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Aug helps the survival check
but hurts the overall damage output
especially if you cant make full use of Aug's buffed DPS
its honestly a spec that is easy to play, but made for players that either just like being support (think yummi or soraka players in league) or by very skilled players at high end content with organized groups
9/10 times for a pug 10.... just bring a third dps
Makes it easier to survive but less overall damage.

10s are already easy
If you're worried about dying you can literally pull 1 pack at a time and be fine
because all of your depleted will be caused by wipes or even random dps deaths from trash mechanic overlaps/multiple casts going off into 1 dps
I've never played with an aug tho and never will
I'm just doing 10s with buddies not interested in anything else in the game
yeah aug isnt needed for those
quit the game after aug release
in fact aug wasnt needed for anything less than in df
Aug is good because it makes survival easier and since survival is such a big deal now with the buff to death time….
dps players really wanted an aug to have a bigger number in details
Nah I actually hate that
yes and thats not why aug was meta to begin with
I don’t like not knowing what my actual damage is
I'm talking about my experience I literally quit so didn't have to deal with it
the common wow player doesnt understand the meta
I don't think it gelps in 10s
they think VDHs were hot simply because of sigils when it was just a part of it
any updated trinket list for m+?
people will die from oneshots not rot damage or whatever aug helps with
In a 10 if your whole team wipes you lose a minute and 15 seconds
they think tanks are meta on their own, without factoring group buffing matrixes etc
That’s pretty significant
Does aug prevent wipes
I think you'd be better of getting a ret who has blessings binded
let’s all reroll brewmaster
freedom is a great spell I love freedom
brewmaster is insanely fun but feels very weird after pwar
so 12 of us?
Blessings only help one person
that feeeling of wtf am I in +30 why is my hp just yoyoing
Aug has vers buffs, scales, rescue (shield), omni cleanse, breath of eons shield, health buff (with mini rally)…..
helping one person every pull is very valuable I think
Like it’s not even close
dont hate, its just a game
Spec is silly, you can’t really deny what it does
and aug players are 100% not to blame
What’s the highest dps tank rn? Dh?
bear I think
For m+
You have to admit, aug is the bizarro inverse of warrior, we can't help hating them
vdh prob
its blizzard making a class have so many survivability tools without being
dotc bear
One presses 2 buttons every second, the other presses 1 button every 2 seconds
If you wanna include one off players who aren’t the norm, it’s brewmaster
in high keys
Equinox is not human
nah
But bro is doing giga dam
dotc bear is higher, it just doesnt survive
equinox monk and andybrew pala are a sight to behold
similar to colossus
is there some trick to double charge when initiating a pull?
not sure if I'm reading the bottom of Dorki's historical actions bar
ask dorki
no such thing
properly or not, but it looks like he just double charges
yea shouldnt be a thing
if you check logs, you'll see charge generate 2 hits constantly
or in his chat
ah ok
Isn't he paywalling his stuff now
Idk bro
we're not dorki's discord
they asked for class, not player
He is playing the class is he not?
or at least thats what i thought we were talking about
brother are you serious
you know theres a difference between the 2
potentially dotc bear is way higher than anyone else
sims back it
its not even fucking close
Is that a BM doing 1m overall
Yes
Beast
It’s not meta
He meant brewmaster not hunter
btw this week's affix sucks ass
I hate it its trash its dumb
yeah i mean all tanks are pretty good rn
Yea but DF BrM didn’t feel great to play imo
even prot pally slaps
Is it better now?
just doesnt survive 🙂
):
Brew isn’t meta but it’s in the best spot it’s been in for m+ since ever
2nd highest dps yes
1st highest being?
fs vdh is dead last lol
for st or aoe or key dmg
tied with BrM
Im not worried about me, more about party xd
wasnt sure the context sorry, its good uncapped, and good in keys
i'm talking about party
Newer warrior here. Been playing Prot with guildies in keys since our tank rerolled. Having a good time. Which dps spec would better match with the secondary stats I'll be stacking for prot when I'm not tanking, or will that not matter too much?
it doesnt really matter, all tanks are doing great damage
Ppal has good dam? I have a nicely geared hpal rn
arms
Anyone know if WowAnalyzer is getting updated anytime soon? Id like to get some feedback from my parses
arms
Honestly the worst tank it seems rn in keys is blood
whether one is first, or last, means nothing because the disparity is not significant
They’re just randomly falling over even in like 7s
blood has one major issue tbf
thats just bad BDKs
cap
the people who play it
why bring blood when you can bring any other tank and fdk
when fdk is just as tanky as bdk(mostly meming)
I’ve seen it plenty of times
I simply don't invite bdks when I'm dps, too many horror stories
Bad players will die on any class

there are mythic+ booster protwarriors who dont press shield block
and dont speak english
it always was
is this related to them being bad or just another statement
Bad to group with because you can’t communicate easily
you cant tell them to press it cause they dont understand
^
i dont know what not speaking english has to do with playing badly
nah they're probably iranian
thats just a dumb fucking statement
dont think it was his intent, tbf
think he was saying he cant flame for the bad play
it's not about flaming its about asking them to press it so they can be healed easier
Low English is fine as most things can be communicated, no English is just way too difficult unless they’re already very experienced
I’ve played with some chads from ragnaros
I don't think I ever flamed anyone in wow chat
Dam ur missing out
Nim just sends straight vibes so that they don't have to communicate with words
Nim speaks Spanish so he doesn’t have that issue
I even said sorry to a shaman yesterday who wrote me a huge message about waiting for him to drink even though he had 80% mana when I pulled 3 mob pack
im not anyone's teacher unless they ask for advice
^ easier to just go next
brew feels really wheelchair lvl 15
In prot war what stats do you prioritize?
