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2 catalysts charges, 1 omnitoken, and drop
i thoguht our first charge is next week?
2 charges, 1 token from seasonal mastery, 1 drop
or we getting two of t hem tuesday
token would mean anyone invites my fresh 70 warri or completes any keys with me and people alrdy struggle with second boss rpl
i didnt read on the 2x charges next week did i miss that?
oh if youre like 450 fresh
then youd have to do some gearing
or find a raiding team idk
You get 1 catalyst charge every week
And half a spark every week
You also get 1 bullion every week
wait half a spark?
yeah so 1x next week? or did we get one this week and i missed it haha
you already have one
You already have a catalyst charge this week
I heard you can get two dinar next week
No, that's the cap
ooo ok i went to the thing tuesday and didnt see it
In case you missed this week's
yeah thats the problem, Im to geard for heroic dungeons but to "low" for anyone to take chose me for m0/m1
You can do M0s with literally 420ilvl wdym
I sadly dont have time to raid much and friends cant take me because there guilds take fated break or are full
That no one invites me when I queue up :D
Make your own group
i mean just spec prot
tanks are easy to get in queues especially at lower level
most people dont care as long as you are a tank
oh I did build my own it was cancer
still opening vault in arms? since we can get ghol with the bullion
people die to the rolling bolder on second boss rpl
Pugging when you're Max geared and just want to press buttons, that's fine
friends who didnt take a break and have mythic gear are pushing 10/11s and I cant get to finish an m1 
is there any situation where we play the bastion spear? I love that ability
A situation in which you don't care about optimal play and are pikcing it to have fun

PvP
Spear > all cds > madge Warlock
what are the stats prot are looking for
my prevoker was 420 yesterday
now its 481
:3
lol what
yah
these streets are rough
hey guys, got a cuestion. Do you use Shockwave in your rotation in m+ or its better another talent?
you can get geared from 0 to 480+ in like 2-3h
at most
fresh 70 you do world events some whelpling crafting base spark crafting and you're set
You use Shockwave as an actual stop; it's not used for DPS and hasn't been for DPS in a hot minute
you need shockwave talented
everything under it -> NO
and like Luerce said, you dont use it for a "rotation"
you use it to provide a stop
jealous, did you pug it or got help?
481 ? thats easy to get
we're all 489 from last season
normal modes, low keys
heroics
yeah so not easy to get as a fresh 70
yo boys does 2 set from last tier and 2 set from this updated tier stack or does the new 2set just overlap it
yeah but super boring because I can almost solo them with 466
a fresh 70 is 480+ in 2-3 hours
i mean so what
cope
you can get 480 with them
so why does it matter if you can solo them or not
like i said
heroics are scaled to m0
have you tried them?
it's boring content because it's easy
have you tried them?
ok well do you want gear?
ok thanks guys
don't tell me to grind out heroics. I'm totally fine playing m0 or M1/2 but people only take last season gear people

uh hu
kinda baseless complaint when you have the content to get up to our level
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you've basically just summed up the game, you're playing the least popular tank with lower gear, gonna be tedious
wait warri is the least fav?
currently 2.3% of tanks are warrior
damn need to represent then
doesnt really matter, the content level hes at, hes not getting picked at cause hes 460
when you can get 480 easily
easily is so cope man
did you do black temple? can shopot up your gear like mad in like an hour
not yet but did time walking, temple is planned for Sunday
i got 4 490+ items from doing BT timewalking
might wanna at least do an illi skip if you feel you're hurting for gear, gives a like 502 piece
(including the quest rewards)
got a 506 crit,haste cape and felt pretty damn happy, gave up on the mastery cope last season
Does 2p + 2p actually do anything?
no
so what're y'all thinking of spending your bullions on, besides gholiak i imagine
pins
guys hold the 489er old 4er set boni or switch to higher ilvl?
i got head shoulders on 506 but sim told all time 4p boni from s3
thanks nim when i didn't see anything on gear on wowhead i assumed the guidewrite n stuff were waiting to test some options out first
i need to start remembering pins is a thing though lol
Current strat for Nelth boss 2? Break chains instantly and pray? Or time them and also pray? +8 was gibbing people.
makes sense, wasn't there yesterday thank you.
how bad is hardmode DOTI?
weakling, got my boost gear prot war from 424 to 491 in just a few hours
if you get good RNG and non-dupes, you get so much loot from the loot box weekly stuff, then timewalking boxes + raid
my mage got like 3 shoulderpads tho 
Heroic raider, should I make a shield or one of my Embellsihments first
you can craft embelishments, old 489 shield is enough for hc
like if you're fresh gearing a new char, you should do the following:
- BT raid (weekly q + end boss loot box alongside raid boss loot)
- weekly hunt/feast/dragonsbane (you get so much loot with the cache of storms thing too now)
- LFR for tier pieces, also whelp crests
- craft whelp crest gear in your bad slots
- craft your weekly spark item
if you do all that and you're not 480, then you're super unlucky
they will nerf that boss on weekly reset fiery focus by 25%
i knew it was way too stupid of an ability
is that already announced? š
why weekly reset and not hotfix reee, i want to do neltharus nowwww
i mean you can do it now
i don't want to š¦
you just have to spin your defensives on that ability
you go into dstance and combine wall+dshout, last stand+dshout if you have rageheart you can use that as well
it trucks but it is not impossible
It was applied as a hotfix, should already be live
wooo! ty š
i was gonna say, seemed a v strange thing to wait until the weekly reset with when the weekend's coming up
hi gamers, in neltharus what prevents you from interacting with a chain even with no debuffs?
