Paladins and 1.9

[Brista]

my normal pvp group i run with is myself, a warrior, and a rogue.  it was just me and the warrior untill we realized that i was getting counterspelled way too often and needed to bring in someone that could have more luck against the mages.

I'm mainly playing a Warrior now and I would absolutely love a mage to stop and cast counterspell on the Paladin while I'm lining him up. Each class has counters against each other different classes, once you add more players in then you get a unique tactical array against a different challenge with each same size group you face

Paladin Warrior and Rogue is a very good threesome for PvP. If you are getting slaughtered by Mages you perhaps need to look at your tactics. A Rogue can cc 3 at once (Sap, Blind and Gouge). If you are getting slaughtered by Mages when out-numbered well that's normal, 5 of any class played well beats 3 of any class played well.

If I can offer one tip from pvping as a healer then it's keep your range. Polymorph is a fairly short range spell. Possibly you can still heal your Warrior while being out of Polymorph spell range. You certainly don't need to rush in on the front line. If you are getting cc-ed a lot then play more as a full out pansy healer rather than a fearless melee/healer hybrid.

I've tried Mage in PvP and I would have problems against a paladin keeping back with a Warrior near me. If I sheep the Warrior the Paladin can run in, dispel and run back out before I can sheep him (unless I POM sheep). Warrior charge/intercept can often stop polymorph. If I'm fighting someone else and a Rogue ambushes I'm almost always killed

Perhaps it would help if you described the tactical situation in more detail. Does your threesome lose to enemy threes in isolated fights like AB mine/mill? If so tell us what are the three classes and what skills do they use to win the fight

Sorry, but to use your own tact against you

Small nit: tack not tact. Tack is a line a boat sails along, which has come to mean a line of argument