I understand the general advice is Beledar's Bulwark is big suck, but Im seeing a handful of highly ranked prot warrs in m+ are still running it -- is there a justification of it if you're consistently able to share it with people who will coordinate to get buff stacks? Or is this just people building it anyway because lmao
wowhead.com has a list
#protection-faq has links to the guides
i think i never saw a positive interaction in a pug with one person trying to tell someone else which buttons to press.
I only support people in pugs
however, since the introduction of the ping system, i actually had a lot of good non-verbal pinging communication in M+ pugs, i really like that addition
true
usually people who bind ping actually know what to do
In a game where being incompetent is considered rude, but commenting on it is also rude
people are funny sometimes
i think both of those framings are a problem themselves
if you view that framing as problematic, you have an issue with the game design, not player philosophy though
If you’re doing a timed key or a logged raid boss, there is going to be some sense of urgency to perform
I just wish it didn’t hitch on hitboxes so easily
Hi Amish
Hi Jerry
Yogi u need a better name first
im waiting for a thing to happen
Liquid said frick walmart
dont forget that cringe dude yelling out some disney kids tv show quote
that was huge
I've seen some toxic pinging, and definitely some ego "You all are idiots and I'm the only one in this group with a single brain cell so listen to everything I say" pinging, but almost by and large, all pings have been very useful
i still think we should have lumbering secondary profession
What would be the gimmick
basically new world tree chopping
run up to a tree and chop it for resources
staves and bows, and some weapons like maces, the handles
toys
Still wanna play my warr but thinking of trying tanking. Is prot fun?
Yes
MT for M+, colossus for raid
i mean slightly more fun rn cause its very strong tbf
There was a fantastic weak aura in DF that gave you an audio queue when a dungeon/raid mob was targetting you with a reflectable spell. Has anyone seen a WW update of that or a version that works with new enemies? (wago.io doesn't have one recently updated.)
MT plays itself and is incredibly smooth. Invincible and does lots of dam
Sounds like a good time to learn tanking then
Can confirm. Prot is fun.
Colossus is fun because the damage ceiling for it in raid is nutty
I've been dps forever so I think it's time to change things up
its always a good time to learn tanking
AOE dam on thane is nuts.
you can exploit the shortage and carry pugs to victory
i get invited instantly to everything idk what he means by that but either way youll succeed
What level of key are you doing and what ilvl
616 +10/11 2400
My leveling gear is fury, when I hit 80 can I tank normal dungeons in said gear?
I was sitting perma no invite in queue when I was 605 applying to anything above an 8
605 for 9s is kinda low atm tbh
last week maybe not
i mean its totally fine but youre just empirically lower than the average app who gets accepted for 9>
Ya
we both know you can do it at 605 thats not the argument
That’s more so my point
Like, everyone is far ahead rn in gear
So to get anywhere if you’re coming late, push your own key
he might have gear from fury anyway but ya tru
What should be the prio when using crests to upgrade my gear? Simming every single item would suck ass
yeah same
my back and boots make me want to commit sudoku but idk what I should boost first
Weapons and chest unless you're really trying to min-max the myth from your vault
actual clown shit
lol
definitely don't commit sudoku
prot is the most fun tank spec
then what, it's legs helm and shoulders?
kenken is a much better game
ya 
i think dk probably is fun i just dont like it
bear and veng i dont like at all
pala and vdh mitigation feels like doing chores and not actually playing
pally kinda nice so much utility, i find utility more fun than being a solo nerd
idk man, if prot pally was viable, I LOVE divine toll
ya same
gotta stand in your yellow puddle and not sending fun spec defining spells on cooldown because you need holy power for another mitigation
one of the most satisfying buttons in the game imo
That’s bc prot warr design has successfully intertwined higher damage with higher defensiveness for awhile now
@lusty grotto they are talking about your favorite class
That should be the status quo for tanks imo
Ya prot is just a much more up to date design than some other tank specs
I wish every class had something as satisfying, even if just the sound, of divine toll
dh without manually casting sigils would be fun
BONG
playing brew or dk you really feel the like decade old design artifacts
and brew is my fav
tbh even just the feel of mountain thane in m+ is the most fun I've had tanking in a long time
Remember when Brew was fun as shit cause you could toss kegs everywhere infinitely?
