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we have 100% uptime already with the 3 other block talents
if youre learning its a good safeguard
I was wondering if it was a math awnser or an uptime one.
uptime
Makes sense and what I figured.
also bolster doesnt benefit from AM anymore
since LS is not on the AM list since... SL
last stand is already a pretty weak CD and we dont need the block uptime
Oh true.
rip 40% uptime on last stand
im legit using last stand to pop a fat victory rush every now and then
if it was, it'd be insane rage gain though (with Unnerving)
with and absolute ridiculous no brainer uptime
Rage feels so much better this xpac than Slands.
I played mostly fury in Slands though.
I just use it as a defensive fairly often on CD just because I'm used to it cuz of SL
It does all feel very good. at 350ish ilvl and lucky drops im already at 19% haste
at first dinging 70 i had 6% haste and it was fairly...bleh
CDs make up for it
yeah even with 11% haste it feels good in st and great in aoe
Into the Fray helps tremendously.
still rocking my old warrior soul cause of that haste.
I'm at 17% and yeah. I can only imagine how it will feel when power creep kicks in.
do we ever take rdm off?
Idk im bing chilling at 8% haste with my HR
im not using ITF either
idk about not noticing it, but
ill pay more attention to it, its def noticeable to high infiltrator haste though
but that goes without saying
I didn't even look at my stats until like 5hrs into being level 70 and being shocked at how low everything is
lol
But I can't say I've "felt" like I need that haste
its usually cause the first thing we notice is SB
waiting for my team to actually hit cap
and that's no longer something we have to worry about (if you're good)
M0s arent supposed to feel like anything
I started right when I hit 70 tbh
It'll always be pushover content m8
I'll do my M0s at the weekend with full plate stack
When my buddies have caught up
im gonna go ahead and remind people that your first spark of ingenuity will probably be best used by making a crafting order to a blacksmith for shield
384 base ilvl, and can proc higher ilvl
Weapon.
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i mean to be fair...
yeah, weapon
if shit ends up not hurting too much
In regards to spark of ingenuity how often will we get one anyone know?
you get 1 at the end of campaign
what shield though
then probably more after season starts
shield of the hearth or other one with emblishment
We can get a 384 shield right now?
Roughly every few weeks. From campaigns and then from random drops also 1 roughly every few weeks.
it doesnt matter bigdan since you can put stats on it, its more like what appearance you want
Thank you
no shield of the hearth has vers proc
its 100 and some vers
idk im not in game right now
sub 1%
if you have a Spark of Ingenuity, and place a crafting order you can
that's 384 base ilvl
it can go higher
i really wouldn't be using that resource for a shield.
with good crafting stats
I got weapon and shield from m0 you guys think 384 still worth it. Whatās third best slot lol
chest, legs, helm
big stat block pieces.
shield is best slot
i dont agree.
how so
Defensively speaking shield is the most important item by far
Thanks. Any trinkets use that spark?
this is about preparing for keys
if YOU are dying, your party is already dead
i dont believe so.
with 376 shields?
clearly
Iām a known dumb myself
i said im done
i mean obviously
my job here is done
Guys letās all hug it out. The weapon shield debate is a tale as old as time
so was it shield or whatever aa is crafting?
Ok so I don't know how they did things in whatever other fotm tank you used to play but we don't do toxic fanboi here at #protection
whats old as time is shield has always been the biggest upgrade
so idk what you're on about
the fuck toxic fanboi shit am i spouting?
Calm down. I cba muting,too good of a mood.
yeah im done
Take your squabble to dm's.
sorry
Yogi u hit 70 yet

