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yes
im trolling, you'll have it
and, i can live with the rage cost if you just remove the target requirement
not being able to use it when nothing is near you is annoying AF
well sir you got me good
just move to something then
i just spent 30 seconds looking
ahhaahahhaahhahaha
not always an option
is always an option
https://tenor.com/7HU3.gif embed you pos
SB double wall lets have it
fail embed, gg
its not always an option
yes it is
thats definitely a 1 hand long sword at that point, he's holding it with 1 hand so its 1hand
considering the size of certain one handers in wow, checks out
wish we could use 2h weapons for tmog tho 😦
titan's tmog
the 1h specialization node becomes a choice node lol
more attacks with less damage or slow big attacks
you can now equip 2hand weapons with shields, increasing dmg by 5%, but if you do so, you move 5% slower
I think everyone would do that if there was no swing speed penalty lol
I'll gladly take a 5% move speed nerf for it at least
i think if blizzard wants us and expects us to actually play in defensive stance more than 20% of the time at absolute most, it has to have some kind of block related thing, or interupts get reset if they fail
if blizz wants us in D Stance, they take off the 10% damage - modifier
mmm, we have plenty of stops already, so thats not enticing either
or remove the damage done reduction part of it
thats the impilication that you are playing more defensively, so you aren't doing as much dmg
if its like, we get the block value we lost into defensive stance, maybe then its a real debate if to use it
tbh if I'm in dstance I should get a 50% move speed buff. Then I'll use it. To move between trash 😛
The fact that we will never take defensive stance (because they will never not have a damage penalty) is why it was dumb to bring back stances.
^
if it was 50% move speed i would literral never take it off
that is game breaking over powered, just trust me
the game will implode
I just want to be able to run old content without feeling like a snail
can I have a glyph of infinite heroic leap on instanced content below level 61 if I'm max level
Whirlwind provides a 100% movespeed increase. Now Nando can spam his whirlwind to his heart's content in old content
how big are the prot nerfs
pins
roughly about 7% reroll chance on your main
Brm new meta boys
Brew looking cool; too bad warrior is much cooler
I'm thinking of leveling a brew alt, their damage looks sick. But I suck at managing stagger properly
its not a huge deal,
basically means we take more damage from attacks we block... and we already take little damage from blocked attacks
idk managing stagger isn't really much of a thing anymore
so 7% of 0 is still 0 XD
purify is on its own CD now so
I would try gearing a brewmaster just to try it out.... but thats like a lot of M+ and getting tier
Yeah they changed them over to shuffle in ...SL I think? So Ironskin Brew got removed and now you just have purifying brew (before, purify and ironbrew shared charges)
seems like a chore right now
I'm basically done for the season, so I have extra free time. Reached KSH, and only need to prog Heroic Rasz. So I have a lot of extra time gameplay wise now
Besides, Prot gameplay just feels good
yeah prot is a lot of fun
even if they werent the meta, kind of hard not to play it
I love pressing buttons
How far do I have to jump back to see the upcoming nerf discussions?
check pins
Thanks
We still sit in battle most of the time and just swap to defensive on heavy damage mechanics/bosses right ?
Or do we do enough damage to just safely sit in defensive. This if for +20s and above
depends honestly. You can mitigate lot of big damage without dstance
Is it the worst to just sit in Def ?
Ah okay . I'll start swapping more
if you're taking immense damage, then sure go dstance until it slows down
but being in bstance as much as possible matters a lot
just go defensive for the known hard hitting stuff and swap back
I just parked in in Bstance and it's honestly the same. When I start to take damage, the rest of the group is already dead
yeah, usually the group will die before you ever do even in bstance
I have crafted shield and mainhand, should I open vault in dps spec for the whetstone? Only play m+
isnt the whetstone still on the tank spec too?
yeah, open in arms
no
It's not a main stat trinket but it's still purely DPS, thus it's on DPS loot table
Fair enough
Consider dstance a defensive cooldown
And instead of waiting for 2 minutes
You pay for it in damage
If you're not being threatened, sitting in dstance is wasted damage
I gotta hotkey a swap macro
If your gear/key prog is such that you have to sit the whole key in dstance that's fine
Just make sure it's a cognizant decision and not just afk zzzzz prot op
P sure there's a macro in pins as well that does that btw
The hot swap
Okay did I misunderstand Glacial Fury? I'm looking over Terros Logs
Does it not fall off after the 15 seconds?
yes it's this:
/cast [stance:2]!Defensive Stance;!Battle Stance```
Yeah thanks
There's some bosses on Tyr I'll sit distance like Crawth. But even third in temple you just swap for jade serp strike. I might go bstance on crawth when bleeds off me. But most trash I'm bstance, unless there's frequent big hitters can't stop, and at that point I'd just kite a sec if walls down, I've utilized wall pretty frequently almost more than even going dstance on trash.
