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That is the hardest pull in the dungeon
2 axes, 1 staff and 4 elementals is alot to manage
i just feel very squishy at 411 ilvl even with mostly correct Cd management
i also got clapped by the two birds at the end before boss
Huh
before cawth
Do you not use shield block or smth
Oh right
Bolster
You just bolstered the fuck out of them
they were x3 bolster
right no that makes sense
yeah no i just feel bad when i fail keys i know i should be able to tank
It's fort bolstering
The literal anti tank week
Bolstering can make any key into a nightmare that 1shots the tank
On any level
hi, can some1 help what embelishments we use for prot in m+ ?
stun, dwarf, evoker
yeah im possibly the worst race ever also i brought an evoker he did very little to help that
hey guys i have a question
kinda new to tank so couldnt figure out which one is better
dont have valor atm cant upgrade whetsone
which one scales better?
i have 402 decoration of flame on the other slot
Whetstone is amazing
https://www.wowhead.com/guide/classes/warrior/protection/bis-gear
Blazebinders hoof and Ruby Whelp Shell, really?

So. Heroic Diurna Add Duty: M+ build, or something spicier? I'm not so trusting of the Wowhead guides because of crap like that ^.
Add tank is just get an aoe build yea
I feel like every fort week the skelly bois in SMBG do a lot of dam with their void slash. What do you lads do about them?
I do my best with stuns and cds but it still feels scary
Hey, quick question. What embelished effect is wanted on a crafted shield?
Stun and run.
that and spell reflect
Druid vortex, monk ring, mage frost nova. The group should also help you with whatever they have available.. Heroic leap is also a good tool to get the hell out of there.
Yeah that too
Alright thank you. Figured the best bet once it doesn't feel comfortable is to leg it
can spell block it to
Anyone playing Ruby Welp :D?
can someone explain how side arm would be better than titanic throw for keys and in general as well
i must be missing something because way i worked it out, SA is basically 13s CD on average (20% = 1 in 5, 5 x 2.6 weapon seed = 13s) which it says is only triggered by auto attacks, for 3,000 dmg, up to 3 targets
titanic only a 3s cd and does 4242 to up to 5
do you wanna run out of the pack to titanic throw every 3 seconds?
Tfw you forget you’re talented into titanic and try to single pull a mob
well, that explains the 8 part i was seeing last night
i was thinking some how that it was 8s cd, i think i was tired and the 3 looked like an 8, or its wowhead
I take both
Titanic throw is amazing with a premade when you’re doing big/long pulls
Ew
And healer was too busy casting moonfire
Classic
its one of those things where u have to use it pre - pull
or during casted, or not at all
its one of those things that I have 421 but wish I didnt
Rough
Funny thing is I had 2 options
you were in control of choosing a different item from vault
421 this or 421 the rolling bones shit
nobody else chose that item for you
I am still glad I didnt opt for the meme mine spawning trinket
Ur a bfa prot war now
ive madew horrible vault choices too, but just you have to live with it now
you made your bed so sleep in it

2b|!2b
i don't really have that problem
im just being a jerk buddy we good lmao
us rn
im the gorilla
obv
im such a good gorilla ngl
U guys really jerkn off your 🤡 energy
reason being, i have been tauren regular since BFA, and i get a 0.5 channel stun so that and some BFA trinket i just simply had to learn when and when not to channel spell
Me learn sign language 
oh yeah, it because of font of aszhara
Font was awesome
and i didnt want it to ever channel below 3.9 seconds once i learned how it worked
font was fucking over powered as fuck
i would do just about anything have this trinket return
slam that on the healer, GG EZ
this one too,
into the fray or heavy repercussions?
yes
choice really
fray is more fun
its you choose the one that you like better
cool, ty
solve your rubiks cubes BEFORE battle bois
i think skovalds tank hit is a fervent but idk any trash ones
Heavy repercussions
HR dungeons, ITF for raids 
Fray is lukewarm in m+ unless you have amazing apm and enough melee party members
^^
fervent?
fervent strike was an attack in a bfa dungeon that targeted the closest player if tank was out of range
any attack that behaves like this is generally called a fervent
HR M+ - ITF Raid, All below +19 you can do ITF too but above 20 you really need that 100% uptime on Shield
Trinket wise I have a blaze binder and a whestone, is whetstone just the clear winner between the two? I have a icon as the other.
WHETSTONE
is there an achi for timing every dung at 20?
you can sim it 
You know how busted is prot bc there are players with 2.7 r.io that are rolling sub 60% uptime in mitigation in keys
Stormbinders x whetstone, full send all day
Hate that route, bc someone will fail always
Good teams, not busted
Happens with every spec played by fotm rerorrels
U try doing that w a pug group
There's a bunch of top tank carried by god tier dps players every season
Wish it could be me
Same, you see people getting three dps doing 110-120k meanwhile, I'm happy if I have at least one doing 90k 
are they also 414 ilvl equip?
cuz i mean
if thats the case.....
i can EASILY see why this may happen
Prot has been nerfed many times in pvp this xpac
you know how youre pulling impacts that right
is there seriously no stun removal potion in DF like in SL and BFA????!?!???
