In the whole 40 minutes of this video turns out there is a single false tip. 22:55-23:17 is not correct. I claimed Mages had to reactivate Alter Time to use it, so CC'ing them at the end of it's duration would lock them out of gaining any benefits. This is false. I experienced a bug in gameplay that led me to believe it was true and after testing every single kind of CC I can say none of them stop Alter Time. I wrote that tip around a bug I can't even recreate smh. However, Mages will still have to wait the full duration of any CC you threw at them even if they're teleported away by Time Alter during that CC.
You can purge it though and in most cases it's best to lock him down precisely so that he panics into block or procs cheath death( or optimallyboth)... but only on good uptime and if you're sure, otherwise its wasted dmg and cds. So tip for more xped ppl and not the" Zug Zug I ignore everything around me" solo shuffle warys :p
@@mikegow642 Lmao! Positive-Bear8641 is that you?? Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate you pointing it out to me lol. The longer it went without "rectifying" the more embarrassing it would have been
Omg 😆 I had almost forgotten pikaboo did a gameplay review of my rogue and you brought it back with my terrible UI I had back then. I want to say that I listened to every word he said and changed my shit up, deleted multiple add-ons, and played almost 700 rounds of solo shuffle and I hit 1800 for that transmog set. I was hard stuck about 1400-1500 when pika did that review of my gameplay so... less is more sometimes is my advice, my awareness felt a lot better when I got rid of 90% of the bullshit on my screen (I still like gladiatorlossa though 😅 I just turned off a whole shit load of spells so it just tells me the big ones and not every detail like when a warrior changes into battle stance lol). Plan this season is to try my hardest to get 2100 for the shadowflame weapon enchant thingy, dunno if it's realistic to climb another 300 points in a season but I met my goal of 1800 last season so it's time to push it a little bit.
That's so awesome to see you in these comments lol! Pikaboo is definitely the goat of retail streamers imo it's cool his vid helped you so much. If it's solo shuffle you're pushing as dps your biggest challenge to grinding rating will literally just be Q times lmao! If that one video helped you go from 15 to 18, I'm very confident with a season of grinding that 2100 is well within your reach, if not 2400! I hope i get to read another comment from ya in Season 2 stating you've achieved your goals. Good luck out there!👊
@@Soulstace thanks man, yeah the queue times are rough, but it is what it is I guess. I'm sure sooner or later I'll have an urge to get a solid 3s team together and get even more work in, but I'm just not feeling it yet, I like being a solo Andy. I'll do my best to make sure your confidence in me isn't wasted 😅 feels like a world of difference between 1800 and 2100, like a big mountain to climb, but I'm excited to try. I know you don't need it as far as arenas go, but good luck out there as well, I hope your channel pops off, it would be well deserved.
Insanely good guide. I'm subscribed to the paid version of skill capped, I've watched dozens of arena guides from popular streamers, but this is hands down the most helpful video I've ever seen. Plus your similes are on point! Could you expand more on tip 9? I'm aware there are scripts for popular comps, but I don't know what they are our where to find them online.
I am seriously over joyed by your kind words! Tip #9 is kind of a two parter. First half being play by the script, second half being admitting your own faults can help coerce your teammates into admitting theirs so you can all improve. The latter is easier to understand, but the former is not so much. Everyone understands how internet pride can interfere with good teamwork, but playing by the script is something that comes from a lot of experience. The best analogy I can think of is saying it's like chess. There are a ton of pieces and possible moves you/your team could make to win the game. But if you were to plug in a super computer chess master AI to play the game, it would boil down all the variables and possibilities to one algorithmically objectively best pattern. That is to say that in theory there is always an objectively correct way any one comp should play against any other. But that is just on paper. Part of what makes PvP so much more engaging than PvE (imo) is the unpredictability of human reaction. Chess masters can and have beaten robots designed with no other purpose than winning chess. "The Script" is the idealized method and order of plays your team should make to achieve the highest possible chance of winning. So I can't very well break down all the match ups for you, but this is the discussing you should be having with your team before/after matches and while you're in the starting gate. Unfortunately I don't know of anywhere online that breaks down every script quite so easily. If you're into studying the arena though, I'd recommend watching streamers who play with consistent teammates and preferably your comp of choice. Start watching their vods or videos where they actively communicate with their team, and then compare the matches where they face the same comp. If you were to line up every AssaRogue/DesttoLock/Presvoker vs Ret/Arms/RSham match that you team of choice plays, you should start to notice the same call outs and efforts. Take notes on these games of what is consistent. Take notes on what breaks the consistency. Note your teams win/loss conditions and what immediately proceeds achieving either one. Learning these things through personal experience is usually what constitutes any players understanding of "The Script". I'm sorry I typed you a whole book here, but that's what I meant when I said it's not so easy to understand. Hope it helps! TL;DR: Just keep playing the game. After enough experience and consistency you will naturally learn the patterns of winning matches against specific comp matchups.
26:55 grounding doesnt work like that with execution sentance, in order to ground it the shaman needs to cast it when ES is about to land. So on the last 3 sec of it's duration. What you just did there was compleatly wrong and the shaman will get 0 value out of it, ret can press ES when grounding is up, it wont get grounded but it will keep going like always, 12 sec in air.
