Elliott "venruki" Venczel
Michael "Sonydigital" Sherman
Jordan "jordanmance" Mance
Alex "sodah" Ringe

In San Diego, one of the best druids in the world showed up with a pseudo-pug and managed to upset quite a few big names en route to a third place finish. For Orlando, he's opted to team up with longtime online mage teammate Venruki and a community favorite rogue, Happyminti. This star studded lineup certainly has the potential to make it deep into the tournament, if they play the metagame well. Their Rogue, Mage, Druid main lineup isn't all that strong against the top contenders on paper, so their success is going to come down to how well Venruki can multiclass when necessary. If he does well like Azael at the last tournament, expect great results from this team.

Keys to Success:

Venruki's Multiclassing: Reports say he can play priest and rogue along with his main class of mage. Everyone knows he's a top caliber player, but will this transition over into his other classes? His team will need to make the right decisions regarding when to run each of their team makeups, and he'll have to perform in order for them to have a shot at winning.

Be prepared for first LAN: Happyminti and Venruki will be playing in their first WoW LAN in Orlando, and we do not know how big of a change this will be for them. We've seen quite a few players do amazingly well their first time out, and hopefully with some direction from Sodah, these two will be ready to play in a foreign environment without addons.

Known Comps:

Rogue, Mage, Druid
Rogue, Priest, Druid
Rogue, Rogue, Druid


John-Paul "Greenrangerz" Grenier
Zack "gotgamezak" Packard
Adam "hoodrychz" Brown
Ryan "Didyz" Pinkham

Greenranger and his team are no strangers to almost making it. First there was Tournament Realm 1, where his team had to play a last minute playoff match for the final qualification spot (despite holding the 4th place spot at the proper cutoff time) but lost 3-1. Then there was MLG San Diego, where they got surprised by Nihilum and could not find an answer for their hunter setup. CGS was the same, as an unfortunate disconnect in the final minutes of illegible game time left their team just short of second place, while a win would have allowed them to qualify. This team has been on the brink of something great for a long time, and I expect this event to be their breakthrough. It's just a matter of time until everything clicks for Hoodrych, Greenranger, and Didy and when it does, watch out they are a force to be reckoned with. Many players in the WoW community herald Hoodrych as the best 3v3 warrior, and with good reason. His play against Hafu's team in San Diego was, in my opinion, the reason his team came out on top, with excellent defensive play and intelligent quick swaps to a druid left in a bad position. They need to watch out for enhancement shaman teams attempting to abuse their warlock though, the best option likely having Didy swap to a rogue. I am not sure if he is capable, but with Nihilum absent from this tournament, GGW is in an excellent position to win this one. The majority of teams I talked with all feel as though this team will be their toughest competition, and I feel the same way.

Keys to Success:

Heal the Pet: Against Frag Dominant Duelists, Didy's pet got abused and lead to their team losing that series against the strong Rogue, Mage, Priest team. It seemed that there were opportunities to through some lifeblooms out though, and the pet deaths were likely due to the small size of the pet unit frame on the default UI. If Greenranger can pay more attention to the pets HP, I expect this team to do much better against FDD, and in general.

More Solid Warrior Play: Some people criticize Hoodrych's style for being too flashy and unnecessary, with crazy intervenes and spell reflects happening all the time. I personally greatly enjoy it, and feel as though something small like intervening a cheap shot can in fact win the fight for your team. If Hoodrych can continue to play well and make intelligent quickswaps his team will be in a great spot to win it all.

Can Didy multiclass?: I honestly have no idea if he can play a rogue or not, but if he can this lineup is close to perfect. Their hardest fight would end up being Rogue, Mage, Priest and although they did lose to one in San Diego, I feel if they play well they will win a series against FDD. SK.us may prove troublesome for them though if they are forced to run a warlock against their double melee, enhancement shaman onslaught.

Known Comps:

Warrior, Warlock, Druid

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