Hi, my friend and i play causally and have been working on getting to 1950. I play resto shaman and he is a UH DK(prob not the best comp). We have been running into mostly all discs at our current rating with hunters and warriors. I have been having a hard time dealing with them especially the disc and warriors. The biggest issue does seem to be the disc priests though.
i know to try to purge his shield and try to harass the disc during rift but with the warriors Mortal Strike debuff and the priest pumping out damage i find it hard to get a chance to do much other than heal.
Any info would be greatly appreciated, also if there is anything i could pass along to my DK partner, Thanks.
the goals to not let him get the rift out in the first place by rotating stops on mind blast and then double lining when you do not have stops .
vs warrior unleash whirlpool his warbreaker to shut down his damage and vs hunter root his pets on beastial wrath to lower his damage. Vs MM try to cap hex and double LOS his trueshot
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sounds like that will be a big help, thanks for the tips, much appreciated.
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The fact that a strat to beating a VW disc priest is to double line them like it’s a destro warlock is absurd. Healer spec btw
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Dont kick mind blast. Let them cast mind blast then kick void blast, stun, etc.
The dk should swap to and kill disc if they cast mind blast. Its super easy to shut them down. They will do sub par healing as a void weaver if they cant free cast…
Sadly warriors counter dks, so if you can root and slow the warrior and let the dk train the disc. If the warr swaps to you jus keep rooting/knocking warr while you run around a small pillar and the dk can throw out a chains here amd there.
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could also just cc chain them when their rift comes out. Its all about shutting down that window
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Doesn’t the rift exploding give a huge atonement heal? Wonder if you’re a tricksy hobbit. 
Against disc melee in 2 have your dk run at priest so he can ideally hit both players, best way to make the priest stress and fall behind.
Just rotate kicks and use gnaw strang at good times should be super easy matchup
Hunter priest good luck bro I’m still trying to figure it out
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Yes but if you just use everything to stop void blast the disc cant heal.
Void blast makes the collapsing void be a massive heal too.
If you stop mind blast he just gets it eventually and heals crazy with void blast.
If you stop void blast you ruin his window.
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Wait, so stopping void blast is better than stopping mind blast? I also thought that penance makes the rift grow bigger (resulting in a bigger heal?)
I’ve always been told that it’s best to try and stop the mind blast but maybe I’m doing it wrong.
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I think it’s better to stop the void blast.
Don’t think penance affects the rift. I think just void blast affects the rift.
At least that’s what they do to me when I’m playing it. If they aren’t stopping my void blasts every one is just at full health all the time and I’m a dps. If they use everything to prevent void blast we’re all dead most the game and i only beat the healer in dps.
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DK is pretty obnoxious for disc, have dk W key the priest entire game pulling him into middle of the arena, priest struggle to reposition after a pull from DK so they won’t be able to just blast from a pillar. They can only drop roots with dispel (which they want to save for their warrior) and fade (20 sec cd).
If warrior W keys you in return, focus on stops like rooting him out of line from his healer so they cannot dispel, then static totem, then unleash (if you take it over ground), or use ground during mind blast window to mitigate his burst healing, can also usually bait spell reflection by casting hex in his face then stop the cast. After they get out of root/static you can lasso bc priest/war don’t have ranged interrupts.
If the warrior doesn’t go you after DK gets priest, then you just enable the cleave for your DK by putting them both in stacked up roots/statics/cap totems and win with cleave/wounds.
IDK that dispelling shield is necessary against VW, their shields are pretty minimal, if you have the free global at that point I’d say just send lava bursts at the warrior.
Make sure to use unleash and swiftness as often as possible because it will keep ancestors up for riptide/lava burst duplication, also 4 pc reduces recharge on both.
Trade EARLY against arms warriors, if you see avatar give them something immediately or you fall behind because of sharpen blade MS, also be mindful of stormbolt swaps.
Been awhile since I did any meaningful amount of arenas on rsham but pretty sure you can match tide with avatar in 2s.
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It can go either way and there are two different strategies; neither is necessarily better or worse.
The disc does almost all its damage in the mind blast void rift window.
You can delay the mind blast as long as possible with stops, then cc into LoS when it goes off.
You can also just let the blast go off and THEN try to play spoiler and shut it down with stops/cc.
There are pros and cons to both.
Stopping it from going off in the first place gives you more tempo and control of the match. However, they inevitably will get one off, and you need to recognize when you don’t have stops and either los, or trade defensives and save offensive cds.
Letting it go off and then being disruptive can ensure that you have stuff up to break up the window, but it’s more chaotic because you’re responding rather than being proactive and it’s less safe to do so, because if you get crossed or stunned when you’re supposed to stop the window then you’re getting doubly screwed.
Also, from a dps perspective, treat the void rift mind blast window like a mini healing cd (similar to paladin wings or HTT). PLEASE do not send cds into the teammate of a freecasting disc priest, you will take far more damage than they will XD
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Wow man awesome. My dh alt is currently at 1900 mmr next time I play him I’ll take your advice.
Thanks next time I want to be unemployed and queue 50000 blitzs a season I’ll hit you up in return! This is a wonderful exchange we can manage!
I might also look for help on how to bring nothing to a discussion and be toxic for no reason if I’m ever looking for guidance on making people dislike me in costco sized bulk order.
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Quit pvp until they nerf voidweaver. Only way to enjoy playing the game right now.
I just wanted to thank everyone for all their input, I got lots of tips and strategies out of this thread.
Thanks all
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This is pretty helpful. Also I have slow reaction times being an older gamer and I’m always giving them precog when I try to interrupt void blast. 
I like this side of the arena forums.
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