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dawn canyon
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Nice tmog too

sick sentinel
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43 years old manager at walmrt with a wife and 4 kids

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gets tolay 6 hours per weekend

strong forum
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Jealous tbh

sick sentinel
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theme i see there is he seems to want to improve gis aoe dmg possibly to hold threat, and then reduce dmg with like bolster

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hard t9 say, hes living life though

lament shell
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How do you get 8% codex on a +2 or what it is

sick sentinel
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we only made it through the first boss of workshop and were heading to kujo

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something happened, probably too many pulled, and we wiped, healer died again to aggro and left

strong forum
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You can see he only did 3.2k dps, that means codex also only did 280ish dps

wintry nymph
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not this discussion again xd

sick sentinel
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theres dragon roar and whirl wind a plenty, hes got morrre (than just codex)

uneven mason
wild hemlock
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freaking torn between DF tanks. they all look so freaking fun

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warrior/pal/brew look great

strong forum
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Why would be torn currently

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Half of the talents are bugged, many of the trees will get reworked multiple times, no way to test them in real content

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My choice is simple, Ive only looked at pwar tree and will only look at pwar, 0 interest in other tanks/specs/classes

dawn canyon
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suprising

lusty grotto
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yeah we dont have that problem as pwar mains

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but a lot of people bounce between them, its fine honestly

obtuse dove
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How do I keep high uptime on banner as Necro?

strong forum
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Prioritising rage gen over everything

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Without overcapping rage and dumping with IP

lusty tiger
# obtuse dove How do I keep high uptime on banner as Necro?

A video guide on how to keep up and maintain Conqueror's Banner
By @chrome falcon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG8aMkCE5j0&

If your mouse and keyboard aren't this loud, you're doing it wrong.

Plenty of mistakes and missed shield slams in this video but just goes to show you don't need to be remotely perfect to maintain uptime.

Mattacate#3506 if you have questions or just ping me in the protection channel on skyhold!

โ–ถ Play video
lusty grotto
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for reference its also on the pins

lusty tiger
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Try for 100 cpm so you can fall around 70-80

wild hemlock
strong forum
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Ya but what I mean is

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Why bother worrying now

lusty tiger
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I think I would play a different role before switching off prot at this point

strong forum
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When nothing is finished

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Nor implemented

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Df is still a few months away

sick sentinel
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GM in my alliance meeting on sunday "okay so we all know theres really only about 2 months left of shadowlands cuz they are putting everything into DF release"

wild hemlock
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yeah prot looks nasssssty

sick sentinel
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after which, apparently, i wasn't a part of it, they did transmog, and naked gnome run to booty bay

strong forum
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Wtf is there to put into DF release

sick sentinel
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dragons

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and gold in the caves in which they inhabit

strong forum
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Hoarding gold, sure that's like the 1 thing to do

sick sentinel
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breathe fire, fly, use tail and claws

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generally just really fucking hard to kill cuz also sometimes smart

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magic

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this shit legitimately writes itself

modern brook
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Yeah my favorite part of dragon literature is when they use tail and claws

lusty grotto
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what about when they breathe fire

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and roar

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sometimes they fly

uneven mason
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Proceeds to take my character sheet outside and burn it. seramore

modern brook
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Sorry I don't speak nerd wicked

hearty saffron
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What tempoary enchant should I use on my weapon

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Stones or shadowcore oil

uneven mason
modern brook
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I wish I had a Gm to attack of opportunity me ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

hearty saffron
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thanks ๐Ÿ˜„

sick sentinel
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i'm not saying deathwing, but deathwing

valid sedge
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any good weak aura for announcing spell reflects ?

sick sentinel
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ooh surprise!!! hes back!! you gotta kill him again!!

uneven mason
sudden shell
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Might have to dig thru recently updated

valid sedge
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i see,its just annoying people kicking on your reflects ๐Ÿ˜„

uneven mason
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Just make a macro in caps

south zealot
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my macro is just
#showtooltip Spell Reflection
/cast Spell Reflection
/s Spell Reflection Used

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or something like that

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maybe spell reflect active or something else

south zealot
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sure

sick sentinel
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so, you can have it set to go off when you activate the spell, or only end the spell ends

sudden shell
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"won't stop me from kicking cause I can't read"

south zealot
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it doesnt work everytime

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some people just have the instinct to kick

wintry nymph
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they never kick, but when they do, its during spell reflect keks

south zealot
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which is a good thing to have

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but it can be annoying

sudden shell
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Ye unless all in voice kinda got accept it get wasted ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

sick sentinel
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Can you please teach me?

uneven mason
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I'd rather they learn to kick everything

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Than just not

sick sentinel
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i appreciate your patience while i learn

sudden shell
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Prot pretty enjoyable I tanked blood is s2/s3 changing it up

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Ran +2 thought was valor farm it was not I was #1 DPS heh

vernal flax
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Any advice for surviving the piercing missiles from Medivh? They clap me, especially on back to back casts

sturdy sable
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Demo reflect

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Wall

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Kick

south zealot
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use defensives

lusty grotto
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reflect last tick of the 1st missile

oblique garnet
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Reflect first cast on last tick so you dont get debuff

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defensives on the second

lusty grotto
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then yea

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late beat me

oblique garnet
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If its high key you want to defensive first and kick the second

lusty grotto
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me too slo

chrome falcon
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hold your kick for it

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unless absolutely necessary

oblique garnet
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Cant be bdk and just lul DS

south zealot
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just pre spellreflect smh

uneven mason
south zealot
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if u pre reflect it cancels his cast

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so he does something else

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but u could also end up wasting jt

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i recommend running aegis if you have it in upper

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you can use on a medihv cast and be fine with just ignore pains

chrome falcon
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i just wear splintered heart on medivh at this point

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i mean that's for like 24s so shouldn't be necessary below that

lofty widget
chrome falcon
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i don't trust my kicks man

lofty widget
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i get it in a pug tbh

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timer is so free anyways

chrome falcon
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sometimes i have to eat a missiles just in case there's something else i need to kick coming up

