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whats the general rule of thumb between using Dstance and Battle?
Bstance as default. Switch to dstance if you can't live stuff otherwise.
prot war get d stance?
people doing triple pack at start of HoV in bolster week?
Fuck no
Sounds like a great way to get an omega huge dragon
Just focus dragon
Did on a 21. Funnel dragon, it's fine.
if i may ask for fast review : https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/dJXjAkwLnv9fKZVz/#fight=27&type=casts&source=50
what i fuqed up expec rev usage
Only 11 thunderous roar?
your over using revenge under using everything else
ye i know
your wasting a tone of rage
thats why i type e xp rev usage fuq up
nah
Yeah sorry bro, language barrier
Where can I see this statistic in logs, seems interesting
so less rev and more cast for everything else
Poor lad didn't do a thing right 
yes
ty for your time will try work on that
Ok thanks, need to try to find it
Does that statistic mean that u are capping over max rage basically?
So all the rage past 100 is recorded as wasted?
Are there any desired CPM you want to aim for in relation to all the main rotational spells? If you don’t consider variance on SS procs obviously
yes
Is it better to waste rage still than miss GCD on SS? I suppose so
IP is off gcd
that's what it's there for
Ok yeah, that's where that ip ss macro comes handy
Is there an addon for filtering out raids with 2 tanks and dungeons that already have a tank?
In the LFG tool
premade groups filter
Thanks
ye
Macro IP and SS together to prevent that ever happening
Ah, u wrote that actually my bad
Has anyone gotten any sparks from random content? Is the drop rate low?
What are u asking, sorry?
Check pins
damn really
should check this prot section more
that macro replaces your IP bind btw, not your SS bind
is our 4 set super strong?
It's 5% leech
cool thanks
its not just 5% leech
its enable BrV to do even more
its insane in aoe
and meh in ST
Tell me more
let's you sort groups
so you wont see groups with tanks, or if you pug with a dps you can set that as well
that addon is dope AF btw
Do you guys think we are in a good spot after the nerfs or do you think blizzard will knock us down a peg before S2?
we are garbage, we must reroll to monk now
Lolol
Honestly only asking cause my main is guardian but now that I finished 2600 io my alt warrior might become my main
Can’t be worse than guardian
just play class which you like to play most
IS nay haste too mich haste
since there is no borrow power each class lives and dies by how good their talent trees are and they keep improving upon those
any*
40 % before any buffs
Nice so like 40% b4 ITF
yea
ty I hadn't been paying attn and hit 34% and was like 👀 Did I goof
They'll keep nerfing us until community perception is that prot is dogshit tier
This is universally the law at blizzard, prot warriors are only allowed to be good in the last season when nothing matters
I mean…bfa?
Is a perfect example
Not if being good only in the last season lmao what?
Bfa? We were good entire bfa
Perception
S1 wants a word with you
Except s1*
and it wasnt great in raid
Like we were considered shit until after battle
No cares about raid lol
We were good enough to clear raid
I mean that patch
And we were meta in m+
We literally got 1 shot by throw stone in s1
We were no where close to meta for the first major patch
You've got some insane Rosey goggles
I mostly tanked in m+, can’t speak from raiding perspective
I was 95% dps in raid
Only tanked couple fights like council, bc our dk tank was getting shit stomped by Kimbul.
Or one of the council 🤔
I tanked both and while we were secret strong for several things, in m+ it was incredibly challenging because bleeds and unlockable damage abounds.
Oh and IP in the GCD? Fun
Whichever was hitting hard and putting bleed on you.
Everybody hated on pwar in bfa for raid
"but magic dmg"
People lost raid spots and got kicked out of guilds because they were pwar in bfa
Like the disconnect was insane
"op in m+ but dogshit in raid" wtf kind of logic was that
Logic for the brain dead
Hence why I strongly disagree when people claimed "paid for your sins in bfa", pwar still got absolutely memed by the community for the other big pillar of the game and everybody forgets about that
if anyone has new talentbuild for raiding ?
Pins
Good point, as I said I didn’t know how it was in raid because I was dps. I only had perspective from m+point of view.
thanks
I always laughed when people in my bfa guild wanted me to tank keys but wouldn’t let me tank raid
Prot War was pretty cool in EP... though I was forced to play Blood for Azshara
something about gripping adds
I had to continously annoy my RL for like 3months and also required 3 tanks to quit before I got to show him how good pwar was
Meanwhile our guild was gonna double prot war... but I went blood for S4 cause I was like "wow, look at the maut wep, it must be stonks!'

