Cdew just posted a video discussing his championship journey.
I am not some fan boi, or don't follow any streamers, but that is an interesting video.
He goes into detail of how they won, namely abusing the broken "lively spirits" balance trait. It grants intellect to the druid based on the spells cast during intervate, after it ends. So cdew would just spam all the instants he had buffing samiyam. They used it like another offensive, often at the same time as incarnation.
It is OP, might already be nerfed.
09/11/2018 21:11Posted by JaliscoIt is OP, might already be nerfed.
Was nerfed on PTR even before Blizzcon. Still is nerfed on PTR, but oh well we need to wait until 8.1.
Nothing new here, a lot of people already reported it couple of times, but noone on the other end is listening. They gonna change it with 8.1 overall, but no idea why they haven't nerfed it 2 month ago for pvp... Like the ret mastery trait as well.09/11/2018 21:11Posted by Jalisconamely abusing the broken "lively spirits" balance trait
You don't have to be a genius to find it out for yourself. One year of qualification, the teams with the strongest comps and/or best teamplay qualified, but one month before the blizzcon started, they nerfed those comps to underaverage on highest level. So all you needed was a DH with manaburn and some awareness about how to rotate your def cds.09/11/2018 21:11Posted by JaliscoHe goes into detail of how they won
The boomy trait helped them, but even without, they would have come far by just playing a meleecleave with DH.
This years arena tournament was void to me when everyone started using tank trinkets.
Suprisingly little qq on the forums regarding the trinkets "bugs" "exploits" "clever use of game mechanics" being used also..
Normally the pvp community would be outraged. But barely seen any threads about this..
Suprisingly little qq on the forums regarding the trinkets "bugs" "exploits" "clever use of game mechanics" being used also..
Normally the pvp community would be outraged. But barely seen any threads about this..
He just needed to drop Bean ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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11/11/2018 23:03Posted by GantzusenpaiSuprisingly little qq on the forums regarding the trinkets "bugs" "exploits" "clever use of game mechanics" being used also..
They're all competing on the same ground, so no one is having an unfair advantage.
If one were to complain about it, it would be on the basis that it made the games themselves more boring or less enjoyable to spectate, but I don't think that was the case.
It reminded me a bit of The Overwatch League where they were sometimes on a different patch than the Live servers, so the teams would take advantage of something like a really strong Hanzo. But since all teams had the opportunity to do that, then it was fair to all, and the competition wasn't really affected beyond just involving a lot of Hanzo :P
It's kind of the same here. You have something that stands out and is really good. But since everyone are free to take advantage of it, then the competition is still fair for all.
12/11/2018 01:23Posted by Jito11/11/2018 23:03Posted by GantzusenpaiSuprisingly little qq on the forums regarding the trinkets "bugs" "exploits" "clever use of game mechanics" being used also..
They're all competing on the same ground, so no one is having an unfair advantage.
If one were to complain about it, it would be on the basis that it made the games themselves more boring or less enjoyable to spectate, but I don't think that was the case.
It reminded me a bit of The Overwatch League where they were sometimes on a different patch than the Live servers, so the teams would take advantage of something like a really strong Hanzo. But since all teams had the opportunity to do that, then it was fair to all, and the competition wasn't really affected beyond just involving a lot of Hanzo :P
It's kind of the same here. You have something that stands out and is really good. But since everyone are free to take advantage of it, then the competition is still fair for all.
That is incorrect. Learning to play a spec takes a lot of time and getting used to it. Mastering a spec is a different story. If your spec gets nerfed and you are forced to play something you are not familiar with you will perform worse than someone who has been playing it for years
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12/11/2018 01:30Posted by GorazulThat is incorrect. Learning to play a spec takes a lot of time and getting used to it. Mastering a spec is a different story. If your spec gets nerfed and you are forced to play something you are not familiar with you will perform worse than someone who has been playing it for years
Oh yeah for sure. But I don't see any unfairness in that as per the Blizzcon tournament, as every team had adequate time to prepare and practice. And if you're a one trick, then that's sort of a self-imposed weakness.
Broken and overtuned classes/comps? Hmm, nah, not unfair - you could easily reroll, spend more money into it (because who wants to spend 3+ days played to level a char) and another 1+ day to get at least a playable itemlevel.
Jito logic: are you a woman or a blizz employee?
Jito logic: are you a woman or a blizz employee?
12/11/2018 01:23Posted by Jito11/11/2018 23:03Posted by GantzusenpaiSuprisingly little qq on the forums regarding the trinkets "bugs" "exploits" "clever use of game mechanics" being used also..
They're all competing on the same ground, so no one is having an unfair advantage.
If one were to complain about it, it would be on the basis that it made the games themselves more boring or less enjoyable to spectate, but I don't think that was the case.
It reminded me a bit of The Overwatch League where they were sometimes on a different patch than the Live servers, so the teams would take advantage of something like a really strong Hanzo. But since all teams had the opportunity to do that, then it was fair to all, and the competition wasn't really affected beyond just involving a lot of Hanzo :P
It's kind of the same here. You have something that stands out and is really good. But since everyone are free to take advantage of it, then the competition is still fair for all.
It has nothing to do that method have mythic gear + mythic weapons ,trinkets , ring ,,,gear
12/11/2018 09:39Posted by LightnessIt has nothing to do that method have mythic gear + mythic weapons ,trinkets , ring ,,,gear
No, it doesn't.
They play on a tournament server with premade characters and are allowed to use whatever setup they want.
Equal opportunity for all.
they did not have the same time to prepare. you cant compare someone who had 10 years practise on one class to someone who is preparing for few months.
This arena season sadly is the worst in history i think. Am not sure even blizz knows how it works now neither with gear or rewards. being middle bracket and get 345 item in weekly chest i mean is great. farmed so mutch conquest am on my 4th belt as reward.
Nah tbh will throw in to towel. Gear should matter this season but clearly not not a guy on ladder have pvp gear probably cause they never get any
haven’t I heard this one just about every expansion now during the first season
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I dont realy think its the worst season. Imo its ptetty decent for a first season of the expansion.
As for dew and their strats…i mean who cares dude …at the end of the day every single team could do it.
Whats more …unfair-ish…is the fact that qualification and all placement tournaments during the year are in a different expansion than a blizzcon…i personaly would be pissed as hell.
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There is always something with arena, but atm its bad very bad not also unbalanced due to some classes.
What i find most annoying is the gear progression i thrown in the towel for this season and the game due to i dont pve it bores me to death.
500 conquest= new gear piece but now after my 4th belt i had it cant take it anymore done over 20k conquest on my healer but still i have crap gear. Atleast with a vendor i could had bought the stuff i wanted. They gave us this with words of the more games you play etc will reward you just as a raider gets his get from M+ or Uldir etc but for a pvp player that is just sad bullsh*t cause it does not.
Just to see the pvp ladder 1-2 pvp gear pieces they have (probably from weekly chest) good item due to rateing. Atm mid bracket is playing WoW with exactly no reward at all.
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Yeah I saw the whole video.
He even outright says they “cheesed” at blizzcon, I made a comment there and got an avalanche of hatemail on YT haha.
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