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inner wren
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the damage it does is trash, it’s best used as def cd

heavy sparrow
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Yeah

cloud finch
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i play thane

heavy sparrow
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It's like nature mana oils

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Same

muted arch
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Is there a way to search damage logs for dungeons?

cloud finch
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13 key without this trinket start to hurt bad

jagged pier
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the tinket will do very little for u in terms of lviing

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it justlooksgod on hte meters

muted arch
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As in to sort them by overall damage done?

rigid edge
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I'm doing Zekvir ?-? And I'm curious is there any spells we can reflect or take advantage of spell reflect from?

vague badge
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which debuffs are important to track as protection? i am using a whitelist on plater and don't know what to track

jagged pier
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well u can defelct the fear in p2

fathom robin
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Once we have a decent shield, best to vault as Arms or Fury?

rigid edge
jagged pier
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no

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its a deflect

rigid edge
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This guy is a nasty one as prot, at least for me haha

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Oh right

jagged pier
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nah its a joke

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prot has it very easy on that fight

upbeat cloud
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oof

jagged pier
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oof too bis cloak?

rigid edge
jagged pier
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not really just play mechanics

upbeat cloud
jagged pier
nocturne spindle
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its kinda stinky but it has a socket at least

jagged pier
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oh vault day

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sim

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blah blah

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yes sim

nocturne spindle
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but jakey

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im special

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what should i take

tulip remnant
thorn umbra
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hi! does anyone know if there is any difference between the crafted weapons that matters?

jagged pier
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theres none

soft tusk
tulip remnant
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That finger tho….

thorn umbra
soft tusk
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is it even worth it?

tulip remnant
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No, I’m entirely trolling

soft tusk
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only good thing is that trinket

tulip remnant
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I mean myth weapon is right there

soft tusk
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I should go for socket D:

violet ginkgo
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shard and 1 hand is really good yeah

bronze wraith
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How big an upgrade is a 626 leech only weapon and a 639 woth leech h and stats?

valid bridge
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Yo can I get sacbrood in vault if I'm set to Prot loot spec?

tepid arch
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is there a good list of trinkets? I have no clue what trinkets are good to use vs bad ones.

violet ginkgo
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oh gg myth dancing steel already

tepid arch
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I got a 623 refracting (taunt trinket) in my vault vs some 606s one i have today

tulip remnant
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Skarm Shard and pack it up

violet ginkgo
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Well Prom, go for Shard or Socket up to you.

zealous goblet
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rings on the menu, not complaining, the middle one has plenty of haste

soft tusk
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I could use the Shard for AoE I guess...

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but even then..

violet ginkgo
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I think for multitarget Shard still OP yeah

tulip remnant
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And any Fury OS shard is massive

valid bridge
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hmm. Is this a bad take? I only have 1 mythic vault slot, should I take this or take the tokens of merit?

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seems not bad

tepid arch
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I got the same thing jink lol

hushed harbor
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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?

heavy sparrow
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Does wowlogs work for us?

zealous goblet
valid bridge
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i can think of a few big pulls where a 2.3m absorb wouldnt be bad

zealous goblet
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if you have a 2nd trinket up there

valid bridge
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yeah

inner wren
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that ring is based

jagged pier
bronze wraith
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Is the finger trinket that gives dodge any good?

heavy sparrow
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Because

inner wren
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its dog doodoo

soft tusk
heavy sparrow
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If you set your DPS and prot in mythic dungeons it disapears

bronze wraith
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How big is a weapon upgrade for us?

tulip remnant
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I’ll take getting my last tier piece to hero for Vault.

jagged pier
zealous goblet
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what should i kill for it though.. i know crit is 2nd best stat, but if i replace it i get more haste

mild river
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Is this trinket any good?

inner wren
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got myth track legs but no catalyst to use it

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madge

bronze wraith
# jagged pier big

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.

jagged pier
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of course its a dps upgrade

bronze wraith
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That proc was 2% of my damage.

tepid arch
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is there a list of great trinkets for M+?

jagged pier
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yes on wowhead

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or icy veins

narrow patrol
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if i didnt pick up the catalyst from last week, can i still get it this week?

hushed harbor
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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?

jagged pier
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u gunna raid mythic?

hushed harbor
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maybe first couple bosses

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but nothing beyond that, more into keys

jagged pier
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then back

violet ginkgo
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or just 1 and 2

hushed harbor
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prob just 1 and 2

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havent thought much, any free time i do have i enjoy keys more.

hushed harbor
harsh bobcat
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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....?

inner wren
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Legs give significantly more stats so long term it’s a better pick

rain light
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what a terrible vault

sweet summit
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mythic chest not the worst or

heavy sparrow
jagged pier
harsh bobcat
sweet summit
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oh

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you're right

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ssibal

heavy sparrow
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I should get into mythics more

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I'm so behind

strong mauve
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if i need trinket or rings do I stay in prot spec for vault or should I change to Arms?

brave cliff
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hi all - is Myth track ceaseless swarmguard good trinket ?

brave cliff
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Need help do i go with mythic trinket or gloves

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sim says ovinax for max dps but how is ceasless swarmguard as a defensive trinket ?

bronze wraith
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The difference in my 639 and the 626 was 4k dps

heavy sparrow
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I'm looking at all these chats about getting mythic vault but I'm over here just Downing ulgrax mythic yesterday

next axle
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If you are me, what are you taking here? Let me know if you have further questions to aid in your opinion.

