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Do we want to keep any trinket from prev season? like Fyrakks rageheart š¤
Can you still get the cheat from DOTI this tier? at champion/hero?
yes you can
I just got s3 tier from my timewalking box, this game is so shit
I had read the timwalking was bugged and giving ppl much lower ilvl
Pic?
it gave me 441 curio im going to turn it in to see if it gives me s4 gear but im assuming its not going too
one sec
Well thatās a s2 tier
But no thats just a rip
Submit a ticket
Keep appealing until you get a real human being
but that will be S2 of Midnight expansion by that time 
so much pain
Real
Is this any good?
its good for start, before you get something on higher ilvl
But idk if the armor and block are scaled equivalent to modern items
yea, stats are correct
Ok so youāre just losing secondaries
Iād use it for the block value
But replace asap
okay, ty both!
Donāt use the leech sword if you get that from TW though that shit sucks LMAO
I will use old gholak until I buy new gholak for bullions 
next thuesday/wednesday/thursday we replace old gholak with new gholak
yup, and then two voti rings 
well they havent raided yet
mythic actually has hp so you hafta do mechanics cuz undergeared
aka time to not play s4

Well first 2 donāt
Free mythic box
did get that 10% nerf tho
yep we did first 2 and quit for the week
one raid cycle a week or what?
some ppl talked about mixing bosses in raids but guess that wasn't a thing
yeah makes sense
How bad are the vers wrist? wanna craft them first for arms offspecc
Which dungeons this season drop Shields?
That would require me to be at home, though
jesus christ rng is with me today
banger after banger item from m+
got haste vers socket hero track belt now

