Compositions for 2v2 Arena

By Xoteu Updated: 2018/10/07

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S Tier

Arms or Fury Warrior / Mistweaver Monk Strengths & Weaknesses

Extremely strong vs low mobility targets due to combined with warrior damage

Relies heavily on connecting during stuns but monk can assist the warrior connecting with good use of Paralysis

Struggles with High mobility targets that are able to kite

Playstyle

Look to set up kills with a Leg Sweep and combo onto with either a Intimidating Shout or Paralysis onto the off target

Focus on playing defensive while is down

Use Tiger's Lustand Paralysis as a way to help your warrior connect to mobile targets

Feral Druid / Holy Paladin

Strengths & Weaknesses

Super strong 2v2 comp, can do good into almost all other comps.

Try to play around Avenging Crusader making sure you prioritise doing damage during it’s downtime

Slightly Weak against classes that can burst while Avenging Crusader is down.

Holy paladin is vulnerable to being crowd controlled for long periods of time so good positioning is key

Playstyle

Look to either crowd control a healer with Mighty Bash, Hammer of Justice and Repentance vs compositions where rotting down is not an option such as mistweaver monks with or enemy holy paladins with Avenging Crusader

Play defensive around windows where you don’t have defensive cooldowns and the down time on Avenging Crusader

Abuse ferals mobility and Blessing of Freedom to kite melee dps and maintain uptime on hard to reach classes such as mage.

Frost Mage / Restoration Druid

Strengths & Weaknesses

Both classes are extremely mobile and hard to reach which makes them extremely strong vs melee such as rogues and warriors who will struggle for uptime.

Immense crowd control with both druid and mage having a spammable crowd control in the form of Cyclone and Polymorph

Both mage and druid are vulnerable when inside of a stun so look to abuse this fact going for kill windows inside of stuns.

Mage brings low consistent damage so this composition relies heavily on crowd control to score kills

Playstyle

Look to always focus on a dps, crowd controlling the enemy healer with Cyclone and Polymorph

Combine your Frozen Orb and Ursol's Vortex to make the target unable to move away from your Frozen Orb

Druid should look for opportunities to Cyclone kill targets at low health to get diminishing returns back

Druid can play Feral Affinity to assist in damage vs certain compositions.

Assassination Rogue / Discipline Priest

Strengths & Weaknesses

Extremely strong vs other Discipline Priests and Restoration Shamans due to the high consistent damage of assassination rogue

Weak vs Paladins due to Pure of Heart

Focus on using defensive cooldowns on Vendetta

Disc priest should also be assisting in damage where possible

Playstyle

Most of the time the best target will be the enemy healer, look to rotate your Kick and Kidney Shot to lock down heals

Have you disc assist with damage and purges during Kidney Shot or to Psychic Scream the other DPS

Try to time your Mind Blast during stuns for some insane pressure

Survival Hunter / Resto Druid

Strengths & Weaknesses

Crowd control based comp that relies on landing Mighty Bash into Freezing Trap onto the healer while pressuring the dps

Strong vs Ferals due to being able to remove bleeds with Mending Bandage, Also strong vs Disc priests and Rogues

Weak vs Demon hunters due to their mobility and Resto druids due to having a hard time to land Freezing Trap

Playstyle

Set up crowd control chains onto the healer with Mighty Bash followed up by Freezing Trap into Cyclone, You can then look to land a low Cyclone onto the DPS

Can easily kite opponents offensive cooldowns using Tracker's Net and the mobility at your disposal

Training healer is also a possibility while playing Diamond Ice and having your druid spam Cyclone

A Tier

Demon Hunter / Resto Druid

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strong because of the mobility both classes have at their disposal,

Strong vs Holy paladins and Mistweavers due to and Avenging Crusader needing uptime to heal

Can easily set up kills with a Mighty Bash clone on healer and chaos nova on kill target

Weak vs Ferals because of their Uptime and Resto shamans because of Purge

Strong due to the talent Mana Rift, slowly whittling down your opponents mana

Playstyle

Abuse your high mobility by kiting opponent offensive cooldowns

Look to land Imprison or Mighty Bash into Cyclone while going the other target with a Chaos Nova.

