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violet ginkgo
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Ahh… shiet the affix kicks in early again? I mean this time it’s on 5 and 10. Later on will be 4 and 7? sadgers

lusty grotto
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you need to improve your shield block uptime

pallid quiver
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4 will be the new affixes, 7 will be Raging/Bolstering/Bursting/Sanguine

plush path
pallid quiver
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So you won't have to actively do something about an affix until +7s

lusty grotto
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your cpm are bad

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15+ CPM on shield slam

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not 12

plush path
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so i need to spam way more ss and focus on sb more

pallid quiver
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You're not pressing as many buttons as necessary in general; you casted less than a button a second, when you can easily surpass 60 CPM

lusty grotto
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thats what i can take from it at first glance, i can go over it more in depth

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yes, read what Luerce said

plush path
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i think i also have a haste issue

pallid quiver
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Haste won't affect that at all

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You're just not pressing buttons in the first place

plush path
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i meant sb uptime

pallid quiver
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Haste matters even less for that unless you have ITF

lusty grotto
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you do have a haste issue

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you need Heavy Repercussion

pallid quiver
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If you have ITF, you'll have to play very carefully with that amount, but it's better to just run HR probably

lusty grotto
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i cant check your talents cause you dont have advanced combat logging on in that log

pallid quiver
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It's not letting me check your talents, but I see you have BSV selected since it healed you;

plush path
pallid quiver
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Do you have Bolster, then?

lusty grotto
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you have ITF

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remove it

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change it with Heavy Reper

pallid quiver
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You need to press a lot more Last Stand if you're using Bolster

lusty grotto
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toggle this

pallid quiver
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You used it 5 times when it's a 2 min CD that gives you shield block

lusty grotto
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☝️

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(also please turn on advanced combat logging)

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if that was your log

plush path
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it was my friends

pallid quiver
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They're also not sending Avatar on CD I wager, or it's suffering from a lack of button pressing in general, since they only had like 25% uptime

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They could have just gotten more casts of everything in general by sending CDs on CD properly and not waiting seven years between casts

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Tell them to use Int Shout if they're going to talent in to it

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If they're going to use Disrupting as Int Shout, as if it has the same CD and everything, tell them to put Int Shout on their Disrupting Bind and change the point to Bloodsurge

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That change would have literally improved everything they did passively, for free

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also they need to send IP

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like, at all

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That's at least 18 full rage bars sent to the void for zero reason

lusty grotto
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yup

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send more IPs

grim pilot
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@south zealot nelt 17 time

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cant wait

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for bolstered shit

south zealot
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light work

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dont die

grim pilot
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ong

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483 trinket angle again

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thinking

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of buying gholak

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too

merry sluice
grim pilot
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I mostly play prot

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sometimes arms but mostly just playing prot since I dont trust tanks

plush path
pallid quiver
plush path
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so bloodsurge is better if ip is being spammed enough

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?

pallid quiver
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Bloodsure gives rage, which you can use to cycle your CDs, meaning more Shield Wall, more Avatar, more Indom healing, etc

violet ginkgo
strong forum
violet ginkgo
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Just train the protcake to tank it for you.

grim pilot
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@south zealot wrong tank to main sadga

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nome got cucked so bad

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he died on 2 biggest pulls

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of the dungeon

south zealot
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no no

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but brew and pwar do mroe than vdh

grim pilot
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@south zealot I love weekly keys

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snapping 2 breakers

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good shit @strong forum

south zealot
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wtf

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how did that even happen LOL

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i didnt know they could snap

grim pilot
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Im not even sure

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honestly

south zealot
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why ur dh do more damage than mine

grim pilot
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arent u like

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500 ilv

south zealot
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513

grim pilot
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ye

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I play dps talents

strong forum
south zealot
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i played this and only did 300k deadge

south zealot
strong forum
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they watched too much critcake

south zealot
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yes bro idk how to play this spec

grim pilot
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dw

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neither do I

strong forum
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VDH turbo shits on pwar and brew dmg

strong forum
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like lmao

grim pilot
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u just

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send spirit bombs

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on 2t+

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on 3+ souls

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and spam sof

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and decrees

strong forum
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fenza does like 470k dps in BH without even trying to go for overall

grim pilot
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in fiery windows

south zealot
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i was playing calcified spikes instead of ascending

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maybe thats turbo overall

grim pilot
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ascending is good yeah

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idk the math behind

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but with ascending

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u can just stack sofs

strong forum
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ascending is bugged

grim pilot
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and immo extends

strong forum
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and also buffs tierset flare up dmg

grim pilot
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and ye initial dam buffed by 50%

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that alone is like

south zealot
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our tier set does damage?