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because i don't trust them to do it

shut summit
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Fairly certain I'll just be cheat death or the wall or both when pushing higher uppers, mainly cuz of wyrm and medivh

chrome falcon
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yeah reprisal kinda sucks shit on wyrm

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which is the hardest part of the instance

shut summit
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Yea

chrome falcon
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have to save leap for grabbing balls

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and there's no other way to charge

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and you don't need the block uptime on medivh or last boss

lofty widget
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wonder if you could just port out after medivh and swap leggos

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cause youre falling for a good minute anyway

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but idk where the graveyard is

urban portal
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yeah you probably can

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warlock is jut that op

shut summit
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Just use the kara port then zone back in

urban portal
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thats why they are taken for high keys

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does zoning back in put you in the right spot?

lofty widget
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thats what im not sure of

urban portal
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i think they USUALLy put you where your release spawn is

lofty widget
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cause if it puts you at the bottom it probably even a time save

shut summit
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If someone dies on medivh and waits to release til someone lands on book it puts you down there so maybe same?

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Not sure tho would hafta test rezoning

urban portal
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thats op then

lusty grotto
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is it time?

foggy lynx
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bccc

lament shell
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are we excited about veng tree today?

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yea boi

hearty saffron
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How does my stat weights look?

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should I be pushing for more versa?

sonic crag
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whats the name of the two if/then rings we want from Mecha?

hearty saffron
sonic crag
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thanks

lofty widget
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your actual stat %s arent all that important

hearty saffron
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awesome, Im only 257 Ilvl, got a couple of good items

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The trinket from gambit is BiS right?

south zealot
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could use unbreakable will for upper

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im sure heals would love groupwide aoe dr

chrome falcon
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wait... is that actually the play

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surely not

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..... hm.

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idk UW goes on chest and finger

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which is pretty bad

cinder nova
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It isn't.

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Just don't be bad

lofty widget
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dps has their own defensives

chrome falcon
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i'm perfectly capable of not being bad

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it's these other 4 chucklefucks i worry about

cinder nova
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Not your job.

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You also can spec safeguard

chrome falcon
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my problem if they fuck up though ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

cinder nova
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And have rally

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Yeah, so kick them and get a better team mate.

chrome falcon
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yeah i dunno it's probably not the play

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but i like the idea of an extra SW for medivh and wyrm

lofty widget
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we're also losing a lot of rage gen speccing UW

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sooo 100 % banner in danger potentially?

chrome falcon
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yeah that's the thing i guess

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idk i might try it in like a 20 or something

lament shell
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nah Leaper is the play

chrome falcon
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but i doubt it's good

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especially since you lose so many stats

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by saccing mechagon ring

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or downgrading chest 20 ilvl

ocean yoke
lofty widget
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im def interested in the rep to wall swap tho

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gonna try that out later

chrome falcon
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yeah for sure

ruby locust
lusty tiger
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Why not the echo revenge one with UF like a real chad

stable valve
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6 ilvl upgrade on helmet, aegis, or 2 sockets

hazy edge
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I mean, aegis is pretty baller

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Iโ€™d take that if you donโ€™t have it

stable valve
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been grinding gear on all 3 of my toons past 3 weeks, so haven't gone past tanking 20s and it doesn't feel to necessary for aegis

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insta grab if it was RDM :/

lofty widget
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if you feel like youre gonna need aegis at some point might as well grab it, if not 2 sockets probably beats 6 ilvls but dont quote me on that

stable valve
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have a heroic earthbreakers and lfr OWS. still have a dinar and 1 heroic upgrade item

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side note, should I buy normal RDM? think it's worth using until after SoD full clear to upgrade or do I just wait

cobalt seal
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seriously

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looking at stats at 257?

lofty widget
stable valve
cinder nova
stable valve
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ever see a time where'd I'd use aegis over rdm?

cinder nova
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I just let the missiles full cast if I don't have the debuff

cinder nova
lofty widget
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i dont think aegis is worth in anything lower than 25-26

stable valve
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but also bdk busted

lofty widget
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you can easily do 24-25s without aegis

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wouldnt worry about it honestly

lusty tiger
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Finally got the missles timing

stable valve
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sockets it is yeah?

cobalt seal
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you can easily do 28's without aegis

lofty widget
south zealot
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UW in upper is the play @cinder nova

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imo

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reprisal sucks after medihv

ruby locust
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My bdk got 4 piece today (cause Iโ€™ve not really been working on it much ) so excited to see the change in game play

south zealot
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last boss we are so good at we dont have to worry about even trying

late wasp
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Sephulcer's Savior is a trap grab, right?

south zealot
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dont even know what that is

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so maybe

lofty widget
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nah its good if its your highest ilvl

late wasp
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Just feels like losing the secondary stats is not worth the on-use

lofty widget
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you dont ever use the effect

ruby locust
lofty widget
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but the block increase from the passive equip is worth about 7 ilvls

oblique garnet
south zealot
oblique garnet
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100% not needed

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youre trolling if you go UW in a +20 upper

south zealot
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you need to absolutely spam the shit out of it

south zealot
oblique garnet
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Reprisal

south zealot
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nothing else is even remotely impactful

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besides first boss area

oblique garnet
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Doesnt matter its more damage

south zealot
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sure a 20 is free asf

coral marsh
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does us have all 3 raids fated this reset already?

south zealot
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but i wouldnt say its trolling

strong forum
oblique garnet
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its not worth it

lofty widget
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thats wall vs rep on ST

strong forum
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Reprisal isn't optimised in sim

oblique garnet
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^

strong forum
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Cuz you can't emulate it properly

lofty widget
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right but on mana wyrm

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youre hardly charging at all

strong forum
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Which is true, wall might be better on that boss specifically

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And on curator, cuz that boss' hitbox is fuck

cunning pecan
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Let's go!

oblique garnet
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you can charge on curator

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to orbs spawn in japan because range is playing there

cunning pecan
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Finally no more workshop runs.