wouldn't be prot warrior channel without a bunch of raging boys protecting themselves
literal impossible and actually our job
Having to run HR, ED, Bulwark and LS to get shield block uptime sucks. 8% hasteā¦.
I think you have us confused with that other protection
you dont need ls
At these haste levels I do
no you dont
Sure if you're looking for true 100% uptime maybe
If I want 100% yes
Nah playing without LS I had gabs in pulls themselves
Do you even need 100% atm? the content atm is so simple, soo much mobilitiy I am rarely ever just standing there taking it.
are you filling in with SC?
Yup
I'm using ED only with itf..no issues. .blockable/physical damage doesn't hurt at all.
are you SSing a lot for HR gain?
Don't want to form bad habbits/getting back used to playing after a break.
Not a matter of hurting, was referring it to have SB uptime
Also low haste levels might be a thing when m+ comes out and things will hurt then
I don't think its a bad habit? I don't see any content where I sit around through 4-5 shieldblocks before I start dropping up time?
Had 6% haste at one point with my gear upgrades lol
im not having any issues with 11% haste no ls - arew you pressing ss on cd and getting alot of resets?
Yup
are you clipping your sb's into each other?
Canāt clip
yeah you cant clip
Max duration is 3x SB duration
it caps out but it doesnt clip
Plus 15s if bolster
oh ? I never knew that. Then yeah I def don't have 100% uptime on my SB then. I just spend that down time leaping away to pull other shit though. I guess it'll fix itself with more ilvl/haste
Leveling as prot is good? or should i stick with arms through leveling?
Prot leveling is great
prot all the way
most of us leveled prot
pull a bunch of mobs if you are prot
dont pull like a dps
yeah pull everything you can before the mobs run back
Yah I would pull entire quests in one pull
alright awesome ill try it š
dps showing up to clear your elite packs, best feeling.
To be fair in these m0ās I spend a lot of time running into 3-4 packs at a time. So you lose some SB uptime not being able to proper SS while gathering.
Go damage talents for leveling build
you can solo elite rares - i couldnt kill a 71 elite rare with 4216k hp when i was lvl 63 but everything else died
Charge charge leap throw
Pulling bigger than that normally š, and itās more if you pull up SB at the start it takes a while to gather things where you donāt use SS to extend.
yeah no issues, just takes awhile...
Yep. Thereās that blue elite dragon toward south waking shores (killed during questing). Respawns every 15 seconds
just before server went down i was creafting and along comes a warlock, destroyed them - let them rez and setup again and destroyed them again - prot in unkillable
i need to find this for the dragon skulls
I love leveling as a tanka t the start of an expac. The DPS all KNOW the unspoken rule. When you see my roll up to your questing area, you stop and let me gather them up then nuke and we ride away.
I did that wrathion area solo, the stone crushers there get crazy enrage buffs, the only issues i've had with elites thus far.
Yah
I just want to get back in and get my last 5 Dragonflying Glyphs so I never have to do this again.
I'm mainly doing it so I can start farming ore halfway effeciently.
I just got in, seems they are back up
NA is back yea
are these errors when trying to sim expected?
oh gotcha
When it comes to comparing items like this, should I actually be heading straight for stats or ilvl?
yeah, thanks
What do you mean?
theres 3 secondaries right
but notice their values
there's a stat budget
just go for ilvl
in fact there's absolutely zero reason to not go over higher ilvl at this point or any, until you get to a certain point in gearing
which we're still far off
okay
More stats more better
almost all the dps i've run into have tried to actively pull mobs away from me so i couldn't hit them or pop cds to blast a single one or something
Jealous that you're beating them in DPS
They prob donāt even notice ur a tank
investing time to get ilvl 262 really helped me being unkillable in normal dungeons. usually the dps is pretty low and I get inexperienced healers. prot warrior is looking good
wall
Mmm Iām getting level 70 gear from dungeons with my 61 alt. Some dungeons only drop 70 gear or is something about alt leveling?
Is a big win tbh
Guess itās time to run dungeons for leveling on alts
Hi guys. Does anyone have a shield charge macro?
Cast shield charge when not on cooldown. Cast normal charge otherwise
not recommended
you can use shield charge in point blank range
why would you use it as a charge when it hits so hard
Overall dmg of sonic boom shockwave was more than ravager and TR overall dmg and cast equal amount of time relative to their cds
Donāt sleep on sonic boom for puny mythics Iām telling you
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Yeah but overall more damage comes out with TR and words cause all your bleeds do more dam

