Most people stay away from the pvp (player vs player) aspect of The World of Warcraft because they can't seem to progress.
While Arena is a tough aspect of the game, there is no reason why every player shouldn't be at least 2k rated.
Here are some basics for new Arena players:
Key Binding
Key-binding is the most important thing you need to do if you wish to pvp.
Key-bind everything from you hearthstone to your mount. you can use 1, 2 ,3, 4 , 5 ,6 to Shift+1, Shift+2, to control +1......q e r t f g h z x c v b and shift and control all those ( u get the point)
At first when you use key-binds it will seem like a hassle and you will be tempted to revert back to your old style: DON'T DO IT! Go do quests that is the best way to get used to new key-binds
When you can press control+z and hide all your keys and still be able to use your moves, you are ready for PVP.
Addons
Addons are an optional feature which help you track the enemy abilities among other things.
You can get addons from wowinterface or curse.
Addons I use:
Gladius: An absolute must for beginners in arena, This addon tracks enemy health bars, their class / spec, whether they are drinking, their trinket cool-down and has an option to announce it all on chat.
OmniCC: is an addon that shows the actual timer of your abilities which are on cool down and is very useful for letting your team know how long you have to an ability.
Doom Cooldown pulse: actually flashes your abilities in the middle of the screen as they come off cool-down so you don't have to look down. Very useful.
Spell Alerter: shows you what spell enemies are casting at you or your party on the top of your screen.
Quartz: is an addon i use to track cast bars. I usually have my focus cast bar in the middle of my screen.
Deadly boss mods: i use sometimes to track shadow sight gems but you do not really need this,I am just lazy to turn it off usually.
Now unit frames are the users choice and you can even use the default wow unit frames but i use Xperl because it alows me to customize my unit frames completely.
I also suggest you download Leatrix latency fix.
Macros
Macros are in game commands you can use to make your PvP life a lot easier.
While there are too many classes and spells to list the macros on this thread I will list a few important ones which are necessary:
Focus: press /macro in game then create new macro. Type /focus in the macro box then key-bind it (It is important that you key-bind focus because you may have to change your focus target in game). Now click on your enemy and hit the focus button, a screen should appear and you can now see his health bar.
If you downloaded xperl, click on the white button on your minimap, go to focus tab and put your focus targets frame where ever you find convenient (I put it under my targets frame)
Note: you can set quartz to track focus cast bars.
The next macro you make is /cast [target=focus] "insert spell name without quotations" this will cast whichever spell you list at the focus target. Really useful for casting your CC spells at the focus.
You can also replace the focus in [target=focus] to a team members name to cast a beneficial spell at any of them.
Once you get the basic idea of macros you can play around with the commands and make your own macros easily!
I will post a macro tutorial on this site soon!
Who to play with?
You are now ready to hit the arena, but you must now find players who are suitable to play with. There are a couple of things you must avoid.
Players who have been high rated tend to be reluctant to play with new players, they also do not stay in the team very long and will blame every loss on you. Try to avoid these players unless you know them personally or they are unnaturally friendly.
Players who casually PvP and would rather raid then do arena. Arena is all about experience and to become good you have to play as much as possible, these players will make you wait and your skill level will not increase.
Try to find players who can do arena with you regularly at times which you can play. Avoid team hopping and try to build an understanding with whichever partner you choose.
Play as many games as you can, i suggest 30 games a day at least. After each loss or windiscuss with your partner on where you went wrong or how the victory can be achieved more efficiently.
You will not start winning right away, be patient and have fun expect to lose 70% of your matches but remember always learn from them.
DO NOT RAGE: raging will quickly build you a reputation as a rager, something that will make most people reluctant to play with you. It also spoils your game experience as well as your friends.
Communication
You can not progress in arena without some sort of communication.
I use skype, but ventrilo is another option (this is preference based).
Call out EVERYTHING! I often get told for not calling the small things which aren't really important: If you get cc'd, throw a cc(crowd control), a move is on cool-down....what ever happens in game just call it. Talking is really important it lets your team mates know what is going on
Positioning
The difference between good teams and amazing teams is positioning. It is complicated and I will post a detailed guide later but basically, Don't Line of Sight your healer, and don't stand in open if you're a healer. watch your team mates position and try to adjust yourself to the fight.
While Arena is a tough aspect of the game, there is no reason why every player shouldn't be at least 2k rated.