next axle
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Yes sir

heavy sparrow
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Take sabrood

next axle
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I am guessing that is better than meat hook

bronze wraith
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Sarbrood is nuts

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Sarbrood is a little busted

red dock
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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?

heavy sparrow
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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

heavy sparrow
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Above comment is for you

next axle
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I could run both

heavy sparrow
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I'm still using mine

next axle
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My 2nd trinket is

heavy sparrow
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But I still need to hunt for the sabrood trinket to replace another trinket

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Don't get the candle

next axle
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That is what I have from early season, I can run brood and meat hook for now

heavy sparrow
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I tried both candle and ceaseless Swarmgland

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Is meat hook the one I have

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Inject 700k damage

next axle
heavy sparrow
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Get meat hook

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Over brood

next axle
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I already have it lol

tulip remnant
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Just rolled a Hero Sacbrood with leech on an alt smh

heavy sparrow
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Kk

next axle
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I am saying I can run Meat Hook with Brood

heavy sparrow
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Run sabrood and that

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Super jealous man

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I've been trying to switch my trinkets for 2 weeks now

knotty pewter
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how much damage is meat hook doing in dungeons?

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wondering if its best ST option for bosses

jagged pier
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that would be mandate

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meathook after the nerf does very little

heavy sparrow
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Recruiting more guildies btw <ANCIENT>

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drifting veldt
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If you are taking heroic gear from vault, maybe wait as I believe it's dungeon week

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Might get lucky from completing 4 mythic dungo

tulip remnant
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I’m not turning down a 610 Sacbrood on a 595 alt lmaooo

toxic pewter
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i got a mythic rashanan trinket the organ wat u guys think of that pick up

jagged pier
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its alright

toxic pewter
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not bad right

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i wish it did a bit better in aoe

inner wren
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it’s alright

toxic pewter
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but its st is pretty solid

violet ginkgo
# jagged pier its alright

What about treacherous transmitter? is that a good one? Also can we afford to do task like that as tank?

jagged pier
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its good

jagged pier
ionic wolf
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sorry to pop in mid convo, is heroic wings of shattered sorrow worth? I can pick between that and a myth track forgemasters belt 🙃

bronze wraith
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That is what I used. It isn't optimal 639 and the 626 had a nasty proc effect that was really good

tribal wharf
tribal wharf
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gloves or i can take a weapon

jagged pier
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link sim

violet ginkgo
jagged pier
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i just want to check could be some odd thing with the sim

tribal wharf
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i dont need a ring, maybe neck

sacred dagger
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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

jagged pier
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how are u simming?

violet ginkgo
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Oh jakey question on simming, on top gear can we make greatvault item upgraded to certain ilvl?

sacred dagger
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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

jagged pier
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then of course shard is gunna sim higher

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a burst cd trinket used with all our burst in a sim thats just burst

pallid quiver
long bronze
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Myth helm in vault pog

jagged pier
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^

bronze wraith
midnight python
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finally a myth track wep

tribal wharf
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616 2 hand weapon though i got

jagged pier
midnight python
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woops

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wrong spec channel lol

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sry prot kings

bronze wraith
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Oh sure. One minutr

sacred dagger
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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

jagged pier
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u sim 1 target 5mins , 3-5 targets - 1.5-3 mins

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u dont ever do short sims

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its squews results

sacred dagger
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Gotcha, makes sense. Appreciate it :D

pallid quiver
lean panther
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Should I be opening vault in fury or arms so I have a chance at mad queens?

nocturne spindle
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Arms

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Less stuff

violet ginkgo
tribal wharf
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fury drops 1 h if you need those

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thats why sometimes vault as fury

strong forum
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Also you're playing a talent which causes your own spells to do a lot less dmg

jagged pier
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i feel like that is over simming

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like the proc is

jagged pier
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edwin said it was 2% of his damage

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which doesnt seem the difference inthe sim

tribal wharf
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im probably gunna craft 619 weapon later today, maybe

strong forum
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He plays a build that does very little dmg on its own which means a random dmg proc gets skewed in its favour

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You're playing immovable object

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Instead of unstoppable force

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As thane

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That's a 12% dmg loss

bronze wraith
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I forgot I had swapped to that for M+

fallow fern
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Thinking Mythic Shard over the Mythic ring.. anyone disagree?

strong forum
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Yeah

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While that ring is sexy

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So is shard

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And there's more, good rings in the game than trinkets

fallow fern
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yea

strong forum
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The impact of ilvl on the trinket is also larger than on a ring

fallow fern
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and i have it as heroic right now

strong forum
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Easy shard pick

inner wren
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Easy shard pick

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strong forum
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Checking

mighty valley
inner wren
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Still no sikran neck for me

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Game sucks

strong forum
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Debuffs on enemies or yourself?