I was wrong
Actually fuggin dumb
But in the end…your stonks were negative
Is our 4 set worth dropping if for example helm/shoulders are 398 and i can just craft them at 418?
depends? Raid maybe, M+ probably not
Don’t even say that name… my guild was strict af about timings, so in p1 monkey 🙈 range dps had to use their cds bc they’re dumb and we were pushing boss to fast and had to hold dps for like 20-30sec. I remember not using my cds at all sometimes and running soaking far puddles…
Azshara can suck a nut
Honestly Azshara is like top 5 my favourite final bosses
Did u tank it or dps
it always came down to the console, and everytime we were looking at the kill pull... we forgot to do it
you're high
Tanked it
Probably why. As melee dps it was one of if not the worst fight ever
hes gaslighting you
tanking that was a pain
and if I ever have to do that p1 again... I may lose it
Tank on pwar with pally co tank, I wouldn’t say it was a horrible pain honestly
still have my ep aotc mount i never paid for
From what I recall, most people call azshara one of the worst bosses in wow history
how should i be simming myself as prot war, just for dps ?
gm rl of the guold same guy probably hates me
You can only sim for dps yes
im ready to make my first big boy crafted item
and i want to make sure im doing it right
If you don't have a 418+ shield, get a shield
i have 405 shield, and figuring i just bump that up to next tier?
sim for damage, youll be good; general stat prio Haste>crit=vers>mastery; want a bit of each though in most cases
The reality was that we had amazing DPS in m+ and exceptional damage reduction in raid but our rage budget was so complex you had to plan 15 seconds ahead or you got destroyed
what about your shield, makes it so important?
it gives block
40% chance for max rank like 99% for rank 4 is my experience so far
which is like, what we do
Block and armor
It's the same situation as brewmaster was in in 10.0
Its amazing in raid but nobody even wants to give it a chance!
And it's certainly good enough in keys
I get why it could be considered on if the worst, and honestly I didn’t think it was good initially, but after 100 pulls it grew on me /shrug
Ive been eyeing brew
M+ community for pugging is terrible atm
Block and armor up.... and then die to a dragon breathe immediately after... just pike saturday cartoons
brew's dmgs are cracked
thats what my Blood DK does to 😦
What's 2nd boss rlp lol?! Just CB and dodge it lmao
oh bleed on Crawth EZ mode
bdk takes dmg, laughs in deathstrike
Vast majority of the groups won’t invite you for a key unless you did same key lvl or higher and you’re meta.
Bdk just ignores everything ye
Bdk is better in 6/8 keys than pwar
If not for spell reflect and dmg output
It would be meta
Blood is in a healthy spot
That’s what we have dstance, reflect, demo, wall, and last stand for
a little more damage wouldnt hurt
it has everything that pwar has but also a pet, brez and grwbby hands and anti magic sjit as well
Well it doesn't have an aoe stun, bshout or rally
i mean..... its not fair honestly
Those are big points
Only bad ones
even though they know how to track runic power
Yup
Yeah IMO BRM was fun doing the few keys in mine
You say that, but you know healers are just looking at their frames
and they see this one guy going up and down and instinctively are like wtf is going on!
I have a wa that watches their rp
i can fuckin live with my IV though as it is or even if they decide to nerf it again
you say that but when I heal I only try to do damage and get mad when people take damage
and when I was playing Prot in SL, healers loved me cause they are like 'wow.... your damage intake is so smooth... my heart attack is gone'
iv 30 second deathstrike, 20 second in mythic +
cuz your constantly sniping some add reseting it
And yet people went apeshit when they played with a pwar in DF
Despite us being pretty much the same defensively, apart from leech
I didnt pug much, but yea, I imagine the pug world was poop
I was playing prot for my guild keys; then arms so that our Prot Paladin could tank
was a good time
It only took 3 expansions for the "mitigation model" to get noticed

but when isnt the pug world not poop
i say this in the nicest way possible
you have no odea how bad pug world is
its the pitts
I just dont see the point; why play without the bois?
