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RuneAlpha

Suggestions on dealing with Prot Paladins in 2's

Question

Friend and I have for the past few weeks been doing 2's for a bit of entertainment. We both enjoy PvP and have been enjoying the challenge that 2's presents. It can be frustrating at times, but generally pretty enjoyable. We're running Enh (him) / Feral (me) - we know it's not a meta combination by any extent, but it could be worse. We only play two or three evenings a week and I make many mistakes 🤣 so we were pretty chuffed when we clicked 1400 last night, I know it's not high by comparison, but we felt pretty happy all things considering.

Yesterday we encountered something we'd not come across before though - teams with a Prot Paladin in. 75k+ of end boss that somehow had enough off-healing to keep their team mate healed pretty much whatever we tried. How in the world are you meant to deal with this? If we focused on the dps the Paladin would simply keep them healed (and then join the fight) and if we focused on the prot then the dps would just rip huge lumps out of our health bars. Is this even doable or does it need to be filed alongside the "oh they outgear us by 20+ iLvl, this may be a loss"

Posted Sep 27, 2021, 8:05 AM UTC

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batrack34•

Hey, prot pally this season became less a problem since maledict trinket was introduced. Focus the prot pally, throw maledict at him he has no dispell and cant heal himself throught , collect rating 😀

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RuneAlphaOP•

Cheers!

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Myranice•

Don't listen to that. I play prot and unless you guys are doing insane damage and offheals he'll heal through. Also prot has a magic dispel through a pvp talent. Cc the prot with hex, stun, clones and focus the dps. It could be a gear thing as well though.

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Whatacheaptentshow•

In all my experience unless you have really coordinated cc chains and maledicts, it's best to kill the prot. Tanks take 40% bonus damage or some shit in arena. Ever since I started killing the prot and CCing the dps I've had a much much easier time beating prot+dps teams

Also I imagine most teams would tunnel your enh shaman so u should be able to get cyclones off on the dps every time it's off DR which should really help relieve pressure. Also your shammy can purge his bop which is one less bubble to worry about. He can't dispel malediction either which will probably force a bubble

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RuneAlphaOP•

That's cool - thanks for the info! Still say PvP is 90% learning the other classes rather than your own :D

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Whatacheaptentshow•

Yup. Heaps of it is learning what the other classes can do (and what they want to do based on your classes) and how to react/prepare

Still learning myself but I definitely don't fear prot/dps like I used to haha

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ag76265•

Ancient Kings leggo + the Queen pvp talent makes killing them a lot harder than it should be. Playing healer + dps we often found it was easier to kill the dps because the auto-guardian only works on the Paladin and they can’t clear maledict.

With two dps you might be able to chew through the guardian (switch and kill the angel quick) but then you can’t let the Paladin run. You need to stick hard to force the bubble and you’ll probably still have to deal with another guardian or two.

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zaidiiiiii•

You can stun the guardian (or use roar or clone, saves a LOT of time) as a feral

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ag76265•

Well that’s life changing. If you stun or cc the guardian is it over? Or does it resume the channel for the duration after the cc wears off?

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zaidiiiiii•

Nope, its over! Afaik, I've done it a lot (paralysis) on my monk, mbash on my druid, for mm hunter I get stumped but its worth using a 30 sec cd (trap) for a 2 min (I think) one!

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Imhidingfromu•

Just go prot, cc the dps to alleviate counter pressure/peels. It's best if the healer can go as aggressive as possible to help with dps. Don't be fooled by their massive hp pool it doesn't feel as large as it looks.

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gti_time•

As a ret it makes me happy to see them. They often rely on that auto proc at lower cr. Just run blind, full burst the prot, blind the queen and kill. I can’t speak for higher cr, I mostly use twos to help friends get a quick 1600.

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ritchus2.9 marksman, 2.4+ bm/sv/rsham/hpri/dpri/spri/war•

I see them all the time in 2s and sometimes 3s, probably the second most frustrating spec to face except rdruid

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RuneAlphaOP•

Not a massive issue - but we've not come across any until last night and then came across three :p Just thought it made sense to quiz the vast reservoir of knowledge on here to get some advice.

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