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chilly brook
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No

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Because it’s capped 3 ilvl lower

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Ilvl is massive on shields

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And weapons (minus cantrips)

solemn zinc
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Whjat should I be cerafting then?

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crafting

chilly brook
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Idk

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Whatever slot is most beneficial

solemn zinc
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Ah ok

chilly brook
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Or like whatever your embellishment is going to be

solemn zinc
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so its no like bis craft slot that I should use sparks on

chilly brook
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I’m sure there’s a BiS embellishment

proud dock
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im confused if were posed to upgrade gear this week or not upgrade until next week.

round pendant
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shield isn't a bad craft

chilly brook
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Pins are great 🙂

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There truly is no rush on utilizing your spark(s)

broken rose
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I am really enjoying protection warrior in "The War Within" expansion.

round pendant
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yeah but also a guaranteed shield upgrade is still good

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there's plenty of sparks to come

chilly brook
round pendant
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That's only if you get the 3ilvl higher shield

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I never even got a shield drop last season

jagged gust
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Is it though? If we save for long enough those sparks are going to be useless

round pendant
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from vault or otherwise

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And for the X amount of time until then, you have a good shield

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but yeah I'm not a minmaxer in that regard

chilly brook
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I wouldn’t consider a shield craft unless just really unlucky

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Especially with myth track shield off first boss

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Very puggable

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Especially this season

round pendant
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That's a good point

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I didn't know the first boss dropped a shield

chilly brook
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We get ICC buff this season

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So raid only gets easier as time goes on

round pendant
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Still, you get unlucky for 2 weeks and a shield craft still wouldn't be a bad idea ;^)

chilly brook
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Your call at the end of the day

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Several different ways to build yourself up, most of them end up at the same spot

jagged gust
chilly brook
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IMO I’d just do raid before doing anything crafting wise

round pendant
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I can't do week 1 aotc

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:(

chilly brook
round pendant
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so sad so sad

chilly brook
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Don’t remember when it starts though

solid sun
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Went 6/8 normal last night and thought it was mostly a fun raid. I wasn’t a huge fan of feeding the boss in the first fight but otherwise enjoyed what we experienced

jagged gust
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Whats S1 pug scene look like? I feel like pugging aotc shouldn't be impossible, but I'm basing that off later season experiences

solid sun
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The nexus princess was really neat

chilly brook
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Starts at 3% damage and healing buff and caps at 18% sometime down the road

solid sun
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I feel like it’s hard to gauge the pug scene atm

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The pugs we invited were all helpful and chill

cold pilot
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Can I sacrifice one of my Duskthread Linings to make the Binding of Binding ring?

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I feel like that embellishment isnt fantastic

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and I already have one on my shield

shrewd ore
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haste vers 💀

cold pilot
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Well actually it looks like I put the crit one on 😄

round pendant
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haste vers 💀

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(it's fine)

chilly brook
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Haste vers 💀

cold pilot
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haha, i am going to recraft. it was the stats I was missing the most of when I made it with my shit heroic gear haha

chilly brook
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Bro thinks he’s a WW with those stats

cold pilot
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I know I know.. I want Vers Mas 🙃

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I'll put crit on the fucking shield lol, is binding of binding viable?

solemn zinc
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Dont we want haste over mastery?

shrewd ore
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crit is the correct one no?

cold pilot
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yes lol

shrewd ore
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there is no haste afaik

cold pilot
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its Haste Crit

solemn zinc
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Haste > vers > Crit > mastery?

cold pilot
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I think it's Haste > Crit > Vers

shrewd ore
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haste >= crit > mast =vers

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for dps

solemn zinc
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We're talking protection?

shrewd ore
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yes

cold pilot
solemn zinc
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So Crit and vers is almost the same then

shrewd ore
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no crit is way better for dps

cold pilot
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ok fuck it, im making the binding

south zealot
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haste crit

tribal wharf
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not a big fan of the deathbringer talents for bdk

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i think

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ah yes, i see now why i dont like the hero tree

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oh god, its even worse than i thought

rain light
analog sparrow
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Grats man

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Solo?

round pendant
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idk how people still don't know the stat prio

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ilvl >>> haste > crit >= vers > mastery ||sim yourself||

molten gorge
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Fumble mains

round pendant
tribal wharf
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i like vampiric strike way better i think

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not tried much DB

plush tendon
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San Layn is cringe AF

proper roost
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how about you san layn deez nuts

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(dn)

plush tendon
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Queen Ans was a really fun

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heroic is also pretty easy

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out of the first 4, the 2nd was prob the hardest

zenith monolith
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Is it Duskthread or Dawn embelish?

lofty warren
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do you need to escort in order to get loot from world boss?

rain light
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no

vocal flame
proper roost
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Anyway

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Who thought siege of boralus was a good dungeon

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I'm gonna beat up blizzard

jagged pier
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no one

dusky canopy
proper roost
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the wave boss is DOG shit

dusky canopy
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Wonder what the icd is

proper roost
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My short little ass dwaf legs

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r too short for the fountain

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water

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😡

dusky canopy
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I must say this raid is easily 10/10 for me

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It’s so badass

proper roost
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well that's good cuz siege of boralus

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might singlehandedly make me hate this season

plush tendon
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I aint feeling the old dungeons they added

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except maybe Grim Batol

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Ill give that one a chance... but the others, naw Im good

dusky canopy
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I haven’t run an old dungeon yet myself

proper roost
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grim batol fucks

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i haven't done any of the new ones in mythic yet 🤪

dusky canopy
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Probably will do some tonight after I spend my T8 delve keys

proper roost
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last boss of grim batol is kinda like