grim pilot
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2-3%

south zealot
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holy

strong forum
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4pc does dmg

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flare up

grim pilot
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wait does it

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LMAO

south zealot
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is it on details or does it go under sof damage

grim pilot
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I never read vdh tier set

strong forum
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yes

south zealot
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LMAOOO same

strong forum
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this is your tierset

south zealot
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ohhh i thought that was initial

strong forum
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no

grim pilot
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same

south zealot
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myrtu ur sigil cooked mine

strong forum
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even says in the tooltip

grim pilot
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iirc sigil should be equal to SB

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and its gucci

south zealot
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my name says i cant read tooltips nomer

grim pilot
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I just pull more

strong forum
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that

grim pilot
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pull bigger choco

strong forum
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is true

grim pilot
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I do

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big pulls

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nome likes those

south zealot
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IMS CARED

strong forum
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ya

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myrt pulls flowers

south zealot
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bout to int my key

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brb

strong forum
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and then pulls the mobs into OLD

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EXPLOSION SHIT

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SO I FOLLOW

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INTO DEATH

grim pilot
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I follow

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🤨

strong forum
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cuz you suck at walking backwards in a predictable fashion

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SHIT

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TANK

grim pilot
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BIG DAM

strong forum
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BIG GRIEF

grim pilot
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BIG

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DAM

dense cradle
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Me when I go into lower pug keys on some rat alt

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“I have no gear so dont complain the pulls arent massive”

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I did watch a vdh play spirit bomb but none of the other talents that buff it.

south zealot
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no calcified is scary

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i have to play properly

crystal iris
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I just got demolished in Ulduman

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in the first 3 pulls lol

dense cradle
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how big is cycle of binding for damage

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anyway

crystal iris
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am i in the wrong channel or something?

grim pilot
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no clue I just dont know whats better

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we swapped roles with nome and now im floor POV'ing in his key

strong forum
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thats actually such a good clip

grim pilot
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why does it look

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like its

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3 pm at your place

strong forum
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wdym

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sun comes out at like 4:30am

grim pilot
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yeah

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still tho

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I mean its bright here

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but idk

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it legit looks like middle of the day

strong forum
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my brightness is turned up

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for cam

south zealot
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LMAOOO i have it is chad as fuck

strong forum
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during night

south zealot
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i thought it would be myrtu

strong forum
south zealot
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bro i pressed grieftorch and had the avengers assemble to help me

strong forum
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sir

grim pilot
strong forum
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you have 2 numbers

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youre tracking

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SIR

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FIX

south zealot
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yeah idk why its broken it sjust based aui

strong forum
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turn off %p

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you got blizz timers and WA timers

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on the left ones

south zealot
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how is it only on those 2

strong forum
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sometimes it do be fucky

south zealot
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i almost died like 6 times bc i used my spikes terribly

strong forum
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ya

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thats why people play LR in high keys

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cant fuck up spikes

grim pilot
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why are u tanking 16's on your piss ilv choco :xdd:

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I dont touch +10 till im 520

south zealot
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farming crests is unbelievably boring

strong forum
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its also AA

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0 tank dmg

grim pilot
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aside from first pull

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if u drop spikes

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xdd

south zealot
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i did enough wyrms to get my weapons trinkets ring helmet and chest

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and then i got bored and gave up

grim pilot
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did u play no chains

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or does raider io shwo it wrong

strong forum
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see thats why i played my 3 chars since week 1

grim pilot
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@south zealot

strong forum
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and cleared heroic on all of em

grim pilot
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I made mage week 2

strong forum
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my shama was 515 before entering keys

south zealot
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i played warlock week 1 lol

grim pilot
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yeah no chains

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idk like I honestly dont care if its the best talent point or what

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chains is such a fun button to press

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that idc

strong forum
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ya

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chains is fun

grim pilot
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unless im legit trying to min max efficiency

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per talent point

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or whatever

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ill always play chains

strong forum
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thats literally the best reason to play anything

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fun

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like i played all the arms keys

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as jugg

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and not BS

south zealot
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should i play lr

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im scared

strong forum
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if youre scared and bad

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yes

south zealot
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what if im not scared but also bad

grim pilot
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feels off

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not stacking soulcrush

strong forum
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LR is brain off mode

grim pilot
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I've watched tjuan

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do an extensive review of the talent

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pros and cons

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etc

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I still wouldnt play it rn idk

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not feelin

strong forum
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yes tjuan has improved alot

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since SL

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he had dumb takes back then but got better and better and is now a good boye

south zealot
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its av i just polay lr

grim pilot
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I didnt agree with 1 take

south zealot
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dont need dam

strong forum
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AV you play double brand

grim pilot
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about him saying he doesnt need chains anywhere

strong forum
grim pilot
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and that nobody plays it

strong forum
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AV turns into yoke key

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with double brand

grim pilot
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everybody plays it from what I've checked

strong forum
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ya fenza invented it

