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strong forum
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looks at my new wife

jagged pier
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Same when i get back from gym

drowsy narwhal
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my question was why you suggest the extra 30 rage when COL is lacking rage from what I ve read

strong forum
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thats in raid build i assume

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and in raid you dont need the CC picks so you can go into the rage

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for more potential poomp

ionic fern
strong forum
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im charge blade 1 trick

jagged pier
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Longsword for me but its my first mh game so gunna try more

ionic fern
jagged pier
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But gelled with longblade most on beta

drowsy narwhal
strong forum
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illegal

drowsy narwhal
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😄

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from the comments of yt vids where ppl played prot warr col, they all say its getting nerfed

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i hope they dont nerf the dmg

drowsy narwhal
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for once its nice that we have a pay off playing a tank with not much utility/self healing

lusty grotto
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perks of still having 1-2 days remote and being friday

keen leaf
plush tendon
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guys, prot war is so last month

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arms warrior is pretty awesome

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big fun

oak ivy
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1.66M overall in a GB10 peepoHappy

lusty grotto
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cause arms was big before people discovered our output

plush tendon
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idc about output my dude

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its just fun

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was running around the goblin zone as a FDK/UDK

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was kind of meh

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went there as arms

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10 times more fun

lusty grotto
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colossus arms is certainly fun

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cleave fucks

plush tendon
oak ivy
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Is either of the hero talents better for X scenario in raid or purely preference

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Cuz this is kinda a lot to take in

lusty grotto
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the guide says which

short apex
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play w/e releases more dopamine

lusty grotto
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but tldr colossus for everything

plush tendon
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Col will be more dammies (most people will default to Col this tier me thinks)

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MT is more rage

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basically the TLDR

oak ivy
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Gotcha

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Which in my book translates as: Colo for normal business, Thane if I need extra help no die

ionic fern
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Roughly.

lusty grotto
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hmm

ionic fern
lusty grotto
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colossus is not a paper tank

ionic fern
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Nope,better than s1.

lusty grotto
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its big on defensives due to the build

ionic fern
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But I'd wager MT still pulls ahead slightly in the defensive part.

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You can play Colossus super defensively as well and send more Rage into IP,but that puts a dent in your DPS.

plush tendon
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MT is also easier

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more rage, more room for mistakes

lusty grotto
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yea

plush tendon
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but MT is kind of boring

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really doesnt change anything about the spec... its basically BFA prot war

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Col plays more like SL Warrior

oak ivy
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I didn't start playing the game at all until Castle Nathria, and Pwar in VotI

plush tendon
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the good thing is you can try both

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and see what you like more

oak ivy
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true

lusty grotto
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colossus is legion prot

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thane is bfa/DF prot

plush tendon
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I didnt play Warrior until BFA

lusty grotto
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SL prot is baked into thane a little bit

plush tendon
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was late on the train

lusty grotto
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due to IP spam (banner), Outburst and Shield Charge (reprisal-like)

plush tendon
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peak warrior was S2 SL for me

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Night Fae, Reprisal

oak ivy
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I played BDK in SL for obvious reasons

sharp pasture
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What does "Raid Council" means?

lusty grotto
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do you mean loot council

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if so, a loot council decides who gets what loot

bold mirage
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I think maybe he is referring to the builds on Wowhead - I would classify it as a boss encounter with 3+ primary targets

lusty grotto
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on mythic guilds its usually backed by sims

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oh

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council fights

lusty grotto
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meaning multiple bosses

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virtually every tier has a council fight

bold mirage
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yup

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number pad!

lusty grotto
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last season it was court

sharp pasture
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that was only 2 boses

bold mirage
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I guess it could be 2 also

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but in the past council has usually meant 3 or 4

lusty grotto
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in DF we had council of dreams, forgotten experiments, primal council

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it had only 2 but is considered the council fight

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common sense dictates you use cleave specs there

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or 2 target cleave

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brood can be considered a council fight since its an ad fest, but is mostly considered to be pure AOE

small steeple
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Didn't play palace

lusty grotto
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yeah basically

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but council builds might apply

small steeple
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Well don't council builds normaly sacrfice priority/single target? Sorry not too sure about this, and right terms

lusty grotto
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for the most part

small bone
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Would it be good to remove Champion's Bulwark and use that point for Enduring Defense?

lusty grotto
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but in our case, there's not much variation

small bone
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Or is Bulwark still the best option

lusty grotto
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for what build specifically?

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cause we're playing both

small steeple
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@strong forum the Season 2 page has some outdated season 1 stuff/gear on it still

small bone
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Question is why

lusty grotto
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can you rephrase your question?

keen leaf
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This is fine. We're fine.

small bone
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Use the build of Enduring Defense plus Champion's Bulwark feels like smooth like before the patch.

small steeple
small bone
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I just want to know why people play it

lusty grotto
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the only reason we dont play both is when we go full execute

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im just confused where not having both is coming from

small steeple
lusty grotto
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hence why i asked which build

frail zodiac
lusty grotto
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they probably are

small bone
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What is execute build?

lusty grotto
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yes

sick sentinel
keen leaf
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to be fair it wasnt a high key, just a boredom thing

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col, revenege go brrrrrr

lusty grotto
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most people running keys rn are testing their changes and/or grabbing some gear here and there

keen leaf
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yeah I think that was just a 9, I was just tesing colossus, never played it last season

lusty grotto
small bone
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A personal tweaked build that left off Enduring Defense for Bloodsurge. I still used Champion's Bulwark.

lusty grotto
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i see

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as Thane?