oh thank god I check the pinned first, thx mwahi for updating the bullion purchase priority
If dreadplate now explodes no matter what, would it be viable on dps spec? not as bulion expense, but if it just drops š¤
Also I want to ask... those 2 rings which got effect from vault always activate when we deal fire damage. How can we deal the fire damage? via augury? or the shadowflame patch is count as fire?
Imma add one more question:
Will the Belt be >> Shadow Flame if you get the flame rings ?
shadowflame damage triggers the rings i tested on ptr
so weapon, embelishments, rageheart
The shadowflame embellish procs the rings
Does Lego do fire damage? I actually never even bothered to look lol
Yeah Lego should also proc it
Oh Macās messages hadnāt loaded yet for some reason lol, there you have it
prob not enough damage
isnt dreadplates true uncapped
Hey! Could people share their keybinds with me? My hand is hurting from Prot, hopefully some better keybinds will fix it.
Do you have a mouse with extra buttons?
No Will.
2 extra buttons:P
I'd suggest making those two extra buttons modifiers (ctrl, alt, or shift) and using a smaller group of buttons on the keyboard with modifiers.
Keep your main rotational abilities without modifiers, but anything else can be added to the same keys as a mod
Alternatively, it can be a good idea to put IP on one of those, since that's probably causing a lot of the strain
I already have that, the problem I'm having is Ignore Pain, Shield Block, Shield Slam and Thunder clap, I'm not sure where to put them
where are they now?
ok so right now, your TC and SS are the mouse buttons, and then revenge is shift+mouse button, right?
Yes
Is it your mouse hand that's hurting? Or your keyboard hand?
Both ._.
I tried having them on 123
But that was bad for the other hand
So it's like.. which hand do I want to hurt
What I'd do is try to space the often used abilities out where your hand rests naturally
So like TC on Q, SS on R, then IP on like F or something easy to spam
That way you're not doing anything weird with your hand to hit them
Think I found a good setup right now actually, Shield slam on 2, ignore pain on 3, shield block on 1 and thunder clap on 2
Would barely have to move fingers to touch important things and the most spamym are like.. okay there I think
Yeah try that then for a bit and see if it helps. I'd highly suggest getting a mouse with more buttons though so you can separate the keybinds more
We have a lot of them and we're fast too so you gotta adapt for that
I had one a few years back but I play a lot of FPS games too so I don't wanna have to constantly swap between the two of them ._.'
There's a Razer? I think that has swappable side plates
Yeah but the Naga or whatever it's name is just isn't very good for shooters
Ah okay
The Sensor is super bad and it goes to like 500 hz max or smth:P
I really appreciate the help with the keybinds though!!
Gonna try this for a bit
See how it feels^^
No worries, hope things improve
Used to play BDK so it's.. very.. different
For sure, I've played BDK as well and it's definitely more chill lol
Pwar is like 
Although weirdly enough, pwar doesn't hurt my hand, but fury does lol
Would it be dumb to macro like.. ignore pain to slam or thunder clap?..
I macro'd Shield Block before Shield Slam and put Ignore Pain on my Mouse wheel down.
It's probably not the most efficient, but the uptime is taken care of.
I also play BDK and Prot, so I needed less binds.
Burgeoning Seed, what's that worth ? 502 vs my 486 trinkets
u dont ever macro SB and SS as 1 key bind
u can add SS after SB to snipe SS resets
but u still have a SS bind
i dont think its THAT good
for dps to use it
but maybe?
it can do up to 3mil per use
I have the sniping set up for IP resetting SS, I'll have to set it up for SB -> SS.
I assumed I was only causing a small amount of rage inefficiency, am I losing something else as well?
Did they make chargath's fiery focus unblockable?
it just always happens
Logitech has a mmo mouse for like 25usd
Works like a charm
I play at 1300dpi personally but it cranks up to like 16k
Any chance you could find a link?^^
I only play on 1k dpi
But I prefer stuff abov 1k hz:P
250hz feels awful
Sure let me find it and Iāll dm it to ya
Thanks!
Sent it to ya
Apparently price is hiked must be a new model
So itās closer to 60usd
Yeah, how ppl living this? I had to use shield wall and spell block to live then couldnāt live the 2nd on a +5
he facefucks hard now its kinda stupid
Can someone explain why wowhead and icyveins guides are saying treemouth is better than rageheart? Rageheart synergizes with eranog and diurna's rings
Are you playing a defensive trinket to try and be offensive with it or are you playing a defensive trinket to live
isn't treemouth a lower CD ?
rageheart is probably better once you get the rings
on a 8 neltharus chargat fiery focus made me feel like tom the cat getting hit by the telephone pole again and again
holy smokes that damage
you can only proc ring so often, and in S1, shadowflame embel did that alone
so
er, now shadowflame embel
frostfire belt
@dusky canopy just to live @humble schooner same cooldown
i started to write that we did not have shadowflame in S1 but you rectified in time
It doesn't give any value beyond that; treemouth also is more defensive benefit when you press it compared to rageheart if you're using it for defensive
Mainstat vs Vers, Short CD, u should have enough fire Dmg to procc the Ring without RH
we've had shadowflame for so long it just all blurred together for a sec
As others already mentioned, treemouth is better at making you live
You should just farm raid DPS trinkets unless you're doing some real scary content
Thatās why itās suggested
Equinox monk said he prefers the nokhud trinket dont know why exactly let me saw again. I was trying to learn with equinox cause theres just zero prot war making content for s4
was just looking at Nokhud trinket, seems better but also worse than before
I mean, Nome's streaming literally right now
though nome's on a shimmy sham atm
I guess people are more on treemotuh because the difference of cooldown
how is fiery focus intended to be done in neltharus? i understand they changed it from season 1 so it only hits the tank now
but i get 2 shot @ level 10
30 sec less CD is a huge difference
You need to defensive to live it now
equinox also said that xeritath egg sac is a good trinket
and that decoration of flame is a good trinket
when theyre both the worst trinkets of their respective patch
Wasn't he also singing the praises of Codex when Tazavesh was current
dude praises anything that gives you a details bar

ngl though, if egg sac was a str trinket it actually would've been quite good
it would be as good as resonator is this patch
Yeah
Well resonator Iād argue is a bit worse since you know it just is gonna proc on CD
Or maybe thatās better I guess
so does eggsac
Depends on pov
also no
resonator cant proc if you are already below 75%
yeah thats why i rated it D-tier instead of C or B
cuz otherwise it would be a solid trinket
Is it worth it to not use the tier gear when we get new higher non tier lvl gear?
If it's ~30ilvl higher on 2 items yeah
this is actually crazy i got 9 items in m+ today
including a double drop in one dungeon
two identical 506 chests
The game is turbo bugged rn
was I lucky or Chomp doesn't stack anymore in Uldaman ?
Lucky
also, it seemed my Storm Bolt didn't stun the boss-that-must-be-stunned anymore ?
so wait - even though S4 and S3 are the same bonuses, you can't combine the pieces to make 4 set?
Nope. There's also no advantage to double 2 set which is a shame.
Yeah I was a bit... meh about that too. Would have been nice to get something.
On the bright side, just got another half spark from end of dungeon chest so I can upgrade sth.
If they are different sets then its fine, some classes want 2+2
I bet they were seperated for when bliz was gunan do the tuning
But thyley ahvent done any
So

