How to beat ret paladins as a mage Options

[thespion]

ok so since theres alot of rets on this server i thought id post a quick guide to beating them.

firsty think about what cds hes used or hasnt used this is important also knowing the person your fighting can help as this tells you their routines and habbits.

start of with some frost bolts to bait a freedom if he doesnt freedom nova him then poly straight away this usually gets them to freedom and you should end up with a ret in sheep with freedom up primed for spell steal(note: if he has trinket it might be a good idea to polymorph him straight after the first incase he instant trinkets) if he doesnt trinket or its on cd spell steal freedom off him get a pet out nova + deep freeze and nuke him down another method of forcing freedom is nova counter spell deep freeze he will most likely trinket or spam freedom while you throw some damage out, if he freedoms spell steal get pet and nuke.

in regards to when to trinket/blink/ice block i usually blink every hammer trinket repentance if hes far away and iceblock if hes close, you want to avoid as much damage as possible(obviously)

Also as a note you can spell steal him first instead of frost bolting or rank 1 frost bolt followed by max rank frost bolt till he gets your attention at which point you spell steal him and set up for a sheep->spell steal freedom->nuke.

if he bubbles things can get tricky but a nice trick is to blink out of LOS and invisibility and go eat some where or iceblock if you have cds ready for repentance/hammer.

any ways hope this helped

[thespion]

that was wrote from the point of view of being at a distance to him not with him standing ontop of you.