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ye
3x8+17 I think is max
if u arent running ED it will be lower
cause 24 max cap then 17 for Bolster
so in theory can be 39 seconds?
41 in theory I think
bolster give 15 seconds
yeah but its +2 cause of ED
Enduring doesn't affect Bolster, iirc
thought it did
LS last 15 seconds and gives u shield block during last stand uptime
im in a key I can test real quick
Since it doesn't count as an application of Shield Block, it just is Shield Block
that's also why it goes past the cap
ok cool
Sorry for the really noob/bad question, but what is the reason prot is the bottom of the bucket according to m+ keys at the moment?
It's good to see the population fall off a cliff and that we're no longer FOTM
do you really think that's relevant to what they're talking about
For the key level I would be doing with prot I can surely say it is not relevant. 🙂
If you wanted to ask about <16s I'd have said it doesn't matter, and populations are entirely FOTM, where as in higher keys it's only mostly FOTM
the whole game is flavour
And this month the flavor is bubblegum
but defensively nothing changed for us so we are just as good if not better this season because of what we can spell reflect this season
i mean its been pink since before the pala buffs
We are slightly less tanky as tier phases out
I think <=5% changes are unnoticeable to most players, but might see more "surprise" deaths
😶 we the same - pally just got buffed. and they took away shield slam making things crit all the time which took about 7% of dps away, something they nerfed early on and then found what was causing it later only to not revert the other changes.
agreed
On big groups i hope? lol
if its ST you need better dps lol
sooo question, im currently pushing 20's, and i dropped some good gloves and got them to 441, should i equip them over 408 and ruin the previous 4p set ? i mean s1 set
4 set > ilvl
I'm sure good players are doing fine in any tank or dps
even for previous tier?
oh, missed that , thanks !
is it bette to have 2 of each set or 4 of the old one
again its in the pins
Out of curiosity, which phial do you guys mostly use? I've seen a lot of tepid vers, but recently I've been running the glacial fury one, 9 times out of 10 when I wipe its not because of survivability (or thats how it feels anyway). The extra damage is pretty nice imo, or am I smoothbraining and the vers equates to more damage/the eye in the storm one I've just been sleeping on?
vers actually comes out to more damage generally than glical
eye of the storm is fine for aoe but on bosses its garbage
Damn that's wild, fair enough. I think in my head I see the damage meter in my details and go "yo look at that extra x%" without thinking what the vers phial is giving as a buff to all abilities
well vers is extra % damage on everything same as TR
u just dont see it
same reason ppl thought the shockwave build was good
because its on my damage meter
Makes sense! I had that moment of " oh " this morning and hadn't had a chance to properly look into it
Get to save a load of gold too, based
For raid as well as M+?
Question, the forgestorm is worth it to upgrade 441 and use it in M+ and raid? or only use it on M+ ?
For me forgestorm sims higher than a 447 on single target, but less than a 447 in aoe
I'm still grinding for a forgestorm since priority damage matters in aoe too
just ran a key with a ret pally with unbound freedom, he was freedoming me the whole time it was great. amazing this week with the entangling
also, i don't understand why the mobs on left and right arent selected for pull i understand why 1 dragon isnt
Because it was an oopsie I'm sure
top left
same route :S
and then, if i manually add in the extra 4 its 102.1%, sounds about right to me
what ilvl do u guys recommend for running say +14's. im 413 and the bolstering is just wrecking me.
yeh, problem with pugging rthose low keys also is that the dps are shit, crap numbers and they dont stun/kick etc
are you chain pulling or something
other than that dps should try to kill packs evenly
nah, jkust spicy packs like in HoI where there is say 5 or 6 ina. pack
nah, end up with like 3 mobs with x3 bolstered
hmm
Hallway between frog/ice?
yeah maybe tell dps to kill more evenly
Or at the start?
one exceptional way to reivew wtf actually happened to your key is to get outplayed or some other game recording software
then you just set it to record everything and when something happens go back to the time it all went wrong and then replay it till it all makes sense
it was just CRAZY dmg on me
i tihnk it was form the x3 bolster on multiple mobs
but in pugs, ppl just nuke, they dont care about kicks, stuns or killing stuff evenly etc
bolster will teach people to kill monster casting all the bad spells
i think they will just counter it by killing the guy that is dangerous when bolstered first lol, makes sense to me
youd think righjt, but this is PuGs in 14s 😛
someone knows the name of that website that can analyze your m+ and raid logs to tells what to improve in your playing ?