Wdym? Tuning is perfect!? All tanks are equal. Its nirvana out there.
Hello! Should I craft the engineering bracers or the blacksmithing bracers for shadowflame? Is there any difference?
thanks
Alright I just realized you can't embellish engi bracers, my question was dumb
You have to clear the inexorable stacks. Was working fine for me
Just as fine as in the other seasons
You're turbo tanky, but don't offer as much silencing capabilities as other tanks
We also deal a little less damage than bdk and vdhs
420
idk
turbo low
so?
ive healed +16s with 420ilvl last season xd
and you could tank +20s with 420 ilvl aswell
I thought they said on PTR that you couldn't mix/match tier sets
I remember I could do it with my Storm Bolt and my Shockwave, on top of the two orbs in season 1 or 2.
Yes, you can remove the stacks but it still takes 3 stuns to stun her
Rip
hoi still fucking blows
but honestly its week 1 so we're outgeared
could have timed a 10 and wiped on last boss cause people broke the casters in different times so stops didnt align
yeah easy 3rd boss is still an hps check
plus harder now since its outgearing our heals
luckily for us
sr still goes brrrr on last boss
wtb new SR choice node, either reflect all casts in the SR window or give 2 charges like the Legion lego
i still prefer true legion where both were true, but could be fun
you mean reflective plating
yea
yeah for sure would be awesome to have it back
reflect this š
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do you guys know, are the bullion gear upgrades just 1/12 with crests still?
i know the old dinars depended on difficulty where they're looted, but i dont see how that would work this time around
pretty much
ok cool
bullions have no difficulty distinction honestly
it should be a fun season, not some weird gated thing
3rd boss
feels actually
so hard to heal
like harder than in s2
yyea
just tanked a 10
lol
heya, i know that shield ilvl is >> all, but i just got a bulwark of azzinoth 493 from the timewalking raid and i was wondering if it's worth keeping/upgrading when i have a 489 Desiccated Husk Shield. Just asking because of the no secondary stats
yes
well
i wouldnt upgrade anything this week
but you should use it over the husk
since ilvl means it has more block value
what track is it? hero?
champion
would still use it, what are the timewalking stats
the ilvl thing is due to block value and armor increase
not due to stats etc
more ilvl means more block and armor, block being the important one
yeah thats fine
no secondaries and a chance to get 2329 for 10s when i get damaged
dont up honestly
ok thanks
since you can farm other shields in M+
ok thanks š
do use it over your current though
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Nim, is it OK if I go absorb ring first rather than damage ring? Both ring from vault
Or nah the absorb is not that significant, better go for dmg
eranog's first
honestly
well
honestly i dont know cause
eranog is easily done in raid, broodkeeper depends on difficulty i guess
im not really stressed over it
i guess you could go for either one depending on if youre clearing on week 4 and then 6 after idk
i dont think brood ring has too much defensive value though
its okay
just higher ilvl than any other with bullions i guess
Alright then damage ring it is, thx Nim.
how much absorb is the maxed one
Gholak first though for sure
which one do I use
sim
I mean⦠if it was me just donāt sim and use whatever, next week buy gholak with bullion, then you are done. @tall sky
pretty much
i love nok too, people in this channel dont š¦
It's so boring
I forget do we reflect Conductive or Thunder
I assume the former since it hits like a truck
I am in trinket hell
oh wait i just checked noms list and thats good
i thought it was bad haha
Trinket heaven
have rageheart and rezans so i dont think thats much of an upgrade
It's better defensively than rageheart
yeah but no damage right
yeah that kinda makes sense, situational
Trinket purgatory
that from normal? ^
Yeah
ooo nice
since the cata is every week are we waiting on making stuff tier even if its 15ilevel increase? I know never replace tier with non unless its like 30 i levels
I'd just sim it
yeah thats always a good idea haha
The tiers don't stack
If that was the question, I 100% didn't read that from that
but the same thing applies for if you're dropping 4p for new gear at all
just sim and check out; most content, you aren't swinging for 4p to save your life or anything; it's either play well or get more gear first since it's a new tier
tried to do a +2 and it was full of people expecting old +2 difficulty
is this going to be life for the next few weeks now
feelsbadman
I tried to do m0's yesterday... didn't check ilvl before we started, 3 people 440ilvl..
yeah pretty sure i had some really low ilevels too, i saw 2x 550k hp
Yeah, the people who were doing ass in the first place definitely aren't the types to understand the key changes, so
people just fucking quitting on 1 wipe on the first week
i hate wow sometimes
fucking chargath focus fucks my face
so youre forced to 3 chain it fast
hmm
nvm its still blockable
we got it last night too and my sp friend got it
i rolled a 91 or something
yeah ours had socket
Itās somewhat the opposite for me, Will 
For me warrior is more chill because my HP is not going up and down a lot constantly. I canāt handle such heart attack.
Why are you calling me Will lol
Because earlier your name was will? Or did I misread
At least contained āwillā
Will it is
You guys save avatar and demo to align with others offensive cds or just use on cd? Iam kinda confused about that since they don't have a fixed cd
sup will
youre also a Will? :O
No I'm a Don

