Druid PvP Strats and Gear

[Taelas]

I didn't mean melee. You can be close to someone without being in melee range.

I regularly see Fireblast, CoC/Dragons Breath, Frost Nova, Arcane Explosion, Blastwave when fighting mages all of which need to be cast close up (ie closer than 20 yards)

Is it semantics? 18 yards away is close to me and in the context of them blinking away from you out of a root then getting re-rooted the tactic shuts down those spells I've enumerated since their Blink will take them 20 yards further away

Generally a mage will play around the 20-yard range mark, yes.

I admit I forgot about Blast Wave as well. That's still only one more spell, though. Arcane Explosion literally requires you to be in melee; if you're using it, you're in one of two situations: a.) you're suiciding, b.) you're finishing off a foe on less than 5% health, and Fireblast and CoC/DB are on cooldown.

And no. Blink does not take you 20 yards "further away". It teleports you 20 yards straight ahead. If you're fighting a mage who's facing you, all you're doing is bringing him either behind you or right in front of you. In order for him to teleport so far away from you that he can't use his instants, he'll most likely face away from you, in which case he'll be out of range of your Roots.