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the worst part of prepatch is having to wait for Classic Shadowlands to release now
ok just ran with the m+ build, not having ravager wasnt bad on aggro, still held a frost dk and fire mage off
yo, is violent outburst bugged for anyone else?
felt like i my slams generated basically no extra rage
it is nerfed from the tier set version
40 down from 60 i think
execute has a cd???
exeCDute
cds nuts
FUCK
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where do u finish within a normal key in dps overall? (normal anything like 24is)
so wait we got the worst of both executes?
depends on the key
it costs rage and it has a cooldown?
Sounds like a bug
yes
rage and has a cd
and its not even good base damage
that can't be right
i was gonan try a juggernaut build to see if i can make execute do fucking damage
i did both tazavesh with like 17k overall
but it has a cd so itll take a year to stack
Blizz: we just really really donโt want you to press this button anymore
yes at 7 stacks it consumes if u TC
my execute doesn't have a cd, what am i missing
still? they said they fixed that
they did on beta
I'm... not gonna lie. If I get to remove Execute and save myself a hotkey I won't be crying too hard.
but ptr is a build behind
playing some warr rn
i finally understand what bdks felt like the last 2 seasons 
overall hps for my healer in a 28 JY
and even those 340 hps
i probably didnt need
did this pull in front of last boss of JY, had 20k hps while my healer literally didnt press a single button on me
and i didnt drop below 95%
so busted atm LOL
anyone here tried tanking a lower ? i was in a lower 21 and i pop avatra rend thunder clap and revenge and still i lost ago on everthing. i was doing 30-40k dps and agro was none exitent.
does anyone know if there is a bug?
what fight? just all trash?
trash
if you are doing a huge pull
bosses np
dont bother with SS
just spam tc and revenge
should be able to hold everything that way
U don't need to rend then thunder clap btw. Delete rend from your bars
that too
had a monk and ret pala they were stealing agro left and right
some specs do have bonkers burst on prepatch tbh
yea if a ret starts bursting instantly, there isnt much you can do
you need to wiggle to let the capped aoe stuff hit different targets
which leggo did you run
seismic
100% sb uptime, 100% banner uptime
perma rage for IP
it's just so broken atm lmao
I keep switching spec and wondering why my damage has dropped
and every time, I haven't hit the stance button
Should Revenge only be press on proc?
stances bad
Press it as your filler when ss and tc are down
are you using the wowhead m+ spec that has seismic as well?
because that is confusing me
shouldn't ever have an empty gcd
Thx โค๏ธ
s there any way to let keybinds change with the talent build?
the wowhead build is confused because they swapped sidearm + seismic and they haven't updated their calc
uh not sure
one sec
will post
you dont skill seismic tho since it doesnt stack with the leggo
it's probably 99% the same as the wowhead one since i got this from nome
i figured as much
too much shield block
yea could probably drop one of the talents
so no sidearm and 5% hp, but you took more mobility and auto attack speed
was just one of my first few runs trying otu the new stuff
so havent changed anything yet
probably a wash anyway
sidearm is pretty trash im sure
is this visual or actually dead ?
visual
5% stam is for sure useless atm
would not skill sidearm to reach it either
both talents pretty bad
looking at it, i think the only talent that's really changeable atm is bounding for fear
i might drop IV for zerk rage for the handful of dungeons where it's relevant
was thinking about zerk but couldnt think of a situation for it atm
also definitely switching bolster to tough as nails, bolster huge overkill rn
except maiden i guess?
uhhhhhh yeah maiden is sick
intim shout just as another interrupt is fair game too
i've been trying titanic throw just since you don't give much up to get it but we're such gods rn that just charging in and going to town is fine
so ingame it's a bit higher
yea i can see those last few talents as really interchangeble
and i pulled small for the most part since i wasnt sure about scaling and stuff yet
damn zap bots lol
i feel like zap was doing less than before prepatch lmao
but i havent played in quite a bit so maybe im misremembering
just for some extra threat before going in or am i missing smth?
yeah, for awkward spread packs to lock down initial aggro
man looking at my blocked hits, i didnt care way too often LOL
i think the SL dungeons could've seen more use for it
@mighty valley - Same boat. I like it and it's nice that it has synergy with Improved Heroic Throw, but i'm also thinking it's not worth the talents when you can just charge in and start thunder stomping
yeah you're getting backhit and missing 10% uptime and still getting 85% dmg mitigation
i'm meaning based on 88% blocked hits
anyway, sure it's tyran week, but still feels like we're gonna be just fine
(which would have made my dmg better too, i think it was a bit mediocre)
zap damage is worse for me this week because we don't get to do the ultra optimal gunker first route T_T
Any sense as to how the tank role as a whole is feeling rn? It seems like yโall have been voicing prot warrior is really strong rn but curious if other tanks also feel immortal
part time warrior player here, so i dont follow closely, but has anyone figured out a max dps build for prot for questing and whatnot?