Either way tho that's something very specific that generally doesn't have a large impact

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I generally don't pay attention to my debuffs that I apply to enemies beyond demo shout

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But that doesn't need to be whitelisted, I'd rather track that as a weakaura

violet ginkgo
strong forum
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Since this is all hero track...

bronze wraith
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How crap, the 3-5 target is alot higher dps

strong forum
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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

violet ginkgo
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no I got all my hero tier piece set track covered.

strong forum
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Would be trinket then, and replace mandate

real fossil
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The stand in the circle proc is just so annoying

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I don’t know if there’s some secret tech to that one

strong forum
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Transmitter stuff always spawn in the front right of you

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So you can "bait" it

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Or you pre-use it

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Both the circle and the orb stick around for fucking ever

rocky basin
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Is there a haste cap for prot or is it always the best secondary stat for us?

strong forum
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Always bis

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Sims eventually will tell you to go deeper into crit, but if you don't wanna use brain just slam that haste

proud dock
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is spare meat hook technically better than larynx for defense cuz of the flat str stick?

strong forum
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That's a stretch and a half

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Neither provide relevant enough amounts of defense

proud dock
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🙏🏾

strong forum
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On average I think larynx should be able to provide more strength however

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As that thing can roll to the high heavens sometimes and grant well over 10k mainstat

proud dock
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oh itdoesnt have a cap on stacks?

strong forum
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Nop

proud dock
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sheesh

torn current
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can someone help me

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i wanna ask how can i make more healing

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i dont know if the healing should look like this

fervent fiber
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here u go:

plush tendon
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with avoidance

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blizz really wants you to take that trinket

violet ginkgo
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How is that throngus drop for us though I mean isn't it for bear/brew? judging how it gives dodge

pallid quiver
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not speed, into the trash it goes

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I mean, we also dodge

violet ginkgo
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but we are more into parry/block for sure rather than big dodge like bear

pallid quiver
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That being said, it's also not like the best trinket in the pool, so

violet ginkgo
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well I mean yogi got a nick for it unless he change it.

strong forum
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Dodge is just a different flavour of parry

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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

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Aside from that, not getting is not getting hit

tribal wharf
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if that weapon was hero i might have taken it

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but, i can craft weapon

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had a shot at a really great dps 2h axe as well

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but, gloves,

heavy sparrow
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What should be the first thing to upgrade in regards to crafting

tribal wharf
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skip an entire track, (veteran)

heavy sparrow
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All my gear is 619
Helmet isn626
Neck is 626
Weapon and shield are crafted 619

What should I upgrade with my gilded crest?

tribal wharf
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i need more runeds more than anything, have tons of Vstones

hushed cobalt
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if i'm not going to raid mythic, is a crafted shield better than waiting for a mythic track vault shield?

sharp steppe
violet ginkgo
heavy sparrow
bronze wraith
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A shield is super strong first 636.

heavy sparrow
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My 8/8 champion ring has like 6k in stats so idk I could keep the ring

violet ginkgo
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But @hushed cobalt ppl will recommend you to try the 1st myth raid boss since it drop shield. Who knows you are lucky

tribal wharf
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the realest question of all is, do i dress up as batman or the joker for halloween

heavy sparrow
tribal wharf
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only one im torn on, normally dont do halloween but almost feeling it

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that or i'd do beetle juice

shrewd plinth
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Shield/weapon is strongest ups right?

violet ginkgo
shrewd plinth
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Cause some of our defensive stuff is tied directly to our output?

violet ginkgo
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well shield is related to our defensive for sure.

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it's the only thing that gives block and we block so we need a lot of block value from shield.

shrewd plinth
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Weapon attack power buffs ignore pain? I think

charred palm
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sup boys

violet ginkgo
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sup montana, post your vault here

charred palm
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yo uguys still taking champ spear? i see yoda swapped to roar in a lot of his keys

heavy sparrow
tame heron
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just got mad queen's mandate. should you try to execute with it to reduce cd or just send on cd?

charred palm
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i yoinked myth shoulders from my vault, nothing special. was mainyl gearing the pally last week

violet ginkgo
tame heron
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m+ 11/12s

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tried to execute in a few keys found it pretty hard to not waste damage

real fossil
charred palm
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hmm just tested champ spear versus roar and roar is less damage so im confused why theyre taking it now

tribal wharf
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not trying to conflate thane with coll right?

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col takes roar

lofty warren
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does this factor for me if I took legs and then catalysis on them? @loud thunder

charred palm
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nope trheyre thane i nthe high keys

lofty warren
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more important - which item should I take

ionic fern
rocky kraken
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what haste % do i need to swap to ItF over HP

old basin
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guys is this trinket good ? i only got garbage

simple agate
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i have a crafted shield already should i craft a weapon next or is there something better to craft first?

tribal wharf
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what is the new "ruby life pools" for x 4 mythic

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that shit was super popular

grim pilot
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Ara

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Or mists

lofty warren
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bruh

tribal wharf
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oh, its heroics lol

heavy sparrow
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You can get mythic shield from first boss and 4th boss you can get weapon

charred palm
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i would say prob at least 13kish

strong forum
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meanwhile 15k is when i found ITF no longer to be good enough

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💀

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and made the switch away from ITF

muted arch
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Does omni cd not have a battle res timer ?

