My 2v2 pvp saga:Follow

So yesterday a warlock buddy and I decide to start up an arena team for some kicks. He's demonology/destruction specced and I'm BM. We figured we've got a decent chance against most teams in a 2 on 2 situation. I had my cat out with growl off and claw 9 + bite 9. Lock had succy out.

First time in Arena PvP for both of us...

We ended up playing in 5 mathces, and scored a 2 - 3 record. It was really a lot of fun, don't know why I haven't done it yet. So I'm going to highlight the matches and opposing players, and you guys can help me with what I did wrong. I'd really like to know.

1st Match: vs Pally + Warrior

Chalk it up: loss. Our very first 2v2 and we play one of the hardest teams you can. Having no real strategy, we decided to try to kill the pally. Sent pet at him, lock feared the warrior as soon as he could.
Predictable, pally gets low on health, bubbles, heals, and the warrior is back in the fight. I pop intimidation, stun the warrior and run. Lock is beating on the warrior now, but the heals are coming from the pally. I die from an execute, one more fear and the lock is done.

2nd Match: vs Mage + Warrior

A laughable combo: win. This fight lasted all of 40 secs and barely got touched by the other team. Sent the pet at the warrior and followed it. Pop intimidation as the warr tries to charge, lay freeze trap. Meanwhile the mage is fireballing me, but gets seduced by the lock's succy. Turn, wind up aimed shot, lock tosses shadow bolts, mage dead in 8-10 secs or so. Warrior is coming out of freeze trap as the lock fears him. I drop snake trap and get lucky with some slowing poisons. Bestial wrath and we win.

3rd Match: vs Shammy + Priest

OMG got freaking pwned. Shammy ran straight at us, priest stayed on one of the columns so my pet couldn't get at him. Only totem I even recognized before I died was a grounding totem. Chain lightning, earth shock on the lock, and we were toast. I REALLY REALLY want input on this combo.

4th Match: vs Rogue + Mage

Good matchup you say? So do I: loss. More practice would have made this better. Didn't see the rogue, even with flares. If you toss them on the ground they can come off the bridge. Sent pet at mage and pop intimidation. Mage blinks toward lock and frost novas. Rogue appears out of nowhere and kills the succy in seconds. Gets feared but damage is done. Rogue pops sprint and comes at me, layed a freeze trap down but rogue threw cloak of shadows and walked through it. I get stun-locked and die, mage beats lock in 1 on 1 and we lose.

5th Match: vs Pally + Druid

I'm mad as hell by now, and the 4 minutes of down time between each fight have given us a strategy: WIN!!!
Druid was dumb as hell, stayed in cat form. Pally was content to stay in back to heal. Druid stealthed up to the lock, got freeze trapped. I sent pet at pally in the meantime. Pally gets the druid out of the trap, lock fears him. We start beating on the pally.

This is the key: pallies seem to like to bubble around 10 to 15% health. The strategy we worked out was to use intimidation at 25%. 3 second stun, lock runs over, does death coil (3 second run in terror) while I pop bestial wrath and give it all I've got. We killed him, but it was close. I don't think he had enough hit points to live through that or he would've bubbled. After that the druid was easy.



So there it is. If you've stayed with me so far, I would value any input you have. Especially on the shammy + priest combo.

If you haven't tried the Arenas, do so. Lots of fun.