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Yeah
i play thane
Is there a way to search damage logs for dungeons?
13 key without this trinket start to hurt bad
the tinket will do very little for u in terms of lviing
it justlooksgod on hte meters
As in to sort them by overall damage done?
I'm doing Zekvir ?-? And I'm curious is there any spells we can reflect or take advantage of spell reflect from?
which debuffs are important to track as protection? i am using a whitelist on plater and don't know what to track
nope
well u can defelct the fear in p2
Once we have a decent shield, best to vault as Arms or Fury?
You still take the damage I guess?
oof too bis cloak?
Any good tips you can share with me? I'm mainly having trouble on P2
that was an excited oof lol

its kinda stinky but it has a socket at least
The no raid kinda wild tho
hi! does anyone know if there is any difference between the crafted weapons that matters?
theres none
bruh
That finger tho….
thanks
is it even worth it?
No, I’m entirely trolling
only good thing is that trinket
I mean myth weapon is right there
I should go for socket D:
shard and 1 hand is really good yeah
How big an upgrade is a 626 leech only weapon and a 639 woth leech h and stats?
Yo can I get sacbrood in vault if I'm set to Prot loot spec?
is there a good list of trinkets? I have no clue what trinkets are good to use vs bad ones.
oh gg myth dancing steel already
I got a 623 refracting (taunt trinket) in my vault vs some 606s one i have today
Skarm Shard and pack it up
Well Prom, go for Shard or Socket up to you.
rings on the menu, not complaining, the middle one has plenty of haste
I could use the Shard for AoE I guess...
but even then..
I think for multitarget Shard still OP yeah
And any Fury OS shard is massive
hmm. Is this a bad take? I only have 1 mythic vault slot, should I take this or take the tokens of merit?
seems not bad
I got the same thing jink lol
if im looking at a 6/6 hero Wings cloak or a myth track haste belt i should probably go with the cloak since BIS, yes?
Does wowlogs work for us?
i was in a similar position, i took trinket. it's not terrible for pushing keys if you'd like to cut your healer some slack, and it saves crests for upgrading
i can think of a few big pulls where a 2.3m absorb wouldnt be bad
if you have a 2nd trinket up there
yeah
lucky duck
that ring is based
i mean it saved crests i guess

Is the finger trinket that gives dodge any good?
I don't think so
Because
has leech too.. nice
If you set your DPS and prot in mythic dungeons it disapears
How big is a weapon upgrade for us?
I’ll take getting my last tier piece to hero for Vault.
big
what should i kill for it though.. i know crit is 2nd best stat, but if i replace it i get more haste
Is this trinket any good?
I had the proc weapon off alliance heroic at 626. I got a myth weapon today and it is 639. I hope it is a dps upgrade.
of course its a dps upgrade
That proc was 2% of my damage.
is there a list of great trinkets for M+?
if i didnt pick up the catalyst from last week, can i still get it this week?
First week with a myth track item for me. But cloak is BIS. Should I grab the cloak or get belt and get it to 639?
u gunna raid mythic?
then back
define "couple" is it reaching rash or no
or just 1 and 2
thank you sir
As someone who doesnt plan on doing any Myth raiding and have thus very limited myth track availability. Shoulders with not BiS stats vs pants I will have to wait another wait to Catalyze....?
Legs give significantly more stats so long term it’s a better pick
what a terrible vault
mythic chest not the worst or
That trinket is good. Better than candle
thats hero
they do, but its always a risk of what if I get a helm or torso next week I would also need to catalyze to get advantage of...they are the highest stat budget but being charge starved is not ideal
if i need trinket or rings do I stay in prot spec for vault or should I change to Arms?
hi all - is Myth track ceaseless swarmguard good trinket ?
arms
True
Ur choice
Need help do i go with mythic trinket or gloves
sim says ovinax for max dps but how is ceasless swarmguard as a defensive trinket ?
It was only a 4k dps increase XD of 650k dps, it raised it only 4k
The difference in my 639 and the 626 was 4k dps
I'm looking at all these chats about getting mythic vault but I'm over here just Downing ulgrax mythic yesterday
If you are me, what are you taking here? Let me know if you have further questions to aid in your opinion.
I honestly just did 4 10s
You're prot right buddy
Yes sir
Take sabrood
I am guessing that is better than meat hook
I only have hero track rings right now, rest of my slots I slacked on this week. Do I take the ring or just take tokens for a spark so I can craft 636 shield?
Higher item level. But I just want you to know I opted for foul behemoth since I got it on heroic early on in the expansion
Sort of
Above comment is for you
I could run both
I'm still using mine
My 2nd trinket is
But I still need to hunt for the sabrood trinket to replace another trinket
Don't get the candle
That is what I have from early season, I can run brood and meat hook for now
I tried both candle and ceaseless Swarmgland
Is meat hook the one I have
Inject 700k damage
I already have it lol
Just rolled a Hero Sacbrood with leech on an alt smh
Kk
I am saying I can run Meat Hook with Brood
Run sabrood and that
Super jealous man
I've been trying to switch my trinkets for 2 weeks now
how much damage is meat hook doing in dungeons?
wondering if its best ST option for bosses
Recruiting more guildies btw <ANCIENT>
Does anyone have any tips for me?