For gods sake please all download weakauras and then Mes Arena cds. I tells you when major offense is popped or healing tide totem that you should kill to deny shamans big heals
Was able to do my final push to glad this season just from this vid, the using monk disarm for Die by the Sword really helped in this ret/war meta lmao
This is huge. Returned to wow pvp just recently after Shadowlands and this video got me locked in again into what I should look for in an arena match. Greatly appreciate the work you’ve done😊
awesome vid - you mention playing alts is a great way to learn the game, to prepare for different scenarios which i completely agree. however, do you have any recommendations to learn all of the ins and outs of a class (offensives, defensives, CC, CC breaks) without actually playing them as an alt? I just don’t want to max level every character and farm honor gear for each. I was thinking reading through the omnibar spells for each class, or possibly the class trials. wanted to get your thoughts on it though!
Glad you enjoyed! :D I still think leveling alts is the best way to learn because you get the "feel" of a class over just knowing their toolkit. But just reading their kit is definitely good enough to start! I'd recommend using GladiusEX instead of omnibar to read up on spells. Both add-ons can do this, but I like GEX CDs because you can hover your mouse over any ability and read the tool tip. This let's you read your opponents most important abilities before the gates open without opening menus. OmniBar I usually only use to track kicks. Seeing all the important spells locked the enemy health bar helps me keep track and learn better. You still might not be aware of specific mechanics or how talents change their spells but those come naturally with time. Last thing I might suggest is if you wanna know a little more about a class, without reading tons of talents and watching guides is find a streamer playing it or something. You can learn a TON just watching and listening, i know i have. Even get questions directly answered sometimes. Hope this helps!
Awesome video, keep it up!!! Pro tip: I have found when playing serious PvP there is a beer cap involved, meaning, the more you drink the worse you play... ;)
It's definitely intimidating but the pay off is SO worth it imo. Best advice I can give is that ctrl+shift made arena123 really easy. Like Polymorph Arena 1 on F then arena 2 on Shift F then 3 on Ctrl F Most macros and ui stuff other people have already made for you to copy paste! If you ever need help w any of that I'm active on discord and our in game pvp community
A whopping 10 months late but I guess many would land months & even years later to this video and still be enchanted by how helpful the video truly is. There is not a tip that wasn't helpful, and even though some pointers I was already aware of, I watched entire video like a rookie as any learner should. Loved it mate, many thanks for this PvP tips guide.
one thing that i wanted to add for a specific situation in rather low mmr aswell so it might not be useful to a lot of ppl. If you are able to start on a enemy warlock before they can setup their portals it could be a free win a lot of them get flustered and cant kite at all = free damage uptime for you. Ive done this few times as warrior and works well as long as i dont LOS my healer and their lock does not transition well. Small tip for fellow newbies.
new guy to arena here, why is it that people use the arena 1~3 binds for things like BoF/BoP on holy paladin? isn't it harder to have to think wich party member will have to receive and press a dedicated key bind over just using a mouseover macro to target by just putting the mouse on their party frames? the three bindings for targeting the enemies i get
Well most high rated players will never use mousovers for utility spells at all because it's just slower than 123macros. But you could still make it work if you want. You can just react faster with a hot key even if it's only milliseconds. It's simpler than you think! I use an addon to make my party frames more stable. So when I'm playing my Ret I'm always party 1, and my healer is always party 2. The extra dps is always party 3. This makes BoP, BoF, BoSan BoSac, LoH, easier to do on the fly. You could even use a weak aura that just says with text who needs utility cc and when like I do for Blessing of Sanctuary
Easier said than done really. You forgot to mention the casual players getting pooped on by some toxic players out there when it doesn’t go their way lol. But great educational video and thank you! 🙌
Happens at every single rating my friend. Don't take it personal. Some people are dicks and get heated when they lose. If it really bothers you, block em and move on. But this is something you will experience at every single skill level, casual, hardcore, experienced, inexperienced etc. arena brings out the best in people 😂
Half is a little dramatic, but it's a tough situation for sure. I'd be okay with removing add-ons from the whole game if Blizzard could bake in all the essentials to the base game. The problem with that is it would likely take Blizzard 10+ years to implement that in a way the playerbase would appreciate. A classic corporate move of screwing your loyal audience to "appeal to a wider audience" (type "The Thing They Want Meme" into google). The lid is already off panora's box so to speak. I don't think Blizzard is capable of giving us the ability to customize our interface to the degree 50 add-ons do for us now. That said if I could snap my fingers for a magical fix I would. It's not a great experience for new players. But don't get it twisted, there's still A TON of skill required in PvP now in the state it's in and it's a lot of fun 😁
A year later im coming back to this video. Im HARD stuck at 1800 on both warrior and Hpriest. Im trying so hard to hit 2100 on my first toon. I hope to reach my goal before end of s4
Don't give up you got this!! It's a really rough time to push rn with the state of the ladder. If you end up having to push just one for the final stretch, I'd recommend the Hpriest for reasons pointed out in my "Healing is EASY" vid
@@Soulstace so I've been in Lax's guild since we were on kil'jaiden and the guild was called Requiem. I server transferred before him and Darkdk server transferred. They tried to remake Requiem on Tich but I guess it didn't pan out. Hit me up in game if you see me. Same name :)
38:48 😂👍🏼 just joking. Do you use only A1, A2 and A3 for enemy target? Is that enough? I have atm nothing 🤣 only sheep 1,2,3. if you use like target enemy 2 and then push silence is that fast enough?
