Frost mages are amazing. Merc, I don't have much interest in WoW these days, but I still love every one of your pvp videos and watch them from start to finish. You're the inspiration for my own rogue and I've used a lot of your tactics to wreck Alliance on my server. Keep doing what you do, man, love your work.
@MacJohn94 I believe it's an engineer "enchant" called Grounded Plasma Shield. It applies a 16200 to 19800 bubble that absorbs damage, hope this helps.
Awesome video, I usually like videos with at least some commentary though because it gives the video a more personal touch. Commentating also lets people get to know you better in my honest opinion. Great video though, looking forward to more as soon as possible.
@Maltemackmannen Slow weapons have to do more damage for each hit because they don’t hit as often. Fast weapons can do less damage per hit because they hit more frequently. The reason for a fast off hand is poison stacking. The faster the off hand weapon, the faster it will get you to a 5-stack of Deadly Poison. Which overall will increase Dps.
hey Mercader.I just want to congratulate you on your videos.Combat spec is the hardest spec to play in arenas but now whit recuperate it a very good spec to trey.I think it won`t get you to 2k rating but is nice to play as combat in arenas. Just want to tell you that you are an inspiration and keep more videos coming up.Hope you will get money one day from the videos.
You have been able to take our 5 warriors/shamans/spriest due to recoup and your bad ass skills, but this truly should be a testimate that a player of your abilty cannot destroy one frost mage. The to OP for meele. Great vid man keep them coming!
@MartinTheL33t You're a little bit expectant aren't you? Did you actually expect every video I post to be an Ultimate Challenge? That would give my channel a total life of 9 videos. Use your brain, it's up there for thinking.
hey mercader, i'd love to see more arenas or bg videos from a rogue point of view, and also, have you tried subtlety, im thinking shadowstep would help you alot in many of these situations
First duel is pretty awesome, don't really see any mistakes on either side. I like that you show losing duels too - takes a real player to show the losses with the wins.
@iRey360 Merc has used smokebomb and was trying to restealth, so the mage used an AoE attack to make it so that Merc couldn't stealth and stayed in combat.
Thanks for introducing me to Dead Letter Circus, is there any reason you don't play Combat any more, if at all Merc? The people slamming it here seem a little clueless.
@Keyboardturning well i was not high when making that comment, i was not saying that frost mages are not OP, just that they are beatable if you try hard enough..... they could do with 1 or 2 nerfs like increasing the blink cooldown by a fraction.....
@vidic245 So with your thinking, there shouldn't be any LOS in arenas, or pvp at all for that matter? LOS is a part of the game mechanic, use it or not, it's something there at your disposal.
@Deadly995 not that much, the people that i know (myself included) that play them for pvp do so mostly for fun and they said its better in bgs when your part of a group attacking a group. in 1v1s they lose a little compared to the other specs, but its fun nonetheless. :)
Hey merc, is there a way to get the first song onto an ipod? I really love all the songs that you put in your vids and this is no exception. Brilliant work with the frost mage too. Keep it up! :)
Why are you guys asking about blade flurry . They changed it if your still stuck in wotlk , blade flurry is now a cleave but reduces energy regeneration . That is all , it is a pve skill . And the main reason he went combat is for the improved sprint to get rid of snare , faster and longer gouge , a silencing kick , and of course killing spree . Combat does have alot of pvp efficient talents , but lacks damage .
@dem0nrogue Frost Mages used to be the worst of the Mage specs. Fire was great for leveling and arcane could be changed for PvE or P. Cata finally decided to let Water Elementals stay permanent summons and fixed Frost to take Arcane's PvP role. it seems fair to me. Besides, Frost mages only have 3 stuns, RoF Deep Freeze (which can only be cast on snared targets once every 6 seconds or so) and Poly, which heals who they use it on. How many stuns do classes like Rogues or pally's have?
This mage knows what he is doing. I reckon since Merc has had more experience with Sub rather than Combat, the mage would've been easily beaten in Sub. Combat still looks good though, better for long fights. :) By the way, how are you immune to Ring of Frost? You just don't get hit no matter how many rings you take, especially in the duels against Nexius.
Did the rogue have Crippling Poison applied to one of his weapons? Why didn't he spec into Blade Twisting?! it practically makes it unneccessary to use Crip on anything other than maybe your throwing weapon, plus you could use a better poison in its place, like Mind-numbing or Instant Poison to burst him further down or prevent him from using as many hard-cast spells . Also, that mage was either not trying or is really bad (or new) at PvP. Really, not kiting much at all.