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last boss of atal dazar

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except

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not dogshit

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rng

plush tendon
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Grim Batol is just cool to me

proper roost
dusky canopy
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Didn’t get arakara sak last night but watched a guildy loot it so that was cool

plush tendon
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fits the expansion aesthetic

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the others feel so out of place

dusky canopy
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Excited for M+ season to start

ancient reef
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whats best method to grind up delves without using keys

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can i just run them over n over to level

plush tendon
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yea

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you just run non-bountiful delves

proper roost
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Wdym grind up delves

plush tendon
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and get to 8

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then send the bountiful

ancient reef
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ok so just look at tooltip and dont run bountiful

proper roost
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You never have to use a key on delves, you optionally can use them only on bountifuls

plush tendon
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so you want to do non-bontiful till 8

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then do the 4 bontifuls and use keys

dusky canopy
ancient reef
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i gotta say the jump from heroic to m) was a surpise

proper roost
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inb4 he loots the 0.12% chance to get a map on a lower tier delve

dusky canopy
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My guildies and I went from t4-7 in less than 30 minutes

proper roost
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actually so fucked up

ancient reef
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or maybe i got so lazy doing the heroics

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i literally used zero defenses in those heroics

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and not i took some damage

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finished 4 or so on my baer as well who literally hit 80 yesterday

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and did them in green ah gear

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at 558

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so it aint that hard

dusky canopy
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They’re not impossible but you have to think a little

ancient reef
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i think it was more the healers

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just like i really need a heal sometimes

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and they wasnt used to it

proper roost
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but you didn't press a single defensive?

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🤔

ancient reef
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i did

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i kept up block and everything

proper roost
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i literally used zero defenses in those heroics

ancient reef
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i used them in the m)

proper roost
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🤨

ancient reef
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m0

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the thing that was a little shocking was how fast my IP got used up

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just had to pool more rage and stopped caring if i was overcapped

proper roost
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@dusky canopy M0s. tn. Thanks

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pretty sure you're on my bnet

ancient reef
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and i hate the new siege

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or the changes to it

ebon geyser
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remind me again i wanna do raid and all i can before getting the weekly caches or no

mellow quartz
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The fact they added 2 mobs right at the start of the 3rd boss is aids in Siege

vocal flame
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the whole spell int thing they changed in TWW really sucks too, doesnt stop them from casting it just slows it down

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in dungs

proper roost
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Doesn't matter, the weekly chest loot is always just veteran gear

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Says so specifically in the tooltips

ancient reef
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and necrotic wake is different

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whole route after first boss

dusky canopy
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I have Nim

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So we’ll be able to group

dusky canopy
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I game at 8cst daily typically

mellow quartz
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Just changed that

proper roost
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this week is so boring

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give keys already

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🙏

dusky canopy
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Real

ancient reef
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yeah it was no big deal

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except when we misseda fear

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and oh big pull

proper roost
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with my loot rng i would be at like 620 rn stg

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got like 9 pieces out of the 4 delves and 3 m0s last night

dusky canopy
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Hollyy

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I thought I was lucky to get weapon from T8 delve

proper roost
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and still no map!!!!

ancient reef
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you run the delves in groups or solo as prot

proper roost
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i'd be happy to get a weapon, just sitting at stupid 593 weap bedge

dusky canopy
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Go with a group

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Treat it like a dungeon

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Very easy that way

ancient reef
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i thougth they worked like visions sorta

dusky canopy
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We had a 5 man last night and bran was with us still

mellow quartz
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Bran is with you from the group leader

proper roost
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i heard it scales kinda wonky with 5 people tbh, seems like it'd be faster with just 2

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nim and i did three of them with him tanking and i playing ele yesterday and it was fairly fast

mellow quartz
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I did it all solo at abt 584, was fine

proper roost
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it's just significantly faster to duo but maybe depends on your brann level too

dusky canopy
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Add pad gang

edgy bone
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Which tier are we not using?

ancient reef
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i got a weapon from lfr, should i craft a shield

ornate thicket
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I love both bear and prot. I think pwar is a little sturdier but bear has motw so if you play with a group that doesn't have a druid its a good choice.

proper roost
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i don't have the time or desire to raid anymore

misty shuttle
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How do u guys survive stiging Swarm on last boss in dreadpit Delve 8 (currently 586 ilvl prot War)

proper roost
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thought very heavily on it this season but just gonna see how keyge go

dusky canopy
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Man I love this raid

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It is so cool

swift orbit
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Am I griefing if I craft both shield and 1h this week?

dusky canopy
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Not really

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Just could get screwed by balancing if you use embellishments that get nerfed

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Long term it won’t matter you’ll have more sparks than you’ll want to use

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Short term gamble to craft before heroic week tuning

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Basically

swift orbit
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I can see guides mentioning the shield, however not a weapon.. Is that just because you can't add the suggested embellishments to the weapon

rigid hull
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so can i craft boys?xd

dusky canopy
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My advice is to hold until heroic week tuning is done

swift orbit
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Yeh.. Can't you recraft with a different embellishment?

dusky canopy
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You can recraft without losing spark yes

rigid hull
dusky canopy
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You just lock yourself into the gear slot that you use the spark on

rigid hull
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just some gold loss

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if im taking a gamble

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which slot am i going for

dusky canopy
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I would craft whatever nome suggests on the wowhead guide

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Typically you want crafts on low stat budget items

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If you’re not ever going to see myth track items because of whatever level you play at then craft shield/weapon (imo)

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Because you can craft myth track with the right crests

rain light
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t10 delves are insane

misty shuttle
vocal flame
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what are you opening up your chests in for the delves prot and hoping for shield?