Thanks !
is anyone running spear of bastion in M+ this week to help move away when bolstering gets wild?
no
That makes sense. 20 Tyr Crawth at 410 ilvl is the boss that is spurring me to re-evaluate my entire playstyle
the key with bolstering is to pull things with similar health amounts, so that they die at roughly the same health % to minimize bolstering
if thats not possible, then funnel damage becomes important
what about crackling thunder maybe? heh
I guess the loss of rend application is just too painful
Dps should focus high health mobs too when possible . I know when I was mm I just kept smashing the highest down
oddly enough, this strategy is what dps should be doing everyweek
packs should go down at the same time
fair, and I'm not, just thinking creatively about talents this week, haven't used spear in DF at all.. was wondering if it wouldn't be too painful to pick it up, but it looks like it would be
Dragon's roar is just better
yes
spear is fine if you like it, but using it as a kite tool is sus
and I have MM alt, I use a lot of proactive binding shots and keep highest health target focused... all dps should do stuff like that
besides, what are the potential dangerous bolstered mobs?
I just want some of that SL S1 kite meta feel
big shas in Temple, those big serpents in AA, and those book throwers in AV are what come to mind for me
most stuff that dangerous is alread micro-kitable, true
actually, AV might be super sus after second boss since those roar dudes
have so much health
like the skeletons in SBG or the arcing slash dudes in NO around tempest
heh good poitn
the big elementals in TJS could be annoying as well
just skip em
get your % before that
you can skip all the trash after the second boss
ugh - not in a pug
yeah that part is gonna be ass
cus even if the bolster drops you can get unlucky with a roar
yea, but then we cant skip the second ring XD
gonna take some experimenting this week fo sure
and that trash after second was sooo good
i cant stand that section
its better pulls than the rest of the dungeon
maybe its sub rogue time?
my group will be trying the skip all frogs and jump downt to the two guards before the 3rd boss this week
I'm not sure why dps struggle on that. They just need to follow tank. Only get one big charge guy at a time but get frogs into or threw a doorway.
Why do peopel run Glacial Fury on Singletarget in Raids? Habit or did I misread the flask. Thought it's done after 15s
But they seem content on getting gang banged by 1 or two mobs 60 yards away
But does sound like aids on bolster
What do you use instead of Spell Block on keys where its not needed? Is the alternate selection (shieldblock thorns) very good or is there something else we could use?
the other talent on the selection
TAN
thorns is good
AA
SBG if you don’t want to kite the void slashes much
It's nice to have as a backup for AV bosses
there is a sheet that shows you everything you can spell block, i think it's n the guide
Just because you can spell Block it, doesn't mean it's good
In AA its absolutely useless
For example
Can you not block the beam on Vex?
Sure but what's the point
it does no dmg tho
On what key? it definitely wrecks on 22+ tyran
you do have reflect for every one though, so could be overkill for sure
tried on 22, was chilling with just reflect
thorns DPS is huge for tree pulls
Is kinda whack
so i can see it being not worth
besides, if youre taking Spel lblock for one thing it aint worth it imo
i can see TJS being worth for a lot of the pulls
Tjs absolutely
Guys which items should I upgrade first with valor point ?
RLP also good for first section
blocking Dark Claw is giga
and NO you can use for arcblades and the 3rd area casters
outrange arcblades
Arc blade you can outrange
ah ok
U can outrange
Nokhud is wasted to use spell Block
I was thinking the same for RLP, having spellblock for first section and first boss
then its a waste yes
big pull dungys like NO/AA probably benefit the most from thorns no
meaning spell block loses value
agreed
Nails is always solid dmg
Isn't block good for 2nd boss in ruby ?
i think spell block is needed on high key tyr for first boss in RLP
Doesn't work
no
On 2nd boss rlp
2nd boss rlp is physical
searing blows is not magic
Spell block should be baked into spell reflect imo.
2nd boss rlp searing blows always recks me any tips?
check the pins
spell reflect is already one of the best defensives in the game, overloading it more ain't it
run evoker healer, race change to dwarf kek
make sure your healer's aware
LS + IP can cover it well
same with tjs 3rd boss jade kick wrecks me
last night I had a dream where a horde can toggle to be alliance and it would race change you and give you dwarf racial
i feel rage starved on tjs 3rd boss and i just fall over
don't use defensives in phase 1 on TJS 3rd
use buttons better
just use spell reflect
3rd boss TJS not fun, you basically save everything for 2nd phase
p2 i mean not p1
you can just SR it
Where are the us vaults pics? So i can hype myself for tmrw
jade is p2
is this true? id ont think so
Jade requires CD and. your DPS to blast thru it asap, coordination with healer is big IMO
Server still down
cant afford to overlap CDs on Jade phase
Ah 10.0.5.