strong forum
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You can, but it's omega annoying

oblique garnet
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also same on curator

lofty widget
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yea i just charge adds when they spawn

oblique garnet
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charge on explos

strong forum
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I've not done upper kara without 5 tank so I can't really comment on how hard reprisal is to play

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But only on mana devourer it should prove difficult

oblique garnet
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did it once on a 20

lofty widget
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it's not really possible to charge weave without leap

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or explosives i g

onyx vessel
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@strong forum keks

ruby locust
strong forum
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Jealous

chrome falcon
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yo that's a sick trinket

onyx vessel
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ignores the codex keksquad

chrome falcon
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304 ilvl? nice!

still turtle
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simming currently but i think I am taking the legs. have codex at 298 that im not using and shield is 298 Arrowbreaker from GD

strong forum
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Shield

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No 2nd thought even wasted

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Pick shield

still turtle
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Yeah?

cunning pecan
strong forum
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Shield is the single most important item to have high ilvl on

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The block value is hugely important

sweet summit
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stop using codex ๐Ÿ˜ 

strong forum
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He isn't using it, just saying that he has it

still turtle
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im not using codex

sweet summit
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vendor it ๐Ÿ˜ 

ruby locust
strong forum
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Intervene is obv easy

dawn canyon
sweet summit
ruby locust
sick sentinel
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change a bunch of weak auras last night
turn of pc without exiting game anyways

ruby locust
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Very 5 head of you

broken crater
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clever

cobalt seal
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after picking shield

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you remove that codex

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from your bags

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disenchant sell

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and then you now can open everything as dps

still turtle
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judging from the comments is there anyway i can throw my in-bag codex on the ground as a dead body and set it on fire?

broken crater
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now that would be a waste of 70g

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at least sell it

still turtle
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good point

weary vault
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If you have a 304 codex in your vault and you don't have a codex. What should you do?

lusty grotto
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yes

shut summit
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Take sockets

urban portal
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i would say vendor

cobalt seal
urban portal
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but you can vendor sockets for more money

broken crater
cobalt seal
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and actually isn't a dps loss

zealous willow
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Warriors are rly good broo

lusty grotto
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socketssss master

weary vault
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It does scale? Have you not looked at it currently?

zealous willow
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Massive executes ohh

broken crater
weary vault
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No the whole trinket does

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Go look at it

broken crater
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the rest technically too but its meaningless since you never take that big of a hit

lusty grotto
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i sense popcorn will be needed for this one

broken crater
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message me when you get meaningful diff out of a 272 codex vs 304

weary vault
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Why are 22 of the top 50 in the world using it then

chrome falcon
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NO PLEASE

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NOT AGAIN

zealous willow
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Bro we have RDM why u look at codex ???

chrome falcon
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I CAN'T DO IT

broken crater
urban portal
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oh no

lusty grotto
still turtle
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lol

chrome falcon
lusty grotto
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i could see it coming a mile away lmao

chrome falcon
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please

shut summit
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The advice of the people in this discord is to not use it, if you choose to follow what others do then go crazy

weary vault
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I can't. It's actually good. Use with OWS.

broken crater
lime urchin
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Oh god

weary vault
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What keys are you mooks pushing as prot?

lusty grotto
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lmaooooo

weary vault
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It's better in higher keys

shut summit
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Ok

chrome falcon
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22 of the top 50 is also less than 50%

ionic fern
weary vault
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Nah I gotta come in here swinging

lusty grotto
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did you not see Sense in TGP?

zealous willow
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I wanted to talk , but its time read now

ionic fern
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What are we talking about?

lime urchin
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This is the other guy with a new name?

ionic fern
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Is it Codex again?

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Please let it be codex.

urban portal
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hell yeah

chrome falcon
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Yeah it's codex again

ionic fern
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YESSSSSSSS

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BINGO

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Finally.

weary vault
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Codex all day

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OWS all day with it

urban portal
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you got a codex copypasta?

chrome falcon
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That's fine man you do what you want

lusty grotto
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it always goes the same way, even 4 expansions ago

ionic fern
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I am finally here for Codex talk.

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No, i just want to read and be amused.

south zealot
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everyone stop now

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dont talk about the c word

urban portal
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yeah im eating lunch

broken crater
urban portal
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you guys got this

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im reading

lusty grotto
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"thing is good", "why are the top 10 / streamers using it?" "what are your IOs"?

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literally

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the same

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every time

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for the most ridiculous assumptions

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it never changes

south zealot
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me and the boys are pushing this weekend

lusty grotto
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lmaoooo

lime urchin
weary vault
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Lmao if you don't take a codex and you don't have one already or OWS. You're throwing.

ionic fern
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What

sweet summit
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what

chrome falcon
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Incorrect

ionic fern
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What logic is that.

lusty grotto
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ima throw hella hard then

chrome falcon
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Have a nice day though!

ionic fern
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๐Ÿ˜‚

zealous willow
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Actualy i want some guy to push 3k rio with a int trinket and im sure ppl wont question it and use it

ionic fern
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You can take off your trinkets and do +25's.

south zealot
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yeah but kike

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like

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my parses

shut summit
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๐ŸŽฃ

south zealot
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my dps

south zealot
urban portal
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sheesh

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more haste

chrome falcon
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Alright who's ready for the part where they link a log of it doing good dps/hps without realising that that doesn't account for the lack of mainstat

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I'm ready for it

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Woo ha

lusty grotto
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now i feel bad for memeing the other day when late muted me

lime urchin
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Im out of popcorn โ˜น๏ธ

mortal brook
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here i go throwing again not taking this codex

zealous willow
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We must have a codex meme

shut summit
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Rdm did 1200 DPS for me in 28 iron docks, shit is op

chrome falcon
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we definitely need an emote for it

ionic fern
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I am sorry guys

sweet summit
ionic fern
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But you are all wrong

chrome falcon
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rdm owns so hard

zealous willow
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RDM is my baby i wont leave her for anything

lusty grotto
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what if i just want to throw though

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i like throwing

ionic fern
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The r1 prot warrior on raider.io is actually playing:

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So...

lusty grotto
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im only a 15s babby

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but throwing is fun

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oh, are we doing fury prot now

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like classic?

