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I like to thunderclap land
ive never and been playing this toon since cata lmao
charge owns
oh wow just checked the Charged Blast, and its almost invisible wtf
Ok so im down to three choices for a tank warrior, Troll, Zandalari troll or tauren
tauren extra stun
zanda fashion
true^
for mythic+ and for raid though @molten ruin
just pick whatever you like the most, race doesnt mean anything
havent regretted GONK GANG (zandalari racial)
so not worth min maxing race
there's no appreciable difference
more like what you think would be most viable, racials in zandalar are good and so are the tauren's
isnt the tauren stun and stamina good?
i play belf for arcane torrent
play whichever race, it makes no difference
mhm
except gnome
arcane torent is REALLY good but i mean its not worth picking your race solely for that lol
and certainly not mechagnome
@bleak stump tyra week umbreskul 5 belf bis setup xD
i disagree i love AT. XD
pugs don't even know what AT does
i know lol all my tanks are belfs that can be for arcane torrent but i mean its not worth picking it soley for that like the tauren stomp is a reallly good stun/mas interupt lol each class has bonuses and they are like make or break
if i was alliance id be a nelf
AT is just AOE purge now isnt it?
yes
yeah
does AT at least partially work on first boss RLP?
Kul Tiran for extra swim speed and underwater breathing duration
and some of the worst fashion
dad bods can be hot hater lol
yeah dont diss the belly
try to create a mog for them
it always starts with the brawlers harness I can tell you that
and doesnt usually add much else
I think it would have been funnier if they made kultirans the really skinny humans
or be smart and have the option for both since the models are already in game lol
makes zero sense they cant be both lol
I wanna look like earthworm jim
weird Q, is there some log numbers from what "spike embellishments" ? is it meh or ?
seems low ?
it's average afaik, did only 1.6% overall in a HoV 14
I’ve never seen dwarf spelled that wrong
lmao shadowmeld my guy
tho youre right dwarf if huge for warriors
their buffs esp Dark iron is bigg
The beard alone gives you 10% confidence and thus more DPS
What have people been setting ruby whelp to?
Damage, buts its rng anyway
no, not really
wats a smart way to utilize valor? any good upgrading strats?
not use it the first few weeks
I rock kul tiran, I think they benefit greatly from chest pieces with a top piece that sticks out, it balances out the dad bod and just makes them look like a hulk
I think their racial armor chest is one one of the best pieces for em
Easier to mog around it. But the armor that basically skin wraps your character do look pretty bad
does armor spikes scale with the reagent or with the ilvl of the item
what enchant for my 1h prot M+
So my lariat is ilvl 392 how do I make it 405? I saw someone with a 405
Recraft
What’s the option to make it 405?
can you block while solving the puzzle box trinket
One of those matrix things that increase the ilvl
Oh where do u get the primal focus?
For higher end of the range he needs the other as well
Ohh I see
Primal infusion. You need 10 primal focus (drops from 11-15 keys) and like 100 primal chaos
normal ones keys 11 to 14, concentrated 15+
similar to heroic for normals, and mythic for concentrated in raids
but im not entirely sure about normals, could be acquired in normal raids, so if anyone has any info on them...
plus normals are acquired in renown 30 as well
incorrect
11-15
then 16+

What’s a good ilvl to start trying to kill mythic eranog?
I don’t have a mythic raid team
ty sir
i saw a bald man pull an entire zone with prot
is this true? 
whatever ilvl you get let in at
if you're competent and getting any healing it's a very easy boss to tank
So…. If I make my own group….