Bfa 95% tankbuster reduction "pwar is shit because it can't heal"
i dont have to play with the boys
gotta find some bois first
i just wanna find some pepegas the exact same as me and go in and win
and then we never see eachpther ever again
thats what gaming is about to me, meeting new people
I'm honestly finding that the community perception has been harmful in a way that I didn't expect. I was getting trucked on 3rd boss TJS earlier, and people in the group were giving me shit when I was dying while heal absorb was still up, because they assume prot warrior is immortal
Anyone run into an issue with web blast on mythic senarth hitting non tank players? She will randomly change targets mid cast off our demon hunter. Both tanks in range
Most of the community lives in a world where 1, maybe 2 tanks and healers can do keys over 15s and half the dps specs do less damage than tanks
i get the same enjoyment out of playing with friends, randoms or even solo
its about me, and maybe my group, found a way t9 ovsrcome where it normally seemed monumental task or impossible
happened once; hasnt happened since
not really sure what triggers it tbh
In my experience there are plenty of DPS players who can't keep up with the tank 😁
dps is the hardest role
do you guys macro ava/rav/roar
no
million other bastards coming for your gear if you are dps
We are struggling to find the cause, happening multiple times per pull. I know dathea has some weird interactions with melees and zephyr during succ but that doesn't seem to be it here
the one time it happened was right after a grip
i macro no button to no other button
so I know what you are referring to.... I just dont know how to was triggered
step 1, be a random johnny dps tagging in a pug
step 2, be carried by other dps players doing mechanics, interrupts, control
step 3, think tank takes no damage because its broken
step 4, pug again, but now you with other johnnys
step 5, die blame the tank
maybe one of you just wasnt in range fast enough?
i just, hit buttons
are you macroing any of your cds together?
maybe throwing a taunt out during grip would work
no
No
They dont really line up
Don't macro things together
press.
and you want to press things on CD and in the proper order
like Ravager can be thrown during or before you charge in
not with AM
im just smooth brain pwar
lets be real, warriors only know how to zug
fire is cozy and melts ice, so stand in both same time, cpunter act eachother, yogi tip
Unga bunga
Anyone else had Molten boulder in rlp just straight up blow in your face? Just bricked a 20 where the boulder rolled about 2 yards from boss, couldn’t see any objects blocking it.
chest enchant - waking stats (+150 STR) or sustained strength (+111 STR, 300 STAM)?
Happened to me? No. Happened to not paying DPS and Healers? yea. It can hit like the edge of the sidewalk and explode
really need to be mindful about baits and positioning on that fight
Waking
thanks
Cheaper and more primary
oh, oh, hmm wtf i did sustained str twice
Waking seems to be the more popular choice
there really isnt a huge difference
but I think more people prefer the extra 40 strength over the 300 stam
at least 2 times i used rank 2's (chest sustained str) rank 1, 5 gold, rank 2, 35gold rank, 3, 6500 >.>
not like i have 418 or 421 chest
The stam enchants are absolute whack
Might aswell not have an enchant at that point
say that to my, i dunno wtf he was, but very end of TJS, over killed by 40, and then he was madge
Yes Chef!
Well shit I've had Sustained Strength on my chest for a hot minute. Guess I could swap and see the difference haha
i never really follow a guide when it comes to enchanting my gear
enchant gear is very 12345 6789 10 for me
this is the enchants ive done, addon doesn't like DF i think
someone recommended macroing ip to something earlier, i think it was shield slam?
or shield block
For m+ is it worth training whelp shell to do aoe? or single target
Shield slam.
ST
Macro shield slam to IP
sweet
is 4p good?
macroing abilities is the fastest way to starve your rage. innit?
Doesnt replace a keybind tjo
ok so you're still casting ip seperately, just also with ss
This particular one just lets you snipe SS while pressing IP
The point is if shield slam procs when you are pressing IP, it will instead do the more important slam
it'll do both since IP is off the GCD
noted. I'll do that then
You macro ss after IP to avoid losing a reset
Thanks you beautiful bastards
so just /use ignore pain /use shield slam eh?
/cast
Thought that too, but was happening outside of pull in, just randomly
beautiful ty
Oops, hjad that backwards
rava and roar dont desync do they? or am i missing a talent
also im assuming, but just checking, wowhead is good source for up to date build?
Just got ruby whelp, is the choice still fire bolt/haste?
ty for answering my questions today friends, i really appreciate it
Yes, i believe they did update wowhead for 10.0.5
who tf does that ?
? Nothing wrong with it
You use a normal shield slam and an ignore pain with shield slam. it snipes SS resets
Microoptimization
super wierd imo but ok
You seem super passionate about that Ooo
sometimes when ur not on ava/cds and u play 130 rage build you wont be able to stack as much as u want
?

Shield Slam generates rage.
This is just using the free slams we get when we're bulking IP
^
130 rage build is real?
Like we're using IP all the time anyway.
