personally, im a mage who has just started a shammy. in retrospect, ive nvr had problems with shammys unless they were resto, the insta cast heal kinda fucked my mana. this shit im hearin about just purgin a mages shield n watchin em freak out confuses me. not once has a shammy or loc puppy purged and i freaked. the guy above me seems to have forgotten some fundamental mage tactics. first off, if ur comin at me like a big hulkin truck (either tauren or drenai, take ur pick) im gonna let u get in as close as i feel comfortable with, blink behind u, then sheep u while ur turnin. ofcourse, while ur sheeped, id get rid of any totem u placed, then pyroblast ur ass. if, at any point u popped sheep i.e. with trink or just got lucky, id come in close, Arcane torrent(im a BE forgot to mention) then resheep u. then id pyro, follow with fireblast (if ur close, follow with blast wave), then dragon's breath if ur a douche n tried to melee me. im fire specd, but dont think i dont have survivabilty. ill just ice block to wait for my CDs to finish. if i see u castin a heal, ill break IB then counter spell u, then quickly finish the job.

all in all, any time 2 good players meet in BG or arena or duel, its gonna be a tough battle.

oh, n FYI, most of the really good pvp locs ive seen didnt use a puppy against a shammy, they used their succubus, made it hard for shammy to do much while he was seduced.

if u think ive said something wrong, let me know. i always like learnin new thing

oh, right, forgot to mention. arena locs will usually summon their VW b4 the arena starts, sacrifice him with 15 secs to go b4 the match starts, then summon any pet they want. that gives them a 15 second bubble at the start of an arena. good luck. Horde FTW