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or as Colossus?

small bone
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It was Thane.

lusty grotto
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bloodsurge kinda unneeded as thane but

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its your subscription hehe

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and there's no reason to run bloodsurge now due to the nerfs

small bone
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I enjoyed have the rage when I needed it for whatever. I don't play Warrior like the top guys do.

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I currently don't.

lusty grotto
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well you press SS for that

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vastly more important to maintain SB uptime than last season's bloodsurge rage gains

formal elbow
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the people here are so friendly...must nicer than in any pure-dps discord ❤️

small steeple
small bone
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I know. But now I feel like I don't have to rage for SB when it's up while also having rage for other abilities outside of SS and it's proc.

keen leaf
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AGREED ^

small bone
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Maybe I need more practice.

lusty grotto
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likely

keen leaf
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not u, ur wrong, agreed with Badkad xD

lusty grotto
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we have played 2 SB-related talents since DF

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ED + Bulwark or ED + Bolster in DF S2

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SB is that important

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except in raid settings where we want to parse with execute builds

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and where SB uptime is not as important since youre 1 of 2 tanks and wont be actively tanking all the time

small bone
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I know SB is important. And to keep uptime I have to stutter and hold rage for it and not use anything else.

small steeple
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stutter?

lusty grotto
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you just need to press SS more

small bone
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Not pressing buttons.

lusty grotto
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and not rage starve yourself with IP spam

jagged pier
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so your overspending rage

sharp pasture
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what trinkets do we aim as tank? i did no check to much tbh

small bone
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I do press SS. but there are times when it's on cd and no proc to refresh.

lusty grotto
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devastator (auto attacks) reset SS

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Thunderclap reset SS

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Revenge reset SS

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as thane you also have Burst of Power

small steeple
small bone
keen leaf
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Thanks, I did 😄

small bone
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But I will do some practicing and see where I'm failing.

lusty grotto
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well you just press TC

small bone
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Thanks for the info all

lusty grotto
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as thane

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TC generates rage too

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and if both SS and TC are down you use revenge

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just watch your rage bar and don't go below 30 rage at any given time

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that way you have an emergency reserve for SB

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but yeah like i said: always run 2 SB related talents (ED/Champs Bulwark/Bolster)

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except when youve graduated to ST execute raid parsing

small steeple
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I remember when I first learned pwar. I was a baby player in patch 8.4 (Ny'alotha tier) learning prot warrior and blood dk at the same time. Twas fun when there was no guranteed 100% SB

lusty grotto
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and remember we're gonna be swimming in SB uptime anyway due to Shield Charge (with Bulwark) resets + tier

oak ivy
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Are we the only tanks doing goofy numbers rn or is everyone cracked due to the +20% aura

small steeple
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All tanks are doing good damage. Except bear maybe? Don't know about bear and does anyone really care about it? lol

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jk

oak ivy
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My cotank for this season is a bear x_x

plush tendon
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gotta get that vers buff

small steeple
oak ivy
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true, I used to be a fuckin gamer catweaver when I played bear catjamhypers

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its so fun

oak ivy
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So we personally don't have to fear a heavy handed nerf bat

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maybe just a reduction in the tank aura buff?

small steeple
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not at all

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only change might be reverting demolish buff to being arms exclusive

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which would be approx 2% in st, and 4-5% in aoe i think

oak ivy
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Idk if I'm just a skeptic but I'm expecting giga tank dam to have some

small steeple
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Why would blizzard, after saying tank damage is too low and not a state they like, proceed to single out one tank that's not super duper far ahead if its ahead at all?

oak ivy
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Fair fair

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they also hate us

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so I have 0 trust

lusty grotto
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the dooming is making me regret coming back

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to skyhold

oak ivy
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im sorry nim

lusty grotto
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its constant, jfc

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i guess its better than "wat yoda doin"

oak ivy
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they're gonna leave it alone and tanking gonna be fun HyperRatJam

small steeple
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Plus, blizzard has data, sims, and stuff they collect from ptr etc. There was a reason they gave all tanks but brew/prot pal a 20% aura buff, and 15% for those other 2.

limpid ruin
plush tendon
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I no bear

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besides you shouldve beared... instead you copy me and play VDH

lusty grotto
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hey at least dotc is fun

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no bear hate

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cat weaving okayge

limpid ruin
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They have enough problems

topaz latch
frigid solstice
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Boys... is prot crashing out 😦 I keep getting rejected from 10 keys

dusky canopy
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@lusty grotto hey why does yoda not play the recommended wowhead build

frigid solstice
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gives wowhead the 'average overall "meta"'

frigid solstice
dusky canopy
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Kek

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I’ll trust nome & sense for Prot specific optimizations

lusty grotto
frigid solstice
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I wanna play what yoda plays

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but not paladin

plush tendon
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Ive been high on VDH for a while

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ever since they did the +2 seconds on demon spikes

sweet summit
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demon spikes isn't real

limpid ruin
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He’s got you there

urban bane
urban bane
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5'2" dps peasants afraid of their 6' kings

fresh kernel
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tauren vs highmountain?