I'm glad someone watched long enough to catch that joke lol. Targeting is all personal preference, I'd say it's not fast enough because I like to use arena123 macros for each CC as well as targeting. This allows me to sheep someone without having to target them and can throw off enemy predictions. For sheep I use: #showtooltip /cast [nomod, @arena1, exists, nodead] [nomod] Polymorph(Black Cat) /cast [mod:shift, @arena2, exists, nodead] Polymorph(Black Cat) /cast [mod:ctrl, @arena3, exists, nodead] Polymorph(Black Cat) This macro will always sheep my target if arena1,2,3 don't exist. Otherwise it allows me to consolidate keybind using modifiers. F is my sheep for target/arena1. shit+F is arena 2, Ctrl+F is arena 3. I then use normal arena target macros for Counterspell and Spellsteal. But I throw in a cancelaura Ice Block line too so I can kick/SS out of Ice Block before it ends to get the jump on a caster. #showtooltip /cancelaura ice block /stopcasting /stopcasting /cast [@arena1, exists, nodead] [@target] Counterspell The only other macros I rly use is an Alter Time cancelaura in case I end up in a a better spot after casting it, and a Cannibalize macro that will let me use undead cannibalize racial and mage food on the same global. That one comes in clutch when you only have a few seconds to get health back and happen to have a corpse lying around. /cancelaura Alter Time #showtooltip Cannibalize /cast Cannibalize(Racial) /use Conjured Mana Bun
Dayyuumm that much information and effort! thanks for the tipps I need to do it and learn by playing. Do you have f1 - f12 on your mmoga mouse? I cant do there like f1 + shift
@@a.a.6464 I technically do yeah but I don't use all 12 in game. Most of my classes only need top two rows. Some get the third row. None in my experience need all 4 rows. I bound my mmo mouse buttons to the F keys because I have some spells on the number row and I use the numpad for OBS scene transitions. Top row is mostly utility, and second row is for arena enemies. So F4 would be target arena 1, Shift+F1 is Counterspell arena 1, Ctrl+F1 is SS arena 1 , then F5=Arena2 and F6=Arena3. You can use Ctrl+Shit and Alt modifiers as well. If you do utilize alt modifiers though definitely swap F4 with F7 or something. Too many times when I was learning to use this mouse did I alt+F4 out of the game lmaoo.
Liking because Logitech G600 enjoyer. Sad it's no longer in Logitech's catalog. It is very hard to find one nowadays. I've using my 3rd G600 so far, I think i will quit WoW when the click begins acting clunky; could'nt play with another mouse.
You have to react to the rules message to gain access to the rest of the server. Also: /run local U=UnitIsUnit hooksecurefunc("CompactUnitFrame_UpdateName",function(F)if IsActiveBattlefieldArena()and F.unit:find("nameplate")then for i=1,5 do if U(F.unit,"arena"..i)then F.name:SetText(i)F.name:SetTextColor(1,1,0)break end end end end)
@@Jovana-jl9qq Not necessarily! Some information is more important than others but work on just tweeking one aspect of your ui at a time to get comfortable w it if you feel your are missing vital info somewhere. Overhauling your whole ui at once can Def be disorienting
@@Soulstace Yeah, I do feel disoriented and confused with UI addons... Thanks however I picked up some useful tips! But I feel like i will stick to casual bg's.
@@Manderenn what? Demo Locks don't spec into Nether Portal. It's terrible. Demo Locks also shouldn't be using Shadow Bolt. Chanimal told me himself that Fear is a better Global to press than Shadow Bolt.
I assume you mean sArena and GladiusEX which I layered on one another. GEX shows the CDs on top of each enemy bar, and sArena is everything else. I copied Aeghis 1 to 1 for that. Someone actually asked that exact question in my Discord recently. If you wanna join and scroll up in general chat, I explained the whole thing and included the Lua files for you to download. Lmk if you need help implementing it :)
Its called SMITE. It's a free to play 3rd person moba. It's even on Steam now. It's the best moba on the market imo by far. Ive played it since it was in open beta and kept playing for years so I had some footage lying around that fit the example. If you're a fan of mobas I'd highly recommend it. Just doesn't scratch the same itch that WoW does for me
Fortunately the steps for gearing are the same for everyone! Firstly you can buy your green combatants gear from the AH for a quick ilv boost. Then you accept all the weekly pvp and sparks quests offered in the pvp room in valdrakkan. Knock those out in BGs, EBGs, Skirmishes, Brawls, etc to grind honor points and do the sparks quests for epic crafted gear. Once you have high enough ilv from that you can que ranked pvp which is where you get conquest points for your rated pvp set! Some of those pieces you'll want to turn into tier gear at the revival catalyst. Which pieces varies by spec, I'd check what the top rated PvPers for ur desired specs are doin. Unlike previous expansions all you need to do for pvp gear this expac is pvp! So accept the quests, run some BGs for now and have fun 😎 Feel free to ask any more questions here or in my discord! I try to be highly responsive
@@Soulstace also im on a pve server thrall and its horde dominant so does it matter if i do arena when im ready? or do i need to change to a pvp server with balance factions?