im having this problem
transfer aborted: instance not found. i cannot enter any dungeon. anyone know?
just untime one still score
Magic dam=no fun?
everything does hilariously way too much damage
especially the bosses
on fortified week
most of the trash is ok
but 2nd and 3rd boss are stupid on fort
and first will probably become stupid on tyr
yeah agreed
cross server personals dont seem to work
i always get the capped message
Hello friends, any recommendations on what to use our sparks on ? trinket etc., ?
ah
yes nim
try typing the person's name with a capital first letter
fixed it for my friends
let me check
i'm not kidding
depends what content you're doing but weapon/shield are your most important slots
should be Name-Server right?
M+ mostly, still gearing but have these sparks sitting around
yeah
i've had multiple people tell me my orders were full
when they typed mattacate-dentarg
but then Mattacate-Dentarg worked fine
pugging normal is actually suffering
Who here is working on mythic raiding? I’m curious to know your ilvl
pugging anything right now is pretty suffering
fr fr
It’s week 1…. Have patience…:
no
Lol
people wont learn their class magically next week
they wont talent into AOE soothe or kick
3 wipes on dathea normal because nobody kicks infusers and other tank can't press charge fast enough to deal with 3 stacks
like...come on
It’s week one….
sitting here with 7 stacks getting booted into narnia and im still getting back to boss just fine
Chill out. When did you want to have this done anyway?
bro all i said was pugging normal is suffering
and it is
got no patience to wipe in normal where im outdpsing half the raid 
Get a guild
can't commit to raid times working on-call
8/8N 4/8HC gonna be potentially doing mythic eranog tomorrow and i'm 385
Ty
Well, the propaganda campaign is working
I can't get invited to dungeons tonight
"Warriors arn't good anymore"
so many fuckin frontals in COS :<
Wut lmao, what kind of dummies saying this
guys, quick question, at what point in the ilvl you start to look for stats
People that don't kick or CC
never?
Ilvl always
I start looking for stats as soon as they drop. If I see itemised, I am full erect.
👆
fair point 🤣
Diff being…. HUGE ilvl.
you want to optimize at equal ilvl, thats it
^
How many beers are required to tank M+ dungeons optimally?
I'm on 7
you only try to optimise actual armour at equal ilvl
jewelry you can play around with more
depends how many pugs you run with
4 pugs
Is Enduring Scale a fat trink for prot atm?
Trying to figure out whether or not to upgrade things yet
It seems like it’s the most popular trinket
where do we rank the Nokhud on the difficulty scale? just got it in 14 and didnt do it other than a +5 .. 2 days ago
the one with the 50% dmg bonus? 🤔
dude ive done tons of noguds trying to get my warlock his feather trinket and the last 4 healers had no idea what the orbs did
ah so i guess its more a knowledge thing than a gear thing 😄
is it possible to keep the buff up entire fight?
pretty sure yeah
its pretty fun having your arcane mage wait for 10 stacks + thundering, pop lust and blast
boss just melts.
is it possible to reflect both effects onto the last boss? 🤔
the first yes.
i feel the CD is too long
you can reflect conductive (and should) every time
would be hella fun if we could reflect both of these
thunder strike i dont think the timing works.
but he casts them too fast
Are we only getting tier set from raid this tier? Or can we get them by only doing M+?
the debuff is 10sec, and our Reflect CD is 20 sec 😦
build a reflect would be awesome tech though holy shit
also on 2nd boss Nokhud, aparently this one is reflectable
and its baitable
Yea its nice, does alot aswell
so i can just pop Reflect, and yeet out for orbs, and then go back 😄
also i think we can gain tier from Vault no?
yup
By only playing M+?
I believe so but i cant recall exactly where i heard it
yes, the chance is low though
Just wait for boss to get buffed, yeet out and reflect then back in/purge boss
Big bang
buffed?
Boss gets a damage buff by 50% I think? (not online currently)
Like a 10 second purge/dispell buff
aha
So can proper game it
its Energy Surge and it gives him an attack speed buff
Oh thought it was damage, ree. Guessing he just hits hard so as I did like 12% of my damage in reflects in a 15 earlier
whats the idea in 2nd boss area of Nokhud? do you kill the totems first or do they not rly do anything?
healer left during trash around 2nd boss, not even a lot of hps 🤷♂️ people dropping like mad
but i guess its just dangerous trash there?
32.3k dps on academy 8 decent right?
Seems like on the lower end but depends on how fast your team did the dungeon
And what your ilvl is ofc
Damn
More revenge!
How much is a good overall dps to shoot for in a m+? Maybe 40k?
dps will depend on how much/little you pull and how fast you kill stuff.
If your group pulls big and pulls around cooldowns, you're gonna have a lot more dps vs not.
You can say an average but it doesn't really mean that much. Compare yourself against yourself and previous run. Not against top players, look at how they play for improving instead.
At least my 2 cents
does anyone have a spell reflect weakaura for df yet?
wow i love healers who join, say nothing, and leave after 1 wipe on 1st boss
I will legit kick anyone who doesn't say hi when joining.
he did tho
just never anything else
just straight up left after 1 wipe
on week 1 of M+ wtf
thats bit odd ye
peoples time is so precious even on week 1 🤣
usually its those who joins, never says anything and just ups an leaves.
they want everyone to be MDI players
oh well fucked my key from 14 to 12
now bedtime and ill do it tomorrow
fk that shit
why did you wipe though? 😛
people on at night in EU are garbage
no one killed the saboteur add on 1st boss
so we got oneshot by the cast
I wanna get back into pve. Is the easiest way to is just farm heroic dungeon gear then goto mythic dungeons and the move into mplus? I don't have friends so it could be a struggle from the beginning
you just do it through groupfinder, not too hard
Ok
I wouldn't start with heroics. you can do 2-5s without any strat, groups etc.
At least do m0 so you get all abilities
but really, no reason not todo 2+s and above as a start
if he is low gear he should do M0 before +2, as it gives faster gear
Alright. And I'm torn between both prot war and pally they're both really fun to me
depends on ilvl though
Go with Paladin
for sure, under 370 go farm m0 for 4 chances vs 1 :p
if you like Rage, play Warr, if you like throwing shields, play Pala
I play both pala and warr. There's very little difference. Just flavor.
holy shit Divine Toll just feels so dumb good to press on Prot Pala ❤️
i love that shit
just the sound
and then everything is interrupted and just stacks up
almost as cool as Abom limb
They're both my favorite tanks also smacking people with a shield is awesome
Nothing compares to slappyhands
I mean one sounds like trucks slamming into eachother and mitigates damage like mobs are wielding feathers and the other is a windchime that mitigates like wet cardboard but yeah almost the same
next patch shield block 50% block chance and spell reflect 2min cd
Next patch: no more shields, prot now uses a parrying dagger
I'm maining warrior for first time since tbc, it's hella fun
Is there any scenario where we go battle stance as prot ?
always
wat
only go def stance when u take magic dmg
You only swap when you're getting chunked or about to take predicted damage
to save your healers some stress
Pretty much any time until a dangerous pull
bstance is 14% dmg gain
just always be in battle stance while playing keys and you will notice soon when you need def stance
then just use it in those situations
damn, i see
those situations are going to depend heavily on whether or not your dps are going to assist you with kicks and cc
i thought that i had to always run on def stance
thats bait
if your dps are completely boosted you're probably gonna have to turtle this week
I usually camp def stance in high keys that can only go wrong if I die
like 18 life pools the start icebolts hit for 190k without raging
There's nothing wrong about playing in defensive stance.
i see
You just want to maximize damage output since that speeds up key