If you forego pain and gain and bounding stride, you can get overwhelming rage
But playing without bounding stride causes me physical pain irl
no, because we don't gain enough rage constantly to make it work
i feel like u have less control on ur rage that way but ok
itd have to use bolster
i play 130 rage in academy
and we don't take bolster
with no cc at all
It replaces your ignore pain keybind, not your shield slam keybind.
kinda troll but
Eh.. We are spam bots.. Never had a time i consistently cap on rage
Big difference
How do you deal with Violent Outburst if you macro IP and SS?
i think i misunderstood here
Dawg one generates rage and free procs, what's happening is you replace IP on your keybind so when you use IP you get the shield slam procs if they're up;
out the two, do u take inspiring presence or intervene ? i typically take inspring, seems more useful in general
You have a normal SS and a IP that does SS too. Nothing changes
So it both uses IP and generates rage from the SS proc
Neither
this
is pain and gain the better option then?
ok I thought u were pressing ip on every ss
Intervene is only good in HoV
Inspiring presence only in raid
Ye
my baseline m+ talents
oh ok cool, i thot inspiring wud be helpful for high aoe output in keys
can swap out all the normal stuff, spell block for tan, battering ram for thunderlords
thunderlord just not that vluable in m+?
Not compared to battering ram
ok
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is spell block that much better than the dmg you're getting from togh as nails/
i can imagine its def good for tjs
If you need spellblock, then yes.
spell block is very key related imo
You almost always want to spend outburst on ss
spell block i have learned is another "don't die button"
which is super important to me
its your choice I'd say 900k dark claw pre mitigation and spell block blocks around 50% is a bit better than 3% overall from tough as nails
True, but you can just walk backwards away from dark claws anyways
if u dont need spell block you better go for buffed bleeds than tough as nails imo
as on lower keys it might be true casue the pack is dying realy quick, as on 24 tyra when i did the last pack, I had to run away after like a minute or so and the mobs were still at 20%
If you are talking bloodborne.. its a pretty bad talent
Bloodborne is not a dps increase over nails.
Only want to Clap on 5+ targets so its usually better to burn it on SS
yea, the math doenst check out on bloodbourne
Bloodborn requires two points to do the damage of nails with one point
and although we Zug, we also do mathz
That many, I was figuring like 3+
Gotta love trap talents lol
Gotta love trap comments tbh
The only key where bloodborne may beat nails is AA
I feel like an old school dk without bounding strides. Warr mobility is a myth with current abilities (i guess we have a bunch of charges, but they're a ton of mechanics you cant charge through safely)
Cuz of the ultra pulls
dont do such an abomination
5+ is the only time it's a good choice over SS for VO
Not any different
It just prevents you to overcap rage
So, very handy
Did you get any info out of the SOS run Andy did @strong forum ?
anyone know spell block spell id
I guess I was overvalueing thunder clap with VO in m+
cant find in premade aura wa
@strong forum do u know if its possible to macro SS/TC together? I mean for pure ST casue the resets are random from devastator if u know what I mean\
I think so, but idk how to write that
But idk if that's smart to do, you'd need an entirely new keybind
I have atleast 7 left from my monk
prot warrior legit has no keybinds

Should be a spreadsheet with all the abbreviations pinned :P
Prot war has the 2nd most keybinds of all tanks wdym
Only brew has more
I use 35 combat binds for pwar
48 in total
Only three rows
You are able to block spells cast against you for 14 sec. In the Uncategorized Spells category. Requires Warrior. Added in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.
bru is there even that many keys
all keybinded except one
Smh
also i had some macros on the side bars
tyty
for focus
TBC warlock, Curse → Shadowbolt.
bring it back
I’m using like around 45ish binds
Yea Im a warlock main
In cata I legit had 60 keybinds for warlock pvp
So for all my other toons I have like a whole row left
And I didn't even play with focus and Arena frames shit
So missing like 15
Absolute keybind insanity
1-4 f, shift f, ctrl f, g, shift g, ctrl g, shift 1-5 and q-r, ctrl 1-5 and q-r then ctrl shift 1, 2, 3, and 4
That's what... 30?
123456
qertzyxcvfg
- shift alt and ctrl modifiers and potential f keys
so many keybinds
Ctrl+Alt+S is one of my BIS Keybinds
MFin piano man
I also make sure across all characters that the keybinds do the same thing if the functionality exists
ctrl+shift+1? man you guys got some crazy hand dexterity
shift 2 is execute, shift e is kick, shift 4 is a movement ability
im gunna have to practice
Ctrl and shift one finger
Shift+Spacebar is the GOAT keybind. That's my shield wall 💪🏻
My hands are massive, dawg, ctrl shift 1 is two fingers, pinky and middle
yeah so are mine thast actually exactly the problem lol
im stuck clawed up
Same with Ctrl and alt with pinky and thumb
I also use a 68% keyboard
ctrl is very hard to hit because i have to fold my pinky like crazy
so everything is cramped together
I spam jump while doing my rotation, if I bind anything to that I'll literally ruin myself
But I guess I have decent dexterity, i play guitar haha
Shift space is actual BIS mount macro
A friend of mine used the F row keys with one of those old keyboards where the F row was on the other side of the planet. Probably helped that he was a piano player.
i waste a goat keybind in V for autorun
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Just look at my jumping ass
its been my autorun since vanilla i cant change
Perma
mb4 for my autorun
I rarely jump, but I also don't use space for a modifier on many
Can’t mount in combat problem solved 
u think its safe to keybind scroll wheel (without modifiers)? is there ever a time mechanic wise u need to scroll in or out?
and for healing I use, save for a few spells, all click cast so it's just a matter of remembering what's what.