If you are taking heroic gear from vault, maybe wait as I believe it's dungeon week
Might get lucky from completing 4 mythic dungo
I’m not turning down a 610 Sacbrood on a 595 alt lmaooo
i got a mythic rashanan trinket the organ wat u guys think of that pick up
its alright
it’s alright
but its st is pretty solid
What about treacherous transmitter? is that a good one? Also can we afford to do task like that as tank?
its good
dont know how u simming but
sorry to pop in mid convo, is heroic wings of shattered sorrow worth? I can pick between that and a myth track forgemasters belt 🙃
That is what I used. It isn't optimal 639 and the 626 had a nasty proc effect that was really good
2% damage is not a good proc
gloves or i can take a weapon
link sim
dejavu hold on let me link you to the exact discussion
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scroll below after the picture
i just want to check could be some odd thing with the sim
i dont need a ring, maybe neck
hey, I currently have a champ sacbrood and hero meathook, and rolled a hero Sacbrood and hero Skarm Shard in the vault. Shard sims way higher in M+ for me, which is my primary content. Just want to make sure I wouldn't regret not taking the brood while I have a chance, in case theres something the sims arent telling me yknow
how are u simming?
Oh jakey question on simming, on top gear can we make greatvault item upgraded to certain ilvl?
6 patchwerks for 40 sec, trying to emulate a typical trash pull I guess. Something I picked up from a warlock discord. Would def appreciate simming advice if thats not the way
then of course shard is gunna sim higher
a burst cd trinket used with all our burst in a sim thats just burst

You can hit the plus icon near items to modify them in sims/raidbots
Myth helm in vault pog
^
Gear compare
finally a myth track wep
616 2 hand weapon though i got
that wasnt to u and ive ask u just to link it
Oh sure. One minutr
That makes sense! And yeah simming on a long boss type sim is does show the difference there. But still wodnering if its worth taking over the brood, the burst does seem juicy ha
u sim 1 target 5mins , 3-5 targets - 1.5-3 mins
u dont ever do short sims
its squews results
Gotcha, makes sense. Appreciate it :D
You can also do longer or shorter 1T sims to better match the rough kill times you're seeing on bosses, like if Court is taking 8 mins to down, an 8 min sim will technically be more accurate
Should I be opening vault in fury or arms so I have a chance at mad queens?
well general rule of vault is in the pinned post. But if you really want mandate then yes open as dps.
While that is funny to see a weapon do that apparently does that much on single target, adding in more targets will very quickly swing into the 639s favour
Also you're playing a talent which causes your own spells to do a lot less dmg
Which talent ?
im probably gunna craft 619 weapon later today, maybe
He plays a build that does very little dmg on its own which means a random dmg proc gets skewed in its favour
You're playing immovable object
Instead of unstoppable force
As thane
That's a 12% dmg loss
I forgot I had swapped to that for M+
Thinking Mythic Shard over the Mythic ring.. anyone disagree?
Yeah
While that ring is sexy
So is shard
And there's more, good rings in the game than trinkets
yea
The impact of ilvl on the trinket is also larger than on a ring
and i have it as heroic right now
Easy shard pick

Checking
Uh, it seems weird to use a whitelist for debuffs, there's one for most bosses and a ton in m+
Debuffs on enemies or yourself?
Either way tho that's something very specific that generally doesn't have a large impact
I generally don't pay attention to my debuffs that I apply to enemies beyond demo shout
But that doesn't need to be whitelisted, I'd rather track that as a weakaura
what about mine? I got both normal sacbrood and normal mandate max upgrade 619. Felt like trinket or Boot is the choice here.
Since this is all hero track...
How crap, the 3-5 target is alot higher dps
If you can stomach playing around transmitter (a lot of people hate it but I like it) that would technically be your choice? Unless you still need hero track tier pieces
no I got all my hero tier piece set track covered.
Would be trinket then, and replace mandate
The stand in the circle proc is just so annoying
I don’t know if there’s some secret tech to that one
Transmitter stuff always spawn in the front right of you
So you can "bait" it
Or you pre-use it
Both the circle and the orb stick around for fucking ever
Is there a haste cap for prot or is it always the best secondary stat for us?
Always bis
Sims eventually will tell you to go deeper into crit, but if you don't wanna use brain just slam that haste
is spare meat hook technically better than larynx for defense cuz of the flat str stick?
🙏🏾
On average I think larynx should be able to provide more strength however
As that thing can roll to the high heavens sometimes and grant well over 10k mainstat
oh itdoesnt have a cap on stacks?