yes
brew feels like a tank that should have pala's beacon on it
i remember when brew didnt do no damage and die to everything and have less utility than everyone else except nerfed ass ring of piece
but what can you do
what should i do with my weathered crest and the other currency?
nothing
yea I agree
@graceful kite why
If you just started use them to upgrade your gear
ya last time i liked brew was some time in sl as well, cant remember exactly
vdh is the most unfun spec ever imo
If you haven't just started you've outgrown them
ya vdh quite polarizing i feel
it was fun throughout DF, but I thoroughly do not enjoy the hero trees it has now
they feel so boring compared to mountain thane
also not to be a casual but vdh is ||kinda ugly as hell haha||
ya
big true
vdh identity is weird from the beginning
it feels like an afterthought
true dh is havoc
true dh is dashing through me every few globals with putrid waters on them
yea
any other dh is fake
healer problem
no joke and lore aside I hate the fact that defensive cooldowns and offensive cooldowns are the same as vdh
if they get dispelled on top of you and you get sent flying, just do the proper thing and type healer??? in chat
ez
you're either unkillable and can play like a monkey while in demon form
when you're not in demon form you're very vulnerable
I tried vdh, prot war, bdk, and bear this expansion
pwar >>> the rest
whatd u guys use your sparks on?
glad to hear it
Fat 2h cause yolo
Wait this is the prot section nvm
Prot warrior is the only one with a fully offensive cooldown
Most tanks have defensive and offensives together
Avatar gens a lot more rage and is very good defensively
If you're thane
Most top prot on raiderio right now are crafting 1h which id do personally if I didn't make my offspec wep, for what it's worth
I noticed a huge boost to offense and defense after crafting the shield, was pretty cool to see the difference.
That’s a very recent change
For a long time all avatar did was giving damage
With a bit of rage on top
binding of binding?
you're right but on most tanks you also have pure defensive cooldowns, that's not the case with vdh. What bugged me as vdh was that you could not plan cooldowns without taking dps into account. Paladin, bdk, you can do that. Rune weapon as bdk has a defensive value but it's mostly used on cooldown for dps and resource generation purposes
with vdh it's one dimensional, you have fel deva, brand, meta
ya i dont like them overlapping completely either
despite my avatar pedantism i agree
do you need to use 3 star quality materials for higher ilvl crafting gear?
as far as ive experienced yes
Depends on crafter
with focus not necessarily
Most require it
all my crafts ive needed all r3 but depends on crafter/recipe
for shield lets say
if you're crafting for yourself and can dump 800 focus on the weapon; why not
yea most crafters won't accept a request for R5 636 weapon without R3 reagents
too expensive in focus
or they gonna charge you mad expensive for the focus spent
got it
Hey Guys, I am new to tanking and I have a question about stats.. how should I mix between crit and vers? Since these are both DMG and def stats and as far as I know simming isn't showing the whole picture for tanks
Ok but should I SIM for a single target or multiple? Since I am playing only m+
My personal opinion on that is single target.
Most packs are gonna have one target with a lot more health. And tyran exists always if you’re going above 10.
Alright, thanks for Your answers 😉
how much does prot stats even change between ST/MT
like our rotations almost identical anyway
what should be by first 636 craft guys ? shield right
So you gotta ask the robot
Does crafting a single 2h unlock cheap upgrades on 1hs as well? Or is it per type, so 1h vs 2h vs shield are all separate
for craft you also have to be realistic about how deep into the season youll be playing
yes 2h unlocks both 1h and shield upgrades so get discount and dont need to use crests on 1h and shield if u have a higher ilvl 2h
crafting obscure mega-bis low value piece cause youll in theory eventually get some fat mythic drop in the other slots only matters if youre actually gonna play long enough for that to happen
Oh definitely going to spark craft a 2h then for arms purposes and just valorstone my existing shield and 1h up to match
yes that should work
Fucking A that’s 5head I wish I had done it
Mists with the dodgeball nuke add strat seems nice. Hard to get pugs to listen to strats that require positioning though
i will never be able to enjoy that dungeon, 2nd boss mostly
i like mists :)
i think mists is terrible
I seem to get clapped on pull, whats my first few buttons im suppoesed to press?
the second boss is just too much crap going on
charge -> shield charge -> SS/clap -> should have enough rage for IP
The packs with two guardians are brutal but you can spell reflect the anima slash that really hurts but only every 2nd one so you gotta use other defensives on the odd cycles or when there are two coming at same time
then you already have IP/SB rolling
noted, thank you
The easiest way to just stop being giga clapped on pull is to pop shield wall right before / as you charge
highly recommend spell block for those packs as well if people are having trouble
ya of course, im sure a lot of people have trouble because their entering packs with IP and/or SB not rolling though
or taking 2-3 globals to get them online
Yeah for single one I just SR every 2nd one. For double pack I shield wall then spell
Block when it drops
the charge->shield charge is a little unintuitive
I'm sure it's not optimal or w/e
But my life got so so so much easier once I started pre-popping shield wall on big ass pulls
why chrage vs a defensive
i see
you dont have enough rage to press IP AND SB on pull
but this gives you free SB and enough rage for an IP
What do you recommend I craft with the spark of 606-619? I already have a shield and a weapon.
