Updates: Alot people have asked about the addon showing other people's casts. That addon is "Spell Alerter".
4 most frequent asked questions:
1, During the priest/rogue match, why didnt you slow the rogue before intercepting the priest, simple answer, my shaman dropped a tremor right b4 he gets feared, I intercepted the priest immediately just to prevent him from killing the tremor, so I can avoid the inc burst dmg.
2, Why did you keep shouts up all the time, I have to admit it, it was my mistake, because I have so much to watch in arena(maybe you can see it in the video), I sometimes forget about the shout, I'll refresh it for sure when I sense an inc swap burst on either one of us.
3, In the mage/rogue match, why did you reflect that poly when that mage had less than 20% hp. Most people do not have a clue about this comp in wotlk, a decent mage/rogue can burst my shaman down in a cheap shot if I get CCed. That is why I intervened the cheap shot in the beginning of that match, I can not afford to let both of them be on my shaman while Im CCed.
4, For those people who have asked me why didn't I kill the mana tide in war/shaman mirror fight. We did it because we were losing so badly against them, the fury warrior was raping me in dmg, we almost gave up until we saw that mana tide. Not killing that mana tide gave their shaman the mana advantage and the confident that warrior needed, so he went aggressive on us. Then what happened? It was our last bet, if the they didnt buy it, we wouldve lost the game.
5, recently I was asked about those scenes where I didn't MS before bladestorm, or sweeping strike when I have enuff rage. This kind question will only come from the people who have no experience with this comp. Blade storm is no longer our best offensive ability, it is our best defensive ability, it will force away other team's focus burst or attempt on my shaman if used properly. On the other hand, sweeping strike has become my best offensive ability in arena. We do not need a whole lot of burst dmg in order to kill someone, you need the right interrupts and timing on your sweeping strike, I simply will not spam it when ever Im rage fed, because eventho it's cooldown is lower than bladestorm, it is still 30 secs, alot things can happen during that time. If you still have the concept of "OMG they are all stack together, bladestorm and drop them!" Then you have no clue on how to use that ability yet. When they are both stack together with you and your healer, it is most likely that the next thing will happen is the swap on your healer and he will drop in a matter of secs. Any teams with a non arms melee dps can do it, any double dps teams can do it. You never want to have that situation, if you do, dont expect your shaman to run away, because with you he can't, forcing will be your best chance, and blade storm will come into the picture.
This is a pure arena pvp video, you will not find good editing in this vid. If you are looking for a well edited entertaining movie, please leave now. I WILL read all comments so if you have any questions about this comp,our strats, or the video, you're welcome to write them down in your comments. If you are going to write things like "bad editing, not entertaining at all", please save the time, my editing skill is probably the worst on this website, I admit it, the purpose of this video isn't about entertaining, Im sorry if that is what you are looking for.
I will try my best to improve my editing skill, hopefully it would be much better if I ever make another arena video.
I did not do slowmo/zoom in or w/e special effects on all the little things that most other video makers would do,mainly because I just suck at editing and do not have a clue on how to make them, and I want to show you guys the real speed of our games, and there is just no point capitalizing on things you can do on a daily basis. However, I did cut and put some of the little details together at the beginning of the video. So if you do catch them, good for you, if you don't, oh well.
I highly recommend you to download the video in order to get a better understanding of what is going on in the video.
All games were recorded around 2200-2300 in two nights of playing. Patch 3.0.9
The current state of arms warrior is very "bad". I put up this video because couple of my friends asked me to record some games so they can see the general concept of our comp.
Anyway, this is my 1st video, I really hope this would help my fellow warriors least a bit.
music list is at the end.
Thank you for your time.
Couple things about this setup: Most of you guys might not think shaman as a weak class, and it is true, it really isn't weak at all. But when you pair it with one of the weakest class+spec in game, it becomes just as weak. Arms warrior lacks the CCs and dmg to peel for its healer. Target swapping+interrupt are crucial to this setup.