seems like it just wouldn't let me use it after some amount of time in a pull
theyre 1x use
for whole party?
correct
ty
no longer turbo chains cheese
sad
Is worth to spend 60 crests first week crafting our shadowflame cloak/bracer?
Don't see why not. Crest cap increases by 120 a week. So you have enough to upgrade either way.
Lol next week we will gain more 120? Thats a lot
Eh, it's what, two capped crafted items or 8 upgrade levels on items
We had them bug earlier and if two clicked at the same time we could get two out of each
prot fuck good in these dungeons
hey friends, new prot warrior here. is it normal to find myself in situations where i have way more rage than you can spend on damage, and therefore you spend it on ignore pain just so you're not sitting capped?
Yes, thats the way to play.
specifically in dungeons, i feel like there have been a lot of times where i have shield block up and one or two apps of ignore pain and i'm fighting for my life to stop my rage from capping lol
IP is our rage dump
okay that's cool, i was trying to spend it on revenge and other shit to do damage and i'm just like holy shit how do you manage
but that makes sense
i was already doing that, so good to know i was doing it right
you should use revenge only if shield slam and thunder clap are on cooldown
and with current tier its not that often
yeah i also find that shield slam is constantly getting reset
so i'm sitting there mashing IP while also mashing shield slam
wasn't sure if i was doing something wrong or missing a key part of the rotation/priority
that's good info though, appreciate the callout!
yeah spamming ip is about right
with big rage
its good cause its activating AM
and outburst
you shouldnt see it as a bad thing
youre using rage
It also has the higher proc rate for the set bonus so it will fuel that more to make up for barely any revenge usage etc
any tips on chargath???? like hard wall on a 9 for my group
Who dat be again?
check pins @pastel sleet
Ah, the chainboss. Just have ppl pop a defensive when chains come out, dodge swirls, have a set chainbreak order if you double snap them when doing it based on eyes.
Don't know what could go wrong other than that
take spell block, pool rage when its about to happen, save demo shout
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btw
ye olde Azureblade porting you downstairs on arcane cleave still happens
just happened to me
yeah idk
Strike twice or Forgestorm?
gholak > strike twice > forgestorm
was just nerfed by 25%
Oh wait... Single Minded Fury!
uhh
:D
youre in protection
huh?
not fury
and i doubt any fury does SMF, that shit is a meme
especially with a leggo
True, but maybe I'll switch haha
ditch SMF and just let us transmog 2h to 1h
Oh, I'm not so blessed as to actually have it drop
well youre still on time
people do heroic runs still
plus it was nerfed by 10%
even if non-awakened
Just did a M+, as fury SMF for shits and giggles, but Forgestorm out damaged Strike twice by like a factor of 5 times.
Final boss: 1m Forgestorm, and 169k strike twice.
Forgestorm is lower ilevel, but maybe it being off hand made it trigger more? ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
I just ran a patchwerk sim and a Add cleave sim, and both said the 502 Forgestorm was better than a 506 Strike twice, (simmed on prot of course.)
Every permutation ive done so far has had forgestorm on top
Any other fight suggestions?
swap to latest
instead of weekly
also why is one
cleave add
instead of 5 patchwerks
cookies got fucked, redoing
should i use defensive Treemouth's Festering Splinter+ Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart
there you go
thats by armory cause i'm not on my character right now
Interesting, I wonder what changed in the sims between the nightly and otherwise.
It's also interesting that forgestorm also triggers the fire rings, though it's not like we are lacking fire damage sources rn
1 min
the reason youre getting that huge amount of difference
is that add cleave is a lot more targets than just 5
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/q5heqxAJH85dF3YdpVCc1V heres add cleave for both
when you equate the amount of targets, you get more accurate results
(also nightly)
add cleave just spawns an add encounter x number of targets
so lets say it spawns 5 adds, thats 5 x # of targets you put in which is 5
so 25 targets
i have no idea how many adds it is
but he added 5 targets, so its 5 encounters
oh
apparently its just 1 add
either way
2x5 = 10
10 > 5
for 60% of the fight, is still a big amount
i.e. majority of the fight
looks like this is the arms sim
Yeah, the ones I linked were not matched, but the sims up until then the comparisons i were making put forgestorm over strike twice. Only once I put nightly on did it start coming out differently.