otherwise youre in that really akward spot where
I also realized that most of my deaths are having no defense up in the 3 seconds of the first pull, healer is taking time to ramp up heals, and on big ass pulls you can just straight up be deleted. So pop the shield wall, live the intro, all the numbers ramp up.
youre struggling to keep IP up
ragewise
and youre SB is about to fall off and you need to spend even more rage on it soon
and youre just crying
yes
belt / bracer / boots maybe, something not tier
The answer is almost always lowest ilvl slot
I went belt, bracer, both with Dusk thread, and now about to do 2H (to upgrade 1h and shield manually after to same level)
Sometimes you are just taking too much damage too of course, this is kinda the failure mode of the prot warrior. If youre out of CDs and just not able to generate enough rage to keep up IP then theres nothing you can do, youre just taking too much damage, but thats a somewhat rare situation
any special belt?
and might usually have more of a strategic/pull differently/etc kinda fix than a rotational one
that's when you start blaming the healer
Just the 619 plate belt, crit haste missive, dusk thread embellished.
I think most of my deaths are like 30 seconds into a pull when im just out of gas
and things aint dying
but again if youre pretty geared i find those pulls preeeetty rare as prot, were very tanky
time to blame garbage dps
On pull, just throw in rav for dam and parry, shieldcharge for shieldblock and pop ava/demo - ya wont die
You shouldnt struggle with rotting away as a warr either
sounds like a healer issue

Guys guys guys do you ever run out of shield block? Feel like I have a 3 second gap sometimes if pull lasts long enough
Btw, after tanking Spidor as BDK in Ara - going in as prot warr was a whole different game.
Tankbuster? 300k total? pshtsh
rav is another damage cd thats secretely a defensive :)
If you struggle with uptime, it is due to low haste and talents - just make sure to bring the mods
Post talents
i ran +3 ara kara and solo'd final boss from liek 70 m hp
spec issue probably
with talents you can be waaaaaaaaaay above 100% uptime (not that you always want/need to build that way)
I’ve been using dorki’s build
That’s what I thought too when I took it
"team will do it"
Well, to the problem at hand
take this one
should solve any issue you got with uptime
Ah yeah that explains it.
i mean you max defensive capabilities are higher with into the fray
but you have to play around it very carefully yknow
very seldom correct to take it especially if youre pugging
Tbf I don’t feel not tanky at all. I feel immortal. It’s just was wondering why when I swapped builds my shield block wasn’t up 24/7
Sad only 17k
++56
if you arent having SB run out during pulls then eating shit from it then youre all good
i just dont trust pugs to not randomly die and have the pull extended by 20 seconds and slowly sink into the ground
Dorki’s build will definitely deplete many keys in pugs
its a different story if you need to live the entire first room on ara 13
and if your dps dont blow it up the key is sunk either way no matter if you have SB up that long
same with dorkis routes on wago tbf, aint no way im doing a lot of those pulls in pugs even with 2500 players
Yeah highest I’ve gone is 11s and it’s usually not me dying with that build. Usually healer or Dps dying and rip 15s per deaths
Don’t play Itf
It’s just not viable right now
Using r1 routes in pugs is actual proof of brainrot
i mean people just wanna know what to pull dude
Yeah but using complex routes that require coordination isn’t good
^ I don’t use r1 routes but usually you kinda get an idea in what to pull
Raiderio weekly routes or just hold w is the way to go in pugs
Second I see a route with a skip or some shit I just close it and disregard it for pugging
Not worth it
Not needed at the level where you aren’t coordinating anyway
depends on what key levels ofc.
You need to do skips if trying to do near title level key pugs
i dont think his routes even have skips that i can remember, they just have some big/dangerous pulls id never do in pugs
there not unreasonable enough that as a new player id assume "these arent for me"
anyway idc make your own routes its fun
Which is where you’re coordinated
And at this point in the season most people barely even know the dungeons let alone routing tech
Based and real
I hold W until I die to something
also historically pugs did skips all the time even at like weekly 15 level
Then I go back and hold w up until just before that point
i would trust pugs to skip 900x more than id trust them to like
ranged kick something so i can pull 2 packs at once
or los when its not super obvious thats what were doing
how do you guys tackle this area in siege
(or just trust fury/frost dk to let me aggro anything at all)
Discord being slow for anyone else?
