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Anyone have an addon that auto turns on combat logging when going into a key/raid?
teach a man to fish
Loggerhead
method raid tools has this option
but it also says at the top in the channel description check the pins before asking questions
anyone else likes this?
hate it
or is it just me
buggy af
yeah
i played it when it was the best i had
the balls wont go off sometimes
Yeah
i like active trinkets
Stupid trinket for tanks
I have three and had to use one for the past two weeks
idk what triggers it
Balls should be bigger at least
is the spiteful storm trinket decent? it's doing like 10-13% of my damage in single target scenarios
Only issues i had is trying to make sure not to turn adds and kick the balls at the same time ;D
is it possible to tank the skelletons in Shadowmoon burial grounds 15+?
I dont really miss it when i replaced it
im getting 1 shot
It's super short range
Measures to center of hitbox, so larger drakes/bosses can be meleeing you and still not in punt range
or do u just get agro and run after stun
no wonder my fury keeps overcapping kek
did it no issues on a 17 earlier
you just gotta be prepared that they hurt
Defensives
they jsut 100 to 0 me lol
Spell block
Second pack I had to kite a bit on a 17
oooo its a spell?
try kiting
thats what im saking, do i jsut run after the stuns are up?
If you stutter step backwards with them a little it’ll desync their casts and give you time to recover
guys, at what point is worth replacing that ring for m+?
When another sims higher after 418
Whenever you are in a pack and you are getting blasted, safe to assume it's either a bleed or mag dmg if playing properly, but for all intents and purposes, read the reflect sheet on the pins, it goes a long way
will do
i had the spell reflect trackr but it didnt seem to tell me anything except when spell reflect was on CD
iunno if i had it worng or just didnt notice
thats all it can do, track its cd
" It tracks incoming Reflectable and import Magic Damage spell casts."
i never saw it do that lol
Me neither
well damn i never even noticed that in the pins
But I also know what's targeting me and when to use it for the most part
at some point if i stop being lazy ill go through my nameplate addon and change all the spell cast colors to one specific color to show me whats reflectable
As long as it tells you what's targeting you
i guess i jsut dont know whats a spell and whats a physical attack lol
meh, thats easy to determine
how so? looking it up after im trucked? lol
That's the best way 
i mean the some one targetting you, otherwise you can look it upo]
most of the time its self explanatory of what is a spell/magic damage, and whats physical but not all the time
How are you guys using stances at 18s-20s
is air totem master trinket any good or wat
Use d stance on dangerous pulls or tank bursters, like the elemental on AA or first pull HoV
it puts a bar on your screen and when the bar finishes your supposed to have spell block/reflect up
You know out of all tanks Prot feels incredible
dk guy decided he wants to re-roll DH
@ionic fern What do you think, our 4pc bonus is worth? I could switch a 392 legs and 402 gloves to 389 legs and 382 gloves to get 4pc. I mean the leg downgrade is okay, but gloves are 20ilvl 😮
which embellishments do I get on the shield and sword sirs?

Don't be
checking now, I dont want to be that person >.>
We are here to help
tyy
Be better
when you miss a 20 HOV by 18s with 10 deaths and a full wipe 😦
pins and guides have pretty much all basics and some advanced stuff, and what ever isnt clear can be asked in here
hov is a pretty tight timer
U can embellish Shields??
Molten defender
ya, ive had 1 death and +1'd an av, weve had over 10 deaths in another dungeon and +2'd it
Yeah, SBG is super lenient, it's bound to have a nerf
take 3 minutes off of SBG and spread them to a few other dgs
considering JY has been in its current state for 2 expansions of m+ then they are not going to touch smbg timer lol
I tried once doing JY without any buffs, it's actually a hard dungeon
I think timer there without buffs would've been interesting
Ok prot lads am i crazy or legion hov first boss in legion times spawns two dragons at same moment?
I dont think so
pretty sure it only spawned 1 at a time
So i am crazy
Ye
I was thinking it always spawns two
hymdall is kinda a joke since they removed the frontal
Can't kill melee at the end on hymdall anymore..
what are best 2 trinkets from m+ only?
Wait I’ve been dodging the melee standing on top of me for no reason?!
maybe you had other reasons?
Pretty much xD
hell i kept pulling mobs out of warriors spear of bastion because i didnt recognize it
until he used it on a dungeon boss and i was like i know they dont have a spell like that
They just needed the shock bots to stop scaling past like +15
It was too stupid
That'd work too
do we really know that cause in BFA regular season 4 no one did higher than a 26 and post season only 11 keys were timed above a 30
Yes we do
Because they literally implemented it in SL
Unless you are saying that they removed it for SL and then added it back in
I just dont recall it being implemented in SL, just recall the upping the key cap above 35 for the last MDI
is 2nd boss RLP tankbuster phys or magic? tooltip for the dot says its bleed but its called searing blows and looks like fire
and can be parried
pretty sure its physical
it's just a bleed effect
well she strikes you 4 times for weapon damage
there were 2 parts to his question though
kk so spell block does notrhing
nothing
didnt know if it was weapon damage as fire for instance
should the elemental lariat be gemmed with stamina/vers or haste/vers gem?
just figured I would check in case there was some wierd interaction
or haste crit or whatever you prefer
So i have a 392 crafted haste vers ring with a socket, is that good enough to replace the cobalt shield ring? like how much stats are worth losing the sheild
how many ilvls is 2xset worth dropping down?