dh is in a similar boat atm
we're all good tbh
at least for the lower mob count dungeons
having access to FS still is crazy good for DH
Leveling as prot feels clunky
feel like you can just walk through the tree atm and say "does this do any damage? i take it"
on beta, warr dh dk were all immortal
but don't undervalue mobility for open world
pally a bit below that maybe? then brew was okay and bear was pretty bad
right on. thanks.
That being said for the first time I don't feel like my rage budget while low level is far off from max level
Cool cool thanks
Only issue is that shields are impossible to find while leveling
al tanks will feel immortal right now
its pre patch
simply heirloom
cant imagine bear feeling too nice atm tbh 
they doing fine
in terms of feeling immortal
and there damage is fine
because venthyr
Bears are borrowed power
@potent anvil i c u on ur dk

How come enhance are insane right now?
bcuz prepatch ๐
tbh they were insane in st before prepatch
How are we liking the new prot talents?
we are liking them very much
But I see them dominating m+ right now -enhance
Good evening to all. This is probably a dumb question but I see on the Wowhead guide that we put a talent point in Rend, yet we apparently don't use it in the rotation. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance
I was more following a path that a brand new player would
But yes I've had to dip into heirloom in a few stretches
Thunderclap applies rend @sick sentinel with a different talent point
Np!
That being said I'm wearing 4 pieces of the level 10 starter crap and missing a cloak still and I'm still immortal
Did iron docks last boss no healer
as long as you have Rend, TC does the work for you. using Rend as a button costs 30 rage, so you'll never prefer it over TC
no reason to have Rend on your bars basically
Yes, i just see that. Thank you Glowreef
is stance dancing really back
He asked if we need a talent point in rend
stance dancing is going to end up a personal decision. if you're pushing content, you probably stick to d stance. if you're coasting, you can b stance. if you're OT you can pickup a tiny dmg boost, but remember to swap back
Iโm pretty sure you do- when you get to blood and thunder
you do need both talents. as long as you have Rend, let BnT do the work
question keeps coming up because blizz played with how Rend & BnT worked like 20x in beta
@sick sentinel skip talenting rend until you can also talent blood and thunder
You will never press rend that is why
Anyone got a semi working WA for basic tracking before I invest the time?
yo guys, what about reprisal on m+?
so in the pins it mentions a build that uses reverberation legendary. Has anyone tested this out and seen if it does more than reprisal?
someone else got problem with plater and view distance? more than 10 yards away i have no nameplates :/
it does more than reprisal
@lusty tiger thank you
go wild if u want to
ive had great success with it in m+
smh
the first build is tankier than the "no shield spec" version
Thats my last smh nom. i officially odnt care anymore
thats nice
lol
I mean ๐
honestly im just happy fat damage works
and high key its a huge iteration between what i said and what is working
This hasn't changed right?
ST rotation:
CDs > SS > TC > revenge
AOE rotation:
CDs > SS > tc>=revenge if not flooded with rage and in need of SB uptime
CDs > TC >= revenge >= SS if flooded with rage and not in need of SB uptime for a couple globals
In terms of CDs avatar > ravager > Demo >= shield charge > thunderous roar
In aoe pulls you always wanna open with thunderclap to apply rend, then start sending CDs
yes
ok ty, its my little cheat sheet i saved, from you i think. Just wanted to make sure its still what I need to practice on executing correct ๐
Just logged my warrior in. And holy shit
i havent really kept up the past weeks, did they ship bear as it was?
"tuning" which was nerfy more than buffy
when do we flood the forums with tears that we need our last nerf reverted
@strong forum What is the current status for pwarr. Are we still happy? All bugs fixed? Anything you're sorta anticipating in terms of tuning for us?
feel the devs a bunch of negative feedback about state of pwars - so they think we are unhappy and leave it alone
fueled by violence doesnt work, conduit tooltips are busted
not all bugs fixed, they re-introduced the "tc consumses seeing red at 7 stacks"
but should be fixed whenever the next retail build comes out
Are you happy?
ya is pump
okok, then i'm also happy ๐
when it consumes it early i assume it doesn't properly boost it right?
yep
Do you expect any big shift in terms of tuning numbers for us or the other tanks?
