Without getting into the weeds of which class is better, I think a general issue SoD PvP has is tanking specs. This was foreshadowed in the first phase, so they must have taken it into consideration when making decisions, especially considering the HP buffs/dmg nerfs they applied in pvp.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I don’t like having to equip a shield and cheese the game with tanking perks. I want to use a 2h or dw, etc. I’m dinner for rogues unless I do it. I bet rogues and physical dmg classes also don’t like it when they have to face a tank shaman.
The recent nerfs to shaman healing i guess made this build less OP, but it also put non-shield builds in an awkward spot. Would be nice if they were more careful with their decisions regarding tanking specs.
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i mean thats sounds like a shammy issue rather then a tank issue. like the top specs considered op in pvp are all dps specs. and most people are complaining that the meta is still too bursty even after the stam/damage buffs/nerfs
Just your superiour pvp spec at the moment. Anyone not playing it and crying is bad at pvp.
If i tried an AR build i would literally be free kills for every class, even mages.
Some players are so bad they wont even spec their best pvp spec.
Youve just gotten used to every shaman spec being S tier for 4 phases. Tank spec is still S tier so i would be happy with that.
it is and it isnt .
the other specs of shaman in pvp are alot less desirable in wpvp (even the vaunted ele shaman) .
enhance is a joke in wpvp and bgs and doesnt even have any redeeming qualites.
but it also is that all tank specs including shaman/druid/warrior/lock take very reduced damage while all of them have cooldowns to take even less while doing enough dps to kill you well before they would die.
the problem with shaman is them taking all the tank runes + power surge and lava burst and sitting and waiting for procs to happen and if they get a proc chain they can output alot of damage really quickly. they also have time to wait as they are very durable.
druids can stack tank cooldowns and i believe when they berserk they can output alot of damage while also being the tankiest class/spec in the game and lose alot less as feral can be both cat and bear in the talents and only take a bit to modify to be decent at both.
the other tank specs are quite durable too and warrior has a bunch of stuns along with big shield slams.
this isnt even mentioning the tank set bonuses that are very strong.
its all of the tank specs.
mostly though they can be countered by range specs and not feeding their resources or giving them blocks (which for some is a resource and even a buff for some) .
Can we talk about buffing the other rogue specs then? I mean theres only 1 s tier pvp spec for them at the moment.
Maybe look at sabre slash dealing more damage or something. Give us a heal? I dont know.
honestly i dont know much about rogues or the specs they are using other than being stunlocked by them 100-0 or otherwise cced by them if im not in the right form or whatever which is a chess game where the rogue starts with more pieces than everyone else.
but i wouldnt care if they buffed some other spec for them.
i honestly dont think they are suffering too much really other than tank spec rogues which alot of people feel like they need quite a few things fixed .
more tanks the better i say so i hope they get the fixes they need.