Lol that's insane 🤣🤣
im thinking maybe tight spaces?
I use scroll up and down
Yeah it's safe, not many people still have zoom in/out on scroll
in TJS, does spell block block jade serpent strike/
And modi versions too
my mans said "35 keybinds is not enough I have to ALWAYS be pressing something"
Yeah
How bad is this nerf for us?
Nope just the regular pre-jade serpent strike
I NEED to spam
If your hands don’t hurt by the time you’re done with wow for the day you haven’t got enough keybinds
Irrelevant
You have to reroll druid now
We take 6% more phys dmg, that's it
also damn you listen to that junkyard techno stuff i know a guy who makes that kinda music never ever heard anything like it again till now
idk what oyu call that genre
It didn't change playstyle and barely changed survivability
just sounds like the future
Sound is sound just need something happening in the ears
Havent played since 2 years but came back cuz tank warr is nice, but in what way is prot superior?
Dps and damage taken?
Every way but mobility
It's super consistent, very good dmg, block remains like always. Have alot of CDs
Survivability is insanely high, damage is good, the self-sustain is bonkers
SMOOTH damage curves
We back at clapping ftw?
like you don't take massive spikes like druids or monks or DH do, it's smoother to heal, I run both
Damn nice, SB pogging then? We should do fine ST?
We're #1 St dmg tank
Yes
Bathe in the glory lads for next season, only blizzard knows 
even then, we have 3 possible outs for bleeeds, talent, race, evoekr
Nvm they don’t know
Next season will suck for pwar
Halls of infusion and brackenhide are literally anti-pwar
Which talent removes bleed?
Stoneform
I hope they get slammed with the change hammer
bitter immunity
He’s talking about BI
Bitter immunity doesn't remove bleeds
do proffessions help anything with ur spec now? I've heard it should impact the gameplay more now
Bitter doesnt remove bleeds.
No
Only gearing maybe..
Not even then really
You can order any kind of gear, you don't need to make anything yourself
Alcomy potions last longer is the only thing that professions have any effect on.
Yeh alchemy is a given proffession
Any advice before i enter NO19 ? 😄
Clap
Gl
Woho
Use spell reflect 👍
Bait those casts on storm boss!
Yeah
You can outrange arcing strike
You don't need to tank that hit
Only reflect conductive strike on last boss
8 yards just like void slash
i have to place a marker on girl on duo boss or i get fucked up
It's shorter than void slash
i always fuck it up without, every time
Ye but it also say 8 for dark claw
Fair
But that's just 1 step
cuz, its so much easier to just save leap and charge for the marked girl
Void slash you need to proper run away
I always feel like it’s so inconsistent with the range on all three
You can just follow the leaps she does 🙂
The voidslash mobs have large hitboxes
Yea true, everything also wiggles constantly as dwarf too
The swirls do 0 dmg
So thay probably doesn’t help
this weekend is extremely free if people kick spells and attempt to kill mobs evenly
just saying
Where they try to get closer to you
But they're already in range
So they shimmy around
very very asy push conditions RIGHT NOW
like, keys are stupidly easy right now gogo
All Player race hit boxes should be the same
To prevent classic cheese
Where tauren had a larger melee range
That shit is so annoying lol
Yea it’s not as bad as the dragons in rlp but they definitely always just readjust
Jaina used to wiggle a lot too
Hated that
anyone know anybrew's reasoning for enduring alacrity over something like battering ram? seems lowish value
i played rogue in 2005 wow so i got to experience doing, go stealth, distract ONE elite guy from a pack so he desyncs, go to sap a mob, sap fails and im out of stealth
and probably pick pocket too, life was good
I use it in Raids. But Battering Ram is nailed on in M+
He said they mathed it out that you needed a certain amount of tc hits to make TL better or something, idk probs talking out my ass
Glad I'm not the only one experiencing this
To quote myself "the best case scenario for TL is that it allows you do get demo shout for boss mechanics which you otherwise couldn't survive"
Last boss rlp was doing a jig in me
That's what I told Andy
Yea that’s pretty much what he said
But such a scenario doesn't exist
Because defensive stance exists
What’s that
ya i played with tl for a while and never felt like i got a demo shout where otherwise wouldnt have in terms of boss mechs plus ya theres always other tools
Literally if Demo would allow you to survive you should just be pressing defensive for the burst
It's always in combination with dstance obv
We did the math, it doesn't beat any other talent still
Yea I talked with asa briefly, the rage gen felt nuts but outside that was meh
In my case I'd lose BV for it, but all teh rage I'd gain from ravager I'd get from BV instead
So it's a net 0
But you don't get the dmg amp for CDs
stacking Avatar and Booming Voice for Battering Ram and TRoar is fun
dmg reduced by 30%
I don't play Thunderlord for the defensive benefits, I play it for the offense
It wasn’t so much the damage tbh IMO
I like the synergy of DS with SC
I see some people stacking crit over vers, crit is just damage right?