HP pot is big when you have a lapse in defensives, cause it'll knock out a bunch of the heal absorb
you can still use sr for the %dr in jade phase, it just doesn't deflect entirely
yes of course
ya this is huge, consider hpot a CD on that fight
pot & IV is huge, ask for healer external on another
I haven't run that high of a TJS yet, is it ever an option to lust and blow cds on P2?
cause that feels the most dangerous
another big tip on TJS is that, you dont need to run into the boss immediatly
you can
oh can't lust cause you need it for last boss
you have like 5 seconds before boss will come to melee you
dont charge the boss immediatly after kick, gives healer much more time to top you
thats not really problematic
lots of lust timing options for tjs
its better than you dieing
DPS take absolutely no damage in that phase unless they are stupid
why do you die by charging the boss huh?
if the boss moves a lot, more of the ground gets covered in green shit
kiting is a giga last resort
by charging the boss, you give it more melee uptime on you and less tiem for healer to top you when youre already like 10%
its not kiting
her melees are insignificant
this provides like, 2 extra GCDs for your healer, which is HUGE, trust
speaking from experience as a pres evoker
sometimes if i dont charge for IP ill die
pug healers arent the best
if you're in range to die to a melee, sure, don't go into melee range immediately
find it hard to believe your rage from charge is the differeniator there, are you saving ravager to top your rage before a jade strike ?
I think in higher keys, asking your DPS to hold any >1min CDs for second phase would help a lot
I find the problem with that boss isn't living the first few, it's that you run dry
Hey mates, i was wondering what are the recommended crafts ? Should i use the lariat ?
1 melee from the boss isnt gonna kill you, but charge+SS might save you
specifically for the one where you dont have mitigation like wall or external from healer, its a big difference maker and requires you to do nothing but stand still
plus the boss doesnt move
youre likely 20-30% hp with a gigant heal absorb on you
Check pins, most embelishments end up being ~1% lariet is nice cause it has 3 sockets
All necks have 3 sockets
oh I'm dum
I saw someone pop iv every other I think before running out of the circle . I've tried iv health pot iv for the 3 in phase 2
lariat is a bigger diff for offspecs if you do that, belt unlocks fire ring, otherwise all embellishments are roughly the same value
Lariat is nice cause you can choose stats, slap 3 gems in there (including a prim stat so you never have to remake) and the embellishment is decent
that boss must be kinda a joke for bdk, right
but truthfully, we've been bamboozled by the Jewlcrafting cartel
yeah death strike snipes the shield insta
brewmaster can also snipe it with celestial brew
the three bosses that prot warriors hate, blood is swag on
i have 2p tier rn, is 4p a huge jump?
it's decent defensively
You can spell Block it and take no initial damage, works for 2 in à row if cast at the right timing
oh thats a nice bleed you have there crawth, good thing my blood shield absorbs it
It's noticeable for survival IMO
need to parry some searing blows, look at this dancing weapon of mine
What’s the most popular uses for Dath trinket?
it also helps keep BrV up
Seems really bait
Yes so i just craft the slot i have the worst item on, thx
Immobile for 10 whole seconds
doing big fucking dam
popular uses? its very good dmg
its giga dam
can you charge in Dath trinket? I know you can shadow step and use transcendence on monk
Give it to your rogue
giga danagerous
The trinket pumps and is easirr on tanks than dps
its perfect
Good in raid imo
❤️
you cant
you just need to know if the pack does any truly lethal ground effects
just SW if there are
Use it when off tank?
naowh trolled and depleted like 20 keys with boon 
Probably can’t block during it?
You can, juste rooted
Ohhh shit
You still cast spells diring it
dps using it on last boss NO is the bane of my existence
In mm+ its harder to use
Harder, not Hard 🙂
like, oh boss just did his big thing? time to boon
whetstone does a similar job
i aint playing boon anymore
and is much more versatile
no mainstat on whetstone tho
i used both for a time, but double on-use, and all totem is pmuch same dmg as whetstone+ defense as well
Does good damage
im just whetstone+totem
And azur vault cause Def cd are Nice aha
in pretty much all keys
unironically, i run it also because it has mastery, otherwise id only have 460 mastery
and i dont like my chances with only 15% crit block chance
increasing your effective critblock chance by 30% is quite worth at that level
When ill get the chance to have it i think ill use ot too 🙂
I love the azur vault trinket though but it seems like im the only one aha
ye it doesnt do a whole lot
I use whetstone and world boss main stat + haste proc trink
395 trink
havent had good luck with trinks
been running blazebinder + whetstone
I've been running Blazebinder + Granyth's and it's been pretty rad
I don't care for the lack of control on the scale, but to be honest it procs quite a bit and helps passively, which is nice.
bis trinkets are the ones the game lets you have
lost alltotem to my cotank last raid, but she's great so it's ok
shucks
Wholesome. 
does anyone else have trouble with the spell reflect weakaura?
ive reinstalled it multiple times
it makes no sound and has no displat
Genshii's? I thought it was discontinued/no longer maintained.
I don’t know if it’s just me… but I feel like I lost agro on big pulls.