Strike twice seems to do very little on it's own, but adds damage to every ability instead of it's own ability.
im fairly sure it doesnt add damage to every ability
its because of its strength
Oh derp
I never noticed the lack of strength, no wonder every ability is stronger haha
yeah not having main stat makes it fal loff a cliff in aoe
Yeah, now I understand.
i actually keep forgetting about that too
because most cantrip weapons lose secondaries
Welp, I'm truly privledged to be blessed with two good weapons haha.
Should i have gotten a straight up Spark from the weekly, or does it come in Splinters?
I got 2 splinters
yea
ah ok
combine them
Gotcha, thanks!
Hey is prot Sim updated already?
has been
for weeks
well it was live on tuesday
but nightly had s4 data for weeks
Is vault Ring Combo bis again?

For Treemouth how many of those consumes/grasping vines can I take in a row as a prot warrior? On lower difficulty only 1 or 2 go off and I take them both, but as I get into higher keys, do I need to make sure someone is rotating in?
Hey Guys, im struggeling to find the best Embelishments for my Prot Warry, i mostly play M+ but also Main tank in Raid. Is it 2x Shadowflame or do i use the versa bracers?
2x shadowflame
I have a question. Currently starting to tank higher keys (5 and 6s) and I am losing agro to burst quite easily. Also finding it tricky to keep agro generally and never had this issue before. What can I do to keep the agro better? Just feel like I'm killing the team sometimes
one of my strats is to run to the next pack whilst the previous one is dying, gets a nice headstart on aggro lmao
If they're bursting, you should have your CDs, too, on average. You can start by doing things like tossing a ravager in before you charge so you get the extra ticks, remembering to start off with a TC to ensure you have a bit more even threat in aoe, and so on. You can also use challenging shout to go ahead and ensure you have threat on mobs at the start if you don't happen to have CDs for whatever reason and they do.
If they're getting aggro while you're gathering, that's honestly kind of on the DPS, though maybe you could do a better job telegraphing that you're gathering mobs
also make sure you're spamming a lot of revenges early on in the pull, if you're jumping into a pack and dumping on IP, that's an aggro issue
no, not that at all
Revenge doesn't do particularly much damage and will kill your rage gen, slowing down your entire play
You'll lose CD gain to make sure you have CDs available to burst, and you'll lose out on TC resets from tier, as well
If you've got your CDs on pull, you're gonna be wailing on IP to ensure you don't overcap on rage
I actually pick up Titanic Throw and use it to get a nice burst of threat at very start of the pull, just to prevent slip ups. Unfortunately, Titanic Throw is going bye bye so this probably isnāt helpful.
Just avoid burning all your CDs so youāve got one for every pull
Vers wrist are going to be better in M+
But prio damage usually matters most
So thatās why 2SF is a ok option for tank
vers vs crit, m+ only
Crit stat owns
Gives more damage than vers and gives parry value
Since our niche is blocking melees
Parrying them as well is stonks
Iāve been Crit gang forever probably since sl s1
Vers stacking was a bfa thing when corruptions would get you insane amounts
arent melees actually not threatening for warrs? why bother parrying
Which Item do you guys buy first next week
I havenāt looked at what nome suggested on the wowhead yet, but Iād imagine shield or gholak
Depends on your luck week1
Shield is hard bis item for Prot war
You want that at max ilvl asap
yeah true but a maxed gholak sound crazy good too
If you havenāt downed eranog mythic you could try to get shield from that
Then bullion a weapon or ring or something
yeah should do that, got the heroic one today
First two mythic are very puggable
And cross realm stayed open
So good chances of finding a group
What should I be doing to do more damage in keys? My dh tank was doing a bit more than my warrior. Should I be combining cds more, or get offensive trinkets?
is there an ilvl jump where its worth replacing tier with normal pieces? i didn't play my warrior much last season but picked him up and was wondering it was worth replacing say a 441 and 447 piece with 493 pieces even if it breaks the tier
log yourself and log analyse
You can sim yourself, but my guess is that huge ilvl upgrade will compensate breaking 4p.
Wowhead guide says to break your S3 4p for S4 2p once you have 2x tier that are +30 item level.
are you guys replacing your shadowflame enchanted cloak until you can upgrade it?
I just m+, should I spend the bullion on the fire ring first ?
Gholak is better to take, as its weapon.
it also comes from raid and from harder to reach boss
spend bullion on transmog 
have an alt and spend bullion on both toons for tmog >:^)
I think its a bad ideia buying a shield. Its better gholak and after that the rings
You can farm a shield in azure vault
does spell reflect weakaura bugs for you in rlp (shows up twice)?
My money says you probably downloaded a season 1 reflect weakaura and a season 4 weakaura and so you're seeing both of them trigger.
could be
hello camarades, does prot wars still exists ? it my favorite spec and role in but im afraid to invest time in it and discover that people wont play with me
in the game*
since ppl seems to already dodge fury warriors
Depends on keylevel, but this season you will see an absolutely disgusting amount of VDHs
So pugging will in fact become quite tedious
You can absolutely find success as prot warrior, it's the strongest it's been all expansion in s4
But the public perception might not agree with that
i might join the ennemy then...