Preach bruthah
Literally same
I find it wierd that a rogue should be able to kill a tank in 5 seconds either way, It just aint right
Yeah no, that's a tame excuse after 20s, it's the dps that are lacking
one guy in my AA 13 2 chest did 79k dps
Then why is one dps pumping and the other are 20%+ behind them
i was quite happy with him
dungeon as well, u cant expect people in TJS or SBG to do 110 or 120k in the same manner they get it in a Academy
can u get spark from world treasures?
could be damage profile, a rogue will do more on small pulls
U are misinterpreting the situation
im just giving some margin of error where the tank can improve the situation, ofc not everything is ur fault
default bags is better than bagnon fight me
I think you can.. I haven’t found one that way yet though
Most of us are not "one pack per pull" tanks here so I beg to differ, at one point you need all three dps to be close or 10% diff from the top two
Chances are the specs that would excel on “better pulls” are being played by pugs that would have just died in that situation of 1 dps doing alright and there other 2 being significantly behind
its not just pack size but how theyre lined up, tracking CDs etc
it is a possibility, im just saying its not systemically that
systematically
Or, the dps I find are not that good
am i using the right word
is there any good guide for mage tower on prot warrior?
how do i prevent group from ass pulling mobs on other side when doing primaljuggernaught 2
cuz hes got like some kb
look at my warr in the eyes and tell him to pull 1 pack
is lariat big dps upgrade?
Separate bags gang. does default handshake
we are talking about ONE dps, being 20/30% behind the other two.
anyone got a pastebin or something for simming consumables like howling vs buzzing, phials etc
or is there a way to do it in raidbots and i'm just blind?
Last pack TJS
2 packs you have to be crispy af with cc
Outer patrol NO first boss zone
main thing i wish i had from bagnon is it shows how many potions in bag or in bank, or on an alt
man its wild, i had a 3700x with a stock wraith cooler it was pretty good performance but hot, i upgraded to a dual 120mm tower fan and 5600x and honestly not looked back
temps from 80c to tops is 48c today for same performance
any tank big boi for 19 AV? Balls to the walls kind of tank
finally got my 2 set bonus, should i use revenge for the buff instead of ignore pain now for defense?
Wat
Definitely want to work to keep the bonus up and also using ignore pain to dump rage
Ignore pain remains a higher priority, revenge every 5 seconds to maintain buff where it doesn't negatively impact your ability to maintain shield block and ignore pain.
you revenge as much as possible, IP only to avoid overcapping rage
patiently awaiting my 4 set
is it still more important to use shield slam and thunderclap on cd than to use revenge for the buff?
yep, generators before spenders
if in aoe and you have revenge lit up, go for it
ok thanks for the help👍
are these talents okay?
what are you using them for?
dont play barbaric training
i'd swap thunderlord to battering ram
other than that looks fine
you guys dont use Battle-scarred Veteran?
anyone know why my ignore pain WA bar doesnt work?
alright, thank youu
is it buggy?
why drop thundering words in m+
sorry thunderlord*
you can use it so often especially on fort weeks those packs are tough
it procs pre-mitigation
so it can proc when youre at 80 % hp for example
do I use whirlwind in any occasion? or is it as useless as Slam?
useless
awesome
in an AoE pull i'd go Charge > Demoralizing Shout > Avatar > Shield Block > Ravager > Thunderous Roar > Thunder Clap > Shield Slam and either Revenge or Ignore Pain as spender?
and keep up shield block constantly
ravager>charge>avatar while charging>tc>demo>TR>normal rotation
ofc getting SB up asap and then using IP to avoid overcapping rage
awesome thank you
why dont u shield charge so u get sb as well
Yah def don’t forget shield charge
oh right, after TR probably
Go practice on training dummy for a few hours
#showtooltip
/cast [stance:2]!Defensive Stance;!Battle Stance
I just use the single stance switching macro. Definitely have it bound
Ya that one
but why would u do a normal charge over shield charge on the go in so u get sb
because SC is a dmg button
and it does splash dmg
so no point usingit before everything is stacked
Well can do more damage from demo shout
thank you
and yeah it lines up with demo every time so no point using it before demo
anyone have a good Ignore pain WA tracker thats a bar and not a icon?
Luxthos has nice WA
ty, it what i needed
I’ve been skipping.
Does a lot of unavoidable group dmg that imo is harder then the first mob + pack that would have to skip otherwise
Yah I skip also for sure
Whats the right way to skip him? I find pugs go out of their way to stand and pull him.
I was watching a stream and I was wondering if you guys can tell me what addon this is? It shoes the spells/cd of mobs that are on CD. It also shows the party's cd
(I am talking about those little icons next to nameplate)
damn, tried to run 13 tjs but we depleted
its a weakaura
Thank you!