Well is not like I lost agro, it’s more like when I pull and the DPS instantly attack, sometime I lost agro from a few mobs and I need to use my taunt.
Anyone have the same problem? Any advice?
totem+blazebinder for me for now, would use whetstone likely if I had it, was using bone toe before I got blazebinder, blaze sims high,and feels like i'm trucking when it's up.
is there actual M+ tank trinket u might want to get in your vault orÉ
I hit SO HARD with hoof on, it's great
?
All you need is grieftorch. Just grieftorch.
blazebinder is nice, but if something else 421 popped up i'd replace it
oh I'm still doing prot for wep and shield
but I wouldn't take any of hte prot trinkets from vault
Do you need a shield? - prot, otherwise arms
i have 418 shield and wep sparks
could do fury if you have shield and need 1h
I'd do arms
Get a juicy trinket
ikr
Would you use totem over whispering?
but i was wondering if we had a tank trinket as good as hakkar in bfa
that i could hope to get
or not
i mean i have boon and icon 395 rn
ye ill go arm
Boon's scary, I don't wanna stand still haha
its fine
u get use to it
u find good windows
even in sanguine i learnt some windows
I haven't been able to raid much so I have 2piece, I'm hoping for a third piece in vault then to convert and have 4p this week
your dps are only going to thank you for not moving during 10s anyway
cuz they dumb
and dont want to move for dps
Standing still as prot feels wrong
at least once a day
i have someone telling me than real tanks dont move
that theyve played with Naowh or anything and that they facetank packs for 30 sec
its like the flat earth thing
You face tank packs while moving to the next pull
they wont llisten to any rational thoughts
they rly want to believe that there is a world where they can dps on dummies and dont have to learn how to dps while moving
I try not to move for big pulls if I dont have to so dps doesnt have to worry about moving
ye im doing that as well
but generally youre constantly moving ever so slowly
This is why I run with melee
but i know when i get good dps that theyre perfectly fine with moving
Yea
you just move everything out of your spriest friend's shadowcrash. Always gets a good reaction in disc.
if youre sitting there with 1 mob on your and its not a boss fight youre wasting time.
Yeah make sure you move out of the healers gound effects
Druids put this green shit down
fuck that
just move out of it
i always run in circle AROUND Death and decay
lol
on the outer edge
If people are gonna kick when im spell reflecting, they dont deserve to have mobs in their aoe
Yeah make sure the mobs are just barely out of it
so the DK can just chill in it
Oh
DH essence break too apparently
I went the other way with that
also just now looking over the patch notes, not that we are going to be affected that much but itd be nice if blizz made other tank classes stronger rather than effing with prot war
Unfortunately, this is not the methodology they have ever used
they literally buffed brew in the same patch.
Only saw mistweaver notes for monk
didnt see anything for brewmaster
brm got some much needed buffs. I still think they need to rework the spec a bit. It went from being a 2 button class to ultra bloat. They've always had issues with magic damage too, which was a much more glaring issue in this season's dungeon pool.
Maybe i misread. Regardless, reroll brm, prot is dead, etc etc.
prot is dead!?
yes prot is dead
Yep it was a good run.
reroll warlock
DEAD
prot still wont die
6-7% more dmg from blocked hits? its over lads
we are just rearranging deck chairs on the titanic at this point.
i still find the shield block thing bothering
we'll go from taking no physical damage to taking no physical damage
lol
haha deck chair comment had me lol'ing
Prot Warrior is stupid OP this expac, it's funny ngl and cool
the funny part its not op
was for a bit in beta
after the 5th nerf, prot is just strong and more importantly, fun
BrV needed to be nerfed multiple times. TBH 30% into IP was pretty fuckin' wild.
ye, I thought 15% was fine though, especially since we'll be losing tier eventually
ye for sure
Maybe they'll revisit with next patch. shrug
wonder what changes prot will get in s2
I'm saying, BrV is way stronger because of the synergy
We haven't even had a first tier tier set in a long time.
with current tier
4set: you can now block spells
also same patch, spell block (talent) removed

looking at class hotfixes for 10.0.5 i saw the prot nerfs.. it seems very small..... am i correct in that... whats everyone elses opinion. is this nerf pretty small and meaningless
M+: must be 4set warrior, or kick
ITS DEAD
you are correct
yeah like my block being 3% from a talent instead of 5% is pretty meaningless for me personally
I've gotta find an outlaw rogue to run non-meta comp with me now
because outlaw dead too
All i am seeing for warrior is arms things
Protection
Brace for Impact now increases block value by 3% (was 5% per stack).
Brutal Vitality now causes 10% of the damage you deal to add to your Ignore Pain (was 15%).
Shield Specialization now increases block value by 12% per rank (was 15%).
Developers’ notes: Protection Warriors are currently dominating tank populations. While we do want all tanks to feel powerful, our data and overall perceptions of tanks put Protection Warriors ahead of the pack. We’re making some small talent adjustments that are overbudget to help address this.