Nop
sheesh
can someone help me
i wanna ask how can i make more healing
i dont know if the healing should look like this
here u go:
How is that throngus drop for us though I mean isn't it for bear/brew? judging how it gives dodge
but we are more into parry/block for sure rather than big dodge like bear
That being said, it's also not like the best trinket in the pool, so
well I mean yogi got a nick for it unless he change it.
Dodge is just a different flavour of parry
The only minimalistic difference is parry haste, our current melee swing cd gets sped up by 30% when we parry an attack during its cd
Aside from that, not getting is not getting hit
if that weapon was hero i might have taken it
but, i can craft weapon
had a shot at a really great dps 2h axe as well
but, gloves,
What should be the first thing to upgrade in regards to crafting
skip an entire track, (veteran)
All my gear is 619
Helmet isn626
Neck is 626
Weapon and shield are crafted 619
What should I upgrade with my gilded crest?
i need more runeds more than anything, have tons of Vstones
if i'm not going to raid mythic, is a crafted shield better than waiting for a mythic track vault shield?
alo, my first 12, died cause stupid, maybe someone can check if something else was not played properly if someone has time at some point, doesnt have to be now
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/NPtk73L9yJhVTzdY#fight=last&type=damage-done&source=4
You got access to gilded crest? If yes then probably weapon or shield depend on your situation.
Yap
All my gear is 619
Helmet isn626
Neck is 626
Weapon and shield are crafted 619
What should I upgrade with my gilded crest?
A shield is super strong first 636.
My 8/8 champion ring has like 6k in stats so idk I could keep the ring
But @hushed cobalt ppl will recommend you to try the 1st myth raid boss since it drop shield. Who knows you are lucky
the realest question of all is, do i dress up as batman or the joker for halloween
I was thinking shield too, since it's like 1.6k more stamina, 3k more Block, but only +30 haste and vers
only one im torn on, normally dont do halloween but almost feeling it
that or i'd do beetle juice
Shield/weapon is strongest ups right?
I think seniors here (Jakey, Nome, Nim) elaborate it best so I will try to copy what I remember from what they said.
So Question is are you willing or able to try fight the 1st myth raid boss? If yes try to farm the myth track shield that way and craft 636 weapon.
If you are not willing or able to fight the 1st myth raid boss then craft the 636 shield.
Cause some of our defensive stuff is tied directly to our output?
well shield is related to our defensive for sure.
it's the only thing that gives block and we block so we need a lot of block value from shield.
Weapon attack power buffs ignore pain? I think
sup boys
sup montana, post your vault here
yo uguys still taking champ spear? i see yoda swapped to roar in a lot of his keys
Thank you this is great advice
just got mad queen's mandate. should you try to execute with it to reduce cd or just send on cd?
i yoinked myth shoulders from my vault, nothing special. was mainyl gearing the pally last week
what situation is this? M+ or raid? If raid then just send it on CD. M+ maybe you can aim for the execute for the shoter cooldown but don't sweat too much on hoping the execute.
Ilv on your shield is the single most important thing in terms of your survivability
hmm just tested champ spear versus roar and roar is less damage so im confused why theyre taking it now
nope trheyre thane i nthe high keys
more important - which item should I take
Yes. You would have to ask him directly about it, probably on stream. Can't go around guessing. Probably due to lower CD and comfort.
what haste % do i need to swap to ItF over HP
i have a crafted shield already should i craft a weapon next or is there something better to craft first?
bruh
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/nrhVQ6Yso65Y2TqLcDbea3
based on this it is pretty sure that I should take the mythic axe right?
oh, its heroics lol
Whichever you need upgrading
You can get mythic shield from first boss and 4th boss you can get weapon
i just did it at 15k haste and ti feels good
i would say prob at least 13kish
meanwhile 15k is when i found ITF no longer to be good enough
💀
and made the switch away from ITF
haha i mean 8% haste is nice
but its not perma 8% haste
omnicd has a separate addon for it
and i cba dealing with block downtime
i mean it basically is in any dungeon
youd have more downtime in the other talent by that logic right
no?
god i love talking out of my ass
^itf
with 15k, i do not
i think its definitely a good like if yorue just spamming every button at once build for sure
theres plenty of downtime
but if youre just monitoring shield block it will nevber go down ever
I'm thinking inscription and enchanting for prot warrior - thoughts?
doesnt matter
professions dont matter
enchant is nice for disenchating extra gear
Mathematically it doesn’t work out that way. You’d need a lot of downtime between packs.