Hello. I got the spell reflect essentials weak aura and it doesnt seem to be working. Anyone have any idea why? Says on wago it was updated May 16th
its 2500 for KSH again this seaosn right? is that all on 18s and 19s again ? or higher this time
paladins still going boom to notihn
That's what happens with fotm
yes
running with 2 pallies pretty sweet, get both auras, blessing of freedoms for days
hello people
help me out here
u can get a tier set from Draconic Mark of Mastery
?
yep theres 3 of them
ah oki
😦
on tier set u go for Helm, Legs, Shoulder, and Gloves ?
for now I'd go for whatever you can get
xD
once you have all 5 maybe try to optimize
sim it is always good
ty
I've gotten the Voice of the silent star in HC ilvl 444.. However i've tried checking its uptime after dungeons. it seems to only to proc like 4 times during a whole dungeon and has an uptime of 40sec total (1%ish)... Is this really how its intended and is it worth losing 1200ish stamina?
dang that sounds awful
Indeed. But im thinking it must be bugged or something. Otherwise its a worthless item D:
ngl I wanted it but that uptime seems pretty worthless
does anyone have a decent list of best gear I should be shooting for in M+? i can use bloodmallet/sims for trinkets etc, but that only shows offensive value iirc..... kinda clueless for which embellishments, trinkets, which offpiece to not use tier, etc
(i don't raid at all atm, except lfr)
what would be the best 4 tier set pieces to have? as a non mythic raider that is
our defense comes from haste and good play.
hey guys so im runing some low m content and want pure dps as a tank
is mastery better or cirtical strike? i dont think versa is any good for thatno?
@fresh igloo ok yea i'm trying to either have pieces with haste/vers or haste/crit, but I just returned to wow so I'm taking overall Illvl upgrades atm and my haste has suffered a bit. Which 2 shadowflames? (meaning, crafted with embellishments afaik.) The lariat and the belt?
whatever you have at first. eventually maybe swap out chest for a crit/haste non-tier piece once you have 4 set in the other slots
shadowflame armor patch is an embellishment
so you'd add it to primal molten greatbelt, wrists, boots, shield, etc.
anyone knows?
crit haste
like I said just before you asked lol
ilvl upgrades are the most important thing, especially on shield
got the 4set minus the shoulders just was thinking if i wanna get max haste is to get rid of the set legs
lean towards crit haste, but a little of everything is good
set legs have a nice crit budget tho
ow ok but cirit more or haste more?
think im focus to much on maxing haste and not geting a nice amount of stats ty
crit is good for damage output
haste is good for rotation
(which means both offense and defense)
dont care about defenc since its low 🙂
ok then thx
examples
FOTM re-roller MADGE that warrior isn't as good as in s1
thats what that tier list looks like to me
It’s really ridiculous
perhaps he is angry because there is no good reflects in s2, (i haven't looked it up yet)
There are though
That’s subcreation website
well look right
Most popular website all the people look at
hes clearly mad about something to do with warriors and paladi ns
so, its our job in a sense to find out why
tier lists are actually cancer and toxic bullshit.
It’s based on popularity and data of who’s playing what tanks etc
But the community sees that and just adds to stigma to inv certain specs
max key run by a prot pally is +25
max key by prot warrior is +24
CLEARLY that's an S vs F difference
🙄
Their tier lists aren't based on what highest key a tank can do,
Yah it’s basically popularity list but still gives people pretty bad impressions. It’s like fake news
what if i told you, it's always been like that and you only care now because PWar is F
I’ve always been against it
Well I’m not living on a deserted island alone
how dare we have a conversation
It's like people that complain about a content creator but are in their comments all day erryday
I like to get a feel for what the community at large is discussing
🤔
giving them clicks. shame shame
I do find it funny that the people that talk about tier lists the most are people that dislike them.
F tier on Subcreation, actually still good
Just the place I want to be
would be nice to be closer to pink damage tho
any good answers for piercing shards in lair? dot ticked me to death twice in the +20 I did and wasn't sure how to deal with it.
more like purple and green
"youre so against it but you keep checking it" is such bullshit logic
no to you moo, to jordan
Like think about it. If there's something you're highly critical of do you avoid news about that thing? absolutely not
"oh man you really hate murder? and yet you keep reading news about local murders dang says a lot about you"
"so funny that you hate homophobia yet you're always in homophobes replies criticizing them 🤔 "
lol
Are these options correct for simming myself for M+? If not, does anyone know what they should be?
just used mdt
wth is mdt
okayge thanks
okayge
This makes it even funnier. https://www.simulationcraft.org/reports/T30_Raid.html
They looked at bars and "oh warrior isn't absorbing or healing as much it's obviously shit."
And then you get to the bottom, and they're also taking less damage than everything but a pally. I wonder why there's no absorb. Ip isn't the only thing we use 
https://wago.io/Yya4XBbl-
If you have mythic dungeon tools downloaded, you can use or create a path for a specific dungeon, then use the data from those packs to get a more accurate read on your output, as opposed to doing dungeon slice or something
Requires MythicDungeonTools https://github.com/Nnoggie/MythicDungeonTools How To Use: STEP 1 - BUILD A ROUTE IN MDT Yo
Yeah I have MDT the addon but didn't know his existed though
I'll see what this is.
Thank you fren :3
np
ty vm sir
piercing asbbuckler
does it sim better than a shadowflame armor patch?
anyone know why sometimes i feel naraxas is glitched when green poo doesnt slow me down from pull?
am i doing anythign wrong?
the puddles fade away
(worm in neltharions lair?)
it's probably timing out while you're in it
thx
hmmmm
it is hero track with avoidance but man i have 900 haste on my current neck
Yeah im going to just run it its so good
Just remembered can add sockets to neck easily though
I guess depends if you want to lose that much haste or na
More haste = better ItF though
yeah that is true
Dumb question
Is there a good way to stop ripping aggro from my cotank?