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and then people went from there

grim pilot
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the no chains thing?]

strong forum
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no i mean double brand for AV

grim pilot
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nah its yoda

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pretty sure

strong forum
grim pilot
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yoda been playing it for a while

strong forum
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who do you think

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yoda has it from

grim pilot
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yodas brain

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that guy plays everything on highest level so I'd assume so

strong forum
south zealot
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bro i cheated to nothing

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tilted gg

strong forum
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welcome to VDH

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100-0 in 0.2seconds flat

south zealot
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man im sad i just super inted my key

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i forgot i took off vengeful retreat

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and died bc i tried to use it

dense cradle
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I don't get people who play

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rageheart and scales in 10s and below

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together

south zealot
dense cradle
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Idk I play ftd because im bad at spike management.

south zealot
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coming from prot warrior where i hit that button on cd always

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its a bad habit

dense cradle
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What's your other mitigation anyway

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besides brand and being in meta

south zealot
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immo aura pain bringer and soulcrush

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fiery brand is like shield wall

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but also an offensive cd

grim pilot
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Immo aura so strong

crystal iris
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terribel key night couldnt get anything even close to timed

strong forum
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painbringer, soulcrush, spikes, parry from SoF, fel dev, brand

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all of those

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are your tools

crystal iris
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i did that firstpull in nelth and nobody lusted...

strong forum
crystal iris
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first pull of uld Im losing aggro on half the stuff before its gathered

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despite SS, TC revenge TC before moving on

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and there being a ravager ddown

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so i got chomped a few times trying to get aggro

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like 4-5 bricked nelth runs from ppl dying to magmatusk

grim pilot
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are u sure u tell people to not attack

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I always say

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care agro

crystal iris
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or not being able to lust first pull or kick

grim pilot
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if u die

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its on you

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and really I basically never lose threat

crystal iris
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i sometimes do i was too tilted tonight

grim pilot
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take a break

crystal iris
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yee going to bed

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I usually say wait until I gather

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but of course im charging all over the place trying to get aggro back to its hard to avoid the basilisks and the beserkers

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btw is there a way to avoid the beserker toxic bite thing?

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like how are 4 differnt groups gonna die to magmatusk

grim pilot
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u can parry it

strong forum
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just parry it

grim pilot
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but dont think there is an actual way aside from kiting

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and u cant kite

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from the very start

crystal iris
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even after 1 or 2 DPS go down the healer still cant keep the last dps and themselves up...

crystal iris
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its not dispellable right?

grim pilot
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do not

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stoneform that

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ever

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ever

strong forum
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ya

grim pilot
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its just slow

strong forum
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hold stoneform for the basilik bite

grim pilot
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its not a dps dot

crystal iris
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mm ok

grim pilot
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and u NEED stoneform for the chomp

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even if you have 2 evokers in a group

crystal iris
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fk that chomp

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ive gotten pretty good at playing ring around the pillar like a retar

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or just stutter stepping when its not too chaotic

grim pilot
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I hate bolstering

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im bad at kiting

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Im too greedy

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to do dam

crystal iris
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same

strong forum
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im good at kiting

crystal iris
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im too much of a DPS at heart

strong forum
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im the best strafer youll see

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running backwards at full speed

grim pilot
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also the fact u dont have anything aside from hamstring

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doesnt encourage me

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to start kiting

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piercing howl too expensive

crystal iris
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first pull of nelth im like this is fine 12 stacks of bolstering but it doesnt seem to hurt that much

strong forum
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next xpac

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its same

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you cant afford it

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at all

grim pilot
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good

crystal iris
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then one of the mobs will do the tank buster and its like OUPS there goes cheat

strong forum
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cheat

grim pilot
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I

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took a massive

strong forum
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thats why you lose threat

grim pilot
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blazing slash

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now imagine this

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I had d stance

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IP

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shield wall

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and it still didnt even proc my cheat

crystal iris
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its like you dont know how much things will hurt until they hit

grim pilot
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maybe spellblock too

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cant remember

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shit was bolstered out of the mind

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u cant parry blazing slash from wardens can u

crystal iris
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its the brutal strike ability

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after pulling like 5 packs they get so bolsterd

grim pilot
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stun it

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if you need

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kite stun

crystal iris
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and the melees dont hurt but that brutal strike comes down and just rocks me

grim pilot
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idk it didnt hurt me at all

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maybe I just parried them all

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I had giga bolstered brutal strikes on 16 and 17 today

crystal iris
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idk it was a 14 with like 12 stacks of bolstering

grim pilot
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and I was chilling

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the only thing that hurts

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is blazing slash

crystal iris
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every now and then one would knock me down by half

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who casts that

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oh the wardens

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maybe I was that I didnt think to spell block that pull

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idk its a hard pull to do with all the CC it required