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which u guys prefer

plush tendon
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good question

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I like both

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but prob Tauren for War

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and Highmountain for Druid

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cause moose

frigid solstice
plush tendon
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but super low dif

frigid solstice
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I do have trouble surviving

fresh kernel
plush tendon
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Antlers a little on the nose for a warrior me thinks

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and I like the normal Tauren horns

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especially with the Black Temple set

urban bane
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Minotaur mhm

plush tendon
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peak Tauren War

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so peak

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slap a bulwark of Azzinoth on that

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ooo baby

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Racial difference between the two also isnt huge

fringe musk
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I'm a big bull charge fan

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It makes you run fast 🐂

stark crystal
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hey all,
just a quick question:
Is there any point when we trade our current 4P T-set into a 2P and 2x S2 Heroic gear? or is the old 4P T-set online till we can swap it completly?

lusty grotto
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as soon as you get 2p you swap

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no waiting

lime mantle
lusty grotto
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2pc is big

stark crystal
lusty grotto
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s1 tier is comparatively weaker

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by a wide margin

main edge
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Guys, question for prot war Masters, currently trying colossus build on ptr and it feels nice, but i am not sure, if it is mandstory to use your demolish always after thunderous roar or it doesnt make any benefit for min Max

chilly brook
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I mean you know that it’s live right?

dreamy rain
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is there any way arround ravager? i hate that talent

chilly brook
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Just press your buttons on CD don’t think about it too much

lusty grotto
lusty grotto
chilly brook
tribal wharf
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wow stole taurens from doom

lofty warren
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Why did pwar going from best to lower tier list tank in 11.0 and 11.5? I don't think they got nerfed did they?

lusty grotto
tribal wharf
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this game is vrtually medival doom so

dreamy rain
chilly brook
cerulean tusk
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yes, you can skip ravager

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it wont make or break your build

lusty grotto
chilly brook
lusty grotto
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link

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but in any case maybe Nome can give out the answer

cerulean tusk
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My educated guess

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he just lazy

chilly brook
lusty grotto
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yeah i mean those look fine

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ravager for M+ until you get 2pc

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he will update when the season is live

chilly brook
lusty grotto
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right

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you want battering ram with 2pc due to SC resets

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but that's the flex point for BSV as well

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ravager is only worth it now

dreamy rain
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i think i just macro ravager into my one use dps trinket

lusty grotto
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because we dont have 2pc

lime mantle
lusty grotto
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yeah youre right

main edge
lusty grotto
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but the 15% damage amp is good regardless

fresh kernel
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looks like highmountain is >>>>> tauren

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vers is great, and the knockup doesn't DR with your stuns

frigid solstice
lusty grotto
fresh kernel
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tauren's stun DRs with shockwave, and the stamina bonus is negligible

lusty grotto
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it does nothing but it aligns with demo + avatar which are your big damage amps

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so

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ideally you want to use SC/Troar/Demolish with Demo(BV) + Avatar

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so demo and avatar buff troar

frigid solstice
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Protection Warrior has a ton of attention leading to the next season, primarily changing the spell priority and the focus of the class rotation (with the bread-and-butter basics staying the same). Luckily, the compensation buffs that came, (% flat damage adjustments, stronger Ignore Pain Icon Ignore Pain, and better self-sustain thanks to more Rage) which makes up for all the other nerfs. In addition, a new recent build has been discovered, making their single-target and AoE damage the best among any other tank DPS, which immensely improves their performance. Although you can have durability troubles at time (especially against continuous magical damage) your damage profile offsets the negatives, making them one of the best choices starting in Season 2.

lusty grotto
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troar has no direct correlation with demolish uses (it's the other way around)

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if anything you want to demo first in that window

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so it takes 10% more damage

frigid solstice
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I love that everyone's tier list is all over the place

tribal wharf
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will they keep hero talents into 12.0 and beyond i wonder

cerulean tusk
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Yep, it is evergren

lusty grotto
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imagine answering a question and someone posts a million screenshots of tier lists

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like they matter

woven radish
woven radish
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Those 10% windows will add up to a LOT more dmg if utilized properly over the course of a key

lusty grotto
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yup, so to specifically answer your question @main edge you want to avatar + demo then demolish, then troar/sc

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and NOT demolish AFTER troar

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like you mentioned

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tldr: other way around

cerulean tusk
lusty grotto
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only acceptable tier list

dreamy rain
lusty grotto
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to be fair lol

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i have to update it cause dotc bear moves up into "good play-style"

cerulean tusk
lusty grotto
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and unbiased pally might have moved up, i just fucking hate consecration

cerulean burrow
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new tierlist just dropped guys 😏

lusty grotto
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nice nice

main edge
lofty warren
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Where all these tier lists come from? They wat different from the one on wowhead

tribal wharf
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wtf u mean bdk does execute dmg

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or is that only DB

dense remnant
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how many stacks of ITF do sims use?

lusty grotto
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max stacks

vocal cave
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both bdk db and sanlyn has execute

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db through soul reaper, sanlyn through increased DS dmg on low hp target

lime mantle
smoky anvil
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I just like how hard we’re cranking. Asserting dominance on dps feels nice.

sharp gale
lofty warren
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How will adding more help

sharp gale
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Adding other lines of existing talents trees give a billion more headaches than adding a another thing

neon elk
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They will just rework and rearange whole thing i guess

lofty warren
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Bring back corruption with vendor

sharp gale
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That’s the first point of hero talents in the first place, they didn’t want to add talent points in class tree or spec tree

lofty warren
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Some talents are useless. Like wow you give me ignore pain as a talent

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Or like wow you gave mage blink as a talent

sharp gale
smoky anvil
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Or cheesing with twilight devastation at 48% of max hp dmg

lofty warren
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Fact: 8.2 (essences) and 8.3 (corruptions) were good aside from acquisition

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Plus pwar was kinda good then too

smoky anvil
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Fury was a blast

lofty warren
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What % uptime on avatar and shield wall is possible now m+?

keen leaf
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is there a reason to track colossal might or am I sending demolish on CD anyway

lusty grotto
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hmm usually demolish cd is up long after you have 10 stacks

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so it might not be required

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that being said most warrior WAs track it

keen leaf
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and on the pull u just send it naked anyway right

lusty grotto
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i personally send it yeah with demo/avatar

keen leaf
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yeah thats what ive been doing, good enough for me

lusty grotto
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but that depends on the fight and/or if there's early damage amps etc

lament osprey
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Is the spell reflection sheet updated?

lusty grotto
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yes

sullen gust
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Out of curiosity, why are builds saying to drop ravager? I'd have thought the threat and rage gen would keep it a valuable talent. Or is survivability that rough we have to take more tanky points?

ionic fern
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You drop Ravager once you get tier.