@@NkenKenY everything is cross realm nowadays so it doesn't really matter what realm you're on or if it's a pve/pvp server. You can do the rated arena when you have the required ilv. All servers are basically the same now but I think Tichondrius is biggest NA Horde PvP server
if they didnt noone would care. and coping murlok doesn't help you be better i've used garbage classes to kill almost everything and used good ones that sucked.when you start climbing the game gets harder.doesn't matter how your favorite youtuber makes it look and half the words you used in this video there is alot of players that have no clue what you are talking about. you can be a vet at this game and some chip shot player destroys you.i can tell you more about that arena at the starting stages of the climb because most will quit before 800.and for the love of god don't put 90 garbage addons on your screen they won't help you .doesn't matter how cool you think they look.
Why? There is a massive range of skill levels. At first it takes a little bit to get to where you belong (you'll likely lose a lot until you get to the proper level, short term pain) but eventually you will settle into a place where you have more even games. From there if you enjoy it, you just play to have fun and improve at your own pace. No one is calling for chess to be made easier because it's difficult for new people. Don't ruin it for the people that enjoy it. If you still don't have fun when you have more fair matches it might just not be for you.
The only Tip rn is play retri/warr or ret/lock or ret/hunt, this game sucks, don't fool people anymore, I have seen many people who play super badly and with broken classes they have reached gladiator, this game is a meme.
Tf are you talking about gladiator? You are 2400 solo shuffle rival exp LOL that is 1600 in every other bracket, where literally all of your characters are rn. Why lie
I just put this list together to help others progress with what I know, and no one wants information from anyone claiming to be anything other than Glad. And ftr, I've only played for fun this season. I don't have any teammates to push Glad with. I know the ladder is incredibly deflated and I know my limits are far beyond 2.2k at least. Why stress over rating when I can have fun and make videos instead? So even though I myself may not be one, most of the information on this list was outsourced from other actual Gladiators, reddit posts, and streamers as stated up front in the video ( 0:35 ). My not being a Glad doesn't make any of the advice in this video any less relevant, and reading the comments around here and my post in r/worldofpvp I think I've succeeded in helping :) Consider me guilty of clickbait officer, take me away! ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
@@DKPstudios If you're serious and have some time this upcoming week I was already considering attempting to make a video in Jackson's honor. "Becoming A Gladiator In One Week Out Of Spite". I'd love to feature you in that video if you think there's even a small chance of pulling it off in the 11 days left of Season 1. Please message me on Discord if you're interested!
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In the whole 40 minutes of this video turns out there is a single false tip. 22:55-23:17 is not correct.
I claimed Mages had to reactivate Alter Time to use it, so CC'ing them at the end of it's duration would lock them out of gaining any benefits. This is false. I experienced a bug in gameplay that led me to believe it was true and after testing every single kind of CC I can say none of them stop Alter Time. I wrote that tip around a bug I can't even recreate smh.
However, Mages will still have to wait the full duration of any CC you threw at them even if they're teleported away by Time Alter during that CC.
You can purge it though and in most cases it's best to lock him down precisely so that he panics into block or procs cheath death( or optimallyboth)... but only on good uptime and if you're sure, otherwise its wasted dmg and cds. So tip for more xped ppl and not the" Zug Zug I ignore everything around me" solo shuffle warys :p
I mentioned this to you on Reddit - props for rectifying it! Good info for all man, well done.
@@mikegow642 Lmao! Positive-Bear8641 is that you?? Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate you pointing it out to me lol. The longer it went without "rectifying" the more embarrassing it would have been
@@Soulstace Haha no worries man! It is hard to catch all the little things, and I am sure overall your info is appreciated by many. Cheers!
Should pin this comment so people who don't scroll down and to read comments are more likely to notice it.
I'm too dumb for pvp or dungeons, I just solo pick flowers and quest
Omg 😆 I had almost forgotten pikaboo did a gameplay review of my rogue and you brought it back with my terrible UI I had back then. I want to say that I listened to every word he said and changed my shit up, deleted multiple add-ons, and played almost 700 rounds of solo shuffle and I hit 1800 for that transmog set. I was hard stuck about 1400-1500 when pika did that review of my gameplay so... less is more sometimes is my advice, my awareness felt a lot better when I got rid of 90% of the bullshit on my screen (I still like gladiatorlossa though 😅 I just turned off a whole shit load of spells so it just tells me the big ones and not every detail like when a warrior changes into battle stance lol). Plan this season is to try my hardest to get 2100 for the shadowflame weapon enchant thingy, dunno if it's realistic to climb another 300 points in a season but I met my goal of 1800 last season so it's time to push it a little bit.
That's so awesome to see you in these comments lol! Pikaboo is definitely the goat of retail streamers imo it's cool his vid helped you so much.
If it's solo shuffle you're pushing as dps your biggest challenge to grinding rating will literally just be Q times lmao! If that one video helped you go from 15 to 18, I'm very confident with a season of grinding that 2100 is well within your reach, if not 2400!