or does it feel like we're sorta settling in right now?
everybody is settling in
okok, amazing to hear ๐
i dont think any particular tank is overpowered
VDH slaps and is uber tanky
bdk slaps and is uber tanky
pwar slaps and is uber tanky
vdh will definitely dominate pre-patch once people play it well
vdh can full on tank medivh missles on +26 tyr back to back
and doesnt even drop below 80% hp
That's very lovely to hear because warrior is truly fun to play and has made me find joy in tanking again. ๐
Any chance they reintrouced their bug from s1? xD
thats with me playing ultra squishy build on mana devourer
wow, thats not a little difference ๐ฎ
vdh does the most ST damage rn
they went from lowest to highest
dont mind the pally and dk, they died
nerf vdh
VDH owns
how are warrior on ST btw? Bit on the lower end in comparision to the other tanks?
legitimately none of the tanks are truely bad
not even bear anymore?
oh my god. i just logged into my war
bear needs a redesign but will have to live with tuning intead
and oh god. the prot tree looks soooo good
@strong forum Only my curiosity here. What are your thoughts on blizzs starter build for pwarr?
+1
yeh, i felt the same xD
they just randomly clicked talents
doesnt even pick spell reflect
I didnt get the whole max out shockwave build
and taking just odd things
just send and forget
recently buffed it, so must be good
lol i didnt even look at the default build. the mage one was bad too.
you'd expect them to make us tankier for the lower skilled players?
as default i mean
yes
but anywho
tanks seem fairly well balance rn
pwar just gained alot of aoe dmg
st dmg is roughly the same as before
but we're still figuring out the omega st build
cool, ty. Pretty nice to hear they're all even and no real super outliner, so shouldnt' be a roller coaster once tuning hits
output and survivability - all balanced. just some tanks are more fun than others atm.
buff bear a bit, still boring
Thats cool, fun is subjective anyhow
funny thing is
lvl 60 bear will do more damage than level 70 bear

thats how bad it is
wait what? How?
yep. we're legitimately at a 'play what you enjoy' stage
cuz bear actually gets slapper legendaries to play with rn
stat scaling or smt?
and covenants
when in DF you only lose shit
you dont get alot of cool stuff with the last 10 talent points
lol 41% passive block %. this is going to be fucking amazing lmao
and bears end up spending like 5-6 pts on abilities they cant use outside raid
Is the Talent Calculator on wowhead out of date? Sidearms and Barbaric Training for example has different positions when comparing the wowhead calculator with the ingame talents so importing talent builds from the pins results in problems from which i dont know if theyre intended.
the links will take you to the PTR or beta version of the site sometimes. just click the live button at the top
and it'll reload with them in the correct spot
The Wowhead-Talentcalculator operates with the Beta Build Talent Trees as that build is 1 build ahead of Retail/PTR. Thats why you see a small difference in positioning between Sidearm and Barbaric training.
got it ty
NGL what we got was above and beyond my hopes for the combo
How often are we planning on switching between Tough as Nails and Spell Block? Is Tough as Nails just head and shoulders better?
wow i gained a shit load of DR from armor
nails for dmg, spellblock for when you can actually use it
from like 5x % to 70% holy shit
nails does alot of dmg
id only use Spellblock for Upper Kara and some raidbosses here and there
just about to do a lower with it
just for funs
not sure if worth
spellblock that is
I wish it were a passive more like the Monk one. Where it gives you a chance equal to 50% of your block chance to dodge a spell
lots of casty mobs :<
and 1st boss/maiden
almost everything in lower is white hits only
bosses are LITERALLY whatever
maiden?
besides attumen
maiden????
If you take magic dmg on maiden you're playing wrong
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If you are pulling caster mobs, your route is probably wonky
Iron maiden?
maiden does negative tank damage

spell block does not help you in lower kara
ok
power to you if you're just doing it for funsies but you won't get an idea for its value
yea
on medivh its super good
for example
can straight up rng 2 entire missile combos
with just spellblock
Oh yea nome do nails have an icd or smth?
500ms
Makes sense
Can someone tell me what talents we lost going w the squishy build. sorry but its hard to flip back and forth. i know we gain punish?
and i looks like no one is taking ravager for m+ anymore whoa
can you spot where i had spellblock up
you only have 5 point available past the 3rd gate
youd have to give up either indom or outburst to get ravager
i see
you lose 2/2 shield spec, indom and outburst in that build
but you gain shield charge + bulwark and ravager
lol lol lol ok i know how im gonna do my weekly 15
ya youll be fine in that
like i did 25-27s today with that build
granted, it was 5tank
but in aoe im fine, just on bosses i struggled a bit
but if i go normal build with indom and outburst, youll be ultra fine on bosses
How exactly does spell block even work
Spell block + shield block = guaranteed to block?