you timing 18s?
some
without jeopardizing your survivability
its pretty easy to die still if u are doing keys for first time so for real its pretty good to just camp def stance until you are comfortable with the keys
For sure, specially if you're not taking signiciant damage. But rather than flipping the switch, i would recommend trying to go into bstance when he feels safe and work from there.
then start flicking b stance in some easier pulls
so often the key gets depleted because DPS is too low, or HPS too low, or shit not getting kicked
doing 23k overall, wich i thought was pretty nice
like if you go into temple of jade serpent without def stance
yeah
you are dead moose meat
very rarely i feel i die straight up cus im in BStance
yeah
when i die its if i stood in shit i shouldnt have, and then DStance does nothing for me anyway
ruby, temple and that tree boss on academy are fucked up
yeah
atleast with this gear
but next weeks gonna be a breeze after this one
kings how does the dragon pats work in ruby life pools
Flamegullet will go through the sky just past that second elemental pack which can pull if you walk to far forward
Can't really paint from memory where he lands though
the storm one i never understand at all tho
point back to wall and keep block up
just have to be careful to not accidently pull packs with knockback or the solo thunder boys
I never really remember getting knocked but from a 0 I got yeeted to Arkansas so I always put back to wall now
Immediately to left from first boss he's there
I always do that immediately
since that guy kind of fucks
and you need the path clear to kite boss
ive seen him in different areas i usually go right tho
hmm
I skip flamegullet so 🤔
especially on higher fort keys that 50-0% is giga damage to party
what effect should I choose for this trinket?
is the dmg buff worth?
or the primary stat
how do you proc each?
Hey I’m sure there’s been discussions about this already but the pugs like to tell me that I should be playing shockwave build instead of ferocious roar. Thoughts?
I also see the top raider io players sone play shockwave build sone play roar and would it be dungeon dependent?
I think roar builds is higher overall dmg
my understanding for dungeons is that we go shockwave for the stop but not any of its enhancements. damage comes from roar tree
My m+ uses shockwave but nothing below it
Roar is more dps over the course of the dungeon.
The build in the pins for m+ is very good damage and survivability
idk how people are pugging dungeons above 10s
1500 valor cap per week right?
Yes
Is there any strat as the tank for not fucking the arena on 2nd boss in Ruby Life Pools, or is down to the party to not be retarded and not stand in bad locations (especially the ranged)?
Can we stack valor though or do we need to spend it week to week?
profession recommendations boss?
does not matter, you can craft all you might need from crafting orders, just pick the ones you like
Can stack, the cap goes up by 1500 each week, as a wya of catchup, means if you miss a few weeks you can spam keys later in season to reach the valor cap without losing out
ok so mining for ores i guess and jewelcrafting for prospecting
or alchemy herbalism for the toxic debuff
first one strength haste sims the highest
socket all 3 strength haste
you can't
Can only have 1 strength gem
strength/haste is epic, only 1
For me pure haste simmed highest for last 2
it will depend on your current stats
theres no right answer besides simming it yourself
and it might change everytime you change a piece
anyone have an update to date court of stars WA
for the find the guy part in particular
Question, Shadowmoon burial, getting to the 4 adds after skipping the void spawn thats patroling, we normally go left and one void was there, we went right and the void teleported there
I went crit haste because I want my lariat to proc haste.
pretty sure its always one void on right side with the casters on the runes?
where can i learn the prot rotation? i'm coming from a pally main and i'm a little confused
Yeah, thats what I thought, this time it was on the left side, when we released and discussed that maybe the spawn is random, we went right and it teleported to the right side
either icy veins or wowhead have guides from this discord
down to your preference
Judgement, hammer is your Shield slam and Thunderclap (generators). Revenge can proc and is free, much like your divine protection talent. Can also be used to burn rage. Shield block is your limited version of sotr. The remaining rage is spent on Ignore pain, Both are your active mitigation, the later being your "wog" in terms of self heals. And that's about it. Generate and spend it.
Also read the pins and pick a guide.
thank you so much!
Ignore what ignore pain says.
It's used to dump rage and prevent overcapping
Warrior also has a self heal on 25s cd in the victory rush talent.
You will ignore pain a lot but the numbers on it are irrelevant
That's why i said the remaining rage, implied that you shouldn't overcap but perhaps unclear. Both are active mitigation though?
Shield block is most important.
Yes, thats why I followed it up with read the pins and read a guide. I just wanted to give him a quick funny overlap the similarities of prot :p
you can stack
Yeah, I was just adding more information because lots of people overvalued ignore pain.
Do we have any specific items from M+ that is the best idea to save valor for, I got the crystal bulwark drop and was wondering if it was worth it to put my valor into upgrading it yet
what ilvl would we start thinking about dropping the dps assembly scholar's loop?
when it stops simming higher than other ring you might have
always sim your new pieces
ye, I'll have to, was just curious as 395 thunderous cloudburst dropped
for socketing the lariat , do we need to buy each rank of tiered medallion?
or forget tier 1 and just buy 2 and 3
just 2 and 3 as it comes with one, put 2 in first or you'll have to buy 2 of the 3
figured, thanks mates
or you gonna need a 2nd one
Trinkets, shield, jewelery
hard to answer bcs vault is unpredictable
you also probably don't wanna spend your valor before getting into higher keys where you drop higher ilvl so can save some valor
Quick question: fairly sure the answer is yes; but wanted to double check:
Is it the right call to keep SB up when offtanking in raid for the shield slam damage amp?
I'll probably hold off for a bit I just know shields are usually harder to come by
what are the best trinkets looking like so far if anyone knows?
what amp?
nvm I'm dumb
Hello friends. I have read pins but I must ask personal question. I have 25% haste 22% (24% with other stuff) vers, but my mastery and critical kinda low. Is there a point in which i am too low?
22% haste, sorry I lie. 23% vers
15 mastery 16 crit
you have to sim your stat weights
can someone explain stat weights to me like im 5?
imagine haste is 2 and crit is 1.5
Thank you so mu ch
Ruby whelp shell and blazebinders
1 point in haste is 2 points of dps, 1 point of crit is 1.5 points of dps
it changes fairly often, better than simming your stat weight is always simming new gear
Haste is basically as much as you can get. Impossible to major DR numbers
After that verse=crit give or take.
At least in the grand scheme of things.
Mastery is our worst stat
Of course more strength is the most important Stat you can have
ohh ty
Also remember Sims will just tell you dps and have 0 reflection on survival
ye, higher ilvl > all (not on rings, neck and trinkets)
then haste and vers probably better for survivability
we need a measure on how many hogger hits can we tank
versatility work for magic damage and is a static damage reduction, while crit and mastery work against attacks only
Crit is better in dungeons as a majority of the damage in there is physical and crit is parry
Verse you need an astronomical amount to really matter but it is passive across all damage
Dead enemies do less damage. Pew pew helps survival
Gemming and enchanting verse isn't noticeable. Something that 1 taps you at 10% verse will 1 tap you at 11% verse
Which is a missed kick of something more often than not.
I mean if you look me up I'm like 3% verse and 30% crit sooo