i saw that wowhead recomend this talent for M+
instead of buffin shockwave
not pickin those 2 talents
worth it?
Wrath classic
to max sonic boom you'd have to send on cd, generally not good if you need the stun for an actual stop/interrupt
Seems like a pretty good spell
why does it seem like a pretty good spell?
have you tried Thunderous roar at all?
let him answer
am i weird for for leveling blacksmith to craft my own shield for some weird roleplay value
let him answer please i want to know the mindset
darkmoon deck yay or nay this time
Transmog>mithy plus
no... why would it be weird
you do you
cant be weird crafting a 384 base ilvl shield
Sonic boom feels satisfying to press but it removes your ability to stun when you need it because you need to send it on cd to get full value
can you guys stop explaining?
im trying to understand the obsession with shockwave
you ruined it
This discord is for explaining things
people come here to have questions answered, not for you to shit on them
not blaming people xd
I just gave you the simplest way to understand it. it feels satisfying to press sonic boom
understanding where they are coming from makes for better answers
not the way you're going about it
mindset explained
i think the wrath classic answer is fairly valid
any other questions?
Ye
waiting
This guy ^ lmao
For super low stuff, it honestly might be worth to run the shockwave build if everything is just melting
is like you've so much cafeine in your veins rn
wow
toxic
what the hell happened to this discord my god
this isnt new
If you need useless incite for anything at all ask nimchip
i didnt flame, i said GENERALLY people keep asking about it
if you feel identified by the general statement, thats your problem
if you said something GENERALLY is not my problem if i felt i'm in that because Generally means generally
i mean xD
i need to explain it to you?
srlsy?
yes explain
David the answer to your question is simple, itās mathematically behind TR but itās still a competitive option and is fun to press, just realize you will be losing the ability to have a aoe stop when itās needed because youāll have to press shockwave on cd to get full value
i liked that you said that it loss the "cc" moment because you need to use on CD
i'll think about it
Anything nimchip has to say is clearly below average iq so just disregard
Shockwave on cd š¤®
could be fun when blasting low keys, but you stop using it when you need to purposefully stun stuff
maybe if it forces me to play on cd i'll go other option
This
Technically it's worse than this
i guess ill go with your logic @stable valve
Yes exactly
Only thing I can thing where you couldnāt get enough value out of bleed dam increase to be worth
Just another question (hope our friend nimchip don't go mad) the bleed of the hability gives you Rage? like the bleed that you generate with thunder
I have TR just not words with sonic boom build, idc about bleed dmg things for too fast
#protection message -10 iq
Sorrry if i'm writting the spell's name wrong i'm not english speaker x)
notice the date @dusky canopy
Die too fast
All bleeds have a 10% chance to proc the rage Gen
people wonder why class discords are toxic, then taunt people who give them forward answers, but since it wasn't worded the way they like, its unacceptable, and they must push them for an answer they understand
If you take the ābleeds have a chance to gen rageā talent then yes
so I'm looking at the updated prot guide with talents for raid and M+. Why are we not taking shockwave?
So all applications of deep wound and rend of relevent
Each individual tick and have a 10% chance to proc rage gen
Or 7
Idr where they ended on that
Wasnāt it 5% for a bit? š
Iunn9
Tw doesnāt make an extra bleed for us
more rage and not using shockwave on cd seems like enough reasons to pick it
Numbers are for dweebs and nomerature
I just do what he says to do
And ostrecize people who think dofferently
we dont care about surv either
I will change for m+
but that doesnt mean we should recommend it
Who cares
It's basically prepatch 2
Nothing you do matters
90% of bars are weird scaling
bull did you see that guy last night
#protection message good read
hey... idle time BSing around is still working š
as long as we get paid š
What ilevel do you guys jump into m0? Feels like nothing hurts atm, so im wondering about skipping HC and go directly for m0
and shit gets done on time obviously
you can
U 100% can
no need to be scared
It's m0
just jump in
Ait, thats what i thought
Naw
Thanks š
Armor is busted he's right
0 skill Dr smh noob stat tbh
LOL
Iām trying to beef the ilvl up w/ crafted gear/worldquest gear (max is higher ilvl than m0) with 4 other plate homies so we can funnel the good trinkets and weapons to each other
And go full sweat for literally 0 reason lmao
We taking a SC or ravager capstone or Enduring Alacrity to drop indomitable?
Capstones for them, not the abilities themself
Can get 2 SC caps, 1 rav cap, or enduring alacrity after dropping indomitable
Honestly though lmao
xD
Also already have it taking indomitable
BSV probably worth for pushing keys
both rav caps are dogshit i think
Iām thinking ravager cap for big pulls for the extra dam?
yeah DoD is kinda meh
Rav caps arent worth it imo
Love that DoD just procs on everything
Idk if enduring alacrity is worth over for the extra strength
if stuff dies too fast rav caps are probably worth less honestly, but i could be wrong
storm of steel is probably ok, bu tDoD literally does nothing unless they fixed it
what do you guys think of shockwave capstones
well i guess its worth a try
Not really a breaking bug to worry about
its a bad bait
ty and yeah its a 2 sec stun I suppose
lol
this discord is 90% npcs
True
idc what ai generated garbage they have to represent themselves š
i use minimized too
i cant stand the standard disc chat
too big
'takes too much space
TBH you grab shockwave cause it + the stam thing before it is probably mroe applicable than a randy 2% crit bonus
irc style or bust
I would just even worse forget any person that isnāt in this disc every second