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Cant remember what I used to use

charred palm
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haha i mean 8% haste is nice

strong forum
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but its not perma 8% haste

charred palm
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omnicd has a separate addon for it

strong forum
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and i cba dealing with block downtime

charred palm
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i mean it basically is in any dungeon

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youd have more downtime in the other talent by that logic right

strong forum
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no?

wicked pollen
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god i love talking out of my ass

real fossil
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^itf

strong forum
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with HR you can have 100% uptime with 0% haste

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thats the whole point of the talent

charred palm
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yeah, but you have 100% sb uptime already

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unless youre saying yo udont

strong forum
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with 15k, i do not

charred palm
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i think its definitely a good like if yorue just spamming every button at once build for sure

strong forum
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theres plenty of downtime

charred palm
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but if youre just monitoring shield block it will nevber go down ever

heavy sparrow
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I'm thinking inscription and enchanting for prot warrior - thoughts?

wicked pollen
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doesnt matter

strong forum
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professions dont matter

charred palm
solemn current
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Assuming you’re talking about ITF

strong forum
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you need 67% haste to get 100% uptime with ITF

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true 100% uptime

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so only hovering around 30-35% haste with ITF

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is just plainly talking out of your ass

charred palm
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okay, maybe im not understanding something - its an 8sec duration, with 2 charges, and an 11sec recharge

muted arch
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Would u guys upgrade mythic track crit/mastery weapon or wait for silkran crit/haste sword?

strong forum
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and you only get 1 charge every 11seconds

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not 2

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so with 3 uses of SB, you spend 24 seconds with SB uptime

charred palm
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are you using the full uptime you get from shield charge

strong forum
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since SB stacks up to 24seconds

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yes

real fossil
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lol

strong forum
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but if you were to test

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youd quickly find out

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that around the 2min mark

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even WITH shield charge

charred palm
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im sure like if you were in combat like 2minutes straight you would drop it eventually

strong forum
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you will start to experience SB gaps infinitely repeating until you get more downtime

real fossil
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The risk/benefit of even thinking about this is not worth the ITF gain

solemn current
urban lotus
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Wait shield block can’t get above 24 seconds?

strong forum
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only with bolster

muted arch
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Raid encounters are longer and if u have down time in mythic plus aside from the odd rp you’re doing it wrong

charred palm
strong forum
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in raid it however also doesnt matter as much

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because you have permanent 5 stacks of ITF

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and you arent always actively tanking

charred palm
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yeah just meaning m+

strong forum
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in keys, especially when youre playing with ranged DPS, you do not have permanent 5 stacks

charred palm
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i havent had an issue with it yet at the 15k mark for itf

strong forum
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maybe you just dont notice it

charred palm
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maybe specific keys would be difficult with it over hr

muted arch
muted arch
tribal wharf
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You can totally stun the tentcal slam siege in heroic

charred palm
vague badge
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is shield crafting a lot better than 1 hand weapon?

tribal wharf
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just did it

muted arch
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Cuz you just arent noticing

charred palm
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guess it depends though

strong forum
real fossil
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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

strong forum
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i just cba running into 3-6sec of block downtime

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just to do 6% more dmg

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but risk getting my booty ate

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nah sorry

charred palm
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hmm maybe i need to do like a 13 or something to experience the booty eating from that

real fossil
muted arch
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Yeah you’re probably just out gearing your content

charred palm
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i feel like i just dont take dmg as prot honestly

strong forum
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we dont

muted arch
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If you dont notice shield block downtime

strong forum
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because we have block up

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if you dont have block up at the wrong time

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even BSV wont safe you

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proof, a log i checked earlier this week

pallid quiver
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instructions unclear, taking tons of damage even though I'm pumping all my rage into my 50% DR

strong forum
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mists 14

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6sec of blockdowntime, tank got 1shot through BSV

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100-0

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c-b-a

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there were constant gaps of SB uptime while being meleed

tawdry cloak
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What’s this log?

pallid quiver
# strong forum 100-0

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

strong forum
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here is le log

pallid quiver
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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

astral harbor
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Whats betteroption here ? 🧐

strong forum
muted arch
strong forum
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depends on your options

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like whats your gear

real fossil
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I have 2 builds for thane

  1. This is easy content ITF/revenge/crit/ravager
  2. prepare my butthole bsv hr 👍🏼
pallid quiver
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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?

charred palm
strong forum
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they take ITF cuz "it feels bad not to have"

charred palm
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i feel like everyone is so aggresive over the HR ITF thing lol, was just asking to see whats you guys nthought

mighty valley
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it's just asked multiple times every day is all

strong forum
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but then, like in the log above, also pick bolster, to make up for the lack of block uptime, and sometimes pay the price

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instead of just playing HR and having infinite block

strong forum
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that would be even more hilarious

pallid quiver
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I only remember this, because I had the same thing happen on like a +3

real fossil
pallid quiver
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they still hit me for like 20m

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let me see if i can find my log of that

real fossil
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Double shield wall must be good blankity runs it 😏

dusky canopy
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HR is to good

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Best talent

waxen orbit
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iDK

charred palm
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its definitely a comfy talent

waxen orbit
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50% haste feels nice

charred palm
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i figured the haste gains would have to be really good but idk

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eveyone seems to hate itf

strong forum
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î cant tell the difference

dusky canopy
#

You don’t feel 50% haste

strong forum
charred palm
#

i can tell maybe like the smallest difference

waxen orbit
#

It's comfier to run HR in high keys tho

strong forum
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its just not optimal

waxen orbit
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because that 6% diff in SB uptime

real fossil
#

The haste gain is 6% damage if perfect and always capped

waxen orbit
#

is noticeable

strong forum
#

had the same discourse in DF S1

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everyone sucked off ITF

pallid quiver
strong forum
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despite block downtime

dusky canopy
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I guarantee you do not feel the difference between 40% haste and 50%

strong forum
#

then andy shows up on RIO leaderboard with HR

waxen orbit
dusky canopy
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Just run HR and be a liver

strong forum
#

and suddenly everybody copies andy

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almost like its just a gigantic "copy r1" thing

real fossil
pallid quiver
#

cleaving strike is also not blockable, for the record

dusky canopy
#

We all know the masses blindly copy rank 1

mighty valley
#

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

real fossil
#

Double shield wall just feels good

solemn current
# charred palm eveyone seems to hate itf

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).