I dont have a lot of time to play i dont want to spend it begging for a team
I would do that, just wait a week - see if a balance tuning patch comes for this coming reset. If not - ya can safely assume warrior will not be it
I wont be doing mythic raid this season. If i dont get a myth shield out of my vault on Tuesday how bad an idea is it to craft a shield to start instead of an embellishment piece? I know in the long run itll be replaced eventually by something 3 ilvl higher.
But power now is important, right?
hi !, just a little question on consummable, why withering dreams is default potion on protection ? š®
power now is not important as everybody is busy gearing
cuz it tops you
you dont need a small heal, you need a big heal
the dot portion is irreleveant
you use a healthpot to save yourself from low hp to not die
getting a small heal + a small hot isnt gonna fix that
bcs scale are doesn't here to save you haha
that potion is cracked, it saved me alot of times
ok i need to buy some withering dreams haha i have a small heal dreamwalker
im still rocked the scales for cheat death since im still intermidate in my warrior. Coming from a blood dk
i buy some to test it haha
make me curious x)
in dps we use a dreamwalker no withering yeah ? I never really think about any other option than dreamwalker in dps
withering is probably good in dps to ? or the dot is to big without tank hp ?
do dks get 535 ilevel fyralath's next week? my gholek is gonna feel like a wet noodle
you use withering as dps aswell
how good is bloodsurge/is that what i drop to take spell block
?
cope seethe mald
sneed
i like bolster 
but its a lose-lose talent
either you lose 7-12% raege gen
or you lose 8k++++ dps
You can check Sense's Reflect/Blockable sheet to see what you can use it on, but in general, you should just take it to every dungeon in the pool atm from what I remember of all of them
Oh ok and then just figure out when to use it from pull to pull I assume
that depends on your cd management
its just another cd to rotate, most big hits are gonna be magic so
plus it lasts a long while, given that you have SB up
can someone explain to me why All-Totem of the Master is good? I thought we did mostly blocking
Alright. Chargath. in Nelth. How do u guys deal with the chains? One or three at a time? I dont really know if I should be blaming healer or not

2-1 and 1-1-1 are totally safe now with the nerf
just use cds, spell block helps a lot
ah sheez. Didnt think that`d make the pins. my bad
It requires a lot of melee attacks coming your way, and we still parry and dodge; our crit chance gets turned into parry, even, and there's so many melees in M+ on average that you'll proc it often.
BRUH LMFAO
also while backreading i spotted this, and it fills me with pain, because I've only seen one VDH use sigil of silence at all during a run
yo new skip
"ilvl 508"
imagine getting loot
no idea where those came from xd; I must have downloaded some pack but it got split into single WAs?
just came out a hard mode DOTI wtf is chrono lord deios damage
especially his breath
actually ridiculous
got hit by 1.4M through SR+ half a million tick
43M damage over the entire fight it's actually cracked
yeah they actually made hard mode hard
70% of the entire damage for that boss was temporal breath
many drops?
got 3 out of 9
thats value
including hero crit/haste shield
frontal on second boss and deios frontal
especially deios frontal was actually ridiculous
i'll do it every week for a hero cheat death
so i can have it if i need it
hi friends
is rumbling ruby any good?
just looted from heroic
probably is better then what i was using but how good is it on the long run?
good shittt
who says you cant keep up signet in BH

my kinda poopoo tho
just cant compete with vdh
ruby putting in work tho
what happend to not keep signet up ? š
i never said you cant keep signet up
but theres alotta people who claim you drop signet
in 90% of keys
what youre seeing up there
but the stacks
when its at 15
it drops low
what youre seeing up there is me maintaining signet on 15 stacks for the entire key
apart from the little bit of losing 1-3 stacks outside of combat
oh you reversed the graph
ok so logs are even more deceiving than ever
oh right when you get to 15 it drops back to 1 asap
cant blizzard cook a trinket with a stacking buff right ?

because the 15 stacks of the tooltip exists
its an other buff
thats whats happening
nah it just doesnt send new reports
its like stances
if you never change stance, log doesnt pick up that you have it active
me when i drop signet after standing afk for 20sec between packs
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last boss in HoI is cool 
RIP pwarr in av tho
hey all, what is the best weapon enchant for m+? I currently have wafting
is it true prot is worse dps atm tank wise? on m+
Whoād you get that info from?
I legit didn't know there was a knockback on the boss since I spell reflected it all the time
its better to sr dot after knockback, it does more dmg
yeah sr the knockback is the wrong way to do it
any homies wanna tank chipadin's 2 HoI?
@waxen frigate cough
poor chipadin, ive been looking for people for 30 mins š¢
err tank and heals i mean
tank now š¦
What's the best settings in raidbots to run for m+?
3min and 5 mins 1 patchwerk for single target, no lust
1.5 mins and 1 min, 5 patchwerk for m+
Thank you
actually you can run lust on both
I just made a twitch streamer rage at me 
for what
Beating them in Dead by Daylight after a really long match as the killer
They got mad at me for "camping generators" when the three they left at the end were all super close together
tell them to git gud
Yeah the first thing they said was "imagine playing like that"
If a tactic is unfair and you don't like it, you either play a different game or simply cope
that's what all the people who play Real fighting games do
what tier set did prot get for s4
S3 tier set
ty
What do you use to record the video?
time to start my journey as prot 
this one any good for prot?
yes
shadowplay
or whatever used to be called shadowplay with nvidia
Got this from the BT quest, probably not very good?