Or is it just our base block chance
i think so
havent tested it
whatever your block chance, spellblock will go off of the same
I assume Necrolord with Reprisal is still the play for m+ ?
Soo unbreakable will could be decent?
sure
So, i've been testing and unity for venthyr prot seems to be completely not functional
i play seismic reverb cuz its phat damage
@strong forum are you stance dancing a lot and when you do do you notice a solid difference?
I just ran +18 noticed a bit of a difference but nothing insane
are you taking spear in the class tree?
i haven't hit the key yet where i leave battle stance
Gotcha
No? venthyr unity is supposed to make condemn add 2.5 secs to the duration of avatar. What would spear have to do with that?
do you have massacre talented?
cuz when you talent massacre, execute gains the animation of condemn
maybe that fucks with it
Possibly. Lemme test.
some classes have a known bug where taking a talent that is just the unity buff to a cov skill not in their current cov will turn off unity; so if you took elysian might, that follows suit
So whats the current talent setup for m+ ?
oooh, that explains it, that feels awful
ive linked 3 setups in the pins
has some suggestion
what are we charing in with now that we dont have as much rage from reprisal
you dont need reprisal for rage anymore
bloodsurge does it for you
and warmachine also helps
thats my rage gen from grimrail 27
Still not working with or without massacre.
where i played the "no shield spec" build from pins with seismic reverb legendary
Also not specced into spear
then a massive bug
^
can you link the log?
thx
LOL
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i see
not your average group
Could someone else test the venthyr unity thing to make sure it's not just me?
Lemme try that
Soo Nomeratur in the calculator, for the Seismic it takes barbaric training but when you import it, it doesnt
its the beta build
just swap sidearm for barbaric training
its just those 2 talents that are swapped
Hey that worked, unequipping it and reequipping it seems to have reenabled it

Ty
that's unfortunately been a thing since unity came out
something to do with swapping gear sets where unity is in 2 different slots between the 2
Sooo for that Seismic build is it either Kyrian or Necrolord we play or is that up to oneself?
necro but its prepatch so who cares
Banner has never been easier
basically the seismic part is just that rage gen + block uptime are more than comfy enough to switch from reprisal
yo I just rolled a warrior, wanna play in DF. Is it worth farming up a legendary? Do the buffs wear off at 71? are any worth it?
If you wanna do SL content, yes
Legendaries fall of as soon as you're not in SL content
legendaries and cov stuff turns off outside SL
thank you, fk it then ๐
If you only plan on doing DF content, then fuck it indeed. Not worth the time energy or money
I'm going to be so glad to gtfo from SL
Thankfully never going to have to go back there
can anybunny point me to a good reprisal talent build for prepatch?
until they bring back SL dungeons for M+
Sl tw
you dont need reprisal
tis all i got
its prepatch just let them play whatever
re build my son
sheesh
you just need to make sure you grab intervene and can drop more shield block talents
well i assumed there was multiple legos on the table not just the 1
ty everybunny
What is the top 2 raiding realms on eu horde?
raidbots giving an error "unable to create action: dragon_roar" what's that about, I dont have it talented
Tarren mill and?
someone just told me my realm is dead and I should just move now while I can. I'm on dreanor
Lol
and i've felt the same, so might aswell.
Idiot
arent there realm stats?
I've only played alliance for 15 years, rerolled horde super late into SL and just picked dreanor for some reason
And I have a boost with the DF preorder, so now is my chance i reccon
^
they enable cross mythic once fame titles are done right?
only reason id switch is if i had the guild already lined up
wait what? since when? ๐ฎ
this is huge news
I just left my guild today after some silly drama about spots and roles.
Hate drama
Same, thats why I left. Its been brewing for a while but today I just couldn't take it anymore.
Even if we refuse to play reprisal?
yes
NF for life
we're mostly all ditching reprisal right now
nobody in this disc is recommending reprisal anyways lol
NL gives you a 20%+ strength boost permanently, there's nothing that compares
You don't need reprisal to keep up Banner
You don't need any legendary for matter of fact (besides unity) to keep up Banner
Do I need Adderall to keep up banner?
Just need to play well
Nah, banner got easier now
I've stacked up a 3minute banner toda y
As in, total duration stacked up
just drain your big pile of rage constantly with IP and you'll be fine
Chad energy
You playing seismic?