ya very tricky
honestly i play it very safe and kill the shitter pack on the right by itself basically
then hope to god my group has grips/ring/something and just pull the bottom right back right into the corner
then by the time the pat comes most of that pack are dead and its ok to chain
If im in voice i just pull all 3 at once and its usually ok but i dont risk that at all in pugs
this is kinda slow but that area is just too monka to mess around in in pugs
ya i've tried doing the solo pack on the right in the corner but very sus with pugs, tried pulling them into the 2 solo gutters but still sus
it doesnt help that people constantly ass pull the pack to the right just out of that picture too
coming down the stairs
Why’d you gotta say that? I was having a good day and now I have ptsd
i got my portal im literally not re-entering that dungeon ever again LOL
ill push title with a siege 10 i dont CARE
hi
even the packs before the boss can be sus, i've had frost mages ninja pull with their frostsplinters
did they increase champions spear range?
i honestly think that is just a weird bug and can happen with any group
literally like 40% of my groups pull the boss during that pack for seemingly no reason
that whole dungeon is unbelievably scuffed in just so many ways
is there a WA that yells at you if you can reflect something for this xpac yet
it was bound to return i hated it back in BFA also
the second pull of the dungeon sometimes you have mobs just get pulled and teleport to you through the floor to you, ive had the guy below the first floor walking on the catwalk get pulled during the first pull too, 2nd boss gut shots people while shes in mid air or if you have to step out of ordinance for 1 second, 3rd boss dissapears if he walks through the statue weirdly, last boss the orbs come from the OCEAN
i can probably think of like 5 more to mald about but i wont keep spamming about my hatred for siege
No but I can join vc and scream at you
i've had the enforcer underneath magically appear on 1st pull once
the actual dungeon is pretty easy honestly too it just takes so many tries to not have something clowny happening between asspulling and actual straight up bugs
anyways!

Tbh after all the changes siege is pretty chill
i am very annoyed at the orbs on last boss
lets just have 8 of them come from the water btw the water kills you and slows you
2nd boss of AraKara
Orbs come in behind the boss from the storm/death side
same fun stuff on dawnbreaker last boss
Badly designed affix that has already been implemented and fixed before... as is tradition by Blizz
Was hotfixed
Pull pack with fire bomb dudes at start, then jump down and do the alliance route
last boss GB i can imagine the orbs would get fucked there also
guys picked up prot this xpac, got a doubt
u guys using spear route on your builds or nah?
don’t you have to pull an extra raider alliance side
spear is good
seems ass
roar>spear for M+ imo
as thane yeah
really really good with your ravager and thunderblast
spear has less talent point pressure
fair
I think this is more into colossus question since Thane is spear.
damn out of nowhere roar getting nerf
i dont think any of the warrior changes are going to go through without any other changes
bc none of them really make much sense
they will
supose i have sac, hook, and larynx all same ilvl. is going sac+larynx an option? i imagine the aoe pulse might be useful as a pickup mob/threat gen as im pulling pack to pack.
sim it
its possible but im not convinced
you shouldn't have any threat issues as a warrior
For real though why limit from 8 to 5 while I think there are other spec with no limit? I heard FDK and Ret Pally like that aka no limit??
ok yea, thats wat i was getting at, thanks
yo have a lot of cds, got frontloaded damage, no problems with synced melee swings, gap closer and an aoe taunt if things go really wrong
Running into that as a 607 prot in a +7 siege and I can't get enough rage after the CDs are up on some trash pulls. Guess I'll just die.
616 champ track weapon + shield I've got 2 619ilvl embellish already should I craft a weapon or shield? do you think, and then look to recraft it all at myth when I get the stuff?
does anyone have a WA that tracks shield block uptime?im actually a weakaura boomer or else i would just make one
hey, I recently turned protection warrior and can't get it to do damage in raids, what's the secret?
how are you prioritizing abilities/rage spend? i can't imagine being in a rage starved situation these days on thane
Anyone manage to do Zekvir Tier ?? as prot?
you're either not pressing buttons enough or you're pressing IP too much
In the beginning of some of the trash pulls on that, I was just blasting IP and SB, trying to throw in the occasional revenge to get a SS proc for more rage.
Don't blast IP so much that you're literally empty
Yea, I try to balance it out a bit, I just was watching my IP get chunked in the beginning a lot.
that's really weird
don't
pay
attention
to
ip
who cares about ip
You'll be better off literally never watching your IP value/timer
that can be totally valid though if its just more damage than youre supposed to be able to take, its not like you can sustain IP through any amount of damage right
7s should not be hard at 607
we don't need to talk in condescending tones to new players lmao
I'm running full damage build on brew in 8s
are you using cooldowns?
The whole group was struggling, no one was interrupting but me too, so that didn't help.
