3 locks and 2 priests, or 5 druids?

[rickyhatton]

Hello,
I have dual boxed before, but now I would like to 5-box. been thinking a which group would be better in pvp and pve - 5 druids, or 3 locks/2 priests.

I am leaning towards 3 locks and 2 priests to be a viable group in pvp and pve.
I know that 5 druids would be better in PVE, but didnt know if it was better in arena.

my criteria was:
-aesthetics and roleplaying is important to me so I needed class combo with more than one night elf and human. (worgen could also substitute for human)
-as few class types as possible for simplicity
-warlock preferred for main since I like demon pets

I liked 5 druids combo since NE and worgen can play them. however, my main cant be a lock which was disappointing. also was wondering if they are decent in pvp.

I like 3 locks and 2 priests rather than 4 locks and a priest, due to the fact that in an instance, i would like one priest heal, and the other be shadow.
in pvp, i thought this combo stronger than 5 druids due to the synergy between shadow priest and locks. 5 toons - 2 seconds to apply 2 dots on somebody - thats 10 dots on you which should could kill most people, and they have a lot of CC and instant cast burst damage as well.

in PVE i feel a well geared lock geared with tanking in mind should be able to use voidwalker to tank your average 5 man instance fine, despite the nerf. dont need to do raids or anything.

what does the community think?

Thanks.

[Tim]

I meant to respond to this, but realistically I think the Warlocks/Priests are going to have a tough time in BGs. I only played mine to 60, but they seemed so squishy.

I would try out 5 druids. I'm having a blast. If you want, join Blackrock and level up with my 5 druids and we could do some BGs together!

[Tim]

Horde btw.

[EaTCarbS]

Without a deticated tank, you will have a much harder time with pve content. I have yet to hear of anyone clearing anything heroic with hunter or lock pets in wrath. Also, you wouldn't be able to queue for randoms without a tank and would lose out on the bonuses.

5 druids are very flexible for both pvp and pve.

[Ualaa]

I'd look at 4x Warlock + 1x Priest, or possibly 5x Warlocks, for a PvP team. You have mobility, and the ability to apply most of your DOTs without caring about facing. You can heal to a degree, via Drain Tanking. Demonic Circle (or Fear Ward + Mass Dispel) can help against Fear Bombs, and you yourself will have five instant cast AoE fears of your own.

PvE content will be rather difficult (I mean instances and group quests, in particular) without a dedicated tanking toon.

The five druids can each go Tank, Healer, Melee DPS or Caster DPS, which is a lot of flexibility. I'd probably go with both teams, but choose one as the primary. You won't excel at the higher end PvE stuff without a tanking type, but the PvP will rock with either team.

[ebony]

i love my locks i did not got for a priest as it got picked on to much (they know get the healer down friest and they won the group)

It did not look all good with a all gnome group, but i feel if u have a healer its going to be NUKE the healer and its not going to last long pvp you are made to die a lot same as FPS games its not nice to die but i kill more then that kill me all good in my eyes i feel blizzard takeing the healers out in pvp more feels like it what i read in cata anyway

[ollee]

Originally Posted by ebony

a all gnome group

This is why I <3 Ebony so very very much.

[ebony]

Originally Posted by ollee

This is why I <3 Ebony so very very much.

Gmones FTW