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sometimes the group does it well, sometimes everyone hits cc at the same time and then we have nothin

strong forum
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370k dps in uldaman

jagged gust
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Spell block goes hard in nelth overall, but is huge for those mobs specifically

strong forum
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spellblock is exclusively for Chargath and Blazing slash

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outside of that spellblock is irrelevant in neltharus

south zealot
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its jsut basically mandatory for those 2 things

strong forum
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ye

jagged gust
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ye

grim pilot
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ye

south zealot
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why do ppl never talk in keys

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i am literally just talking to myself if i ever type

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so lonely sadge

lusty grotto
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molten core went off

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LOL

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super fast deplete

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did 15

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chargath killed sp twice

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down to a 14

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welp

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time to sleep i guess

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my nelth key 😢

strong forum
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MOLTEN COOOOOOOOOOOOOORE

lusty grotto
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3.3k and 3.4k players btw

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NA pugging weeee

strong forum
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as if score is any indication

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of skill

lusty grotto
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yeah

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i always tell myself that 😢

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im thinking about running the 14 but idk

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nah fuck it its the last day all im gonna get are some baddy last minute trash pandas

south zealot
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wtf bro chocotwo is a panda

lusty grotto
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but the good kind

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of trash panda

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also did a 16 RLP

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that i dont fucking remember what happened

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oh right

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1st boss wipe pretty much

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then on the 15

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"skipping 1st mob as usual"

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i say this

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had a ret pally, didnt invis pot ran straight into the juggy

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insta dc

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LOL

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everyone was like hooo boy

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blacklisted in 0.5 seconds flat

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monday night keys everyone 😄

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also realized i didnt do a mythic pug so no chance at gnarl shield

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💤

south zealot
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cant wait to wake up to sanguine week

dense cradle
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not dumping fury on more soulcleaves with 0 souls

strong forum
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there can be alot of nuance as vdh

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but in aoe you just turbo dump into spiritbomb

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cuz in large pulls you get shitloads of souls from immo and sof

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and in ST you just turbo spam SC

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and dont press spb

dense cradle
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immo ticks generate it?

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i feel i do more as prot lol

strong forum
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pressing immo aura

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via fallout

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generates souls

dense cradle
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oh right the initial hit

dense cradle
strong forum
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yes

dense cradle
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Yeah I do not have the confidence to play a full damage build like 1/2 pain, no ftd, no calcified

sick sentinel
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just play vdh as if playing dps

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also in aoe youre capping energy no matter what so unless youre like

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dying

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dw about dumping SC

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you spam sc in aoe simply to get stacks

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other than that just spb

blazing condor
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what is this DH yapping

strong forum
sick sentinel
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hey blizz made me play vdh by banning my warrior account 2 weeks into the season

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then lift the ban after i gear up my vdh

blazing condor
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why you getting banned in the first place

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thats actually hard

sick sentinel
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real story btw

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i didnt even bother to appeal

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just randomly got banned, then randomly got unbanned

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didnt return the game time also

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dollar company tbh

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but its whatever

blazing condor
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L

sick sentinel
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hey at least they sincerely apologized for the mistake lol

merry sluice
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man

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blizzard so dedicated to keeping VDH blatantly OP

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they ban you for tanking on anything that isnt VDH

hearty stump
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Is there some sort of tech to avoiding piercing shards from stacking in AV? Spell block?

proud silo
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stun, fear or leap away from it

jagged pier
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stunning the mobs

hearty stump
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isn't it 100yd range?

merry sluice
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almost positive it can also be line fo sighted on the outcroppings on the walls

proud silo
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might be right on that, thought i'd leaped out of it - it can def be losed though

merry sluice
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if you pull them close enough to the part of the wall jutting out, wait for it to frontal, then walk to the otherside

hearty stump
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that's huge

blazing condor
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if needed

merry sluice
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so u break line of sight between u and the fury

hearty stump
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I'll try that

blazing condor
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if you've done the big pull in the beginning with the extra lashers in the next room you can LOS there

strong forum
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the goal is to kill them before they kill you

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but before that you CC them

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with stuns/knockups etc

hearty stump
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So you're basically on a timer then

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And if you're in a group that doesn't CC them you basically fall over?

blazing condor
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shit hurts

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dont have CDs forever

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but with time more mobs around it will die

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so its not a 1:1 timer where it gets more difficult

hearty stump
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on bolstering?

blazing condor
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yea in that case

strong forum
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And as m+ is a group activity

blazing condor
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if i get in a group where no one CCs those then we're gonna be playing death roulette

strong forum
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Ykno

blazing condor
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we spinning those mobs and we all go down

merry sluice
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dw if they dont cc those boys

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you k now they're gonna be the same people that drop slimes off in narnia

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then run to outside with it lol

strong forum
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Ya like, you can only CC them so much

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Like, stormbolt 1, shield charge 1