Ye
slick
i have a new prrot i lvld for the new xpac. im not sure i want to drop a ton of money on legendaries . im pretty hard to kill without them anyway
i just went full bleed build and leech and away i go
you can try as hard as you want in prepatch, it's pretty whatever
Logout for a month 
if someone could go kill heroic fate - double affixes - and log/upload it so i can compare to my parse id be much appreciated
there must be logs on the site no?
22 pwars for heroic fate
i know this is epically against what everyone else is playing. but i just want to throw it out there for comparison
be more at the weekend
im r1 so something is off
Whats the name of the talent that gives dr to group with avatar
or shield block*
wall*
I can buy my second dinar this week, should I buy ows or aegis.
No just its post s4 for logs so it's not going to have many parses yet
I rerolled from pala so I only have reprisal and the wall and not gonna craft anything else. So i should use the wall I guess?
Immovable Object, choice node below avatar
unbreakable will
- unbreakable will
Either are fine, builds for both in pins
ty
wall is probably better for raiding anyway, just drop the actual wall talent
ty
i understand that BUT im nf using reprisal (off tank swapped to his hunter to get achieve) and im 3k dam above all the other pwars so sometyhing feels off
reprisal still gives a ton of shield block and rage, so you can adjust talents around it
but most people are just happy to have less buttons to press after a year of reprisal
also it's closer to how we'll play in DF since there's no real reprisal equivalent going forward
Whats more to press with reprisal?
charge weaving and intervene to proc it
Actually setting up charges is a pain sometimes
Nothing more to press
you have to press buttons to move because of the 8yd min range
you could be just standing there auto attacking fishing for aa haste procs
Even when it was meta, I still went with the wall because it was less of a pain in the ass
If you're not using reprisal, you don't need to leap out and charge back in.
I've read reprisal is still the best leggo but I thought we knew had 100% sb uptime
We nowยฐ
You wouldnt do that with reprisal anwyay, just intervene and charge back
Again, that's two more button presses that you wouldn't do if you didn't have Reprisal
That is neither fun nor a style alot of prot warriors care to use
With an mouseover interaction
Alot of people don't use that.
Fun is subjective
That is the pojnt
Nobody is disagreeing with you. But adding Intervene and Charge or Leap/Charge into your rotation is two additional keypresses every time it's up
No
The point was more buttons to press due to intervene and im here thinking why that is
We're not discussing whether it's fun or not. Some people don't want to add additional keypresses into their rotation
it's objectively more buttons to press
Idk youโd intervene anyway due to Safeguard
not different
but more
no you wouldn't
safeguard doesn't mean anything
in 99.999999999999% of keys
Agree to disargee i guess
Because if I don't have reprisal, I use charge once and intervene is almost never used.
Well it is what it is
reprisal adds CPM to the rotation
you can't disagree with that it's just basic objective fact
If your rotation is X button presses, and you add Reprisal into the mix, to properly utilize it, you're at X+2 keypresses per usage of Reprisal. That's just a fact
intervening out and charging back was also objectively bad reprisal use
You do press block instead anyway and charge aint some extra ability you have to keybind, intervene is macrod with charge
You keybinding something vs having it on two separate buttons isn't what we're talking about at all. It's added complexity in the sense that you have to factor in figuring out who you're Intervening to, hitting it and charging back in when you could just as easily be using more naturally intuitive button presses
wdym you don't macro avatar shield wall and last stand on one macro button /s
i enjoyed reprisal, i'm not a hater, but it added two additional cooldowns to care a lot about in order to survive and also added a little bit of unpredictable movement to mob packs which dps doesn't enjoy
so i get why people are tired of it
i enjoy reprisal - i didnt enjoy it being mandatory for survival
If reprisal made charge do like 5x damage
It would be a cool leggo
And made your next revenge hit like a truck
Basically get rid of all its defensiveness
if it gave warbringer pvp talent id be happy
Pinball warrior
Reprisal crawled so Shield Charge could run
aw, the default talent setup in the wowhead guide does not include shockwave - is it not considered good, or are other talents just considered more mandatory by comparison until we get more points to spend?