I'm confused why they're nerfing us, just buff the other tanks ....oh wait they are, seems very right hand doesn't know what the left is doing
Protection Warriors are currently dominating tank populations - so if we're going to disappoint players, it has to be a large enough sample size to get big forum engagement
"perception"
idk the nerf is so minor that it just feels like throwing a bone to the loud complainers
since it's not immediately obvious how much of a nerf it is to people not playing
i doubt we'll notice the nerf, just like the last one
They're starting to add up
meh
I feel like VDH took the biggest hit in the last tank nerf. So much so that their recent buff was not enough to negate it.
I think we'll still be strong and feel fine lmao
Like we're getting just as demolished as the other tanks by actual tank mechanics
They do owe us a cracked tier set imo
this only matters to blockable damage
BRM would like a word
and we only get wrekt by non blockable damage
like crawth
or RLP bleed
so this doesnt change much
Yeah the IP nerf is a big hit on that one though
in our big struggle points
brm is literally fine
its not that big
BrM came into the expansion in a less than optimal state. I'd say VDH was feeling really good going into DF and then got brought down a few pegs.
just less passive gen
Developers’ notes: Protection Warriors are currently dominating tank populations due to setting off our fun factor alerts. While we do want all tanks to feel powerful, our data and overall perceptions of tanks put Protection Warriors ahead by a six-pack. We’re making some small talent adjustments that are overbudget to help address this and bring them down a bottle, because we still havent figured out how to bring others up and nerfing is easier to say than we made other tanks bettererer... .... .FIXED
its just people doomposting 24/7
cuz they are too used to dumbfuck ez brm
especially after sl s3/s4
I just dont want tanks to go back to the kitting meta, that was awful
BRM was already getting destroyed and then they removed their 10% mitigation
The rework from bfa->slands made brm cringe so they got a completely cracked tierset
Kiting should never be a tank mechanic....change my mind
disagree, to an extent
Kiting should never be a tank Default
i hated playing vdh in df s1. Kiting meta.
...
Unpopular opinion- I don’t mind kiting 
Uptime…
I think kiting is great fun in the spring
Do I want to kite literally everything? No. Does kiting as an occasional mechanic make tanking more interesting? I think so.
we just went full circle from moving to not moving to back to moving .
kiting is a cheap cop out of ignoring mechanics that are BEYOND overtuned.
and it shouldnt be a thing
that you need to kite a mechanic
Ye if I'm kiting because the ability is overtuned, then it's less fun. If I'm kiting because it's an intended mechanic to kite then it's good imo
why should my melee character not be allowed in melee because autoattacks
Because target dummies are pretty boring? Needing to interact with the game in more ways than standing still and being a rotation bot spices things up imo
There needs to be more telegraphing of these kitable mechanics, like the arcing slash in NO trash, or the dark claw in TJS, or whatever those skeletons on SBG do. A lot of stuff can be sidestepped or microkited but there's no indication really.
I don't think kiting is the answer to that. Our toolkit has plenty of stops, utility, cds to make things interesting
the higher the key, the more i feel like me doing explosions is griefing
I think kiting can be interesting, I dont think blizz normally handles it well though
there are ranged mobs, charging mobs we can charge, casters, kick immune... but autoattacks is a tank only mechanic that incentivizes 0 interaction
the difference on some of those mechcanis, right now is: back up 5 years, life, stand still die
Speaking of kiting. Anyone have a list of abilities that you can strafe/backstep like Void Slash in SBG, Severing Slash in AA, Ice Cutter in Azure Vaults, etc.
and they're just non-kickable casts that doen't really imply the danger they present on fortified / high keys
My healer made me laugh I promptly died from three void slash
I like adds that have positional mechanics
Human or Dwarf?
Dwarf bleed cleanse is better imo
than human stun cancel
but play whatever you like aesthetically more
Yeah, stoneform is nice
Might be a stupid question but if you reflect the first part of the tank combo on the last boss of nokhud, could a dps warrior taunt and reflect the 2nd part for 500% increased damage?
the only times I want human racial is when my pug group fails thundering lol
but that shouldnt be happening
I know, should be easier now with the hotfix I imagine , now they can clear and not run up to me and i can stay charged
in theory, yes
On last boss of NO P2, is it better the reflect the first or 2nd hit of his tank buster combo?
1st
conductive
I've gotta try this
really? I though thundering would do more damage to boss
hell no
than the conductive
thundering only does massive damage because conducitve gives it 500% bonus
thundering strike does like 50k
thundering only shreds if you have the debuff
is that 1st?
conductive strike does millions
ahhhh

conductive is 1st yes
you will start topping damage if you relfect conductive on that fight
ye its conductive -> thundering
in a 21
I keep telling myself to try it, but in the midst I forget 😦 cause im old
wow, nioce!