I’m learning prot currently. Is there a weak aura that tells me my rotation to use until I get use to it?
i imagine you could track abilities on cd and make them appear left to right in highest priority to lowest
but that would only be very generic as it wouldnt cover nearly all situations
Shield slam>TC>revenge
Press your CDs on CD
Enjoy
If you do that you’ll be achieving about 85-90% of your potential
Prot isn’t a “rotation” it’s a prio list
Prot is not so hard to learn as people think
Just having issues managing my rage with ignore pain and shield wall
is there a WA for m+ %? Like before going up to boss in halls etc?
And revenge
Then you’re over using IP or not pressing shield slam enough
yea
IP is not a magic button you need to press to keep it up 100% of the time
It’s a button you press to not cap rage
no wago link and screenshot? 😄
Use mythic dungeon tools (mdt) and grab routes to start…I enjoyed tackyks beginner routes until I was able to tweek myself
And or when you’re taking a lot of damage
i have routes but its 8 dungeons to keep in mind, all the pulls etc. Easy to forget one mob here and there
TLDR you press IP to not cap rage or when you’re taking a ton of damage
Uptime isn’t a focus
It just naturally happens
And shield wall should be 100% uptime?
shield block
latest version is from august 2022? And doesnt seem to have DF dungeons?
Or close to it
i updated the link
sent the wrong one
No
Uptime is not what you focus on at all
confusing shield block with shield wall
You focus on blocking as many hits as possible
ty
So like in halls…you look next to your pull number before going up…ie the double sentinel pull which should be 79% ish… I agree it’s a lot…use that wa they linked as well as a quick peak here and there…the group won’t go anywhere while you spend 10 secs checking your route
You can cast shield block and block nothing and it’s kinda wasted
Knowing what’s blockable and what’s not is important
Granted shield block uptime is much higher rn than it has been
yeh, thats what I mean. i think halls is 84.2% before going up or smt. But its hard to remember that on the fly sometimes. Had to learn the hard way last dungeon, i mean, probably wouldn't have timed it but I was so dead sure i was like "just trust me, i got this"
but i didnt xD
mobs after bridge give 16.28 %
so u just need 83.7 before u go up
You could also spend 5-10 minutes and write down on your pad of paper at your desk the %
Well you drag those 2 sentinels up with you so they must be worth 2ish each
they give 2.22 each
I dont even know how to respond to this. Ok?
LMAO
Hahah
Do people not have a notebook next to their computer for reminders or notes? Am I old
I would use method raid tools
my fiance kept notes written on sticky notes and put them on her monitors]
for ingame notes but I was more like, bro, tanking is enough of a work like situation, dont make it worse wtf
Which enchant is better fir M+/Casual Raiding? Frozen Devotion or Sophic Devotion?
Does anyone know if the Burgeoning Seed trinket works like Last Stand? Does it increase your max health and heal you for that amount?
One is aoe focused and one is more single target
@flat sorrel the tldr of shield block is that if the mob swings at you or shoots at you you likely want to have shield block up, if there’s more damage intake than you’re comfortable with you should also press IP to help smooth it out, otherwise spend excess rage on revenge (applies to aoe and single target but you’ll replace revenge with execute in single target when it’s available). Then if you’re still bing chilling and not having any issues at all but you’re generating more rage than you can spend press IP to ensure you don’t overcap on rage. Try to always have at least 30 rage to be able to cast shield block.
Okay.. i will play more m+ than frozen is the better choice correct?
Yes
ty 🙂
my fellow prot war, tips for dealing with tree boss in AA? all bosses are easy peasy but that one wrecks my ass, even with shield wall
Get a cleanse
That boss is all on the group not you
Adds need to be stacked well and DPS need to CD the adds
And ideally you bring a class that has a poison cleanse
I was pumping like 90k dps but still not enough
and my dwarf racial can only cleanse once t.t
Or just bring a class with a cleanse….

Monk doesn’t lose anything for bringing it
And they’re one of the best dps in the game for m+
which classes have posion cleanse? pala, evoker, monk, shamy?
dont kill the add tree too fast
Yea
you can use it for healing up after dealing with the little ones
I think Druid as well
Yea Druid
Doens't matter how many CDs I have up, I try to stun but can't stun forever.. and then try to kite but eventually die
You can spec spell block
About the only other thing you can do
They’re kinda way overtuned
They are tank busters that know if you don’t have a defensive up…so maybe check your shield block uptime
Ehhh not exactly accurate
what gems people running in their lariat?
Since I shouldn’t get hit by it as a monk then because shuffle is up all the time
Its a spell tho, spell block does nothing right?
Saw a painful thing today. A log I was looking at has a warrior gemming stamina.
He musta came from classic

Nope just bad. Only 30cpm on a raid boss.