Other than just stopping damage. Feels bad to just chill
have them taunt on CD
I don’t know if he is. But it caused some issues tonight and I’m told to “watch my threat” 🙈
Whatever you do, do not ever lower your performance or let others try to take you down
Fix their rotation, shift taunt timings
Quit guild if needed, I feel very strongly on this point
That’s on the other tank then
- have a strong opener. establishing high threat value from the get go goes a long way. its not on the tooltip anymore but during the taunt debuff you get 3x threat gen.so a tankadin opens with a taunt, wings, send strong abilities/damage trinkets into the taunt fixate, like judgex2 how/sotr inside the taunt. then go into your usual rotation. establishes a good baseline threat value that means its harder to rip from then on cuz you have to overcome threat value. they should do the same on their taunt. hard hitting abilities in the taunt window. if i taunt, then send blessed hammer or conscecrate or whatever in that taunt window, im setting myself up for a bad time, right.
- if necessary, adjust taunt timings as the fight allows. Kazzara is a 1 stack taunt right. but you dont have to taunt immediately after one gets hit, they just have to taunt before the 2nd buster. if they taunt closer to the 2nd buster, you have less time to rip threat, and if they are watching timers and have taunt fixate active during the buster, theres zero way for you to take that hit, right.
- check and make sure theyre doin the button pressing good, and get feedback and targeted goals for their output by heading to the appropriate discord.
One tank typically out threats the other. Just have to be on point with taunts and paying attention to timers
Is the only m+ plate chest from neltharians lair? I don’t know if I can take farming it anymore 😂
Does he have boss first or you usually
We’re very casual AF, so I’ll just chill and hope he catches up
theyre literally running m+ talents on single target fights
cancel that, shit m+ talents
He I think most of the time prefers to take the boss first
Maybe you go first I guess then he will taunt off from there
The issues happen mid fight. I damage and the boss bar goes yellow. And I’m like okay cool
Having not checked the logs If you're rupping aggro that's a problem for your cotank to address
Oh that’s just bad rotation/damage on his part then
Like I know im not playing great. Idk if it’s because he’s RL and focusing on other things
He usually doesn’t have that issue, didn’t have the issue during VoTI progresss
Yeah I have left raids due to this before
I will not artificially lower my performance for anyone personally
Many disagree even with that
I see your perspective, and I can agree with it. I just don’t know if for me personally I could leave. We don’t take it seriously, sometimes we need to. But it’s very casual, the people that kind of annoy me are the ones who log just for raid and don’t do well.
OKAY TANKADIN FEEDBACK
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zealot's paragon, focused enmity, hammer of the righteous. have them take those. ZP good in every situation always, Hotr/FE are single target choices. 'im the raid lead' isnt an excuse for making poor talent decisions.
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they need to understand that blessed hammer/hammer of the righteous is filler to reset better spells. if judge and avenger's shield arent on cooldown, their blessed hammer cast is out of order, hecking their output and economy. Avenger's shield is a good button when you're not running soaring shield on single target.
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put hammer of wrath on their bars, press when its shiny.
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take a trip to forbidden reach, get a freezing desirous prophetic annulet, gain 6k dps
simple basics, will double their output
Like this past week I went up over 10 ilvl between last Raid and this one
Just doing M+ etc
if theyre a person that you can have a reasonable discussion with, give them the targeted goals 👍
if they arent, enjoy the same issues throughout i suppose
It’s the raid leader. Raid leaders are never wrong
In their mind Cody is sabotaging the raid
im not gonna assume on the situation but
I was just curious if I could find a solution that isn’t meh. I will give it some time
Go get more gear
'hey i got some feedback on the issues we're having. here's the lists i got'
And press buttons harder than ever
We’re pretty chill, so it’s not like he’s blaming me. He just occasionally reminds me to “watch my threat” haha and I’m like 🤷🏻♂️😂
I just do my rotation. I have to do damage to survive as vdh.
gettin gaslit, nty
Otherwise I’m on the floor lol
i cotank with a bdk. they're 20k below me. we have threat issues all the time. we just work around em instead, tbh
both performing well, just how it is
cuz we can communicate
Yeah. We had no issues last tier. I’m just thinking it’s us getting into the new Raid
Me swapping to vdh for group buff and trying to maximize and learn my rotation. Vdh does pump too
if you got a good relationship, then ^ the above lists are the good feedback for em. taking a second to check talents is basic stuff, tbh
you having to risk your survival by pressing fewer buttons isnt a sustainable
I don’t know how to approach that conversation, but I’ll give it some time and if I have to say something I’ll try and find a solution with him.
U no wat u must do
Everyone has to have fun, and succeed together. (: he is a nice guy, and overall decent RL. He showed me the ropes of tanking, so im sure we can work it out (:
Eventually student surpass the teacher
Idk, im a trash player.
' hey cotank bestie, i got some feedback about the issues we're having, want to get ahead of em. have a [list]'
That’s not a bad idea
U r not. U r very power full
and then it wouldnt hurt to get a list of targeted goals for yourself. IDK vdh stuff
Maybe I’ll just bring it up tomorrow before Raid.