Assuming you’re talking about ITF
you need 67% haste to get 100% uptime with ITF
true 100% uptime
so only hovering around 30-35% haste with ITF
is just plainly talking out of your ass
okay, maybe im not understanding something - its an 8sec duration, with 2 charges, and an 11sec recharge
Would u guys upgrade mythic track crit/mastery weapon or wait for silkran crit/haste sword?
and you only get 1 charge every 11seconds
not 2
so with 3 uses of SB, you spend 24 seconds with SB uptime
are you using the full uptime you get from shield charge
lol
but if you were to test
youd quickly find out
that around the 2min mark
even WITH shield charge
im sure like if you were in combat like 2minutes straight you would drop it eventually
you will start to experience SB gaps infinitely repeating until you get more downtime
Why would u ever not be
The risk/benefit of even thinking about this is not worth the ITF gain
What are you doing in dungeons to get enough downtime to fully recharge shield block every 2min?
Wait shield block can’t get above 24 seconds?
only with bolster
Raid encounters are longer and if u have down time in mythic plus aside from the odd rp you’re doing it wrong
i dont udnerstand your question
in raid it however also doesnt matter as much
because you have permanent 5 stacks of ITF
and you arent always actively tanking
yeah just meaning m+
in keys, especially when youre playing with ranged DPS, you do not have permanent 5 stacks
i havent had an issue with it yet at the 15k mark for itf
maybe you just dont notice it
maybe specific keys would be difficult with it over hr
You said it would drop if u were in combat for over 2min, you seriously think the half second between pulls changes that?
You need to log yourself and check
You can totally stun the tentcal slam siege in heroic
i guess im just saying the time between shield block being down and up again without HR is so small that the time between packs would moverlap with it
is shield crafting a lot better than 1 hand weapon?
just did it
Cuz you just arent noticing
guess it depends though
defensively yes, offensively no
To be fair, the downtime tends to occur as you finish off the pack and your risk of dying is a bit lower.
It’s still not worth imo
i just cba running into 3-6sec of block downtime
just to do 6% more dmg
but risk getting my booty ate
nah sorry
hmm maybe i need to do like a 13 or something to experience the booty eating from that
This is the rub. It’s only 6% damage if totally optimal. Boooo
Yeah you’re probably just out gearing your content
i feel like i just dont take dmg as prot honestly
we dont
If you dont notice shield block downtime
because we have block up
if you dont have block up at the wrong time
even BSV wont safe you
proof, a log i checked earlier this week
instructions unclear, taking tons of damage even though I'm pumping all my rage into my 50% DR
mists 14
6sec of blockdowntime, tank got 1shot through BSV
100-0
c-b-a
there were constant gaps of SB uptime while being meleed
What’s this log?
Reminds me of one time last xpac on tree boss in Manor, where I went to go charge to help out a DPS stuck in the vines
but it went at a bad angle
and a bad time
That moment was the single thing that taught one of my friends how vitally important it is to always face enemies, since not blocking, either from no uptime or misplay, is no good
Whats betteroption here ? 🧐
tbf i havent died to it, but its just a shitty fucking feeling sitting there naked for a handful of seconds just because of greed for a few% of haste
Its the annoying thing about prot when trying to gather big pulls imo lmao
I have 2 builds for thane
- This is easy content ITF/revenge/crit/ravager
- prepare my butthole bsv hr 👍🏼
Wait, isn't cleaving strike the thing that the mobs after 1st boss do as part of their cinematic killing the other adds around them, and not part of their usual rotation?
haha i dont think its a greed thign or anything just a question since i see a lot of higher key warriors taking it
they take ITF cuz "it feels bad not to have"
i feel like everyone is so aggresive over the HR ITF thing lol, was just asking to see whats you guys nthought
it's just asked multiple times every day is all
but then, like in the log above, also pick bolster, to make up for the lack of block uptime, and sometimes pay the price
instead of just playing HR and having infinite block

no fukin clue
that would be even more hilarious
I only remember this, because I had the same thing happen on like a +3
It’s a broader problem of people copying the top 3-4 players blindly which essentially ints themselves
Double shield wall must be good blankity runs it 😏
iDK
its definitely a comfy talent
50% haste feels nice
i figured the haste gains would have to be really good but idk
eveyone seems to hate itf
î cant tell the difference
You don’t feel 50% haste
its not hating
i can tell maybe like the smallest difference
It's comfier to run HR in high keys tho
its just not optimal
because that 6% diff in SB uptime
The haste gain is 6% damage if perfect and always capped
is noticeable
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/1RbPwnpHt6QV7xF8#fight=1&type=deaths&death=1
my bad, it was a +6, and I was shook the rest of the dungo
despite block downtime
I guarantee you do not feel the difference between 40% haste and 50%
then andy shows up on RIO leaderboard with HR
I'm autistic I can assure you I always will
Just run HR and be a liver
Don’t tell me what I can and cannot feel!!! 
cleaving strike is also not blockable, for the record
We all know the masses blindly copy rank 1
imo for most players, the biggest benefit of HR is that you just don't have to think about block any more, most players could do with saving on brainpower
Double shield wall just feels good
I will!!!
thats what i was thinking too
I love ITF. It’s just not possible to keep shield block up with 15k haste and I don’t want to result to kiting or expecting healers that already don’t pay attention to my health to have to babysit me. I’ll happily take it when I can comfortably keep SB up without praying for downtime (or for weekly keys).