Sounds classic to me
Was my former guild where I was told not to shield slam.
spell block work on poisons?
Thas why I say just bad @chilly brook
I was referring to the Sha
Are the crafting orders only per realm pool ?
ok,sorry then 🙂
what stat do u lads grab in AA?
You can kite which lowers your dps or spell block and stand there and slap
I’d assume region wide just like the AH
No crafting orders are realm only
But there’s no guarantee that you get the highest quality
Which level have you done it on
I havent gone super high because of Christmas holiday yet only a 14
Holidays have destroyed my time foe key running
Don’t down play yourself! That’s great
Jade +15.. Do ya'll usually pull more than one of the 3mob packs at the end, right before the last mob pack
I did 15 without spell block fine.. I just tried a 17 and its absolutely wrecking me
Can someone craft neck and ingi wrist 405 🙂 ?
Hahaha, im also only a 392 ilvl I'm doing well enough but if I had time I could be doing better.
You'll have to check your server
Wow, after 2 months. It is my first time seeing a bdk.
That is a group I'm very careful with especially since a fear into other groups means a wipe. Pick your pulls carefully.
what gems people used in their lariat?
Is that a thing? Instead of haste vers?
I have crit haste crit verse and haste crit.
Most crit I can get
I'm like 4.4k crit rating.
Guys noob question on 17+ This week, Battle or def stance?
If you are confident in kicks you can pull the three to the right first and pull them to the three on the left, ain’t too bad of a pull
D stance if you are taking too much damage, all about understanding the damage of different packs and bosses.
Any tauren players, how much extra stam do you get at max level?
ty
20 cos depleted because dps keep dying to last boss 
Solod last 3% lol
The Lariat works on the element of the gem, which is determined by the lower of the two stats on the gem. You can use single-stat gens but those give lower overall stats.
Haste verse procs verse I want it to proc haste.
So if you gem it with haste/vers it procs vers?
Cool good to know
Is brutal vitality still bugged?
hi , Simulation say i equip 2 use trinket is that normal ?
If you want it to proc haste tge smaller Stat needs to be haste
Thanks!
Yeah. It's deliberately set up to work against single stacking. For the same reason the Idols work off the colour/higher stat of the gem
random question, have a friend coming back to the game, anyone know why he cant see combat text for his damage?
currently has zero addons too btw
Which dungeons best for Spell Block? I know TJS - is it worth for tree boss adds in AA? Or anything in RLP?
Otherwise i'd rather take Tough As Nails for the dam
RLP and TJS
its worth for any dungeon where you feel you need it
if you survive without it, just run Tough as Nails
Would you ever pick Into the Fray over Heavy Reprecussions?
The haste sounds so nice
Does it work on stormslam last boss RLP?
if it sims higher, but remember you lose a lot of SB uptime, so might have to pick Bolster to make up for it (instead of Tough as Nails)
do you not survive the Stormslam?
On which gem? The main primary stat one? Or the little ones?
No I do, just trying to optimize talents, pushing into 18s and 19s atm
doubt Stormslam will 1 shot you if you get dispelled
It's not a make or break decision. I honestly find that with HR, ED and SC I have more than enough SB uptime, so if you find the same dropping HR isn't likely to be a problem IMO
Makes sense, thank you. One more question, Sidearm or Honed Reflexes?
i have both
wait no
i dont have Honed Reflexes
its the Pummel CD talent right?
yeah on fort it doesnt 1 shot until 4-5 stacks for me, which just means healer is dead
dafuq... there exist superkind people still. I was asking in trade "anyone making lariat for a reasonable price, im poor:(" and this dude started talking, giving some advice and just chatting a bit, asking what people have been asking off me and so on.
And then he was like, go check your mailbox in an hour. Dude sent me 100k wishing me happy new years and gifting me a lariat 😮
4-5 stacks? 🤔
nice man!
AFAIK Illimited Diamonds do not interact with either the Lariat or the Idol at all
yeh that was amazing and so unexpected 😄
yeah, had it happen lol, healer died halfway thru fight, 4 stacks hit me for ~80% of my hp on a 16 few days ago
yeah ofc, i mean it could clutch the end of the fight but its not worth planning for failure
i am just wondering which dungeons ppl see use out of spell block
TJS is the only glaring one, perhaps the skele packs in SBG but that place is free so
TSJ mostly
just went for it
Tbh I haven't used it for any yet, but I probably will for TotJS in the future
yeah i just equipped it for the first time cuz i havent needed to, in an 18 TJS
could actually stay in for 20 sec on last pull tjs
also helps with the packs before 3rd boss
but losing tough as nails is a pretty hefty dmg decrease
Probably helps on the run to boss 1 too
usually 4-5% of my dmg
did we ever figure out what the Ruby Whelp trinket does? 🤔
35k for lariat and he provided mats and free recraft, that's pretty decent right? Could only get the 405 though
Do we have an Ingi here (Dethecus Realmpool) who can craft Plate Wrist 405 or anyone know a crafting discord - thanks 🙂 ?
thats good on my server 50k for crafting without mats ^^
a dude in my group was commenting on this random dragon that keeps coming to him
we figured it is the ruby whelp trinket that I had equipped
yeh, thats what most people wanted, 50-75k but been asking trade for whole day and finally this guy whispered and recommended the crafter and think he has some deal because he said "refeeferals get discounts" 😄
do I keep the medallions I add on a recraft?
yes i have 402 ruby whelp trinket, it does next to nothing lol. Did 440k dmg and 257k healing across a TJS18
unless its doing some sort of utility that im not noticing, its dogshit
It gives secondary stats as well
wasnt there a mainstat + sec stat gem? Or is that bop or smt?
oh shit i didnt know, i was wondering how it was simming so high. Just wowheaded it and says it does ~3k of a secondary stat for 20 seconds when it procs?