not cause u want shockwave to be apart of your rotation or that its a particularly enticing 3rd gate talent
meh idk about that, some names are memorable
Im running this rn gonna take second Roar capstone but yeah I thought the 2 point prereq for it is just abysmal
And then I can drop bloodborne on main tree which I took because.. damage
if I dont care about bleeds as much at least
yeah you get to here and have 2 points left
I think the CDR on roar wasnt very impressive?
IDR if that was just from the spear fiasco sims or if it was real
I havent tried it yet but I figured it lines up with cds better if you take it maybe?
Or is it the opposite
opposite
that wasnt what we were talking about lmao
in m+ the argument that having Shockwave is better than not having shockwave
in raid idk whatever sims end up saying, ET probably has some value at REALLY bleeding edge prog
maybe i'll just throw the extra point in bitter immunity
ET + uproar is probably fine tbh
im tauren anyway, and it stuns as long as shockwave
war stomp that is
but its capepd
capped*
i also think you cant block during the cast time
o
but that might just be anti-tauren propaganda
I'll try shockwave I think
If it just sucks dick i'll go bitter immunity
the dispell is kinda ncie
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bitter immunity feels pointless without the bleed clear on it
IMO
diseases posions and curses should all be handled by the healer cleanses
3 minutes ona 20% heal is o.o
btw when you think about it, its strange they left the dumb bleed cleanse on invokers and removed it from BI
is it
oh it doesnt bleed cleanse
but at least there's options besides swapping to dwarves
would you recommend crafting weapon with the first spark of ingenuity or shield with haste/vers?
yeah they got rid of it
u should wait if u wanna min max no?
Sheilds remain the most important gear slot for us
IDK about how the crafting system works tho
no reason to wait
saw someone say you should wait until you've done all m0 at least
I can see it
cause you can get a more impactful upgrade if your m0 doesnt drop something
yeah
there is no reason to wait when its higher ilvl than m0 but wasnt sure if its better to have higher ilvl weapon or shield first
I think i'll craft weapon first anyway for offspec aswell
but not for the next weeks
well the reason is exactly that like if you do your m0s and get a weapon
then you can make a shield
absolutely no reason to wait
and vice versa
next week you can get another
or multiple
so if youre going by logic you should get shield regardless
how long are you taking to do your m0s smh
ok, thanks for the answers
I def spent an hour just on a dragon the other day
I got most of em I think, just install handynotes
Spend an hour on my dragon
makes it very easy
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yah but dflying is like unironically very fun
Im addicted to pressing the spinny boost move
and hunting them without the guide is enjoyable while i wait for people to want to play wow with me
WOOSH
yeah
Arenāt u eu?
Some of em are a bit covered though
I'm just dropping in and haven't read up so my apologies if this has been discussed. Anyone else not getting the damage proc from the colbalt assembly rep ring? Assembly Scholarās Loop
eu is for dweebs and Erga
But yeah everything is new and fun rn
Real and true
not gonna rush through it
I blasted through the campaign just cause i wanted to level alts
but even campaign was paced well
<-- renown questing hater
I levelled my guardian druid first, then as I lost my haste while levelling I changed back to good old war LOL
Good lord that class has an hour long gcd
cant stand it
I always have that issue cause i do rogue first and their gcd is locked so i get to deflated gcd classes and i want to gouge my eyes out
Yeah even warrior feels slowwwwww after playing rogue
abyssmal gameplay is guardian's class fantasy im p sure so
How you like Prot war?
Saw everyone was talking about what to craft are you able to craft high ilvl shield right now?
going back to the Spark debate... when gearing for keys, you want to make sure that the guaranteed piece is worth
yes
but you need a spark
and to make a work order
I was personally thinking about crafting the goggles for engineering but if shield if smart then yes
Protwar is great but i am biased
I have spark as well as everything else just need few more primal
just put up a work order iwth the spark
Sounds good I will keep that in mind thank you
BS can provide the non-BoP mats
im ashamed to say they had a whole quest that explained work orders and i just watched one piece instead of paying attention
So i am very likely to go the next 2-3 years without ever actually using one
Gotcha I am running engineering and BS but engineering is 50+ but not bs was going for googles
goggles*
search for the shield, put spark, put a fee, that's it
one piece pog
Appreciate ya thanks
i tihnk im watching it the worst way i possibly can
howās that
Does shield actually increase our damage more?
on netflix starting at s1e1 :^)
shield is the only way to get a higher block value
slightly with stats but generally no
My brother in christ
high block value -> FATTY damage reduction on blocks
We didnāt start on Netflix but moved their cause hulus subs ran out at like 170
Up to like 210 now
the logic is this
Have to swap to funimation at like 700
i think it was something stupid like a 290 shield will give you DR cap on crit blocks in a mythic raid
Imagine not being caught up on one piece 
how much are you betting you can get a higher than 384+ shield on keys in 2 weeks
so big shields are the biggest value for keeping ourselves alive
and do you really want to make that bet?
Trying my best 
I see
instead of a guaranteed item
that can proc for a higher ilvl than 384
wait
depending on the crafter's stats which btw you can set a min to
you can titanforge crafted gear?
its a lot more controlled than TF
I'll binge to 210 and we can gossip about how much we liked the nami beach episodes š