Boys, make it stop

I think OmniCD-
isn't that addon ancient at this point
i have an addon from 4.3.4
i'll attempt more TJS and then a cos practice or whatever
40K dps overall aint too bad, right? 18K hps (404 ilvl)
Varies based on dungeon but yeah not bad, room to get better
Anyone know if the lordaron shield off malganis will be on the trading post?
🔮
hope they reserve trading post for new tmog/unobtainable stuff instead
^
That flail thing on the trading post where was that from originally?
Prot pally similar to prot war or not even close?
that's new
you have a shield on both i guess
Oh nice I thought it was from something previously
that flail is literally the definition of new cool shit
Yah that badass I def getting that
Just a reminder that I flexed my 240k shield slams on blood dk discord and got muted
xdxd
🆗
wait trading post flail is obtainable right now?
trading post isnt even open
available on the 1st
thought so
Mhmm
Mog stuff
the t hing that becomes available at 1st feb
just FYI for those who havent had this happen yet, balakar khan getting accidentally pulled with minis is actually not to big a deal handled it well with a pug group on a 21
woulda missed time by less than a minute if 2 of our cc'ers didnt killed by lighting in 2nd phase
Brag city

bruh at that point just solo it xd
I had to solo nokhud last boss past 20%
at 20
Spell Reflect is a blessing ngl
we didn't bring a brez
and healer died to alot of stuff, not sure what was going on
but this boss is soloable even on tyran 🙂
sure, it is, until ppl get surprised by the beam and go boom
😄
it happens alot faster than you think
well 🙂 practice makes you better
you can watch timers and its visible when the beam starts
when and where
any tips for mage tower challenge?
it does 🙂
Stay focused and use spell reflect the 2nd phase for the healing debuff
And don’t get knocked from the Plattform 😂
why wont this fkn prevoker keep me full hp ugghhh
mf is doing 6k dps too
what else does he do
Dps probably high AF
And why do dps drop the whirlwinds on inner circle #smoothbrain
On another note I just timed AV 17 with one wipe #feelsgoodman always great when dps do over 60k and can kick the icy bindings #puglife
It's not up for every buster tho
Dont stay in the puddle for more than 6-7 stacks. Kill eyes while waiting for stacks to go down. Dodge the knockbacks. Should have enough dps to smoke the boss if you’re doing your rotation properly. Damage is negligible unless you take a ton of puddle stacks tbh
for temple r u guys pulling the big guy and caster together
Considering a new shield block cast just adds its duration to a pre-existing shield block, is there any reason to not just use it on cooldown
disc priest is really good right now, just saying
guys, slightly offtopic but we used broodkeeper skip, now we cant go back to other bosses, the door is closed
anyone encountered such an issue?
i just ran with one and little compliants about his healling compared to others ive had
im +15 on io today though for 1857, slowly gettin there
there's some rare times you might want to hold on to your other charge but you need to be able to make that decision for yourself. like if a packs about to die I'd save that charge for a new pack
pro tip u can often charge on the valkyr add on odyn
Teleport out and back into instance?
gonna craft neck
just go to raz and jump off and die dose that not bring u to start?
nvm
im stupid forgot it takes u back to brood
haste. vers = crit . mastery
this is is the best keys i've done for week, some depleted
personally I'd go with haste vers. haste crit would be slightly more dmg but less survivability
versa is strong, modifies alot of stuff
just fnished leveling my warrior. what profession gear should i focus on with the 5 sparks? is there a useful order, like shield -> lariat -> ...
WowHead is a fantastic source for this stuff
I enjoy subcreation site too >Shows what the community is actually using
Updates every week based on affixes, what keys are run, etc
in terms of the embellishments they are all very close. I think getting the weapon and the shield would be the best as long as they are big upgrades
shield/lariat/belt/wep
perfect. thank you 🙂
he has 5 sparks so can get all
nope, back to broodkeper
back to broodkeeper
yeah i said after that
was stupid
try swaping dif and zoning in
then swap back to what ever u were
and rezone
can somone link me a pug friendly cos route
tbh on like 16s and 17s i just wing the cos route do the docks pull if u want then just get % where needed before 2nd boss
cos route can based on the buffs that are available tbh. just be at 94% before doing 2nd boss
Does bubble remove the Dathea debuff? Pala tank, self bubble
I was doing a pug, I was supposed to go up first, but the pala tank kept taunting and had 3 stacks when the add spawned, so I stayed to take boss and thought the pala would take the add. I got kicked for not taking the add.
