Introduction

Moonglade, Azeroth
Hello all, For those of you that know me, you will probably know I am a restokin druid that has made some average borderline-poor druid pvps/duels that entertain and touch the hearts of no one at all. I have read the typical type of blogs generally posted these days and the majority of these go into events or activities that have occured to them that day. These work as an effective online diary to entertain the reader and allow them learn from their wise or rather stupid decisions. Unfortunately for you, this will not be the case for me, I keep my social life and sitting behind the computer life separate. So if you are wanting to know who I slept with, who I nearly slept with, who I didn't sleep with, who I wish I slept with and what I watched on TV the next morning; then this isn't the blog for you. Although I may often make reference to occurring events to support points I may make, thats about as personal as it will get. For the rest of it you get to enjoy my charming Filipino way of typing and a look at the PvP element of World of Warcraft through my eyes and fingers.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

General Tip for Warriors in WoW

Pick up a skillherald or s3 mace, bind at least half of your keys to mortal strike and hamstring, and faceroll your way to victory? In all seriousness though, becoming good in 1v1 is a bit different from doing arena with a healer. It really takes a strong understanding of other classes and their strengths/weaknesses and that only happens through practice or even sometimes watching others do it. I'll just give a quick example of what I mean.

Let's say you're fighting a feral druid 1v1 (often thought of as impossible for warriors to beat). There are a few key things to remember here:

1) They have really high dodge rate in bear form, so it's often better to stay in battle stance, overpowering, and staying out of melee range until overpower cooldown is up because it almost will guaranteed to be lit up next time you swing at them

2) Their feral charge gives you second wind. If you can bait a druid into using that on you, you'll heal for a large amount of HP every time. Just make sure you get a hamstring and possibly spell reflect on them before they move away from you after a charge in case they try to CC/heal after it.

3) Lacerate damage stacks up and does significant damage when fully stacked by a feral druid. If they do this, you can't let them constantly refresh a five stack, you should kite them until it wears off."In order to be effective 1v1, you need a good understanding of your opponents and the limitations of their class."

4) Spell reflection eats nature's grasp if you reflect then hit them with your one-handed weapon while it's still on.

5) If they trinket at any point during the fight from an intercept or mace stun, etc, you can always wait until you no longer have any running DoT's and do a fear -> bandage

That's just a small list of things, but the point stands that in order to be effective 1v1, you need a good understanding of your opponents and the limitations of their class. Once you have that, the rest just comes down to practice.

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