I havent had much time to push m+ between work and being sick this week. Tomorrow I'll see how I feel in keys above 10
just get a windwalker, rogue (not assassination) and arcane mage on your party
and you don't have to worry about anything
M+ yall taking frozen or wafting you think , sim it up im guessing
I'm grabing sophic
Frozen splits the damage so it actually winds up worse on aoe
I use wafting writ because I'm going budget
i got a fat rank 1 wafting on
frozen gives you no defense
is someone a macro god?
Who needs defense, dead things cant hurt you
I want a macro that shows shield charge when its up, and charge when it's not
don't use shield charge as a regular charge. it's an offensive CD
ye, shield charge is a big aoe cd
Better off keeping them seperate. As you have times you'll want just charge when shield charge is available.
kk thanks for the input
my damage has gone up a lot since I dropped thunderlord and started syncing avatar/demo shout/shield charge on aoe packs
using battering ram and champion's bulwark
I swear avatar always ends up syncing with demo shout (since you can still sync them if demo shout is still on cd for 12 seconds and you use avatar)
Yeah, I don't use thunderlord in keys. No reason.
@reef haven Thank you so much friend
I've seen a lot of end raiders use Bolster instead of Tough as Nails for dungeons, anyone knows why?
That helped me a lot
no prob
They are running into the fray
because they're wrong They're likely ru- that
You'll need Bolster to help patch SB uptime if you're rocking ITF
^
I use ITF and have no issues
What should be my first T5 crafted piece be
Shield if you don't have a good one
i was thinking a elemental lariat but im not sure if its worth since i have the haste/vers neck from CoS at 392
I have a 398 shield
Then lariat is solid
lariat is thicc
belt, helm, weapon, waist
i have people trying to charge me 50k to make
remember the embelishment are not that big
with my providing mats
What's the most reliable way to handle the pack before the first boss in Shadowmoon with the three skeletons and one caster?
i just charge in there and look pretty
the caster isn't what gives me trouble really, it is the skeletons
they hit like a train with their ability
what key level and ilvl?
very easily hitting for like 160 - 180k depending on the key level unless I have shield wall or spell reflect up
uh anything from like 11-14 and I've been in the low to mid 380s
are you keeping shield block, ignore pain rolling?
and not turning your back against them
it's magic damage
the skellies?
honestly can't remember, I've had zero issues with that pack
everything else in the instance tickles me except for them
the most trouble I've had in the dungeon was when I pulled the 4 big spiders by mistake
Do a slow kite. You can keep them just a bit away from you thier attack is melee range if I remember correctly
spell reflection probably helps a ton too
Shockwave stun, shield wall, spell reflect will all help reduce the damage from that pack
Yeah spell reflect helps some, but it doesn't last long enough to block all of them - definitely going to try kiting though, that sounds like a good idea
uhhhh avatar doesnt remove storm eater boon root?
If you have a log it could tell me more to help you
Not at the moment, but I'll try logging if I have more problems after employing the kite strat
whats your go to trinket choices , im pairing up my whispering incarnate icon and blazebinders hoof rn , any thoughts on grinding up a wheystone from CoS and replace blazebinders hoof. just curious what trinks you like using
I log all my runs so I can analyze them later. It's proved very helpful
That is probably good advice for optimizing play
Whetstone probably has the same status as it previously did of being good in big aoe and not much else. Mastery on it hurts its value.
I might start doing that after I feel comfortable with all the routes
yes im aware of that post lmao , i posted it for what trinks you like using
also yeah the mastery is ball sack for sure
is whetstone not our BiS single target? bloodmallet says so but i dont see much representation on logs
trinkets always depend on the fights
The value of logging is more than just roots. It told me all last expansion I was wasting about 1k rage a dungeon.
wtf xD
1k???? how
I know I'm definitely wasting rage haha, though hard to say how much. Prot warrior in its current incarnation is fairly new to me.
I was generating 1k rage per minute. Over a dungeon a bit here and there all added up.
1k is not as much as you'd think over the course of an entire dungeon I'd say
I never cap unless out of combat
Well in a 28min dungeon I would generate 28k rage so
finger always ready to dump that sweet rage on IP
when revenge is not appropiate of course
A lot of the time I feel like that doesn't really do anything if you are fighting a pack which poses no real danger to you
That's the goal lol
If you are going to cap rage slap ignore pain. Indomitable healing, anger management CD
spending rage for violent outburst
even if IP refresh does nothing
that spending is important
and indomitable too ye
Ignore what ignore pain says it does and think of it purely as a mechanism to feed the rage machine. Spend rage to gain rage
good point, good point
what is the easiest thing to drop in favor of picking up battle-scarred veteran?
If you feel the need for BSV you will have to give up some damage.
It has helped me immensely on certain encounters, specifically plant boss in academy
that fight gets hectic if your party does not stack the adds and clears their debuff
If you are using the pinned ones drop thunderlord
Why would you drop it?
I'm using the icy veins M+ build
I'll look atthat one.
I think it is very similar to the wowhead build
it does not take enduring alacrity though
You can better sync avatar and demoralizing without it
and pick battering ram or champion's bulwark
I dropped thunderlord and enduring alacrity to pick both
for m+ ofc
I've been using champion's bulwark, but not battering ram
battering ram is big for bosses
perhaps good for next week
Hi, I'm trying to tank a lot more for our key group good season. Does anyone have any recommendations for streamers that are really good to watch to learn good practices, routes etc.?
I will say I'm definitely not trying to run BSV all the time, just for certain keys
Yeah, if you are doing the icyveins I would drop thunderlord to take BSV if you feel you need it
okay, that makes sense, probably less impactful than anything else
thanks for the advice!
P1ka and Nomerator.
Though Nomerator does meme 5 tank keys a fair bit
Echo tank
he is occupied with world first atm tho, so he won't be streaming m+ for a while besides the random keys they decide to run
But demo gives you +20% dam considering you take booming voice
Isn’t it just better?
Someone here set up automarkers already might have a guide on how to do this?
Can't seem to find P1ka on Twitch
I don't think anyone has a deffo answer for it atm, its really down to personal preference while its not totally figured out
I've had better results after dropping it
It just sounds weird to me to drop a talent that gives you more windows when you do straight more dam
syncing cooldowns is better than just using a single cooldown in many cases
Thunderlord will desynch it with avatar. In the grand scheme of things I do about the same with then without.
Thunderlord also loses lots of value on bosses
you might end up having demo shout up ready while shield charge still has 20 seconds for example
while without thunderlord they will always be synced
And yet more demos -> more rage -> more everything
And honestly it’s syncable
But it’s up to your personal preferences I suppose
thats what I said
no one has it really figured out
I think Nomeratur has also dropped thunderlord
for Battering Ram
You get to replace it with Battering Ram, which makes Shield Charge slap lots harder in those windows, and it gives more SS resets
Which means more rage for fueling Avatar refreshes
booming voice also gives that rage as well, so that's not as strong of a point,
He has
It turns out to be a bit of a damage increase if you pull around the base demo windows
and battering ram also increases the crit chance and crit damage of shield charge, which is big when you use it in aoe packs
followed by a 20s buff to your auto attacks
20% in damage and speed
which is big for ST
Battering Ram is just very good in general
It is absolutely big
Well sounds legit, gonna try it out tomorrow, thanks for pointing it out
I mean if your curious about numbers look up some of Nomerators runs
whenever you have avatar it should always be lining up with demo shout, if demo shout still has 12 seconds and avatar is ready, you can use avatar since it lasts for 20 seconds and demo buff 8 seconds
Wouldn't avatar and demo shout be desynced because of anger management anyway?
although that is a good point Zodiac
It has been lining up incredibly well for me at least
just make sure to never cap your rage during combat
I will try swapping thunderlord with battering ram and see how it goes
if you can't use revenge because shield slam is up but need to dump your rage
just use IP or shield block
those 2 are not on gcd too
will be reducing lots of seconds on your avatar that way
Avatars CD is a lot longer then demo shout. Which is why anger management helps them sync up
true, though I was just thinking they would line up perfectly every time assuming you always use demo shout right away
in the instance where they fail to sync I just hold on avatar
since its never more than 10 seconds
and the syncing is so good
yeah it's probably not a big deal at all
100 rage to be exact
I mean I do plenty of dps
we are the dps now
multiple times that I've finished with more damage overall than my dps
Lol I mean I snuck a look at the logs of my old guild. I would be top dps in thier raid team... so...
I do that a lot in dungeons
ye, almost always in front of one of the dps in my party
avatar, ravager, demo shout, shield charge and thunderous roar goes BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