This is really a major plus point for HR; it even only gets better for uptime as you get more haste, so it's just aggressive amounts of uptime
^
but you cap on it Harder
ITF gets better the more haste you have
thats what he meant by aggresive
You can totally forget about active mitigation while things are on fire, and still have 10 seconds left of sb uptime lol
Mom’s spaghetti
we simply dont have the haste levels for ITF to be better in all scenarios

In relation terms, 100%, yeah
Crit heavy HR build Inc?
MRT
Ah ok nice gotta figure out how to make it show for dungeon
hmm i dont think i like roar over champ spear either
is there anything I'm missing about the 1 point in cruel strikes? I feel like that point is better used elsewhere
This was a little misleading. He got killed through BSV, but not because he couldn’t keep shield block up. He went in and got one shot in 0.3s before he could even get shield block up
Imo you wouldn't even have 0.3 seconsd of block downtime with HR
HR magically gives you shield block at the start of a pull?
Oh it was start of pull?
I'm telling you, he got killed by the cutscene ability
Yes, the adds after first boss in mists
But also, you can have SB at the start of a pull off charge+Avatar alone
Ya
And pooled rage from the boss
and also cleaving strikes isn't blockable, anyway, I had SB up and no block happen
That’s not a HR vs ITF problem though
it does illustrate the danger of not having block up though
which is a thing that happens at times with ITF
I do agree it's not a fair point, but the same sort of thing does happen with melees without block up
that is what it must be. there are no other examples of any damage taken from that ability, and it hit twice for 30m+.
Ofc, but if nome is going to spread anti-ITF propaganda, let’s look at real examples, not cherry pick a guy’s mistake that had nothing to do with talent choice
I posted a log with the same thing, and it fucking murdered me on a +6
a +6
i'm scared of those mobs now
they know youre scared
thats the problem
dont be scared
getting 1-shot by an RP ability isn't really an example of BSV "failing". I'd love to see an example of someone getting 1-shot through BSV with an actual mob ability
i just don't run up to them as fast, i casually look at the flowers on the way
it was just a log linked to me and i went over it, its the example i gave that he got 1shot through BSV
not the only point of reference to fight against ITF
ive already brought all the relevant arguments against a talent thats currently the direct result of lack of haste to keep permanent block uptime while tanking
today is the best day ever
Nome also isn't the ultimate super wizard of all abilities in the game, so it's not fair to him to know that Cleaving Strikes is specifically a script ability that you usually shouldn't be able to get hit by
6 haste slots in vault
to get 6% potential dmg
agree dropping HR for ITF is bad. BSV is amazing though!
why is it 6% damage by the way? based on a sim or something
si
its a simple sim
so in reality, its even less of a gain
because you dont have 100% uptime on 5 stacks
i simply dont play BSV
but ravager or shield charge + champions bulwark an then pick up bolster additionally are the most sensible options
Most bodies I've seen drop Ravager, but that feels bad
Ravager is the play
❤️ ravager
Dropping ravager that is
you need prison
If you never die anyways keep it. If you're dying occasionally it's an easy swap
not a fan because you lose a group pulling and threat building tool, aswell as lack of burst rage gen at the start of a pull
instructions unclear, continuing to die from fall damage after 2nd boss of mists because i get path of frosted on the way down
I showed a week to two ago that ravager is less rage and less shield block than shield charge. I see no redeeming qualities. It's just strictly worse.
Ground leap on to the acorn every time
The range pulling is nice I guess. It's inarguably less rage and less shield block.
its burst rage
Tbh losing rage seems the worst
at the start of a pull
Shield charge is also burst rage at start of pull
Some pulls are really fuckin scary on pull
I can burn through the rage 1 cast of SC gives me in one ability
sure, shield charge is 40 again later of the pull
but to stabilise early, and build threat and rage BEFORE you even charged
ravager is infinitely better
It's not 60 unless you're lusted or have very high haste to get 6 ticks. And you get it over 10 seconds not insta.
yeah, easier to stabilise
The bigger issue in higher keys for dropping SC would be losing another potential stop or spell stall, since if certain casts go out, the party is fucking dead
staggered over ticks is better on pull anyway when we have a billion rage incoming
correct
And you'll need more interrupts/stops on higher keys since things live longer
also SC is like your 4th spell in the opener
ravager is your first
which again helps setup the pull
It's 40 rage vs 50 and you get it half as often, with worse shield block to boot. Crazy take imo but it's your char.
Is there a good write up on HR and ITF? It’s hard to sift through all of nomes responses it starts to seem disjointed.
yeah i simply chose not to advocate to drop either
aren't you guys taking both?