anyone having issues putting settings on necks?
my friend tried putting r2 and r3 settings on his neck and it said it wasnt possible
watched it on stream too, he was doing it correctly
Seen that posted earlier too
I had no issues yesterday.
Hopefully they fix it soon then.
so far
no sockets with settings on necks
getting s3 wyrms when capped on aspects
that i know of atleast
Diddn't get around to Neltharus yet.
Only managed to do a Nokhu 11 and a Academy 10.
š¦
lol just wait
BRH, AA are at least pretty chill
AV last boss group wide is pretty rough but can play around it with group defensives
HOI 3rd boss is...
rough
VERY rough
Have you all tried not being one shot?
Ya.
Tried very hard.
We were actually really chill on time until the 2 last bosses.
Where we wiped like 10 times.
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Je, tried a AV yesterday, really chill on time.
But we had a rogue who did almost no DPS, so we couldn't kill last bosses shards.

also AA last boss changes are pretty fucking weird
What did they change?
insta spawning 2 orb thingies
Diddn't feel anything..weird.
like the boss isnt hard

its just caught it by surprise
err us
i havent done RLP or Nok yet
we keep getting AV/Nelth/AA
ulda wasnt that bad ig
same as always, i detest that dungeon
but nothing outstanding
you can still reflect nadoes on transition to put the dot on a statue on add phase
(:
other than chargath, nelth is pretty chill too
even with the chain changes
Do we run double shadowflame armor patch, and if so, is there a specific slot i should put it on? I usually just slap it on a crafted shield.
have you read the wowhead/icyveins guides
it doesn't say which slot to put the patch on
i heard that specific armor peices give higher bonuses to embelishments
Idk if that applies to armor patch though
What i meant is, on the druid discord they're saying put embelishment on ring because it makes the embelishment stronger.
Is that true for us?
no
ok ty
thats not true at all
ima just slap it on shield then
why not?
you could just get a myth shield
isn't crafted gear myth level this patch?
oh i thought they got rid of the -6
which are the "weakest"
belt no
Why not belt?
belt is higher stats
any of those is fine
not gonna run it on ring. Vault rings too good.
Anyone done Nokhud and can confirm if they managed to Reflect Wind burst from Raging Tempest?
Help me to search for it, only did a +2 so only 2 casts with 1 hit and 1 miss if I read the log correctly
Most important reflect in NO is last boss, crazy dam
That one still works.
Did only a +4 and outperformed all my dps players with reflect
Jeah, it's a good reflect.
Can still reflect wind burst.
Anyone had their spells/keybinds suddenly not working? Felt pretty bad pulling the first area in ruby and suddenly couldnt press any defensives or offensive skills 𤦠Probably addon related but it went on and off last night in that key only. Seems odd
Like they added a mob with silence or something
Nope. š
Usually when stuff like that happens to me it's because i fatfingered and swapped my default keyboard for windows.
Yeah Ive done that
But this was different. It was like being silenced. Just with literally all spells. Just stood there like a slapstick
Good I could block with my shield and cow body atleast š
@strong forum im looking at your guide on wowhead, purely for m+, would you pick Enduring Dreadplate as one of the two trinkets? Is it similar to aegis (shadowlands) now?
š¤¤
adds were up for a while
Thats still not correct 
Listen - Im just happy about the reflect damage

