CC Chains & Strategies

Master the crowd control combinations that define high-level RBG gameplay

Melee Cleave Core

1. DK Gorefiend's Grasp (pulls all targets together)

2. Warrior Shockwave/Stormbolt → Bladestorm + Sweeping Strikes

3. WW Monk Leg Sweep → Fists of Fury

4. Ring of Peace (silence if they try to cast)

Entire clump stunned/silenced while melee cleaves

Caster Clump

1. DK Gorefiend's Grasp into Boomy Ursol's Vortex

2. Solar Beam dropped on top → mass silence

3. Lock Shadowfury → Cataclysm/CB or DoTs ticking

4. Ele Earthquake + Ascendance

Silence → stun → rot AoE. Healers can't recover

Rogue Mage Setup

1. Rogue Sap healer A → Cheap Shot healer B → Kidney on kill target

2. Mage Poly healer A after Sap ends

3. Smoke Bomb dropped on kill target

4. DK Strangulate / War Stormbolt overlap kill window

Isolates a healer, forces trinkets, or straight kill

DOT Cleave

1. Lock Fear healer A

2. Shadow Priest Psychic Horror healer B → Silence follow

3. Boomy Cyclone healer C

4. Full dots ticking across enemy team + Starfall AoE

Triple healer CC → rot damage snowballs

Healer Lockdown Chain

1. Monk Paralysis healer A

2. Paladin HoJ healer B

3. Druid Cyclone healer C

4. Shaman NS Hex follow

3–4 healers locked at once, teamfight collapses

Hybrid Burst

1. Ret HoJ healer

2. Ele NS Hex off-target healer

3. WW Leg Sweep kill target + Fists of Fury

4. Ret Wings → Execution Sentence burst

One DPS dies in stun lock while healers CCed

Stop Enemy Kill Chain

1. DK Gorefiend's Grasp → pull melees off your healer

2. WW Monk Ring of Peace → silences them, stops kicks

3. Lock Shadowfury / Warrior Shockwave → AoE stun to reset

4. Healer pre-Sac / GS / Cocoon on kill target

Their go fizzles, your team stabilizes

Peel for Healers

1. Boomkin Vortex → pulls melees off your healer

2. Shaman Cap Totem → stuns train

3. Feral Bash → Cyclone on kill DPS

4. Warrior Intervene + Demo Banner to soak pressure

Healer survives swap without burning major CDs

Anti-Caster Push

1. RSham Grounding Totem → eats first Poly/CS

2. HPriest Mass Dispel → clears CC chain

3. HPal Devo Aura → stops burst

4. SPriest Psychic Horror/Fear on caster

Stops the entire Mage/Lock push

Reset Chain

1. DK Grip enemy melee away from your healers

2. WW Monk Leg Sweep → Thunderstorm peel

3. Boomkin Vortex → Beam to hold clump

4. Druid Roar of Escape + mass Displacer kite → healers reset behind pillar, drink

Fight resets, no wipes

Flag Maps Defense

1. Guardian Druid pre-Barkskin

2. DK Grip enemies off carrier

3. Boomkin Vortex

4. War Shockwave

Peel chain until EFC safe

Node Defense

1. Rogue Sap → Cheap Shot → Smoke Bomb DPS

2. Boomkin Vortex → Beam on node cap

3. RSham Cap Totem + Hex healer

Buys time for reinforcements to spin node

Peel into Counter-Kill

1. DK Gorefiend's Grasp → pull melees off healer (defense)

2. WW Monk Ring of Peace → silence train (defense)

3. Lock Shadowfury → AoE stun clump (defense/offense pivot)

4. Warrior Bladestorm + Boomy Starfall in clump (offense)

Starts as peel → ends as wipe

Reset into Turnaround

1. Boomkin Vortex → Beam clump of DPS (defense)

2. RSham Cap Totem stun → buys time (defense)

3. Healers reset position & drink (defense reset)

4. Rogue/Mage swap out of reset → Kidney + Bomb → Poly healer (offense kill)

Reset fight, then swing momentum instantly

Anti-Go into Burst Swap

1. HPal Sac pre-swap + Devo Aura (defense)

2. HPriest Grip healer out of danger (defense)

3. DK Strangulate enemy healer during failed push (counter-CC)

4. WW Monk Leg Sweep kill target + Ret Execution Sentence (offense)

Enemy go fails, you punish instantly with swap kill

Defensive Node Spin into Counter-Cap

1. Rogue Sap → Cheap Shot DPS on node (defense spin)

2. Boomy Vortex → Beam on flag (defense lock)

3. RSham Hex healer → stall (defense CC)

4. DK Grip healer off node → team caps base (offense objective)

Defensive stall flips into node capture

Flag Map Escape into Counter Teamfight

1. Guardian Druid Roar + Dash → escapes EFC swap (defense)

2. DK Gorefiend's Grasp enemies chasing (defense peel)

3. Ele Thunderstorm → pushes clump into bad position (defense peel)

4. War Shockwave → team collapses → kill multiple DPS (offense)

Peel for FC flips into wipe on chasing team

General R1 CC Chain Rules

Grip = Go Button

If your DK grips 5+ targets → commit your AoE chain

DR Tracking Wins Games

Assign one person (Rogue/Mage) to call DR timers

Smoke Bomb is Win Condition

Every Bomb should be lethal or force 2+ trinkets

Healers Must Chain with DPS

HoJ, Paralysis, Cyclone, Hex are part of kill setups

Don't Overlap AoE Stuns

Stagger Shadowfury → Leg Sweep → Shockwave