Got confused
prob something to talk about beforehand
Was no talk, just pull and kick after one attempt
but yeah kinda silly
This is a must- and then tank odyn in center to easily see rune
you can leap every pull
no need to charge. and sometimes the add will be out of charge range
i prefer leap personally but whatev
Guys, i can only have 3 embelishment on same time ?
better to save leap for the rune
two
2 plus food one
So, if i got the Lariat and potion absoption
can you get stunned out of your leap by balls?
the armor spikes wont work ?
maybe? i cant remember ever getting hit by one mid jump
either you wont be able to equip a third one, or the third embellishment wont work, ive never tried
but the lariat counts as embelishment ?
yes
you should be stunned, never tried to leap myself, but leap is always countered by pretty much every thing, fire lines between elementals on eranog, tornadoes, pretty sure aoe stuns during the storm shit either in m+ or raz
yeah I figured. I'd be pretty nervous leaping to my rune through a bunch of balls, but I've never really tried it so who knows
100% cant leaps through line type abilities i know, the rest im like 85% sure
last boss of SBG and eranog specifically
no u cant leap through balls
learnt the hard way
they changed it at some point, i quit after a month of shadowlands, used to leap acted as if you were still standing on the spot you leapt from, until you landed then the game would register your new position, but doesnt seem to be the case any more
barely played in bfa and hardly in shadowlands so idk when it got changed
yeah then I'll maintain my preference for leaping to adds and just walking to rune
i like to tank boss on edge to bait the spears out of mid then when he cast shatter spears just run to mid cause brand is following it up that way u dont have a ton of balls in mid
hey guys in SMBG, the 1st pack after the first boss, i have threat on all of them but they go off and fixate on dps. they're bugged right?
They cast on random players.
They will also MC random people too if they are not kicked.
no not the cast, the subjacted souls
The guys that cast death wish?
the Subjugated Souls
Hmm. If its not the random casts, then no. They are not bugged. I havent had a run where they were focused on someone other than me
based on the agro of the dudes casting dominate
though very rarely i will see someone get meleed
not the dominators. not the ones that cast
the lil ones
they just melee
because i clearly have all aggro on them, but some just fixate and run towards a player
and starts meleeing
I'm not so sure it's aggro based even though that's what I keep seeing everyone say. I had one chase my healer down on the pack after 2nd boss. No chance he did more threat there than the tank did.
the dominators agro table matches the little dudes
if you dont have agro on the dominators the little dudes will run around
hmmm
i only have a maximum of around 60 points i can squeeze out of this cos
probably like 40 reasonably
idk, ill test out ur thing, but i popped avatar with whetstone with spamming SS/TC
my bars didnt change color saying i lost aggro
but we'll see
On luxthos weakaura pack what was the percentage indiciate for ignore pain
Is it the shield cap?
what food should I get for m+? I can't afford banquet
fortune cookie
weird how they add a food that loots you an item when you cant even loot items mid m+ run
fortune cookie or fated fortune cookie?
fated
There's also crit + haste food called feisty fish sticks that's also very good
alchemical flavor pocket
Dunno the name of the haste food
i'll get the fish sticks then
timely demise
Have an 18 Jade, me and healer friend, zero sign ups ever
should i run both raid proc rings or is it not really worth
free effect that eats no budget? usable
is it ever really worth the time loss for such a tiny buff to eat?
there's a quest to give you a charge
dont i have 1 charge already
get it from the rock boi up on top of valdrakken by alexstraza
IT's pretty easy to complete the weekly. Dungeons are 25% each
Raid bosses too I believe
first day was op. world boss gave 50%.
did they nerf that?
yeah. 20% now i believe
f
can i do LFR eranog like 4 times or does it stop after first kill
just queue normal dngs and pull the entre dng easy
yea im doing that rn
Just do literally 4 dungeons and you're done
Any auras that can show kicks via CC?
How is IP calculated to its maximum?
HP.
Like what is the factor or coeficient to have it maxed
30 % of your max hp
Okay
But strength increases it aswell
But not cap
Alright
Just the amount you get per 1 use
Lots of stuff will affect you get per use, but the cap is bounded by max hp
is there a weak aura or something I can use to help me get good at using Spell Reflect? I find myself forgetting to use it because I dont know what I can use it for most of the time
Is it magic? Press spell reflect
Get the WA, it even has a voice that tells you to press it
Thanks. I figured there was a WA, but searching Wago sometimes sucks
i did a normal dung and im still at 0%
soup, siege, the new primal event count towards iot
as well as any of the golden dragon WQs that are meant for groups iirc
At SBG worm boss, the 2 add smaller worms - do u need to tank? i usually ignore them but i noticed they pewpew at the healer.
maybe they fixed it i got % day one
as far as im aware u dont have to
i think they just shoot at the group
it's funny how easy druid and warrior mage tower was, BDK took me quite a bit, and still struggling with brew, but once done there hoping dh and pally isn't bad
i didnt get % from a heroic when i had done the quest, i had to do world boss, feast event and group related world quests and stuff
DH was insanely hard in legion before class changes and mage tower nerfs
I still cant get druid, but I can see it being easy with nuking the boss with convoke in moonkin form
I still havent tried Prot Warrior tower
Vdh post spb rework was mindblowingly easy in legion
Like, it's insane how easy of a time vdh had in 7.2.5 even with only 880 gear and only 1 legendary
But now, with the current talent tree it should be a joke
Any idea what the deal is with key mentality in pugs
druid took me 2 tries, just moonfire it all and it just melts
I can get halfway through cleanly in most keys, but then someone socials or we miss a kick but aren't dead, just chunked and everyone flounders
incap little adds
didn't do convoke
took the other one
just died on brew to annihilate
seem to do fine with everything else on brew so far, looks like can stun kruul though
You can fully cc kruul yes
brew feels hella squishy here, both phases
academy is a tough key
You should have CB for every annihilate so should be free af no?
does potion of gusts work with jumping down in av?
hmm maybe
I'm thinking about crafting either chest or wrist, which one would be better?
