I wanted to give a quick introduction on why I’m writing this column and my perspective on the Champion class.  Some of you may know me from my Warden posts and blog and might be puzzled by why I’m writing about champions.  Honestly I’ll admit I struggled with the Champion class for a long while, until I realized that Champions and Wardens both fit my playstyle very well.  Check out my initial Champion post on my blog for a further comparison.  These articles will be slanted towards that playstyle but I will also try to keep them broad as well.  I’m not going to try and claim I’m the best Champion out there, but I wanted to try and help people learn about the class.

The playstyle I’m referring to is the arrogant “I’m gonna run into this group and see what happens” kind of attitude.  On the Warden this works rather well with all the self-heals, and on the Champion this works as you can kill things so quickly.  However, having both a tank and healer that I play at max level, doing this much damage can cause problems for grouping.  Early on, the worst thing that happens is you’ll die, which I’ll admit I’ve done my fair share of.  However, in groups, this can be very annoying so I’m going to offer my suggestions on how to best balance your DPS.  I’m not going to cover this quite yet, but don’t worry that’s something I will get to.  If you’re a DPS class (Champion, Hunter, Runekeeper, etc.) while soloing you certainly can go all out, but when in groups you really need to be careful and toe that line.