Hey I got that as well. The healing wasn't must over the course of a mythic plus and kinda miss the secondary stats , did better overall with my 483 axe.
Gholak def
Strike twice ST and neltharus hammer for M+ (I forgot the name)
Gholak is probably a good inbetween?
Idk how well theyāre scaled against each other and what not š¤·š»āāļø
Gholak is what you should go for. No weapon comes close.
Guys can someone explain to me what exactly Spell Block does on m+ scenario? I tested it on the dummy and didn't seems to notice any effect
tl;dr: you block spells the same way you block melees with regular blocks
^
In simple terms, Treats spells as melee attacks for duration and you can block it
meaning you still need to have shield block up to block 100%
That explains it very well, thank you
Searing clap sounds like what I got from that Thai gogo dancer on Walking Street
Wakka wakka, here all week
Never was. You dont reflect clap itself, but dot application that follows it.
on +8 each cast was ticking 3 times for 211k for me
Is it important to track whether ignore pain will give you more absorb or if you are capped
Or can you kinda just yolo it
Theres a weakaura to put a bar over your head, shows when capped
One of the only WA's I use
But is it that necessary or is it just extra bloat
It is useful to know.
Are people breaking S3 4pc or waiting until S4 4pc?
you can break on 30 ilvl if i am not mistaken
Yeah, not that much of a bump, will wait for next week to see what I get from Vault + if I can ever get into a heroic raid š
ppl keep saying bb, what does it mean
also I was in a m2 dungeon and I kept loosing aggro and I Dont think im doing enough dmg. any tips or something like that?
if they said "bb" after the dungeon then it means bye bye
no its not important, you will be pressing IP a lot anyway
with big rage
the only thing important to track is your rage (so you dont overcap, or get starved) and your SB
to who? there are certain specs that rip aggro for reasons
I think it was the outlaw rogue but I couldnt be for sure
fuck em, they can tricks you
also
we would need logs
not details screenshots
i believe ive told you this before
without logs advice is limited
everything looks fine from the breakdown, except you very obviously dont have 4pc
or 2pc
for that matter
or a gholak
and yes 85k is very low
but at least you seem to following the correct prio for your abilities
yeah sorry lemme get that for ya
and how would I get a 2pc or gholak
catalyst
Use the bullion next week on gholak
gholak next tuesday, youre screwed at least there
do normal, LFR, and maybe some heroic for 1 tier piece
then grab an item from a dungeon and catalyst it
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/character/eu/silvermoon/frogwar is this what you mean
wdym catalyst it?" and already did dlfr and normal but I can attempt heroic
oh what I just did ap lus 2 ruby life pool
thanks
At least looking at your eranog log. You should be using sheild block and ignore pain more and not be pressing revenge. You have twice as many revenge casts as you do shield blocks and ignore pains combined
yeah his APM for SS and TC are very low
What am I doing wrong on chargath? I just tried to run a 12 and got deleted before we could even break the first chain.
but isnt revenge how we do dmg? I cant keep upthe aggro otherwise right?
You do most of your damage though shield slam and thunderclap
damn that wasnt enough for me tho
I mean I had shield wall and my burgeoning seed going for it. It just feels unsurvivable if I'm not just straight doing something wrong for it. I am 498, but I can't imagine a few item levels making up that difference
You want to use ignore pain and sheild block to dump rage so avatar comes off cooldown more and so you get violent outburst more since they arent on gcd
youre not doing it wrong
its spellblockable also
extremely good to spell block it
there's a reason why it was nerfed by 25%
okay
Idk if you are but you should also track when you get violent outbursts so you use it on shield slam in single target and thunderclap in aoe
i am not ill get a WA for that
id focus on basics first
you arent pressing your buttons
or are extremely slot to press them
like my cds?
no, everything
you have 13 casts per minute on shield slam when it should be 16+
focus on basic play until youre at a good point then you can manage outburst
okay
you're very new so its acceptable
sit on a dummy for like half an hour and make sure shield slam is pressed on cd every time
WHILE keeping SB up
First week with zero tier set. Anyone unlucky here?
got nothing either
I am in Thailand and cant play... so nothing here either š
why do we socket haste vers but eat haste crit food?
we eat main stat food
holy that treemouth trinket saved me many times than the DOI trinket
guys is there a spreadsheet for reflect targets
yes, there is Sense's spreadsheet in #268491842637660160
Question guys: Why is BH slime better than this one? Besides slime having 30s shorter cd?
anyone who can tell me how Spell block works ?
It allows you to use block as mitigation for spells just as it works for physical blockable attacks.
ok ty !
an does anyone have any Tips on how to tank sec boss in RlP ? he seems too eat me alive whit his DoT
Is dwarf racial still a must have for this seasons keys? Brackenhide trash, ruby 2nd boss, academy bird boss...anything else?