rain light
violet ginkgo
misty shuttle
rain light
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you can do tiers on other delves

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doesnt have to be all the tiers on each one

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we did waterworks up to 8, then did the 4 bountiful ones at 8

vocal flame
vast dragon
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do we save keys for higher delve?

steel matrix
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We should do a 2/3/9 raid group where its all protection warriors besides 3 healer priests

steel matrix
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for coffers

tropic linden
vocal flame
vast dragon
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so dont do bountifuls until you unlock 8

vocal flame
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Pretty much

vast dragon
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how good is swarmlords?

solid sun
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I got a SAC on my first m0 of that spider dungeon

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Am I cracked now?

violet ginkgo
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I see so we better do 8 t8 delves per week for good loot in vault

misty shuttle
ornate thicket
misty shuttle
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How do u guys survive stiging Swarm on last boss in dreadpit Delve 8 (currently 586 ilvl prot War)

violet ginkgo
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I am not sure next week I can already do the heroic XD, also my guild is not doing mythic, less stress.

solid sun
proper roost
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Won't be soon enough that delves are irrelevant bedge

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dog content

plush tendon
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eh, theyll be relevent

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for alts and stuff

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easy way to fill up the vault

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if you dont want to run 4 M+

proper roost
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alts bedge

plush tendon
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even mains

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if you just need the 3 vaults for a socket

proper roost
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wow players the only cooked ppl who are like "yeah it's normal to play this game 20 hours a week"

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"bit casual tbh"

plush tendon
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I raid 9 hours a week...

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but delves are great for people who dont wanna M+ but still wanna get some pretty solid gear

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which is what I think the point of them is

proper roost
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tbh i wonder how many casual players are actually doing it

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like actually casual players

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and not people who are just going to be doing high keys/prepping for mythic raid next week

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I think the difficulty for actual casuals is way too high

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actually time to read /r/wow's thoughts on tier 8 delves

ornate thicket
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Duoing them seemed pretty easy

silk cave
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What is the best method to do the delves? 1 tank 1 healer 2 dps?

topaz sedge
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No one takes battle scarred veteran but it seems good i assume there is a reason

proper roost
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bsv has always been bad

dusky canopy
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BRO DELVE HATING

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Smh my head

proper roost
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it's uncontrollable, and controlling your defensives is good 👍

plush tendon
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hes a super casual player

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see how he likes it

ornate thicket
proper roost
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it seems like /r/wow is still busy doing tier 3 delves so uh

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yeah 💀

plush tendon
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well, looks like delves are good content for them then XD

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they can progress through delves all season

proper roost
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yeah the delves r not for me

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i just find them incredibly tedious

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i just want to keyge already..

ornate thicket
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I would be so depressed if i was stuck on delve 3 and 4s

plush tendon
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we all progress at our own rate

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its ok to be stuck

ornate thicket
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Im not saying that. Speaking for myself here lol

plush tendon
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granted... if I couldnt do a tier 3 delve... I prob would be kicked from my guild

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but theres different expectations

ornate thicket
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I think itll be a good way to casually gear some alts though which is cool

plush tendon
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yea

outer moth
plush tendon
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can go to sleep on a Saturday night but dont wanna commit to doing a key

outer moth
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Was fairly easy, no deaths

plush tendon
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hop in, slam a delve

limpid ruin
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I need someone to make me look good xan

plush tendon
warm plinth
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Tier 8 solo delve was pretty chill except web bolts

acoustic slate
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when into the frey is better then heavy repercussions?

wooden widget
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When shield block uptime good

acoustic slate
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at what haste

warm plinth
proper roost
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yo the spider fuckers

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do crazy dmg in delves

warm plinth
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The empowered web bolts do like 3.1 million

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On tier 8

proper roost
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i liked spiders before. they were bros. ate mosquitoes and shit

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Now i hate spiders

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evil motherfuckers. waste my time. not give me delve map

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😡

dusky canopy
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You see that Backend on the queen

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Hollyy

warm plinth
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I'm like 56i or something

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568

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But I didn't do bountiful solo. Was just regular t8

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Idk if that affects difficulty

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Or maybe it was idfk

proper roost
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Sheesh

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Nah I don't think whether it's bountiful or not affects difficulty

dawn geode
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2 delves in a row

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awesome

stable wind
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Also got one. Fuck

sick sentinel
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What are u guys finding the hardes mythinc fights so far

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And why is it the city of echos final boss

vocal flame
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the stonevault pair boss is a bitch

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you can deflect the dot tho which is nice

solid sun
mellow quartz
solid sun
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If yes it got a lot easier after I told my team you can unroot yourself by CCing the little blood ad duders

mellow quartz
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Just move around in a circle and spell reflect the dot or the root

neon elk
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The fight is easy, what is hard is people not having any clue there

neon elk
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Give it 2 or 3 days and it will be fine

mellow quartz
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Had bigger issues with people doing first boss in Ara Kara lol

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Had to solo finish it

tribal wharf
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2 items haha

proper roost
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which dungeon is ara kara again

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I get the two spider dungeons confused constantly rn

midnight siren
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the one with the nice trinket

dusky canopy
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In the spider zone

proper roost
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Thanks

dusky canopy
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Right next to the summon stone for that dungeon

proper roost
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I hope you sleep with your back against the wall tonight

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Because I will be coming for you.

dusky canopy
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Glad I could help

ornate thicket
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Ara kara has the stairs dropping down into webs first area. 3 mini boss spiders and giant spider first boss

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City of threads is the dumb one with all the shit RP finding spy's

tribal wharf
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that sword i got has avoidance

proper roost
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Ahh

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Ara kara is the bullshit caster trash with the 3 uh