pallid quiver
strong forum
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nah

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youll just perma cap on 23/24sec

waxen orbit
#

^

pallid quiver
#

but you cap on it Harder

strong forum
#

ITF gets better the more haste you have

charred palm
strong forum
#

HR gets better the less haste you have

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and in s1

real fossil
#

You can totally forget about active mitigation while things are on fire, and still have 10 seconds left of sb uptime lol

dusky canopy
#

Mom’s spaghetti

strong forum
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we simply dont have the haste levels for ITF to be better in all scenarios

dusky canopy
pallid quiver
#

In relation terms, 100%, yeah

real fossil
strong forum
#

as colossus, have at it

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crit is better than haste as colossus anyway

muted arch
#

What addon is this

strong forum
#

MRT

muted arch
#

Ah ok nice gotta figure out how to make it show for dungeon

charred palm
#

hmm i dont think i like roar over champ spear either

sweet egret
#

is there anything I'm missing about the 1 point in cruel strikes? I feel like that point is better used elsewhere

tawdry cloak
waxen orbit
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Imo you wouldn't even have 0.3 seconsd of block downtime with HR

tawdry cloak
#

HR magically gives you shield block at the start of a pull?

waxen orbit
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Oh it was start of pull?

pallid quiver
#

I'm telling you, he got killed by the cutscene ability

tawdry cloak
#

Yes, the adds after first boss in mists

pallid quiver
#

But also, you can have SB at the start of a pull off charge+Avatar alone

waxen orbit
#

Ya

pallid quiver
#

And pooled rage from the boss

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and also cleaving strikes isn't blockable, anyway, I had SB up and no block happen

tawdry cloak
#

That’s not a HR vs ITF problem though

waxen orbit
#

Ya I misinterpreted

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Didn't know that piece of data

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Mb

mighty valley
#

it does illustrate the danger of not having block up though

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which is a thing that happens at times with ITF

pallid quiver
#

I do agree it's not a fair point, but the same sort of thing does happen with melees without block up

turbid shuttle
tawdry cloak
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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

pallid quiver
#

a +6

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i'm scared of those mobs now

charred palm
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thats the problem

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dont be scared

turbid shuttle
#

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

pallid quiver
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i just don't run up to them as fast, i casually look at the flowers on the way

strong forum
#

not the only point of reference to fight against ITF

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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

tribal wharf
#

today is the best day ever

pallid quiver
#

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

tribal wharf
#

6 haste slots in vault

strong forum
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to get 6% potential dmg

turbid shuttle
#

agree dropping HR for ITF is bad. BSV is amazing though!

charred palm
#

why is it 6% damage by the way? based on a sim or something

strong forum
#

si

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its a simple sim

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so in reality, its even less of a gain

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because you dont have 100% uptime on 5 stacks

charred palm
#

what are you guys dropping for bsv by the way? ravager?

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im not taking bsv still

strong forum
#

i simply dont play BSV

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but ravager or shield charge + champions bulwark an then pick up bolster additionally are the most sensible options

pallid quiver
#

Most bodies I've seen drop Ravager, but that feels bad

turbid shuttle
#

Ravager is the play

charred palm
#

❤️ ravager

turbid shuttle
#

Dropping ravager that is

wicked pollen
#

you need prison

turbid shuttle
#

If you never die anyways keep it. If you're dying occasionally it's an easy swap

strong forum
#

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

pallid quiver
turbid shuttle
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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.

turbid shuttle
strong forum
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except for the scenario i just listed

turbid shuttle
strong forum
#

its burst rage

frosty mango
#

Tbh losing rage seems the worst

strong forum
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at the start of a pull

turbid shuttle
#

Shield charge is also burst rage at start of pull

frosty mango
#

Some pulls are really fuckin scary on pull

strong forum
#

yes, but ravager is 60 rage on pull

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shield charge is 40

pallid quiver
#

I can burn through the rage 1 cast of SC gives me in one ability

strong forum
#

sure, shield charge is 40 again later of the pull

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but to stabilise early, and build threat and rage BEFORE you even charged

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ravager is infinitely better

turbid shuttle
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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.

strong forum
#

yeah, easier to stabilise

pallid quiver
#

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

mighty valley
#

staggered over ticks is better on pull anyway when we have a billion rage incoming

strong forum
#

correct

pallid quiver
#

And you'll need more interrupts/stops on higher keys since things live longer

strong forum
#

also SC is like your 4th spell in the opener

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ravager is your first

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which again helps setup the pull

turbid shuttle
#

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.

wooden widget
#

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.

strong forum
#

yeah i simply chose not to advocate to drop either

sweet egret
#

aren't you guys taking both?

strong forum
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yeah exactly

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cuz BSV is overkill

turbid shuttle
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And that doesn't even count the implicit rage from a free shield block and revenge

strong forum
#

good for you

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but im simply giving players their own option between the 2

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youre arguing as only 1 is correct

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when the answer is neither is

pallid quiver
# sweet egret aren't you guys taking both?