Just remember.. time will come to press button. U can not hesitate. U no wat u must do
Nahhh im a scrub. I only became a tank because we had a surplus of Heals for DF, and we were short a tank.
I just press the button if I need, and he has to taunt if needed 🙈
But I’ll try and line up my burst during my time with boss
Best player is one always trying to improve
I’m far from my potential
Just slow incremental increases. I’ll get to my purple parse land
a couple targeted goals from small improvements 
Not joking
maybe a nice mark of dargrul
But mastery 🙈😂
I want some damn tier
That’s when vdh pops off
3 pieces dropped tonight for me. They all went to the same warlock.
One player got 3 pieces damn wtf lol
Our mage tonight got 4-5 drops
Are you rolling for them
We just use the standard blizzard roll/need/greed etc
I won the anvil, that’s all I got tonight lol
Replaced a 408 boon from Dathea
Never stop pumping ever
hell yeah, anvils big pump atm
No dragon fire bomb dispenser ):
I go 100% at all times. If anyone tells@me to slow down I tell them f u directly
And challenge to duel
1v1
Hahaha I mean that’s fair
I willingly swapped to vdh from my warrior since we needed the buff, have mostly magic and already have a dps warrior
We had a MW monk, but he swapped to Evoker this week. So now we don’t have monk debuff
Wtf going on here
Even with heavy magic comp losing monk buff sucks ass
People just play what they want. We had a priest but he broke his arm ):
That how u gotta be
Pressin button so hard arm break
That a true gamer right there
I can’t play both 🙈😂 I was open to warrior, monk, and vdh. And would fill what needed. So I swapped to vdh.
Yeah damn that would be cool
I wanted a dragon tank.
Missed opportunity
10000%
I just remembered I did the first boss in m+ spec 🙈😂
Looking at the wowanalyzer, I’ve gotten slightly better. I fixed one of my bad rotational habits. So just to work on the next 5. 🙈😂😂
What's the easiest way to preserve my UI while transferring realms/factions?
I assume snap your WTF
Can I easily just modify folder and filenames to match the new toon and it'll easily snap over?
Yeah
should work, yeah, just take a backup of everything
holy shit zskarn is fun
what is the general consensus as to how prot warrior is preforming against other tank atm?
in need of a buff or tier lists massively blown out by FOTM rerolls?
tier lists massively blown out by FOTM rerolls
they always are
Thus week pala S, none a+b, rest lower.
And prot is here, right around F
What time to be alive
Subcreation tierlist is based on participation, not performance
It’s a really useless site
for M+ yes, not for raid
Yeah, people play best class. Whats your point?
i believe the raid tier list is based on average dps
That doesn’t make warrior F tier
Indeed it does, when you get declined to 99% groups.
Id take prot pala over warrior anyday
On that logic I'd take the prot warrior assuming similar IO
I'm gambling on the ppal being a boosted idiot
pwar probably knows what's going on 🤔
had absolutely no issue with getting 2700+ io as prot warrior and nothing seems to punishing im just more curious about what numbers other tanks can pull in keys and raid atm
Plus you know, free damage from refelct
when they let you utilize it 
Boss mechanics can't be stopped by meager dps 🙂
Exactly, reflecting Deluge instead of taking it to the face for like 1.3m every cycle is badass
Especially when two dps die so you get to run back three times 
1,3 - what was like that a 22 Tyran or something
17?
It was 2mil per reflect in my 21 yesterday
Looking forward to tyran 
Huh, that’s low, lemme log in to check mine
I've been unsuccessfully running Neltharus so my log is filled with bullshit 
this has gone off on a mad tangent lmao
Does prot warrior take forgestorm or the haste vers weapon?
You reflected the wrong cast
ye
much more dam to reflect the channel
im still a pepega on warrior, cant play well enough yet
and dont have 4p
so about 60-70 I think
i see
im getting 80-95k
this week
dependant on dungeon ofcourse
just want to know how it compares to BM/Prot paladin, considering a reroll
Just did 95 on bear in BH, never managed to get even close on warrior yet
But there is hope 
if I hit over the haste cap is it best to swap out enchants to crit or verse or just keep throwing it into haste
U have over 7100 haste unbuffed?

my guys 460 Ilevel
ive got 33% unbuffed
but its saying im hitting the diminishing return bit and losing stat
We dont care about the first diminshing returns first stage
okay thanks i should have phrased that better
yeah someone said ITF doesnt count towards DR?
Does anyone use demo shout for defensive , I find even in 20/21 this week im just sending it on CD for dmg , thoughts ?