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like fear spider dudes that you have to kill before first boss

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i have no idea what the mechanics of that place is haven't done it on mythic yet

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first boss on heroic always died before it did any mechanics

solid sun
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It’s really not bad imo

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I mostly enjoy it but I have no idea how m+ is gonna feel

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My caster friends didn’t appreciate the second boss very much but idk if that’s because they’re cry babies or if it legit sucks for them

neat parrot
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should we craft smth or not ? with spark

jagged pier
neat parrot
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ye the pin is from 8/29

violet ginkgo
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Still effective though

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because tuning haven't going yet

wooden widget
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Rwf has crafted

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Send those sparks

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Pin it!

neat parrot
wooden widget
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Lots of race to world first folks have crafted. Meaning they believe tuning is over. If you wanna be safe tho wait another week.

neat parrot
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thane still >= colossus ? raid wise ?

onyx moon
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a lot more rage to spend

tribal wharf
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i should run lfr on my dk and paladin

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if i can even

neat parrot
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which one is better punish or execute build ?

round pendant
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yeah delves are just

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idk

tribal wharf
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well, its not even the x.1 patch

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im sure whatever spice or thing delves are missing will get added

violet ginkgo
mellow quartz
normal kelp
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can you farm bountiful delves if you run out of keys?

night heron
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The wowhead guide puts revenge as higher prio than execute even when playing Colossus, is that a mistake? We are supposed to use execute in ST right?

violet ginkgo
normal kelp
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but after i complete the bountiful i dont see it there anymore

warm dirge
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does anyone else agree with the wowhead guide saying macroing ignore pain to shield slam is a good idea?

grim pilot
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More like other way around

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Shield slam to ignore pain

urban bane
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It doesn't want you to make shield slam also cast ignore pain

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Shield Slam must remain a separate bind

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yeah what myrtu said

grim pilot
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Myrtuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

urban bane
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sowwy sadga

warm dirge
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got it

proper roost
fallow nova
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Execute takes prio at 4 or less targets, especially if deep wounds is active

violet ginkgo
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Well he said ST so deep wound is always active from our autoattack

night heron
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Yeah but I just assumed we're always fishing for SS resets anyway
Also weird phrasing it that way because execute can reset SS too

tribal wharf
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war fronts

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islands

violet ginkgo
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Can reset SS yes but the rage cost is x2 revenge, so use it carefully if not on sudden death proc

graceful kite
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I like delves

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they're short and I got loot ( but not on warrior)

lofty warren
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i did 6 bountiful delves and 4 trinkets what the fuck

vocal flame
rain light
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not sure how I have 3 of these

dusky canopy
kind glen
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random drop from bountiful chests

tribal wharf
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is kej or cryslals more valuable on the whole

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cuz i know u can exchange 2k kej for 1k crystal or 200 for 100 and vice a versa

knotty pewter
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Are t8s pretty easy as prot at 578 ilvl or should I grab some more gear?

violet ginkgo
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well if your healer are quite good then should be OK

knotty pewter
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Oh I've just been doing solo

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T7 seemed fine

warm plinth
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Silk something

mellow quartz
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Only semi challenging end boss was the waterworks at low ilvl

meager abyss
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how the fuck do you get spark shards?

mellow quartz
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Died once cause I didn’t pay attention and ran out of the candle/circle thing without refreshing it lol

proper roost
dawn geode
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that end boss in waterworks does so much aoe dmg

proper roost
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weekly chests, delve chests (doesn't have to be the locked ones), m0s, heroics even, lfr

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like the only thing you can't get a spark out of is like.. just... regular WQs I guess?

meager abyss
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you can get two per week @proper roost

proper roost
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Are you asking a question or... telling me for some reason

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Because you can't, you get half a spark per week. You can just catch up and get however many sparks you are behind to catch up on

rose flicker
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how are we feeling with m0 out?

wispy tinsel
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like there is finally something to do

tribal wharf
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i havent touched those at all personally

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cant be that hard

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for sure

molten gorge
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Just tried to do Siege of Boralus with a horde (we're ally)

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seems to not work?

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on m0 obv

proper roost
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It works fine

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Did it yesterday (me alliance, 4 horde)

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The entrances are different. The horde entrance is southeastish of boralus on a little dock

molten gorge
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Ah

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so the guy just at wrong entrance

violet ginkgo
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guys how do we see how much damage we reflected in the log? I mean on which part I should see?

vocal flame
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my log wasnt working at all did you have to update it? usually it starts logging automatically when entering a dung but it didnt do that yesterday

tribal wharf
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i cant even qeue for heroics on dk..... yet.....

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terrorism war crimes soon

round pendant
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so what's the consensus

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is GB overtuned

mellow quartz
mellow quartz
south zealot
tribal wharf
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some shit about during swords phase he stacks a buff that goes to like 5, and its at 5 that he hits for 9m

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so its you use wall or have a cd put on you to live it

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3rd boss is rough but its a skill issue, ranged dps needs to get on the adds and someone needs to slow said adds or group = kaboom

mellow quartz
tribal wharf
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they claim its changed but it looks basically the same last as i went

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spells that kill you are 60 fps and prettier, thats about it

mellow quartz
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Nothing changed from beta

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All the bosses are easy as a tank once you know what’s going on.

