Decided to do solo shuffle for the first time on prepatch as shadowpriest. Probably the most miserable experience in Arena I’ve ever had.
First game 2x dk 2x prot pal mm hunter. every offensive and defensive pressed in the first 6 seconds of the game, which is just as long as my dispersion. If I do get dots up, paladin judgements cleanse them off. they’re feigned off with craven or AMS is popped and game ends.
second game. ret war affi 2x guardian druids - this one actually kind of fun except the bears don’t press any off heals and just try to sleeper leggo rush someone down.
third game - dk dh affi 2x guardians, get ran at with meta, hunt, slappy hands, while my guardian druid tries to sleeper leggo aoe rush them down. games last 6 seconds.
if you’re gonna let tanks in the game mode they gotta at least press utility buttons
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i said this in another thread, the fundamental role of a healer is wow is support. You cant rely on a healer to survive. a dps, combined with position and abilities are what cause both the healer and the dps to outlive stuff.
if tanks are to fill that function they need to do that too. THey have to actually have an active source of support.
Paladin tanks are the only ones that do that. While they are annoying because they do too much damage imo. Other tanks need some thing like that.
the example i gave earlier is DK tanks would heal their team members via their dmg and deathstriking.
DH’s could do something similar, bear druids could heal themselves a bunch but dmg taken by their party is funneled into them to reduce dmg taken on their part.
SOMETHING. If they are to fill that role, then they have to play that role.
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This is awesome and made me laugh so hard. They trying to bring the YEET. Gotta love it.
Not everyone plays Tanks to bring utility. Some like myself are playing Tank/Prot to do damage. Of course I had Glad stance this one time…but… Here we are.
I agree with you, at the moment the other tank specs don’t bring anything to the table like prot pal does. However with the current game design even if they did I doubt 90 out of the 100 tank players in the game would even press anything but damage buttons.
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I’ve found the only strategy that seems to work as shadow vs dks / dhs in tank solo shuffle matches. I just stay mounted, run around pillars, disperse if they catch me and keep running around pillars until my team mates kill one of the dks who pressed AMS / IBF/ Lichborne / trinket trying to chase me.
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Solo shuffle is completely broken because of tanks. There is no point in playing it.
Unless you are a tank. Even with that, tho, if you win 5 matches, the opposition can just quit and you get no credit for those wins.
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I do think Locks cause problems. They are the most OP Tanks in the game currently.
Seriously though… imagine a Lock who is the Tankiest Class in the game doing the best Healing and Damage complaining. You play a Tank Class that sits in the middle of everything.
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I never said locks don’t need a nerf on that end.
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you play a shadow priest. getting ran over isn’t anything new to you idk why you’re blaming tanks. q’ing solo shuffle as spriest/warrior/warlock knowing you can get games without healers, then complaining about it? 
i don’t think the system is perfect but i don’t pick a healer then go 1v1 a rogue @ 99% dampening to cry about it.
Spriest is legit the best caster in tank solo shuffle. Run proc build crash damnation. Drop psifiend as u will get trained all game and it willbdie. Play insta erupt. Volley catharsis. If they train u. U win for free. Desperate prayer amps ur catharsis up and if u play void over dark ascen. U get a 10k plus hitting bolt. U wont ever cast and they lose every time if they train u. U can also talent out of big mind games and get either power word life or swap. But still. Also ban tanks. Novody likes them
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hey look at this guy adapting 
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tank games are the highest form of pvp there is in wow.
everyone run into middle of map and aoe for 10 seconds is what wow pvp should be. i dont like the fact that some people try to do single target dmg. single target dmg shouldnt be allowed in arenas.
also remove pillars and los
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too bad you can’t adapt to non tank play 
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Honestly, watching a buddy play last night on discord, I’m starting to think no healer mode may be the best.
It’s a nice change of pace, I love it once in awhile. Zerg is fun.
ive gotten there a couple times. one day you will step into the arena and see what all the hype is about instead of living on the arena forums pretending to play the game
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i mean i looked u up ur a career sub 1900 player who is incredibly diluted but gl
if you’re going to play the rating shame game you arent supposed to do it on a hidden profile
or maybe you just havent stepped foot into the arena yet
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you brought it up because you’re diluted im gunna stop talking to you now waste of my attention gl