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That's 2 stopped

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Then you can shockwave, maybe if you're lucky you can get 2 at the same time

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Thats 4 stopped

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Then you can intim shout

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Maybe stop 2 more

strong forum
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Then you need to rotate defensive cds and pray the pull is over before lust runs out

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That should get you until uuuh 18s

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If you have an Aug in the group or any kind of evoker, they're likely to press aoe stops aswell

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Shaman (good ones) can stop all of them 3 times in a row

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With just stun totem + restun totem + thunderfuck

merry sluice
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thunderfuck

strong forum
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Thunderfuck is only 22-25sec CD

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So they better be using that shit often

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It's the single most OP aoe stop

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Cuz it's quite large range and just disgustingly short cd

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(I've never seen a pug shaman use it)

hearty stump
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Alright. But essentially up to 18s I should be able to survive them without much help whilst I have my CDs running?

strong forum
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Depends how much dmg your group has

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But I meant more the praying part

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Works until high keys

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I had to tank 7 stacks of the debuff in a 16 once

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Farmed like 8 deaths on first pull

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But it's still worth, and the timer is turbo free

hearty stump
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So you're basically trying to CC everything after the first 3 debuffs?

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3 -> stop -> 3 more -> stop

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Or just

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literally everything

strong forum
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It's more important to stop the small flowers

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And by doing that

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You will also stop the big fucks

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Cuz if you don't stop the flowers, everyone dies

hearty stump
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Yeah, that's also true. But then you get desynced with stopping the furies, no?

strong forum
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It do be like that

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Gotta play around that fact

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And be ready for it

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With your single stops

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And again, just praying that your group also develops braincells during the pull

hearty stump
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I'm kind of trying to see what's the point where I actually need help and where I'm just being bad and the class actually has the capabilities to pull through without requiring help

strong forum
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That's

hearty stump
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Because out of all of the keys, it feels like arcane furies are the things that give me the most ptsd

strong forum
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I mean I'm also scared of them cuz they're our exact weakness

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But like

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How well you can brute force things is also a group effort

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Do you have big damage to kill them in 20seconds?

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Or does it take 1+ min?

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M+ isn't black and white where the only factor that matters is how well you as a tank can play

hearty stump
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There is the point of how well can you rotate your defensives and stops before it becomes a problem or requires external input. If say you go in solo in a +16, how long could you personally survive that pack

strong forum
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40seconds?

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Maybe longer?

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But that is also alot easier to manage cuz you know nobody will interfere

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So you can sync up everything yourself

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And stop everything

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Perfectly well

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Like here is my av 16 from a week ago

hearty stump
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I'mma be honest. Tanking is fucking daunting transitioning from arms. I'm dropping 16s as arms and I got bitchslapped on a 12 by those furies

strong forum
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Tanking ain't easy as a newcomer

hearty stump
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Okay, that's something I'm going over in detail

torn gust
hearty stump
sick sentinel
strong forum
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Nah

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It's backed into talents

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The restun totem

sick sentinel
#

oh

strong forum
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But I never thought about using recall for that

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Thanks!

sick sentinel
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ez

strong forum
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Now I can stun 4 times

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And instantly make everything DRd

jagged pier
blazing condor
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when you got a pug group that actually stuns but they all stun at once

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then u got no more stuns

jagged pier
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nah thats chill

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because u wait for 8 seconds for dr to wear off

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then u have control

blazing condor
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is DR based on stuns in a row

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or amount of stuns

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if 10 stuns go off for 1 ability they shouldnt be DR'd no

rigid hull
#

this versa is sus

strong forum
#

Stun DRs are very simple

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Each time you stun a mob, the next successive stun within 18 seconds is 50% less effective

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With the 4th stun being 0% effective

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Aka 3 stuns, then immune for 18s

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If you stun - wait 10s - stun again you reset the stun DR back to 0s

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So you gotta wait 18sec again

strong forum
# rigid hull

Ya that's too little vers to be efficient dmg output wise

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Too much crit

rigid hull
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not sure what to do here

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i got a speed ring

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but im losing versa

violet ginkgo
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Whoa first time I heard there is too much crit hahaha

rigid hull
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and i dont wanna swap out my crafted ring

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i can change neck tho to lose crit for mastery

strong forum
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Recraft the crit ring to vers

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Tanks don't care about avoidance

rigid hull
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damn bruh i can ? 💀

violet ginkgo
#

You want to swap your crafted ring to double bullion fire ring though.

strong forum
#

Yes you can recraft crafted items

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And change the stats

rigid hull
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the speed ring is big value tho

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ill change the crit ring tommorow with bullion ring

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EZ CLAP

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do u think i should go lower on crit? @strong forum

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i got a mastery haste neck i can swap

violet ginkgo
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He probably answer sim it.