@toepax1 steps to beating a hunter... cheapshot, small burst based on spec, hunter will disengage, disarm as he comes out of cheapshot, run towards him as he flys thru the air, hes almost forced to use detterence, in my experience, the hunter is either dead, or almost dead by the time deterrence wears off and rogue still has full cd's while the hunter is limited. - also, pyrium weapon chain doesnt help, because i can catch up to u whether its 10 seconds or 4.
@Mrjulle3 dont worry, SWTOR will be out soon, 3 million have applied to the beta, it looks like its gonna be an amazing mmorpg, ive already quit wow and im looking foreward for the release of SWTOR (star wars the old republic)
@dororoyee m8 u can use heroic leap. but unless u are facing uphill then /cry and also another usefull thing to do against frost mages is to not charge into the fight, just run at them and open with a hamstring and save your charge for after he blinks or frost novas, and make good use of improved hamstring xD
Mercader, i rarely see you using kick in this video, which is strange against mages...(as combat).. as it provides a 3 second blanket silence. Meaning they cant blink a Cheap shot. You also have deadly throw for interrupts if they actually happen to be casting (lolwut) a frostbolt. Just my two cents, but yeah. Great video none the less.
@angelicones I totally agree, although mage is like my favorite class, Frost definitely needs to get the shit nerfed out of it, considering it does more overall damage than a fire mage now adays.
@dariokustura it's personal preference what makes a good MMO, just more people prefer WoW and thats why its so much more popular than every other MMO, and definitely requires more skill than runescape...
Frost mages are amazing. Merc, I don't have much interest in WoW these days, but I still love every one of your pvp videos and watch them from start to finish. You're the inspiration for my own rogue and I've used a lot of your tactics to wreck Alliance on my server. Keep doing what you do, man, love your work.
@MacJohn94 I believe it's an engineer "enchant" called Grounded Plasma Shield. It applies a 16200 to 19800 bubble that absorbs damage, hope this helps.
Awesome vid man. Ive been wanting to see combat for awhile. Very nice
Awesome video, I usually like videos with at least some commentary though because it gives the video a more personal touch. Commentating also lets people get to know you better in my honest opinion. Great video though, looking forward to more as soon as possible.
@Maltemackmannen Slow weapons have to do more damage for each hit because they don’t hit as often. Fast weapons can do less damage per hit because they hit more frequently. The reason for a fast off hand is poison stacking. The faster the off hand weapon, the faster it will get you to a 5-stack of Deadly Poison. Which overall will increase Dps.
I respect you for the fact that you play well, and you are willing to put your loses in your video(s).
I love the intro to all your videos, makes you feel like a real assassin :)
hey Mercader.I just want to congratulate you on your videos.Combat spec is the hardest spec to play in arenas but now whit recuperate it a very good spec to trey.I think it won`t get you to 2k rating but is nice to play as combat in arenas. Just want to tell you that you are an inspiration and keep more videos coming up.Hope you will get money one day from the videos.
You have been able to take our 5 warriors/shamans/spriest due to recoup and your bad ass skills, but this truly should be a testimate that a player of your abilty cannot destroy one frost mage. The to OP for meele. Great vid man keep them coming!
@MartinTheL33t You're a little bit expectant aren't you? Did you actually expect every video I post to be an Ultimate Challenge? That would give my channel a total life of 9 videos. Use your brain, it's up there for thinking.
@GamerJuhoxa blade flurry is for multiple targets and it reduces your energy regen by 30%
Give it time to process. Quality will be dodgy for 15 minutes or so.
Second song is Dead Letter Circus - Space on the Wall.
hey mercader, i'd love to see more arenas or bg videos from a rogue point of view, and also, have you tried subtlety, im thinking shadowstep would help you alot in many of these situations
First duel is pretty awesome, don't really see any mistakes on either side. I like that you show losing duels too - takes a real player to show the losses with the wins.
Nice work bud.
Just a quick question for you, Since patch 4.0.6
Which spec are you gunna play most in arena? Sub or Mutilate? Or maybe combat?
right at the start there with the opener. its good to see proper use of sap v an absorb class :) most rogues dont relize this can be done
@iRey360 Merc has used smokebomb and was trying to restealth, so the mage used an AoE attack to make it so that Merc couldn't stealth and stayed in combat.
Thanks for introducing me to Dead Letter Circus, is there any reason you don't play Combat any more, if at all Merc? The people slamming it here seem a little clueless.