plus you can reforge it to increase ilvl
thats cool
but
I havent looked up too much stuff beforehand didnt really wanna get spoiled too much
YOU NEED A SPARK OF INGENUITY
all this will be second nature in a week or 2
yeah I have my first
Itās so funny they just throw in a shot of her butt in a bikini into the opener and thatās like the only time sheās in it for this season or whatever
wheres my weebs out emote
I think you lost it in your arms spec
I heard good things about andor
even if youre not a SW fan
Is sidearm a talent we take? Is Wild Strikes a go to?
The basic builds are in the pins
Imagine shitting on weebs and pulling out starwars lmao
my dude
just forget that its SW
its 100% the best show of the year
sidearm is more than 0 dmg, wildstrikes is a must have
how big do you feel the buffer from Overwhelming Rage is?
its really nice QoL
i want to drop that shit for util etc
hard to explain
okay so, according to preliminary sims
the execute buff would be a 1.5-2% dmg gain in ST when you play with massacre + juggernaut
if you full end focus on execute pump
and about 1% dmg gain if you play like normal
stonks lets go
How much of a gain is sidearm? The 1% you're talking about?
sidearm is 1.6% dmg
Nom was uproar underperforming due to the sim not counting spear duration correctly?
That's more then i thought
spear is 0.5% better in ST than roar
still? even after accounting for the 2 less seconds?
but has the downside of being worse on aoe, smaller and extremely restrictive positioning
Oh shit execute stonks!?!?

