Mage: lvl 59 so-so gear
Me: lvl 58 not quite as good gear all talents in combat
Understand that this is my first character and play an average of 4-6 hours a week. I have not played any other class as of yet.
So my buddy challenges me (his first character also) to a duel and proceeds to stomp me. I don't even get him down 1/4 health. Total ownage. Now, I know I don't really know how to PvP and I am good with that. I know I stink, but am trying to learn how to get better (mostly thru this forum). But even for as bad as I am, I should have been able to wear him down a bit more than that. What I am asking for help from you all is some type of method on how to handle mages. I had a difficult time getting close to him with him spamming is low level AOE thing he does, and then after he broke my stealth I could not get close enough to really do anything to him.
Here is how it went. I stealthed and watched him burn off his AOE thing (forget what it was) and he just kept doing it. I tried to be patient and his mana never got down more than a little bit. So I decide to try to get behind him. He blasts again and breaks my stealth. Well then he freezes me and blinks along with his shield, I hit speed and break through. Then he blasts the crap out of me till I am half down and I hit vanish. After vanish repeat this paragraph.
Before I get blasted from some of you I have been reading these forums but have not found a method to deal with mages. I found for hunters, druid, etc.
If there is a post, please link it. All constructive ideas are greatly appreciated. My current goal is to try to push to 70 and learn the ropes to PvP then.
Thanks in advance to contructive critisism.