In that sense, yes, big reflects.
Still, work on your rotation. š¦
Don't forget SS>TC.
I only got 1 piece of gear yesterday, and it was the oroboroboso neck from the Timewalking Cache. š¦
How bad would it be to macro Shield Slam inside thunderclap and revenge, so that it always gets used before them?
You still need to TC / Revenge for AoE threat.
It should be enough to use the SS/IP macro.
/cast Ignore Pain
/cast Shield Slam
Hey guys, I'm fairly new to the game and I'm trying to improve my dps, doing around 73k consistently. I don't know what to do to improve other than spamming revenge and shield slam on reset and using my cooldowns don't know how to improve. I've check the wow head guide and practiced on dummies but have never cracked more than 80~ even with consumables and enchants, any suggestions? My item lvl was 485 before new season
This should snipe most Shield slams.
You don't spam Revenge.
You use SS->TC
And prioritise those.
Do you have the tier set?
Do you have any logs?
Thats generally bad idea, as all mentioned skills are on GCD, so you may not be able to use TC/revenge when you actually need it.
So SS and TC> than shield slam? I have tier set
Might have some logs give me a sex
Sec
Tried experimenting on bigger pulls? I remember when I started and thought the same. Then I learned to be aggresive and pull more. Helped alot.
Oh it's more for single target damage, should have clarified that. Thanks though!
Oh. I thought m+
Yeah I'm fairly happy with that
That's your damage done per ability & Casts on Nymue.
Those are mine.
Notice the cast differences.
You are prioritising SS->Revenge
But it should be SS->Thunder Clap.
And then you feed all that rage into Ignore Pain, since Ignore pain has by far the highest probability to trigger your tier set "Fervid Bite".
You can see that clearly in your damage breakdown.
You procced fervid 18 times.
I did it 38 times.
Okay okay, i though that the revenge proce was better
Nope.
Revenge is garbage in this situation.
You always prioritise your rage generators:
1)SS
2)Thunder Clap.
Yes.
Instead of fishing for revenge procs
Since that has like a 90% chance to proc our tier set.
While everything else has like a 15-20%.
Just forget about Revenge on ST, use it if everything else is on CD
St?
Single target.
Ah ok
Also was thinking about a macro to burst avatar, with racial, and a couple of crs
Is that a good idea?
CRs?
Not sure which racials you're talking about.
You can, if you want to, i wouldn't bother with it tho. Your racials might come off CD when your avatar is on CD etc since they don't have similar cooldowns.
Orc rage thing
Thanks for the help, will make the changes and will see how it goes


I havent even got a piece of loot yet š
One last question, do I dump rage on ignore pain even if i get a 300k shield?
Yes, if you have like ~80 rage you should use IP, no matter how much you have already. Generally its not worth tracking IP amount, unless some specific tankbusters in mythic raid that you may need full IP for.
Shouldn't you dump rage with revenge when there's nothing to spend and IP is already up?
No
You can dump too much if you ragestarve and dont have for shield block for example when you need it or for revenge if your SS and TC are on cd. If that doesnt happen, then you're good.
You use revenge when your SS and TC are on CD.
Ip gives fervid
And with current tier its quite rare to happen.
Cool thanks
Ive got shield from nm Eranogg so far, and tier token from normal only by accident, so I've bought nm helm >.<
Is it better just to recraft a primal molten defender for the shield though?
It won't be max lvl possible, and there are many sources for proper myth track shield both in raids and vault from dung/raids, so I personally wouldn't bother with crafting it.
Yer issue with taking a break from the season but coming in to be boosted for raid achieves is u dont get gear

We killed 15 bosses yesterday
you have access to 3 myth track shields on first, third and first boss of the three raids on mythic which should be doable
if you do not raid a shield craft will probably be a good bet as the only source of a myth track shield will be the vault
Nice, we got same, after Diurna on hc we had like 5min of raid left, so we ended there. Rasza and mythic today 
Thanks will not invest in that then
You can also get awakened track shield for bullion, can be upgraded to myth ilvl, but its better to use bullion on gholak, rings and trinkets first imo. Especially if someone doesn't raid mythic.
We got some pulls on raz hc and tbh just failed because ppl sent all their cc on first set of adds in 2.5 inter 
But hc will die monday then the teams goal is 2 bosses for vault
ggs to the guild who cleared mythic already
granted its just reusing strats its still a good job cus they're undergeared
Well it was like yesterday only liquid were 7/8 then 8 guilds were likr 4
so far only Liquid done that š
yeah so ggs to them
Everyone else doing 2 and stopping 

we got an erga emote 
that will be a week 8-10 buy at the earliest which is not that bad into a 16-17 week season you get a 522 6/6 hero shield that will hold you until then
Lmao
First 2 are free and you get your box
And has icon and eranog ring
Not their fault like half our team hasnt seen these bosses
Wellā
I would argue thatās a bit of a failure on raid planning
On heroic you just focus one add down
And then only have to deal with one set of little guys
RIP
I dont know why ppl sent all of them when we had bindings on ither side
On the first set
Iād prefer to do first 2 and stop anyway good odds for a Dirunaās that way
btw. how raid vault works this season? First vault will be only from bosses killed in VotI?
Correct
The plates only break post-mit post-absorb dmg
So any dmg that is less than 150k won't count towards breaking a plate
I've done a turbo large RLP pull at the beginning with 5 casters + 10 melee mobs + the big juggernaut on +10 fortified om PTR
And only 2 plates broke over the 15sec duration
My guild destroyed heroic like was LFR. I guess blizz want us to do nythic raiding3
the raids are in their most nerfed stage
with a extra -10% health and damage on top
though, not sure how far we get into Mythic Vault this week; Ill be happy with like 4/5 of out 8
but I expect we could full clear Aberrus and Amidrissil the following weeks
and full clear Vault on the second rotation
save some dinars
If we donāt kill kurog for mythic all totem Iāll baby rage though
They gave me the leech one, that means Iām the favorite 