Nice
Lmao gz
A shadow priest won my beacon when it dropped. I convinced him to give it to me though
Love my beacon
Yeah it was a pug so I was really appreciative
The beacon is one of the worst trinkets for shadow kek
Yah it’s my favorite trinket I’ve ever used personally
I just find it really fun and finding best times to launch it
Obviously on cd and all
Yeah I rolled an 82. He rolled a 95
Idk I hate it in m+
Why cuz you can’t block etc
Yea, and cast time is so long
Yeah it can get dicey sometimes using it but it’s definitely worth it
Which also sucked in big pulls
Just want to get neltharions call, but I’m so far behind in loot prio
Beacon all the way
did u guys replace onyx already btw?
when it gets outsimmed
will it ever? xD it sims so high ;o
eventually]
in ST u wont ever replace it
i mean lines up with avatar alot anyway
also that
Cheers
i accidentally instantly clear it pretty often
So basicly a no care affix
yup
💪
just be mindful of frontals if you move around to get out of it
Yeah thanks buddy i will
Is there a decent T30 Set Weakaura? Would love to keep an eye on the Earthen Tenacity Buff (Spell ID 410218) but i dont know how to get it working :x
I mean if you already know the spell ID just build one yourself 😄 you can just use the pre builts and paste the spell id
I am not aware of any wa for this yet unfortunately
okay i made a simple one real quick: https://wago.io/--1Z7-YA1
what would you craft? belt? or something else with shadowflame?
Shield
Yea
wich stats would you prefer? crit haste?
KRITISCHE TREFFERCHANCE AND TEMPO
alright!
Jordan I got KSM today 
i'm so proud of you
4pc gamer now
well this is great, got forgestorm on +14 breakfast run on champion track
next I'm going 18, no change it will drop there
what should i craft next?
am I dogshit or does #3 pack on Brackenhide hurt like hell? i have to wall and LS for the first pull with lust so it's kinda weirdge
LS is up for 3 but wall is only up like halfway through
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Is tanknotes.com dead?
Sessa is busy raising a child so M+ is unlikely to be done this eason, but Pantheon does plan on doing the raid stuff soon*
Ahh ok. No worries. Gotta take care of those kiddos!
Hello, i read the FAQ and it says there is no "haste" to aim for. I wonder what we need to get a 100% ShB uptime? currently i play with "Into the Fray" instead of "Heavy Repercussions" and if i chainpull/ go fast from pack to pack in longer fights i end up with less than 100% uptime, even with shieldcharge (Champions Bulwark) and Laststand (Bolster) ShB. i mean its only a short window where i cannot keep it up but its still there and i have to keep an eye on it and maybe jump out of the pack for 1-2 seconds right now. feels weird.
Do you have 2pc of the new tier?
4p
Uhhh, can you post your build?
ofc 1s
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is this boi bis if it would be 447 ??
i am about to craft 447 wep for spark and wondering if i should buy well fed shit
Yeah idk. You have some weird talent choices but nothing that should give you trouble with that. I am guessing it's a more rotational issue. Maybe not shield slamming enough or something.
but if that wep is so good even at 441 i might not craft a wep then
Yeah we don't recommend you craft a weapon
live your best life king, flush the gold down the toilet
gold isnt problem 😄 well it might be soon if i decide to buy d4 with wow tokens, but losing spark is huge if u waste it 😄
yeah, just tested it again on dummy i struggle to keep 100% uptime after ~ 1:15-1:30.
I just wonder if "Heavy Repercussions" instead of "Into the Fray" would help me but not sure since into the fray would also give me a lot of haste which has impact on cd and stuff
and its haste + crit for raid dmg and then haste + vers for high m+?
Heavy Repercussions is giga overkill if you already have bolster.
It's haste/crit for m+ and for raid DPS you just sim.
i got 25% haste baseline with into the fray i got 35
Are you making sure to use LS on CD and not use Shield Block during it?
that could be it, Why cant i use shieldblock during it?
Because it's redundant
thought the duration just increases/stacks up
Bolster gives you Shield Block for the duration of Last Stand
o man i see the problem now my weak aura tracks LS as it was shieldblock, and thats why i thought i can stack it. Thank you this will be it
thanks!
LS block extends past the 24 second cap iirc
yes it works entirely like normal shield block
yeah you definitely still want to use it during to not sit on 2 charges. just don't..spam it? i guess? you shouldn't have problems always having it up
Yeah the concern would be if he's over using his charges when he doesn't need to and then not having it when he moves on to the next pack, or wasting uptime when he's not active on a boss, etc.
Ah yeah that makes sense
Because even though you can still have 100% uptime, it's definitely not as idiotproof as HR is
Only 99% idiotproof
Right 😉
Only a Fr*nch person could mess it up
sacré block
When we have 4/4, do we change anything in our talents to get Bolster?
If i go Forgestorm for M+, is losing the main stat a big deal from a defensive pov?
Hey guys which shield is better for a first craft - Shadowed Impact Buckler or a Primal Molten defender with shadowflame armor patch?
I believe the consensus is that SIB is crapola
You change at 2pc. Builds are in the pins.
can confirm fyi I had one upgraded 2hder and 1upraded 1hder unlocked 5/5 hero and that made shield free for some reason
only shield i had all season
what do we need to craft after 447 shield ?
No
a non tier slot that can take another shadowflame patch, or a FFB
noted thank you
Thoughts on when swapping to tier 30 losing spell lock but equipping talisman of the cragshaper in its place?