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If you try and tank the 1000% damage increase mace you will have a bad time

tribal wharf
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yup, especially as prot warrior

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logic = block attack or you die > group dies > failure > dissapointment

south zealot
#

i wouldnt say its overtuned

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you just have to understand the enemies

mellow quartz
#

GB for the tank is all about the trash. Once you know which mobs are destroying you it’s easier.

south zealot
#

and know which are banned to pull

#

any more than 2 warlocks, your group is fucked

tribal wharf
#

BRING SOOTHE

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gb boss 3 trash is soothable

mellow quartz
quick spruce
#

What are you guys crafting?

tribal wharf
#

the "elite" tall standing drakanids will enrage and hurt like hell

mellow quartz
shell atlas
#

Any idea why the mismatch? T7 delve.

tribal wharf
#

this is not surpising to me as life long warcraft player

#

even since wc1 orges use blood lust type magics

mighty valley
#

spell descriptions are usually base damage before difficulty modifiers

tribal wharf
#

i still remember first time figuring out how powerful bloodlust is in wc2, wc3 ladder

molten gorge
#

thought GB was fine

#

the newer dungeons seem more harshly tuned than any of the old ones imo

slim current
#

well shit man this is starting toget intimidating. where do i learn these dungeons as a new tank?

molten gorge
#

(that being said, it's all fine)

mighty valley
#

yeah, went into gb blind with a pretty low ilvl group, some Learning Moments but everything's manageable

mellow quartz
vocal flame
mellow quartz
#

What’s the bug? Spells do way more damage than melee hits due to block

#

Looks normal

#

It’s scaled to a tier 7 like m+ scaling

onyx moon
#

which slots are the best for us to fill with crafted gear?

mellow quartz
#

Probably a shield

#

Unless you can get myth track

tribal wharf
#

ya, if u show me a picture of an ogre with a mace, and you ask me what he does, i say he enrages

south zealot
tribal wharf
#

and 99% of time im right on that

vocal flame
south zealot
#

my group had caut as our only decurse lol

#

that tracks

shell atlas
#

Delves in generally just feel whonky. Even some difficulties below my ilvl just seem a strungle if the delve has a bunch of casters in it. 15min solo dungeon advert seems grossly oversold. :/

onyx moon
#

why a shield if you dont mind me asking?

mellow quartz
cerulean tusk
mellow quartz
vocal flame
onyx moon
#

right bit dont crafted item generally have lower ilvl?

proper roost
cerulean tusk
#

You will swap it out with mythic track down the line

mellow quartz
proper roost
#

look at the tooltips on M+ spells and you'll be like

#

fug

south zealot
#

but youre not getting a max ilvl shield immediately 99.9% of the time

mellow quartz
#

But he complained it wasn’t a ‘solo experience’

cerulean tusk
#

I went in as Fury tho, not prot

shell atlas
proper roost
shell atlas
#

Solod some T8s yeserday on my other warr at like ~575 without much issues, and others were a huge struggle.

mellow quartz
#

Some things hurt more than others. Adapt and overcome.

shell atlas
patent sedge
#

do u send demolish on cd?

mighty valley
#

yep, unless locking yourself in place would get you killed

#

it should basically always get stacked to 10 by doing normal rotation

patent sedge
#

ok and if u open on raid boss? do i use it insta or get few stacks for the % increase

proper roost
#

like, it's not the melee from anything that'll kill you

#

it's always the spells

mighty valley
proper roost
#

and a lot of mobs do instant unkickable/unavoidable ones

shell atlas
onyx moon
proper roost
#

well, i don't know if i've run into any delve bosses so far where their oneshot mechanics were that unclear, but yeah

mighty valley
#

crafted shield is gonna be a competitive ilvl unless you're doing mythic raiding

proper roost
#

mostly just the trash i think

mellow quartz
dusky summit
#

crafting neck is generally safe since we don't really have good necks from raid/m+ right?

mellow quartz
#

If you don’t know what myth track is you probably don’t mythic raid so just craft a shield lol

mellow quartz
primal dawn
#

Okay, okay… but I need someone else to do it first…

proper roost
#

🤨

magic meadow
#

I have a question on wowhead it says to Macro Shield slam and ignore pain does this make a difference vs separating them?

proper roost
#

read the full description of what the macro is for

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Right below where it says the macro itself

tribal wharf
#

i pull something i would normally pull on dk or pwar and he turns to dust

cerulean tusk
#

Had ppal tanking all my m0 world tour, was no issues

proper roost
#

Yeah ppal is fine

#

at least, m0 doesn't hurt bad at all so literally doesnt matter

magic meadow
warm plinth
#

Yes. You still have a shield slam button, and then that macro replaces your IP button

#

@magic meadow

tribal wharf
#

this is what i get on dk

proper roost
#

Grats yogi

tribal wharf
#

i really want that on warr

#

forbidden leech candle ....

#

well, its for a bdk, i dunno if bdk uses cirt

proper roost
#

It's their best stat

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sorry, it's like their second worst stat

#

i was just typying

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😔

mellow quartz
#

Bdk just want stats. It’s not like pwar and our love of haste

south zealot
#

bdk stats dont matter

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besides not wanting very much haste

plush tendon
#

haste 5%>Crit=vers=mastery>haste

proper roost
#

Really fucked up what they did to bdk

#

they fear even a fraction of the bdk players...

waxen frigate
#

Granted iirc one of the hero talents sucks ass so

plush tendon
#

well if you are playing San Layn

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then haste over everything

waxen frigate
#

Yeah it’s cooked

plush tendon
#

but like.... why are you playing San Layn

#

its worse in everyway

proper roost
#

some people like doin level 4 delves

south zealot
#

if youre playing san layn you shouldnt care about stats bc you dont care about winning

proper roost
#

hey choco are u going to try to get title this season

south zealot
#

probably not these dungeons fucking blow

proper roost
#

so true who made them bring siege of boralus

plush tendon
#

Siege, NW, and Mists

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all terrible

south zealot
#

siege and nw are the only ones i dont actively dread soing

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doing

waxen frigate
waxen frigate
#

Very different player now than I was then

south zealot
#

every tww dungeon is complete shit

proper roost
#

wow...