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The extra SC'es make BR a better choice in most situations.

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That said, you can still play Ravager - it's not bad.

sullen gust
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Also when did people swap from the rage reduces cooldown of shield wall to the double stacks of shield wall?

woven radish
ionic fern
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They reduced the base CD of SW and also nerfed Impenetrable Wall to not give Rage anymore.

woven radish
tranquil night
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I'm assuming not but does immovable object interact with s2 2pc tier?

ionic fern
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No.

smoky anvil
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The double SW on 2min cd actually feels better than previous, maybe that’s just me.

mighty valley
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the effective CD with imp wall and last patch's rage gen was pretty comically low

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but this is a decent happy medium of being able to do back to back walls when needed and a pretty low cd

proud heart
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this was a NW 12 and all the dps were "cant wait for them to nerf you to the ground" yeah gl finding tanks next season with that attitude

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but yeah prot is a bit too stronge

cerulean tusk
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As we are currently beating most avg players on DPS, ye - nerfs are coming

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justified? Probably not

dusky canopy
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You should have asked them why they weren’t doing 4M overall like other pugs you played with

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That’ll teach em!

jagged pier
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well as one of the buffs wasnt supposed to be for us

dusky canopy
jagged pier
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a 4% nerf

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we can expect

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which is just getting a new demo spell without the buff

ionic fern
cerulean tusk
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Agreed, but ya know how it is

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-30% nerf inc, so they can beat us

proud heart
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im just tanking for shit and giggles cause i heard prot was strong

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but honestly i dont mind if tanks do hell of high dps next season as long as we get more ppl playing them

neon elk
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I mean, there is enha with 1.6 overal in NW while having augvoker .. ofc u gotta beat that , nothing to do with class balance

chilly brook
proud heart
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theyre all missing the tier set, ours does nothing dpswise right?

chilly brook
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No

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Ours is good dps wise

proud heart
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oh

chilly brook
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At least better than the current one

proud heart
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i hope they bring other tanks up to prot warrior instead of bringing prot down to them

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bigger numbers more fun more tanks in lfg

round cliff
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wym not for us

nocturne spindle
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colussus arms buff leaked to prot colussi

next flint
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Am I reading the guides correctly - Col is doing more DPS but Thane is either - is more tanky [survivability] or at a minimum still "playable" in M+?

neon elk
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Both are perfectly fine

idle copper
lofty warren
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Fel scarred or the other one?

ionic fern
supple meadow
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good morning prot chat

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#ThaneForLife

small steeple
supple meadow
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I don't care about damage when I literally can't die

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lmao

small steeple
cerulean tusk
ionic fern
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Yes?

cerulean tusk
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Reinforcing your point

weak cedar
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hi gamers, which spec would you say is the "tankiest"? ignoring all damage/utility aspects, just based on survivability

supple meadow
sullen gust
weak cedar
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out of all tank specs i meant

pallid quiver
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depends on damage profile of the content

ionic fern
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Well, that's way too vague and impossible to answer.

pallid quiver
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which tank ends up being the tankiest is often a literal dungeon-by-dungeon metric

ionic fern
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What does "Tankiest" mean? Self sufficient? Least damage intake? MOst consistent damage intake?

pallid quiver
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Even then, there's still points where their kits are weaker, and like Mwahi mentions,

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There's a lot of things that go into it

small steeple
cerulean tusk
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My gutpunch feel of tankiest, is Thane. Tho, I cant say I felt that much different from Col.
Honestly, prob all placebo and healer diff

small steeple
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like in raid brew and bdk are often called the "tankiest" but they literally work in almost direct opposite ways

pallid quiver
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There's no tank spec that'd be entirely unable to do content, though, at pretty much any level. It'd be possible it's harder on some specs than others, but that's not always due to how tanky a spec is

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It can often be access to meaningful interrupts/damage/DPS defensive help

cerulean tusk
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All I got to say is: If they nerf Pwarrior, I really hope it is flat aura nerfs, not Demo targeted or similar. As it being a real impactful ability is super fun

neon elk
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I hope if they nerf pwar they nerf the rest as well, we might have broken dmg but thats pretty much all we got

ionic fern
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We are not even that far ahead on dps.

neon elk
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Tbf i dont even know how we are compared to rest of tanks

raw parcel
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A bit early for nerfs when the season hasn't even started. 😮

neon elk
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Wont be first time

cerulean burrow
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!!!! New tier list dropped!!!

mortal cypress
cerulean burrow
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fuck

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oh shit

small steeple
cerulean burrow
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new tier list dropped!!!

mortal cypress
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nice

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maybe D

cerulean burrow
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guess were evading the nerf today boys 😏

keen leaf
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Dont put pally up top, I play that too, avoiding the nerfs, I hear bear and brew are S+++

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wink wink

small steeple
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put em all in d

cerulean burrow
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this just in straight off the press

small steeple
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perfect

vocal cave
woven radish
cerulean tusk
#

poor lill DPS

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DeathStrike

#

garms Surely Pwarr must be nerfed

mighty valley
#

Are mobs just blowing up too fast for dps to get going

lofty warren
#

Pwar does most dps?