I hope i get to read another comment from ya in Season 2 stating you've achieved your goals. Good luck out there!👊
@@Soulstace thanks man, yeah the queue times are rough, but it is what it is I guess. I'm sure sooner or later I'll have an urge to get a solid 3s team together and get even more work in, but I'm just not feeling it yet, I like being a solo Andy. I'll do my best to make sure your confidence in me isn't wasted 😅 feels like a world of difference between 1800 and 2100, like a big mountain to climb, but I'm excited to try. I know you don't need it as far as arenas go, but good luck out there as well, I hope your channel pops off, it would be well deserved.
could you redo this but for classic wow ? :D.
This is some serious gourmet shit.
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your right i should play smite instead.
I passed my driving test using this vid. Top notch.
Insanely good guide. I'm subscribed to the paid version of skill capped, I've watched dozens of arena guides from popular streamers, but this is hands down the most helpful video I've ever seen. Plus your similes are on point!
Could you expand more on tip 9? I'm aware there are scripts for popular comps, but I don't know what they are our where to find them online.
I am seriously over joyed by your kind words!
Tip #9 is kind of a two parter. First half being play by the script, second half being admitting your own faults can help coerce your teammates into admitting theirs so you can all improve. The latter is easier to understand, but the former is not so much. Everyone understands how internet pride can interfere with good teamwork, but playing by the script is something that comes from a lot of experience.
The best analogy I can think of is saying it's like chess. There are a ton of pieces and possible moves you/your team could make to win the game. But if you were to plug in a super computer chess master AI to play the game, it would boil down all the variables and possibilities to one algorithmically objectively best pattern. That is to say that in theory there is always an objectively correct way any one comp should play against any other. But that is just on paper. Part of what makes PvP so much more engaging than PvE (imo) is the unpredictability of human reaction. Chess masters can and have beaten robots designed with no other purpose than winning chess.
"The Script" is the idealized method and order of plays your team should make to achieve the highest possible chance of winning. So I can't very well break down all the match ups for you, but this is the discussing you should be having with your team before/after matches and while you're in the starting gate.
Unfortunately I don't know of anywhere online that breaks down every script quite so easily. If you're into studying the arena though, I'd recommend watching streamers who play with consistent teammates and preferably your comp of choice. Start watching their vods or videos where they actively communicate with their team, and then compare the matches where they face the same comp. If you were to line up every AssaRogue/DesttoLock/Presvoker vs Ret/Arms/RSham match that you team of choice plays, you should start to notice the same call outs and efforts. Take notes on these games of what is consistent. Take notes on what breaks the consistency. Note your teams win/loss conditions and what immediately proceeds achieving either one.
Learning these things through personal experience is usually what constitutes any players understanding of "The Script". I'm sorry I typed you a whole book here, but that's what I meant when I said it's not so easy to understand. Hope it helps!
TL;DR: Just keep playing the game. After enough experience and consistency you will naturally learn the patterns of winning matches against specific comp matchups.
26:55 grounding doesnt work like that with execution sentance, in order to ground it the shaman needs to cast it when ES is about to land. So on the last 3 sec of it's duration. What you just did there was compleatly wrong and the shaman will get 0 value out of it, ret can press ES when grounding is up, it wont get grounded but it will keep going like always, 12 sec in air.
For gods sake please all download weakauras and then Mes Arena cds. I tells you when major offense is popped or healing tide totem that you should kill to deny shamans big heals
Was able to do my final push to glad this season just from this vid, the using monk disarm for Die by the Sword really helped in this ret/war meta lmao
This is huge. Returned to wow pvp just recently after Shadowlands and this video got me locked in again into what I should look for in an arena match. Greatly appreciate the work you’ve done😊
Unpopular opinion but i love the hook point RP screaming. Shit makes me laugh every time
I climbed 500cr just by reading title
very insightful video. The distract tip on mages blew my mind haha keep it up!
love the smite reference
awesome vid - you mention playing alts is a great way to learn the game, to prepare for different scenarios which i completely agree. however, do you have any recommendations to learn all of the ins and outs of a class (offensives, defensives, CC, CC breaks) without actually playing them as an alt? I just don’t want to max level every character and farm honor gear for each.
I was thinking reading through the omnibar spells for each class, or possibly the class trials. wanted to get your thoughts on it though!
Glad you enjoyed! :D
I still think leveling alts is the best way to learn because you get the "feel" of a class over just knowing their toolkit. But just reading their kit is definitely good enough to start!
I'd recommend using GladiusEX instead of omnibar to read up on spells. Both add-ons can do this, but I like GEX CDs because you can hover your mouse over any ability and read the tool tip. This let's you read your opponents most important abilities before the gates open without opening menus. OmniBar I usually only use to track kicks. Seeing all the important spells locked the enemy health bar helps me keep track and learn better. You still might not be aware of specific mechanics or how talents change their spells but those come naturally with time.
Last thing I might suggest is if you wanna know a little more about a class, without reading tons of talents and watching guides is find a streamer playing it or something. You can learn a TON just watching and listening, i know i have. Even get questions directly answered sometimes. Hope this helps!
Next video: 45 tips on how to keybind for Arena
Climbed 300cr just from watching this video, thanks for the tips!
what a masterpice!
This vídeo is a gold mine, thank you!
Awesome video, keep it up!!!