rigid hull
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ye i was gonna say i should sim xd

strong forum
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Yes 47% crit is too much to be efficient

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You went a little too 1 sided

violet ginkgo
strong forum
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These are my stats

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For example

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Ignore that mastery is that high

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That's because of 2x BSL

violet ginkgo
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Giga mastery must be 2x bsl yeah

strong forum
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And that haste is also buffed by ITF

torn gust
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whoa alot of mastery

strong forum
#

For some reason wow armory displays your stats buffed

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But yeah, you want like 4k crit, 6.Xk haste 2k mastery and like 3-4k vers

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In a perfect world

violet ginkgo
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I believe even if mastery that high you still feel some benefit from it right?

strong forum
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Well yeah

rigid hull
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what about survivibility @strong forum

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isnt crit really good

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since it gives parry

blazing condor
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you get parry

violet ginkgo
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Survival coming from managing your CD mostly.

strong forum
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Stats don't matter defensively nearly as much as they mean offensively

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You can only min-max gear so much

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And the impact of "defensive" stats is within margin of error

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So you opt to gear what little choice you have to maximise dmg output

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And given how much stats we have now

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Stacking 1 stat blindly

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Is just inefficient

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To the point of being detrimental to you performance

rigid hull
strong forum
blazing condor
strong forum
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While I'm above 90% hp I'm just 50% likely to crit block instead of normal block

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That's it

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So in that sense, bsl helps me stay above 90% hp for longer

rigid hull
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omygod i cant add gems to this neck im simming im losing it

strong forum
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You can

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Just click the + below it

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And if you wanna upgrade stuff, scroll up again and give yourself maximum flightstone and crests

rigid hull
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oh

blazing condor
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yeah u gotta add that later

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thats a separate window

strong forum
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You gotta check the tickbox

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To replace/add gems

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Below gear

rigid hull
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alright

strong forum
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And then select which gems

blazing condor
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it's all there just gotta find it

strong forum
#

"shake before opening"

rigid hull
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also

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shoudnt ignore pain shield slam macro be

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/cast shield slam then /cast ignore

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insteade of

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/cast ingore pain /cast shield slam

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to avoid wasting fervid procs

strong forum
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No

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It's explained in the pin

rigid hull
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checking

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damn crit is still giving me more damage

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very small diffrence tho

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xd

strong forum
#

Well crit just Sims really fucking well yeah

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You're running only 1 dmg trinket that's why vers isn't that hot

rigid hull
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the neck swap

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mastery omega shit or

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my neck is crafted ill just change it to versa

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i forgot its crafted

strong forum
#

Mastery poopy offensively

ionic nimbus
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Dodge mastery and dont take cheat death. For Survival one use shield trinkets are better in pugs. Mostly when your CD proccs you’re gettin a ton of externals to safe your life…

zealous goblet
#

is there a limit on how often you're allowed to roll for a free revenge? i feel like the amount of procs i get is pretty low for the amount of things swinging at me

violet ginkgo
radiant mortar
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@lusty grotto my dk arc is probalby over

valid edge
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2x bsl that good for surv? Sounds not that bad. Because the dps from 2x sf is kinda whatever, no? We take it for ring proccs i guess

violet ginkgo
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at homework key 8s I think you will gain a lot of survival yes beacuse monster probably won't make you drop below 90% but I am not sure if the uptime will be good at High key/pushing. Must ask Nome about it..

jagged pier
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it literally does very little for your survibility

violet ginkgo
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or Jakey too since I saw him typing

jagged pier
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u run BSL if u are a dps main

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or if u want too but theres literally no/very little difference between BSL and shadow patch

crystal iris
#

is there a dam difference?

jagged pier
#

yer youll do less

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but also very smol

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as embelishments barely go anything for us

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u will proc rings less as well

violet ginkgo
#

True proccing ring now = more damage more survival too if wear both rings

rigid hull
#

so if gear sims give me more damage from versa so does flask?

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ps crit flask isnt 100% uptime

jagged pier
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sim with a different flask

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to see

rigid hull
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true

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will do after this dungeon

fickle tundra
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hello, coming from Furry into Prot recently and I'm about to change from BSL into SFP

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for the ring procs mostly and the consistent dmg

jagged pier
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good

fickle tundra
#

from fury, going x2 BSL into x2 SFP is about -1%

jagged pier
#

ok your also not contantly taking damage as fury

violet ginkgo
#

plus we talking about DPS, they benefit BSL more if multi target involved.

fickle tundra
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at 50% BSL uptime which is reasonable depending on content.

tribal wharf
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unless im mistaken (could be!) uproar is wrong talent

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was for a while, even in last season i played in, when bleeds was important (s2, more 3)

fickle tundra
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its an MT sim for the last important fights

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raid-wise

tribal wharf
#

last i checked, most of us don't play overwhelming rage and instead play crushing force