craft shield of hearth or molten defender?
Molten defender
why ?
I think I have Thunderlord, so I'm going to drop it for Battering Ram I think
More dam and parry
what if they instead nerfed the dmg of base ravager to 70% and then if you take that talent, you get 30% dmg to make it what it used to be
Cuz hearth is bad
Mouse over your crit in game and read it
😄
which boss does Arcing strike, dont think ive been outranging it so can improve on it
There are better embellished items
thunderlords is bad some how
What are you gonna remove for it lol
Its mob
TL is not very good, even in mythic +
It's the melee mobs around the totem packs at 2nd boss
its good, but its not B A S tier
ohh nice thanks!
Enduring Alacrity
Wut
With latest nerfs did that effect ITF/HR dynamic at all? Would it seem ITF is even more greedy to play in m+ or am I missing something
That doesn't answer my question
Infurious Helm and UNstable Frostfire belt are better overall
Cuz outside of 25s, you shouldn't even have that talented
Like, you can't play TL + Battering ram without giving up a better talent
need a better shield @viscid plaza ^^
Molten Defender
Unless you for God knows why, don't play punish
I’m a double bloodborn gamer
That's why you make the molten defender because it's better to spend your 2 embellished slots elsewhere

Id be making a helm, but I like the potion duration increase I put on my molten defender haha
Sure
so molten defender whitout embellished?
People use helm?
Hearth has an embellishment which means you can't get a better one like with the belt or the helm, so defender is better
Some folks do, I'm sure there's a better embellishment but I don't know all of them. I just know the helm is better than the shield
Confused by what?
Lariat + Hearth = no belt or helm
Hearth has an embellish so it’s better than molten? Or am I having 3am dyslexia
Dyslexia
Yeah molten is better
I wish shield spikes were an enchant and not an embellishment :(
training the whelp does not increase dmg/healing/stats of particular ability, it just change the proc chance of the spells right?
I've been doing HC for 3 hours, didn't notice that when I used catalyst on a gear piece, I lost the gem
yeah the values are just based on ilvl
thanks
when simminng are you all just looking at dps or is there somethingn else to compare?
Can’t sim anything other than damage
and in most cases are prot wars just taking the dps increase?
pretty much; you can follow the stat prio of I level>haste>crit=vers>mastery
Generally yes within reason
and for trinkets, theres a general list of what we like
gotcha, im wonderinng if i craft my 418 shield or craft 418 wep and upgrade crystal bulwark to 415
Whichever option gives you more stats
Shield>Wep
In combination
I'm seeing some warriors enchanting Mastery, is there some breakpoint where adding Mastery for the AP is the play?
I went really hard into Haste/Vers
might be playing fury or arms main spec
and I keep seeing people doing otherwise
for my prot specific gear (one hand sword and shield) i went vers/haste and for things like lariat I went haste/crit
There's probably a whole laundry list of things I'm just being bad at
the only real breakpoint is at 30% stat you start getting a diminishing return so it may give better ROI to invest in the next best stat ?
but gear is frankly a small portion of what will make you better; as long as you equip highest I level, youll be alright
more often then not, its your gameplay that will account for the largest increase in surv and damage
I enchant for Mastery because I have very little on the rest of my gear and all stats matter
what 405 would you craft? its either belt / second ring , but belt is giving me 340 more haste due to set piece with hands 😄
yeah.. i have
Nah don’t craft a trinket
I’d play seed but yea hoof probably the play for dam
is boon a trap for m+? too risky for 10sec?
Depends if you can use brain to decide when it’s safe
is it cancelable?
