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December 19, 2008, 01:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
Redmage Character Info Risotto 80 Gnome Warlock Perenolde US PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/20/51	Re: Arena locks have at least 50k health points!? Rocket boots were banned from the arena late last season. Ret pallies IMO due to the fact that he has a whole different set of CC, is less squishy, nice burst, and the best thing is he can give you a Blessing of Protection (or is it the Hand of Protection now) to make you immune to physical attacks while you unload. 2 locks share same diminished returns. The Void shield does not improve from resilience. From my experience, backlash don't proc if the hits were absorbed by a void shield. __________________ What if what they really want is for us to herd our demons back into the void like we're doing? Because if we re-roll DKs, General, we do that, and everything that we have bled and fought and died for is over, and they've won. They've already won!

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December 19, 2008, 04:44 AM	#12 (permalink)
Liche Character Info Liche 80 Undead Warlock Sporeggar Euro RP PvP Guild: Blackout Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/13/58	Re: Arena locks have at least 50k health points!? Sad to see sprint wont work, was kinda banking on that heh. the resi and backlash thing, also sad. I can see the deminishing returns on seduction if you dont need to interrupt the focus, but are there any other deminishing returns apart from that? idea for this is to not have to cast fear at all. Will go a' lookin for a pally partner in 8 xp bars time. Thanks allot Redmage

December 19, 2008, 04:51 AM	#13 (permalink)
Redmage Character Info Risotto 80 Gnome Warlock Perenolde US PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/20/51	Re: Arena locks have at least 50k health points!? 2 great thing about 2 locks used to be the improved shadowbolt buff, one bolt crit, BOOM, both locks damage went up by 20% for 12 secs... Yes, I realize it is ideal not to rely on fear. As broken as it is, fear is still very useful, smart players have many ways of clearing seduce. And don't forget, fear is now more reliable now that it is strictly break on X amount of damage. (no more heart beat resist/break) Good Luck! I am also racing to 80 myself...3 more levels to go. __________________ What if what they really want is for us to herd our demons back into the void like we're doing? Because if we re-roll DKs, General, we do that, and everything that we have bled and fought and died for is over, and they've won. They've already won!

December 19, 2008, 02:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
Cynic Character Info Banatu 80 Blood Elf Rogue Kel'Thuzad US PvP Guild: Massacre Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 41/5/25	Re: Arena locks have at least 50k health points!? It's still possible to run out of the gates with a shield and a pet out. Your timing has to be impeccable, however. Summon a pet, do your arena prep stuff. 4-5 seconds before the gates open, start summoning your real pet. After the gates open, you'll have just under a second between your pet's summon exhaustion (stunned) wearing off and your new summon completing. This is your window to sacrifice. Bam, shield, new pet and running out of the gates. It'll take some time to master, but as long as they haven't changed the summon exhaustion mechanic you should be fine. __________________ I'd mana tap that.

December 22, 2008, 06:37 PM	#15 (permalink)
Liche Character Info Liche 80 Undead Warlock Sporeggar Euro RP PvP Guild: Blackout Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/13/58	Re: Arena locks have at least 50k health points!? Seems the nitro boost, is, in fact, allowed: Nitro Which is great news, as is cynics post. Could i ask some of you Arena players to test this strat out and post your findings, a fraps youtube of it would be great if you have the time. Pro's and Con's please: (lets get some constructive discussion going and help our fellow locks out of the great depression that is the PVPLockQQ forums)

December 22, 2008, 10:56 PM

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Redmage

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Risotto
80 Gnome Warlock
Perenolde US PvE
Profile: Blizzard Armory
Talent Spec: 0/20/51

Re: Arena locks have at least 50k health points!?

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Originally Posted by Cynic

It's still possible to run out of the gates with a shield and a pet out. Your timing has to be impeccable, however.

Summon a pet, do your arena prep stuff. 4-5 seconds before the gates open, start summoning your real pet. After the gates open, you'll have just under a second between your pet's summon exhaustion (stunned) wearing off and your new summon completing. This is your window to sacrifice. Bam, shield, new pet and running out of the gates.

It'll take some time to master, but as long as they haven't changed the summon exhaustion mechanic you should be fine.

Hi Cynic.

Are you saying that even with Blizzard's new implementation of removing all buff below 30 seconds, this will still work? My interpretation is that the moment the arena starts, all your buffs under 30 seconds are removed, including sacrifice shield.

Hi Liche.

This is actually not a new strat and have been done by a lot of locks earlier in S1 and so. The problem is that you are starting a game with a VW, which offers no utility, and you will not have the flexibility of Fel domination if you are using it to summon your "real pet", the succubus.

Stealth teams will just wait out your shields. Against certain setups without purges, this is not a bad strat at all. In my opinion, it is too ridgid to execute. But of course, don't take my word for it, give it a try. :-)

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What if what they really want is for us to herd our demons back into the void like we're doing? Because if we re-roll DKs, General, we do that, and everything that we have bled and fought and died for is over, and they've won. They've already won!

December 24, 2008, 05:30 PM

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Liche

Character Info
Liche
80 Undead Warlock
Sporeggar Euro RP PvP
Guild: Blackout
Profile: Blizzard Armory
Talent Spec: 0/13/58

Re: Arena locks have at least 50k health points!?

Q:Does Suffering and Torment force the target to target the voidwalker?

SufferingRank 8Melee RangeInstant2 min cooldownTaunts all enemies within 5 yards, increasing the chance that they will attack the Voidwalker and reducing chance to hit by 10% for 15 sec. More effective than Suffering (Rank 7).

also lowers melee's hit chance by 13% talented which would be great!

TormentRank 8Melee RangeInstant5 sec cooldownTaunts the creature, increasing the chance that it will attack the Voidwalker. More effective than Torment (Rank 7).

if it doesnt force the target to target the voidwalker i might as well turn this off...

Quote:

Stealth teams will just wait out your shields.

The first shield sure(6 secs)?

Consume ShadowsRank 9ChanneledThe Voidwalker consumes nearby shadows to bolster its form, recovering 3468 health over 6 sec and greatly increasing stealth detection to all nearby friendly targets within 30 yards. Cannot be used while in combat.

Stealth detection for everyone would also be a boon?

Seems to me voids are the perfect companion against rogues

Q: Can you cast Sacrifice while stunned?

*Please have tested your answers out before posting them!!

Here's the spec im looking at DemonFlame

May 03, 2009, 02:35 AM	#18 (permalink)
fabeschan Character Info Ardvicio 80 Blood Elf Warlock Silverwing Hold PvP Guild: Dreamchaser Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/17/54	Re: Arena locks have at least 50k health points!? dueling a rogue guildie, one void bubble takes 2 seconds to burst.

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