pvp: magesFollow

so u guys think mages are the pvp gods too?

You're not kidding.
I was questing in The Hinterlands last night, and I actually had to change quest locations because I was being ganked by a Frost Mage 5 LEVELS BELOW ME.

Didn't matter what cooldowns I burned, I would get a few hits in after Vanishing/Sprint out of a freeze, but that was it. Afterwards she'd just kite me around and laugh while I helplessy walked around. It was damn near embarrassing.

Moral: If you're combat specced and you happen to see an opposing Frost Mage. Turn around.

Firstly, combat swords is hardly the best build. Essentially, it's a question of style of play, and even then, combat specs have serious limitations during PvP.

To the OP, mages are tough nuts to crack. I switch between stunlock and mutilate builds, which are usually effective anti-caster weapons. Except mages. I just can't sit them down, it gets frustrating. If after the 11-second burst (CS-muti-KS-muti-3/4 point finisher) they're not down, they either blink to the other side of the room, or nova me in place and wait for back up. True, I'll have them below 10% health, with possibly a few doses of deadly poison or a rupture, so they're going down sometime soon. But that's no good to me if I'm running back to my corpse myself. You don't get no HKs when you're dead.

Though I have had a few success stories. As always, get him on your own terms, do not let him know you're there with a distract. Don't know what your build is, but if you're a fan of the stunlock, put him in one and keep him there. So CS-backstab/mutilate-KS-BS/M-blind, give yourself a few seconds, maybe restealth and repeat. He's probably spamming nova or blink, so timing is the thing. That really oughta do it. Haven't yet figured out my sub build, so have no insight there.

actually when im in arena's mages arnt to tough for me but i am full sub so I just trinket shadowstep ambush and hit for close to 4k then i usually kidney shot and backstab by then they are usually dead. But if they get away i just vanish shadowstep ambush again

I'm going to miss double vanish, double sprint, and double cold blood against mages after I respec :/

Crippling poison will be your best friend here, it effectively slows them to the same speed as you. Granted, you aren't gonna throw on different poisons everytime you encounter a new class, but use them to your advantage. The trick to killing mages is to do it fast and without interuption.

Ya, frost mages are the bane of my existence. Even if I blow all my cooldowns to get out of their roots and slows(CloS, Vanish, Imp Sprint, they still have the ability to keep me kited, damn frustrating I tell ya.

Luckily I don't run into them solo very often.

pretty much as far as rogues against me i was a frost mage fire now if you backstab me or get the first blow im probably dead but if i see you PERCEPTION FTW your pretty much doomed the second you get sheeped combustion trinket pyroblast if i crit their goes about half of your health and from their its pretty much my win even if i dont crit. basicly to beat a mage you have to strike first if you do that im most likely dead.

Here's an interesting idea:

- CS
- Mutilate/BS
- KS
- Mutilate/BS
- Blind
- Restealth
- Repeat

It's not the quickest way to kill them, but you should be able to keep them locked down for the entire fight.

See, I've never played a rogue on a PvP server, so the only time I encounter mages is in the Battlegrounds, and myself and a druid friend usually make short work of them.

Maybe as soon as they blink, Vanish and Shadowstep? By the time Blink is off CD, they should be dead.

WTB Intercept for non-Subtlety rogues.

Hmm, another good one would be:(sub rogues especially)

Shadowstep > Ambush > Blind > Wait for energy > Restealth > Ambush

If you can shiv or proc a mind numbing, that would also help.

I want another try.