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xD

trail glacier
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r1 pwar playing fury cause he aint throwing

still turtle
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i have OWS and Enforcers Stun Grenade equipped currently. ESG is pretty fun during burst. I dont have RDM yet

drifting fable
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grenade aint bad tbh

still turtle
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not at all

ionic fern
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Okay so

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Why did no one tell me

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I need to run Punish

trail glacier
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i blame nom ngl

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half the time we hear oh i went in with wrong talent

mortal brook
# lusty grotto oh, are we doing fury prot now

ngl saw a 'if you're not playing this talent over that talent when you push you're throwing' in dreamgrove, to which the response is legit 'bro you are pushing with bear, that is the throw'

ionic fern
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People are wild.

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๐Ÿ˜‚

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Leaper chads.

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Respect.

shut summit
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Watched someone stream playing devastate night fae the other day and understood even more why prot warriors need something like BSV in dragonflight

drifting fable
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dang 25 with kyrian unbreakable eh

trail glacier
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@cobalt seal do you still have the screenshots of the i need a healer to pump w/ kyrian seismic in workshop guy?

ionic fern
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Now they will just get to die 2 times.

shut summit
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Bullying would be saying his name, just was very eye opening lol

sick sentinel
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a warrior tank from last night @ionic fern

lusty grotto
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the champ

trail glacier
zealous willow
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Whee is the execute wtdffd

cobalt seal
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should be in BT

zealous willow
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We play warr cus if execute

lusty tiger
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Was he undead??

zealous willow
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I have execute on 10 keybinds so i dont miss

lusty grotto
broken crater
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8% codex on yogis key level wew

lusty grotto
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he streams as well

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from what we can tell

royal lodge
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The grenade is one a huge cooldown when it lines up with avatar + 4 piece. I don't think it beats out RDM but it does have its place on the trinket list.

drifting fable
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its probably one of the better dungeon trinkets for us honestly

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but beaten by raid trinks

royal lodge
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Agreed. I did the math and it provided a lot of defense and offense at the same time.

still turtle
lone folio
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Should I get Enforcers Stun Grenade or pants? Both at 304 ilvl and same ilvl upgrade

royal lodge
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I used that combo before I bought RDM. RDM is still significantly more damage over a dungeon.

urban portal
royal lodge
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I would definitely get the tier piece.

urban portal
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Grenade is decent for burst

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But the defensive value is not there

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Itโ€™s like a 10% dr

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Itโ€™s an offensive trinket through and through

still turtle
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yep. i have aegis in my bag also so if i feel a key is going to be spicy i just swap them out

urban portal
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Aegis ainโ€™t feeling super hot this since pull sizes smaller

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But still insane for pulls that you need them in

lone folio
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Thanks guys! I'll go for the pants

stark lance
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any sage wisdom for my first dinar? I have 291 aegis and a 284 vers bomb

hazy edge
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ows

royal lodge
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OWS

stark lance
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thanks huns

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If I wanted to go hella defensive is RDM good for pwar?

lusty grotto
south zealot
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rdm is more damage

urban portal
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rdm is more hps on average

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but aegis give you infinite hps in tough spots

oblique garnet
urban portal
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the fact that a ilvl 81 trinket gives 122 haste

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is kinda insane

oblique garnet
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Actually maybe i can find some even more troll trinkets from my bank

south zealot
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has to be something that looks good

coral marsh
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how do you proc reprisal outside of heroic leap and dash to ally

south zealot
urban portal
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some variation of walking out

chrome falcon
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walk out

sweet summit
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@oblique garnet play urchin

oblique garnet
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Yep

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Probably more hps than codex tbh

sweet summit
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yep

oblique garnet
#

Actually gonna play it on w/e is the next boost we do and log it

urban portal
#

24 str vs no str

#

oof

oblique garnet
#

Think i deleted my opulence trinket with leech sadge

sweet summit
#

oh i forgot prism existed

#

unlucky

raw void
#

i got my first Dinar do i grab Aegis since i already have OWS?

oblique garnet
#

Or shield or rdm

#

Do you do high keys?

raw void
#

i also have shield

#

i plan on it

sand egret
#

RIP DLRP

oblique garnet
#

Then go with aegis

raw void
#

kinda just farming gear

distant crystal
#

do you have the upgrade item

#

to use on aegis

oblique garnet
#

Rdm is good too

distant crystal
#

cause pointless to spend dinar then wait for upgrade to equip the item

raw void
#

my other trinket is a lfr gland

distant crystal
#

heh well that might do the trick then

raw void
#

what considers high keys

lusty tiger
#

+420

urban portal
#

If you need to ask that question then 20

coral marsh
#

all depends on your gear

#

there arent more mechanics above 10

real fossil
lusty tiger
#

^

oblique garnet
#

I mean

#

as tank at 15s

#

Unless its legion dungeons you can pretty safely ignore w/e

coral marsh
#

basically everyone who farms +20 is doing so with 304 gear, so i guess high key is +30

chrome falcon
#

people were farming 20s at 280

#

maybe 285

#

no-one is 304 avg ilvl

real fossil
#

High keys are more about coordination and planning than anything

coral marsh
#

+30 is when 304 gear stops carrying you thats what i meant

#

and you cant really get higher

lusty tiger
#

Higher gear isnโ€™t carrying anyone

#

Have you never had a pug mage?

chrome falcon
#

if you're pugging like 25-26 is about as high as you can go

#

so "high keys" is just different for everyone

lusty tiger
#

My friend mentioned he though warrior apm would hold it back a bit from mdi/great push

#

I thought that was funny

#

Like your hands are sore like a dam starting pitcher lol

toxic pewter
#

we still wanna use ring that 7 ilvls lower if it has more haste, generally speaking, right

urban portal
#

likely

lusty grotto
#

well nothing new here, i got fucked on vault

lusty tiger
#

The trick is to lose all hope in vault

#

Thatโ€™s an unsettling vault

lusty grotto
#

only thing that stands out, but i dont think its worth

#

even if i up to heroic

lusty tiger
#

Wow

lusty grotto
#

because i dont even know if i will do heroic lmao

lusty tiger
#

That is borderline take socket

lusty grotto
#

heroic is what ilvl? 298?

urban bane
#

Does flamewreath have a z axis?

ocean yoke
ionic fern
#

My life

#

Is complete.

urban portal
#

nice codex you got there

toxic pewter
#

nice lmao

#

i got 2 of those in my bags also

strong forum
#

kinda cringe to be prot loot in workshop and not fury

#

fury gets the 1h, there is no 2h in there, and you avoid modular plating win-win

urban portal
#

and people say fury loot spec is sueless

ionic fern
#

It was my 1 weekly key.