First song is Dead Letter Circus - Big.
@Keyboardturning well i was not high when making that comment, i was not saying that frost mages are not OP, just that they are beatable if you try hard enough..... they could do with 1 or 2 nerfs like increasing the blink cooldown by a fraction.....
@barons51 That awkward moment when people don't bother to read the video description.
@vidic245 So with your thinking, there shouldn't be any LOS in arenas, or pvp at all for that matter? LOS is a part of the game mechanic, use it or not, it's something there at your disposal.
bro that was really mad I actually jumped out of my chair when I saw that crushing victory m8 gj that was awesome
@Deadly995 not that much, the people that i know (myself included) that play them for pvp do so mostly for fun and they said its better in bgs when your part of a group attacking a group. in 1v1s they lose a little compared to the other specs, but its fun nonetheless. :)
Hey merc, is there a way to get the first song onto an ipod? I really love all the songs that you put in your vids and this is no exception. Brilliant work with the frost mage too. Keep it up! :)
Why are you guys asking about blade flurry . They changed it if your still stuck in wotlk , blade flurry is now a cleave but reduces energy regeneration . That is all , it is a pve skill . And the main reason he went combat is for the improved sprint to get rid of snare , faster and longer gouge , a silencing kick , and of course killing spree . Combat does have alot of pvp efficient talents , but lacks damage .
@MartinTheL33t It's a Frost Mage, that makes it an ultimate challenge.
@purenight77 check it at :55 , he used it and it only brought down the shield
@layslight yh just go to the menu and then keybindings u can change em around there to ur liking
@setakuhatori He wouldnt use it on 1v1 bcause it reduces energy regeneration by 30% and all you get is it hits a nearby target.
@quickscopebeast77 Important moments? i.e using cloak right before getting deep freeze (which made him immune to that).
I didn't see a block in the duel that you beat him. :/ Was it on CD? Would have changed the tide of that duel.
@dem0nrogue
Frost Mages used to be the worst of the Mage specs. Fire was great for leveling and arcane could be changed for PvE or P. Cata finally decided to let Water Elementals stay permanent summons and fixed Frost to take Arcane's PvP role. it seems fair to me. Besides, Frost mages only have 3 stuns, RoF Deep Freeze (which can only be cast on snared targets once every 6 seconds or so) and Poly, which heals who they use it on. How many stuns do classes like Rogues or pally's have?
@Maltemackmannen sorry what i meant was anythin but a dagger is too slow to use in off hand,
Im guessing this was a frost mage before the patch, because his frostfire bolt is removing merc from stealth
I'd like to see a fight versus Affliction Wlock, as a Affli Lock myself, I usually find rogues pretty easy to win
mind numbing poison or is that worse than wound? since he doesnt really heal i feel like mind numbing might work better? not sure tho.
@shupasneaky it kinda says it self in the vid....hes combat in this vid and his main spec is sub
@WillComment0nYourVid
Water Elemental has been a core part of Frost Mage spec since Classic. It's highly unlikely.
@Maltemackmannen cause there is no 1.4 speed axes swords or mace or fists i believe
@ProGamer21100 Watch the video again and you can see what mount he is using.
very nice gameplay. mad props for beating a frost mage as combat.
@layslight i think he uses bartender 4 it looks like it and its whats most use
Damn merc. Keep missing your livestreams :(
@Maltemackmannen oh and dont forget Combat Potency (energy from off hand attacks) Quicker hits = More Combat Potency Procs= More energy= More Dps
This mage knows what he is doing. I reckon since Merc has had more experience with Sub rather than Combat, the mage would've been easily beaten in Sub.
Combat still looks good though, better for long fights. :)
By the way, how are you immune to Ring of Frost? You just don't get hit no matter how many rings you take, especially in the duels against Nexius.
I like the first song, what's the name of it? Can't find it anywhere :) Thanks!
Did the rogue have Crippling Poison applied to one of his weapons? Why didn't he spec into Blade Twisting?! it practically makes it unneccessary to use Crip on anything other than maybe your throwing weapon, plus you could use a better poison in its place, like Mind-numbing or Instant Poison to burst him further down or prevent him from using as many hard-cast spells .
Also, that mage was either not trying or is really bad (or new) at PvP. Really, not kiting much at all.
i assume assassination is still the way to go for pvp?
here, another common and by now, probably annoying question, what addons do you use?