Yes, it's bop
Can only get via work order
or being JC 🙂
It's pretty dog
What are the best trinkets I should be aiming for from M+?
Not that they drop for me at all
anyone know how to pull up a list of keystones in group via detials?
I think the one from CoS is very good, the 2 min uncapped aoe dmg trinket
/keys
unfort comes with a shitload of mastery tho
thanks
Yeah I been gunning for that with no luck @sleek gulch literally nothing drops in CoS for me tho.. have done almost 20 runs this week
i have 392 and im using it suboptimally and its about 8% of my overall
That plus Hoof bis? Or something else
I have ruby shell and puzzle box.. absolute D tier atm lol
yeah fuck puzzle box even tho it sims decently
My god
If only I could record this
I am in a normal raid
I know, LFR>> normal difficulty
And a demon hunter was marked with a spike on terros.
And what did the brilliant mind did?
He yeeted himself in the middle
placed the spike in the abuse
and middle fingered the rest of the grp
What a legend
Kek
does cobalt assembly rings sim properly?
it always sim the lowest for me but i dont have that much better rings
today was a good day... I started my session with 85k. Grinded up to 110k. Got 100k gifted lariat and now its done and I still have 145k left 😄
Warrior - Impending Victory: 30% health, 25 sec CD (can reset with KB)
Druid - Renewal : 30% health, 1.5 min CD
Shaman - Nature's Guardian: 20% health, 45 sec CD
Hunter - Exhilaration: 30% health (and 100% pet health), 2 min CD (reduced to around 1 min with CDR talent)
Monk - Healing Elixir: 15% health, 30 sec recharge (2 charges)
Rogue - Crimson Vial: 30% health (over 4 seconds), 30 sec CD
I'm sure there are others but that's just off the top of my head
yeah impending victory is way too much
it was balanced in SL because of big opportunity cost
now that opportunity cost no longer exists
the MAIN downside of IV is that its on GCD
otherwise its quite op
Yep
ok but what about tanks? What about pala, dh, monk, druid, bdk?
guess we can agree to disagree
i believe he covered druid and monk in that list, but i understand sometimes people dont read everything.
IV is great.
I gave you two tanks in my initial response. Paladin doesn't really have anything comparable (unless you count LoH i guess), DH don't even have a self heal at all that isn't based on taking or dealing damage, and I don't think DK does either that I can think of.
I'm not saying its bad, i'm just not agreeing with "absurdly OP"
you can even compare interspec, Laststand is also a 30% heal(kindaof)
last stand is completely garbage
we all know that
its a frenzied regen on a 2 minute cd
Who said it was absurdly OP? I said it was OP even with just a 25 second CD (before the killing blow reset)
Impending Victory is basically a lock-in talent for me. I never go anywhere without it.
Raid decanter did
And it is. It's stronger than literally every ability like it in the game.
i think its quite overtuned for an early talent point
And it costs nothing to take it
Wog? with the talent that scales missing hp on both you and party members?
wog costs 3 holy power
WoG is a completely different type of ability
IV costs rage, whats your point?
And they have to use it instead of their main mitigation
10 rage is much easier to get
the opportunity cost of wog is high
Like that's even a problem
and the heal is far superior?
the opportunity cost of IV is 10 rage that you get back instantly
can any one tell me which 2 crafted items i should go for? Bracers and lariat? or Bracers and Belt?
and yeah you are throwing away mitigation time for it
Ngl this is just a seriously weird hill to die on in my opinion.
its no longer shadowlands paladin where you have 100% uptime on shield
Do you have both Raid rings and/or a fire damage trinket?
Something youre missing is that other tanks bring way better utility than prot. We have shockwave (tbh every class has an aoe stun including other tanks), aoe stop in fear (also something other tanks get) and our shouts (rally is underwhelming imo).
If we lose survivability/healing and dps, we have nothing.
It's not really a hill to die on but I dont have to agree just for the sake of it? I've never said its bad. I just dont agree when you called it OP and then decanter joining in saying absurdly op
I have the eggnogg ring ye
its definitely OP for what it is
It depends on what you have. You should craft based on what you need, not based on what embellishments are "strong"
The sake of it being true?
a combination of 0 opportunity cost and a high on demand heal
Like you have done nothing to show us that we're wrong
sorry what
rally underwhelming
If you both think its absurdly OP and there's no comparison, sure, thats your hill to die on.
vs wog that can lose you block uptime
I literally gave you comparisons what
to the point that people stack warriors in raid for rally
hi darkness, hi amz
LMAO darkness
It's stronger than the comparisons lol
ok no
darkness requires grouping
you're delusional
and is rng
darkness is garbage
AMZ has a cap
I've never argued this. I just dont think it's absurdly op for what the other tanks have as toolkit.