the line goes up nom
I mean hey damage is damage
Now we can spam execute Pepe again
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YES
even with 52 execute casts over 5minutes its still only 7% of your dmg
watch them add another sylvannas and make execute useless
1/3rd of the dps of shield slam
Yeesh, good to know
Hardly Worth the gcd
its worth the GCD but fuck me
Rip
hard to play
they are talking ST yes
Pretty much seams that way
I mean what's the gap between slapping revenge in st or execute

Sussy
probably will go down to target numbers
Is that 52 casts of 40 rage executes?
kind of the same of ye olde Outburst to TC or SS on how many numbers scenario
Noms like oh I was reading it upside down it's 93% if your damage

Hey guys, is there a rep i should be focusing on as a prot warrior? Also got BS'ing, or does it not matter?
Mining
ok let me check
Great, thanks alot š
Ts won't matter outside of engineers having all the toys
Engi all the way
Why valdrakan?
Ah gotchya
Tys
sorry
Is there a best renown for mining and herbalism?
valdrakken and Maruuk
not artisans
Yeh, great thanks again š
not entirely sure
havent focused much on gathering reps
since its gathering and the only good thing about them is just getting higher quality yields
tryna optimise execute usage tbh
You try with cruel strikes yet?
When spending knowledge points, will I eventually get to fill out the entire tree?
Or do I have to really think of what I want end game
you will fill it out but it will take a while
Kk
also btw this isnt crafting disc lol
I'm just going to go the "Always be cleaving" rout and pull trash in top of bosses so I can revenge
i know we're OT, so we shouldn't elaborate š
tbf i dont even know if there's crafting disc, im just saying stuff of what i know of
probably best to see if there's one
Anyone know how good the DMC is for us?
Tbf until this expansion tradeskills were dumb as a box of rocks
hm okay so with TR + 2 cruelstrikes + massacre + jugg its 0.7% better now than punish+ED
is there some macro for shield charge and normal charge same button? maybe been asked before. Like with intervene
ofc im aware
i feel like i have 100 keybinds already
no, it enforces bad play
How long of an execute window do you need?
You can just use keymods to do that
shield charge is not something you should use for movement
nah not for movement i meant if close it use shield charge
thats not its purpose
cause u dont need to be far right
you can be at melee range
I mean if the goal is to save keybinds yeah just like any other macro mod
idk whats keymod xD sry
Can we do range checks in macro?
well idk what u mean atyleast
is there a way to make a spell i use with mouse over on an enemy to set this mob as my target? for example i use charge as mouseover and would like the mob i charge to be my new target
can anyone link me a cast sequence macro for swapping between battle and defensive stance?
just press any ability? like shield slam
it should auto target the mob

but i have the last mob in target
wait no... cast sequence, why?
You add [modifier:keybind] to the cast line
The pins macro has the same functionality of a cast sequence
'cept like better because no resets
well hopefully it helped him
90% sure you gotta click rip forever š¦
and yeah that's what i meant by wondering about the whole cast sequence
im sure theres an addon on somewhere for target closest hostile
but like
just left click
hey boys how to spread rend as prot
stomp
i mean there is the option for action targeting, which kinda does what i want. but it auto targets whatever is like closest in front of me and that i dont want
there could be a way, im just not sure its worth the effort looking into
Anyone else has new/massive issues with their camera and how it turns?
Like I literally can't play like this
lol