#

For vault.

#

Do you really think i remember to swap lootspecs-

#

๐Ÿ˜‚

strong forum
#

smh my head

toxic pewter
#

yeah damn fury does make more sense, never thought about it

lime trail
#

Man I just want a shield is that really too much to ask

opaque crag
#

I just picked up a 288 codex, but it's been nerfed if i remember correctly. is it worth running or should I look for better

lusty grotto
#

the answer you seek is in the pins

opaque crag
#

ah of course

uneven mason
#

๐Ÿคฎ

south zealot
#

codex is awful

opaque crag
#

okay it is dogshit good to know

uneven mason
opaque crag
#

wow it actually just does fucking nothing for prot

south zealot
#

prot takes very little damage due to high mitigation

#

codex is only useful if youre getting fucking blasted non stop

uneven mason
south zealot
#

?

opaque crag
#

oh so it might be useful for me then

lofty widget
#

no

#

youd be better off with atrinket that has strength

opaque crag
#

i mash my fucking keyboard as prot

south zealot
#

if you just press shield block on cd

#

codex is bad

opaque crag
#

mm

#

thank you all

toxic pewter
#

Feel like fortified kicks my ass harder than tyran

#

i just got thrown around in a lower kara :/

lusty tiger
toxic pewter
#

the horses near attumen

#

and all mobs

#

no one was kicking or stopping charges

lusty tiger
#

Well

#

Spear is good for that

#

Just not on u

toxic pewter
#

just got owned hard

lusty tiger
#

What level?

toxic pewter
#

20

lusty tiger
#

Yea but

#

Lower Kara is already like 4 levels above the others

toxic pewter
#

yeah i wont lie it does feel that way

#

even after nerfs

#

those mobs were hurting me through shieldblock

lusty tiger
#

They only nerf fking bosses from previous opera

toxic pewter
#

ya

#

true

drifting fable
#

nah they nerfed huntsman

#

just deleted the healer mechanic

toxic pewter
#

oh ya

#

didnt even make it to him just now

lusty tiger
#

Well I couldnโ€™t see it except on the day they updated the ghost model

#

Even after that I could not tell at all impossible to see

#

last week was kinda funny watching dps get 1shot by 4+ bolster mobs doing just a casual shoot party member or something

south zealot
#

those horses suck as well

coral marsh
#

fortified is always aids for tank while tyrannical is for dps

median tulip
#

Fort is generally harder for healers, too

oblique garnet
#

You can dodge the charges from horses tho

#

Like most of m+ damage is avoidable

#

With couple of exceptions

median tulip
#

On Fort weeks the DPS can survive a mistake. On Tyr weeks 1 mistake = 1 dead DPS

sinful plover
#

I feel tyr is easier than fort in pugs because players generally know boss mechanics better than lesser known trash mechanics that matter on fort week

#

Expect lower karazhan

#

That was a pug killer tyr week

mighty valley
#

it's mixed, part of the fear with tyrannical is that you make no partial progress if someone fucks up the boss and causes a wipe

#

in fact you might've gone backwards if you spent lust etc

#

on fort you're always making partial progress even with mistakes

sinful plover
#

True that big time waste, especially if lust is committed. And when I die as tank on fort often a dps can kite the pull back to me to avoid resetting.

#

Lower is my fav though because it was so fun learning the most mechanically packed dungeon Iโ€™ve played

#

๐Ÿ™‚

echo egret
#

Tyrannical and Fortified must go. Lots of people have been asking that for ages.

sinful plover
#

Idk I enjoy it, changes things up

#

Keeps you on your feet

toxic pewter
#

what would replace it? just scaling for the entire dungeon?

echo egret
#

Yes.

toxic pewter
#

not opposed to it

echo egret
#

In the same vein, other affixes should bring interesting gameplay changes and not just variable difficulty/speed changes

vestal moat
#

When are they gonna do positive affixes like we have been asking for. One positive and one negative one per dungeon.

toxic pewter
#

it would be interesting for blizz to take a big gamble and just redesign all the affixes from the ground up

echo egret
#

Timing a +xx should be an accomplishment on its own and not depend on which week you did it

toxic pewter
#

anyone know junkyard boss order this week (NA)

south zealot
#

without tyran and fort i feel like the weeks kind of blend together

echo egret
#

I can name too many affixes that are just massive pains in the butt to play with, where slowing down massively is the only way to adapt

#

Necrotic, burstingโ€ฆ

mighty valley
#

necrotic is barely anything these days

echo egret
#

I disagree, strongly

mighty valley
#

I legit forget it's active for large chunks of keys

echo egret
#

When I do that and pull 3 packs together, I get to 100% reduced healing in no time.

south zealot
#

hmm

#

when you pull three packs together

#

an affix becomes more potent

#

who wouldve thought

vale bobcat
#

necrotic might be not be as bad outside of taz since it seems like there's less mob density in general from kara and mecha - and a lot more adds that cast

south zealot
#

not like more storming sanguine bolstering explosive bursting spiteful revolve around how many mobs u have near you

vale bobcat
#

and the two wod dungeons

cinder storm
mighty valley
#

i just really push back against the community consensus that good dungeon design is when you can pull 20+ enemies at all times and shouldn't have to plan or work to make that not a nightmare

#

like, you watch the top players and they can still do this stuff, really fast

#

it just takes great players with smart plans

cinder storm
#

Well, top players have time and consistency, something most of the player base lacks

echo egret
#

I will certainly agree that โ€œpull the biggest possible and AoEโ€ being the best tactic, isnโ€™t great design either.