mighty valley
#

probably, all the data is kinda junk right now though

lofty warren
#

Thought vdh was best

#

Is this in m+

mighty valley
#

yes, colossus in m+ is the one people are freaking out about

lofty warren
#

Don't see it on archon. Where can see this?

mighty valley
#

sims and anecdotal evidence people are sharing

lofty warren
#

In here it says 1.3 pwar. Is that it?

cyan bronze
mighty valley
#

i don't really know which logs archon pulls from, plus it's garbage time in the season so i'd take everything with a grain of salt

#

but yes, colossus pwarr is doing big aoe damage, don't think that's disputed

cyan bronze
#

idk why were looking @ archon interim data

#

are we on our useless data arc today?

mighty valley
#

it's pepega's way

#

can't live if not consuming weird stat websites

wicked pollen
cyan bronze
#

can we not?

wicked pollen
restive oak
#

archons data is usually not the best

cyan bronze
#

i mean

#

that’s not even the issue here

#

it’s the fact that

#

it’s wacko world data

#

any data u get for this week is useless

restive oak
#

yeah and everything is currently fake

cyan bronze
#

but archon said vdh was best

#

¿¡

#

they’ve timed the highest post season key!

restive oak
#

i did an all tank and i was like 35% ahead of everyone else :x

mighty valley
#

popularity is also a huge factor in archon's final score lol

wicked pollen
#

all tank is boring

#

?

small steeple
restive oak
#

15s currently feel like 10s, lol

cyan bronze
#

guys

small steeple
cyan bronze
#

ppl r saying meiko isnt the meta tank anymore

#

how does this affect the s4 meta for next expac

small steeple
#

Fellowship?

cyan bronze
#

ye

small steeple
#

Meiko and helena are only 2 ive played so far

cyan bronze
#

how will this affect s4 next expac

small steeple
cyan bronze
desert wharf
#

Sup yall! We think TR or Spear is better right now for M+? Saw both on wowhead, is it just a preference thing?

ionic fern
#

Preference.

desert wharf
#

Thanks!

raw parcel
#

I like the roar myself!

cyan bronze
#

imo i think spear is rather better for timing keys

#

but not enough to play spear if you hate it

wicked pollen
cyan bronze
#

yea

#

that would matter if i cared

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if some1 insta bursts on a pack and i need to run roar because of them

#

i am blocking them on all communication platforms

restive oak
#

stares at ret paladin in my group

topaz latch
#

i cannae stand da spear. TR all the way

cyan bronze
#

its just a thing of

#

large burst every 90s>smaller burst every 45s

#

& spear util

#

but very miniscule most of the time

#

tho if u pug

#

prob just roar--rets cannot be trusted

#

🤷‍♂️

lusty grotto
#

we're hunting monsters now

#

hammer main here AMA

cyan bronze
lusty grotto
#

no, not yet

#

i just like to pound dem monsters

cyan bronze
lusty grotto
lusty grotto
#

instead of bat we use this

cyan bronze
#

how did u find a pic of me

#

wtf

dusky canopy
#

You hammer main too!?!?

#

Fuck yeah

#

Love big bonk stick

lusty grotto
dusky canopy
#

Ngl I might try one of the gun weapons this play through

#

I’ve never even equipped a gun weapon

supple meadow
#

look at how they massacred my boy.... they made him into a stripper twink

#

you can't even be a fighter pilot anymore

#

unplayable

errant leaf
#

what talents are we using for m+ next season ?

lusty grotto
#

they are in wowhead and icyveins

#

feel free to look at them there

topaz latch
jagged gust
#

colo for damage, thane for safety, execute for parsing and punish for more DR

dusky canopy
#

I like slow heavy hitting weapons

neon elk
#

Is the new dung open yet ?

topaz latch
oak ivy
dusky canopy
neon elk
supple meadow
supple meadow
topaz latch
supple meadow
#

I didn't even buy wilds

#

I can't stand the fact that they made him a twink stripper

#

I want to fly

#

I'll just play rise or worlds

#

At least I can still be a fighter pilot there

hazy echo
#

Hello, if any of you strapping protective lads are looking for a guild that focus on AOTC from Tuesday/Thursday 9-12 est dm me okay? Okay bye

heavy sparrow
round cliff
#

try to name a character
taken
try to look up who has the name
inactive

#

i hate this guy

#

whoever he is

flat wasp
#

Newish player quesiton: Im testing colossus in Dorn and I am struggling to keep shield block up. I never have that issue with Thane. I know its more difficult to maintain, but there seem to be built in CD gaps, even with plenty of . Am I not doing something I should to reset the CD on SB?

heavy sparrow
#

And I opened up a ticket and talked to a GM and they released the name so I could have it

round cliff
#

lmao what

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i wanna try

#

what should i say

#

they say they wont on the support page thooo

jagged gust
dense remnant
jagged gust
#

oh and enduring defenses is necessary

#

Enduring defenses, ITF with enough haste or HR without, and SC on CD will keep your SB up, once our tier set arrives it'll be even easier to keep up with all the CDR on SC

flat wasp
#

Should I switch back to HR? I had it last seaosn but wanted to try ITF for the rage generaiton and DPS.

wicked pollen
#

play hr

flat wasp
#

got it. I was wondering if that might be it.

wicked pollen
#

You will have gaps of shield block uptime otherwise with low haste

flat wasp
#

what haste % can I switch at?

jagged gust
#

Like 35% ish

wicked pollen
#

i didnt switch over until like 38% because I hate having the gaps

jagged gust
#

yeah 35 will still have minute gaps, like 1-2 sec every 45 seconds

flat wasp
#

thats 38% raw, without ITF and flasks?

