5v5 - Thoughts on Improving

[NotSoDarklord]

2) Perhaps we should consider using our Rogue as crowd control more than DPS. Yes, this means our DPS is cut severely. But we're not a burst team anyway; all of our wins are going to be protracted battles of mana control. The idea of using our Rogue as CC on a DPS'er is to once again limit their DPS on us so that our Shaman and Priest can take more offensive actions (Mana Burns, shocks, purges). We can win the mana war with Mana Burn abuse, but only if our Priest isn't getting focused by 2-3 players.

3) In general, crowd controlling their DPS seems more important than trying to disrupt their healing. If their DPS'ers are handled, we have Mana Burn to take care of the enemy healers and force them to run off and drink - then we can try to burst focus a player and get them killed.

Not trying to nitpick but the problem with shaman healers is how fast they run out of mana compared to paladins. They are great offensive healers but they simply don't have the longevity even with mana tide. Shaman are fine healers but trying to play the mana war with a shaman main healer just seems like a waste of the great offensive synergy of a priest and a shaman.