#

I just dislike that there are so many discrepancies between weeks

south zealot
#

i thinks some dungeons like gambit do it well

#

a lot of tradh

#

some of it does nothing

#

some do some mjnor casts

cinder storm
#

Blizz forced us to like tyrannical that's all

south zealot
#

and one mob had a big cast

lofty widget
#

you very rarely die to affixes tho

#

except tyr/fort

south zealot
#

lower has some packs where there are two mobs with like 3 important casts

mighty valley
#

discrepancies between weeks is how you keep things from getting stale

south zealot
#

i cant remember a time my group died to shit on fort they wouldnt have on tyrannical

cinder storm
#

Lower adds have more spells than the whole SL dungeon trash

echo egret
#

Not when it changes the key level you can accomplish

mighty valley
#

that's relevant to the top fraction of a percent of players, perfect balance is a pipe dream

south zealot
#

if you cant do a 20 tyrannical key but you can do a 20 fort

#

or the other way around

cinder storm
#

Tbh, every week is a push week

south zealot
#

there is a different problem then the tyran fort difference

cinder storm
#

Some are just harder than others, but doable nonetheless

south zealot
echo egret
#

I must be too low skill then.

south zealot
#

push weeks are the absolute best weeks to push

lofty widget
#

every week is a push week tho

south zealot
#

you CAN push on all weeks

#

but calling it a push week is disingenuous imo

lofty widget
#

cause for 99.9 % of ppl their skill caps before affixes cap them

cinder storm
#

You just gotta play better on harder weeks

mighty valley
#

what level of keys are you pushing up to? blizzard has no incentive to make sure keys above 20 are super balanced in any way

lofty widget
#

^

south zealot
#

true

echo egret
#

I reached 22-23s in season 3.

cinder storm
#

22-24, I think one dps friend might be dragging us down lol

echo egret
#

Mostly pugging so going above that was hard

mighty valley
#

so you're just playing for bragging rights at that point

south zealot
#

or for fun

#

pushing high keys is hella fun

echo egret
#

I like the โ€œI did itโ€ concept, I donโ€™t care at all about bragging to others ๐Ÿ™‚

mighty valley
#

yeah, a challenge is fun, but you're defining your own challenge at that level

#

bragging rights isn't meant to be derogatory, you can be bragging to yourself, that's valid

south zealot
#

i dont like how depletes work

lofty widget
#

yeah youre pushing key levels until your skill cant keep up, the level is kinda pointless imo

south zealot
#

but i dont have a better solution

lofty widget
#

bring old depletes back weird

south zealot
#

what was old depletes

#

i dont remember

lofty widget
#

your key just died or something

echo egret
#

The challenge being on speed is also too specific

vestal moat
#

your key would be depleted and woud grant no loot

cinder storm
#

We are all just speedrunners wicked

vestal moat
#

and therefore no one would sign up or want to run it

south zealot
#

i wish if you exit out of the key tou can try again with the same group at the same level

#

but i dont think that would be good in practice

#

just in theory

echo egret
#

They could make a new challenge by sending wave after wave of harder and harder bosses and trash - no speed, just how far you can go

mighty valley
#

i guess my only point is that hoping that blizzard puts a lot of time into making the m+ experience more balanced at the 25+ level is foolishness when the system is largely meeting its goals. are there things to improve? sure, but it's clearly not one of the biggest pain points in the game

echo egret
#

I agree itโ€™s not

#

Raids not dropping loot feels more urgent ๐Ÿ™‚

south zealot
#

keys are gonna have to have a max level

#

with infinite scalinf

mighty valley
#

i do actually really like static challenges for small groups that aren't time based

#

like, i love day 1 megadungeons

#

but that's really hard to hit the right level for a wide range of skill and gear levels

echo egret
#

With the scaling technology they can do plenty of designs

pallid quiver
#

as a random aside, ive got the arrowbreaker shield, upgradeable and all. Should I gamble my vault on prot for a 304?

lofty widget
#

yea

#

open in prot until you get a 304 shield

mighty valley
#

i mean, right now you could be like, let's get through a +30, don't care about timer. it would be a tough static challenge, it just wouldn't give you score points

south zealot
#

304 with leech

mighty valley
#

i did a 20 something vault of the wardens tyrannical in the first legion timewalking when it was v overtuned, me and my friends just slogged through it as if it was a 5 person raid, was really fun

vale bobcat
#

at this rate i wish theyd just tune the dungeons to be harder and just do a seasonal affix and get rid of the rest - like season 1 SL is a good foundation in terms of difficulty imo

#

(not prideful tho)

cinder storm
#

SL 1 was just a kite meta season

#

DH was bugged and pwar forgotten

lusty tiger
#

DH bugged?

vale bobcat
#

their conduit was bugged i think

cinder storm
#

Was doing more dmg than intended, and also was tankier

south zealot
#

affixes are good

mighty valley
#

DH got like double the magic dr% they were supposed to be getting

vale bobcat
south zealot
#

i think if u remove affixes

#

itll be boring as fuck

vale bobcat
#

having the same dungeons for 2 years already does that, i think if theyre on a rotation - affixes adds nothing and they'll continue to get nerfed/changed every time something new or weird happens in an old dungeon

toxic pewter
#

you guys think 63 speed is worth 13 haste

lofty widget
#

no

toxic pewter
#

Ok

south zealot
#

without affixes youre doing literally the same thing every week

mighty valley
#

even if some affix combinations feel bad, it's then good that some weeks feel like a relief