No
Depends on the key tbh
Don’t think so
Same argument for a guzzle, just depends how you use it
Yeah that's cap
That a 20ilvl upgrade on belt is a dps loss
Ah nvm
It's cuz set bonus
Should be able to run an actual droptmizer sim if you have it
its running 🙂
ST
Don't chain pull
it's not as terrible a sin as it used to be, now that bolstering fades
still bad practice
thanks
Its still awfully slow
So no statbuff just st?
Haste is also usable, but St is the most consistent of an inconsistent trinket
I feel like bolstering is just slow in general
most dpsers aren't careful to kill stuff evenly
Thanks
It sure is slow, no reason to make it slower
Can you intervene or charge with it with it like rogues can shadowstep?
anyone else notice sometimes shield charge goes on CD but doesnt do anything. typically like when target in in midair or something. it doesnt exactly behave like regular charge
Never noticed that no
i think it occurs usually like when target is not exactly in the same horizontal plane as ur character
by do nothing i mean it doesnt move me into target even tho theres enough gap between me and target that a regular charge would have moved me
OH
You mean that
Ye it doesn't move you if it's not >8yrds
But it still does dmg and everything
but i swaer its like more than 8 yds
Does anyone want to give me feedback on a 21 NO run from yesterday? I still think I need to Revenge more.
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/q6tcfZyHDdKvhFG3/#fight=5&type=damage-done&source=2
it could have a longer duration, up to 1 minute i think
but never permannet
also it caps at 10 bolsters
nobody wants to see SBG spider, 35 bolsters
You should send more SS
What item should i upgrade first to 418 ? https://i.imgur.com/VZzdJD8.png i have legit no clue
Ring, wep,shield belt and lariat is craftet
10 bolster spotters in siege of boralas the good days
sux we wont see anything like bolstered spotters in siege anymore
You can compare to mine
I agree. Perhaps I am making the wrong decision. During Avatar on trash pulls, I am trying to use TClap on every CD. So my rotation is TClap -> Revenge -> TClap -> SS -> TClap -> S-Charge/T-Roar/Ravager. I'm just struggling with having enough GCDs.
There is a target point where that becomes play isnt there but forget what it is
is SS prio in AOE for rage gen to enable more Revenge?
yeah, Avatar CD and SW CD, too
Wow. I was only at 59k in details
Shield > weapon > belt > ring/lariat
why does your log show the whole group as tanks
Cuz we are

lol....
Sadly then Band is broken up, otherwise we'd get alot more content now
Cuz I've gained 8ilvl since this run 😦
ty <3
oh damn
sadge
So.. I will try prioritizing SS over TClap on pulls <= 5 mobs, even with Avatar, and see if that nets me any higher dps.
Wow, I expected that I was spending too much rage on IP, but you literally cast it ~100 times more likely due to your SS rage gen
Your revenge casts >100 more
an extra 10% uptime on Avatar as well
what are the pros and cons for into the fray over HR?
ITF gets you more damage mostly. HR gives you a much smoother SB uptime. with ITF you'll have gaps without high enough base haste and pretty much requires you to take bolster
i suppose i also assumed you're talking M+. in raid you basically always take ITF
yeah only m+
talking m+ is sophic or frozen devotion ahead? seems like there are basically 2 camps^^
frozen is more damage, sophic is good and brings some defensive value
noob question, how does refreshing SB work? if you use both charges back to back, does the duration get added or one overwrites the other
Actually at higher ilvls i think the become comparable
or pandemic refresh rules
Sophic v frozen
purely additive and caps at 24s (assuming you're using enduring defenses)
if you have bolster and use last stand it'll add 15 regardless to if it goes over the cap though
To get more technical it caps at 3x base and bolster ignores that rule
^
Guys any tip for my last spark craft? im farming my concentrated primal focus to put all my craft at 418 rn
shield
i have on crafted one just using this rn cuz is higher than mine
oh didnt see arrows
well
recraft that shit to 418
if you have lariat and belt and have wep/shield i'd just fill lowest ilvl slot
catalyst it
Is the takeaway tldr, if you arent at risk of dying from unblocked physicals ever, always take ITF?
nice will prob go for boots or bracer cuz that helmet will be a pice of set soon
actually i need to see stats for set piece helmet
Imps in court of stars,
It the right move to let their first casts go off, and they’ll all hit me? And reflect? Assuming I have aggro on them all
For some reason I feel like I’m not the only one targeted by those casts
Yeah when i charge in, first casts are all on me. I find if they get interrupted without follow up cc people tend to die. Imo, far better to tell your group to let first casts go off.
@blazing condor bro what do you think about that enginering bracers, that can have a chance to brez?
they seem fine from what ive seen in keys
havent tried
but not anything thats needed
humm prob ill try this, since my actual bracer is a piece of shit haha
will lost one line of stats but gain a chance to brez
offensive warrior stat priority? for crafted gear enchanting and gemming.
