As a tank for the best arena rating? That’s possible in World of Warcraft. Rextroy shows how it’s done without even having to use exploits.
When thinking about exciting arena duels in World of Warcraft, one usually imagines nasty rogues, spellcasting warlocks, and nimble healers fighting for victory. However, even as a tank, you can earn a high rating and make everyone else look quite outdated. Once again, it’s Rextroy who demonstrates how wonderfully the different mechanics of two classes can be combined to dominate everything in the arena.
What has Rextroy done this time? After Blizzard made the legendary frogs untargetable only because of Rextroy, he has to find new methods to impress in World of Warcraft. Being a rather experienced player, he definitely succeeds in doing so – now in the PvP arena. There, he achieved a rating of over 2,400 in the 2vs2 mode. The special thing: He has no healer in the team and even plays as a tank.
However, “no healer” doesn’t mean the team has no healing in store. Both Rextroy with his warrior and his death knight colleague have such massive self-healing and absorption shields that they can easily overshadow many healers.
Which abilities are particularly important? Basically, it is essential that the warrior is able to protect his allies from massive damage. Simultaneously, the unholy death knight can deal a lot of damage extremely quickly while protecting himself strongly. Abilities like Anti-Magic Zone and Anti-Magic Shell combined with a Legendary and PvP talent not only provide absorption but also healing.
The centerpiece here, however, is the warrior’s PvP talent “Bodyguard”. 40% of all physical damage taken by the ally is redirected to the warrior. The effect is almost permanently active but breaks if both characters are more than 15 meters apart. The greatest advantage of this ability is, however, that it makes the warrior immune to most control effects. Because if he receives a headbutt or gets transformed into a sheep, the redirect of 40% of the damage immediately brings him back when the death knight is attacked.
As if that weren’t enough, Bodyguard also resets the cooldown of Shield Slam, one of the strongest damage abilities of the protection warrior, nearly every second. This, in turn, means that even the warrior can deal considerable damage while avoiding a lot of damage at the same time.
Does the team have any weaknesses? Yes, even if these are relatively minor. If one manages to stun the warrior and quickly bombard him with burst attacks, he may not be able to activate his defensive abilities in time. The second point of attack is the forced proximity that the warrior and death knight must have to each other. If the distance of 15 meters is exceeded, the protection that both share fades and they can be targeted individually by crowd control effects.
But even if you know these weaknesses, the combo is still extremely strong and capable of defeating most other pairings. Of course, one also needs some skill for this – but Rextroy once again proves that by skillfully combining the different advantages of some classes, one can achieve great success relatively easily.