I felt like it was so hard without it last season with brh spiders and throne dog packs
Ofc no racial is a must have
amount of dmg absorbed is pretty same for both trinkets, but 25% shorter CD is quite big difference
and armor/bonus dmg is weak so doesnt compensate CD diff
is strike twice better than gholak ?
no
Gholak do more dmg and proc rings
Strike doesn't even beat Forgestorm in ST XD

cuz its a 1.6mil+ absorb and 50% absorb
partial absorb trinkets are vastly superior for us as it lets our other mitigation tools, like ignore pain, work more efficiently
so not only is it a shorter CD, but also a vastly larger absorb
But Scale is 75% dmg red (just trying to understand your point, for sure you're right š )
you are doing content that is approx 30 ilvl above what you are currently, don't bother pushing higher keys at this point, only run 8-9s to get gear / crests etc
I think it's 1.2 at same ilvl

+.4 probably is vers related?
absorbs are similar at 522
smaller absorb, but higher DR which might be useful depending on incoming damage
Probably is 25% less CD + dmg reduction is not that good on prot (?) as dmg absorb
I made up last one, just a guess xD
I had scale and looted slime, so gave it to a guy who was spamming BH 6 hours straight 
Just wanted to know how much I lost doing so
splinter is the best tank trinket this season
Lmao, hope I gained some karma at least
What's the ideal first craftable slot? Wrist?
Nice placeholder until wednesday 
The big tclap build?
Is bullion acquisition fast from lfr? I really dislike raiding and would like to make it as painless as possible š
shield acquired 
Anyoine got an updated kite route for Broodkeeper HC? She doesn't seen to crack 3 eggs any more?
Not even myth track smh
drops from every kind of raidboss i think
Got strike twice, done Neltharus, got forgestorm 
strike twice better tho
buying Gholak next week or the Seal from Diurna? (i wont raid mythic this season)
Currently owning a HC Weapon
my first craft go into the shield on 525.
ya ill do mythic eggnog now
craft a shield you say..
hmm
rather just kill eranog
and then lose it to some holy paladin
lmao
not sure if its the optimal way, but mythic raid isnt a option right now for me atleast.
Hey. If we drop gear, is it better to break s3 set bonus and equip higher ilvl item ?
Is there an angle for "facing" a mob? I unbound walk backwards a long time ago and I want to make sure I don't accidentally kill myself
Forward 180 degree arc
Chargath is easy, just parry 
hahahaha
ksm week 1 at 492 ilvl i feel like this season will be giga for my prot warrior
chargath is actually more manageable now but it still trucks
can i tank 2s at 454 ilv or is that troll 0s dont seem to be an issue
if 0s are not an issue 2s are like 10% more damage and hp
so there should not be an issue there either
thats what i like to hear
have you been in doti m0 as well?
doti?
dawn of the infinite
ahh no i have not
it has very good gear both in m0 and m0 hard mode
but hard mode you can't do at your ilvl
What was wlogs command for enemy damage taken to check spells they hurt themselfs via spell reflect? I remember something in filter expression, but I dont remember command itself :v
yes you get hero track gear from it
but it is pretty difficult i did it at 490 ilvl but it was not easy
especially at deios
I just got Treemouths trinket, are there any dungeons/bosses that would be the best situations to use this on? Dont really want to give up my DPS trinkets if I dont have to
Guys is it haste>crit or haste>versa
I dont know like each site says smth and also trinkets wise im lost xD if u could help
M+ I find myself not really using the big spell reflect talent. Mainly just the small one, should I be running the other talent instead that deals dmg to things attacking me?
Prot warr being slept on?
all these DH tanks I see yoyoing HP bars all over the place
I get sick of being declined to keys to I grab some S3 crap and jump into an 8 I took no damage
i think its a utility thing, we dont have darkness, damage buff or insane cc like a dh does
Brown class won't be invited to things
They would if they looked like your profile picture
We have rally and we do have a damage buff
Vdh just has insane cc
is spell reflect not working for you guys sometimes? ive had it go through dragon strike a few times. ik i have SR up and it just doesnt work
The real answer is. Play with people who don't slave to meta when they can't even push keys where it matters.
sooo the first boss of Neltharus
was trying to shield block while chains were up and was getting TRUCKED
I guess the play is Spell Block ?
its been bugged since aug patch, 10.1.5 or w/e it is, will randomly not work
been 9 monthsish now
that shit HURT haha
spell block says I can block spells though, does that magic damage portion count as a "spell"?
yea it works
sick
guys what's the best crafted gear for prot warrior?
still fuckin dumb change to the mechanic though
also is it troll to run Storm eaters boon in keys?
you can still block and attack while its up right?
yeah i had it not work in everboom on the claw attack a lot too.
only BDK and rogues can get away with using it
cuz ams/cloak/evasion
and even then its not that insane to use boon
rumbling ruby nets more tbh
also does uncapped aoe but youre not rooted in place and increases attack power in the meantime while the proc doesnt happen
2x shadowflame on cloak and bracers
Is prot war that bad as the ranking lists say for m+?
ive had no issues so far
Cool, i dont know why but prot warrior is my faaaaavourite spec in the whole of world of warcraft ! Glad the ranking websites are wrong
For like 99% of content, Prot War is fine, however average players are meta slaves
Haha this is a good one - "meta slaves"
What's better, the granyth scale or treemouth trinket? Spending bullions for arms, so farming for a tank trinket if it's ever needed for something.