And that doesn't even count the implicit rage from a free shield block and revenge
good for you
but im simply giving players their own option between the 2
youre arguing as only 1 is correct
when the answer is neither is
You generally have to give up one or the other to get BSV, which is where the stress comes from, since giving up any of the talents in the center section is
less than preferable in all cases
2 weeks ago you were arguing only 1 is correct
Seal of the poisoned pact (heroic) is going to be better than a mythic tier piece, right?
And I was flamed in this discord (by you no less) for pointing it out
That means nome is wrong 5ever and he's a dumbo
I'm glad to have convinced you though
Hopefully next time you won't attack me personally for pointing out a flawed argument
when have i ever attacked you personally
is everyone in here always this aggresive
show logs
HR is the safe pick that guarantees block uptime, ITF is just a big (inconsistent) haste buff that will leave you with some block gaps with current realistic haste values
There's actually not that much actual aggression going on here. Arguments are being attacked, not people
not rly, its just when people come in to fight
if you feel offended by having your arguments attacked, you need to re-evaluate what you're arguing for and why you hold those beliefs
HR = very comfy, no shield block down time. ITF = small SB downtime, small damage increase
Ok and I assume the reduced SS dmg from not having block up is taken into account
thats what the sim does ye
Kk Ty
I just do itf on heroic cuz it feels better. And there’s not really a chance to die.
heroic raid?
in raid you can always run ITF
Yeah
If you mean raid, raid is a different ball game
Only if you try to challenge the wowhead build
Oh ok
Since there's tons of people here
unless you're solo tanking something itf is the pick in raid
@turbid shuttle you never want to go against a theorycrafter's ego.. it's like confronting boomers...
Ok I’ll try it on reclear tonight!
you're gonna have 5 stacks and you have plenty of offtanking time for SB to recharge
If that's what you think, you have not actually been looking in here other than to sate your own self-worth; people get into actual aggressive spats over various other random shit
or other boss shenaniganz
I'd rather be less offensive than this if possible. I just try to make factual arguments and hope not to get flamed for it.
I've had people attack my character and person for:
- Talking about fighting games
- Talking about audio queues and their speed versus visual queues
- Defining BSV as not a cheat death because it doesn't save you if you actually die
none of which are related to the wowhead guide at all
why are most warrior no longer taking ravager for keys?
ravager fun button
what kind of person uses bullet points on discord. you're going straight to hell
cuz they want BSV
They're dropping it for BSV, because they view it as necessary to avoid dying or just want the comfort of a cheat that's not really a cheat
your last point is incorrect. outside of raid 1-shot type things (like the RP ability death linked above), you cannot die through BSV in any normal scenario. the amount of damage required is too high.
For the record, they started as -
Discord just marks them into bullet points if they're layered like that
unless you escape them
no the point is correct, BSV is not a true cheat death because it doesnt proc on death
its that simple
^^^
dying is so cringe
its a pseudo-cheat death
It's like a cracked out Will of the Necropolis
any scenario where you would previously have died, you will instead not die
who says you wouldve died
there are plenty of points where you drop to 30%
without dying
Do you think there's value in dropping ravager for my use case? (+10s, solo queuing into pug groups with about 619 ilvl currently)
thats why its a pseudo-cheat death
Like I said before Papa..
If there are mechs that just kill you not from damage, but cheats still work on, BSV will do nothing
you're confusing necessary and sufficient. sometimes it procs when you would not have died, but every time you would have died it procs and saves you
Like confronting a boomer
Prom we're simply having a discussion
Not necessarily, since it can proc before you get to death range, and then die, from things like passive bleed damage over time
yes, if it's on cooldown it can't save you
imagine if purg proced at 30% 
if you're at 40% hp and you get hit for 80% of your HP, you will not die
You can easily do +10s without BSV, 11s as well. You'd only want to start thinking about it at 12s due to the difficulty jump, but it still isn't necessary
correct
This is one of the key points here
thats why true cheat deaths hold more value
It won't only proc when it saves you, like a cheat death
To assume otherwise is a form of confirmation bias
because theres plenty of scenarios when you drop just low enough to proc bsv
and then the danger is over
You're going from the result and working backwards instead of getting to the result
Even if it said "1%" these guys would still argue "it's not a cheat death because you didn't die."
Back to my point..