Losing around 2k dps but having an extra 60 second SW seems pretty decent?
fresh warrior here, main account got banned false flag so i lost everything but this one warrior on a second account. not really sure what my plans were with him except to get him to snuff so i could hit my guild raids this next week tues & thurs since this happened wednesday
anyway i'm blowing ass as dps any spec with him, managed to get him from like 375 to 410 rn. i think i'm just gonna relegate him to my main tank then roll a healer, kinda how she goes this season. is crafting a 437 shield to replace a 379 shield out of the gate a pretty decent call?
bet
haste / crit or vers for probably mostly m+
i was gonna get the patch
probably what you're referring to
i mean primal molten w/patch embel
aight then crit or vers for secondary?
sounds like crit from the little bit of lurking i've done
m+ mostly, might step in for a fight or two on guild raids, otherwise will just pug raids so dgaf
critttttt
alright time to try nel a couple more times for the weapon
In most keys you don't need Spellblock to begin with
i did 3 runs across various levels last night, only got gold 😦
appreciate you bro, been a rough week ngl i think this'll make the best of it for now @uneven mason
show the guild i'm really about it..after losing 6 70s and like 2m fml
you guys got any builds offhand prolly from back a little ways that don't include any tier?
Team, simply question for you. Can I send primordial stones from one toon to another by email?
i'm worried these builds i'm pulling are expecting at least 2t1 or something & causing problems
no
not even the upgrade stone for them
learned that the hard way lol
i need more good drops
So I need to farm them on the alts always?
someone bribe rng for me plz
unfortunately so. i'm pretty lazy and its easier to rationalize it's not that big of a difference with 424 rings easily available
but if you're true to yourself yeah you really should
Ohhhh ty
Swap from into the fray to heavy repercussions, and from bolster to tough as nails
Then you got the "tierless" build
off of https://www.wowhead.com/talent-calc/warrior/protection/DAPAURUVUkRRARpFRRBBNVUVEVEUFVYVVQCBE
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Yup
beautiful, thank you thank you thank you
anyone got a weakaura kicking about for the 4pc? something that tracks LS and then the new buff
obviously takes 2 seconds to make myself but just in case someone else already has one i'm ✨ lazy ✨
I made a buff tracker and an extra condition for shield slam
My shieldslam WA turns green when the 4pc buff is active
But I might change that to smth else
Forgestorm is BiS, right?
yes
Cool, I can tick that off then
I had some kind of "bad luck" about that, upgraded HoI weapon to 441 last week and got forgestorm in vault after it 😮
I’ll take that bad luck any day of the week
yeah I'm not complaining
one item upgrade a week later, but not that important
will most prob craft belt as 2nd embellishment, which leaves me with cloak, 2nd trinket, neck and 2 rings to upgrade (and I can upgrade one item this week still)
Congrats on your Single-Minded Fury offspec I guess?
Guys, we have to talk again
Does anyone knows what todays hotfix in BH was about "Brackenhide Gnolls no longer trigger Mythic Keystone affix effects on death." sounds like some of the gnolls (which, they are all gnolls?!?) don't trigger bolstering anymore? When I run it today I noticed no difference
IDK how it's possible for Blizz to make Prot warr fucking garbage in the past expansion compared to some of the big dogs.... make us high DPS towards the end but still hard to play optimally to make us gods in 10.0
and now back down to fucking herpa derp.
its obviously playable but man
i haven't felt this much in danger in keys in a bit
I mean you weren't ever in danger last season
now we wait until they fix the bug (at least I call it a bug) that oaks spawn lasher which give count
overcorrections suck balls
getting absolutely demolished within a few seconds is not something i felt as a prot warrior in a long time
im not sure what exactly changed
but our previous weaknesses like dots/bleed etc feel a LOT worse now
and magic damage intake as well. i cycle through all my defensives way more than i ever did
I think blizzard will probably change something about us soon. I am feeling a damage buff coming but I don't think we need that as much as we need a bit of a survivability boost.
welcome to wow, the class balance whine excuses are in the jar to your left
hey, ive been a prot warr since legion. ive gone through all the changes. this just feels super ass. probably because its so sudden
I feel fine in keys idk
gradually fucking us is not as painful. this is sticking it in dry
im fine in most instances. but our weaknesses feel amplified right now
or maybe i roll with shitty healers idk.
Having to press and cycle your defensives is arguably better balancing than getting to ignore them, tbh
big bolstered mobs in neltharus hurt a bit, but well 😄
there is an argument for that sure
maybe im a whiny cunt
but it something feels off
I think you cracked it, no offense
mfw "i have to use my cds" is a complaint
too spoiled pulling entire dungeons and leling
mans wants to tank a whole 20 without using defensives
Like we chillin
going to extremes in discussions is always the right way to communicate. ya bro, i wanna just faceroll it all baby
-_-
that's what you explicitly spelled out, yes
Ye fam you literally said thT
the class is severely underrepresented right now for a reason. the class doesnt feel good right now
Right here
something is off
but they arent though
Also fury is playable in keys now
they arent even the most represented or doing the most damage with most survivability
other tanks are rising in popularity
tank role, the easiest one to reroll with, has all the players reroll to the bis tank?? wow this has literally never happened every phase ever

it was in 10.0 as well
or in shadowlands
fury/arms have been good in keys for 2 expansions now. maybe not MDI good but pretty damn good
i played fury for the first time last night in months. spec feels strange without the old 4 set. ill have to get used to it
but im glad fury has a place now in raids too
Are you feeling them the same place your hot takes are coming from?
oh i always do dude, you dont?
how are you feeling on Rashok?
ill probably be on it next week at some point. kinda curious about that fight
looks super fun
It's shit positionally, and lava waves suck
But v fun to just blast 24/7
Objectively an amazing encounter
I hear ya. It looks technically very simple
The DPS check is very high ya?