Pro tip: I have found when playing serious PvP there is a beer cap involved, meaning, the more you drink the worse you play... ;)
its the best guide video for arenas.
i filmed it, i missed every ult, missclicked 70% of my buttons and dd the tank instead of the healer
As someone new to keybinds... its been fun but also hard LOL up next is macros and some other UI stuff but it is so scary tbh lol
It's definitely intimidating but the pay off is SO worth it imo. Best advice I can give is that ctrl+shift made arena123 really easy.
Like Polymorph Arena 1 on F then arena 2 on Shift F then 3 on Ctrl F
Most macros and ui stuff other people have already made for you to copy paste! If you ever need help w any of that I'm active on discord and our in game pvp community
8:40 actually the best way to talk to your teamate is: "you #!@# #@!#$! why don't you even kite the damn warrior, YOU'RE A F#!@#! HUNTER!!"
man. big up for this video. many of them out there but this one made it pop for me...lets see what these solo shuffles bring :D
A whopping 10 months late but I guess many would land months & even years later to this video and still be enchanted by how helpful the video truly is. There is not a tip that wasn't helpful, and even though some pointers I was already aware of, I watched entire video like a rookie as any learner should.
Loved it mate, many thanks for this PvP tips guide.
one thing that i wanted to add for a specific situation in rather low mmr aswell so it might not be useful to a lot of ppl. If you are able to start on a enemy warlock before they can setup their portals it could be a free win a lot of them get flustered and cant kite at all = free damage uptime for you. Ive done this few times as warrior and works well as long as i dont LOS my healer and their lock does not transition well. Small tip for fellow newbies.
All of the things you describe here apply to all high skill professional positions in life. Much respect. Excellent essay. 😊
Yea dude go get paid from Skill Capped! We will continue to watch this channel grow
Lol show me where to sign! Til then I'll be uploading here for years to come 💯
So basicaly, have no life and just play wow. Got it😅
Ty for tips
You clearly said genital pits at the beginning.
new guy to arena here, why is it that people use the arena 1~3 binds for things like BoF/BoP on holy paladin? isn't it harder to have to think wich party member will have to receive and press a dedicated key bind over just using a mouseover macro to target by just putting the mouse on their party frames? the three bindings for targeting the enemies i get
Well most high rated players will never use mousovers for utility spells at all because it's just slower than 123macros. But you could still make it work if you want. You can just react faster with a hot key even if it's only milliseconds.
It's simpler than you think! I use an addon to make my party frames more stable. So when I'm playing my Ret I'm always party 1, and my healer is always party 2. The extra dps is always party 3. This makes BoP, BoF, BoSan BoSac, LoH, easier to do on the fly. You could even use a weak aura that just says with text who needs utility cc and when like I do for Blessing of Sanctuary
Easier said than done really. You forgot to mention the casual players getting pooped on by some toxic players out there when it doesn’t go their way lol. But great educational video and thank you! 🙌
Happens at every single rating my friend. Don't take it personal. Some people are dicks and get heated when they lose. If it really bothers you, block em and move on. But this is something you will experience at every single skill level, casual, hardcore, experienced, inexperienced etc. arena brings out the best in people 😂
this video actually very good lol
Half the tips: Get an addon.
All addons should be removed from PVP, so skill is needed. Not Weak Aura tracking.
Half is a little dramatic, but it's a tough situation for sure. I'd be okay with removing add-ons from the whole game if Blizzard could bake in all the essentials to the base game. The problem with that is it would likely take Blizzard 10+ years to implement that in a way the playerbase would appreciate. A classic corporate move of screwing your loyal audience to "appeal to a wider audience" (type "The Thing They Want Meme" into google). The lid is already off panora's box so to speak. I don't think Blizzard is capable of giving us the ability to customize our interface to the degree 50 add-ons do for us now.
That said if I could snap my fingers for a magical fix I would. It's not a great experience for new players. But don't get it twisted, there's still A TON of skill required in PvP now in the state it's in and it's a lot of fun 😁
Criminally underrated PvP guide! Thank you kind sir!! You deserve way more subs! I just did myself 😊
P.S.
Phenomenal editing!! 🙏🏽
Okay that DH/Evoker live stream thing is borderline cheating tho 😂
Nothing in the AWC rulebook suggests looking at your teammates screen during a LAN tournament is against the rules so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ a tip is a tip lol!
thumbs up for the work you did to the video :)
A year later im coming back to this video. Im HARD stuck at 1800 on both warrior and Hpriest. Im trying so hard to hit 2100 on my first toon. I hope to reach my goal before end of s4
A huge thing that DEFINITELY helped me was record my games. Watching all the little mistakes I make keeps me cognizant in future games (sometimes 😭)
Don't give up you got this!! It's a really rough time to push rn with the state of the ladder.
If you end up having to push just one for the final stretch, I'd recommend the Hpriest for reasons pointed out in my "Healing is EASY" vid
Omg this is such a good video
Great guide. I noticed that you got some toons in Elite Horde. Is that on Tichondrius? If so, hello guildie! :D
Yessir good to see a fellow guildie!! Been with EH since my Degenerate WoW Moments video. Thx for the kind words!
@@Soulstace so I've been in Lax's guild since we were on kil'jaiden and the guild was called Requiem. I server transferred before him and Darkdk server transferred. They tried to remake Requiem on Tich but I guess it didn't pan out. Hit me up in game if you see me. Same name :)
nice man
THANK YOU!!!