I actually didnt see he said +7, but ya if the group isnt inting and youre taking tons of extra damage that can just be valid and not really your fault (rotationally speaking at least)
we need logs
Cycling through them, the 6s are generally no problem, I have to guage out the pug group an what they can handle at the start.
but fairly certain you're likely overpressing IP
considering you said you're watching it
although its of course likely you also have rotaional and CD management things to clean up ofc, not swweping that under the rug
if you provide a clip or log that would be really helpful but you shouldn't struggle to survive in 7s unless it's a clusterfuck 5 web bolts and whole party is dead situation
yeah the whole group needs to learn to play
spell block can help on caster heavy packs tho
I very well could be, I will try to be a bit more mindful as I move into the season further and get more experience with the spec. It is a ton of fun overall and I am very much enjoying it, just that +7 siege was one of the roughest I've done so far.
and you've got an interrupt, two aoe stops, and a single target stop, make sure you're using them
can you screenshot your details death log?
siege has a couple rough enemies
Shouldnt i spam IP 24/7 ? I do keep enough for SB and it's 100% up
press IP to not cap rage
I sneak some revenge here and there as well
you press it at 70+ rage
you end up pressing IP a whole ton but the common mistake is ending up with too little rage to revenge and missing a whole gcd
I try not to spam IP too much, I mainly try to make sure I have rage for SB and cycle in my revenge hits to get extra SSs for more rage.
Ya im ean its just not that simple i feel
It's very simple
are you using thunder clap?
because this is true but you also sometimes cant really afford to not have IB for a couple globals
rage at 70 or above press IP
youre not on a dummy
it's really as simple as that
It's, just about managing extra damage or not
sometimes you should press it below 70 to anticipate big rage gains
bv and outburst etc
just like for arms you press MS on CD and make sure you have enough rage to do so
Alright will try to cast more revenge and see how it goes
you use revenge not in place of ip
it's just as simple as - is your GCD constantly spinning? if yes good (assuming you're doing the priority right)
hey guys, can u share me maxdps build with maybe vampirism for fast push my bro in dungeongs from 70 to 80 (im big ilvl for this dungs)
you use it if both slam and clap are on cd
I posted in log review but didn't get much feedback, anyone willing to check over some logs and see where I messed up, mostly cd usage and SB uptime and what not.
almost all situations going without IP for a couple globals isn't going to be the difference between life and death
I miss legion IP man
how was legion IP different?
the burst survivability effect of IP is very low, sure there are edge cases where you need everything you can get but risking killing your rage engine to shave off one ip's worth of damage is rarely correct
there's almost never a spot where you just don't have rage gen enough to press it
I think legion ip was 90% instead of 50
Legion IP was OP, it was dubbed "ignore mechanics"
With ip back then u were unkillable
Is there a way to tell in Details! if a Prot Warrior is using his Shield Block?
you're unkillable now
Legion IP was two states
how was it actually different haha
100% HP or dead
there was no inbetween
but prot warrior is practically a brick wall when played properly as is rn
Like the dakotas?
yep
Interesting
Also I'm slackin Nish
I see. thx for the info matt. I will try to play better then.
aura uptime ya
I left your moms jaw slacking last night
did it just absorb a higher % of damage back in Legion or?
wtf Nish 
90ish% and it stacked way higher in terms of absorb amount
That was also in wrong talents lmao
the team is beasting, gg 90 parse
I'm still at like 603 ilvl 
The rest of the group are HoF raiders
I’m just the rando tank who’s friends with the healer
we're in patch 1 and seeing billion damage overalls, this expansion is gonna have dumb numbers
But I'm still able to hit like 700k overall so I think I'm doing ok ish
bring back 10k max hp tank plz
the number doesn't matter tbh
Small numbers were more fun I’m with yarn
Seeing mages hit 100k s1 sl MDI was so lit
maybe I'm weird
It feels more grounded to me
yeah it doesn't super matter in the end but when everything starts to hit 7 digits everything just blends together
but smaller numbers is just same same but different but still same
ya i mean we all realize it doesnt actually matter....
It’s not though because every number feels more noteworthy
i think the thing they can never roll back is the number of numbers
Yeah well you do low numbers anyway so
i agree but it doesnt really matter to me
Shadowlands s1/2 had a good balance
hey I'll have you know somehow I hit 3rd boss of Siege for 2m on a TP
Highest I’ve hit is like 3.8?
for me its just that when you have 103,124,314 hp, 5-6 digits of that is literally irrelevant, why show it at all (which is why your UI is probably just 103m but my point stands)
its not like i really care though i just like the look of smaller values, im not playing maplestory
constant stat squishing is pretty annoying though
so idk how theyre gonna go about it
had a squish then a level squish
oh we're gonna get one
idk how else theyd do it though, theres been 10 xpacs haha
wed have like 25 digit hp values now
Legion had one because numerically the engine wouldn't be able to keep up
does anyone know if you can leap to dodge anima slash in mists ?
and we're basically back at Legion levels
yeah i think the biggest difference in vanilla is that every spec was simpler and you only saw a few numbers at a time, with occasional "oh shit 3000"
so we're gonna get one
now you have a billion damage effects spewing out numbers all over the screen
This to me is more important, everything feels very diluted in retail number wise. Not a big complaint because I love retail gameplay but thats definitely a difference between classic and retail
Honestly imo the biggest difference with vanilla in feeling is the fact that CDs were just much more powerful
very huge damage cds break the game unfortunately
Vanilla’s issue to me is that so much of it is just spent doing nothing
oh for sure
big time
I have a question, should I ever thunderclap on single target or should I just fish for shield bash?
army+garg+pi omega top boss damage forever
Playing vanilla feels like RuneScape
vanilla WISHES it was runescape
infernal/incarn means youre pulling 30 enemies
I click the enemy and watch my guy fight it while hitting a button sometimes
thunderclap is fishing for shield slam
I honestly really like FFXIV because it has the "vanilla feel" while also being a completely modern game with legit storytelling
oh I see, so should I use it only when I don't have shield bash?