wicked pollen
#

yeah

jagged gust
#

Yes raw

flat wasp
#

got it. Thansk guys

wicked pollen
#

its around 20k haste

flat wasp
#

much obliged

wicked pollen
#

Its just easier to play hr

flat wasp
#

This is an alt and new so the gear is meh. Hoepfully with S2 gear and secondary stat bloat Ill get up there

jagged gust
#

Oh without a doubt

flat wasp
#

I mean the 8% haste for ITF is sexy af, so I weanted to try it

jagged gust
#

Stats were somewhat reduced this xpac, but based off S2 of DF we were something like 40/40/20/20

wicked pollen
#

The haste from itf isnt always 8%

flat wasp
#

well in most M+ pulls it would be, right?

jagged gust
#

wait or was that was S3

flat wasp
#

I guess not on bosses

wicked pollen
#

Yeah but bosses are what are more important to me

flat wasp
#

fair. So bosses would be 6-8% depending on ranged?

jagged gust
#

Well it's not a flat 8% either, it scales with your haste

flat wasp
wicked pollen
#

Yeah

flat wasp
#

ahhh....that makes sense

wicked pollen
#

It gets more value the more haste you have

flat wasp
#

should have realzied that its not additive

jagged gust
#

nah, blame it on the tooltip

umbral kernel
#

I'm a bit late to the party but did they plain removed the "dinars" from s2 ?

jagged gust
#

no

flat wasp
mighty valley
#

heh... it IS flat 8%, but that means its value changes depending on your current haste

#

complicated

jagged gust
#

yeah, best not to overthink it

flat wasp
#

right

jagged gust
#

more haste = good

flat wasp
#

Well hopefully I can gear this guy up this tier to get to the tipping point. Its an alt and Im new so Im doing low-mid keys so it probably doesn't matter much

#

I didnt push up past 10 in S1

mighty valley
#

it was an investment to get to the good haste breakpoint in s1 but it'll be kinda trivial in s2

jagged gust
#

I went from 23k to 14k going from ilvl 630 ->640, can't always control it

flat wasp
#

yea, I see that

#

Im only at 14k at 627

#

HR makes all the difference in the world.

jagged gust
#

It's a very cozy talent

#

ITF is good numbers, but HR lets you breathe

#

Especially if you're like me and can't help but press execute with 2 stacks of SB unpressed and 40 rage keks

flat wasp
#

lol

#

I mean thats what sheild wall is for, right 🙂

#

more executes

#

Thanks again everyone.

ashen basin
cyan bronze
#

fwiw

#

just no itf

flat wasp
#

thanks

cerulean tusk
#

These are the DPS that complain about tanks doing damage

cyan bronze
#

what is the context

vague abyss
#

always used thane, but apparently colossus is the way now, when is the best time to use demolish?

cerulean tusk
#

When you want to demolish the fools!

#

Basically: Whenever it is ready to be used, on your first use you wont have auto 10 stacks, but you will get to 4-7 while gathering

#

You can decide if you want to hold things for 10

vague abyss
#

yeah i see i want to collect a bit first with claps and shield bashes first before i demolish, but i guess waiting for 10s is just too far

cerulean tusk
#

All about what you feel is needed and how quick things die. Not to mention you got demo and ava running and dont want to desync them from Demo too badly

#

Dont worry, Demo destroys the meters when used - even if it comes out late

#

Just try to snipe the pad

gaunt spire
#

Mmm. Mm ämmä.nnä87

mighty valley
#

that's SO true

restive oak
#

dodge

sharp olive
#

We survived the class tuning

small steeple
#

WE LIVED

smoky anvil
#

Not as spammy but big number on screen make brain happy

vestal moat
#

dodged a nerf, huge

jagged gust
#

patch notes released?

small steeple
jagged gust
#

damn, 15% to exe for arms, that's kinda heavy

small steeple
#

yeah, just more reason for arms to play col over slayer in raid now

restive oak
#

patch of the colossus

neon elk
#

Does that exe nerf affect us just like colo buff afected us ? Or are those different "styles' ?

urban bane
#

Nawr

restive oak
#

it shouldn't

#

warbound currency transfer disabled, wonder what the exploit was lol

small steeple
#

its always a dup

jagged gust
#

I haven't paid any attention to exploits for a while, but with how many people have lost items and currency through warbands...

daring narwhal
#

prot saved given the patch note released with no nerf on us ?

neon elk
#

They still might add more , or do a bigger balance week into season based on more relevant data

urban bane
#

prolly unlikely to do big balance mid rwf

ember token
#

Raise a Shield - Warrior block chance against nerfs is increased by 100% until Tier List are set to C-Tier.

ancient reef
#

trying the new talents, how should i use ip and revenge now

jagged gust
#

same as always

#

IP to spend rage and revenge is still a filler

#

Though I'm really confused why the sims think TC has a 1.5s CD

hardy snow
jagged gust
#

yeah but I have IO talented

urban bane
#

Bloodlust?

#

Looks like the first 25 seconds

#

How's it look further down the line past 40?

jagged gust
#

I'm still seeing about a minute in a TC cast every second GCD

#

even outside of avatar

hearty terrace
#

Surprised Pwar got away with no nerfs 😆

cerulean tusk
#

If you compare us to other tanks, we aint that out of this world

#

we are strong, but not that strong

neon elk
#

Yea but other brings more utility than us (imho) while still same tanky a pretty comparable dmg

hearty terrace
cerulean tusk
#

Not gonna lie, that means that paladin is trash tier

#

Paladins shred DPS atm

#

Maybe they trying experimental builds, or are semi AFK

#

but there is no way Ret loses to Pwarr on overall DPS

cerulean tusk
#

1.5m, is ST sims

#

Wait, sims are prob closer to 1.9

hearty terrace
#

That's overall in a +10

cerulean tusk
#

Ye, that tells us they aint trying

#

or they just bad

#

Last time I trollolol game with ret, they did closer to 2.5m, and that was trololol

cerulean tusk
#

Not sure why you are linking sims

hearty terrace
cerulean tusk
#

That is current sims, or S2 gear sims?