Anyone know what the timer for RLP is? I just had a very close finish, but according to raiderio, it’s not showing that I timed it
30mins
Ty
9% on brew that time, yes I had cb for everyone one, but after i dunno how many I rotted to something, dunno if a heal got off or i just do crap dps but it was way way too long
Is there a tier list for prot trinkets? Can't find anything stickied
third annihilate doing 13k damage, i had 1 second cd on my cb
i missed time second looks like
Grieftorch, all-totem, whetstone, icon( if you get all procs) are the 4 best trinkets
Boon is also good for padding but risky af to use
I've died so many times with boon that I don't even use it anymore equipped lol
Yes
Boon 
why do dps decide to pull more then cant interrupt then proceed to wipe group xd
sbg free

How is this for an overall tanking build?
Doing heroics now working my way to mythic
I think that's the first build posted where I can say it's actually fine
Sweet!
i got the toe trinket
There's changes that I personally would make but that's actually a completely fine build
yuge crit :pog:
You can tank pretty much anything with that build.
Are you using CCs and orbs to delay his annihilates? Maybe need to focus on damage more?
Using drums and all that?
yeah drums even
and orbs and stuns cc etc
but he annilates after a cc pretty quickly
lol rop fails at delaying it too ahgahg
stack hp gems? lol
idk talking to a BrM friend and he said he only got 2 annihilates, so might need to focus on damage a bit
somehow my damage is super low compared to the other tanks ive done it with
What build are you using?
Oh hey it's the brm friend
I shall take my leave of this conversation I have no knowledge in
❤️
What do you guys think is better between Phial of Glacial Fury or Eye of the storm for like 18-20 keys?
I use eye in that range, mainly because its cheap
Okay and what potions are you using?
Do HP potions and battle pots share a cd?
Is there any way to raise our parry chance, apart from Crit?
battle pot and invis share
yeah thats sadge
It's not a waste if you learnt something new
i mean i've done the fight on 4 tanks now
just couldn't dps the thing hard enough on monk
ig its a waste as in if he'd played the st build it would be dead an hour ago
need a specific build for DH one?
does the serenity monk build take bfb or charred?
i just played the raid one again
I only did MT for my war/druid in SL, war was fustrating, druid was ez mode
i struggled for druid in sl
was like 500 pulls or some shit
but killed brm in like 3
I never bothered doing it in SL, was like been there done that when it was aids
SL wasnt much harder, but pwar did take me 12 tries
It took me about 20-25, then I read about farming legion gear and took me about 3 tries after
I did it rawdog
No special gear
I think that's just admitting defeat
To abuse OP gear cuz of scaling and 300 extra sockets
That was actually the fustrating part for me
is frosted armor set better than fierce armor set?
Yes
Accepting that I was lacking with current gear then having a chill time with older gear
is armor just always better for us than stamina then
Armor = Str
ah
It's largely inconsequential however
Since both are literally tiny amounts of stats, stamina or armor from enchants
yeah, but since they aren't that expensive, might as well use the more correct one
I had been using fierce
Can you get a 5-star shield crafted without embellisments? (wearing the Lariat and Belt).
yes
Bummer. Rollin' the dice, it is.
It's a fucked up lovely system
^ that
All the crafters do free recrafts with t2 mats so it's usually not too bad
Thanks.
Not all of them, but any respectable one does
True
is there a way to quick mark a mob?
Automark weakaura
There was another one that I had which opened a lil circle and you could manually mark it
But I deleted that one
Crit or vers on a crafted shield?
dealers choice
Figured.
Qazis video on world markers
i tought there was a way
to put those skull icons on the skillbar
and i just click
this is my put skull marker on target macro
/script SetRaidTarget("target",8)
You have to be party leader
It used to be that automakers would override each other if you were not tanking but now it checks if the tank has it and if it does, dps automarker will not work
Show healing taken
i blame the dps killing the add on the wall way out in narnia
If you depleted a 15 by 1m30s it's far more than one add phase that killed the key.
You'd need a couple of wipes on last boss to deplete that key, usually
accidently summoned a whole bunch of those death blast guys on the 2nd boss
A bunch?
is there anyway to do the skip to 3rd boss from 2nd boss in AV ? as warrior
without being dead?
