Does CC get used outside of PVP?

Honest question, I don’t raid, and I do low keys (nothing over a 6 usually) and we don’t see any CC there. So aside from arena and RBGs, is it used anywhere?

I’m asking because I miss the old dungeons where a failure to CC meant death. It seems the game has moved away from that, and I just need to understand it is what it is. But I was thinking about the great old days of BRD and wondered if CC is used in PVE at all anymore.

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It’s used plenty in M+. It’s literally used quite a bit this week to lock down the Inspiring mob while priority casters are killed before bringing the Inspiring mob into the group for cleave.

lol

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I use CC without thinking all the time. Once you get in the habit you will find out it helps a ton on soloing stuff. Now only the other 2/3 population start using it in lfr. I tired being feared into death mobs as a dps.

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I use that SHEEP on everything!

When I am working mobs I use my traps all the time…<<<<old School BM Hunter…

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The only expansion I’ve played that cc was crucial outside of classic was cataclysm.

But if you’re trying to be a top end player then it’s always crucial

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You’re one of those ey? :rage:

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CC is definitely needed in higher mythic+s and certain affixes.

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If my interrupt is on cd I’ll use imprison to interrupt the cast briefly.

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Raiding encounters in SL off the top of my head Huntsman in Castle Nathria and Soulrender (mythic) in SoD. Sometimes tank will ask me to poly inspired mob or if I talent into Ring of Frost on spiteful I will put it down so we can pass through on narrow pathways so we save a little bit of time in m+.

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Its used a ton in M+. I also use it in the open world a lot, aggroing and CCing huge packs of mobs make dailies faster.

Its just in raids that its mostly useless, really.

I still freeze trap things, mostly to tame new things, or if I don’t want to kill a mob, just loot what ever it is guarding :smiley:

In Raids, I spam fear adds sometimes if they are dangerous casters or something. Fearing isn’t the best, because they move, but it is something.

Huntsmen/Barghast is an example. Need CC in that fight. I would Fear in a pinch, if no other cc was being done.

I also use fear getting to the SoD raid zone, when the elites dismount me, and I am trying to run away lol.

Yup. My main use of CC is as an extra interrupt with some rare usage during other fights. Like the first boss in Plagefall

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I use sheep to disrupt dangerous casts a lot. Poly isn’t used for long duration CC anymore, but if you’re not using CC as cast disruption you’re not going to make it far in M+.

Cc is used all the time in keys, and tbh has its fair share of use in raids to

Higher M+, some mythic SoD fights.

Soulrender mostly.

Guess aoe stuns on KT/Sylvanas adds can count.

That’s minimal though and only a few players need to do it.

Gotta kick a fair bit on Fatescribe too.

Don’t really count kick as a CC lol but yeah, true.