waxen frigate
south zealot
#

besides the rookery where only the first boss is shit

proper roost
#

choco speedran getting jaded with the game

#

let's go

waxen frigate
#

Cinderbrew and Priory are great if they tone down the aoes a bit

#

Rookery is fine

#

Dawnbreaker and Candle are kinda ass but they’re thematically cool at least

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City of threads is dogshit and belongs in the dumpster

#

Arakara is fine

plush tendon
#

S4 old dungeons shouldve been Grim Batl, Ankehet Old Kingdom, Shrine of Storms

waxen frigate
#

I don’t even remember the last one but it’s probably ok

plush tendon
#

and maybe Stonecore/Azul Nerub

proper roost
#

i literally cannot think of a single redeeming quality about any wotlk dungeon

plush tendon
#

they were thematic

south zealot
#

priory is completely unplayable as a melee

waxen frigate
#

But if that gets toned down it’s a banger

plush tendon
#

I like that a lot of the new dungeons are 3 bosses

waxen frigate
#

And then there’s threads…

#

Literally court of stars but longer and worse

lusty grotto
#

threads is indeed garbage

waxen frigate
#

I loathe that dungeon

lusty grotto
#

the only redeeming quality of that dungeon is first boss just janking whoever is standing in africa all the time

waxen frigate
#

True

proper roost
#

first boss yank is extremely funny

#

i just want to do keys with my good friend nimchip

mighty valley
#

they’d have to do so much work to bring any wotlk dungeons into m+, so many absolute nothing bosses

fathom magnet
#

are we going for shield and bracers with our sparks or rather weapon and shield?

molten gorge
#

mechanics wise I mean

#

could do something similar, just make them different

mellow quartz
#

There is a really good WA for the dragon flying part that will show you how many hits of button 1 and 2 is needed to each pack

dawn geode
#

delver's bounty chests are only visible to you right?

lusty grotto
#

only visible to the player that hasnt done it

dawn geode
#

like if i pop one i'm the only one that'll get the hidden chest?

lusty grotto
#

oh you mean the 5 hidden chests

#

no

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they are visible to everyone

dawn geode
#

sry if i'm confusing, i mean the map drop

charred oar
#

Hey guys ! I have a quick question on gearing. I don't have a ton of time to play so I want to make sure I'm doing things optimally in terms of gearing and which raid/m+/delve to run. I was looking into askmrrobot but I wanted your alls opinion on how to figure this stuff out?

dawn geode
lusty grotto
#

oh i have no idea

charred oar
#

I do mostly dungeons so do I do the dungeon slice for raid bots?

lusty grotto
#

run droptimizer

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5 target patchwerk

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1 min or 1.5 mins

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not dungeon slice

charred oar
#

Okay

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I'll look into this. Thank you very much

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I have one friend I play with he says just to copy murloc.io

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But it doesn't really lead me in any direction just shows bis

dusky canopy
#

That friend didn’t give good advice

tender cove
#

I feel so envious of everyone. Havent had a single hour to play for a week now 😦

dusky canopy
#

What’s actually best for your individual character requires simming and some critical thinking

plush path
#

hey

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why is ss procd if the cd hasnt been reset?

tender cove
#

Devastate/Devastor has like a 20% to reset its cd if i dont remember wrong.

devout basalt
#

The mountain thane ability i think will do that

mighty valley
plush path
tender cove
slim current
#

can u turn delve gear into tier or no

devout basalt
#

No, the reset ur thinking of comes from devastator while mountain thane just removed the cd for two slams

#

Which also causes the glow

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At least that's my understanding of it, someone may know otherwise

sullen mango
#

so longtime tank here rerolling prot war for the first time because my 15 year main of bdk is too button bloat

#

anything cool to know about prot?

tender cove
#

we suck at taking magic damage.

sullen mango
#

do I at least get to be mobile instead

#

my friends call bdk the wheelchair tank

tender cove
#

2 charges, vene and a leap is pretty mobile sure.

remote horizon
#

got this from delve, worth turning to tier?

sullen mango
#

how easy is it to double-gear as prot/arms to be able to flex for my guild

ancient reef
#

tier just changes stats

lusty grotto
#

pretty easy

grim pilot
#

U can play prot in arms gear

tender cove
#

Easy if its not world first.

grim pilot
#

Literally same stat prio

#

And even then stats arent thar important for tanks

#

In general

#

It wont block you

south zealot
plush path
#

do we use intervene?

south zealot
#

if you can intervene something or have the thane talent that gives a (very) small shirld

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shield

#

yeah

#

otherwise no

manic cypress
#

best 2 slots for embellishment with spark?

plush path
proper roost
#

it's off gcd

#

but I mean

tender cove
proper roost
#

idk I guess that should kind of answer everything no

#

it's off gcd

#

if you don't lose uptime, it's free

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if you do, it's not free

sullen mango
#

I wondered because back in DF bdk wanted almost opposite gear/embelish to both dps specs & it was a pain

tender cove
#

Its 3 am, just got off work, need to go up at 9 for a business meeting, yet my brain is like, "you can sneak in just an hour of wow, it wont hurt, you will be tired regardless" xD

plush tendon
#

work is poop

blazing condor
#

cant relate

proper roost
#

Embellishes are really weak in TWW, it won't really matter.