2 or 3 abouts, cuz its just a walk on rune tirgger
Leap
no target insight
"no path availabe" what ever you wanna call it
Just use the book to fly back to the ring, look down and jump to the ring where the boss is from the inner ring
they said i should be over 80k overall in academy and i stood around 50k
55-60k is better if you stay def stance the whole time
tbh im just running whatever keys i can right now and seeing if i can complete any on time
long as it can give io
DH took me like 2 tries
3
I haven't played prot paladin in ages ages
hopefully rotation takes 2 sec to figure out
Missed a 20 TJS by 1.5min qq . I hate that last add pack
last tank to go
try again i gues
So I have a question about vaults, I don't really want prot gear for my prot warrior, i have already crafted a 418 shield, would I be bette off opening it as fury if i want a 1h/dps trinket chance?
obviously I know i could still get a 2h, but has anyone opened it as fury to see a 1h options?
You can get 1h from fury
and how do u get agro when thers alot more mobs and ur aoe taunt is on cd?
What does everyone think about this build
Like max bleed damage DPS
the top guy on raider io is using it
The shiny talents are what's different than the current WoWhead build
ehm does someone know the macro for defense stance and attack stance switching?

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bloodborne is not a good dmg talent, and ITF is not good for Keys unless you make up for the lost SB uptime some other way
Pummel CD talents are also usually not needed
he might be using it cus he is running with a comp that has low kicks, idk
The bleed damage increase isn't worth the points damage wise; Tough as Nails gives more damage per point. ITF is more aoe damage at the cost of not dying on average and having worse boss performance. Honed Reflexes, if this is M+, serves minimal purpose since SS never gets naturally reset, so damage wise it is not an increase. You simply get access to more kicks.
Most of the top IO having warriors believe honed to be a DPS increase from what I've heard
do they believe it? or did they sim it? 🤔
Believe it; I think most don't sim heavily, iirc? Or at least understand, i dunno
I only hear grapevine stuff so
But I've seen more than a few bodies swing around saying it's a DPS and rage gain up due to more SS
"more SS" 😄
but ye idk, SS does reset naturally for me, albeit very rarely
you can make up for it by inviting 5 tanks to the grp 🙂
Is howling rune better than the primal weightstones or is it dependent on ST vs multi target fights
how much of a dps increase is battering ram ?
you can sim it
for me they sim very similar in all situations, but Crit sims 100 DPS higher
the thing is haste will give both DPS and more Rage which equals to defense
while Crit will give DPS + Parry
do you also get a bug where your shield is not visible?
got a 15, even if it is just SBG
are you in profession gear?
crafted shield
check your buffs if you are in crafted gear
that worked, thank you
alchemy i guess?
yep
had it happen on my Shaman also
go talk to the guy that disables Profession gear
its rly trolling me to not be able to see my shield/offhand
Mahra Treebender
I can craft 1 405 and 1 418. Should I go 405 larriot and 418 sword ? cuirrent gear is 380's
418 shield
alright, thanks!
I have a 402 shield already
ok?
you never said what ilvl the rest of your gear is 🤷♂️
Yes. A lot
Ihad a bug where I went through an entire key on my rogue and the only part of me that was visible was my main hand weapon. Even other people couldn't see anything but the weapon
how the fuck do you time AA lol
What level was that?
vex bird tree someone from this channel told me
it wasnt bad
its just
idk
yea
How was boss damage?
ive heard alot about "too much vers" recently. whats the ideal vers level we should be at? (assuming theres no real good answer, but i could be wrong)
There's no real number. There's no such thing as too much or too little vers. There's just too many people who think they need to stack it, which is not true.
If you end up with high vers, fine. If you end up with low vers, also fine.
hey, can someone tell me. If you have 4P prot gear, are you supposed to get ignore pain during Vanguard's Detertimination even if you dont have an ignore pain up. I thought it was suppose to give you ignore pain even if you didnt have it up
ilevel>haste>doesn't matter basically is how I approach it.
It has nothing to do with the 2pc. You get an IP by dealing damage if you don't already have one.
Doesn't it specifically say "during Vanguards Determination"?
Ive experimented. i dont get ignore pain during vanguards determination
Yes, I worded it poorly. I just meant that you should basically have full uptime on 2pc anyway so it's not really a concern.
No, like I said, I worded it poorly.
MY MISTAKE! You do get ignore pain, its just not showing up on Luxthos WA
Yeah someone else had said there were issues with WAs showing the 4pc IPs
I wind up in the situation a LOT where det is about to drop and the next gcd thunderclap comes off cd so I have to choose, with SS likely being the next one after that
Enough of that happening and I drop 2pc for 2 gcds pretty often if I prioritize thunderclap
Yeah as far as I know you still do the normal prio. Losing it for a couple globals isn't the end of the world
Cool beans
hi completely new prot warrior here. i read the wowhead prot warrior guide and it doesnt say anything about whirlwind and rend. can i assume i dont need those two on my bar?
Not me reading through the icy-veins guide again and seeing this and thinking it's part of the guide
Slam (not Shield Slam), Whirlwind, and Rend can safely be removed from your bars entirely.