not really? what do you mean
there are camera options but nothings changed on the camera to my knowledge
Just š¢šµš
Shield charge slaps under avatar and BV
So previously; my camera was always on the back of my character
It would follow
SC slaps.
oh yikes
But now; it's acting like I'm holding mouse key down
well i dont know how you play that way but it should be an option
Dragon riding bug
Imagine you strife and your character keeps rotating
It's awful
Can you use shield charge to open
Play with free camera so when your backs to a wall for knockbacks you can still see
Yup
I play first person
it is an rpg
Lol
A true tank
literally like skyrim with guns
Yeah okay I'll try reload and report on forum
You ideally want avatar active and booming voice if talented active, before you press shield charge
Thank you!
well i would go with what ikarikaze said
I almost had a meltdown in a HC
Was getting chunked down and realized my character is spinning and I'm not blocking =))
Amazing times
Thank you; restart helped
as a rule of thumb for the game of wow - when you can stack cds, stack cds. Using SC to engage without avatar BV etc when charge is like right there is kinda weirdge
Preach
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Rofl
i am pepega wrong talent 
Back shots maybe
but thanks
Literally only reason why we even press SB is because it's a DPS gain

Damage is king
scroll down on the pins to the FYI part
for your specific question
Except defensive CDās š
Honestly hoping for DH to take Fotm so they donāt gut our perfect warrior iteration
Who knows they might not fun detected, I'm getting the feeling that they understand maybe just a little, that tanking shouldn't feel like a chore, totally reliant on another role
Like sl and bfa both felt pretty bad at times because even with perfect play if you had a shit healer or DPS that couldn't kick, that was it, you'd probably die
If Iām not mistaken, in one of the interviews it was stated that they were trying to making tanking easier to get into
Is leveling as protection alright?
Hell yeah
Alright?
Pull 20 mobs and nuke
Well, that is alright to hear then!
Anybody not leveling as Prot is doing it wrong

easy questing
Except for paladins because I mean........
We donāt talk about the pink Prot
paladins can do it well
Windchime
bouncy shield is also fun
glares in disgust
zzzzzzzzzz take

as an alt tank i was pleasantly surprised
Best way to play paladin
because prior to the prepatch iteration they were dogshit and boring
Is to not
imagine playing a class with a mana bar
you dont use mana as a prot paladin, what?
alt tanks are fun though, and my paladin used to be perma holy
i just gave prot a chance
Is there a specific gear piece we should be aiming for with our Spark? or is it more of a "wait and fill gaps" thing
shield
okay after ive optimised APL

going full execute bananas is only 200 dps gain

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At least you tried 
i mean i could scuff the sims and tell it to use even more executes to make it look bigger 
but thats kinda not the point š
What's a good ilvl to start mythic 0?
Idk whatās the average ilvl of lvl 70 quest rewards
how prot dmg atm?
Aoe damage is chunky. ST less so.
Was mentioned earlier, but i can't tell if it was part of the jokes... is SB a DPS gain? (While leveling and barely taking damage is it worth pressing?)
30% more shield slam damage seems decent?
I was just reading the talents and was like "oh no im gonna get yelled at for not reading talents" š Thanks š
That is after the 30% buff?
yea
does anyone have any clue how we get earthen soul? im tryna make the shield and its all i have left to find haha
other than "made by engineers" i have no info its bop so can we just never get it?
And that's ST right? So over 1 target absolute pointless to use GCD on execute?
not pointless
i said "going full execute bananas"
you still sned it
but you dont prio it over revenge to keep up your buff for example
you send execute >=50 rage
Do we have numbers with optimal gameplay ? Exe at 50+ rage vs no exe ?
I can't seem to handle paying attention to everything at once when tanking, having to keep an eye on shield block going down and my abilities off cooldown and the enemy nameplates for interrupts overwhelms me...Really trying to tank this expansion though
Shield Block should be maintained by your sheer rotation with Enduring, Heavy Repercussions, Shield Charge all funneling into it. As long as you keep spending your SB charges, you shouldn't have to think that hard about ot
well thats probably part of it, I'm using a talent build that doesn't have those abilities
I did just want a build that makes shield block stay up for as long as possible so I didn't have to stress about keeping an eye on it
Thatās very questionable
But yes shield block is a dps up
Maybe not in an arbitrarily high target count scenario
But Iām general yes
Where do we get earthen soul
This is probably due to execute Crits?
Or amount of rage spent preventing rage loss?
its just tierset uptime and revenge smoothing the rotation
Earthen Soul is an epic crafting reagent that drops from several bosses in the Vault of the Incarnates raid.
any difficulty?
Is there a leveling build?
Whatās the duration of execute range you worked out to be a 200 dps gain?
And only def you lose is punish yeah?
Oh I thought it was just 2s longer SB you gave up. Also losing HR?
As a starting point, I would go to the wowhead look at the key talents in the leveling build fill out all the green ones and pick witchever purple ones you like the sound of
well yer
but that loose to much
makes hr pointless
to the place where u may as well take ITF
And technically not a def loss to not have 100% uptime on SB if youāre not tanking the boss when itās down
And itās 100% not worth it imo. 200 dps is tiny to have a diff load out for it lmao
u loose 9% DR from punish at least tho
Just asking for nerd questions, not to actually use it though, Jakey
I have at least a few wrinkles left on my brain
shot i may or may not be able to answer
Yeah. That part is Bigly
Plus if execute range is short for whatever reason, then the gap starts to narrow significantly
How much of a gain is switching to battle stance during the burst (avatar + demo shout + roar + ravager) then switching back to defensive? Is it worth it in m+ generally?
Sit in battle stance
Defensive stance should be treated as a def CD
BStance gamer
Oh ok good to know
If you feel like it, swap to d stance on tank busters so your healer sweats a little less
Otherwise just stay b stance and they can heal

