So I finally figured out a way to put my Razer Naga to work for me. Like most arena beginners I am a mouse clicker. This in any other scenario would not be a bad thing; however in the arena where every split second counts it’s a huge disadvantage. Most of the time I have been taking my eyes away to look at my bar to see what items are off cool down to click my opponent dances away from me. This takes a big bite out of the dps I could be pouring out.
As I mentioned before I do not find the thumb button pad of my Naga very accessible. The first 2 rows are pretty easy to reach but you will need great thumb flexibility to get to the 7-12 buttons. What I ended up doing is this. I put my dps cycle talents in priority order in my action bar mapped to the button 1-5. So first is the Hammer of Wrath, then Judgement, then divine storm (I place this above Crusader strike cause I use the tier 10 shoulder and gloves in the arena for the amazing 2 set bonus), then Crusader Strike and finally exorcism. I then created a macro in my Razer Naga to press the 1-5 keys with 1 MS time apart. I associated this with my mouse scroll up wheel. This allows me now to concentrate and give chase to my targets while mowing them down by scrolling my mouse wheel up.
I also created a macro that chains my dps trinket with avenging wrath and hot keyed it to the F1 key. I created another Razer Naga macro to use this macro and associated it to the mouse scroll down option. Finally I placed my Hammer of Justice in the F2 hotkey and I macro’d it to the scroll wheel press.
Final result is I can chase my opponents without ever having to press a single key to perform my immediate dps cycle, trinkets, and/or hammer of justice. Now do not be fooled using a similar setup to mine will not make you an arena king. Knowing when to use your burst coordinating with your partner(s) is still the secret to success in the arenas. What this setup allows you to do is concentrate more on your opponent than on the key you will press next.
Remember retribution paladins are not the top of the food chain as far as dps go. We can dish out disgusting amounts of BURST dps but as far as damage goes we can easily be out dps’d by other classes. It is our utility that makes us viable in the arenas we wear plate, our hand of protection, our hand of sacrifice and salvation, divine sacrifice, divine shield, divine protection, our ability to toss a heal or two in a pinch, our two interrupts (HoJ and repentance) our beautiful buffs and our Mana replenishment abilities. Know how to use these and you will find yourself being successful and in high demand.
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