Rend is applied by Thunder Clap via the Blood and Thunder talent, and Whirlwind is basically a universally weaker version of Revenge.
And Slam is just garbage in general.
thxthx i see!
I'd recommend you use the builds in the pins vs the ones on wowhead btw @grave orchid
the 11/08 ones right?
keys are hard
Pugs are hard
I was watching someone do a +24 vault trying to get a better idea of the routes for a +20, I noticed his talents where slightly different then normal. Are other people running similar talents in higher keys or is it just specifically him?
Well I know it's fairly similar to the meta talents aside from a few, but those few seem helpful.
its not them thats screwing up tho, its me
Also don't use defensive stance
That's just a AV talent, lower leap CD for last boss, storm bolt to help stop adds, spellblock for second and last boss, bolster for extra def to pump more on IP?
(except in niche situations)
I think he just prefers into the fray so he needs to take last stand sb for uptime
I still would run HR lol, bolster is a bit too much, but then again, I'm not the one doing a 24
for yogi, a 14 feels like a +24
Given that people have timed keys that high with both, I think it's safe to say that if you're doing keys that high, it probably isn't that big of a deal to run either. We don't recommend ItF in here for keys but the beauty of talent trees is that there can be variations and they aren't necessarily wrong.
sorry one last question. i should be actively trying to maintain 2pcs revenge right(make a weak aura or something). or is it a w/e spell
Provided you are doing your rotation properly, the 2pc should not factor in to any decision making.
You don't use Revenge in Execute range on bosses to activate it either. It's basically a net zero/insignificant difference
I use this to track it, but I have it set to send the sonar ping sound whenever the aura falls off and with that I barely look at the actual icon. But that's how I track it. I'm a noob though.
i see, so execute>revenge in execute phase if survival isnt an issue, thx!
Is it true you can reflect the static jolt from Diurna's stormbringer adds ?
(on mythic)
Ye I saw it on gdoc but idk if it was up to date or not.
Some bosses like Stone Legion back in Nathria would allow you to cancel bleed with Kyrian pot on heroic and normal difficulty but you couldn't do it on mythic
So I was wondering if the static jolt was reflectable EVEN on mythic
Well, Sense (the author of the spreadsheet) raids Mythic so I would assume so
He's 7/8 currently
Does Mythic+ difficulty level affect the bottle drop rate? Anyone know by chance?
how can you set that sound up?
I'm not in the cockpit right now but it was very simple standby
After a certain key level you get more chances of drops but drop rate stays the same
Open WA
Click "Ignore Pain Tracker"
Click "Actions" tab
Scroll down to the "On Hide" sub section
Click the "Play Sound" Box, and choose your sound from the drop down box.
IF I actually knew how to use weak auras, my dream would be to have a backing track of some sort that changes depending on which auras I have up. So like if I've got SB/IP up it's a nice easy tune, and if SB falls it speeds up real quick in tempo, and if SB/IP are both down and I'm in combat it's like frantic "panic" sort of music lol
Hi all,
Im new to prot warrior so been interesting reading the posts over the last day or two. Quick question. I use intervene for HOV wolf boss so the dps does not need to run away when being chased. my question is what would you drop on your current builds you have pinned to pick up intervene?
or taking intervene in general is noobish and im doing it wrong. lol
thanks mate
you're welcome. I have the SB aura set up the same way but it says "iiiidiot" when it drops
Thank you
hmm the "optimal" M+ pinned build doesn't have P+G or HR talented, so what would you swap then? XD
This one: https://www.wowhead.com/talent-calc/warrior/protection/DAPAURUVUgRRAVpFRRBBNVUVEVERFVYVVQDQBA
Titanic Throw?
Intim shout
I think he meant honed reflexes
Khaos sand pain and gain or Honed Reflexes
Intim shout is on the prot tree. intervene is on the warrior tree
Intim shout is on warrior tree
yeah just don't take honed reflexes unless you need that pummel cd
Challenging shout is on the prot tree.
Int Shout's class tree, ye
Titanic Throw would be my go to flex point from there
If you don't need another stop that's off stun dr, you can swap Int Shout over
But do note that pain and gain is an overall relatively minor survivability increase
It's better than some other points, but it's nothing amazingly strong, either
I recommend grabbing more utility over it in general
@robust lark the build you linked, if you want to get invtervene for HoV, drop intim. Then you're good. Or titan if you dont feel you need it.
Nothing has been confirmed about loot drops. Most "information" is based on the assumption that it's similar to the Legion legenaries drop system but we have no reason to necessarily believe it's the same.
My completely bullshit feelycraft says your chances increase if you intentionally brick keys
lol
I'm going to continue believing this so I can understand why healers keep leaving in the middle of dungeons we're on like +2 pace for
RLP is messy with pugs
standing in frontals.. 0 interrupts entire dungeon
dont know mechs
on 2nd and third boss thank god i had fireblood
had to do last boss with no healer last 35%
might do one more io 14
you can tell the dungeons i hate the most xd
Bruh why do people hate CoS...it's so free
cos will net me around 30 more points
i won't have to do many 15's but i'll have to do that, that or i'll do a 15 hov
i love halls of valor never take it away from me
What phial do yall run for H Raz?