imagine pressing revenge when we have G I G A clap
damn I just looked at my dmg from last dungeon
the cobalt assembly ring proc did as much % as tough as nails
the embellished helm does 3 times less the amount
what shield for crafting? tempo/vers with armor spike or the crit/mast and vers procc?
the one without the proc is recommended I think, since top embellishments are others
the one without proc is not embellished
So why the hell do the dragons in RLP hit so damn hard compared to everything else lmao
you mean the big fire elementals? 
no I mean the dragons lmao
maybe it's a monk thing
but those were the only things that made me pucker
do you dodge the frontals fully?
I mean I clap too
by frontals you mean the breaths yes
they are scary for sure tho
thx okay, and when i have the lariat but a 372 shield it make sense? to craft shield
Yeah
❤️ merci
Those dragons wreck everyone
ptsd from the storms
but I have more ptsd from my ranged dps baiting meteors and add spawns on 2nd boss
in idiotic places
yea just caught me off guard when DBM went "defensive" and I get slapped for 65% of my hp
I normally shield wall after all my dps die to the electric dragon and what not
but have you gone even further beyond and replaced revenge with clap? screw cds, just cast it again
what's blizz gonna do, ban you?
They definitely seem overtuned compared to the rest of it
But fr this is the most fun tanking has been in like 2 xpacs
listen i'm in shitpost mode, the pug raid i'm in is in fight explain mode
I definitely like these dungeons so far
It's nice to feel powerful as a tank
Hahahaha
having more control is good
If anything I struggle to pick my utility I want
the best part is windwalker and rogue damage will get nerfed this week but our damage won't