38:48 😂👍🏼 just joking.
Do you use only A1, A2 and A3 for enemy target? Is that enough? I have atm nothing 🤣 only sheep 1,2,3.
if you use like target enemy 2 and then push silence is that fast enough?
I'm glad someone watched long enough to catch that joke lol.
Targeting is all personal preference, I'd say it's not fast enough because I like to use arena123 macros for each CC as well as targeting. This allows me to sheep someone without having to target them and can throw off enemy predictions.
For sheep I use:
#showtooltip
/cast [nomod, @arena1, exists, nodead] [nomod] Polymorph(Black Cat)
/cast [mod:shift, @arena2, exists, nodead] Polymorph(Black Cat)
/cast [mod:ctrl, @arena3, exists, nodead] Polymorph(Black Cat)
This macro will always sheep my target if arena1,2,3 don't exist. Otherwise it allows me to consolidate keybind using modifiers. F is my sheep for target/arena1. shit+F is arena 2, Ctrl+F is arena 3.
I then use normal arena target macros for Counterspell and Spellsteal. But I throw in a cancelaura Ice Block line too so I can kick/SS out of Ice Block before it ends to get the jump on a caster.
#showtooltip
/cancelaura ice block
/stopcasting
/stopcasting
/cast [@arena1, exists, nodead] [@target] Counterspell
The only other macros I rly use is an Alter Time cancelaura in case I end up in a a better spot after casting it, and a Cannibalize macro that will let me use undead cannibalize racial and mage food on the same global. That one comes in clutch when you only have a few seconds to get health back and happen to have a corpse lying around.
/cancelaura Alter Time
#showtooltip Cannibalize
/cast Cannibalize(Racial)
/use Conjured Mana Bun
Dayyuumm that much information and effort! thanks for the tipps I need to do it and learn by playing.
Do you have f1 - f12 on your mmoga mouse? I cant do there like f1 + shift
@@a.a.6464 I technically do yeah but I don't use all 12 in game. Most of my classes only need top two rows. Some get the third row. None in my experience need all 4 rows. I bound my mmo mouse buttons to the F keys because I have some spells on the number row and I use the numpad for OBS scene transitions.
Top row is mostly utility, and second row is for arena enemies. So F4 would be target arena 1, Shift+F1 is Counterspell arena 1, Ctrl+F1 is SS arena 1 , then F5=Arena2 and F6=Arena3. You can use Ctrl+Shit and Alt modifiers as well. If you do utilize alt modifiers though definitely swap F4 with F7 or something. Too many times when I was learning to use this mouse did I alt+F4 out of the game lmaoo.
@@SoulstaceI will try it again thanks for your tips! And waiting for new vids! :)
Noobs guide
great content
in that version of wow did hunter have knock backs?
Yes they did/do! But I'm p sure they have to spec into it and it requires a ranged weapon.
www.wowhead.com/spell=186387/bursting-shot
(on the arena dialog. Theres a setting to turn off dialog.)
Ive played the game for 18 years and didn't learn that fact until a month after uploading this 🙃lol. Embarrassing
I like the video but the language is confusing to follow for new players
Fine. I’ll stop leaping off my mount. 😂 it’s like it’s just coded into the kit
Liking because Logitech G600 enjoyer.
Sad it's no longer in Logitech's catalog. It is very hard to find one nowadays. I've using my 3rd G600 so far, I think i will quit WoW when the click begins acting clunky; could'nt play with another mouse.
Razer Naga is another MMO mouse.
@@SicariusGaming87 if it hasn't 3 click buttons, i'm not interested; I use the right-most button to set a focus as if it was the target.
Bro please keep making pvp guide content. Great video. Underrated as fuck
Hi I'd like to get the NumPlate macro. Joined your discord but I have no access to messages or channels
You have to react to the rules message to gain access to the rest of the server.
Also:
/run local U=UnitIsUnit hooksecurefunc("CompactUnitFrame_UpdateName",function(F)if IsActiveBattlefieldArena()and F.unit:find("nameplate")then for i=1,5 do if U(F.unit,"arena"..i)then F.name:SetText(i)F.name:SetTextColor(1,1,0)break end end end end)
so to play pvp, i need to reinvent my entire UI?
@@Jovana-jl9qq Not necessarily! Some information is more important than others but work on just tweeking one aspect of your ui at a time to get comfortable w it if you feel your are missing vital info somewhere. Overhauling your whole ui at once can Def be disorienting
@@Soulstace Yeah, I do feel disoriented and confused with UI addons... Thanks however I picked up some useful tips! But I feel like i will stick to casual bg's.
Would you post your modified version of the Healer CC WeakAura?
I've posted the link as well as step by step instructions in my Discord! It's the most recently pinned message in general chat
Solid Vid
Demo Locks don't use Nether Portal.
That's a talent build
@@Manderenn what? Demo Locks don't spec into Nether Portal. It's terrible. Demo Locks also shouldn't be using Shadow Bolt. Chanimal told me himself that Fear is a better Global to press than Shadow Bolt.
Banger video .
Good video! Subbed 😊
What addon is it, that you showed in the clip that shows both enemy cds, and their bars? Is it sArena?