Ok perfect Luxthos' weakaura complains if I'm in battle stance, ill have to disable that part
Definitely suggest the pinned macro for stance swapping too works like a charm!
And in like massive aoe situations with easy content, during avatar, the rotation becomes Thunder clap - Revenge - Thunder clap - Revenge? For max dps if health is not an issue
I think it was stated much earlier that you still prio revenge but want to press both as much as possible
And try not to miss SS even in aoe
You want the rage gen
if its set up like aefnars you can just add the load condition of "in prot spec" to the arms stances wa and delete the prot ones
Do you even need the rage gen if blood surge is talented?
In like 10+ target rage is overflowing even without ss
In like BIG AoE?
Cast noms ip macro to not cap rage and also not miss SS procs
Youād have to ask Nom about the numbers
I imagine thereās a target count where you would not ss
Itās gotta be quite large
Pretty sure there is but Iām not 100% on the amount
Iāve just been forgoing SS on 20 pack pulls and feel flush w/ rage still
Sorry if i repeat an old question
Hey guys, what reputation should i start to farm in dragonflight?
about this talents. I saw in a wowhead the right one (the one i picked) but i usually used the wall one
All of them
there isnt one
Do you like certain cosmetics?
which ever one u like the rewards from the most
has 30% buff to execute changed how we use it at all
Use the wall 99.9% of the time
Reps aren't tied to power right now - unless you're crafting your gear I guess
you can do all of them, you can prio only if you're a heavy crafter
Aegis is mega niche
Nope nom confirmed bad
well damn
well more that it isn't good enough of a buff to make an execute build viable?
look at it this way - we're not hard nerfed if any fights end before 30%
i believe i mentioned this earlier but if youre mining+blacksmith prio Valdrakken and Maruuk
Correct
priority given due to the number of recipes you gain by doing so
is because the wall cd reduction, true?
Yes
hmm i see
can someone share his talent build? i see wowhead has little mistakes
or worse options

the wall is a better CD reduction talent and is also a rage gen talent
The pins redirect to wowhead
which has worse talents
they just didn't try with defender's aegis it's fine
Where do u read the upcoming changes?
the pins direct to the wowhead calculator, not to the wowhead guide
^
So sad how the mighty have fallen
Scroll down in the pins for additional builds @round delta
worse talents compared to what?
From amazing to actually terrible
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Shouldāve separated the talents instead of a choose node so I could get Aegis AND wall
So I could RP as an actual tank
those talents are shit
are you comparing to the wowhead guide?
hold up
youre asking us for talent advice right?
thats the raid talent tree on the wowhead guide for single target bud
don't think your raiding yet.
and you're saying the talents pinned here are worse?