I think ff makes their markers so easily visile for stuff like this, I don't think the aesthetic lines up but something closer to that would be nice
yo, 406 ilvl with 415 wep, just wondering, frozen devotion or sophic devotion?
mainly m+ but also some raid
sophic
Same exact helm; would you wear 421 ilvl or 415 ilvl with indestructible and a socket
421
^ 421 definitely
Crafting prio just weakest slot at this point ?
assuming you have: 2 embellishment, a good weapon, and good shield
then yeah probably
I’m thinking boots for craft
im still using 385 boots 🥹
oof
I should get 2 set 😞
I'm excited to have 4 set without sacrificing ilvl in m+ this week 🙂
currently use a 16 ilvl weaker shoulder in m+ to maintain 4set
curious, did you get your scale to drop or vault? We run nokud every chance we can , 3 of us have trinkets we want from there.. but no trinkets for any of us after weeks of multiple runs
I got scale from vault
wait so don't dispel?
why would you farm scale
? you dont get debuff if you reflect conductive
you spell reflect and dont get the debuff
i mean, let debuff sit, reflect second
Yeah I luckily got heroic shoudler last night, was going to change my 421 shoulder today, but now I'll just change my 421 chest to get 4 pc
thats terrible to do
no it turns out, thats bad
take tiny hit from thundering
and I am therefore prot trash
was wondering if 500% would apply to. your reflect
thundering does 50k
scoop me up and throw me out
You can reflect every conductive strike
no it wont
reflecting conductive
gives the boss the dot it does
and does MILLIONS of damage
ah i see
thunder strike does 50k
dope
also yeah dont farm scale, doggy doo doo trinket
bring war friend, reflect both big brain
very risky
mordretha flashbacks
taunting! shield wall! dies
Eh, I did it with a friend; it was pretty safe. I taunted while conductive was casting, he taunted while thunder was casting
ezpz
optimal DPS strategy is running grieftorch and sacrificing your party
What m plus trinkets would you run over scale ?
lol love that
literally any
trampling hooves, whetstone, blazebinder's
🧠
how to feed someone a top warcraftlogs parse. Step 1: grieftorch, Step 2: Tactical deaths
inb4 WCL has to add a new column for grieftorch casts
I'm telling you, I'm not allowed to have a grieftorch
parsing will be dominated by grieftorching ye
Dragon games equipment is a lot better now that you don't have to have your head up your targets ass to kick the balls
Me with grieftorch: turns mob around quickly when frontal happens
are halls of valor nerfs live on eu?
servers are up in 3h from now ye?
i am happy they are nerfing professions
Wat
How come more people don’t run the talent that gives you 2 charges of shield wall?
knowledge requirements is reduced
You get more Shield Walls with the other talent. You only run 2 charges of wall if you need shield wall twice in a very short period.
you bring it for certain bosses in m+ but otherwise it's not as good
Feels like I’m tyran you do
Depends on the dungeon
In
That's a buff
even on tyran i don't use it outside of RLP or TJS i'm pretty sure
you guys ready for that badass flail transmog for our prot looks from the trading post?!
nothing has changed with profs really overall
You can get more stuff with less points in profession treee ?
no
Skill to obtain the unlocks
They are reducing SKILL requirements to open specialties. Which if you're already 100 in your profession, it means literally nothing.
SKILL
nothing has changed
yeah all they did was allow you to explore the tree faster while leveling it up
Exactly
Yeah I'm 75 smithing because all the shit I can skill up on takes sparks, and reforging doesn't provide skillups
Even though it says it can
took BS to 100 with master hammers, takes a ton of mats but was the only one of my toons able to go to 100 without using sparks
That's an obscene amount of ore
Like I priced it out at 75k to just get 25skill
i do wish they made getting to 100 more accessible on a lot of the crafting profs but it's not the end of the world if you're not already someone who's investing a ton of energy into the system anyways
Can you heroic leap to interrupt the adds on razageth
ah I have a farmer toon I break out when no M+ / questing going on, mindless routes but tons of ores/awakeened. Not for everybody mind you, but i find farming mats relaxing lol.. now rep grinds.. that will make my head explode.. go figure
I could swear I saw it happen but it makes no sense
you have a log?
Yeah thats the problem, unless you're willing to spam your work in trade chat instead of playing the game, then you get no work other than the occasional guild order because nobody is going to put thier spark up in public order without the ability to put a minimal quality request.. yet bliz stated public orders are working as intended.. So i'm guessing blank on all my toons except for my inscriptionist who can fill out 20 orders for draconic treastise..
We ever get a verdict on Ruby Whelpling? I have that and Puzzle Box. Not sure which one to run until I get better.
Is it me, or does the last boss in Azure Vault have two tank buster moves?
just the dragon strike which you can reflect a little more than half of them
can reflect them all if you fire off reflect before she starts casting it.
