Last night the WoW Insider arena team went over to the Arena Tournament server and played 14 matches over a couple hours. We went 8-6 for the evening, a much better number than our 3-11 score the week before. That places us at 11-17, with a team rating of 1435. Not too bad considering we've only played together a handful of times, and some of us are playing completely unknown classes.
So what helped us go in the right direction? A few things. First, we were communicating much more over vent. We were letting each other know what our target was, where we were going, what our status was, etc. This gave us the edge in a few matches.
Another thing that helped us win more was focus targeting a player down. This action in itself might seem like a no-brainer to many of you out there, but it is easier said than done. One of the reasons we had success in the video above is that we focus targeted the Mage down quickly. This was good not only from a DPS stand point, but from a target selection stand point as well. Mages are squishy, and go splat easily. This Mage didn't last long.
The match you're watching in the video is our final match of the evening. You can see that there isn't a whole lot of clicking being done by me, and that most of the mouse movement is done to control the direction of my character. We lost at least one or two prior matches because I was trying to be a clicker – something I'm firmly against. The reason I was trying to click in previous matches was to show you all the combination of abilities I was using. There'll be a couple other video's I'll post in the next few days that'll clearly show my clicking, and how it failed. So the lesson here is: don't click.
In this particular match we have myself on my Warrior, Insideradam. Insiderhalo is Zach on a retribution Paladin. Boldar is Mandy Dean's boyfriend playing on his Warrior. We go up against a Mage, Druid, and Priest. We take the Mage down first, then focus on the Druid, and finally finish off the priest. All in about a minute forty five. Not a bad match.
Stay tuned for more from the WoW Insider arena team!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-19-2008 @ 5:06PM
doug said...
I really want to come play on the Tournament Realm, but my arena partners refuse to pay the money to play. I don't feel like just going there and playing alone by myself or having to find a group.
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4-19-2008 @ 5:28PM
Frumpy said...
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=5974040460&sid=1
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4-19-2008 @ 5:39PM
matt said...
One common mistake by arenoob mages is they won't iceblock soon enough. As evidenced by the video. :)
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4-19-2008 @ 5:45PM
Svenn said...
Both teams are terribad. You can see the person frapsing is clicking almost all, if not all of the abilities he's using. "communicating much more over vent." ? Not too suprised though, WoW Insider may be great journalists, but I dont see how you "pwned" anyone. Mindless zerging and fighting opponents that don't know how to play at all is a bit pathetic to include as a front-page article.
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4-19-2008 @ 6:23PM
matt said...
"That places us at 11-17, with a team rating of 1435."
He tells you that right up front. If you're still disappointed in the vid after seeing it's of a 1435-rated team, I don't know what to tell you-- it was pretty much exactly what was advertised.
There are quite a few great 1800+ or 2000+ vids out there, which you can watch. This is a change of pace. Don't wanna see it? Don't watch it.
4-20-2008 @ 7:45PM
vildand said...
One of the best main tanks I know of clicks his abilities with his mouse, still outperforms most people. So that doesn't really say much.
4-19-2008 @ 5:59PM
Zeplar said...
The point is to show how they, currently "newbs," improve and progress as they continue PVPing. And please read the article, he clicked a bit so we could see what abilities he was using; honestly though in this video I didn't see too much of that. Even a good keyboard player clicks occasionally to reach the far away keys.
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4-20-2008 @ 1:04PM
Pzychotix said...
A good keyboard keybinds all his keys to be close to him.
*Fixt.
4-19-2008 @ 6:00PM
ZaG said...
Wow, Great way to demolish someones happiness from winning something, you werent by chance one of the people who got pwned were you? Anywho Grats on the win to Wowinsider Team and nice sneak peek into the Tourny realm as some of us probably wont see it
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4-19-2008 @ 6:35PM
BladeeR said...
lol clicker warrior.. no wonder you had such low wins =/
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4-19-2008 @ 7:49PM
Badger said...
It was kinda hard to see what was actually going on, but I think that was just my monitor. Most excellent soundtrack, though, Adam. Tell Ian his music rules.
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4-19-2008 @ 11:26PM
berserkerlxl said...
lol clicker warrior. If you click, that means that you must also keyboard turn since you cannot use the mouse to turn
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4-20-2008 @ 7:35AM
PeeWee said...
BUT IF I USE MY MOUSE TO TURN, HOW DO I CLICK REND?
4-27-2008 @ 3:30AM
berserkerlxl said...
you have to key bind stuff
4-20-2008 @ 2:06AM
Brownjohn said...
Wow. nice vid.
So, slightly off-topic, but what addons are you using for your UI? I really liked how you have it set up.
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4-20-2008 @ 1:06PM
Adam Holisky said...
Hi Brownjohn,
I'll actually be posting an article about my Arena UI either today or next weekend.
Best,
Adam.
4-20-2008 @ 2:23AM
matt said...
Really manning up there boys 3 plate wears on 1 leather and 2 cloth yeah I wonder who is going to win that....
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4-20-2008 @ 3:47AM
BladeeR said...
Addons would be:
Bartender 3 (Action bars)
Simpleminimap
Prat
Xpearl unit frames
And some random hub.
Kinda all I could see.
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4-20-2008 @ 5:54AM
Kuri said...
I call Haxxing. Everyknow knows that you can't kill a Druid. Either that, or the forums are misleading...
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4-20-2008 @ 1:02PM
Aranon said...
Props for using ICEHUD. It's a great UI tool
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