“Nerfed”
Lol
3% is just to make all the other classes feel like something is being done
Since a huge portion of their damage profile is ToD which isn’t getting hit by this
In aoe that is
Of the keys I’ve done as WW it’s upwards of 15% of my total damage

I mean it does nerf ToD too
It doesn’t
since a part of ToD damage is from the dmg you do
No
I'm glad to actually be on a team that's decent and let's me cut loose.
read the rest of the tooltip
I'm not saying it nerfs all of it tho
that part is not nerfed ye
is strike twice our BiS mainhand?
"During the 8 sec duration, 10% of all other damage you deal to the target will be added to the final damage dealt."
That’s not in game
No
The portion in the screenshot is the actual tooltip in game
Hence this
TLDR WW is sitting pretty unless they have to do strictly single target which is like one boss in the raid
what is
Spellblade cutlass has good stats that will outpace the 1proc per minute secondary effect on Strike Twice
Honestly I’m hoping Arms gets a lot better with the buffs
Arms is suffering
I was actually excited for arms with the talent trees, sad to see the performance is not so great
Yea which is why I’m hoping the buffs are going to be impactful
Although really the problem with being hyper specialized will continue
The tree is good just undertuned
Well the real problem with the tree is it makes you hyper specialize
It’s like aff, except you actually can do good single target
You can choose good aoe or good st but it’s at a significant detriment of the other
Fair enough, I enjoyed arms in the prepatch for the first time in years.
My best advice is run your own key and be very picky with who you invite
man how people can wipe in dathea normal, i understand the first 2-3 tries but wiping 10 times?
its in raid this time 
the fight is braindead
Yea
Believe me I’ve been impressed with how…mechanically challenged…people are in raid
I showed up to a friends raid tonight and it was…..interesting
I had a healer that could not dodge the meteor on 2nd boss in RLP
wot
god I really hate pugs on that boss
in council?
ohh
Honestly I don’t think I can blame people though, there’s a lot going on in fairness. If you don’t have your UI squared away AND you’re trying to learn your class you’re setting yourself up for a pretty bad failure. Blizz has come a long way with the UI but I honestly think they need to communicate mechanics better, not for me but really just for the casual.
I tried to pug Dathea in normal on my alt, oh big mistake
Yeah, I got asked to help my old guild on Wednesday and I just don't think I could handle it
It’s the biggest thing I praise FF for, the information communicated to the player without any need for special addons is perfect
true
FF mechanics not that they are easy but they are so well communicated that are easely dealt with
got a Raszageth kill with pugs, warms your heart
Wow
it's about the friends you made along the way
I just looked at it as a way for me to learn how to play the ST spec for WW since all I’ve been doing is m+
whats the best trinkets from M+?
we dropped down to 10 people so we had less people to jack the mechanics up
Surprisingly I’ve had an insane amount of friend requests since starting to do dungeons