Darkness is very good in the right situation
no it does not
No it doesn’t lol
darkness requires you to get lucky too
That interaction that was why people combined them isnt even in the game anymore
yeah tell that to the 80% of your group getting randomly oneshot
you cant just assign darkness
and the 20% that survive
and pretend its gonna save the raid
You can’t dodge the spirit link damage anymore
Which is why people used to combine them
that's not the interaction that makes it good
it's the fact that 20% of your group randomly takes no dam
and the other 80% do
and then spirit link evens out the hp
^
to be fair this constraint makes it bad in more scenarios than it is good
darkness alone is completely garbage because it can randomly be good or bad
you can have everyone take dam through darkness on a bad roll
or you can have everyone randomly dodge it on a good roll
That’s the current interaction yes, I’m saying it’s not as good as it used to be (combing then)
Anyone have tree boss reset on them at all before?
Rally is by far the best out of those tho no real argument
Was at 20% and it happened
Burned lust
Especially in prog
rally is good if your healer can catchup
which they probably can considering how overtuned healers are
I suppose i'm speaking more about m+ as I don't raid. Dealing with scaling that leads to 1 shots where raid is more balanced and smooth
in m+ darkness is even worse
healing the grp for 15% barely helps
you NEVER rely on darkness in keys
its much harder to group in keys
and rally is the best at surviving true one shots
yep
the downside is that healers has to heal the hp back
its like a small loan of 15% hp that you have to pay back
Is Bourgening Seed a good trinket?
tryna do H raszageth rn and other tank isnt even using ignore pain
is the RLP egg trinket spawn a do nothing or what
i got it and used it for like 2 hours maybe
dunno if its something to go after in mythic +
Should I be using the 382 protector's molten cudgel with crit/vers or the 385 Edge of the First Blade with Crit/Mastery (and I can upgrade)?
I think it should be the lower ilvl for the versatility right?
depends if u go Haste crit or Haste vers
just go higher ilvl
wait cudgel sounds awful lot like mace
is that a weapon
So I see people running bolster instead of Tough as nails, is that just for keys above 20s or what we thinking
if its aweapon., throw everything else out window and ilvl
rare drop I think
thats if you need every second of shield block you can get
just use the higher ilvl
dont pretend vers is a real stat
Thanks, will do 😄
What trinkets is everyone running?
alltotem from weekly 408 and 395 horn of valor with avoidance
Torch + eranog for m+
horn of valor 30 second 1k str on 2 minute cd and literal turns u to valarjar
What pieces are set pieces? I see there are 5 but only can find the helm, shoulder, chest, and legs as actual set pieces
hands
Ty
Yeah I have a fire build going
Solid AoE dam tbh
It’s behind torch, but not by a crazy amount
Shield is pretty meaty too
For my overall I mean
is manic grieftorch actually bis 😐
For dam 100000%
🙁
I have a normal one and I won’t replace it until I get a heroic
Cuz w/o anyone dying it still pumps
for HoV keys, where are yall dragging mobs for sanguine in the hallway?
but alternatively
los outside
it's called grieftorch for a reason
Whats a good item to craft for Prot BIS? with spark?
Check the pins
thats a great idea, thank you
Strategic rallies 😈
sanguine is just pole dancing week.
sanguine is uninterruptable casts week
if only mobs could move and cast
sanguine is "don't grab unknown DPS wars into your group" week
"oh god why did you spear there?"
half the DPS wars I've taken wait specifically until something's dead to chuck it
like even on the first pack of mobs, when everyone's got their CDs,
shit's the last thing the press
As a former DPS warrior, sometimes it's just habit since you're used to sending stuff on CD pepehands
i understand that if they send it on CD; i can't even be mad
i don't understand when it's the case i mentioned before
bitch if you went the entire pack without pressing that button, you can wait 5 more seconds for the next pack
lol
I've mostly been enjoying Shaman and Monks this week. The mob displacement abilities are excellent.
Anything special to pick up the pack after first boss in sbg? Always feels so chaotic and you cant interupt the domination either right?
Someone was saying in here yesterday that the aggro of the non-dominator mobs are actually based on aggro of the dominator mobs. So like if you want the small dudes on you, you have to make sure you have threat on the dominator mobs, even though they're not doing anything.
that would make a lot of sense actually.
speaking of aggro. I dont know what i'm doing but im randomly losing aggro on single mobs in big packs
and I have no idea whats going on
its even in packs of 5
Could it be like, a strong prio target spec maybe?
it happens regularly even going in with avatar burst, ravager etc, i just seem to randomly lose aggro, at least once every dungeon, often more
weird
If you're pulling 6+ you're probably losing threat on the one that isn't Rended by your initial TClap
I've been body pulling to group up and had to actually switch to Titanic throw to fix that shit
ahh, ye, that would make some sense, its just felt so random im pulling my hair lol
titanic is great, i use it almost every pull
Titanic Throw is criminally underrated
even played a bit with the 100% dmg increase and deep wounds but it feels bit excessive
More revenj
yeah idk if sidearm is worth giving up titanic throw, im trying it out and its only 2% dmg
the amount of potential throw gives might outweigh
Sidearm is ok; I talent it if I don't have a burning need for any other talent
is spell block bugged rn?
