The week 1 standings for the Tournament Realms were released, and there is a noticeable difference in class makeup
The week 1 standings were released for the Tournament Realms for both the US and Europe, and there is a big difference on the top 10 class makeups between the two. At the recent EM Global Finals, there was a lot of conversation on this topic as well, with the US teams going with the new “Flavor of the Month” lineups with DK/Paladin/Hunter or what not, while the Europe and Korean teams dominated with Rogue/Mage/Priest.
Top 10 US TR
1. BARKSDALE CREW | Death Knight, Paladin, Warlock | 156 – 54 | 2501
2. monkey attack squad | Hunter, Mage, Shaman | 103 – 48 | 2450
3. well then | Death Knight, Paladin, Warlock | 54 – 8 | 2436
4. we r gud | Death Knight, Paladin, Warlock | 95 – 25 | 2414
5. we met on eHarmony | Death Knight, Paladin, Warlock | 81 – 34 | 2413
6. Nekos’ Team | Death Knight, Paladin, Warlock | 86 – 39 | 2410
7. NO LIGHTNING GEN BRAH | Death Knight, Paladin, Warlock | 135 – 48 | 2404
7. me you and pikachu | Death Knight, Paladin, Warlock | 138 – 40 | 2404
9. Team Name of the Whale | Hunter, Shaman, Warlock | 136 – 64 | 2396
10. met on xFire | Death Knight, Hunter, Paladin | 103 – 56 | 2378
Top 10 Europe TR
1. we r randoms | Mage, Priest, Rogue | 144 – 53 | 2332
2. I HAZ A BIG BOW | Death Knight, Hunter, Paladin | 94 – 39 | 2316
3. BOMBERS | Hunter, Mage, Paladin | 100 – 40 | 2307
4. BloódxWorstRogueEUU | Mage, Priest, Rogue | 120 – 44 | 2301
5. Improved Clickz | Death Knight, Hunter, Paladin | 120 – 61 | 2270
6. Almost Famous | Hunter, Shaman, Warlock | 141 – 65 | 2241
7. àAà | Mage, Priest, Rogue | 79 – 35 | 2225
8. eStars | Death Knight, Hunter, Paladin | 81 – 44 | 2213
9. Squishy squish | Death Knight, Hunter, Paladin | 54 – 30 | 2207
10. Improved clicks | Death Knight, Hunter, Paladin | 89 – 57 | 2205
Click on the team names to access their team profiles, and check out their match history during the first weeks play. These standings are however just the first week results, there are still three more weeks to be played and there is sure to be change by the end of the qualifying round.
Top 10 TR Classes Used
As you can see, the choice of classes between the two can be seen and is pretty obvious. The lineup of choice for the US seemed to be Death Knight/Paladin/Warlock while for Europe it was Death Knight/Paladin/Hunter. However, Europe also had three teams in the top 10 who run Rogue/Mage/Priest, while there are no teams in the US top 10 who run RMP. There are zero Druid or Warriors currently competing at high end, which I am sure is not a surprise to anyone. Compared to the recent EM Global Finals though, we do see the Paladin/DK combination very strong among the top teams, and this could have a lot to do with LAN tournament play varies a lot from online tournament play. Rogue/Mage/Priest however still proves to be strong online as Europe proves.
The big controversy about these current class makeups however, is the fact that once the four qualifying weeks have wrapped up, patch 3.1 will more than likely have been released. And with patch 3.1, there are many class changes that could effect the style of these teams heading into the World Finals. Whether blizzard will decide to keep the current patch until the finish of the tournament, or tell the players to deal with it is yet to be known. But that is what the community has to deal with, WoW is an always changing game and its about adapting to the changes.