Decouple mandatory mitigation from otherwise unnecessary movement, 100%
i think you're trying to argue some weird point that reprisal isn't more button presses just because you don't need more keybinds
which is just
... ok i guess lol
using shockwave for damage is kinda bad for stun cc reasons, and we get a lot more out of avatar + UF
we'll almost always pick it up for m+ cc at lvl 70 but it's hard to justify now
you mean in terms of DRing, or?
yeah
that's fair
Right now with where the content cycle is, pretty much everyone is focusing on putting out as much damage as possible, so that's the main focus in the current builds
Has anyone figure out a way to deal with this crap yet
dunno but my one is huge
what is that
The LFG eye
Is that the LFG icon?
its the dungeon finder thing
I guess you always have storm bolt for a stun (thinking about the scalebinders in gambit, in particular)
yea and its at the center of the screen
You can move it if you have Bartender or ElvUI
cant move cant hide
and its massive
ok
I haven't used lfg yet haha
I've been thinking about dropping Storm Bolt for Bounding Stride just because I only group with guild members and they're on top of stuns/interrupts, lol
If it's in the middle of your screen one of your addons moved it there so you can move it
BRO
you saved my life
mine is lower right and pretty small?
Neither buttons to press but its w/e, i just dont agree
I live to serve.
i have elvui and mine is where it was before in a corner of the minimap
i want to know wtf this is - i can drag it around but it does nothing when i click it or mouseover it
mine is half the size of my mini map
same, fine there
thats a green dot
yes
Don't agree all you want, you're entitled to that. But if your rotation is 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 then you add 4, 5 to that, that's inherently added complexity, especially factoring in the movement aspect of it. Like, that's not something you can argue. That's like saying "Water isn't wet"
kinda annoying wago is down, was looking for some inspiration for prot warrior, haven't played prot since end of bfa pretty much... can someone share a screenshot of what they have going on? ๐
Let's clear the air. What is your argument from start to finish. If it is all in one place, it may make more sense
or
water is wet? i thought it was moist
we can leave this argument behind
Its 0:44 here im going to bed, remind me tomorrow
luxthos warrior pack for df
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it's a stupid argument in the first place the legendary won't matter soon
perhaps, but wago is down ๐
water isn't wet
use lux site
so just looking for a screenshot for inspiration since it's been a while since I played
luxthos has his own site
has a copy link from there
ah k, I'll have a look - ultimately I'll create my own, but I need some inspiration :p
thanks! ๐
SPAM
Well that was pointless
man I really have no clue how to prot warrior anymore lol, lovely
i can't remember if we are supposed to change our conduits if we go necro with the builds in the pin - can anyone help?
make sure shield block is up, ram ss/tc/revenge, bleed off rage with ip. donezo
ahhh theres no copy button on the warrior wa page
With these prepatch builds were still ignoring Sidearm yeah for our M+ builds yeah, obviously meaning as how WoWhead is justifying it
hm so you prio revenge over ip?
the wowhead calc is outdate, sidearm moved
ip is off gcd, so they're not really competing. you don't want dead GCDs ever, so typically your rotational abilities are SS>TC>Rev
there's some nuance as you learn but that's a starting point
do you tank in battle stance or defensive stance?
fair, but they compete for rage right
AH ok I see
i took sidearm cause i dont like stormbolt
I tanked a lot on warrior over the years, starting in wrath, but it's been about 2 years since I played prot now ๐
in realistic situations we have enough rage that you can fill your GCDs and only use IP to prevent overcapping and still get good IP coverage
Wowhead build runs Sidearm 24/7
yeah fair, on a dummy rage regen is a bit wonky
IP is wildly inefficient per point of rage spent so it's really rarely something you "prioritize"
that's fair
so do you stay in defensive or battle stance mostly?
only in the case of cutting edge raiding or big m+ key tankbusters are you ever gonna think "i need to build up a big IP"
I just don't have enough rage/buttons to press on a dummy with devastator :p
right now we can safely stay in battle stance pretty much all the time but prepatch tuning is always gonna be wonky
Yeah just after testing on beta for as long as I have I just don't like Sidearm
What was the reason for not liking it?
wut, you tank in battle stance? O.o
i havent even pressed d stance yet - heroic raid and a 15, health never dropped below 90%
we're real real strong rn
damn
Thanks
that goes against everything I know/knew about warriors xD
in the olden days, dstance was where our big threat modifier came from
aye
so it was basically essential
I recall, hence my surprise
these days tank damage just does a billion bonus threat for free
those days of stance locked abilities are also gone
yeah I guess so... feelsweirdman
i like stances, i like this current form - i hate that swapping specs removes you from all stances
I just grabbed the default m+ build from wowhead for the time being
im going to try the no shield spec build - i guess you are mostly using the other one in m+?
ive heard of something called stance dancing. is that something thats worth doing?