I miss swtor 
SAME DUDE
yes only when you dont have SS
ty
"vanilla" runescape was something else "DO U KNOW WHERE I CAN MINE IRON???"
yeah, if you've used all your cooldowns, you should just always be pressing shield slam > thunderclap > revenge, whichever is available
sometimes you will just press SS 5 times in a row thats life (the good life in fact)
Something I really want to do someday but probably never will is take 8 CE WoW raiders into swtor and just blind prog every raid in release order
does it change in aoe? or should I keep shield bashing regardles?
It's a shame that game didn't receive the developer support it needed to be relevant
Not fully blind I guess since I still remember various things but everyone else be blind and just come up with our own strats and such
hey
Yea
how can i view parses compared to ppl with my ilvl?
i forget the cutoff but even 5-8 you are still shield slamming first (except maybe for initial threat)
Swtor to me is what wow is to many people
it's in the parse
same priority in aoe. except if you have Violent Outburst ready, you can spend that on Thunder Blast instead of Shield Slam. but you don't need to worry about that til you're comfy with the basics
?
it will show overall and ilvl in the same log
all right, thank you guys, that helps a lot
I think he means see similar parses from others
in which case click the big "compare" button on the top right ish
i dont know how to use logs
i was just curious if it was comparing to my ilvl or not
bro i dont even know how to open that tab up D:
ilvl parses can be a little wacky sometimes since the sample size gets chopped way down
is rashanan being immune for 30 seconds normal?
I parsed an 85 overall on that but a 92 in comparison to other WWs at 605
yes but keys are wacky
thats just an overview of your highest logs for all the fights/dungeons
and ya key parses are kinda 
if you click on it and then hit damage done at the top in the next window you'll see what I posted
wdym weird
what do you guys say to put on shield for crafting
yo guys, was wondering if there are any dungeons this tier where its not worth running spell block? and go for tough as nails instead
i have 30 points in shield crafting, and rest of the other stuff
just too many variables to garner much from
only other thing i need is framing, crests and enchanter
if your tank pulls twice as much at once youll parse out of your mind, it has nothing to do with you though. Obviously raid parses have the same "problem" but not to the same extent
and the sample size sucks cause its split for every key level i think?
i mean i hope it is at least, ive never looked closely
i dont think many people are actually uploading their +11 [insert dungeon] logs
bro i might be handicapped but i cant find that button
its ok this is a warrior discord
you have to clikc an extra time
click the necrotic wake, it will show at able of parses (might only have 1 thing in it), then click a row in that table
because it wasn't logged
oh well it just doesnt exist then, its just from raider.io as a run completed but doesnt have a real log
er from the blizz api not raider io i guess but
you smell me
i smell u
so what does the percentile even mean on m+ logs lol
Next to nothing 🙂
like mine seem to be higher if the key level is higher
but then surely it has to do with dps too somehow
oh its literally only based on key level and time? like leaderboard style?
The one on the right is your Dps relative to other pwarr’s at the same key level
so parse % doesnt matter for tanks on m+ or doesnt matter for anyone
ah ok
Anyone
for anyone, for m+
dam
its literally just score from that key
Open up a m+ log and screenshot it I’ll point out specifically what I’m referring to
On mobile so can’t
So around the +10 area for keys, are you guys using defensive stance more than battle stance?
I'm getting some feedback from my healy buddies that DKs and Druids just straight up are easier to heal
these numbers
i never go in bstance anymore personally
Yeah like open a whole log
its just so little extra damage now, im sure theres times i could use it technically but its like...
yea I wonder if I'm having a "old habbit dying hard" type of situation, it doesn't reduce your dmg anymore
Those numbers are just relative to key level and timing
its not like in DF at all
should I just sit in it more?
ur good staying in perma defensive stance imo
unless you are a top 1% player
Just open the damage done tab and screenshot it
Doesn’t show properly on mobile
ooooh him ok mb
around what key level are you doing where you're recommending this --- no offense I'm just trying to get an idea of what people are doing at what levels
I'm trying to push to 2600 right now
i smell point keys
Parse % = the key level and timing, damage or any other number is not relevant
Key % = Dps ranking relative to others at the exact same key level
ill keep it a g i havent really played war within that much but personally i was in perma defensive stance in df as well
(Or if you opened healing, the key % would be HPS)
Can I get a crazy check: we dont need to time the key for it to count towards vault right?
why 99 and not 97/98...
you dont
So relarive to others of their same spec at that key/level, the rogue and priest got r1 for damage, aug was really low
Those rankings tend to reflect highest at the time not up to date. You’ll see the same thing looking at raid parses/ranks
so wait is the 99 out of date or the 97.5 out of date
You can have a 100 parse show on the summary screen but not-rank 1 showing because the parse percentile is a snapshot of when it was parsed, rank is up to date
/which one is "at the time"
99
97.5 is up to date
aaah right ok i understand thank you
cause its going down the leaderboard over time
i see
i will craft the weapon 636 what should i craft ? embellished or not ?