I assume you mean sArena and GladiusEX which I layered on one another. GEX shows the CDs on top of each enemy bar, and sArena is everything else. I copied Aeghis 1 to 1 for that.
Someone actually asked that exact question in my Discord recently. If you wanna join and scroll up in general chat, I explained the whole thing and included the Lua files for you to download. Lmk if you need help implementing it :)
@@Soulstace Thanks a lot man, godbless
What game is on the screen at 6.45?
Its called SMITE. It's a free to play 3rd person moba. It's even on Steam now. It's the best moba on the market imo by far. Ive played it since it was in open beta and kept playing for years so I had some footage lying around that fit the example. If you're a fan of mobas I'd highly recommend it. Just doesn't scratch the same itch that WoW does for me
Did you play AT Cata by any chance?
You mean during Cataclysm? I been playing since the tail end of classic at 6 y/o
@@Soulstace meant the private server Arena tournament , guess not tho so mb
Straight to the point, good video mate, thanx 🙃
how to get gear im a new to pvp? help i play holy paladin main and disc priest
Fortunately the steps for gearing are the same for everyone!
Firstly you can buy your green combatants gear from the AH for a quick ilv boost.
Then you accept all the weekly pvp and sparks quests offered in the pvp room in valdrakkan. Knock those out in BGs, EBGs, Skirmishes, Brawls, etc to grind honor points and do the sparks quests for epic crafted gear.
Once you have high enough ilv from that you can que ranked pvp which is where you get conquest points for your rated pvp set! Some of those pieces you'll want to turn into tier gear at the revival catalyst. Which pieces varies by spec, I'd check what the top rated PvPers for ur desired specs are doin.
Unlike previous expansions all you need to do for pvp gear this expac is pvp! So accept the quests, run some BGs for now and have fun 😎
Feel free to ask any more questions here or in my discord! I try to be highly responsive
@@Soulstace also im on a pve server thrall and its horde dominant so does it matter if i do arena when im ready? or do i need to change to a pvp server with balance factions?
@@NkenKenY everything is cross realm nowadays so it doesn't really matter what realm you're on or if it's a pve/pvp server. You can do the rated arena when you have the required ilv. All servers are basically the same now but I think Tichondrius is biggest NA Horde PvP server
@@Soulstace oh ok ty
all these third party "tools" . . .
Tip #1 should’ve been: play warrior. We always have, and will continue to, dominate PVP.
Wait a minute.... u're telling me that 1,8k on these days equals to a 1.4k???? 0-o?
if they didnt noone would care. and coping murlok doesn't help you be better i've used garbage classes to kill almost everything and used good ones that sucked.when you start climbing the game gets harder.doesn't matter how your favorite youtuber makes it look and half the words you used in this video there is alot of players that have no clue what you are talking about. you can be a vet at this game and some chip shot player destroys you.i can tell you more about that arena at the starting stages of the climb because most will quit before 800.and for the love of god don't put 90 garbage addons on your screen they won't help you .doesn't matter how cool you think they look.
pfrrt hahahah female boosted gladiators, where is snowmixxy? ahjhahaha
Bah, na player.
Wow… that’s all way to confusing. PvP is just not friendly to newbies lmao, rework the whole mode plz
Why? There is a massive range of skill levels. At first it takes a little bit to get to where you belong (you'll likely lose a lot until you get to the proper level, short term pain) but eventually you will settle into a place where you have more even games. From there if you enjoy it, you just play to have fun and improve at your own pace.
No one is calling for chess to be made easier because it's difficult for new people. Don't ruin it for the people that enjoy it. If you still don't have fun when you have more fair matches it might just not be for you.
You're not a gladiator lol
The only Tip rn is play retri/warr or ret/lock or ret/hunt, this game sucks,
don't fool people anymore,
I have seen many people who play super badly and with broken classes they have reached gladiator, this game is a meme.
i still can't believe that people actually play and also enjoy pvp in wow
Nub
Noob
Tf are you talking about gladiator? You are 2400 solo shuffle rival exp LOL that is 1600 in every other bracket, where literally all of your characters are rn. Why lie
Are you this asshurt you can't climb in solo shuffle?
I just put this list together to help others progress with what I know, and no one wants information from anyone claiming to be anything other than Glad. And ftr, I've only played for fun this season. I don't have any teammates to push Glad with. I know the ladder is incredibly deflated and I know my limits are far beyond 2.2k at least. Why stress over rating when I can have fun and make videos instead? So even though I myself may not be one, most of the information on this list was outsourced from other actual Gladiators, reddit posts, and streamers as stated up front in the video ( 0:35 ). My not being a Glad doesn't make any of the advice in this video any less relevant, and reading the comments around here and my post in r/worldofpvp I think I've succeeded in helping :) Consider me guilty of clickbait officer, take me away! ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
@@Soulstace I'll be your teammate for glad
@@DKPstudios If you're serious and have some time this upcoming week I was already considering attempting to make a video in Jackson's honor. "Becoming A Gladiator In One Week Out Of Spite". I'd love to feature you in that video if you think there's even a small chance of pulling it off in the 11 days left of Season 1. Please message me on Discord if you're interested!
wow is dead anyway
Lol. Lmao, even
And yet, you tuned into a wow video. How nice of you.
TLDR: get a PHD to play a garbage mode in a 20 year old tab target game.
No thanks xD