you mean I gave you the leach one

I was on loot council on tuesday
I made all the important loot decisions

good to know, thanks!
im divided on what to equip with anvil on m+, my group is not very good and we have to wait for ress way more often that im comfortable with to equip signet
Ya and Iām your favorite 
nothing wrong in running a defensive trinket
especially early season when youre undergeared
Can you technically use two defensive trinkets (ex: rageheart and treemouth) to face a very scary boss? The idea is the player can use rageheart in one tankbuster, and treemouth in the next, and after that make a cycle. If the answer is yes, people dont do that because its just unecessary (you have defensives) and dont help in damage at all?
you can, but also do you need both?
like, you also have SW, Last Stand, Demo, Spell Reflect
having both feels like overkill and also a huge opportunity cost considering this season we have all the best trinkets available
Yeah i guess is just unecessary, unless you are in a very problematic situation, like experiments boss in mythic raiding and you are undergeared
well Mythic Experiments is gonna have some other issues
like the nerf to Mass Dispell from S2->S3
In most seasons we don't run a defensive trinket at all
Most of the bosses this rotation are pretty chill because spell block works on most of the tank hits
We just happen to have actually had a decent one here and there
the only scary bosses are Crawth and the second boss RLP imo
everything else, kind of chill for warrior
Even 2nd is pretty manageable. You should be able to shield wall almost every one. Just the bird (I hate the bird)
That 3rd boss in NO can also be a little freaky
but the 2nd and 4th reflect stonks are through the roof
same with Azure Vault; 1st boss and 4th boss stonks way up for warrior
What if instead of Nokhud Offensive it was called Freaky Offensive and instead of killing the centaurs we rode them?

I like that idea
If you wanted a 3rd crafted piece so you can use a Flavor Pocket, is there a recommended/best item for this assuming you already crafted bracers and cloak? Also assume going off of the Wowhead BIS list.
How is everyone feeling about Prot going into season 4? Im torn between my warrior, pally and dk
My buddy and I started recently and he id a disc priest. We intent to do mostly mythic+ and some raiding
100% biased, but i love it.
But then again, i always love it.
But honestly, play what you want.
Paladin and BDK will probably have a easier time getting into pugs due to being looked upon more "favourably".
But that's just due to community being steered by tier lists.
Ironically the tier lists Iāve seen are literally all over the place for BDK in particular lol
But Paladin yea
So I decided to not tank besides just if I get stuck doing it for my weekly vaults with the guild, how is prot damage looking? Since in vault keys itās gonna be just run through the key as fast as possible I donāt care about survival every tank can survive them easily
Iāll play any tank but VDH but donāt know if brew or dk beats it by a decent amount as well
if youre running full pad you can pump some good numbers
but we're not the top dps tank
dps is decent
Gotcha. As long as itās decent Iāll probably do it so I donāt have to gear a separate tank just for helping guildies spam vaults
but keys can be done at a pretty high level without tank dps being a factor
Iām looking for speed
vdh is uncontested and nothing comes close
You can do all +10 very easily with any tank, the content is super ez right now
Iām not min maxing THAT hard I just wanted to make sure prot wasnāt gonna be slow af if I couldnāt pull as big as possible consistently
10s are definitely not super ez, but they are doable with all tanks
wait until everyone have 510+ and will be super trivial
Im not worried about the skill part of getting through 8-10ās just if the class can handle pulling like a crack head as tank
People are doing 10 right now without gear
āRight nowā people arenāt 510+
Iām asking about when I have gear š
But yes 10s will absolutely be trivial within a week or two
by next week honestly
already slotted to have full new tier, plus bullion, plus vault
and second raid reset
the power jump from this week to next week gonna be huge
Dont make sense to advice a class decision based on the undergear situation of first week
So i will rewrite my comment
You WILL do all +10 very easily with any tank, the content WILL BE super ez in one week or two
Does prot historically handle large pulls well consistently while I speed run my 18ās for mine and guildies vault during mid and late season is the original question even if I didnāt word it that way, words are hard lmao
Yeah prot is always extremely sturdy
you can literally play whatever you want at those key levels
if you are trying to speed run weekly keys, then you play whatever they do for MDI
which is VDH
but if you are a civilian like the rest of us, just play whatever makes you happy
you can play blood DK and never die lol
Blood DK is king in raids
but really only for Mythic; anything below that everything works well
I am looking forward to the MOP thing coming out
gearing up just for it to be replaced next expac is eh, m+ is fun but might not play much this season idk yet
gearing in retail wow is like a sideshow now you do for the first 2-3 weeks
after that, its a after thought
the main draw of retail is the content itself and replayability of M+
or raid prog
If m+ wasnāt a thing Iād unsub after 1 month
Everyone screaming anvil and smolderon trinket as our bis, but m+ they are such a damn hassle
Whats a more carefree setup we can aim for in m+?
Totem + enduring plates?
Or totem + boon?
I agree but even m+ isnt all that, the high keys are so meta driven
people be getting title not playing meta; for the vast majority of players its more important to pick a class they like and get good at it
rather then chasing a silver bullet they think will solve all their problems
the point you have to get to where not playing meta is literally trolling is when you are doing the top keys
Iām pretty sure almost every spec for 28/29ās timed last season. So maybe 30 and up it matters but you gotta be honest are you pushing for 4k io lol
I played sv hunter and brewmaster to 25ās last season before I even noticed I wasnāt fotm
Every tank did 31s at least I believe
And it was still doable I just had to like remember to use defensives
And keep in mind the vast majority of players pushing keys wouldnāt bother with playing an off meta tank because if you arenāt doing it strictly for fun, why not play vdh
^ it sucks the meta decides what pugs are gonna take more willingly. I agree That is shit
But as tank I never had that problem really. Mostly just as sv getting groups and even then, Iām dps
thats really on true for those maybe pushing for title or world rankings though
if ya just chillin, maybe doing some 26-27 or get a 28 something ya want to slam
anything is fine
you even start making a name for yourself
when I was pushing title, there was a guy playing arcane
and people were inviting him cause they were like 'I know that guy, super good at arcane'
Yep. At the higher level itās a smaller community and names come up more often
the community doing high keys is VERY small
Your reputation will matter
Same goes for raiding tbh
Networking gets increasingly impactful as you climb ranks
ye no one is kicking plka when he pugs
I played with some big names in early xpac before I tapered off and lost a lot of interest/had anxiety issues
try mewing
helps with anxiety
Got flamed for dying on growlās stream