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we don't constantly gain say 80 rage

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so its easy to maintain rage

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we dont need an overhead

fickle tundra
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the sim is fine, I wouldnt worry about it, its been discussed to the ground on #fury

tribal wharf
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oh, its fury lul, i thought that was prot tree

fickle tundra
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and the point is that going SFP is a minimal hit on fury DPS so if you go Fury/Prot, BSL is most likely not the play in difficult content.

plush tendon
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I remember that Gnome Warrior anywhere

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absolute chad

crystal iris
jagged pier
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may haps

crystal iris
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health bar dont move

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but then again I probably use more IP that you looking at the damage meters you post in here lol

jagged pier
#

i mean looking at an 8 i did i only have 77% uptime of BSL

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so the higher u go the less it will be

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it dips lower more than u think

crystal iris
#

thats still more than as DPS but I guess its an 8

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I probably let SB and IP drop in 8s for more revenges tho

plush tendon
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I think letting SB drop is a dps loss

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thats 30% SS dam

jagged pier
#

i mean u shouldnt really revenge its not more damage

plush tendon
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SS and TClap are the prios

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and IP is the off gcd rage spender

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IP also procs the tier set more

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and more rage spent, means more Avatar

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I think I only really revenge with a free proc

rigid hull
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hmm doenst seem to be my fault ? 💀

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this is alot of damage

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i gotta be displled faster idk

plush tendon
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do you have a dispell?

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in that group

rigid hull
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we had monk and priest

plush tendon
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I dont remember if priests can do poison or not

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yea, they let you die

rigid hull
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it was AA 15

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bunch of dam

rigid hull
#

versa being better

mellow bridge
#

41 stacks no dispell is wild gladge

unkempt hazel
#

just self dispell

jagged pier
#

be dwarf 🤷

plush tendon
#

be Nelf

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and drop aggro

jagged pier
crude scaffold
fickle tundra
fickle tundra
# rigid hull

yeah no, that's not survivable w/o a poison cleanse.

unkempt hazel
#

monk let u down

plush tendon
unkempt hazel
#

I tend to grab detox even as ww

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very handy

rigid hull
jagged pier
#

aug is a meta slave dont mind him

unkempt hazel
#

😔

crystal iris
#

I guess the damage from this sucks?

plush tendon
jagged pier
crystal iris
#

figured

plush tendon
#

its good cause its 509

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and saves you wyrmm crests

unkempt hazel
#

so real

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got forgestorm on my pala and im crying and sobbing

violet ginkgo
plush tendon
#

and considering the slew of pretty cool trinkets

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with bullions

crystal iris
#

this week is probably dreadplates buy week

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unless it drops, then ill upgrade my heroic Icon to myth for arms

crystal iris
#

I think it’s time to bite the bullet and make a DH

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With these new affixes wtf

unkempt hazel
#

dunno I tried vdh and its so not my cup of tea

earnest cove
unkempt hazel
#

might be my least fav tank

crystal iris
#

maybe I'll give it a try

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I've been playing prot all season and warrior for year, maybe time for a change

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pugging is rough this season

topaz field
#

i think that is true for every single class in the game

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the horrific dungeon design which requires extremly complex aoe stops

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and perfect interrupts

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makes the dungeons unplayable

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for normal ppl

crystal iris
#

I mean if I see spriest or warlock in queue vs an ele shaman I know what most people are picking, myself included

topaz field
#

well thats a u problem tbh

crystal iris
#

lol im literally saying its a problem for everyone

topaz field
#

played a few keys with an ele shami yesterday

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he was the only normal player

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particularly season 2 dungeons are in the worst state the game was with regard to m+

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simply a few mandatory classes

unkempt hazel
#

I tend to decline the meta stuff just cuz, granted I dont do high enough keys where it matters

topaz field
#

all old dungeons were also extremly poorly tuned

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as i expected

crystal iris
#

I do as well, but at some point you just need a Brez and a cleanse

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even if you have a brez healer 2 is better than one so why not take a ret over warrior

unkempt hazel
#

just dont die

crystal iris
#

im just saying from a logical perspective

unkempt hazel
#

take a feral druid for second cr and ww monk for extra cleanse

crystal iris
#

even tho people dont realize warriors have more CC than rets

unkempt hazel
topaz field
#

well most pugs build terrific groups

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if u are a prot war i dont see a reason to invite a dps war u limit your group by default

unkempt hazel
#

also true

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make bshout stack

crystal iris
#

im more talking about pugging into a group as arms lets say

topaz field
#

i see

crystal iris
#

which is parly why im playing prot so much this season

unkempt hazel
#

tbf

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with 99% groups running vdh dandy

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man, im gearing pala alt rn doing like 2's and the amount of meta stacks I see is kinda wild

crystal iris
#

yup

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"meta stacks" without the aug really

unkempt hazel
#

ye ye dont see those as often

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but there's always at least one of the two

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...