Hence why it's not a true cheat death; it can work similarly, but it does not in pure function
sometimes it will proc when you don't need it, but very frequently it will proc when you do
usually if damage intake is so severe that you would die rapidly without bsv, something else has probably gone wrong
hell you can even just bake it in. you can do pulls you otherwise couldn't survive, knowing you'll cheat on this pull
i dont personally like this argument because ive never seen it in practice
That's actually the point that we used in DF and still to now for why you'd want to bring BSV
people like to bring that point but idk
But I've only seen someone plan around it once in DF
pulls are usually made around the dps surviving
And it also involved them proc'ing it early since it was still bugged at that point
an example from my recent experience: double pulling 3-packs in GB 2nd boss area
there's 4 shadowflame slashes in that pull. I proc BSV every time, but survive.
dps don't survive if tank dies
Though this is also the key point with current dungeon design
there's not much damage on dps, but tank living is very very hard
lol
As damage usually is sorted into phases of damage on party (DPS+Heals) or damage on Tank
ah
the 3-packs beside them
4 shadowflame slash + 2 caster
He's pulling the packs on the sides of the hallway
theyre spread so far apart
I go molten -> molten (bosses pats by) -> double 3-pack (boss comes back) -> boss
dk grip
But I only know of the two packs there, not 3
only 1 caster also they just run in
you can but that's actually more dangerous imo
You can pull the entire room but that's actually even more dangerous imo
prom youre literally contributing nothing rn 
Great observation
There should really only be tank damage off the top of my head; since Molten tries to slam you, and the flame slashes
there's huge group damage luerce
you guys going for0.1% title this season?
nah cba
hell no
pushing keys is too degenerate imo
I don't know if my input has any value on this as someone who only pugs, but in 99% of cases the limiting factor for how big I can pull isn't whether I'm gonna die or not, it's whether the healer can keep the DPS alive through more caster mobs than we have interrupts for. Most of my bricked keys are me standing there with the other 4 dead because someone forgot where their interrupt or defensive buttons were
so I dont know if Id get any value out of BSV at all
3 casters (beguilers) with 2 casts each - sear mind is stun + big dam, and a big dam bolt
ye
ye but its still alot going on
that's 6 kicks
Wtf Obsidian Beam doesnt get ignored by Spellblock?
sear can be stopped not just kicked, if you let it start channeling
if you pull even more on top it's very difficult
Thought spellblock was only targetted spells?
spellblock generally works on everything but dots
i wonder if theres a way to see what the current 0.1% rating is on raiderio or something
no it's whatever blizz says it works on
obsidian beam is a targeted tankbuster, believe it or not
lmao i wish i was surprised
Usually everything but dots, but sometimes it blocks dots (Sark in Aberrus) and sometimes not dots
ooooooooooo
the raider.io cutoff calculators is only a snapshot every now and again
this one is more accurate
Also, spell block should work on obsidian beam iirc, just it doesn't always crit block mega ignore
I gotta get back to work. @strong forum nice discussing with you. Please don't let 1 or 2 people in the DH discord I've fought with in the past totally colour your opinion of me.
He means the tank buster portion
is the score-x on the US line graph the cutoff you need for the title? that what its saying?
That comes out when beam is cast
That's a lot of graphs, which one am I looking at?
iirc it goes by the same name in damage taken breakdowns
its the number at the end of the line
that displays current cutoff
... or at least I assume that's what the original fellow meant was the tank buster portion
2882 for .01%?
cuz reset just happened
as of today yes
lmao.. hell no
at the exactly currently ratings, yes
if the title were to be given out THIS SECOND
it would be 2882
for US
and 2921 for EU
Hell no..
Is it just me or does "Sikrans Endless Arsenal" just does nothing for DPS?
Using it on cooldown, still nothing
US continues to be the land of the free, even in an entirely different genre of game smh
US is historically 50-70 points behind EU in terms of cutoff range ye
So right now i have 619 belt/bracer with duskthread lining.. and a 619 shield with nothing on it.. I have enough gilded crests for one 636 item.. should be belt.. or shield?
shield
Looking for opinions. Between these two (ignore ilvl), which trinket would you rather have equipped for M+? (doing 10s currently)
is by far your most impactul item
ok, ty
Speed
silken chain weaver defensively, quick candle for general usefulness
i use the chain weaver sometimes
Was doing like 10k DPS on my 11 CoT
got a log?
Keep the chain weaver around for future use; you might find it helpful for scarier dungos if you push
Anybody think the brd heroic loot particularly the trinkets will be any good for prot?
All 12s timed at just + is about 2900 score
The 850k damage absorb... is that total damage from all mobs, or is it up to 850k from EACH mob?
exactly.. I aint doing anything past a 12
More specifically, it's for the attack speed slow
Since that is dynamic damage reduction
If we are already close to that threshold with .01% title.. that means it will continue to rise.. I am fucking good.
you missed out on a few casts, sometimes having 40+ seconds of not using the trinket
but yeah thats the dmg it did
the heroics from old expansions dont count towads weekly
raw dmg throughput trinkets arent all that hot this xpac for tanks
cuz theyre all nerfed by 30% for us
The skill play between 11 and 12 is already crazy enough.
