction/demo
warlock.

We're not exactly brialliant (less than 1500 at the moment, *cough*), but
it's certainly feasible. I find it depends a lot on who you're up against
and how they play. I think we won 7 out of 10 this weekend.

If the lock can keep one of them feared while you both burn down the other
then it's not so bad. If they're quick at countering the CC and keep you
stun-locked (I hate rogues!) then it can be a pain.

As a hunter I find it best to use Beastial Wrath fairly early, especially
if up against someone that can fear (lock/priest/warrior). Keep viper sting
up on casters. If you have another hunter's pet on you, try Scare Beast (a
spell I never use in PvE, but it's come in handy a few times in the arena).

If anyone has any other tips for BM hunters in arenas, I'd love to hear
them!

--
Zil, Level 70 NE Priest, Aman Shan're, Stormrage Europe

On 7 Jan, 09:07, Zil <zen13...@zen.co.uk> wrote:



This is a biggie IMO. It *really* annoys my priest to be viper stung.



Don't forget that you can use scare beast on cat and bear druids
too. The worst that it will do is make them go humanoid which means
that they'll take more melee/ranged damage for a short while.

steve.kaye

well since then I have respec SL/SL,as it seems to be the gane winner.
Its a big change from the Demo spec I am used to and the Destro that I
have tried. My brother doesn't get the beastial wrath talent because
he's mainly Marksman, but silencing shot works wonders on the healers.
One of the matches we did win was because he SS the druid and I
followed up with a death coil (druid messed up and trinketed out of
the 3 sec fear) and I hit him with a normal fear. The problem I have
is when I waste a day in AB (dbl honor weekend) and we lose 18 games
in a row. Is alliance always like that in AB or was it just a bad day?

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Sounds about right. They could shorten the description a bit and just write
"when you pop this cooldown you're gonna be bloody annoying for your
opponents"

Devast8or

Majestick wrote:


This weekend I did mostly AB because I needed 20 tokens - It
took me almost as many games to get them... It's pretty normal,
on my battlegroup at least.

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Goldberry: lvl 70 Human Rogue (17/0/44) @ Darkspear EU (PvE)
Nikíta: lvl 53 Human Rogue (3/41/0) @ Spinebreaker EU (PvP)
Anepu: lvl 46 Undead Warlock (37/0/0) @ Karazhan EU (PvP)
Lilitu: lvl 15 Undead Rogue (1/0/5) @ Karazhan EU (PvP)

On Jan 7, 12:59 pm, Majestick <xuldi...@gmail.com> wrote:

It's weird the way things work.....on my server Alliance sucks in the
BGs (about a 20% chance to win) ...... but Halaa, the towers in the
bone wastes, towers in Hellfire, and towers in EPL are almost
constantly held by Alliance.....I had a heck of a time completing the
"capture the towers" quests because Horde never seemed to have them in
control.....