guys try looking at the pinned specs before doing wowheads
eventually mwahi will update icyveins also
i was referring to the no shield spec in the pin
used to be big in pvp haha
wasn't directed at you
wowhead's writer isn't in this discord
ah I see
isn't that a bit mad?
so if you have questions about wowhead's specs, you can't really ask them
at least here
stance dancing is from a million years ago when we had to switch stances for certain abilities
now it might just be like, switch for a tankbuster
then switch back
right, that's fair - but indeed the wowhead calculator looks different - do the points still "work" in that sense?
again, tuning is all silly just now
is anyone here tanking in battle stance?
yes
use the beta talent calc
instead of ptr
you used to have to swap stances to use certain abilities (hence the stance dancing name) which is no longer the case - now its a 20% damage reduction with a damage penality or 3% crit - completely passive
Hi is Blood and thunder talent bug? I don't apply Rend to anyone and every mob has rend xd
yeah, I used the prepatch m+ link from the pins, but sidearm is in a different place for example
The wording on Blood and Thunder is shit. If you have Rend talented, it applies it to targets when you TC
but my question was if the points are still in the correct place, if that makes sense
no i meant the blood and thunder question
ahh right, my bad
I was thinking that "if u have rend" means that if u have it applied to the mob xd
Yeah, Blizz did a terrible job wording it
there are 3 other talents i can think of off the top of my head that increase bleed damage. getting to them all is a sacrafice though
it should say something like "if you have learned rend" or whatever
Y
"If you have Rend talented, Thunder Clap also applies Rend to up to 5 targets."
but indeed, so long as you spec into it, TC gives rend
ty guys ๐
its uncapped!
Is it??
yes
i pulled 7 packs of murlocs in heroic gambit for fun and hit tc - rend went on everything
i honestly want to try a bleed pvp build. it will be boss
"if you have rend talented" is about as clear as they can make it
yup
same I've done like a 15 mobs packs and everyone has rend
No shit. I'm stuck at work, just running off the talent calculators right now
then u dont apply rend with tc
Well hell
Then the Paladin discord is right over there ->
^^
so just cause I'm a simpleton - I want to grab a point in barbaric training and ignore sidearm?
yes
I personally took Sidearm, but that's just because my DPS like to go Mongo and I'll take any bit of extra threat I can
haha alright, well I'll just be pugging a bit first since my warrior is a trashcan at ~230 ilvl
free 1% damage
idk what to tell you
Just because I talk numbers doesn't mean I'm any good at the game, lol
yeah i would look at l2p
id say picking talents to cover for mistakes is kind of a problem
or will be in the long run
of course depending on the content you're doing
is kyrian still the play in prepatch?
oh okay ๐
and it continues to not be the play
just haven't played prot in 2 years is all ๐
necro for all, play whatever you want and have fun with - im still nf
Necrolord Banner with unity is hilariously busted
It's why Warrior was probably second best tank the past two seasons due to a free like 30% str buff
I..... wouldn't waste money on leggos myself in pre-patch
eh, I have plenty of gold, they're like 10k or something
our talents are hilariously strong by themselves and enable an actual playstyle
If you do get a legendary, though, probably pick Seismic for M+, I guess
yeah I'll only be doing m+ for the time being
Reprisal's no longer necessary since you can easily get 100% block uptime without
Then get Seismic and skip picking seismic in the talent trees
The legendary version hits like twice as hard
nice, yeah I don't have the talent tree one
just slowly piecing a build together
is there a decent soulbind setup somewhere I can yoink if the wowhead guide writer is not on this discord?
icy veins
cool, shall poke around there, thanks
but some conduints might not work
oh
Siesmic leggo hits harder than talent?
Also what's good I'm somewhat back
iirc talent does 30%, leggo does 70%? I may be thinking DPS version or something
oof sidearms damage is pretty bad
At worst it's a saved talent point
i just looked at my history
guess I'll put the seismic leggo on shoulder or boots and unity on... ring perhaps? idk
tooltip for seismic says 75% - guess i gotta craft it now
I wager it's due to TC costing rage for the other specs, but outburst has always been kinda funny
ah sorry for that
i got two left and i dunno on what to spend it lmao
just play whatever man nobody's minmaxing at this point
rdm is amazing in high keys
guess it depends if you have upgrade thingies
got one heroic left on bags and one mythic later this week
RDM/Aegis are the usual go-to's after OWS, but ymmv how much value they are in pre-patch
no one's really tracking them that hard atm so
i see
think about what you need for leveling
I'll just see whatever trash I can get from m+ haha
i guess wep wont be too much of an upgrade
weap/shield will be replaced - trinkets might stay with you until 70
Buy scars, they buffed the final rune damage for some reason
we're finishing up some jailer and sylvanas mounts and im prollly playing warrior for those
oooo scars as prot didnt even think to play with that
i havent played jailer as warrior so i dunno if kt trinket would be good there
i guess theres a case for aegis for sylvanas too
OWS and whatever offensive thing you have
since i dont have any other trinkets
im using stone legion to tank, might put on stun grenade to buff damage
kt trinket as in splitered heart? kinda wasted you're not gonna die there
yeah stun grenade is a good pick
yea splintered heart
afaik proc trinkets get buffed now, so RDM should be even better now btw
~60% iirc
i really like rdm so i'll just waste one on it
i guess the other one will depend on raid drops
OWS
i've got ows already
o
was first pick, no questions there lmao
so is the section about legendaries in the IV guide outdated now with prepatch?