How are you missing it? What can’t you do without it you can do with?
How so?
ranged pull and kite as effectively
much easier threat gen while kiting, and ofc easier to pull a pack and not worry about losing insta healer threat and them splitting up
What are you kiting?
if the sidearm dmg was bigger it would be a no brainer
I am on the same debacle, prob crafting chest -- was it worth it for ya? or did you go ring or something else?
Not sure how you pull a pack but don’t have any issues with just charge and TC.
I didn't do it. I got a 405 chest from and then I thought I'm not going to stand around looking for a crafter for however long, I just want to go play some more
gotcha
I am sitting on a 382 chest still and I am not using tier cause the stats are ass
Can’t catalyze crafted chest to tier right?
but to your question -- no idea
Sometimes you are pulling back or away etc. Not always able or want to charge + clap
Its niche, but when it works it works well is my point
What stance do you guys typically run? Mostly prot or?
battle for most everything
Did someone post a solution regarding big pulls in M+ and losing threat? I'm having the same issues. I was trying to pull the first 7 mobs (a pack of 3, and then a pack of 4) in AV , and kept losing aggro.
prot stance is pretty much an on-demand cooldown
if you're not gonna die, run battle
if you think you might die, swap to prot
better safe than sorry
All depends on your content tbh
if you DO die, just blame your healers anyway
to be honest, if you hit your aoe buttons, you shouldnt lose threat
Play the game as it is not how you want it to be 🤷♂️
Assume you mean by going left at the start. You double pull or 1 by 1?
throw me in the hat for loving titanic throw. wouldn't want to play without it. just so good for multi-pack pulling
Specifically this pull
I might try that been using prot stance, thanks
another one I think is a bit slept on is disrupting shout, for m+ specifically. it's just super useful and I press it all the time for the interrupt.
I cannot key without disrupting shout and all these casters
AND sanguine? yeah must have.
Oh you said AV not AA.
charge clap slam. run to the next pack. if your dps pulls off you while you're setting up a double its their own fault
Do people hit the first adds while you chain?
Okay, I can definetely say, that the Vault is a joke in terms of tank dmg
If so that’s on them
dps shouldnt touch mobs till you stop moving on initial pull
Quick question. Can you put 2 sockets in crafted rings? Or is it 3 sockets in neck only?
even then, there are plenty of tools to secure aggro being the start of a dungeon shield charge > avatar > thunderous roar > heroic leap to second pack > ravager > tclap/revenge
I also dislike that pull. So much that can go wrong for no reason.
The most difficult part, is that if you dont have these, and you have to rely on thunder clap
on the first pull you always have those
on second or third?
though I personally wouldn't use shield charge, roar, avatar before touching the 2nd pack
thats if your dps are gunho, it would secure aggro on the first pack with only 2 actual abilities hitting them
What just kick all 7 mobs its np np
spec disrupting shout ez
Zzz speccing disrupt shout for 1 pull
If they all castes at the same time it would be much easier with aoe stops.
kick shout stormbolt shield charge shockwave. lots of stops.
DF has this thing with no mobs casting at the same time anymore though.
Thanks for all the tips. I do a charge, then clap then shield charge, then run to the second pack and charge+ clap again. By that time I've lost aggro on the back mobs. I'll prob drop more skills on the first pull before running off
Anyone able to review some prot logs for me?
Sounds like they don’t see you leave and think that pack is the whole pull
you should most likely have avatar up almost every pull especially if pulling a lot, that right there is a lot of dmg and threat, and unless you are severely undergeared below the dps and they are pulling insane dps over you, tclap and revenge should be all you need bar any random shenanigans happening
that or just tell your group when you pull just to run straight to the hallway and not touch any thing till you pull the second group
I figure 2 things
is magazine of healing darts a real embellishment? does it work on our healing?
Why would u waste that much dmg ? Just let that bonobo die and learn ..
also if you have titanic throw, you can throw -> charge -> etc, and it gives you a decent bit more snap threat while you drag
more of a waste not communicating with your group your plans for the first pull and just letting them die because you caould "care less its their fault"
That sounds like bad DPS play or just poorly coordinated. Unless you are exceptionally slow between both packs, they shouldn't be bursting on first GCD because tanks do need a couple of GCDs at least to gen enough threat
Wrong spec? Where is the Thunderclap dmg at?
Lol. Bugged blizzard like usual
Btw, I might get it wrong. But why my thunderclap dmg is so high?
What a disgrace, there is no thunder clap emoji ffs.