Haste crit
ty
God damn, did the pug DPS all take stupid juice this week
prot war pumps so hard
so i did a nok 20 as fury finished at low 70s, didn't time, the war tank did 36k and wasn't smooth. then just did nok 20 as prot and hit 71k, timed easy, top dps was only 88k though. probably why my dps was higher? dps was a bit lower from them than it should be
fury feels like you're slapping cause so many rampages and so much rage and bladestorms etc, but still at least for me underperforms hard
so no real danger of wasting shield block charges from spamming it?
maybe my dps would have been higher if they had better ST, cause the long boss fights hurt it
20 academy 
should i use the belt if i dont have the raid ring?
pins, but all embellishments are roughly equal in performance
Any logs for this by any chance? holy shit
ah, right. sorry. I have all other items wasnt sure if its good if u dont have the ring. but nvm then 🙂 ty!
Oh, I don't really log m+ sorry. But uh, it's pretty much just pull big and hope dps don't die to bolstered mobs lol
prot destroys in academy haha
Fresh lvl 70 - whats the best crafted item to craft first? I got the quest t kill raszageth so i'll get a primal infusoin and hopefully have around 70-80 chaos - main sword best to get to 402/405
?
Pins
Check the guides
you mean the icy-veins/wowhead ones?
Shield is prob the Best defensive option to start with
unless you do mythic raiding acuse i think a shield drops off the first boss
is it just me or do we actually have to spend points in our stances now? (1st day online in 10.0.5)
yeah, unfortunately, wow is a game of "weapon slot matters"
Swap to fury then back to prot, its a bug
ah thanks shield it will be then, when keeping in mind i'll eventually make 5 (and evnetually more) crafted items, should I make the shield that has the embellsihment versatility or just the one with plain stats?
already 8/8 dungeons for week, i gotta do some higher keys though
farmin for 405 material
Nah just regular, embellishments Are better spent elsewhere
Although theyre All fairly equal so dont stress it too much
Jump into 15s
Or 16s
I finally got a pug friendly AV route that I’m happy with
That place sucks
sweet thanks and i guess i can use aurora on it too
cheers, man
i was ready to quit the game
yall like frozen devo? or sophic?
my loot has been on fury this entire time now
i want that AV versa trinket just to say i have it
seems like it does a lot of damage
It does until you're rooted and it kills you
sounds like a healer problem
Yo guys, what talents do you use now so far? May you share them with me please? can't see anymore talents on raider.io dunno why
hey is there any good guide for mage tower?
I just tried it and got wrecked - been able to get through the solo content easily as a tank - feel like I'm missing something essential here
the mage tower is the easiest its ever been
but the point of the mage tower
its to learn the mechanics
and progress through it
forgot it was back
What do you get for actually doing mage tower
is there specific gear i will need to do it
or can i just enter with my current df gear
nothing new
u dont need gear
Ok I’m gonna do it this weekend
It’s much easier since the nerfs
does it scale you?
ye
unless you're doing it for the meta achievement to get the spellbook mount, all you get for doing it on warrior is this appearance.
you guys think cobalt rings gunna out perform a 418 crafted ring still?
Cool thank you for telling me
any tips for surviving piercing shards in a 20 av
haha lol
but intimidating does work as a stop and maybe that's why i said it
i have a 20 tjs and a 20 av in my group and i dont know if im more scared of the piercing shards or the last pull of jade
in av do you do the 3-4 shard pulls? or just the ones on the ring
the 3-4
no
Int shout does work on them
so on the first pull, assuming you're lusting there. not much to do besides getting stops and using CDs. on the 2nd one with 4, you can also LOS around the pieces of wall that stick out
Does the frost fire belt only apply its effect to your primary target when using AoE abilities, or can it be any target hit?
build suggestion for mage tower? M+ or raid ST build/defensive or whatever
thats how I did it
can they drop from m+?
yea
I hear your better off doing dirt piles for sparks
i want to run some AV and i cant see how to do it on that page
just click share at the top
Wait, why skip the frogs?
Hello there ! One quick question, how do you manage the toxin from the lasher on the Overgrow ancient in AA ?
bring a poison dispel
you won't manage it without that unless you kite them the entire time they're alive
how much of your dps does side arm average
okay thanks
Tough as nails is not used anymore?
you use it in most dungeons still
annoying to kill + to make it somehow efficient u need to chain them which is almost impossible with bolstering
They felt okay in an 18, just kinda pulled them such that the breaker in each section died before the other mobs
guess on 18 is fine casue even with scuffed cds ppl can kill it somehow fast