Try to rotate Cyclone between opposing players to keep up the pressure

Feral Druid / Disc Priest

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strong vs classes that rely on mobility to survive, such as Resto Druid / Mistweaver Monk as feral is always able to keep up

Weak vs Classes that can rush down the priest such as Assassination rogues and Warriors

Look to use defensive cooldowns on Incarnation to survive

Playstyle

Get Rip Rake and Moonfire on both targets and look to land kills inside of stuns

Have your priest assist you with damage on both targets so you can keep up your offensive pressure

Rotate your Survival Instincts and Pain Suppression to survive opponents offensive cooldowns

Get your priest to play very offensive around your Incarnation

Frost Mage / Discipline Priest

Strengths & Weaknesses

Crowd control based comp that relies on kiting and making it so your opponent is unable to connect

Very strong vs teams with low mobility such as Warriors

Extremely weak to high mobility classes such as Feral or Demon Hunter

Weaker than its resto druid counterpart due to priest being vulnerable to being tunneled down

Strong due to priest providing the extra damage frost mage lacks

Playstyle

Focus on landing crowd control onto the healer while both combining damage onto the dps, Try to always land 3 Polymorph into Psychic Scream

After you have no crowd control on the healer look to mind control the dps until you get diminishing returns back

Save your Frozen Orb and Icy Veins for when you get good CC

Priest should focus heavily on spamming damage

Enhancement Shaman / Holy Paladin

Strengths & Weaknesses

Insane burst damage combining Bloodlust with Avenging Crusader

Great for scoring kills on enemy healers with Hammer of Justice

Weak vs Resto druids and Demon Hunters due to their mobility and defensive cooldowns.

Strong vs Discipline priests and Resto shamans due to uptime

Playstyle

Combine Avenging Crusader and Bloodlust / Heroism and Earthen Spike to deal some insane damage inside of a Hammer of Justice

Focus on surviving during Avenging Crusader downtime

Can look for Hexes against teams without a de curse to create some pressure or alleviate some damage

Shamans high consistent damage can often force the enemy healer to quickly go out of mana

Survival Hunter / Discipline Priest Strengths & Weaknesses

Crowd control based comp that relies on landingFreezing Trap onto the healer while pressuring the dps

Strong vs Ferals and Assassination Rogues due to being able to remove bleeds with Mending Bandage,

Weak vs Demon hunters due to their mobility and Resto druids due to having a hard time to land Freezing Trap

Strong due to priests ability to spam damage and heal via atonement

Playstyle

Set up crowd control chains onto the healer with Freezing Trap into Psychic Scream

Can easily kite opponents offensive cooldowns using Trackers Net and the mobility at your disposal

Training healer is also a possibility while playing Undispellable Freezing Trap and having your priest Psychic Scream or mind control the off target

B Tier

Demon Hunter / Resto Shaman

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strong against Resto Druids / Disc priests due to Purge and high uptime

Weak against classes that have high amounts of constant pressure on resto shaman such as Assassination rogues and Enhancement Shamans

Can look to score kills with Electrocute in high Dampening

Strong against mages due to demon hunters high uptime combined with shamans disruption

Playstyle

Can play Nemesis and rush down healers with spam Purge from your shaman with Electrocute or can play momentum for more consistent damage

Look to land chaos nova into Capacitor Totem while using offensive cooldowns such as Metamorphosis

Try to be disruptive on healers casts with Imprison Wind Shear and Hex

Assassination Rogue / Resto Shaman

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strong into Discipline Priests and Resto druids due to shamans ability to Purge

Vulnerable to targets with high mobility due to assassinations requirement on uptime

Weak to Survival hunters due to Mending Bandage and the consistent high damage and crowd control.

Weak as shaman offers little to no crowd control or damage that druid or discipline priest would otherwise bring

Playstyle

Spam damage on both targets while looking to win during Purge windows in Dampening

Can look to disrupt the enemy healer not allowing him to get casts off rotating your Kick Wind Shear and Kidney Shot

Try to play aggressive a round Vendetta cooldown as this is when you are most likely to score a kill

Enhancement Shaman / Mistweaver Monk

Strengths & Weaknesses

Insane burst damage combining Bloodlust with

Great for scoring kills on enemy healers with legsweep

Weak vs Resto druids and Demon Hunters due to their mobility and defensive cooldowns.

Strong vs Discipline priests and Resto shamans due to uptime

Combine and Bloodlust to deal some insane damage inside of a Leg Sweep

Focus on surviving during downtime

Always make use of Paralysis into Capacitor Totem to give yourself an extra guaranteed stun

Arms Warrior / Resto Shaman

Strengths & Weaknesses

Very strong vs disc priests due to Purge and high uptime from the warrior

Extremely weak to classes with high mobility such as Druids and Mages

Good kill pressure in Dampening with Sharpen Blade and Electrocute Purge from the resto Shaman

Warrior can assist shaman with Disarm and Duel on targets that train him

Playstyle

Focus on maintaining uptime on the enemy healer and rotate your Stormbolt Sharpen Blade and Pummel to create pressure

When you have kill opportunities have your shaman push in with Purge and Electrocute and look for interrupts with Wind Shear

Subtlety Rogue / Discipline Priest

Strengths & Weaknesses

Very high skill cap comp that plays around setting up crowd control chains of Kidney Shot into Psychic Scream