Also realy slow kill time, so that puts the parse down aswell, but thunderclap dmg seems to be one of the biggest dmg you are missing out for example my kill was 3:13 and i did 45x thunderclap yours 5:22 you did 40x
Bcs it does a lot of dmg. Especially with outburst
Depends on target count
dumb question but how does spell block work? Does it just use my block % stat? Does it only work on targeted spells? or damage over time spells?
I feel dumb but idk how to check if im using it at good times xd
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Stolen from DeltaFoX129 î give him a like
Works like shield block does just for magic damage
so, what about if you put up shield block
Then you have both
or facing the spell, or critical block
how do those all come in is what i have hardest time understanding
What
Normal block is 30%, 60% for crit block
30% of what?
SB gives 100% block rate, so if i don't SBlock during Spellblock i don't block anything spell?
30% of post mitigated damage
It’s not straight 30% is it
you have a base block chance of 5%, then it goes up from mastery, str, and block rating of your shield
BUT, if you have 100% mastery, you dont have to press shield block.
/s
im legit curious on those 3 items regarding spellblock
Base block % is irrelevant though. You have SB up all the time.
look at Ysera. So cute
is it tied to my current block chance so i need to shieldblock to get garunteed spell blocking while using spell block
Yes
Yes
2 do i have to turn to mobs to get the block like spell
Yes
3, crit block
At least I’m like 60% sure
From physical attacks, you can only block from the front. Not sure about blocking spells.
But they should be in front of you anyway
Crit block is based on your mastery
And yes, you can crit block spells for 60% damage reduction
The % chance
https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Block. Its fixed pretty sure
No
its def not fixed
that sound rediculous critical block some metor bolt meant to 1 shot me
based on shield block value
Ok, would love to see where you found that
mouseover your block ingame
your article hasnt been updated since 2018
I could def be wrong, would love to see updated info, if you have it
the way block is now, is, its the block amount on your shield and that number can do up to 85% of a hit, cannot DR past 85%
critical is literal just doubles that block value
awesome, thanks
this is one of the talents that increases block value
Anyone else have the Gleaming Incarnate Thunderstone being bugged and not giving any visual effexts at all?
yo, can anyone provide me with an ignore pain weakaura
one last in pins
Is what you get as a reward when you get 2,5k io
Wow so shield ilvl is incredibly important
Oh, the tier thingy in a different Color?
Yes
I guess, but I dont get any choice when I've used it
I still don’t have Tier shoulders so I can know :(
In 9.2 we played a shield with no secondary stats
You need the actualy tier shoulders to see?
cant find it
As I understood it it just adds an effect to it
The mythic sparks to the other difficulties
But prob wrong
wtf is that, BS that you need something from the raid to be able to see a M+ reward..
You can get Tier from m+
thanks
in heroic dathea.. i never able to seem to down it.. there's this raging wind that instanly launches me off when i'm in with the boss tanking.. how to avoid that
unless i'm too close to the boss
Driven manic by her defeat, Dathea strikes a bargain with Raszageth to attain even greater power. Imbued with a fraction of the Incarnate's strength, Dathea gains control of the wind itself and unleashes its ferocity to tear her enemies apart.
this game hates me...first +15 key of the season? ruby xd
its total DR that cant be above 85%
if you look in the log the total unmitigated damage is a different number
there's not much i can do about that.. it comes up randomly maybe it spawn under the boss..
look at unmitigated damage
the % you see includes IP absorb which can go above 85%
Does someone have a Pawn stat weight string? Cant find one 😦
don't use pawn
Pawn is useless.
That's the whirlwinds.
@lilac bloom raging wind is aoe dmg
Anyone here play blood dk? Wondering how it feels rotation/play style wise compared to prot
These tornadoes fly around the room, you're getting hit.
There is 2 knock backs 1 sucking you in and 2 types of knocking u up if your in the air and knocked back ur dead
There are few things that launch you in space . Tornados that pass by time to time, or stay at place , or cyclone , that sucks you into boss, u have to outrun that.
Then there are the adds after death that might also be issue
He said knock of the platform there is only 2 mechanics that do that
Favorite alt tank
Launches me off .. understood that as into air , mb then
Or dis i read it wrong
Well its either the only tank swap there is or all the other things i mentioned xd
Zephyr and?
Add knock back
Oh forgot about that
When add dies it casts knocking you back if you are knocked into the air while this hits you, you are done
Would you say the rotation is complex at all? Having fun with prot but looking to branch out
It’s way more difficult than pwar
literally just watch a guide or read the tanknotes breakdown of the fight, these are basic questions...
"what is x ability"
talk abt being lazy, its all in the journal
Fight is super easy
Funny that he does heroic before normal
I havent done brood on hc yet , as i pug only, but is the 3tank strat actualy legit ?
Or is it something just pugs do?
Y it is
Kinda ?
Seems useless
Makes the boss Tank way more chill tho
Especially if you are a bit lower geared
can charge and leap down in worst case scenario to avoid fall dmg
So the point is 2 tanks at boss one on adds ?
Yes
True, @tender cove but some are to slow.
