First off;
Over 3 years i've done mostly PvE, on diffrent characters(Hunter, Paladin).
I have recently leveled my Shaman, and enjoy playing Elemental. But since my playtime is now limited, i try to get more into PvP. Mainly Battlegrounds, since i get raped in Arena no matter what.
My gear is bad. I have about 200 Resilliance. My playstyle.. I try my best and feel like i'm improving.
To the point; In battlegrounds, i've always had problems versus melee. Since my gear is rather bad, i get cut down in -litteraly- seconds.
Over time i learned how to deal with Retribution. Kiting them around proved to work, though i do need some luck on purging HoF.
Against warriors i keep getting better.
But i get completely destroyed by Rogues and Deathknights. I feel like there is nothing i can do, at all.
Rogue;
If i manage to survive the initial burst from the rogue(Which is happening more often, now i'm starting to build resilliance.) i just can't get away from him. Crippling is hard to get rid off, since other poison has stacked. When i Thunderstorm they seem to be back at me before i can get any cast off.
I understand that i will live longer when i get more resilliance, but right now i can't do anything offensive to a rogue. All i can do is be defensive. Thunderstorm to get him away, try to earthbind-root him, spam Lesser Healing Wave to keep my HP up. So even with more resilliance; will i get enough time to actually damage the opposing rogue?
Death Knight;
One of the issues here might be that i don't know how this class really works. I know they use runes and Runic Power. That's about it.
Anyway; I just can't get away from these guys, and i get completely facerolled when i'm in melee range. My best bet is Grounding Death Grip, then Frostshock/Earthbind/Thunderstorm to keep the DK at a distance. However, Chains of Ice keeps me in place and no matter what i try the DK always gets to me and i see my HP drop to 0 before i can do something.
I would like to ask other Elemental Shamans how they deal with said classes, or maybe a Rogue/DK can give me some insight about their weak points, because i'm lost at the moment.
Thanks in advance.