Posted Mar 18, 2007 at 08:57PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: 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 Joe (Unregistered) - 2007-03-19
 » game comment

well i think that a combo of
druid = heals
pally tank
rouge dps
mage dps
shammy dps

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   by skye (Unregistered) - 2007-03-19
 » 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 SlidEx (Unregistered) - 2007-03-19
 » Warriors.....

Whatever happened to warriors anyway?...Get your act together blizz and even things out...

   by Shadowau (Unregistered) - 2007-03-19
 » 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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