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Tannenbernie · January 31, 2008, 08:02 AM

I will generally disagree with the startegies above. The way to beat a shadow-priest is destruction...you have nether-protection.....you win, no matter if he is epic and you are green.

I mean, you can do everything that a shadowpriest can do an....then you can do many things he can not do.....then you are immune to his damage 30% of the time. Its basically impossible to loose. My arenapartner is SPriest and i never went below 40% HP on any duel vs him. There is a lot of whining on SPriest forums about Warlocks and that they are unbeatable.....which is a correct complaint. A Destro Warlock can not be beaten by a SPriest, at least i have never experienced something like that.

Lets look at the abilities:
The SPriest has a fear which is on CD after usage.
The Warlock can do as many fear as he wants.

The SPriest can call a pet for small duration of time which does nearly no damage and gives him mana....if he is stupid enough to use it then he will proc backlash - so he gets some nice Insta-SBs right in his face.
The Warlock has Felhunter which not only does some damage, but interrupts/silences him, not to mention devour magic.

The SPriest can do ShadowDmg.
The Warlock can do ShadowDmg or FireDmg.

The Spriest has only 1 Dot and 1 instacast.
The Warlock has 3-5 Dots and 1-4 instacast.

The SPriest needs to be very close for some damage Spells.
The Warlock can do all his damage from extended range.

The SPriest has Silence.
The Warlock has SpellStone and CoD.

The Warlock is immune to all damage from SPriest 30% of the time via Netherprotection.
The SPriest dies.

Well, thats at leat my experience.....i am not so hot at PvP, always fighting in the 1550-1650 arena range, but i cant remember ever loosing to a SPriest 1vs1. We are to them what rogues is to us.

January 31, 2008, 08:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
Tannenbernie Member Character Info Powerbernie 70 Human Warlock Runetotem Euro PvE Guild: Shadow Ops Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 22/5/34	Re: shadow priest I will generally disagree with the startegies above. The way to beat a shadow-priest is destruction...you have nether-protection.....you win, no matter if he is epic and you are green. I mean, you can do everything that a shadowpriest can do an....then you can do many things he can not do.....then you are immune to his damage 30% of the time. Its basically impossible to loose. My arenapartner is SPriest and i never went below 40% HP on any duel vs him. There is a lot of whining on SPriest forums about Warlocks and that they are unbeatable.....which is a correct complaint. A Destro Warlock can not be beaten by a SPriest, at least i have never experienced something like that. Lets look at the abilities: The SPriest has a fear which is on CD after usage. The Warlock can do as many fear as he wants. The SPriest can call a pet for small duration of time which does nearly no damage and gives him mana....if he is stupid enough to use it then he will proc backlash - so he gets some nice Insta-SBs right in his face. The Warlock has Felhunter which not only does some damage, but interrupts/silences him, not to mention devour magic. The SPriest can do ShadowDmg. The Warlock can do ShadowDmg or FireDmg. The Spriest has only 1 Dot and 1 instacast. The Warlock has 3-5 Dots and 1-4 instacast. The SPriest needs to be very close for some damage Spells. The Warlock can do all his damage from extended range. The SPriest has Silence. The Warlock has SpellStone and CoD. The Warlock is immune to all damage from SPriest 30% of the time via Netherprotection. The SPriest dies. Well, thats at leat my experience.....i am not so hot at PvP, always fighting in the 1550-1650 arena range, but i cant remember ever loosing to a SPriest 1vs1. We are to them what rogues is to us.