Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing Jhazy, an orc hunter of Blackrock. With a team and personal rating of over 3000 in 3v3 Arena, it is safe to say that he stands among the top PvP’ers in the world. Jhazy’s team STRAIGHT TO THE TOP is composed of a protection warrior, holy paladin and marksman hunter and is currently ranked #1 in the very competitive Bloodlust battlegroup. I would like to thank him for his time, and wish him and his team the best of luck for the rest of this season.

 

The interview went as follows:

 

WoWContender: Would it be ok if I asked you some questions regarding your character and Arena?

 

Jhazy: Ya you can ask some stuff if you want.

 

WoWContender: Awesome, much appreciated. Who is currently in your 3v3 Arena team?

 

Jhazy: Ellihs (holy paladin), Alloraan (protection warrior), and myself.

 

WoWContender: What hunter build do you suggest for Arena?

 

Jhazy: I think marksman is currently the best for all around Arena, and BM for beast cleave if you plan on playing that.

 

WoWContender: You use marksman (0/53/18) for Arena. Can you please explain briefly why u chose this build?

 

Jhazy: Right, I use marksman. I like 5/5 in survivalist for extra hp, hunters have always been able to just get blown up from something or another, and the extra hp provides that blanket for me to cover under when I get topped off.

 

WoWContender: What pet do you recommend for Arena and why?

 

Jhazy: I prefer a serpent for marks, it provides a serpent cover debuff, as well as it’s -25% casting speed debuff while up.

 

WoWContender: Can you describe your playing style in Arena?

 

Jhazy: I adapt to the team comp we’re playing against. If I need to sit max range for my healer to not get cc’d with shocks and push in hard I’ll do that. If I need to sit back because I’ll get killed in matter of seconds, I’ll shoot all the same damage from behind pillars popping in and out during mid globals to prevent hard casts.

 

WoWContender: Are you a keybinder or a clicker?

 

Jhazy: I keybind. I think I have about 48 keybinds. I only click potions and non pvp utilities. Potions in pve anyway, I bind potions to pvp when I use them.

 

WoWContender: Can you list the major mods that you use for Arena?

 

Jhazy: I use Spellcaster, but I turn that on and off now and then. I am using it to train my visual perspective of finding which spells to look for and when they usually occur. Gladius I use as well. But I can play with or without it, makes no difference, just makes the frames bigger. I use CT Unitframes, in the same basic setup that blizz has it, so it looks standard, just in other positions cause I don’t know the macros to move them. And OmniCC just to see numbers on my buttons instead of small timers, that’s about it.

 

WoWContender: What do you consider as your perfect 3v3 team setup?

 

Jhazy: There really isn’t a perfect one. I’d have to say Holy paladin, prot warrior, marks hunter last season (Season 7). But this season it could be anything, we still plan to push to the top once more.

 

WoWContender: What is the easiest setup or most enjoyable for your team to face? And what would be the hardiest to counter at the moment?

 

Jhazy: We prefer facing beast cleave the most, and the hardest is probably resto shaman, frost mage and destroy lock on Ring of Valor.

 

WoWContender: In terms of Arena gear what stats do you concentrate on the most? And what is the minimum needed to start doing Arena in your opinion?

 

Jhazy: I balance out my ap and crit with agility usually. I think you should start by getting full furious gear with the triumph badges at least and go from there.

 

WoWContender: So you prefer gemming agility over ap?

 

Jhazy: Right. I’d gem ap if you go beast mastery, but not if you’re marks or survival.

 

WoWContender: What amount of resilience should players aim for these days?

 

Jhazy: I currently use 802, I think anything above 800 for hunters makes them not very squishy.

 

WoWContender: Do you recommend using a mixture of pve and pvp gear or straight pvp for Arena?

 

Jhazy: Usually a small mixture of both. I use 5 pieces of pve including my death’s choice trinket.

 

WoWContender: Do you have a class that you really struggle against or are you pretty comfortable with them all?

 

Jhazy: I feel pretty safe vs them all.

 

WoWContender: Do you have any tips for players just starting out in Arena?

 

Jhazy: Improve yourself the most you can before you blame others.

 

WoWContender: Thankyou very much for your time Jhazy.

 

Jhazy: Sure. No problem.

 

 

Jhazy also did an interview with WoW.com recently. You can check it out here.

 

Tags: arena, hunter, PVP

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