World of Warcraft: your version of the 5-man roster

Posted Mar 18, 2007 at 8:12PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Titles, Off Topic Tags: Paul Sherrard
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World of Warcraft - Different groups have their different raid styles  - Image 1 While not as great or as rewarding as the Epic raids (that's if you actually succeed in them), the 5-man dungeon raids are a great way to hone your training skills and rack them up alongside your raid group's full raid potential. It's nice to be able to compare your abilities with others, while being able to advertise what you can do best.

But for any group to avoid a wipe, you'd usually have one tank, one healer, and three DPSers. For some certain 5-man pulls, you'd have a character arrangement to allow World of Warcraft's hybrids to accept dual roles.

But exactly, what is your favorite role in a raid group and what does your favorite 5-man roster compose of? WoW Insider's blogger Paul Sherrard fancies this arrangement:
  • Tank: Paladin
  • Healer: Paladin
  • DPS: Mage
  • DPS: Enhancement Shaman
  • DPS: Elemental Shaman

Looks familiar doesn't it? Death & Taxes does something similar to that, too, turning the guild roles upside down. But there is no limit to what the different builds, player strategies, and roles that each member can achieve, so stereotyping classes for certain roles no longer applies. So how about it: what's your favorite 5-man group?

 
 
 

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by - 2007-03-19 08:18:48
game comment

well i think that a combo of druid = heals pally tank rouge dps mage dps shammy dps
by - 2007-03-19 10:06:39
my fav five mans

feral druid: tank balance druid: dps/offheal pally: mainheal mage: dps/cc elemental shaman: dps +8% to crit with spells, 2 innervates, +100 spell damage, and tons of off healing. Big downside is mana efficiency in damage dealing. This is a very front loaded group!
by - 2007-03-19 14:30:40
Warriors.....

Whatever happened to warriors anyway?...Get your act together blizz and even things out...
by - 2007-03-19 23:09:24
Owning group - Always work

Tank: Warrior Healer: Holy Paladin DPS: Shadow priest DPS: Warlock DPS: Mage Never had problem with this type of group. Shadow priest + warlock = HUGE dps combo - Paladin to reduce the threats of the 2 - Mage for CC and Waterboy / Dps. 2x Fears there's a fair ammount of AoE in the group. TRY it, always works :P

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