#

everything being flat removes the texture

#

there is no light without darkness or whatever the fuck

sinful plover
#

^^^

#

Once sanguine week is over the following week feels really fun and relaxing

chrome falcon
#

remove tyr and fort

dawn canyon
#

there is no push week without a "dont log in" week

uneven mason
south zealot
#

tyrannical would be fine IF it was like a hardmode boss

#

if its tyrannical week all bosses have an extra minor mechanic

dawn canyon
#

holy fuck

south zealot
#

tyran wouldnt increase damage or hp in this version tho

#

so its a harder but not unfair boss

#

some bosses on tyran are objectively unfair at high keys, while others in the same instance can be much easier

lusty tiger
#

More health on bosses means more executes and thatโ€™s all I care about

cinder storm
#

By removing tyrannical and fortified Blizz would have an easier time balancing dungeons

chrome falcon
#

no just remove fort and tyr i beg

#

they suck

#

bosses bounce between being absolute jokes and complete walls

#

the bosses should just be balanced

lusty tiger
#

It is true but it also changes the dungeon in a cool way like when you lust

#

But it is cancer having some weeks you know youโ€™ll have to end up soloing certain bosses that are sure to delete your pugs

grand locust
#

i dont think im going to get a shield to drop this patch

#

ever

lament shell
#

oh na had vault today?

uneven mason
#

It's Tuesday

clever heart
#

as prot i assume we want to use mechagon rings for m+ right?
is the 3 hit = haste combo the best ?
Or is the magic damage absorb actually worth running ?

lament shell
#

yes 3 diff spells + haste

clever heart
#

ok ty <3. I heard somewhere the absorb ring was being used and wanted to check

uneven mason
sweet summit
#

i'm still rocking 272 from last season okayge

mortal brook
toxic pewter
#

dang

#

i got 304 shield from terragrue and 304 weapon from vault

clever heart
vale bobcat
#

maybe im not pushing high enough but there isn't an affix right now that changes what i do in a dungeon every week; that isn't a seasonal affix (which i said they should keep to mix it up)

#

so im still doing 'the same shit every week' in a sense

chrome falcon
#

nah i mean your plan should change based on fort/tyr

#

not much but it should change a bit

uneven mason
#

Mostly the size of the trash pulls

lusty tiger
#

Changes when you lust and what packs you can 2x or 3x pull

#

And if you chain pull or not

#

Like bolstering

vale bobcat
#

sorry i was referring to how the different affixes spice things up or "change" it up, i know fort and tyr do for sure

lusty tiger
#

They are different affixes but for example you may want a boomkin, ele, or lock to move casters out of sanguine

#

Or need to pull a pack into a different spot so yโ€™all can spread for quaking

vale bobcat
#

yea cant say ive ever gone that far to min max the pulls at the 15-20 key range

#

but i get it

lusty tiger
#

Do you just hate your party lol

#

Just eat the quaking you swines

vale bobcat
#

i feel like ur referring to a specific situation cuz i can't think of a specific dungeon where u pull mobs to an area to deal with quaking easier?

uneven mason
vale bobcat
#

like if ur heavy melee the fuck u gonna do

vale bobcat
#

if ur ranged u should be standing further out to begin with

lusty tiger
vale bobcat
#

i'm not sure how that relates to quaking

#

sorry im just learning that quaking is an affix for tanks to deal with (not being sarcastic, never really thought of it)

onyx vessel
#

reactive actually pumps

lusty tiger
#

It means you shouldnโ€™t necessarily ALWAYS be standing far out as a ranged which was your argument to why tanks shouldnโ€™t need to pull differently for quaking

lusty tiger
median tulip
lusty tiger
#

Really

#

So when you have a big pull and everyone is pumping and one is going to blow up next to you and wipe

#

You just leave it?

modern brook
#

You're nuts if you're not clicking explosives tbh

#

80% of our kit is target agnostic

wild hemlock
#

explosives blow for prot warrior holy

lusty tiger
#

You help but are not responsible

wild hemlock
#

i noticed how easy they are playing prot pally last night lol

modern brook
#

You don't hunt them like you did in the vr days

lusty tiger
#

I mean one heroic throw

modern brook
#

But you clear them for literally free with aas without interrupting your rotation

uneven mason
modern brook
#

Blood warrior was pog

vale bobcat
#

so grievous is a tank problem too eh?

sweet summit
#

no?

vale bobcat
#

i am being informed that all affixes are the tanks problem

#

just gettin my facts straight

lusty tiger
#

Yea if your healer isnโ€™t healing through your deep grevious you need to pop a defensive and fleshcraft

vale bobcat
#

i mean thats personal and not in relation to whats happening to the group

lusty tiger
#

Really?

#

So if you die it has nothing to do with the group

mighty valley
#

you should generally be aware of what's going on with your group lmao

vale bobcat
#

if i die after using personals, thats correct?

#

like what

lusty tiger
#

What?

sweet summit
#

huh?

#

confused

vale bobcat
#

if a healer dies or a dps dies due to grievous, what does that have to do with my popping a defensive or fleshcraft

lusty tiger
#

Rallying

sweet summit
#

idk it's very hard to die to grevious alone and i can't say i've seen it happen

lusty tiger
#

Rallying for others, use defensives for yourself

sweet summit
#

generally just a healer affix you don't think about

vale bobcat
#

but thats kind of my point, the affixes dont really change how i pull a dungeon

sweet summit
#

some affixes do

vale bobcat
#

if the difference is one pack or two pack, sure - route doesn't really change unless someone higher up in raider.io finds something better

sweet summit
#

but they've made a lot of the toxic affixes a lot more playable now, especially noticeable with old vs current bolstering

lusty tiger
#

Yep

vale bobcat
#

but its never 'oh its explosive week so lets change the route'