#

That really do look like s2 gear sims

hearty terrace
#

S2 set up

#

Has what % tier upgrade you get

cerulean tusk
#

So not very applicable to my guess

#

My guess is based on current gear and values

hearty terrace
#

Fair fair

cerulean tusk
#

Still, careful doing that much dps, ppl gonna screenshot it and post it without critical thinking on the forums and cry

#

"Omg opop nerf nerf"

#

ignoring the DPS clearly played...

#

suboptimaly

#

to be nice

neon elk
#

Thats why blizz doesnt read forums

hearty terrace
#

I think bliz actually go over stats not forums

cerulean tusk
#

If there is enough outcry, they notice, and they take action

neon elk
#

Like ye we are strong but not that strong to outdps a ret ..

hearty terrace
#

We've been crying about Brew bring “bad” for agers but they keep getting nerfed lol

cerulean tusk
#

Brew is one of the best raid tanks

#

If ya talking m+, sure

#

So the point is kinda moot

neon elk
cerulean tusk
#

But everyone complaining about Pwarrior being stronger than DPS players - now that, that will cause a stirr

#

Bruse some egos

hearty terrace
cerulean tusk
#

and the shitstorm will be unreal

neon elk
#

Nah, pwar is stronger than bad dps

cerulean tusk
#

I mean, we out DPSd bad dps before the buffs - now it just makes it so much easier

#

We shall see

#

I just hope blizz dont overreact

neon elk
#

Yea thats all we can do

lean aurora
#

Question: the ignore pain buff icon (top right of screen) shows a number on the icon. the number seems completely unrelated to the damage left to be ignored. What's the number?

lean aurora
#

Nah.

#

That's below it.

neon elk
#

Its % of its max cap or something like that

sinful light
#

whats the new spec were supposed to be usin

jagged gust
#

Vengeance

sinful light
#

i thought prot was doing some damage

mighty valley
sinful light
#

do you have a link to the build by chance?

mighty valley
#

It’s in the guides linked in the faq channel

sinful light
#

ty

mighty valley
#

Different options for different situations

lean aurora
strong forum
#

Nah

lean aurora
#

Ty ty

bleak breach
#

@strong forum does the Vioent outburst change =more or less?

#

Felt like I’m getting them quicker but maybe not

strong forum
#

You're actually getting them ~5% less

bleak breach
#

Ahh yep

strong forum
#

Cuz it requires now 250 rage instead of 240

hearty terrace
#

What raid build would we run there is 2 exacute and Punsher

strong forum
#

Whatever you prefer. Thane has the stronger execute and safer punish

Colossus has muuuch stronger cleave and burst

hearty terrace
#

But if any work then sweet

strong forum
#

Any work

#

If you're confident, just rock execute

#

Especially on normal/hc just fullsend execute

hearty terrace
#

Done and done tyty wanna pop off dps anyway

#

Only reason I wanna play War is the dps

strong forum
#

Real tanks care about dps

hearty terrace
strong forum
#

(it wasn't hidden they just never tested the other hero tree)

hearty terrace
#

And its easier

strong forum
#

That doesn't make any sense

#

Pallys have been doing north of 1.5mil Pre-buff already

tawny mulch
#

Shit is gonna get nerfed

hearty terrace
strong forum
#

Your dps players just suck

hearty terrace
#

Its just me being bad don't know I'm not amazing obly 3k ishh

strong forum
#

Score says nothing about player skill

hearty terrace
#

Yesh that's true

#

I was a Aug main for 2 years 😆

strong forum
#

Oof

hearty terrace
strong forum
#

My condolences

hearty terrace
simple atlas
#

i hit 3k and proudly know im bad and got lucky runs

small steeple
strong forum
#

I played Aug a bit in Alt raids 6/8M and my god...

#

It's so braindead boring

#

Infinite mobility, ranged, infinite defensive cds...

strong forum
hearty terrace
strong forum
#

Colossus doesn't get stacks from execute anymore

hearty terrace
#

But its so not real

small steeple
strong forum
#

Phone on 8% so good luck peeps, time for bed so I can wake up early to blast more mh:wilds

strong forum
small steeple
strong forum
#

Colossus for first 5, Thane for last 3

hearty terrace
#

@strong forum you said all tanks are “close” in DPS before Yesh? Why is there “sims” saying Pwar dose 2m ST? 🤷 where rest of the dps are close to 1.6m? Is it coz of Cheese?

strong forum
#

Depending on how gallywix plays

strong forum
#

🙂

#

They were made before any tank, besides prot, had their tierset implemented and APL adjusted

small steeple
#

vdh apl is super out of date

hearty terrace
strong forum
#

Nothing public

hearty terrace
strong forum
#

Only tank that isn't around 2mil mark is brew iirc

#

Brew legit undertuned

#

Rest is a-o-k

small steeple
#

both @midnight flame and @slim zinc have been too busy to work on vdh apl from what i understand

hearty terrace
#

Neche

strong forum
#

Niche*

small steeple
#

niche

strong forum
#

Anywho

#

Time to pretend to sleep

small steeple
#

my favorite

hearty terrace
small steeple
#

/j

hearty terrace
#

@strong forum thank you for the info mate

hearty terrace
round cliff
#

damn i thought the circlet got replaced by heroic rings

#

do i need to go back and do the island?