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

turbid shuttle
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2 weeks ago you were arguing only 1 is correct

fluid widget
#

Seal of the poisoned pact (heroic) is going to be better than a mythic tier piece, right?

strong forum
#

yeah

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and i corrected my point

turbid shuttle
#

And I was flamed in this discord (by you no less) for pointing it out

pallid quiver
#

That means nome is wrong 5ever and he's a dumbo

turbid shuttle
#

I'm glad to have convinced you though

strong forum
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ah yes

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the notorious papashlapa

turbid shuttle
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Hopefully next time you won't attack me personally for pointing out a flawed argument

strong forum
#

when have i ever attacked you personally

charred palm
#

is everyone in here always this aggresive

sweet egret
#

show logs

mighty valley
pallid quiver
strong forum
pallid quiver
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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

charred palm
strong forum
#

^

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HR can even be an ST dmg increase because youre not always perma melee stacked

wooden widget
#

Ok and I assume the reduced SS dmg from not having block up is taken into account

strong forum
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thats what the sim does ye

wooden widget
#

Kk Ty

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I just do itf on heroic cuz it feels better. And there’s not really a chance to die.

long bronze
#

heroic raid?

strong forum
#

in raid you can always run ITF

wooden widget
#

Yeah

pallid quiver
#

If you mean raid, raid is a different ball game

tawdry cloak
wooden widget
#

Oh ok

pallid quiver
#

Since there's tons of people here

long bronze
#

unless you're solo tanking something itf is the pick in raid

soft tusk
#

@turbid shuttle you never want to go against a theorycrafter's ego.. it's like confronting boomers...

wooden widget
#

Ok I’ll try it on reclear tonight!

long bronze
#

you're gonna have 5 stacks and you have plenty of offtanking time for SB to recharge

pallid quiver
long bronze
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or other boss shenaniganz

turbid shuttle
pallid quiver
#

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
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none of which are related to the wowhead guide at all

nimble laurel
#

why are most warrior no longer taking ravager for keys?

charred palm
#

ravager fun button

mighty valley
strong forum
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cuz they want BSV

deft mortar
#

NW 12, pulled these with 2nd pull including the Gatekeeper

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And team died

pallid quiver
deft mortar
#

Eventually I died too

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On the 2nd pull

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Idk man

turbid shuttle
pallid quiver
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unless you escape them

strong forum
#

no the point is correct, BSV is not a true cheat death because it doesnt proc on death

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its that simple

pallid quiver
#

^^^

long bronze
#

dying is so cringe

strong forum
#

its a pseudo-cheat death

pallid quiver
#

It's like a cracked out Will of the Necropolis

turbid shuttle
#

any scenario where you would previously have died, you will instead not die

strong forum
#

who says you wouldve died

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there are plenty of points where you drop to 30%

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without dying

valid bridge
strong forum
#

thats why its a pseudo-cheat death

soft tusk
#

Like I said before Papa..

pallid quiver
#

If there are mechs that just kill you not from damage, but cheats still work on, BSV will do nothing

turbid shuttle
#

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

soft tusk
#

Like confronting a boomer

strong forum
#

Prom we're simply having a discussion

pallid quiver
turbid shuttle
long bronze
#

imagine if purg proced at 30% critcake

turbid shuttle
#

if you're at 40% hp and you get hit for 80% of your HP, you will not die

pallid quiver
strong forum
#

correct

pallid quiver
strong forum
#

thats why true cheat deaths hold more value

pallid quiver
#

It won't only proc when it saves you, like a cheat death

#

To assume otherwise is a form of confirmation bias

strong forum
#

because theres plenty of scenarios when you drop just low enough to proc bsv

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and then the danger is over

pallid quiver
#

You're going from the result and working backwards instead of getting to the result

soft tusk
#

Even if it said "1%" these guys would still argue "it's not a cheat death because you didn't die."

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Back to my point..

pallid quiver
#

Hence why it's not a true cheat death; it can work similarly, but it does not in pure function

turbid shuttle
#

sometimes it will proc when you don't need it, but very frequently it will proc when you do

vivid orchid
#

usually if damage intake is so severe that you would die rapidly without bsv, something else has probably gone wrong

turbid shuttle
#

hell you can even just bake it in. you can do pulls you otherwise couldn't survive, knowing you'll cheat on this pull

strong forum
#

i dont personally like this argument because ive never seen it in practice

pallid quiver
#

That's actually the point that we used in DF and still to now for why you'd want to bring BSV

strong forum
#

people like to bring that point but idk

pallid quiver
#

But I've only seen someone plan around it once in DF

strong forum
#

pulls are usually made around the dps surviving

pallid quiver
#

And it also involved them proc'ing it early since it was still bugged at that point

turbid shuttle
#

an example from my recent experience: double pulling 3-packs in GB 2nd boss area

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there's 4 shadowflame slashes in that pull. I proc BSV every time, but survive.

soft tusk
#

dps don't survive if tank dies

pallid quiver
turbid shuttle
#

there's not much damage on dps, but tank living is very very hard

soft tusk
#

lol

pallid quiver
#

As damage usually is sorted into phases of damage on party (DPS+Heals) or damage on Tank

strong forum
#

isnt that literally a 6 caster pull

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all of which cast a CC on your dps/healer

turbid shuttle
#

no. that's the beguilers

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not the molten giant packs

strong forum
#

ah

turbid shuttle
#

the 3-packs beside them

strong forum
#

that seems incredibly inefficient

turbid shuttle
#

4 shadowflame slash + 2 caster

pallid quiver
#

He's pulling the packs on the sides of the hallway

strong forum
#

theyre spread so far apart

turbid shuttle
#

I go molten -> molten (bosses pats by) -> double 3-pack (boss comes back) -> boss