plush tendon
#

dogs dont work

sullen mango
manic cypress
#

best 2 slots for embellishment with spark?

proper roost
#

Also, literally CE players use suboptimal m+ embellishes and shit all the time because they're tryharding for raid or vice versa and do fine

tender cove
proper roost
#

it does not matter at all

charred oar
sullen mango
#

I havent tryharded since like, mop, lmao

proper roost
#

the most important thing by many magnitudes is how good you press the buttons

#

and that amplifies the more casual you are

lusty grotto
sullen mango
#

is prot more forgiving to minor errors than blood?

charred oar
#

Ty

proper roost
#

modern blood is pretty forgiving for minor errors

#

i mean i'd say that was literally the entire point of the DS nerf

#

was that they could shift more DR into their passive instead of onto DS

jagged gust
#

A minor error for prot generally means letting SB drop or taking back hits, which generally kills you at higher levels

plush tendon
#

if anything, the rework made it harder for bad blood dks

proper roost
#

my context is wod/legion blood dk so bedge

#

bad players literally just didn't play bdk they were useless

plush path
#

do i prio execute over shield slam when enemy is below 20% in mythic dungeons or only in raids?

plush tendon
#

you can no longer just spam death strike

#

since you can only take advantage of a damage event once for healing/blood shield

proper roost
#

would that we could return to those times, bring back 3 runes again to confuse the boomers

dusky canopy
sullen mango
#

blood also still suffers from the issue of having to mitigate damage that already happened & thus being vulnerable to being stat checked

south zealot
tender cove
#

So what is actually the easiest and most forgiving tank rn?

sullen mango
#

bear

plush tendon
#

I think Prot War is the easiest

sullen mango
#

as always

tender cove
#

as always lol

#

smurf!

proper roost
plush tendon
#

Prot War is easier then bear

proper roost
#

It makes the boomers' fingies hurt though

#

too much IP pressing

plush tendon
#

bear actually has to think about if they wanna spend rage on more ironfur or raze/maul

sullen mango
#

the floor for bear is really high

plush tendon
#

same with Prot War

sullen mango
#

yeah for the dad casual its prob bear & prot as highest skill floor tanks

south zealot
#

prot and bear are both very easy, prot is higher apm and bear is easier to completely grief on id say

plush tendon
#

though caveat to bear

hoary osprey
#

Hey all. Just some quick questions around Revenge:

  1. How high a priority is using the free Revenge procs, as opposed to Shield Slam/Thunder Blast
  2. Assuming you swap to Execute in that phase, do you just sit on the free Revenge procs, or use those and go back to Execute after?
plush tendon
#

if you dont play with raze and just ironfur spam all your rage

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then its easier

sullen mango
#

prot doesnt feel as high apm as blood & maybe that is because prot doesnt have a billion buttons that could be de-bloated

south zealot
jagged gust
south zealot
#

it doesnt change priority ever

hoary osprey
#

Thought so. Didn't seem very important at all

south zealot
#

you use the free revenge in execute if you have no rage and no ss/thunderclap available

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which is rare but can happen

sullen mango
#

but Ive played blood for so long I wonder if I played all the fun out & prot just feels fresh after 15 years on the same spec

hoary osprey
#

Gotcha. Just feels very odd to sit on a proc, but is what it is

south zealot
#

the issue with the proc is that sometimes its arguably a loss

plush tendon
south zealot
#

to not spend the rage

jagged gust
#

Fury/Arms/Prot all have one ability that they hope they don't have to use but will anyways when none of their resets proc

south zealot
#

youll get to 80ish apm by the end of the expansion

#

even more in big m+ pulls

#

bc you cannot physically spend enough rage

jagged gust
#

Every GCD paired with an IP, can't wait

sullen mango
plush tendon
#

^

#

I feel that

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Tombstone and Bonestorm too much

#

me no like the 'spend boneshield, get CDR playstyle'

tender cove
sullen mango
plush tendon
#

consumption/blooddrinker Im ok with

proper roost
#

Zamn

plush tendon
#

soul reaper Im meh on for all dk specs

proper roost
#

Disliking tombstone

#

Smh my damn head.

plush tendon
#

if it didnt do that... we prob wouldnt use it

#

bonestorm now does that to

proper roost
#

i mean yeah

#

this is like

#

not the first time BDK's done that with bone shield

plush tendon
#

it started SL S3

proper roost
#

Wasn't this

#

yes

plush tendon
#

and theyve kept it going

#

me no like

proper roost
sullen mango
plush tendon
#

Blood is still super fun

sullen mango
#

I just feel like blood requires too many keybinds for things you press once per minute

#

& could consolidate them

plush tendon
#

I am a champion of less keybinds

tribal wharf
#

does blood really take death bringer by default

#

say it aint so

plush tendon
#

yes

sullen mango
#

yes

plush tendon
#

San Layn should not be played

tribal wharf
#

vampire too over powered imo

tender cove
tribal wharf
#

blehh

sullen mango
#

they killed sanlayn in tuning

plush tendon
#

they killed San Layn when they made it

slim current
#

this shit makes me want to beat my head against a wall as a solo prot in 8s

sullen mango
plush tendon
#

shouldve been swarming mists and DKs wings

proper roost
#

yall would cry playing wod dk smh my head

plush tendon
#

I played WoD BDK

sullen mango
#

I played wod bdk

plush tendon
#

I think I played necrotic plague unholy more though

tender cove
south zealot
#

ppl overplay consecrate all the time

plush tendon
sullen mango
#

honestly the worst bdk was mists

#

for one reason

plush tendon
#

that was a solid 14 years ago

sullen mango
south zealot
#

avengers shield not giving hp ruined the spec

#

completely

jagged gust
sullen mango
#

so if the boss had an AM check mechanic

plush tendon
#

oh I remember that shit

#

wasnt that in legion also?

