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Assa/Sub in arena in Cata
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Post by
Toxoid
Hey all,
A few weeks ago I started lvling my rogue again, I'm 85 by now and I've started collecting PvP gear, and my cousin and I are thinking to start doing arena (2's: Resto Druid + Rogue).
Now I was wondering what the best spec would be in combination with the resto druid:
Assassination or Sublety? Or even Combat, but as far as I've heard and noticed, combat isn't that strong anymore, or am I doing something wrong?
Please help me out :S
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Post by
wertads
I agree with Skyllair, Sub is the way to go, I played mut for the longest time because it was easy to play and good damage (even against plate).
But as the reality sunk in when I started to arena that every match I would be waddling to my target as assasination I had to go sub.
Although sub has good burst oppertunities, it offer alot more in the sense of control, (SHD sapping out of cyclone/sheep ect.) double blind/smoke bomb with prep if needed, and an instant gap closer on a 24 second CD.
For me personally it was harder to learn and the positional requirement can be glitchy at times with laggy players or those that just know how to spin really fast to avoid backstabs, but you get used to it fast. Hope this helped
Post by
MrSCH
Check out Mercader's videos if you want to go Assas, he's a great Rogue and does well with it.
Post by
Toxoid
It's been some time since I've watched the forum for any answer, so I tried some things out myself, but thanks for the advice, also, this brought me to some new questions, since the plans have changed quite a bit: my arena mate went feral instead of resto.
Now, we've done some arena's (not quite a lot, just for the points and we don't have a lot of PvP gear), but I noticed as Assa I had a nice damage and together with the feral's burst damage, enemy players went down quite fast.
But now you say sub is the way to go and I've also been in an arena 1 on 1 vs a sub rogue, which had a lot more control over the situation (as already mentioned) --> I lost :( .
Would it have a similar nice burst like Assa? ( Garrote -> Vendetta -> Mut -> Rupt -> CB -> 2xMut -> Envenom does quite a lot dmg together with the ferals double ravage and rip)
If you say sometimes getting energy-starved as sub, would it still be better as Sub in combo with a feral druid?
Post by
cloudp
Usually, burst damage teams only work in lower ratings, because you'll be up against players timing cooldowns wrong, poorly geared and generally unable to hold pressure. As you climb up, that dissipates, and if you play Mut you'll find yourself finding pure sessions of torture against kiting classes. Subtlety is just so much more mobile and has such improved survival that the burst Assassination can dish can't compete.
Post by
Toxoid
I'll definately try it out as Sub and it will of course take some time 'till I've learned how to play with it.
If it works out well, I'll surely post it on the forum.
Thanks a lot, all of you! =)
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