I think he has an enrage no? Are you guys close to hitting it?
it already feels pretty tightly tuned on normal / heroic
god what else can you do to it on mythic lol
What is the best manufactured shield for the protection of warriors? I can hardly decide what to produce at the moment. Thank you in advance for your help
primal molten defender + patch
any tips for oceanic breath?
spell reflect
ill take that as a no
Or range it
i can just leap from it?
yeah
kk
Press your S key
oh you can put the patch on shield??? TIL
I just have issues with the uptime. it feels way to low to be worth losing the stamina.
Heart of thunder is my new best friend
am I wrong?
Not sure is swapping str for verse is giving me as much value but it’s out dpsing my grapple by a large portion
hey guys, quick question, should I go for 4piece of the old set our 2p old & 2p new?
In general the new set has higher ilvl
yup, I have it on 437
can i mitigate the chain thing in neltharus with spell block? its fire damage so im just assuming shield wall is the only thing that would help but i was told i should spell block?
spell reflect is always 20% magical damage reduce
even if you cant reflect or deflect a spell
yea but im thinking whether i can do something against the fire damage that is coming in while pulling the chain through the adds in neltharus
What necks are most people going for? just a craft or something?
bromach
T30 4pc is stronger than 2pc&2pc
2pc 2pc is better than OLD 4set tho ya? I can never remeber which tier number we are on at this pont
Question, am I the only one that have problems keeping aggro in high keys?
At the start of pulls I do sometimes
I try to save an AOE CD for start of pulls for that reason
if you chain pull without CDs you will have problems sometimes
Got the problem that I either have to use a dps cd to keep aggro and just hope the healer keeps me up for the gcd or get my mitigation/def cd and have the ele shaman over aggro me?
i use the aoe shout when i chain pulls without big things
use more 
defensive cds aint on the gcd
You're right
Still got the problem of the aggro tho and not sure if there is a way to fix it
i don't understand what you mean by "use a dps cd to keep aggro"
your problem is that you have to press buttons to keep threat? i'm confused sorry i don't mean to sound sarcastic
Roar, shield charge, dps trinket
shield charge, thunder roar or devastator i guess
but what are you doing with your GCDs if you're not doing damage
Thunderous roar
usually start of pull is a "snap" aggro issue
once you have threat, i fyou are doing your rotation well you won't lose it
a roar or a shield charge should be enough threat to forget about aggro
No
if you charge into a pull without big damage you can always use the AoE taunt
which is there for a reason
Shield charge is not enough to hold the aggro from our ele shaman in dungeons, but maybe that's an ilvl issue since his 437 and i'm 425
Dmg = threat
Just 1 CD isn't enough to keep threat
Unless it's dragon roar
That one is our strongest offensive button in large pulls
So i should try to rotate the aoe taunt and roar?
I've never felt the need to specifically rotate anything
i'm still rocking whetstone which helps too
I just aoe taunt when I know I don't have CDs up and others can blast
But no specific "order"
i keep aoe for interrupt for dangerous situations, I rarely use it for getting aggro
you should naturally have enough threat if you're playing well
should I pick legs or chest tier piece from the season master thing?
because playing well = doing good damage
you wait
until you have 3 pieces
I think you pick whichever gets you to 4
well I have 1 piece from vault and I want a second
better to wait. you'll feel so bad if you get legs in vault after making legs
Okey thanks for the help
and then get 4pc with the omni token from KSM
I'm not going to wait because I'm really contemplating dropping rn
Chest has the better stats
But technically gloves shoulders and helmet have the best stats
I was seriously considering getting gloves over chest from my omni token cuz sexy haste on gloves and I need it badly
But chest is just more stats
I have 41 with itf
also took gloves over shoulder vor me
When can i drop T29 Tier piece??
You can drop 4pc once you have 2 items which are 15+ilvl upgrade each or to get new T30 2pc
You can drop 2pc once you have T30 2pc/4pc and/or if you sim higher without it
am i upgrading anvil or grapnel first for m+?
...3pc?
Yeah, that awkward middle ground between 2pc and 4pc
... whenever you get an upgrade?
Well yeah, but I wanted Nom to tell me
that aggro conversation up there was interesting to me cause i've only tanked a few so far as war but definitely a problem. i chalk it up to my dumpiness rn but i couldn't imagine tanking for some of the dps in my guild in a m+
I have 441 shoulders tier30 and a 437 chest. but i currently have 2p 421 & 415. Should i just drop tier29?
it’s a hot defence trinket - multiple offense trinkets out there
is anybody playing the chains in neltharus and has any tips? i feel like its always a gamble whether i live or die instantly on anything 16 upwards
i realise i dont have to do it on a 16/17, but its also a lot of fun if it works 😄
i dont understand sorry elaborate please
no i read that,i meant the hot defence part what did you mean by hot?
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The prove that people don't think by itselfs it this meta thing.