sullen mango
#

you had to hope your blood shield held

sullen mango
#

but man was klaxxi paragons bs

tender cove
sullen mango
#

warrior and pally could just push shield

#

and be safe for 6s

proper roost
sullen mango
#

bdk had to keep blood shield up

plush tendon
proper roost
#

smh my head choco posting like, what, BFA era ppal design critique

plush tendon
#

Avengers shield is the cool Paladin ability

#

give me hero talents about Avengers shield

#

not judgement and hammers

sullen mango
plush tendon
tender cove
plush tendon
#

Divine Toll

tender cove
#

yes

sullen mango
#

purse full o bricks

plush tendon
#

Was too good of a Cov Ability

coarse lynx
#

kinda hoping protadin gets a little more buff love

sullen mango
#

I think the shield of the righteous is a bit feelsybad to press for how short its window is

#

but at least you arent brew

south zealot
#

atleast from my understanding

plush tendon
south zealot
#

brew is insanely fun

plush tendon
#

Brew is cool

#

havnt leveled mine yet

#

will get to it

tender cove
sullen mango
#

I have never understood brews appeal despite leveling it every expac trying to see the hype

plush tendon
#

in terms of fun I liked War=DK>VDH=Bear>Paladin

sullen mango
#

but it does have pretty animations

#

unlike bear

tender cove
#

only thing fun with vdh is double jump and glide :x

plush tendon
#

Fel Dev is fun

tribal wharf
#

my uh dk gettin slammed lfr

plush tendon
#

and the mobility as someone who plays DK mostly is very fun

#

just zooming around

tender cove
#

yes, its pretty fun, cant lie

sullen mango
#

there was a dungeon run last expac that I watched the war tank basically make all the war mobility look effortless

#

man basically teleported

#

so I decided to give it a try this go round

tender cove
sullen mango
serene mural
#

will demo shout reduce the damage of DoT effects on prot (like bleeds) if it debuffs the right mob? If so, will this dynamically update the DoT damage if I use it after the bleed is applied?

sullen mango
#

theyre both low mobility high reach

#

if you like prot you will like blood

#

wheelchair tanks

plush tendon
#

I dont really agree with that

#

WoG is not even close to DS

tender cove
#

Ive always been fond on pala and warr. Just disliked the whole rune system and never got around to play it after changes.

plush tendon
#

I am glad I have my Paladin though

#

judgement gonna look sweet

#

can sit in Dornagal looking fly AF

sullen mango
queen hemlock
#

Is shield block shorter now?
Having issues keeping it up aobe 88%

tender cove
south zealot
#

war>=brew>>>>bdk>vdh>ppal>bear

plush tendon
#

Prot Paladin should just be a block tank

#

there, I said it

sullen mango
#

but prot war is block tank

#

shield block et all

plush tendon
#

also consecrate is stupid

tender cove
#

Pally to me is so fun because youre an immortal god with good utility that feels fun to use and good support too.

south zealot
#

ppal being the everything tank is cool to me

plush tendon
#

but immortal god.... eh

sullen mango
#

the real question is most mobile between vdh brew and pwar

plush tendon
#

VDH or Brew

#

Pwar charge is only useful going in one direction

#

or if targeting something

#

Infernal Leap is anywhere

#

same with roll

tender cove
#

You can just avoid a lot of damage and abilities, but pack to pack, not so immortal no

plush tendon
#

yea, that was what I was getting at

#

SoTR is never enough

#

always have to use a CD

tender cove
#

yeh

plush tendon
#

if out of CDs, time to leave

south zealot
#

mobility on a tank only matters if tanks suck

plush tendon
#

mobility is nice to have

#

underrated stat

tender cove
plush tendon
#

speed

south zealot
#

if you have to leave, your tank sucks

#

barring a few exceptions

plush tendon
#

heres a example

#

on Queen Anserek p3 you have to drop adds away from boss

tender cove
#

on pally feels like you have empty gcds due to low haste, sure you can hammer, blinding light etc.
But feels like hopo generation is low and sotr is suffering due to it.

plush tendon
#

on a BDK can be a bit of a challange to get good distance on your own

#

as a VDH I can just double leap

#

or just going up the plateforms in the intermission

proper roost
round pendant
#

lmao the overlaps on the final boss of ara kara

#

are insane

south zealot
#

when momentum is back, so is egirlchoco

proper roost
tender cove
#

hmm? They made heroic dungeons harder in s1?

#

I cant queue anymore 😒

onyx sandal
#

just got this off a delve. Anyone tested it yet and know if the absorb is off total mob dmg or for each individual mob in a multi mob scenario?

tender cove
#

I have to sleep anyhow but weird with the heroics... gn 🙂

graceful kite
#

ignore mechanics

#

still win

tribal wharf
#

that shit is going to feel so good when we manage to critical block it

#

just does like, 2 million

#

less

warm dirge
#

this decent?

lusty grotto
#

i swear

#

this has been asked

tribal wharf
#

probably not good

lusty grotto
#

at least

warm dirge
#

hahahaha

lusty grotto
#

5 thousand times today

proper roost
#

🙂

slim current
#

lol thats what the disc is for. but i usually type in the search bar " this good" or stuff and find what i need tehre

dusky canopy
#

I personally enjoy reading nim answer the same question 60 different ways

#

So keep em coming

slim current
#

same. what a pillar of the community

proper roost
#

keep asking the same question until nim dies of old age

tribal wharf