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dk grip

pallid quiver
#

But I only know of the two packs there, not 3

turbid shuttle
#

only 1 caster also they just run in

strong forum
#

you can combine a molten with a slasher pack imo

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2 double pulls

turbid shuttle
#

you can but that's actually more dangerous imo

soft tusk
#

You can pull the entire room but that's actually even more dangerous imo

strong forum
#

prom youre literally contributing nothing rn xdd

soft tusk
#

Great observation

pallid quiver
#

There should really only be tank damage off the top of my head; since Molten tries to slam you, and the flame slashes

strong forum
#

yeah youre just fucking around i understand that

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or rather, always

turbid shuttle
#

there's huge group damage luerce

charred palm
#

you guys going for0.1% title this season?

strong forum
#

nah cba

inner wren
#

hell no

strong forum
#

pushing keys is too degenerate imo

valid bridge
#

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

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so I dont know if Id get any value out of BSV at all

turbid shuttle
#

3 casters (beguilers) with 2 casts each - sear mind is stun + big dam, and a big dam bolt

strong forum
#

ye

pallid quiver
#

but you can interrupt those tho

#

So they should be interrupted

strong forum
#

ye but its still alot going on

turbid shuttle
#

that's 6 kicks

zinc shale
#

Wtf Obsidian Beam doesnt get ignored by Spellblock?

vivid orchid
#

sear can be stopped not just kicked, if you let it start channeling

turbid shuttle
#

if you pull even more on top it's very difficult

valid bridge
strong forum
#

spellblock generally works on everything but dots

charred palm
#

i wonder if theres a way to see what the current 0.1% rating is on raiderio or something

pallid quiver
turbid shuttle
#

obsidian beam is a targeted tankbuster, believe it or not

valid bridge
strong forum
pallid quiver
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Usually everything but dots, but sometimes it blocks dots (Sark in Aberrus) and sometimes not dots

charred palm
#

ooooooooooo

strong forum
#

the raider.io cutoff calculators is only a snapshot every now and again

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this one is more accurate

pallid quiver
strong forum
#

obsidian beam just turbo hurts

#

i recommend just not eating it

turbid shuttle
#

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.

pallid quiver
charred palm
pallid quiver
#

That comes out when beam is cast

soft tusk
pallid quiver
#

iirc it goes by the same name in damage taken breakdowns

strong forum
#

that displays current cutoff

charred palm
#

right got it

#

word

pallid quiver
#

... or at least I assume that's what the original fellow meant was the tank buster portion

strong forum
#

its just cluttered by the affix icons

soft tusk
#

2882 for .01%?

strong forum
#

cuz reset just happened

charred palm
#

as of today yes

soft tusk
#

lmao.. hell no

strong forum
#

if the title were to be given out THIS SECOND

#

it would be 2882

#

for US

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and 2921 for EU

soft tusk
#

Hell no..

earnest cove
#

Is it just me or does "Sikrans Endless Arsenal" just does nothing for DPS?

strong forum
#

you gotta spam the on-use

#

to get any kind of dmg out of it

soft tusk
#

I aint pushing 12+

#

fuck that

earnest cove
#

Using it on cooldown, still nothing

strong forum
#

theres 3 different procs

#

from the trinket

#

or 2

#

gotta cycle them through

pallid quiver
strong forum
#

US is historically 50-70 points behind EU in terms of cutoff range ye

fallow fern
#

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?

strong forum
#

shield

valid bridge
#

Looking for opinions. Between these two (ignore ilvl), which trinket would you rather have equipped for M+? (doing 10s currently)

strong forum
#

is by far your most impactul item

fallow fern
#

ok, ty

soft tusk
strong forum
#

silken chain weaver defensively, quick candle for general usefulness

charred palm
earnest cove
#

Was doing like 10k DPS on my 11 CoT

strong forum
#

got a log?

pallid quiver
gusty dagger
#

Anybody think the brd heroic loot particularly the trinkets will be any good for prot?

dusky canopy
valid bridge
soft tusk
pallid quiver
#

Since that is dynamic damage reduction

soft tusk
#

If we are already close to that threshold with .01% title.. that means it will continue to rise.. I am fucking good.

strong forum
#

you missed out on a few casts, sometimes having 40+ seconds of not using the trinket

#

but yeah thats the dmg it did

tribal wharf
#

the heroics from old expansions dont count towads weekly

strong forum
#

raw dmg throughput trinkets arent all that hot this xpac for tanks

#

cuz theyre all nerfed by 30% for us

soft tusk
#

The skill play between 11 and 12 is already crazy enough.

inner wren
#

another week of no sikran neck

#

kill me now

valid bridge
dusky canopy
#

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

strong forum
earnest cove
#

really dont know which trinket i should use, all kinda suck... dunno

waxen orbit
#

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

earnest cove
#

sac is no drop... only veteran piece

waxen orbit
#

I can't time a 12

long bronze
strong forum
#

youll literally reduce (most) dmg intake in pulls by straight up 15% every time you use the trinket

waxen orbit
#

Dogshit fucking game

pallid quiver
#

that'll show 'em

valid bridge
earnest cove
long bronze
#

not really

strong forum
#

silken chain weaver is for that reason the technically best tank trinket this season for big pulls

long bronze
#

like half are secondarys

valid bridge
#

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?

