Season 2 early arena tierlist and problems

PVP Arenas
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I will just note the most overpowered and concerning specs at the moment, because some of them making competitive arena gameplay a complete joke.

DPS:

BM hunter:

Can’t die
Does same damage regardless if focused or not
Pets keep you perma dead
Your healer can’t play the game
Killing pet doesn’t matter anymore

Enhancement Shaman:

Way too much offhealing
Completely broken burst damage
Too much utility

Sub rogue:

Can’t die
Guarantee kills you in a go 100-0 (oftentimes through any defensives that are less than 40% dmg reduction)
Runs away like a clown all game and gets away with it

Demo Warlock:

Can’t die and has WAY too much HP compared to every other class (this applies to every warlock spec)
Does same damage regardless if focused or not
Controls your whole team with CC
Turns your match into an m+ dungeon
Spams crit curse on you so you can’t do dmg

Destruction Warlock:

Too much HP
Too much instant damage compared to casted damage
Must be focused down or your team dies

Fire mage:

Way too much CC
Passive ignite dmg
Hard to kill

That’s it for DPS. Everything else is counterable

Healers:

Disc priest:

Way too easy to play (spams 4 buttons to heal)
Infinite defensives
Very hard to run out of mana
Broken shield values
Refuses to die no matter what if focused for long periods of time
Can even do dmg?

Caster Mistweaver:

Infinite mana pool (especially with 2 set)
Revival immunes your whole team, dispels your whole team and heals entire team for 200-250k on 90s CD and USABLE IN STUNS
Life Cocoon is literally Divine Shield when played with stacking cocoon % talent (over 1 mil absorb)
Hard to kill
Only weakness is being susceptible to CC or kicks, which isn’t a problem if you’re good enough

Honorable mentions: Shadow priest, Warrior, Feral druid, Moonkin, Resto shaman

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Disc and mw are not problems but where other healers should be brought up too.

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Disc is way too easy to play and has way too many good CDS
MW makes the game 5 minutes longer due to mana, good defensives and infinite healing

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Good, now let’s make other healers just as good.

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hpal def needs to be brought up.

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Perfect list and analysis. 10/10.

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did you just reply to your own post

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There must always be a Lich King. I’m fine if there are like 10 DPS kings and 3 healer kings. Best balance I’ve seen since the start of DF.

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So what CC does fire have that arcane/frost does not? :joy:

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Cluelessness

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I’m sorry, I forgot, when did Ret paladin opinions start mattering again? “Loud cricket sounds”

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:clown_face::clown_face::clown_face::clown_face:

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I’m posting on my enhance shaman does my opinion matter now?

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has it ever

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Pretty good list.

Would def put Boomie and Spriest over BM/Fire though.

Boomie spread pressure is too high. Spriest just rips. Not at Destro levels because it lacks the AOE control and repositioning.

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um no? lol how weird would THAT be…I did agree tho!

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shadow priest is broken

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Remember the pvp balance team gets the final list of the patch notes that the PVE team deploys barely a week in advance and is changed often until that reset.

Thats why every season is so chaotic.

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TLDR;

Nerf everything that isnt my class.

:roll_eyes:

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Havent played DPS since last week. Dont really care, I’d rather all specs to be very fun instead of punished for playing.