urban bane
small steeple
#

island is easy and quick

small steeple
round cliff
small steeple
#

no

#

they cvhanged that right away

#

the bosses rotate between the 3 they each drop

#

you can get all of them prolly in less than an hour

round cliff
#

what abt the ring ilvl tho

small steeple
#

you can rock it out in 30 minutes

round cliff
small steeple
#

they aren't time gated for catch up

round cliff
mighty valley
#

the purple triangle ones, right

small steeple
#

yeah for the first character

#

othjers they will be yellow

round cliff
#

im first character

#

i see yellows and blues

mighty valley
#

you gotta follow the breadcrumb quests that take you there

midnight flame
#

The apl is just really bad atm

#

And I'm dumb so idk how to fix it

ancient reef
#

hows scaling on current m+ keys

#

like whats the4 math on a old 12 is now a what?

small steeple
#

some math i did

mint knot
#

prot war untouched in class changes? oi we good

urban bane
#

Unsure what else could be going on at this point

jagged gust
#

Where exactly does the APL pull it's spell data from anyway?

#

Like the last documented change I could find for TC was in October

#

So I doubt that's the problem but my brain is shrugging

urban bane
#

looks like it is also on the bis sim profile in the spreadsheet

#

I wonder how long this has been a thing.

#

spell data is pulled from game but there could be something fucky going on otherwise cause obviously in game we're not seeing this ~2s cd on tclap. Hmm

round cliff
#

whats max ring ilvl

small steeple
#

658

round cliff
#

i ran out of triangles again

small steeple
#

ok

#

do the world quest

#

to trigger the ability to phase to storm mode

#

then a new one will appear

#

that asks you to go in

round cliff
#

this 1?

small steeple
#

and just literally hop in a mech

#

ya

#

you can just kill rares or the big bosses or the weekly quest to get a ton of progress

fallow wind
#

So we running Windsinger's instead of Legendary?

round cliff
#

i did it

small steeple
round cliff
#

ill prob be back to this island end of expac for the meta achieve

#

it can wait tho

small steeple
#

yeah, think theres a couple mounts too

#

start working on prismatic snapdragon now

#

its time gated

round cliff
#

ooo

small steeple
#

i think wowheadx has a page on it

round cliff
#

what about the bird mount

#

oh i found the guide

#

ic

small steeple
#

i dont think that one is time gated. haven't looked into it

cyan bronze
#

curious

cyan bronze
#

yeah your shits chopped as fuck

#

yea your shits chopped as fuck for real

#

only thing i can think of is that io is maybe copying effects of unstoppable force aswell as its own

#

but doubt

urban bane
#

I tried simming without either talented, same thing

#

happening outside of avatar, too

urban bane
#

I imagine if you sim your prot warrior it'll have similar tc use

cyan bronze
#

no ik

#

i checked

urban bane
#

someone else brought this up. i just tested it with the simc profile nome created to see if it was happening elsewhere

cyan bronze
#

& same thing

#

io/uf

urban bane
#

🤷‍♂️ people who have an answer or a fix are prolly bedge rn guess we wait and find out whats up

cyan bronze
#

try untalenting it @urban bane

#

see what happens keks

#

thunderclap that is

urban bane
cyan bronze
#

has thunderclap been baseline for us?

urban bane
urban bane
#

so the effect of UF perma applied?

waxen frigate
#

we should all band together and murder nome for this

#

but do it old school

#

where like we bait ravens into picking him to death

urban bane
#

And kiss him?

#

Uh i mean

#

Yeah.

cyan bronze
#

but also

#

hes not sure

#

idk

#

maybe

#

but just looking @ what cd should be & what it is

#

its bout 50%

round cliff
#

no theyre gonna nerf pwar again

mild river
urban bane
#

Looks like the sim wizards fixed it @cyan bronze @jagged gust nodders I imagine our rage and dps simmed values will go down a lil but prolly nothin catastrophic. Unless... Maybe colossus now runs clapless rendless for AoE?

hearty terrace
#

Do we know the currant tank sims for dps ?

languid quest
#

The 'unintentional' buffs that prot got from the arms buffs that ive heard about, are they still in and are we thinking theyre gonna be sticking around?

chilly brook
#

still in

#

probably get fixed eventually, not a huge deal

#

very small nerf if it goes through

hearty terrace
#

Ah yeah cool any links?

#

All tanks Quite close? Apart from monk

#

Roger

#

Yesh okey fair not as wild over the top like what people think Pwar that is ?

#

Roger roger

#

Very keen to see what tank is the top dog 🐶 dps size and happy that the “hype” is kinds blow up for Pwar doing Giga chad dps

short apex
#

yo, i kinda struggled to keep Sb uptime with into the fray, is that top be expected or just bad play by me

ionic fern
#

In m+ you should still have 80%+ up-time with ED and Bulwark.

#

Do you have abnormally low haste?

mortal dagger
#

@strong forum tell bmj that he stinks af

strong forum
#

real

short apex
#

33 actually

#

well prolly just missplay, first time i rly ran into the fray

#

played the other talent all of s1 so i was just used to comfiness i guess

ionic fern
#

Jeah,at that haste level it should be fine. Probably just takes some time to get used to.

#

You can still play HR if it makes you feel more comfortable,but I'd advise to get used to itf.

clear crest
#

How should i use Spell Block in m+? On CD when pulling pack? Should I have a WA to warn me?

charred ivy
#

just did first key as tank. felt abit weird as used to spam IP etc i found myself ragestarved cause keep forget and spam it . xD

#

was playing MT even

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