strong forum
#

cuz it, atleast i from my knowledge, just fucking slows all adds attack speed, which is massive

strong forum
#

ye

tribal wharf
#

its not the greatest trinket ever

tribal wharf
#

its okay

#

if you want to live more

#

but do you really need that?

strong forum
#

not a fan of the trinket cuz its practically 24/7 on CD

dusky canopy
#

You probably taunt at the start of every pull

strong forum
#

so unless you deliberately hold off on using taunt for until you specifically need it, its mostly just fluff

tribal wharf
#

the buff lasts for 30 full seconds

#

and has 1 minute cd

valid bridge
#

Yeah Im under no delusion this will be saving me midpull, seems more like a buffer to make the start of big pulls easier

tribal wharf
#

50% (if not eaten) buff

strong forum
#

foor the start of pulls, sure ig

dusky canopy
#

2.3m is basically nothing

#

It’s a minor boost if anything

valid bridge
#

its about the smoothing though, not the total absorb I think

strong forum
#

ye in a world with 11mil+ hp

valid bridge
#

but yeah not amazing

strong forum
#

it certainly does more than nothing

#

but like i said, not a big fan

soft tusk
#

he's saying.. it's the best trinket 1st week of expansion

strong forum
#

nah that was tome of lights devotion, and it still cranks

long bronze
#

I really wouldn't use it unless you don't have anything better

valid bridge
#

Got it from vault and it's my only mythic trinket currently so gonna be rocking it regardless

strong forum
#

its the hidden OP trinket

tribal wharf
#

its okay for if you have to live, thats about it

valid bridge
#

ive had bad lucks with trinkets so far

long bronze
#

don't leak it nom

dusky canopy
#

It’s not useless by any means it’s just not super

valid bridge
#

and I PUG everything so I have no idea how fast my healer is when I start a dungeon

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so maybe for that use case its not bad

strong forum
#

i tried to leak it to as many as i could before it was made unaccessible

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well except on wowhead

long bronze
#

I never did get the m0 one 😦

strong forum
#

well it was never out for m0 was it

strong forum
strong forum
long bronze
#

it was before season I thought

pallid quiver
strong forum
#

yeah but m0 was only season dungeons

pallid quiver
strong forum
#

so it was only 2 weeks of heroic dungeon

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during pre-heroic raid/m0 week

long bronze
#

well mine has speed on it

pallid quiver
#

And when those came out, Heroics swapped to season dungeons, as well, iirc

long bronze
#

so I'm living the big life

tulip oar
#

I will start doing delves in prot loot.

valid bridge
#

I was blessed by delves with 3 of these, including one from a delvers bounty weeks ago

strong forum
#

rip

valid bridge
#

Yeah thats my only other hero track trinket

strong forum
#

i made sure to farm heroic priory to get my tome

valid bridge
#

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

strong forum
#

its just a send and forget trinket

long bronze
#

ez 40k dps + 2k crit from a < 600 ilvl trinket np

strong forum
#

pick a prio target, and send it

valid bridge
#

I suppose its not awful for stitchflesh (ironically)

#

where i wanna burn something fast

inner wren
heavy wigeon
#

is raid buff broken? turned in and 0 bonus

strong forum
signal field
#

Foul Behemoth's or Swarmlords?

strong forum
#

tome go brrrr

strong forum
#

pick your poison

long bronze
#

also max hp

dense cradle
#

you still using tome?

strong forum
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in raid, 10000000%

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in m+ i use skarmshard+transmitter

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double on use go brrr

long bronze
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don't let nom lie to you he's a dps main

strong forum
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yeah i dont get to raid as tank

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cant farm 100s

long bronze
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just be better than reholy

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make him go frost

strong forum
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no chance of that happening

dense cradle
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when priory m+

strong forum
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i got to tank queen HC on my alt war tho

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turns out, she doesnt hurt even on a 585 war

edgy bone
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Boys I think 639 larynx poops on 626 mad queens mandate

ivory bay
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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?

signal field
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im just benched on my warrior for broodtwister :)

long bronze
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warrior just need a shield

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anything else is a crutch

strong forum
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i dont rate them high cuz i dont think theyre that useful

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pwar is so disgustingly tanky that defensive trinkets often fall incredibly short or superfluous

dusky canopy
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😱 Nomes not a follower!?!?

dense cradle
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random delve kobolds

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hurt more than ansurek

signal field
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amen

strong forum
long bronze
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I mean if you stand in the frontal for sure

dense cradle
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shh

ivory bay
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gotcha, ty for the quick reply

signal field
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standinginfrontals is my middle name

strong forum
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also paired with the fact that the trinkets just dont do a whole lot

dense cradle
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swarmlords feels pad

strong forum
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compared to older, much more useful, trinkets

long bronze
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rip grieftorch

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it's still nearly good

strong forum
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getting a 2-3mil absorb every minute when tanks have 10-12mil HP

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really doesnt strike me as useful

toxic pewter
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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

strong forum
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and foul behemoth is hard to quantify

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its better on DPS than tanks

dense cradle
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probably just stat trinkets no

strong forum
dense cradle
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is foul behemoth dam reduced for tanks

long bronze
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wait what

strong forum
long bronze
strong forum
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but foul behemoth works in the same way for dps

dense cradle
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aa dps

inner wren
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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

dusky canopy
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Hmmm

strong forum
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so they get huge HP increases throughout the fight in raid

dusky canopy
strong forum
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while barely losing dps

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but gain a lot of tankiness

long bronze
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that's actually hiliarious

sharp epoch
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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)