I figured as much, but was trying to gauge the value of the other aspect of it. If it's only 850k absorb no matter how many mobs I hit, seems pretty negligable, but the attack speed seems nice
I’m not going to stress trying to push M+ score this season personally because I’ve been averaging one invite per hour trying to get into 12s/13s as Fury and it’s just annoying as hell
I’ll do friend/guild keys though for sure
the attack speed is the big one
really dont know which trinket i should use, all kinda suck... dunno
12 CoT just bricked because Blizz is a shit company and the Test subject pack next to 4th boss room got wall-pulled by something while we're fighting 3rd boss
sac is no drop... only veteran piece
I can't time a 12
don't forget the 3k strength you got the entire time
youll literally reduce (most) dmg intake in pulls by straight up 15% every time you use the trinket
Dogshit fucking game
looo
Simply play better by not using any abilities
that'll show 'em
Fair point. That is definitely significant.
sure, but thats a no brainer for almost all trinkets
not really
silken chain weaver is for that reason the technically best tank trinket this season for big pulls
like half are secondarys
Should I be intentionally trying to play around this by taunting at the start of dangerous pulls even if I don't need to taunt?
cuz it, atleast i from my knowledge, just fucking slows all adds attack speed, which is massive
its Delve only right?
ye
its not the greatest trinket ever
eeeeh
not a fan of the trinket cuz its practically 24/7 on CD
You probably taunt at the start of every pull
so unless you deliberately hold off on using taunt for until you specifically need it, its mostly just fluff
Yeah Im under no delusion this will be saving me midpull, seems more like a buffer to make the start of big pulls easier
50% (if not eaten) buff
foor the start of pulls, sure ig
its about the smoothing though, not the total absorb I think
ye in a world with 11mil+ hp
but yeah not amazing
he's saying.. it's the best trinket 1st week of expansion
I really wouldn't use it unless you don't have anything better
Got it from vault and it's my only mythic trinket currently so gonna be rocking it regardless
its the hidden OP trinket
its okay for if you have to live, thats about it
ive had bad lucks with trinkets so far
don't leak it nom
It’s not useless by any means it’s just not super
and I PUG everything so I have no idea how fast my healer is when I start a dungeon
so maybe for that use case its not bad
i tried to leak it to as many as i could before it was made unaccessible
well except on wowhead
I never did get the m0 one 😦
well it was never out for m0 was it
So farm delves for that thing?

i wouldnt specifically farm for it
it was before season I thought
I'm still sad I never got one
yeah but m0 was only season dungeons
M0s started with season dungeons, yeah
well mine has speed on it
And when those came out, Heroics swapped to season dungeons, as well, iirc
so I'm living the big life
I will start doing delves in prot loot.
I was blessed by delves with 3 of these, including one from a delvers bounty weeks ago
rip
Yeah thats my only other hero track trinket
i made sure to farm heroic priory to get my tome
wait I lied, I have meathook I just havent warmed up to it yet
I got really excited thinking this was a pseudo deathgrip at first
was very sad
its just a send and forget trinket
ez 40k dps + 2k crit from a < 600 ilvl trinket np
pick a prio target, and send it
I suppose its not awful for stitchflesh (ironically)
where i wanna burn something fast
what a beast
is raid buff broken? turned in and 0 bonus
Foul Behemoth's or Swarmlords?
tome go brrrr
foul behemoth is infinitely more dmg than swarmlords, and swarmlords gives you a small absorb with a 1min cd
pick your poison
also max hp
you still using tome?
don't let nom lie to you he's a dps main
no chance of that happening
when priory m+
i got to tank queen HC on my alt war tho
turns out, she doesnt hurt even on a 585 war
Boys I think 639 larynx poops on 626 mad queens mandate
Is there a reason why swarmlord/foul behemoth is rated low for prot from the Wowhead page, but for other tanks it's rated much higher? I assume it's because at a certain gear point, you'll start priortizing damage instead of surivability but is that correct?
im just benched on my warrior for broodtwister :)
different writers different opinions
i dont rate them high cuz i dont think theyre that useful
pwar is so disgustingly tanky that defensive trinkets often fall incredibly short or superfluous
😱 Nomes not a follower!?!?
amen
i think so aswell
I mean if you stand in the frontal for sure
shh
gotcha, ty for the quick reply
standinginfrontals is my middle name
also paired with the fact that the trinkets just dont do a whole lot
swarmlords feels pad
compared to older, much more useful, trinkets
getting a 2-3mil absorb every minute when tanks have 10-12mil HP
really doesnt strike me as useful
my vault was mythic gloves vs mythic rashanan organ trinekt and i went with the trinket but maybe i should of just went with the mythic gloves
probably just stat trinkets no

is foul behemoth dam reduced for tanks
wait what
no because its a tank trinket

but foul behemoth works in the same way for dps
dont worry, its fine guys, soon de other side will come to s2 and we'll all be forced to farm iqd for ten years
Hmmm
so they get huge HP increases throughout the fight in raid

that's actually hiliarious
Would you recommend socket or haste mastery myth belt from vault when I already have a crafted belt (619 currently but I can send it 636 this week)