That can make a big difference. Also requires more awareness
i had zero 
or they are socially awkward or im a bad tank
I also had a warrior offtank, we made an absolute legend tanking duo. he was probably on this discord
and i think im the problem 
Well acknowledging you have something to work on is how you get better

The only thing I've gotten in pugs is whispers saying warrior is brokrn
Can’t fix something if you don’t know it’s broken
people in m+ always say lol at my dmg at the end
the thing is idk if im doing somethign wrong
i mean im lacking in dmg
not using revenge that much idk why
even when im full on ip charge
This tbh
Plenty of people in here will be more than happy to help you look through logs and give some actionable advice
you press revenge if shield slam is not ready and need to dump focus, mostly, ofc there are special cases
Pretty sure my damage is ass as a tank
But new class and tons of buttons so I suppose it’s expected
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/AmzMahkZPW6x1K8d#fight=last this could be a nice example
The best I’ve done is 30k at the end of an Algethar
it will vary from dungeon to dungeon because of overall pack sizes
Well
I’m just happy I’m not dying and 2 chesting keys

I’ll get to optimizing my damage as a monk soon enough
are you not outdpsing some of the dps regularly?
is there a "smart" way to spend Valor? Weapons first, like conquest?
That your normal raz pug?
I mean overall damage at the end of dungeon
i say spend valor on ur bis
Usually ahead of at least one dps
yeah. nothing crazy. i might be low on damage, probably the last thing on my mind until phase 3
ye, I'm usually top 2 or 3
Trinkets and jelery
the crazy thing is the difference in our healing
Anyone else love M+ tanking, but hate Raid tanking?
Granted I’m also behind, took a few weeks before I could actually jump into DF so I’m still under 270ilvl and haven’t done above a 10 yet
also any tip you guys wanna gib in my logs?
Raid tanking is fun
Assuming you’re doing it right
That's all in ignore pain I'll bet
raid tanking is chill, almost no mechanics to worry about, tanking m+ can get stressing very quickly
Raid is where you figure out just exactly how much damage you can pump out and maximize every last bit of your kit to do so
And how much tanky shit you can drop for the sake of damage