Hey y'all, I'm new to Prot warrior and I tried looking this up but had no luck. I have that ring that if I deal fire damage then theres a chance it shields me. I crafted a cloak that deals shadowflame damage to proc it. Question is, would it be benificial to also enchant my weapon with shadowflame, or would that be overkill. Any help would be appreciated.
you can do any content you want on prot warr
but you can do it easier and with 4 potatoes for party members if youre a VDH
Understood, so it's a matter of easy or normal instead of viability
sure you dont take any damage but you dont have 12s of AOE silence, built in cheat death, 2x AOE chains
exactly
if you enjoy playing it, do it
I just tanked a few 8s and 9s and my health bar barely moved, was pretty cool
and im not relly a warr tank player, I thought I was going to get destroyed after seeing pug tanks stuggle
Cool ! Yes i notice that also, very tanky spec the prot war, just missing the perks like mass silence and whatever.
Itās harder to set up pulls in dungeons
Normally people are just judging because the ranking websites and sometimes is a struggle to find groups
And itās a hard spec to play
These tier lists are somewhat worse than dps meters addons
Not as tank you wonāt struggle
I was getting Insta invites to 8s and I barely tanked last season like maybe 5 keys
quick question, as the last time i obtained this information was in shadowlands when it was warrior tier, do we still never ever use the seeing red empowered thunder clap?
Generally no, but you can use it for like 8+ targets for damage
thanks
I use it for aggro
Just coming back from early 2.3, I'm like 470 ilvl, are m0s doable at that ilvl? š
Yes easily
Now dealing with pugs you find in M0s is a whole other matter
Overkill.
Interesting that, that's your experience. I was getting declined to twos and my RIO S3 was 3.1k. š
We've setup a guild group so, that problem is taken care of but, oof.
Big RIP. Haha.
smh i don't even get people applying to my keys i'm hosting
When I first tried to post my +2, it took about 45 minutes for the first person to queue at all
I haven't tried queueing as a tank, yet, but I have as a healer
I'm wagering it's due to me being caught in the middle of the shit tons of keys being posted near the start, but
I remember talking to the lock who did queue up and stayed and he was like "bro wtf no one's queuing"
Apparently my experience has not been shared by anyone, which is what I'd expect
I did expect the below 8ās to be a bit lower in terms of people qāing but this sounds extreme
I haven't had a similar experience in a hot minute, but now I just get a lot of people I don't want to accept to keys applying
i don't care if i don't time a key; i just want people to not be assholes to each other
I dont have any problems finding people for my own keys
didnt try applying yet because I still have lowish gear
Im a bit picky when it comes to people applying to my keys
Too many shit experiences
Had a healer die twice on rlp in first boss because he wouldnt run out of the circle
My people who I'd want to filter you can't really filter
With no cr
In a 10
Or a vdh get folded in av on first boss with both cheat deaths ready to be used
AV first boss has been folding tanks that I've pugged with
it's hilarious
oh
Standing in front of Nokhud, that reminds me to ask; has anyone else had issues with the ballista on first boss activating? It would play the sound and everything for it activating, but just would start the cast
So how is the tuning this season, difficulty wise?
It's felt very fine to me, personally
For other pugs I've played with
Absolutely devastating
Literally just had a tank rage quit from a +2
I'm debating using 2 set from the new season and replacing my old 4set with higher ilvl pieces. Would that be inting?
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they do not mix
probably because bliz was gunna tune the new ones
but they havent
so it now makes no sense


I didn't get lucky with tier in hc and normal, so I was debating sacrificing 4-set for the ilvl upgrades.
The current tier sets werent retuned?
They'd also have to tie the other Warrior effects to it, as well
And it wouldn't necessarily be fair to the other specs that we could upgrade "easier"
even though they can get 2p2p, but
Anyone thatās pugging have trouble getting in keys cuz our class isnāt purple ? Im 1600 io at the moment and get insta denied to 8s
I can't say for brown class tank, but it wouldn't surprise me
my war gets declined from most things, so I run my own key, because I'm only 495 and queuing as DPS because i wanna play with my lego sets, ma
Dh is up to 470 perhaps I should just pull the trigger and embrace the meta lol
Jeah, but it's like this every time your class ain't meta.
So nothing new.
Less noticeable for tanks/healers since there are fewer players playing it, but still prominent.
Mhmm perhaps I should just keep grinding . People get less picky once everyoneās more geared and dungos get easier
Not new, but it does get old when the spec is bottom of the barrel for multiple seasons.