Very weak vs frost mages and resto druids due to uptime being required

Able to beat most comps if played well

Focus on always keeping distance between you and your healer if facing this comp

Relies heavily on the disc priest assisting with damage

Playstyle

Look to make long crowd controls onto healers with Sap into Kidney Shot into Psychic Scream or Blind

When doing your setups have your priest assist you with an offensive Penance Smite or Mind Blast

Try to force trinkets with Blind then win inside of a Smoke Bomb

C TIER

Balance Druid / Resto Shaman

Strengths & Weaknesses

Balance druids only viable comp, Weak into most Compositions

Can do well vs Discipline Priests in high Dampening with Purge from Resto shaman

Very weak to Assassination rogues and Survival hunters

Strong against frost mages due to balance druid unable to be Polymorph and shamans disruption making it so you are able to stall out the game where Dampening favors you.

Playstyle

Spam damage on both targets while looking to rotate clones to maintain pressure and prevent healing

Look to time your Incarnation with Innervate on your Shaman so he can spam Purge with Electrocute to score a kill

Can play Mass Entanglement to combine it with Solar Beam and follow it up with a Capacitor Totem into Cyclone or Hex for some long CC chains

Unholy Death Knight / Resto Shaman

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strong in Dampening due to Resto shaman mastery and Unholy death knights consistent pressure.

Strong vs Priests / Druids as you are able to Purge Power Word: Shields and Healing over time effects with Electrocute from your shaman

Weak vs Assassination Rogues and Ferals and Holy Paladins due to Pure of Heart

Weak to mages due to the high amount of mobility and death knights having very poor uptime

Playstyle

Going healers is great as this composition, Look to be disruptive and interrupt his casts by rotating Death Grip, Wind Shear, Gnaw and Mind Freeze

When you have good pressure have your shaman Purge with the Electrocute Talent

Look to land Asphyxiate into Capacitor Totem to score kills during your offensive cooldowns

Feral Druid / Resto Shaman

Strengths & Weaknesses

Extremely strong vs Resto druids and Disc priests due to Purge and high uptime from the feral

Weak vs Classes with high uptime on Resto shaman, such as Enhancement Warriors and Rogues

Try to use defensive on Incarnation and look to avoid Purge from the shaman to survive.

Playstyle

Look to get Rip Rake and Moonfire on both targets

Try to always land Skull Bash off cooldown to reset your Tiger's Fury

During Incarnation or High pressure situations have your shaman Purge with Electrocute

Shadow Priest / Resto Shaman

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strong vs Disc priests and Resto druids as you have the ability to spam Purge

Weak vs classes with high uptime like Warrior / Enhancement

Very weak vs Holy Paladins and Mistweaver Monks due to the ability to spam dispel dots

Watch out for Psyfiend and Psychic Horror combination

Very tanky due to

Strong against Frost mages due to both targets being hard to kill for casters.

Playstyle

Try to get Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain on both targets

Pop Mindbender and Psychic Horror the kill target whilst using Silence on the Other to create pressure

Have your shaman spam Purge with Electrocute during Dampening

Windwalker Monk / Discipline Priest

Strengths & Weaknesses

Insane burst damage every Leg Sweep with assistance from your disc priest

Weak vs comps with high amounts of defensive cooldowns such as Holy Paladins and high uptime on your priest for example Warriors / Assassination Rogues

Strong vs Comps that lack consistent damage and uptime on your disc priest

Can be played either by looking to CC the healer with a Paralysis into Psychic Scream or by pressuring the enemy healer in stuns.

Playstyle

Can do reliable setups with Paralysis into Psychic Scream on one target and Leg Sweep into fists of fury on the other.

Repeating setups will end up in a kill

Disc priest should assist in damage as much as possible

Retribution Paladin / Discipline Priest

Strengths & Weaknesses

Insane burst potential During Avenging Wrath

Very strong vs low mobility targets like Priest and Holy Paladins

Extremely weak vs high mobility classes and classes able to kite

Watch out for Avenging Wrath as it’s the only time this composition will deal damage

Playstyle

Look to score kills inside of Hammer of Justice with Avenging Wrath and Dark Archangel

Try to save your Hand of Freedom and Divine Steed to maintain uptime during Avenging Wrath

Get your Priest to assist Damage during Burst Windows

Affliction Warlock / Resto Shaman

Strengths & Weaknesses

Comp revolves around outlasting your opponent until your consistent pressure becomes impossible to heal in Dampening

Strong vs healers that struggle with aoe pressure

Weak vs Comps that can rush down your shaman for example Enhancements and Assassination Rogues

Heavily revolves around Drain Life being able to be fully channeled

Playstyle

Focus on surviving and stopping enemy damage, until you are able to outlast your opponents

Shaman can spam Purge with Electrocute in Dampening to help land a kill

If affliction keep dots up on both targets while rotating interrupts onto the healer

Try to play around Drain Life looking to score a kill with a full channel

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