T9 delves hurt alot more than t8
shield > weapon > embellishs
And can embellish shield
Weapon not embellished then since you want the lining or whatever it’s called now
The crit thing
And I don’t think that goes on sword
i made crit emb shield since i had 4% crit at the moment i crafted
weapon embellish bad ?
or is it the 636 lack of 3 ilvl to 639 ?
You will want a 639 eventually but it’s hard to get one easily
ye will do unembellished weapon, thanks dude ! just checked mists uptime lining is kinda really good uptime x)
Why tf are BS mats so damn expensive
All mats are
But it’s the alloys
They need null stones I believe
Which are uh… GIGA expensive
have u seen LW ones?
Yes I main monk
i can get same item as leather for like 7times cheaper ..
Had mfs trying to charge me 100k for my belt
lol
is there specific haste threshold where i can maintain 100% uptime of SB with Into the Fray instead of Heavy Repercussions?
There is but I don’t believe it’s feasible at current ilvls
Not sure what it is off the top of my head
4206.9 haste
really? seems too low, now i have 11.7k haste
Air Force base
He meant 42069
ah
Oh yeah sorry 42.069% haste
Predator drone is en route to yogi’s dwelling as we speak. APB has already been eliminated.

I think it makes sense though, in BFA the tradeoff was more sharp because you dealt reduced dmg --- not the case anymore
maybe the answer in higher keys is just to rely more on Dstance
I have been playing around with these two trinkets in raid and m+ and tbh they do almost no damage. Barely 1% of my overall in both scenarios. Are they just that bad and the DPSTrinket nerfs hit us hard or is there sth else going on.
At this point id rather run swarmlords for some more healing....
It sims really good but in an actual fight its doing 1% overall
Trinkets are dogshit this tier yes
Either sims are overcalculating it hard or there is an issue
Been done known
Sure but isnt a stat on use better than silkran trinket?
sim dif
stat on use arent great either
they dont provide much this tier
also are you looking @ all three sources from sikrans trinket? iirc theyre not cumulated on details
Ovinax Mercurial Egg seems like a great trinket. 3k stat upgrade on moving and strenght on stationary seems amazing.
No idea, I haven't looked at prot, was memein
Its 1.7% then, still barely noticeable....
what is the correct spell id to blacklist ara-kara broodsac effect on the enemy?
ST
Even so should be higher yea?
Held for shieldz
does mage mass barrier generate threat for the mage when you take hits?
20-25 sec cd or something with all the triggers from slam/exec?
Sounds about right
❤️ pew pew!
Why would it?
Do any absorbs?
Anyone know the PPM of
How do you guys sim prot gear sorry if it’s a simple question but I’m not sure
I just do standard 1t 5min sim
Okay so just your standard sim I was jw if there was something else for more mitigation and whatnot
We dont have sims for the defencive side of things, sadly
why would you need them
Okay so how do you judge what piece is an upgrade/ what to wear bc dps isn’t the end all be all obviously
dps is the end all be all
you sim it
Think I ran it once. If I recall correctly it was 40% uptime in a m+. But the damage was shite at the same time (details)
How does the last part translate to dmg mitigation though? - 25k doesn't sound so much
Why trinkies so bad for tanks
25k on our power mitigation is huge tho
Spider boss on a 10 hit me for 175k each hit of his buster, -25k on that is actually impressive
But, is that how it works?
Should be part of absorb layer, so ye
I hope some dude like dorki does a top key with wax plating just to see the influx of people spamming about it being good in discord
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/2p3XvQ8NxMWbBuQ1GaLGnS
got 90 Gilded crests and a spark. what sould i craft? any ideas?
I post it in here I am using em, and it immedialty gets fixed... They hate warriors huh - clearly.
when should you use violent outburst procc with shield slam or thunerclap (Mountain Thane build)
TC is blast and 2+ targets or something is optimal
rest is slam slam
so I just clap
cause Nome cant stop me
clap clap clap
and once again, another trash shaman once again shows that fotm rerollers are both bad at the game and stupid
dude tells me to set my pc on fire and the world would "be better without me" bc i didn't "move qadds out of green poop"
you know
adds that fixate dps lmfao
also 400k hps overall in a 10 lmfaO
pugs are wonderful
i mean im literally asking LOL
absorbs count as healing on meters, healing generates threat
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