So you taunt after every tank buster
You can take around 6 stacks then the knock back is to fast i think for charge only leap works then atleast it was for me like that @tender cove
3 u can ez without charge or leap
Most i could was 7 that one killed me
You can take all of you have a good connection
Im sure u cant
Just hope that there is no ping spike :D
You get knocked back faster with each stack
Im sure at one point its not possible
But correct if wrong
I only did it on beta and it capped at 10
On live I got up to 8
At 9 I had a lag :(
Mhhm, got 7 and it was ehm yeah fast as fuck boy haha maybe you are right, but not playable i guess
any words of encouragement before i'll spend 45 min in suffering xD
excuse me
No
ruby ruby ruby. I really dont like it
Well, gotta avoid double haunting or have spell block
Or wall
anybody have a really ugly looking shield transmog recommendation
wax catcher is the ugliest i have available to me
guys which trinket duo you think I should run (also got eranog ring)
incarnate + blazebinder and go craft belt
Why belt? is that better then Neck?
Blazebinder alone isn't enough to keep belt procced though is it?
Oh nvm, eranog ring
sorry new to the Crafting gear thing, idk what to craft lol.
i looked at pins
but that don't help lol
do i craft neck or wrist?
either
belt + ring is huge.
i only have 1 craft rn, so what would be better? im fresh 70
shield
shield 100%.
I have m0 stuff, if that changes anything.
anybody got ideas on sonic boom shockwave vs thundering roar?
been trying both out and cant seem to decide which feels better
roar
dont go sonic boom
roar BIS
Shockwave is a stun, not a dmg button
is static charged scale worth using, I don't see it listed on the trinket list on wowhead but it drops at 395 and has a haste proc
its pretty good. 50% uptime.
oh nice, thanks
this 2 set bonus is ass
!wa
i feel like im losing damage keeping the buff uup rather than instantly shield slamming when available
i get that, what im saying is it feels extremely counter intuitive to getting shield slam procs
2 set aint bad at all.
is it worth prioritizing over shield slam?
ye im glad prot warrior set aint a make or break
every tank set is 4% give or take
I saw someone have a weakaura that show their healers mana percentage at all time, anyone know what it is?
its a WA that's untracked in Wago
atrocity ui has it
sadly its like a complete thing and its absolute ass to move around
Use primal infusion on lariat or molten defender?
Molten
How much of an ilvl downgrade do you think is worth it to get tier bonus?
I just got 408 All totem of the master. Is it any good?
pretty good for m+
Question, is blowing back to back shield block charges inherently bad in certain situations? i.e. IP is capped, and you have just enough rage to use shield block before maybe say an intermission?
Like if SB is rolling, and you use another charge is there any actual loss in SB uptime?
unless you put up SB right before you have to run to another pack for no reason then no
max sb duration is 3x sb plus 15s for bolster if talented
you can never realistically cap it like say paladins and sotr
theres no reason to do it, but also no reason not to
double tapping SB sometimes leads to inefficient usage
rage dump
Yeah that was kind of what I was thinking was rage dumping alongside IP, if IP is capped and you are GCP locked on revenge and that's not enough.
Good to know. TY.
used to happen in beta
just kill it
I did but just confused me af
Is that reason why I lag in valdrakken? Wow is running 2 copies at once? xD
ahh, fair enough
is tanking a temple jade serpent hard on +16?
and likewise with shadowmoon +17? i don't know if I'm just really bad.
Fortified affixes
we know
its fortified for everyone
its not bad
it can be difficult if you're a new player i guess
or undergeared
surviving
its only wheater u can press defensives correcly
indeed that's what we're gonna look at in logs
make a WA that yells at you when sha casts tank buster, so you can pop reflect/spell block, and make sure you rotate cds for 3rd boss. The rest of the dungeon should be fine tho
like what do u struggle with
probably the usual bosses + Sha of Doubts
u can have cc / defensive for all casts pretty much
if i had to guess
my guess is sha damage and 3rd boss, usually this what kills new tanks
tahts cos tho
keep in mind u can reflect full dmg of claw
your shield block uptime is also ass
I got weakauras for spell reflect
oh boss
reflect flame strikes, reflect + spell block/wall/externals for jade strikes. You can also use victory rush to help your healer with healing absorbtion
is on logs the uptime counting out of combat as well?
we're def gonna need logs for those dungeons you mentioned
that's kind of a weird question
thats uptime based on melee hits
combat has nothing to do with it
every hit counts
but my damage is good so thats all that matters
yeah Raid i put that up there
guys do you think needing on a leech shield of equal ilvl is valid or should that be greeded and let someone with a worse shield take
like leech does not make it need right
leech is very good
kinda seems like a personal decision tbh
nice to have, but not must have
i wouldnt do it cause im not an asshole
i guess its this gray area
over someone that needs it as an ilvl upgrade
not sure
yeah like i just greeded and a shaman with a lower shield got it
leech is 2nd
but just not sure what to think about it all
so ye imo leech is jiga good
"leech is giga good" shit we're right back at BFA
of course i fucking come back to this
i guess not sure how to feel lol

true
yeah but its a tertiary
fuck this leech shill
feels sort of off...
dont be a dick about it
it's very minor, won't make a huge dif
yeah