People don't play what they like, Instead of meta told them to play lol
For 20 sec sec after Last Stand ends, Shield Slam unleashes a wave of force dealing (135% of Attack power) Physical damage to enemies in front of you and reducing damage they deal to you by 5% for 5 sec.
is this the spellID for our 4pc buff?
this
@chrome falcon
ty
A question, is forgestorm any good for prot?
Forgesword owns
Forgestorm bis farm it
Ive never seen it on any tier list but okay good 👍
Tier lists for tanks are usually bad + made entirely defensively in mind (which is also bad)
See this for embellishments + items you'd like to pursue
does intervene work on first boss brackenhide? on the chase?
No
boring
how good is drogbar rocks
Properly min-maxing them can be a gigantic time gain cuz there are like 10 chains in the dungeon, but it can kill you or your group if people don't move out
wat do the chains do
Big damgur that scales with keylevel
Kill you and your melees
On a +19 I think a chain proc does like 600k per target (don't quote me on that)
as tank it wont really be good idea to grab i guess?
is the campaign worth doing for catchup gear for a ~420ish alt?
Not really I think, it’s a 2? Second cast to pick it up
10.1 Campaign is good for flightstones and rep
10.0.7 campaign you do for annulet
i see the chains all over, have yet to see anyone grab 1
i would happily kite trash into them
But on a 20 I didn’t survive the blast, only time we did it in a good way was with a rogue who used faint
For the 40% reduction
I think you can kinda outplay the chain
But I've yet to use one myself
Requires coordination but once that's done that key can be the next NW
(which is bad imo)
I think I used it wrong tbh, thinking about the first boss, you prob want to pull the mobs close the the chain, chain guy goes around the mobs and then drags it through it
And doesn’t walk directly into the pack
But haven’t tried it
Yea but tank
At least it felt way higher than 600k when I got hit, unless it ignores certain defs, like stance
Is there ever a point when you stop stacking haste over verse
At ~7100 haste
I dunno what mine is but im at like 40% haste
Yeah with buffs
Yes
That 7100 is 40% without buffs
Dunno I don't venture there unless for memes
Thanks for your response about chains 🙂 with def stance, spell reflect and shield wall, if felt doable but still close
and i obviously killed the ret pala
but thats just collateral damage
You did the right thing, killing a pink class
Crit
Vers or corit
Buff when?
When the balancing team gets drunk enough to think brown is pink
hello guys do you know if there is faster way to remove stunning barrel on 2nd boss on freehold?
Bop
Be a pally
Just did a 16 uld @431 ilvl and man I felt squishy AF. I never had this problem in s1. I move away from frontal and still got spanked. Is that me?
My buddy is a prot pali and just stands in EVERYthing and his health just hardly moves.
Did you try to shield block
Did you by chance do neltharus
basilisk bleeds hurt a ton there
Oh nvm uld
The basilisks are no joke. Same with the golems.
Yea you avoid the bleeds
Yeah uld uh is all about debuff and kick management
Stopping the hail stones, being ready for the thunderclap golems
Lol yes up 100% lol
@sick sentinel same.. and all cds pop.. its like they want you to try harder 😦
Kicking chain lightning, kicking spiked carapace
I've been LoSing some of the mechanics by using the pillars in the area.
It's fort week. Kicks and stops are the answer to almost everything basically
It helps.
Chomp will make you cry. And mdt said melee. But that’s not the case.
The golem claps and the haste debuffs are good to LOS yeah
The last 5 mobs with the haste debuff made up 7.8% of all dmg taken in the key
In our 18
Very balanced mobs
You skip them anyway
And its not just Uld, the dragon pulls on Halls after the frog
Aggressively back step the breath
the last pull before 3rd boss all CDs pop blazing on pull..
Dragon you outrange, frost chill has been nerfed now
It's a tracking cone but short range
I've seen people mention Bromach's for neck, but everytime I sim Ionized Choker, it comes up better and it has haste/vers instead of haste/mastery. Is there something I'm missing?
Just need to make sure you have room
Probably just more haste, or your vers is super low?
Probably low verse. Only at 14% unbuffed.
Simming necks is entirely down to your own gear, bromach is just the biggest haste neck in the game
14% vers is alot
Lol
Haste is good. We like haste. More haste is better than less. Heh
Actually I might have more now due to tier
True, haste is good. Isn't there diminishing returns on it after a % though?
Not relevant enough
Not achievable currently
Yeah, I'll just keep both then and upgrade them to 437.
7100 is where you say "yeah I should hard stop getting haste"
y ret pallys not freedoming my ass in key
they run talent that literally gives 2 freedoms
@fresh igloo i did it on a +16 423 ilvl and i got 20% vers 😦
i know, I ran with a pally who freedomed me every time. it was the best
It's the same as priests running double PI, but only using it on himself
Play matters way more than stats. Just pick crit haste when you can and it's fine.
When does it matter being Saved to Normal ( asking for guild alt run ) I thought 10/20/30 People mattered for extra loot
If I'm the only one saved when would that mean "minus 1 item"? sorry offtopic
If you're saved, you don't count towards the loot threshold
You might aswell not exist
and the threshold was 10/20/30?