Here are some basics for new Arena players:
Key Binding
Key-binding is the most important thing you need to do if you wish to pvp.
Key-bind everything from you hearthstone to your mount. you can use 1, 2 ,3, 4 , 5 ,6 to Shift+1, Shift+2, to control +1......q e r t f g h z x c v b and shift and control all those ( u get the point)
At first when you use key-binds it will seem like a hassle and you will be tempted to revert back to your old style: DON'T DO IT! Go do quests that is the best way to get used to new key-binds
When you can press control+z and hide all your keys and still be able to use your moves, you are ready for PVP.
Addons
Addons are an optional feature which help you track the enemy abilities among other things.
You can get addons from wowinterface or curse.
Addons I use:
Gladius: An absolute must for beginners in arena, This addon tracks enemy health bars, their class / spec, whether they are drinking, their trinket cool-down and has an option to announce it all on chat.
OmniCC: is an addon that shows the actual timer of your abilities which are on cool down and is very useful for letting your team know how long you have to an ability.
Doom Cooldown pulse: actually flashes your abilities in the middle of the screen as they come off cool-down so you don't have to look down. Very useful.
Spell Alerter: shows you what spell enemies are casting at you or your party on the top of your screen.
Quartz: is an addon i use to track cast bars. I usually have my focus cast bar in the middle of my screen.
Deadly boss mods: i use sometimes to track shadow sight gems but you do not really need this,I am just lazy to turn it off usually.
Now unit frames are the users choice and you can even use the default wow unit frames but i use Xperl because it alows me to customize my unit frames completely.
I also suggest you download Leatrix latency fix.
Macros
Macros are in game commands you can use to make your PvP life a lot easier.
While there are too many classes and spells to list the macros on this thread I will list a few important ones which are necessary:
Focus: press /macro in game then create new macro. Type /focus in the macro box then key-bind it (It is important that you key-bind focus because you may have to change your focus target in game). Now click on your enemy and hit the focus button, a screen should appear and you can now see his health bar.
If you downloaded xperl, click on the white button on your minimap, go to focus tab and put your focus targets frame where ever you find convenient (I put it under my targets frame)
Note: you can set quartz to track focus cast bars.
The next macro you make is /cast [target=focus] "insert spell name without quotations" this will cast whichever spell you list at the focus target. Really useful for casting your CC spells at the focus.
You can also replace the focus in [target=focus] to a team members name to cast a beneficial spell at any of them.
Once you get the basic idea of macros you can play around with the commands and make your own macros easily!
I will post a macro tutorial on this site soon!
Who to play with?
You are now ready to hit the arena, but you must now find players who are suitable to play with. There are a couple of things you must avoid.
Players who have been high rated tend to be reluctant to play with new players, they also do not stay in the team very long and will blame every loss on you. Try to avoid these players unless you know them personally or they are unnaturally friendly.
Players who casually PvP and would rather raid then do arena. Arena is all about experience and to become good you have to play as much as possible, these players will make you wait and your skill level will not increase.
Try to find players who can do arena with you regularly at times which you can play. Avoid team hopping and try to build an understanding with whichever partner you choose.
Play as many games as you can, i suggest 30 games a day at least. After each loss or windiscuss with your partner on where you went wrong or how the victory can be achieved more efficiently.
You will not start winning right away, be patient and have fun expect to lose 70% of your matches but remember always learn from them.
DO NOT RAGE: raging will quickly build you a reputation as a rager, something that will make most people reluctant to play with you. It also spoils your game experience as well as your friends.
Communication
You can not progress in arena without some sort of communication.
I use skype, but ventrilo is another option (this is preference based).
Call out EVERYTHING! I often get told for not calling the small things which aren't really important: If you get cc'd, throw a cc(crowd control), a move is on cool-down....what ever happens in game just call it. Talking is really important it lets your team mates know what is going on
Positioning
The difference between good teams and amazing teams is positioning. It is complicated and I will post a detailed guide later but basically, Don't Line of Sight your healer, and don't stand in open if you're a healer. watch your team mates position and try to adjust yourself to the fight.
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| This is the basic position, try to fight around that. |
You also want to be able to make switches and not over extend. A detailed arena guide will be posted soon!
And there you have it, my first arena guide for beginners, just follow this and your pvp experience will be a much better one.
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