Other than that claw strike, I don't recall what the second tank buster is
Risky but worth imo
what should I unspec for Intervene 🤔
He does an Arcane damage and knockback thing that really hurts
not all but close yeah. sometimes if you push the crystal %s at the wrong time you won't have reflect up in time
pain and gain most likely
so even for 6+ mobs should i be doing slam every single time its up prio, even if it resets and im doing like slam>slam>clap>slam and or is there some point at which i should prioritize clap and revenge so long as i have enough rage, and throw in slam every now and then?**
Can't you just out range the strike
on AV dragon? no it's like 100 yards
i've leaped to africa to move the boss and he'll still cast it and hit you
pulls like the one before tree boss in AV you can do TC>rev>TC>rev
otherwise you still hit SS on cd
okay thats what i was thinking
Not pressing ss sacrifices a lot of rage
I know the pin covers that BrV will likely still be better if you have 4set, but if you don't have 4set do we think FbV will be the play? I'm not going to have 4set till next week at minimum
i wonder what the average tipping point for that is though, like if ever youre over 6 or over 8 mobs
6 or 8 is way too low
like 20+ probably
not a realistic amount in most cases
and usually there are prio mobs which you wanna SS anyways
What are your guys thoughts for the week? good push week or no?
I'm hoping for legs and then I can convert my shoulders
it's fine if you can manage bolstering but some pulls will definitely suck
atleast its not bolstering tyr
yeah if bolster is done well, I dont think its terrible. But done poorly it will be oof
doesnt matter much, probably still BrV
how do you guys feel about the nerfs? i feel like it wont be that noticeable, but im not super sure

is there a dbm timer?
I cant think of any major pulls that would be an issue, maybe a few in RLP's?
Yeah gotta get your folks to focus down things together I think.
but most of those pulls are small in target count at least
I think it's going to be more of an issue for the 9-14 crowd where you still have to, for some damn reason, teach people the mechanics.
Higher and coordinated groups will probably have no issue from bolster imo
Cant do the big pre first boss pull on RLP or HOV unless your group is really good at killing same
Sometimes I feel like healers forget we exist, ill be at half health waiting for VR to come off CD with zero heals incoming
we're strong like ox and smart like rocks
healers don't have it very easy rn. if they think they can ignore the tank they will 100% of the time
i want to craft elemental lariat but i already have weapon and belt and someone told me i can only have two
you can only have 2 embellishments, not 2 crafted pieces
you can only have two embellished pieces
you can only have two embellishments
there isn't a limit on regular crafted pieces
I have two rings, weapon, and shield because i got m+ bis neck and said yolo
yeah I''m not jealous of healers in high keys lmao there's so much unavoidable damage that need to be healed for the DPS to not implode
so you guys saw the changes? we spam cast Slam now, i'm very excited
and they usually get pushed into doing the mechanics nobody else wants to deal with
honestly my crafting methodolgy was to craft whatever was the most impactful mainstat pieces that didn't occupy tier slots
then lariat
Protection: casting Slam now provides 100% block chance during cast
huhhhh!?
lmaooooo
what lol
my guy joined the server to throw that one out there
That would be hell lol

this is why nobody trusts class discords
I dont think so
nah im trolling
I figured
imagine the possibilities
none
.1 seconds of 100% block seems terrible
sweats in rage starved
can't imagine because the wording of it is so awful it doesn't make sense
how am I gonna press slam if I'm using whirlwind though 
it wouldn't change anything at all
big L for whirlwind enjoyers across the globe
I think whirlwind needs this buff: Whirlwind provides 100% speed boost when pressed 😎 🏎️
WW has a very satisfying sound effect, don't ask me how i know
if i have more embellishments which ones are chosen then
?
i have the potion one and armor spikes
you just don't get to wear them if you already have 2 equipped
and the alchemical flavor pocket because it doesn't count against the total
you cant equip more than 2, it'll stop you
you have to remove a piece or recraft the embellishment off of it
^^
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/character/eu/tarren-mill/Meeresrestin explain this then
what the sword?
I see two embellishments
well fed buff doesnt count
ah
it's not marked as an embellishment
nice
ye, its super nice to have
Like i just said haha
makes my raid and m+ food last forever
I'm name changing my warrior from Burgahw to Burgahww
Alchemical Flavor pocket superiority
agree
it's on my sword too
I like the headcanon of eating a little snacky snack off my hilt while I'm blocking
how much did yall spend on flavor pocket or like what was your limit on saying "this is definitely not worth it"
COSPLAY GOD
i can't justify it yet lol
I found one
I just got mine
20k to never have to re-food mid m+? hella worth it for me.
mine was 20k lol
Worth tbh
u can just not die for free
I mean
food is insanely cheap
dont be ridiculous
I bought 1000 for like nothing in the first couple weeks
but 10 seconds of my life every death isn't free 😦
Hey Gamers, should I gem something else then 88+ haste after 32% or. still go for Haste ?
