Quote (WhiskeyRunz @ Feb 23 2015 09:34am)
You know I've thought about this Rule to be added:
Paladins are only allowed use of "Holy Freeze Aura" if and only if they are dueling another Paladin.
I thought it would be okay to not completely outlaw it but to limit the use of such due to the inability for other classes to combat the Aura even with "No Freeze Equipment"
/Edit That movie makes me want to duel hahaha
My good friend Whiskey, 2014 HC East Legit Dueling Champion, I understand your concern and since both of us are members of the Great Alliance, it is good to have this type of discussion and debate regarding the issues and rules on Legit Dueling.
Your recommendation is well taken but I respectfully disagree because "Holy Freeze" is a skill from that particular class. For example, how does a non-Barbarian counter a barbarians bo and massive life?. Hows does a non-Assassin counter their ability to get extra xx% damage reduction?, hows does a non-Amazon counter their natural ability to Dodge attacks?, how does a non-Druid counter their bugged 1-life glitch?. Paladins have very low life and can be killed with 1 or 2 good blows. Therefore, a Paladin needs all it can have to defend and protect himself. Same with all classes, each one have their pro's and con's. This is the good thing about Diablo 2 PvP.
The good thing about our Hardcore Legit Duels, is that we have no skills restrictions. Everything (regarding characters skills) is allowed in our tournaments. If we, in the Great Alliance, pass and accept your recommendation, then what is it to stop someone else from banning "curses" for example?, then another one will propose to ban something else, and so on, we will be opening a Can of Worms here and we will end up looking like Softcore. We don't want to look like crappy Softcore with their 5 million lame weird restrictions, taking the fun out of dueling. Do we want to look like Softcore??

There are tactics that can be used to fight against "Holy Freeze" aura paladins, but I don't want to discuss my tactics in public. We can discuss them on PMs or in Bnet.

Anyways, I'm happy that you brought this issue to the topic, because it enriches the Legit Dueling discussion in the Great Alliance.

PS: Thank you, I might make more videos about the tournament.
This post was edited by Golden_Order on Feb 23 2015 08:44am