PMR Only getting Stronger? RLD is back!

With the tournament realm running for several weeks now, we’ve had the privilege of actually practicing a variety of comps, rather than just theorizing about what will and will not work.  Our primary focus was PMR of course, but we’ve also had the chance to fool around with a few different comps to see if any of them would be viable in a tournament setting.  Our experience has shown that PMR is strong enough to play against anything at the moment. 

I feel with enough practice it really should beat everything — acclaimed counter comp or not.  With little to no change to Mages or Rogues, solid Priest buffs and huge nerfs to Paladins and DK’s across the board, PMR will once again reign supreme.  The European tournament scene flourishes with PMRs from every region.  We can safely assume that unless Blizzard goes in an unexpected direction PMRs will dominate both the Euro and Asian tournaments this year.  The US has always been rather different from its counterparts in the sense that we’ve have always had plenty of Warlock teams with little to no Mage centric comps.  Can we hold a fire to these foreign PMRs?

Only time will tell, but it’s safe to say that our tournament top 4’s will definitely look different from anything the Euros or Asians have to offer.  Is America ahead or behind the curve?  Based on our display at the Continental Finals, I must say the Euros have us trumped.  Not to make excuses, but when you send unprepared teams like SK, our lackluster performance is only to be expected.  

So what US teams are capable of running PMR at a competitive level on the world stage?  Well Gravitas Gaming has been preparing on the tournament realm over the past couple weeks and we can fully expect them to shake things up this year with no WLD and outdated gear to slow them down.  Complexity has also been focusing entirely on PMR recently.  After their 0-5 in Germany everyone agreed it was time for Sodah to lay down his Druid roots and focus entirely on becoming competitive on a Priest.  I must say thus far he’s well on his way.  Will we see other PMRs sprout up with what’s in store for this compositions future?  Yes.  No doubt about it, but who will rise to the occasion?  Will Realz finally return to his Rogue origins and put together another all star line up similar to Philly’s?  I hope so.

RLD IS BACK!  At least it is on the US realms.  With top 1000 being the only requirement for the next two weeks we finally got a chance to catch up and play some games with Green.  With our focus being entirely set on PMR we’ve had little chance to play or even talk to Green over the past few months, and though this shun wasn’t intentional, it sure does feel good to be playing with him again. What can I say, RLD is our home base.  It’s what we do and what we do best.  We’ve had a huge amount of success in a very short amount of time.  Green is the only Resto Druid in the top 100 and with a little more practice time, I really expect that we can push top 10 with this composition regardless of its’ disadvantages.   

RLD really doesn’t have an advantage over anything but perhaps PMR at the moment and it is at a huge disadvantage against any team sporting a DK.  Luckily the difference between an amazing DK team and an average one is so minor that we can still trade with some of the highest rated teams on the TR right now.  Anybody that plays WoW knows that DK’s don’t make Druid life easy but with the changes to plague strike and the buff to Treeform, RLD will be a contending comp again in the very near future. 

Druids are phenomenal healers when it comes to healing through spread damage and with the surge of Warlock teams on the US TR, we have a shot at this one ladies and gentlemen.  With a bit more polishing on both mine as well as Green’s part, we should be able to knock this one out of the park.  Updates soon to come!