mighty valley
#

it's not just route, it's moment to moment gameplay too

modern brook
minor helm
lusty tiger
#

There is never a reason to not help your party members

#

The best keys are done by coordination

minor helm
sweet summit
#

same

#

dps loss innit

#

jokes aside Jerreeeeeee is right

minor helm
#

If they understood that dying and stuff lowered their dps they wouldnโ€™t do it

lusty tiger
#

Yeah you can play selfishly without greifing your party

modern brook
#

I'm tryna grief the party tbh

minor helm
lusty tiger
#

A tanks job is to maximize party dps

#

And speed

minor helm
#

Think itโ€™s more so to tank the mobs and stay alive

mighty valley
#

a tank's job is to be hot and cool

lusty tiger
sweet summit
#

eh

mighty valley
#

the team's job is to win the video game and not lose

modern brook
lusty tiger
#

I just hate the mememe mentality like being too lazy to do things that make the run much smoother

modern brook
#

It's important to have the excuses lined up so you don't have to think when you transition to flaming your team

lusty tiger
#

Ahh right

#

I execute lines instead of bosses because I am a keyboard warrior

modern brook
#

Imagine blaming a warlock for not healing your grievous off SweatPopcorn SweatPopcorn

lusty tiger
#

He didnโ€™t drop stones

#

Iโ€™ll do it

#

Iโ€™ll blame him

#

Or her

timber coral
#

think this will proc enough? ๐Ÿค”

lusty tiger
#

Avoidance

onyx vessel
#

Procs off dots

#

Behind target

#

Aka deep wounds

timber coral
#

Oh damn really?

#

That's sick

sweet summit
#

not always

lusty tiger
#

Yea apparently if youโ€™re in their 270 degree canโ€™t parry zone it will proc

onyx vessel
sand egret
#

is that true anymore? is not the case for DK

sweet summit
#

if you are "behind" the target when damage occurs it procs

onyx vessel
#

So never technically

sweet summit
#

it's not free proc from bleeds always anymore

onyx vessel
sand egret
#

sounds like just gotta get really good at Reprisal gameplay

sweet summit
#

not necessarily

#

just wiggle a bit lol

#

i'd rather have the 3 abilities one tho

sweet summit
timber coral
#

Intriguing........... I already have 304 sawtooth blade tho

sweet summit
#

ah

#

lucky...

#

maybe legs or sockets then okayge

south zealot
vale bobcat
#

still pull the dungeon the same way

#

and as mentioned fort/tyr would change that more than those affixes would

south zealot
#

if you pull everything the same way every week

#

you are objectively a bad tank

mighty valley
#

or you're not doing keys that push yourself

south zealot
#

true

vale bobcat
#

yeah i am objectively a bad tank

south zealot
#

youre either doing super low keys where you can afk for 10 minutes and still +++

mighty valley
#

did you pull all the plaguefall slimes on a bursting week without a mass dispel

south zealot
#

or youre trolling for fun

south zealot
#

had mage and monk or rogue

#

they just immune

#

and i had to take the shaft lmao

lusty tiger
vale bobcat
#

i didnt tank in the previous 3 seasons, i only started tanking this season in SL

#

and yes i run between 15's to 19's because i dont try to min-max every single pull in the 20+

#

but i did pug a lot of dungeons last season, and if what u say is true - there are a LOT of objectively bad tanks

mighty valley
#

ok, so yeah, if the dungeon isn't set to a high difficulty, you can kinda do whatever

#

true

south zealot
#

ive only tanked like 10 dungeons before this season

vale bobcat
#

id rather stick to being an objectively bad tank tho

south zealot
#

generally you pull similar

#

but if theres a dangerous mob like the crab in jy

#

on fortified

#

why pull that with 2 extra packs when you can do it with the guy next to it

lusty tiger
mighty valley
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it's whatever, if you're some genuinely average tank in pug groups, it's easiest to just hold W and do packs in a natural order, one at a time

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and then the affixes are just slight increased numbers challenges for individuals, or things to react to

mighty valley
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i don't really know what we're arguing any more

toxic pewter
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how much healing does that kul tiran human racial do

vale bobcat
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affixes only matter at the high end, everyone else that doesn't play around them efficiently is an objectively bad tank

mighty valley
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they clearly matter at the lower end, how many people get killed by their spiteful ghosts regularly in low pugs

vale bobcat
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but again, even if i was pushing i dont think my route would change outside of pulling 1 back vs 2 or 3

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if we fail, then i fix it

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but doubt that its because of an affix specifically

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and more about ppl not focusing the correct stuff, or not coordinating cds or w/e

toxic pewter
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some affixes mess groups up thats for sure

lusty tiger
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Well it certainly is something to think about

toxic pewter
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doesnt matter the key level

sand drum
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just took a look at a wowanalyzer and it says i overcaped on IP ? does that matter ?

mighty valley
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no

lusty tiger
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You want people to coordinate CDs > pulling appropriately?

mighty valley
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not at all

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press IP to make sure you don't overcap rage

toxic pewter
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explosive for example can wipe group at any level if not dealtwith

mighty valley
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you're going to overcap IP a ton if you're doing it right

pallid quiver
uneven mason
sand drum
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normaly just check my block % and nothing else but wanted to see what analyze had to say

fickle arrow
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How do use this wowanalyzer? Kind of hit a wall on some dungeons for mythic levels. And I am SURE Iโ€™m messing up a lot of things. What am I looking for specifically to get better or see the biggest improvement?

lusty tiger
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Post a looog

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But cpm, and block uptime, banner uptime

sage hearth
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Anyone know if there is a haste cap? or haste DR point for prot that when hit we should switch to verse?

lofty widget
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no sir

uneven mason
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No

sage hearth
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sweet. Was scared I had too much haste LOL

chrome falcon
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i have 6% vers rn

lofty widget
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vers is only for dmg, but then crit is there so

fickle arrow
sick sentinel
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If I only wanted to tank 15's/16's is "The Wall" Viable? or is it too much of a DPS loss to not be getting the procced revenges? - I just feel so weird trying to learn reprisal. Everyone seems to love it but It just doesn't feel right

chrome falcon
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it's not about the dps loss

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it's about the shield block uptime

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you can tank 15s without a legendary on the worst covenant

oblique garnet
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@sweet summit fuck i forgot to run urchin in the 24 JY

chrome falcon
chrome falcon
cobalt seal
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I forgot to do dmg