I want off mr. bones' wild grind
only 1 complaint about HOV, you have to 2 phial
and then you sittin there with 15 minutes of phial at end like a dummy
also pugs really want to fail that key in every way possible
had super sucessfull 13 rlp earlier this week
bought 1000 potions, already used 65 of them, probably out of them by end of month easily
Im not a fan of how many dungeons were brough back and created in dragonflight that are honestly relatively short, and then they bring back like halls of valor thats insanely long that doesnt match nearly the rest of them
back in BFA dk i was in guild with was alch so i had him make me millions of hp potions, and flask
the variety is nice and i like HoV personally
Literally does not matter
Why do so many ppl hate COS? its such a fast easy dungeon esp if you have a stealthy in the group
It's because people make the 2nd boss area much harder than it actually is
in terms of routing, not actual difficulty
because i never tanked it before only dps.. dont wanna be an ape tank
I only just learnt how to activate the last 4 mini bosses in HOV 😄
The only tank responsibility in the entire area is making sure the felguard miniboss doesn't shockwave in a weird direction tbh
that shockwave so pathetic
Want to make some Rasz heroic attempts, but I'm confused by certain youtube/guides. When I killed her on normal, we tanked P1 in with the raid for ease of Static Field puddles. But some of the heroic guides show her being tanked facing away from the raid. Do the tanks then have to race around to get into a puddle? What is the benefit here?
having boss faced away means no parries. you dont have to be at the edge of her hitbox, you can be on just the other side of the middle of the hitbox, then just shimmy through for winds
or fancy warrior things like charge and leap and winds are little worry
Gotcha, appreciate it, ty.
Should we save CDs for Demo. Shout windows rather than off of CD? I’m trying to find ways to improve my parses
Well they are gcds so that will happen, but they should be almost identical cooldown if you are using your gcds well
Because it should shorten the cooldown from talents
They’re all relatively close, I’m missing something somewhere
Do yall kill big stone guy alone or bring him to packs in hallway on bolstering in rlp
I grab him and yank back that 1st hallway group into his room
@shut summit @potent anvil hello wonderful friends. I hope you are both doing fantastic and crushing raid and keys! 
okay, my main goal for tomorrow is like cos 10-12
cuz then ll get 30 points at be at 1950
All I want is my dang whetstone, but after 21 runs this week I'm just tired of that place
That sounds terrible.
I'll just sit on my hoof and deco and be happy lol
apparenttlu i have ran to completion 31 keys this week
that doesn't count the numerous keys that failed along the route and disbanded
yogi get whet stone in vault first try EZ
I don't have the wherewithal to pug it that many times in a week
i have like stockholm syndrome with COS now i have it
Lol
i find myself searching for Cos without even realizing
Gonna miss it in s2 😆
TBH i agree but by S2 i think i wont mind as much
Interested in how much of a nightmare Brackenhide will be
if this season is anything to go by, i think the first 2-4 weeks will have a BUNCH of big bliz nerf hammer hits and everything will normalize
Probably
Yea but this season has been much more consistent and actual decent changes to mechanics rather than just numbers being changed
at least IMO
the DF dungs next season will be ASS though lol
I really liked nelth when I did it on m0. we'll see if that feeling persists on high key
Lets not forget about the most impactful nerf to this season so far - not having to hear all about how I AM GOD-KING SKOOOOOooooOOOOoooOOOOVAAAAAAAAAALD.
Nelth is a cool dungeon for sure
Looking forward to m+ of it
halls I did not enjoy. bracken also not a fan. again though, we'll see on high key
I really liked ruby early on, but it ended up being one of the worst for a while
I don't think halls will be too bad
Halls of Infusion is garbage
basically the entirety of the trash was bad imo
first ring bad. protodragon area bad. gauntlet bad.
- water hallway
- biting trash mobs
- first trash ring
- Frog boss without a dispel
HOI will go through 4 seperate giga nerfs in the first month
before it'll be tolerable.
oh 100%
Ruby isn't bad at all I love it. AV is awful. With next season having a lot of long dungeons I'm betting we see maw of souls again
first ring straight up needs mobs removed or casts removed
once you see the light and start jumping rings in AV its actually really good
not so much this week
ruby was awful on high key pre-nerf
2nd boss straight up deletes every tank. cinderbolts 1shot. inferno almost 1-shots. last boss fire 1-shots. 1st boss magic thing absolutely wrecks tank. the explosion wrecks.
and that's not even getting in to the dragons
Wonder what we'll get for the non-DF ones next season
like I really enjoyed the dungeon, but it was super super hard
You guys know you want to do months of Everbloom
I hope they give us a SL dungeon next season
EOE
halls pref
Too early for SL probably


tried tanking a 19 rlp