Hey Merc I noticed in most of the video you don't use Blade Flurry. Is there any reason or just forgot? Hurts energy too much?
@IronHarper It still procc's FoF despite the fact it doesn't slow anymore,
Merc , why do you use 1 dagger and 1 axe , just asking , isent 2 axes fist weps maces or swords better?
Why no blade flurry? Might be wrong on the name, but im sure u understood.
@Circus2999 why use a polymorph in a 1 on 1 where he had done a ton of damage to him? do you know the effect of polymorph?
@xerokine have you been living under a rock? cataclysm (new expac that has been out for A FEW MONTHS) has lvl 85 cap.
@dariokustura Actually, its around 14 Million on WoW,and around 100,000 on Runescape, so :)
@toepax1 steps to beating a hunter... cheapshot, small burst based on spec, hunter will disengage, disarm as he comes out of cheapshot, run towards him as he flys thru the air, hes almost forced to use detterence, in my experience, the hunter is either dead, or almost dead by the time deterrence wears off and rogue still has full cd's while the hunter is limited. - also, pyrium weapon chain doesnt help, because i can catch up to u whether its 10 seconds or 4.
@zzd00medzz 7 million? wehey, its almost past wow and it isnt even released yet! I cant friggen wait!!!
@herrheinzfritz its to do AOE damage to him since he can't do direct damage to him cause of smoke bomb every little bit helps.
@Ticey1201 Where in the world did you see a shadowstep?
@quickscopebeast77
camera in wow zooms to go infront of pillars and stuff so you can see your toon
@Mrjulle3 dont worry, SWTOR will be out soon, 3 million have applied to the beta, it looks like its gonna be an amazing mmorpg, ive already quit wow and im looking foreward for the release of SWTOR (star wars the old republic)
guys I quiestion:
who is better use Sinister Striker or Revaling Strike?
Hi, what was your combat build for this? and also which prime glyphs please?
I checked armory but youre no longer specced into it.
what addon is he using to show the cooldowns from his spells, when theyre ready? :)
you do know that if u are in the same party with the guy you are dueling he can actually SEE you when you stealth?
At 1:07 why did you pop that absorb engi thing and your battlemasters but smoke bomb after? Seems like a waste of cooldowns to me. :X
@jordjo1 Mages are getting a huge buff also
@0NavyPheonix0
Paladins only have 2 stuns, 1 which is removed if the target takes dmg
@dororoyee m8 u can use heroic leap. but unless u are facing uphill then /cry
and also another usefull thing to do against frost mages is to not charge into the fight, just run at them and open with a hamstring and save your charge for after he blinks or frost novas, and make good use of improved hamstring xD
Great videos as always merc! PLEASE! DONT STOP MAKING VIDEOS! :D
@fatboybolanos
Noice to see you are reading the patch notes.
I waiting for a Mercader vs DemonLock video
wot is the best pvp spec now? cuz iv been told its sub but iv seen u play assin n combat more?
what floating combat text add on are you using/is he using?
@regularmatt he was on couge and counter stun all the time when the mage itself novaed or stunned :)
@adamfriend2003 but slower weps = more dmg ?
@barons51 All good bro. =)
Also, is there lag, or did you slow it down on purpose?
Any other combat pvp from mercader?
You going to livestream soon?
is that the axe from crucible of carnage?
Mercader, i rarely see you using kick in this video, which is strange against mages...(as combat).. as it provides a 3 second blanket silence.
Meaning they cant blink a Cheap shot. You also have deadly throw for interrupts if they actually happen to be casting (lolwut) a frostbolt.
Just my two cents, but yeah. Great video none the less.
i never see him using killing spree do you?
how to get into the arena areas without being in arenas?
I wish u could upload it to where I can view on my touch :(
Yay, you used my Gouge trick ^_^
@TheInsomniac97 He was out of range. In a nova.
whats with the random zoom ins durring the fights?
@TViPx what do you mean is it?
Merc? do you still think that assassination is the best?
@angelicones I totally agree, although mage is like my favorite class, Frost definitely needs to get the shit nerfed out of it, considering it does more overall damage than a fire mage now adays.
@Mrjulle3 Rofl......I agree with you , but this video is Very Scary just shows how good they are......
Very nice vid Merc !
Mercader is his own Heroic Mode!
okay man, you are reediculously good.
@layslight change ur keybindings?
@dariokustura it's personal preference what makes a good MMO, just more people prefer WoW and thats why its so much more popular than every other MMO, and definitely requires more skill than runescape...