This week in the Arena
by Elizabeth Harper 
Jul 12th 2007 at 5:13PM
Players participating in Arena PvP get more than cool prizes -- the top 0.5% of participating teams are also going to be immortalized in Blizzard's Hall of Fame. And the top teams from season one have just shown up.Also, the second qualifying round for the 2v2 Championship Gaming Series has begun. The live CGS tournament will be taking place at BlizzCon in August -- and everyone here at WoW Insider wishes the competing teams the best of luck.
And finally in Arena news for the week, we've got stats on the top 20 US Arena teams compiled by Caster. The data, as always, is interesting (if a bit disheartening for some classes). Here's the basic class breakdown, but for more details on precise numbers of each class and talent spec breakdowns, check the original post.
5v5 Arenas
- Paladin: 18%
- Warrior: 18%
- Priest: 14%
- Shaman: 12%
- Mage: 12%
- Warlock: 11%
- Rogue: 6%
- Hunter: 5%
- Druid: 4%
- Warrior: 16%
- Priest: 15%
- Paladin: 15%
- Warlock: 14%
- Mage: 13%
- Rogue: 12%
- Shaman: 8%
- Druid: 6%
- Hunter: 2%
- Warlock: 21%
- Priest: 15%
- Paladin: 15%
- Warrior: 14%
- Rogue: 13%
- Druid: 9%
- Mage: 5%
- Shaman: 5%
- Hunter: 2%
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sonvar Jul 12th 2007 5:19PM
Wow thats really disheartening for all hunters out there wanting to do Arena or at least being part of a more successful one.
Scruffy Jul 12th 2007 5:56PM
Heh. Priests, pallies, and warriors ftw apparently. 'locks are rampaging on the 2v2 it looks like.
Chris M Jul 12th 2007 6:01PM
It seems hybrid classes are the win as far as arenas go (as if we didn't know) to a certain extent (druids are in the bottom percentile in all the lists). Priests, Pallys, and Warlocks and Warriors are getting their fair share.
The real rub seems to lie in the fact that Rogues don't make up a higher amount of arena team members. With raw DPS, they might not have the utility of a Priest or Pally, but they've got the ZERG POWERZ.
Chris
Annwn Jul 12th 2007 6:30PM
to #3:
yeah, us rogues got the raw DPS, however, without high enough stam and resillience, we lack the survivability to actually do enough dps...
the trinket change also seriously put a dent in the rogue's ability to arena
last season rogue+priest represented fairly well in 2v2, this season warlocks seem to reign supreme.
Tylenol Jul 12th 2007 6:54PM
From the looks of the 2v2 percents... Shadow priest - Warlock combos FTW!!!! Cant argue with that combo either.. I get shivers thinking about the last time a group of us got owned by one.. yeah it was sad. We were dead b4 the first fear broke.
Matt Jul 13th 2007 12:42AM
Warriors, Priest and Paladin's on the 3v3 and 5v5 arenas. I wonder if they got sick of their traditional roles in Instances and wanted a change?