Blood DKs have no place in BGBs. I just spent 90% of a game being completely controlled by a DK.
How’s that fair? Their insanely broken toolkit allows them to completely control someone and stop them from actually playing. This was on an FC map, and he completely kept me out of the game and there’s nothing I could have done to get out of it.
Safe to say that game was really not fun at all. I really wish tanks weren’t able to play BGB.
Coming from a disc priest, funny.
Why is that funny? Priests can’t take people out of the game?
Just mind control and bug him.
Your advice is to get me to exploit a bug (which is against the rules) and ruin someones game.
Isn’t disc kinda mid in blitz since their mobility is so bad.
If a dk or lock clocks you in mid at wsg/tp or on rotates in silvershard, you’re just done until someone comes to rescue you, which people often just never do, even at 3k+ mmr
Like you did not done it. Give me a break 
Exactly this. Not sure how people can defend something so broken. 2.6k MMR, people kept moaning because I wasn’t able to assist FC because I had a DK constantly stopping me from playing, and no-one came to help when asked.
Ask yourself how did you get kidnaped by a DK? You should always position yourself so u can run to your mates, to dodge them, MC them, Fear, if playing Velf, can also fear + port.
It’s not just BDK, its all DK’s. It’s hard to get away from them but so is from good Mages. Rule number 1 care your positioning and try not to get caught by them.
DKs can easily kidnap you without a problem. No matter what position I’m in, a DK will always have the advantage and get you. No way to actually stop it unless your team helps kill him. Which in this case, they didn’t.
DKs have ridiculous amounts of control.
The thing with BDK specifically is that they not only stop your movement, but they drag you all the way into a distant corner and prevent you from playing the game.
If you dont have a ret to freedom you or a rogue to stunlock the dk, you’re just not going anywhere. You can’t “position” yourself against it
You absolutely can position against it. Does it stop every kidnap? No. Does it reduce their options and make peeling easier? Yes.
Also, you barely see BDK in rated PvP, and they’re pretty much only a real issue for Priests because of how they work. This isn’t some widespread problem affecting everyone and BDK certainly isn’t broken.
There are only 14 BDK’s above 2.4k in blitz so if they do manage to nail a priest every now and then, good for them.
The funny thing is this is the weakest healer stealing has ever been with DR on grip and the removal of the walking dead PVP talent 2 seasons ago.
A smart priest will fear and fade the grip that will come when it breaks and get away. or a team that wants to win the game will come and peel.
There’s few BDKs because they’re useless in all the other tank-oriented roles in comparison to other tanks. Their entire purpose is to hijack priests
And no, if you’re in a map like silvershard or WSG, the positioning won’t help, you can’t control whether your team helps you or not, and it’s just a miserable playing experience for the priest every time.
You’re presenting the worst case scenario as if it’s guaranteed. I’m not deny it happens, but there is counter play and this is a very niche issue.
A team that wants to win will peel, and the priest must also do everything in their power to avoid being kidnapped.
Have a go on Blood DK, see how many games you are left free to steal a priest. I think you will be surprised.
But I’m not even contending that BDK is the crux of the issue by itself, I think the bigger issue is that priests have no mobility, and the first reply in thread implied that priests are god-tier in blitz when they’re not.
So far soo good 3050 cr. As healer you only have a few real enemies (aprox 3) if you sitck with your team, be it on objective, ur safe. Be on EFC? Stay with group, line DK. Be with FC? Pray u have Ret with 10IQ else but in most cases only Rog can nuke you there.
I think Discs are quite fast, angelic feathers with penance and PWShield talent, you run like rocket. Not really like rocket but at least its constant speed.
The problems come when f.ex. FCs cross mid in WSG and you need to support O. If a DK or warlock decide to make your movement slow, there’s just not much a priest in particular can do.
Also, if you’re positioned to aid FC in crossing with priest pull, you’re just going to be vulnerable to grips no matter what.
They’re the least mobile healer, and are more susceptible to slowspam than the rest. I’ve lost silvershards purely because my priest healer couldn’t rotate due to a rogue or warlock, whereas the enemy MW could.
I don’t think Disc Priests need more mobility though. We’re already far tankier than other healers, and that’s the trade off.
With the changes to slows next season, it should feel less oppressive.
No you absolutely can NOT.
Lol good luck with that. They’ll still get you no matter what.
You know what’s funny though, the BDK actually whispered me saying he’s going to do that to me every time he plays against me. No class should have the ability to completely put you out of the game like that.
I will agree you that disc is at least strong enough in keeping itself alive to somewhat mitigate the mobility issue, and you can just be lucky and get to play mid in every AB/deepwind.
RIP to holy priest tho because they’re getting all the downsides and none of the upsides.