(Fandy had already used up all the brez)
Well thereās also cliques, discords, etc
dont even know why honestly
.7% or 20 prot wars did 31+ lol
Okay
i agree and people chose the path of least resistance more than ever. Why work so hard on a prot when you can just pick VDH and have it ez?
well, thats not really the thought process; the thought process is more if theres a correct answer and you can play the objective correct answer, why not?
if you cant answer the why not, then play the right answer
correct answer is subjective but the data suggests VDH lol
in S3 it was VDH
unless you were playing the Squishvegan comp
the top players are telling us the answers; they solved the problem
Yeah not sure what this season will bring but I think a lot of people are skipping this season. Can't wait to see the numbers
its VDH
damnit
but for many reasons
not just individual tank strength, but also stacking raid buffs
ideal comps are looking to be caster focused, so stacking Arcane Int, Choas Brand, Mark of the Wild etc. just pumps up your group damage
like, if we were in a melee dominant meta, Prot War could be a option (but more likley bear because Warrior DPS>Feral)
yeah its all about damage, I get that but I feel like it be different
its about making comps that make sense and syngergize
or I wish it was lol
well yeah because there is a timer
no timer =/ not as much focus on damage just finishign it
if its about just finishing then nothing matters; the timer is what puts the restraint on how far players would go
but there is one
so when you have specs grouped together that compliment each other they get stronger when together
like Imagine running a VDH-Shadow-Fire-Resto Druid comp and just slotting in some random warrior
I wish there was MDI m+, as key levels go up it stays the same difficulty wise but the timer just gets shorter and shorter. Seems like itād get pretty fun and hectic lmao
its prob fine at a certain point, but theres a better option out there like a destro lock who benefits from Arcane Int and Chaos brand
I know people who'd want that
then just get classes that have good AOE damage why even have the others lol
it gets super sweaty when the damage numbers get really high for no reason
prio damage matters
boss damage matters
on certain weeks yes others no
theres a lot more to pushing high keys then just stack the best aoe classes
its every week
Even on fort prio/ST is important for mini bosses and big mobs. But I agree tuning for that and regular m+ would be borderline impossible
it was more pronouced last season
we had some egregious dungeons like ToT where Ravagers and those breaker dudes just had way more health then anything else around them
and they had to die first
or close to when the rest of the pack died
well see this season how it turns out, but I think its less of a issue
idk about the boss argument but I do like it. you have AOE dps at 1.2million some classes and boss damage at 500k
they still doing 31+
if its a ration the higher the better obviously but its the same classes hence my point
ratio*
I am by no means crapping on Prot. I love playing it and have for many years and I will never play a FOTM, there just needs to be some balance with I know is also hard so I digress haha
right now, for the vast majority of players, balance is pretty damn solid
its literally only when your at the top top end wheres theres like 2000 total players there where it matters
Bullwark from Timewalking chest.... no secondary stats but hero track. Decent until I get a myth track replacement? Or is it bad since no secondaries?
its alright
nothing speical tho
you replace it with a hero track shield with haste on it basically
ok. figure id wear it until i get my hands on higher block options.
cool, thanks!
I just can't do damage with prot
Bdk doing 200k overall in uldaman at il 488

