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04-25-2010, 01:13 PM
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The Colosseum (http://www.wow.com/category/the-colosseum/) takes us inside the world of the gladiator to interview some of the top arena fighters on the battlegroups. Our goal is to bring a better understanding of the strategy, makeup and work that goes into dueling it out for fame, fortune and Frostwyrms. If you'd like to be interviewed for The Colosseum, please feel free to contact us (http://www.wow.com/contact/comments) -- be sure to include your armory as a link!
This week, The Colosseum had the pleasure of interviewing Salinelol (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Illidan&cn=Salinelol), shadow priest of Illidan. Salinelol is a member of the rank 1 3v3 team on his battlegroup (US Rampage) and one of the world's highest-rated shadow priests. Read on to find out what he has to say about priests, arena strategy and Cataclysm.
The Colosseum: Why do you play a shadow priest? What is it about the class's toolbox that appeals to you for competitive arena?
Salinelol: I mostly like it because I'm so good at it, I don't really like doing things that I don't excel at. It was between priest and one of the faceroll classes, so I chose this. I pretty much like shadow's ability to off-heal. The ability to off-heal and not run OOM (out of mana) if you're good with your mana is a huge tool.
Very interesting. You mentioned that priest isn't a faceroll class. What makes it more difficult to play than other classes?
Well, I think that it's harder than some classes because of the priest's need to decide between what to do in any given situation. The priest can do damage, focus on CC or damage reduction, or just out-heal the damage. Each of these come in handy for certain, specific situations.
Can you go into detail about your PvP spec?Continue reading The Colosseum: Salinelol, shadow priest of Illidan (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/25/the-colosseum-salinelol-shadow-priest-of-illidan/)
Filed under: PvP (http://www.wow.com/category/pvp/), The Colosseum (http://www.wow.com/category/the-colosseum/)
The Colosseum: Salinelol, shadow priest of Illidan (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/25/the-colosseum-salinelol-shadow-priest-of-illidan/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The Colosseum (http://www.wow.com/category/the-colosseum/) takes us inside the world of the gladiator to interview some of the top arena fighters on the battlegroups. Our goal is to bring a better understanding of the strategy, makeup and work that goes into dueling it out for fame, fortune and Frostwyrms. If you'd like to be interviewed for The Colosseum, please feel free to contact us (http://www.wow.com/contact/comments) -- be sure to include your armory as a link!
This week, The Colosseum had the pleasure of interviewing Salinelol (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Illidan&cn=Salinelol), shadow priest of Illidan. Salinelol is a member of the rank 1 3v3 team on his battlegroup (US Rampage) and one of the world's highest-rated shadow priests. Read on to find out what he has to say about priests, arena strategy and Cataclysm.
The Colosseum: Why do you play a shadow priest? What is it about the class's toolbox that appeals to you for competitive arena?
Salinelol: I mostly like it because I'm so good at it, I don't really like doing things that I don't excel at. It was between priest and one of the faceroll classes, so I chose this. I pretty much like shadow's ability to off-heal. The ability to off-heal and not run OOM (out of mana) if you're good with your mana is a huge tool.
Very interesting. You mentioned that priest isn't a faceroll class. What makes it more difficult to play than other classes?
Well, I think that it's harder than some classes because of the priest's need to decide between what to do in any given situation. The priest can do damage, focus on CC or damage reduction, or just out-heal the damage. Each of these come in handy for certain, specific situations.
Can you go into detail about your PvP spec?Continue reading The Colosseum: Salinelol, shadow priest of Illidan (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/25/the-colosseum-salinelol-shadow-priest-of-illidan/)
Filed under: PvP (http://www.wow.com/category/pvp/), The Colosseum (http://www.wow.com/category/the-colosseum/)
The Colosseum: Salinelol, shadow priest of Illidan (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/25/the-colosseum-salinelol-shadow-priest-of-illidan/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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