I prefer this lol
2.3M (14%) was actually Arcane bubble
I'll check soon
I mean you can also limit test in raids tbh
healing done depends greatly on damage taken, boss aggro uptime, mechanics etc. it doesn't say anything about someone's performance
Seeing what you can solo tank etc.
oh yeah i was just looking at how much the bubble proc'd
The only time I dislike raid tanking is when the group is 75 pulls into a 30 pull boss

yea it's like a 3rd trinket
30 pull boss probably means 30 pulls for end cutting edge guild
not the average guild
Casts incredibly low across the board
gotta spam more?
if your rage builders are always on cooldown and you never cap on rage
One moment
you are technically doing all the casts you can
Nah I’m not using CE standards
You can check average pull count across guilds
@loud patrol your casts
oh I've never looked at that
@loud patrol my casts
That being said, I was also a CE player
there's well prepared guilds that raid less, and worse prepared guilds that brute force the raid 4 nights a week
57 executes damn
oh I execute the shit out of bosses
You go casual now?
Hungering comes to mind back in S1 of SL where my group for some reason just took way too long to kill it
Ehhh kinda?
Sad day
I still have ptsd from gorefiend mythic in WoD
Stopped playing in s4, coming back but just finally settled on a main
so i gotta abuse more of revenge to get more SS procs
my guild just could not get past the dps check
So just a m+ Andy until I find a guild
and more IP
I mean I intend to still play at a competent level and get back into mythic again but I’m just not in a huge rush
did they change d stance again????
Thunderclap resets too your likely just missing the resets
If they did would you notice?
prob yeah
Funny number go up down
Well you know sometimes that's the way it goes. I'm finally in a decent guild.
I felt the need in 14/15
what food should i be eating buff wise as a prot
My WoW experience since September has been classic @vernal vale
Strength or haste
name ?

whats better tho haste or strength? i have 20% base haste
Fated Fortune Cookie
Timely demise
2,3
That makes sense though tbh
Comes with one
quality 2, then quality 3 ?
yes
thx
don't do 3 first
Classic was fun enough I just don't have time.
Holy
I hardly log on to do anything other than raid night with the bois
Academy Tree Boss CD+Lust on 2nd Set of Adds is such a game changer
biggest changer is having a party that stacks the adds
Proper add placement on tree boss is a game changer
and that dispell themselves

cant wait til next week
If you stack them your WW can probably solo it while everyone tunnels boss
oh, boomies on that fight also wreck it
gonna be ez (not looking at u raging tempest
)
boomies eat those adds alive like they are cereal
ToD does wonders there

I’d imagine DH is also pretty disgusting for cleaning them up
boomies destroy it even if they are not stacked
Ney if you CD and Lust on 2nd Adds they disappear, you get the Tree cleanse, Boss dies before 4th Wave comes on 14, just ++'d it.
Literally non-issue
Depends of your comp probably
Regardless of comp they should be stacked well
Indeed
I hand pick meta comps for my keys everytime, can't help it, I'm a slave
It’s amazing how much extra damage you can find when what’s supposed to be AoE’d is in the right spot
But then again your average key enjoyer just holds w when swirlies show up
That’s why they struggle on the spider boss in the last phase in raid

people either don't move too much when they should move, or they move too much when they should not, like with dathea debuff
Yep
mfers I swear
Hey guys question about the stormslam debuff on the final boss of ruby life pools, does bitter immunity work as a self cleanse on those debuffs?
Or would I require the healer to cleanse those for me
what kind of debuff is it again
Just mitigate the hit and vibe is how I’ve been doing the dungies
You take 100% more nature damage each time he hits you with storm slam
Idk eventually it did 220k on me in a hit
I’d imagine it can’t be cleansed
ye but is it a poison, curse or disease?
Like most tank debuffs
Ye idk, I was hoping you guys knew
Let me consult the handy dandy sheet
K so, thank you reflect sheet
TLDR you can block the hit but the magic portion will hit you like a truck if you don’t get a dispel
Doesn’t mention bitter immunity
probably can be dispelled by priests
I’d imagine it’s just a magic debuff
All healers
Ooh can I see that reflect sheet
It’s in the pins
ye duh, had a brain fart, 7 AM... fuck 8 AM here and have been up all night
Google doc link from Sense
nice ty
gonna go sleep and wake up in 4 hours so I don't fuck my schedule entirely, see ya 🥲 fuck adhd

Anyone else exclusively getting shit trinkets?
Good point
On the bright side at least you don’t have to use a mastery trinket with a 1.5 second cast time

That one has dropped three times for me, gave it away every single time
The game checks my gear, sees I have the wrathion neck and cloak and commences to give me those slots and shit trinkets 😂
Pressing it makes me cringe
whats the best m+ trinkets?
At least you don't have to press any other buttons meantime
rly ? the ruby is bis trinket?
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