Maybe I should just reroll tbh, it's been years since I do bad dmg even in 25s
What all are u running ?
i mean warrior is lowest damage tank right now

but u could be playing wrong if u feel like your doing low damage
I 100% am. Not logging ATM but when I did my SS casts were always lower than they should have
And yet I main outlaw so I should be good at smashing buttons
I dont think anything is lower then prot paladin
at least for keys
Prot Paladin feels miserable to play right now š¦
do you have the IP macro? i find that can help resolve some, not all, of the shield slam cast problems
Prot can do good damage
You just have to sacrifice survivability and play a lot better
ST will always be weak tho
You mean drop Sent and take Crit Wings
Thatās the biggest one yea
If Iām going out Iām going out with a bang
My pally has 9k haste right now 
It's not lowest damage if you're in pug raids. Instead you rock those charts. and beat a non-zero amount of DPS, too
nah pretty sure prot pally is lowest dmg tank now by far
cuz they got cucked by tierset
Hey fellas wondering how does Forgestorm compare to Gholak if you can get it anyway
forgestorm is several thousand dps worse
ok cool
was leaning towards using Bullion on it already that settles it
bold of you to assume it's not going to be lego upgrade
And then #2 buy is cosmetics
Based
Fury in raid, prot in keys, I'm so conflicted on Bullions
M+ in keys

gdi
The only way to increase lego at all is with bullions, so I'd prio that
You can at least gamble on a gholak drop
true didn't think of that fro the awakened raid in a few weeks
It can drop I thought
Or is it a ādrops for people who donāt have itā
the increase token can just natty drop?
i haven't heard of it dropping from anywhere; I thought it was just the lego itself could still drop
If the token can raw drop then I'd just wait until week 3 and see what gamble pays off
that'd be dope if it could cause i hate being conflicted between inting raid performance (tanking) and m+ performance (dpsing)
That might be the case
Not sure honestly
Nooooooome, pull your wowhead big money connections to get us the answer
dont think so
maybe it can drop from fyrakk
but uh... do you really wanna RNG it
Hey. Which trinket bring the most dps in m+ ? Fyrakas ?
All totem
Yeah, my opinion if you really want gholak and the token if it dropped off Fyrakk would be to wait to purchase until week 3; it's only one more week to wait and you get to gamble to see if you get gholak/token drop, but
Does it matter if I pick Cloak or Boots? O: I see many going for boots instead of cloak as crafted
Boots have slightly more stats than cloaks
So you'd indirectly downgrade your overall potential ilvl
But it's not a huge deal
Oh okay ty š
We are switching set at 4p? Or is the Ilvl just too strong and we do 2p
Can just sim it
Okay š
Didnt know if 4p dmg reduction is just prio. But gonna sim it then! ty š
im sure there's a better place to ask, but doti hardmode, as technically an m0, does not count towards vault rewards, yea?
I mean, heroics count to vault, so
It counts towards unlocking vault, but you can't loot doti stuff from vault
Ohhh
All Hard Mode does is make last boss drop higher ilvl stuff
typical DH player
which sucks if last fight gets scuffed up

Gaming
Itās ok bro itās fated itās just a wacky experiment because of covid, 2 people are working on it, bugs will happenāwaitā¦
It's super boring to me as anything because it's really just fly to pack hit pack fly to pack hit pack and just slap trash for like 30 minutes
Do yāall know if the 2 pc stacks? So if I get 2, 2 pcs does it make the 2 pc even stronger?
does not, last i heard
Embellishment wise: I'm checking the pins and the guides. Is it correct double SF also for m+ only?