Haste + Vers is higher stat budget, probably that
now its 110k
for what
I'm not sure that single stat gems are ever worth it
food embellish
one stat gems are generally worse cause its smaller stat budget
it's 150k on my dead server...
right
unless you mean LITERAL food
hoping it just drops
yes
got mine on the cheap then 😎
just sim yourself
that's what I was saying, the food itself is super cheap
Thanks ❤️
as per literally every gear question
food itself is cheap
yeah the food embellish is absolutely not worth it anymore
^^
yeah i missed out on getting it before everyone realized it's not a real embeliishment =/
it was like 40k that one week and i waited on it
it got changed
Got mine first week for 10k
it comes from the weekly feast quest
hehe ❤️
Who can make them?
ohhh
Or it's a drop
That makes sense
flavor pocket superiority 😎 never have to waste 10 seconds
eh I still have to waste 10 seconds waiting on my party to eat 😦
sounds like they should have gotten a flavor pocket
Yes.
-pulling intensifies-
every single perosn who has ever said "i dont have to wait 10s between pulls" has been the singular cause we arent just pull timering insta after each pull
my guys FRATERNIZING talking like his flavorpacket is saving time
mean while we're on minute fucking two of a work story
I type "r" and of they don't respond in 2 secs I pull 
and i killed two feasts myself
XD
"inc"
i spam w to edge forwards, if after the 10th step nobody has done anything, we charging in
meanwhile the group is like "what does r me-- oh shit"
r = roblox, yeah?
nono, it means runescape
this but with healer mana. if i don't see you drinking after a few back and forth strafes IMMEDIATELY after dropping combat that's my queue
as in, looking for runescape gf
no no it is a programming language for statistics
r is ricardo

r for rub my...
I reamed the last dude who bitched about not being able to eat after a wipe/res like bitch that 67 vers didn't stop your dumbass from standing in stupid before

ok uh.... no no it is the Pearson correlation coefficient
stop hitting college flashbacks of cursed topics
guys... r is a letter ffs
hello friends! I'm wondering if someone could peep some logs for me and help me understand prot warriors better
Idk if this is the correct place to do that, if not sorry
drop em in
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/k9g8XFQpDtaLMcyP Guild is just going into endgame heroic, and starting mythic
I'm not the prot warrior in question but i feel his healing is low, and as one of the healers he feels way rippier than i would expect
is he sitting in dstance?
his cpm is low
needs to press his buttons more in general
especially shield slam
he's probably rage starved from how little he's slamming
tell him to take off interrupting shout and thunderlord
and put in at least champions bulwark for shield charge
would take off 1 point of overwhelming rage and spec into 2nd point of cruel strikes.
cant do that
champions bulwark not being talented is the biggest offender imo
yes
increases shield block, and generates a ton of rage
which gets turned into healing

This build for raz is very questionable at best lol
also, his blocked hits is low, only 78%
so he's not having shield block up
which mitigates a lot of damage
what about the eranog kill? We had a lot of unrelated problems on raz
and increases his damage
Hes also running tough as nails on raz instead of spell block which is bad
im p sure you wanna look at the 2nd hits column, since the first one counts swings that get parried or dodged
same critique talent wise. he runs the same talents
he just needs to hit his buttons on CD
but still low
so guild is inviting me for azure 20 weekly but im bit worried about last boss tbh.
Can you just plant on ledge now with change to thundering?
thats gonna solve like 90% of his problems
whats the idea with the ledge? all balls just clump up on me?
yea they spawn a lot closer to the boss
so theyre easier to get to
not the balls, the shards
shards, right
he's generally not pressing enough buttons and also not pressing the correct ones. His talents could also use work
how do you deal with the balls then?
pray they dont target you
don't move more than you have to, heroic leap, healer dispel
although with the nerf to the slow you can outrun them even at 10 stacks
The balls you can hang on the ledge but they some times come up to you, you can leap away until they get close, than dispel and run back
what dispel?
Yoy cut off half the map, so they only spawn on one side, @tender cove after a while they will clump up u run to the other side, if healer doesnt dispel use thundering buff
Yes, he seems to not be using his buttons like at all? Which can be caused by his spec, he looks to be really rage starved. he needs to shield block and shield slam alot more
sidnote: do you have to time a 20 to get the teleport stone? or just finish it
time
Yes time it
waht his casts should be vs what his casts are
basically missing half his buttons
and ports only work per character, so you'll need to refarm them on your brewmaster this week
I am finally leveling my monk which was my main for a few years prior to this patch since they were kinda DOA on DF launch
See you guys in the brewmaster discord, Burgahww out 🫡
woo Nando, prot is not even close to dead lol
(its a joke)
i don't want to go, can't we just rename this channel brewmaster
which one of these is "should be"
top
Yeah I'm pretty sure everyone is being sarcastic @winter glade
I couldnt tell since ive seen some people actually saying that
the one with double the actions per minute