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I mean 2 of the 4

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dont rly count rdru

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like every group has at least a mage and priest or a mage and vdh etc etc, often all 3

crystal iris
#

ya exactly

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im so weary of priests and mages there are very few good ones

unkempt hazel
#

man

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the last priest I got was below tank and only pi'd himself

crystal iris
#

lol

unkempt hazel
#

and chances are, he's gon get instant invites into 10's in like a week

crystal iris
#

typical pug priest tbh

unkempt hazel
#

god bless that groups souls

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yknow how I know he did that

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bro had a macro to announce who he pi'd

crystal iris
#

hahahaha

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ffs incorp

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and sanguine

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I dont wanna tank this week

unkempt hazel
#

its that week huh

crystal iris
#

incorp going off is 50% reduced damage and healing right?

unkempt hazel
#

think so yea

crystal iris
#

So Its either OCE, Greiftorch, Icon or Dreadplates or anvil 🙂

violet ginkgo
#

Hmmm anvil for long fight is good

violet ginkgo
lusty grotto
#

no, we dont

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that affix does not exist

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its a dead week anyway due to sanguine

merry sluice
#

I mean tanks shouldn’t be doing incorp anyways
Have fun not blocking so you can cast on it. Pop goes the pally and blood

Unless you’re a vdh

I know brew can paralyze, im sure all the one brew masters will get the affix

dusky canopy
#

No affix is best affix

rigid yew
#

There are no dead weeks. Only weeks where your failure shines through. Get better noobs. triggered

lusty grotto
#

its a 100% a dead week

#

cope as you may

zealous goblet
#

i am confronted with a difficult choice, do i choose tier pants on myth track, or a subpar trinket? if i choose the myth pants, i don't gain any ilvls immediately, but can upgrade them twices over my current ones.
if i choose the trinket, i get like 10 ilvls, and i avoid the problem i'm about to run into. my dreadplates weren't bought with bullion, they came from raid. so they have an ilvl limit of 515

lusty grotto
#

myth legs

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this aint a difficult choice at all

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do you do myth raiding?

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do you have any potential chance at myth legs other than the vault?

zealous goblet
#

i don't, but it's gonna take 2 weeks to get new dreadplates with bullion. unless i farm brackenhide and roll with a rageheart and the splinter

lusty grotto
#

no it wont

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today is buy week

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next week is buy week

zealous goblet
#

oh?

lusty grotto
#

the week after that is buy week

rigid yew
#

myth legs, get bullion trinket later (also dreadplates is pretty easy to get from the raid myth version cause it's first boss)

lusty grotto
#

thanks for repeating what i just said

rigid yew
#

which is up this week

zealous goblet
#

a lil verification never hurt nobody

lusty grotto
rigid yew
#

In fact, I'm also going to be killing Mythic first boss this week in hopes I win the dreadplate drop this time. Otherwise, I'm going to bullion it.
Either way, my suggestion is to just do whatever makes the game more fun for you. I've learned a long time ago that there is no point in me playing a game I'm not having fun with. There's lots of things you can do that are "sub optimal" but are more fun and still achieve the goals you want.

rigid hull
#

Guys can u link the totem trinket bonuses?

lusty grotto
#

here we go again with that suboptimal shit

south zealot
#

i dont even want to play the game this week

#

atleast getting hit for 6 million on bolster is pretty funny

rigid yew
lusty grotto
south zealot
#

you get a stronger but shorter pi every 2 minutes

rigid yew
#

Wish they would provide more info on the tooltips for items such as those

south zealot
#

and a strength buff every 2 minutes too

rigid hull
#

ok so when u do move grimtotem into another area?xd

#

i just wiped a raid

#

help

south zealot
#

its completely passive

#

it does a frontal whenever it changes

rigid hull
#

okay

lusty grotto
#

50 energy

#

is when you move him to another area

rigid yew
#

If you're on heroic or higher there is a short debuff placed on people (when you first enter a section) that kills if you move him to another section.

lusty grotto
#

on mythic, you just stay in an area

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and then swap after intermission

south zealot
#

oh dude

lusty grotto
#

or close to 80-90 energy (on mythic)

south zealot
#

my bad i read that completely wrong

rigid hull
south zealot
#

yes

waxen frigate
#

Heroic IDFK

south zealot
#

heroic u usually just do 50 50

#

doesnt matter at all though its heroic

lusty grotto
#

heroic is 50 energy

lusty tiger
#

Knish

lusty grotto
#

we did the whole time on all zones, im just mentioning the safe way to do it because pugs have other rules

rigid hull
#

when do u guys think i should swap anvil for totem?

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cuz anvil outdamages totem for sure

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by alot