I avoid breaking classes into different specs for the save of simplicity and brevity, so deal! I basically went with the dueling spec that is generically the most powerful except in the case of druids where resto and feral are so different in how they perform.
Basically, class rank is followed by underdog which lists the matchups the class is an underdog to win and that is then followed by difficult which lists dueling matchups that are about 50-50.
Note these are my opinion as a WE mage, so it's EXTREMELY biased. Also, this is before the latest PvP trinket change which will change this list a bit.
1. FG Lock
Underdog: None
Difficult: BM Hunters, WE Mages
2. BM Hunter
Underdog: FG Lock, WE Mages
Difficult: None *
* These fights seem pretty lopsided to me. ^^
3. WE Mage
Underdog: FG Lock, Disc Priest, Prep Rogues**
Difficult: Resto Druids, Resto Shamans, BM Hunters
** Prep rogues are really somewhere in between these two classifications.
4. Disc Priest
Underdog: FG Lock, BM Hunter, Prep Rogue, Feral Druid
Difficult: WE Mage, Warriors
5. Prep Rogue
Underdog: FG Lock, BM Hunter
Difficult: WE Mage, Disc Priest, Feral Druid, Resto Shaman
6. Feral Druid
Underdog: FG Lock, BM Hunter, WE Mage, Prep Rogue
Difficult: Warriors, Disc Priest, Resto Shaman
7. Resto Druid
Underdog: FG Lock, BM Hunter, Disc Priest, Prep Rogue, Feral Druid
Difficult: BM Hunters, WE Mages, Warrior
8. Resto Shaman
Underdog: FG Lock, Disc Priest, Prep Rogue, BM Hunter
Difficult: WE Mages, Feral Druids, Warrior
9. Warriors
Underdog: FG Lock, WE Mage, BM Hunter, Disc Priest, Prep Rogue
Difficult: Feral Druid
10. Ret Pally
Underdog: Everything but Warriors
Difficult:
Of course, you can disagree with a lot of this list, but it is somewhat interesting to think of things like this. The middle of the pack seems a lot more balanced than I generally think.
Oh I suppose the point of this was to try to think about game balance outside of one's own class, which is not necessarily easy to do even when you play multiple characters.
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ret pally part=funny
My nephew is a ret paly (i know, i know), and he wins most of his duels. That shows you how bad the players on my server are. Ugh.
There are many different playstyles, so much that this list could be much deeper. Not to be excessively critical, but you didn't really put a lot of thought into it; some classes have specs that play like entirely different classes. Remember, there ARE a lot of readers here that aren't 2500-point arena players, and don't want to respec for arenas.
Where does shadowpriest fit in? How about combat rogue, as opposed to prep? Elemental/enh shaman? Marks hunter? Affliction lock? Just saying that there's a lot of room for expansion in your list.
Your blog doesn't appear to be targeting best-of-the-best readers, but a wide audience, and yes, even newbies read this.
Please, think of the newbies...
Having warriors as second last is the only thing that seems a -little- off.
@3 -- This blog is probably targeting the best of the best players, Raddy is definitely one of the top mages in WoW from what I've seen and he is going to write with the assumption that his readers are high enough skill to understand some of the jumps he makes though I do sorta think that what makes this blog fun to read is that players of all levels can read the thought process of one of the best and his writing is most of the time clear enough to still be enjoyable.
When I read a list like this I don't really understand it either, some of the positions on the list don't make sense to me but then I know I can't play on the level the top duelers can.
I do think that the most fun posts on here are the high levels ones like the rogue dueling guide and even if I can't full understand them, seeing how sophisticated the thought process is reminds me that this game has players that are really good.
I think that Raddy should focus on more content relevant to us who are on mid-rating arena teams, and spend as much time raiding as PvP but while Raddy is a very good PvP mage, would top PvE mages really think much of his opinions?
Thx for chatting with me in AV raddy, love the site, keep releasing vids!
I disagree that mages have any sort of advantage over any properly played shaman not spec'd enh (lol) at a high level of play. Them being able to trinket out of sheep to maintain the offensive will just aid them further.
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