yes
cool, so I'll go seismic/unity then, with vers/haste, or?
soulbinds might be relevant, conduits depends on what talents you pick
ah hmm
I went with the proposed plaguebinder build in the guide
they should just have disabled all SL systems with prepatch tbh
i think most of the posted 60 builds take soulbinds into account
yeah I just used the IV guide, so I guess there's a chance it's outdated
i'm torn, people were already sad about tier being turned off
yeah but hes looking at mwahi's guide for soulbinds
just tooltip bugs
oh okay
i think, at least. like, banner says it's giving 10% str, but when I use it, it gives the correct amount
aaf tooltip says 20% str
ok so I'll craft seismic + unity with vers/haste tomorrow
cause now my bed is calling me
need to take up in less than 7 hours, rip
thanks all for the help and the patience, peace out ๐
Does conduits still work?
in shadowlands+content yes
Then we still wanna combo Banner with Last stand for more rage regen?
Due to Unnerving Focus
Does the Seismic lego and talent stack?
no
No
are we ever using slam/whirlwind in our rotation?
no
random question, fueled by violence doesnt work right ? it doesnt show up on details, it doesnt show up on msbt either
it works
Any1 know how to change quest dialog window/npc windows. Mine is super dark and can barley read quests or any interaction window
do you have the conduit for it?
been having the same thing, dont know if its due to elvui or what
im talking about the talent
either way, most of us arent using fueled we dont need the extra healing
I'm guessing its elvui, been searching color settings past 15 min but cant find anything ๐ฆ
pick brutal vitality instead
does sword and board apply to devastator as well or just devastate?
it doesnt show up on details, it doesnt show up on log
no idea, check pvp channel
or just toggle it on and off on a WM on dummy
by all accounts it should
so im not crazy that its incredibly easy to maintain shield block and banner uptime now right
like i just ran a key and had close to 100% uptime on both without even thinking about it
wheres the npc thing for covenant levels?
next to the fp guy
thanks
you're welcome
where's the flight point guy?
nvm i figured it out, next to the covenant levels thing guy
what's the point of the no lego build am I missing something?
do we ever press whirlwind
Are we still using execute? Read somthing about that it might not be the best
no leggo build if you're not wearing any, either for testing or for lack of gold or laziness or whatever
No, don't put it on bars
execute ain't what it used to be but still better dmg/rage than revenge when available
starting to level a dwarf warrior for heritige and just occured to me i have to hit devestate for a few lvls again.
they dont stack
actually no, that's correct
You said they dont stack?
Okay cool.
smh

Unbreakable Will is v strong for party defense with the wall but if you're not doing anything super deadly you could take any random damage talent instead
ashen jugg conduit just broken or tooltip bug?
Wait, is that a bug. Thunderclap applies Rend? I thought It would only "Spread" the rend if I had applied to to a target first.
Okay, so complete fuck rend off the action bars?
yes
Alright. No complaints from me ๐
did a few dungeons usin the pin build and even with my shit gear and no legos i felt pretty solid in keys. has anyone been using the no shield spec build? how is it? did you feel vulnerable?
meh eu server shutdown mid run
imo the avatar clap build is going to be meta
is that the one in the pins fo rm+?
first link in pins, I think
Tooltip is something like If you have Rend it spreads it, its a huge QoL change instead of having to apply rend then TC to spread it like Cata days
no that's not it, it's clap + thunderlord, booming voice, outburst
not sure in the pins
look up palclap on .io
Correct. Which is why I thought it was a bug.
i only tanked a +18 iron docks today and i was immortal there, i dont think my hp ever went below 95%, even when the rest of the group wiped on a pack and i waited for them a minute to run back and i was tanking the mobs alone