I don't even wanna play DH and be a meta slave, but prot pally is looking pretty good right now
Yea pally looks fun but mine has been neglected for a bit lol 408 ilvl š¤
War Within changes might help us, but that is a ways off
Gearing up is pretty fast right now.
Well, if you enjoy the class it shouldn't matter. You will get into keys regardless since you're a tank, or as suggested, push your own key.
Something is always "bottom of the barrel", even if the difference between the top and the bottom is 1%.
the utilities make the difference, and that aint only 1%
I do enjoy prot warrior, which is why I'm frustrated. I've stuck with it the entire expansion so far
Jeah, VDH is stupid right now, no one is arguing that. I'm just saying that regardless of what the situation is, people would still rank something "bottom" and something "top".
Same. I'm having a blast as protection warrior in keys etc.
This especially; the only difference could be VDH does 1 more DPS at optimal play than all other tanks, and you'd still struggle to get in
Hello, I was wondering
I got a shield without BiS stats but with avoidance - is it any good on pwarr or should I just ignore that stat entirely?
Tertiaries aren't worth any amount of secondaries, but shield is also most important for ilvl
Since it's the only equipment source of block value
I would consider block a secondary stat in our case though, definitely not tertiary
The only thing that matters on Shield is the block value, which is pure ilvl. Don't worry about best stats, block is life.
worse
if its the same ilvl
if its higher its better just because of the block value
ait, il just hit it to max ilvl then for free upgrade on a good shield later on
Yeah I try to prio shield early on in the season usually
But I was wondering as well, does block value matter on pwarr since we have 100% block all the time with shield block?
Block VALUE is not Block CHANCE
Block Value is the amount of damage reduction for blocking.
Oh, I see
I was confused because I've never made a difference between the two, shields just have a "block" stat which I assumed was simply block chance
Thanks for the clarification
No problem. It's not actually explained particularly well in the game itself.
Wow tooltips are a wonderful source of misleading information
Can i track the internal cooldown of Matrix Resonator with a weak aura?
Its a bit uselees if i dont know when will happen
Itās not very useful anyway precisely for that reason
You canāt control it regardless. And it only activates when you drop below 75%
If youāre already below it it wonāt activate until you go up and then back down
Itās definitely possible. Probably just make a timer based on the buff. Does it give you a debuff when itās on ICD?
Do you guys use intervene? Iāve heard itās somewhat good but I donāt really see on wowhead you should put a talent point into it
How doable is DOTI hardmode atm? Iāve been seeing people say itās kind of not worth doing because itās overly tuned but curious if any of you have done it yet this week.
Not overtuned unless you wipe
naaa, we ran a few bosses quite easily. the problem lies within if you wipe or not as it seems to be a "bug" where if you wipe the boss becomes a tyranicall version
Ah ok
I think no (dont have it)
we one shot first, third, and fifth boss.
second boss we fucked up and died, which resulted in 18 wipes of harder fight
I could say dont worth it just because of the odds. The trinket is very rare for a one week chance
I did 53 Falls to farm mine
if you need a cheat death trinket just run m0 with 4 traders, its 515 vs 522
not that much of a diff
And pray for Jesus too. Very low chance
damn, deios in ulda got hands
He killed me in the Valdrakken inn
i didn't have time to screenshot me having the debuff in the inn, but
Get wrecked nerd

does anyone have a good video about setting up big pulls as prot warr?
I have trouble with aggro and gathering
Any specific pulls?
Pwarr is very good at getting and holding aggro
You have a ranged pull with 0 CD
its almost like there arent enough GCDs
Demo shout, ravager, troar, shield charge for lots of burst dmg
An aoe taunt as a last resort
and I dont use the ranged pull much because it only hits 1 enemy
I usually charge to a pack, thunderclap then leaf or charge to the next pack
but recently those packs have been turning around and smacking DPS so now I throw in a revenge
ultimately if dps start going ham before youve setup thats kinda on them
^
but ive also got to to demo shout which is a lost GCD
I should be able to grab aggro with thunderclap and revengge alone right?
If you've got demo shout, you very likely also have shield charge
and if you lose aggro with shield charge, i don't know what to tell you
It wonāt hold
Revenge doesnāt do a lot
more to get deep wounds no?
Yeah but itās still not gonna be a big aggro generator
If Dps just start unloading
dw wont do much to stave off a drooling ret pally
^^
so its just TC then?
i usually wait until they are grouped to shield chrge
Some other cooldown
Thatās just helping your overall
But what helps overall more is herding your braindead Dps
lol
kk ty
oh and tree boss in AA
im supposed to get aggro on the lashers right?
Dps need to not open up
I think I mass taunted before they got uprooted
That is entirely on them if they just start attacking things and die
I also like to shockwave
Even if you're mass gathering, DPS can still damage things without ripping aggro
Yeah itās just about opening up
Like as arms for example Iāll follow the tank and be applying rend
Because itās not a lot of up front dmg and I know as arms I can just die by the sword if I really need to
some tanks will lose their fucking shit if you attack at all while they're gathering, though






