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pallid quiver
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this is the realest, always applicable answer

warm plinth
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That's pretty funny

frosty mango
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And someone will come in and say “but they are the best” and every time fail to grasp that they are the best because they are the best players and their success has very little to do with their class choice

pseudo swan
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is this actually good to rely on

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or am i supposed to train myself

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to just weave in ignore pain

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like am i building a bad habit relying on a macro like this?

pallid quiver
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People come in here and be like, "yo I have 69k haste, 42k crit, 80085 vers, and -1500 mastery, is more crit good?" and i'm like

frosty mango
pallid quiver
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i unno sim it

lofty warren
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Class choice matters. Image trying to bdk in m+ at start of season

pallid quiver
frosty mango
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It’s not meant to replace shield slam it’s meant to replace your ip button so you catch shield slam procs while pressing ip

pseudo swan
frosty mango
pseudo swan
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and this you lose the optionality?

pallid quiver
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and continuously push high keys that are, like, at worst only 2 key levels lower than world first, or are one key level than world first, or are world first?

frosty mango
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Every season every spec titles

lofty warren
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That macro is suboptimal i wouldn't recommend lest you learn bad habit

frosty mango
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The player matters infinitely more than the spec

pallid quiver
pallid quiver
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This keybind is specifically useful for trying to snipe SS resets

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don't listen to pepega, i doubt he even understands what the macro does

lofty warren
frosty mango
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It is perfectly fine for what it intends to do

pseudo swan
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now im confused 🙁

pallid quiver
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It replaces your IP bind to help you snipe SS resets

frosty mango
pallid quiver
lofty warren
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But ss is not even the best ability to press

pallid quiver
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it is not a good role

frosty mango
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We’re comparing cars to cars

lofty warren
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It will make you cast ss when you should be casting something else. There it is bad

frosty mango
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….no

pallid quiver
frosty mango
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That’s not remotely correct lol

undone beacon
pallid quiver
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So it doesn't save you any buttons; it replaces specifically your IP bind.

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If there's higher prio GCDs, like CDs, you can, like,

just press the macro during the GCD and press the CD

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you won't get shield slam

pseudo swan
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sorry is there ever a world where i would want to say prioritize pressing execute over a SS reset

lofty warren
pseudo swan
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and this prevents me from doing so as it eats up a global?

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or that's such a fringe case

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that largely speaking it doesn't matter and this helps you snipe SS better so you're not wasting an SS reset proc?

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is that the way to think about it?

pallid quiver
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The specific use of it is that it sometimes helps you catch SS resets and can reduce stress when needing to mash a lot of IP throughout specific moments of high rage gen

frosty mango
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All that macro does is this

When you are pressing IP, if you get a shield slam proc, it will also cast shield slam. Because ip is not on the global both can be cast at the same time - but your fingers are only hitting one button

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The macro helps you account for an edge case where shield slam procs while you are pressing up

pallid quiver
lofty warren
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If you need to cast IP to not die and shield charge higher on prio list.. now you are forced to push ss with the macro which is suboptimal since shield charge is the better more optimal choice

pallid quiver
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But there are times when prioritizing Execute, particularly with AOE execute, can be higher value than SS

pseudo swan
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you don't want to maintain IP in execution if you're taking hits?

dusky canopy
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somebody post a 15 hoa or flood and invite brewjj

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we will time it 😄

pallid quiver
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IP is not a life saving button

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Its main strength comes from bleeding away the damage you take over time

pseudo swan
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i see

undone beacon
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IP is something that is maintained passively with good play, using IP to dump rage when you're close to cap, which is often for Thane

pallid quiver
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In addition, damage you deal with Bru Vit makes it so your IP absorbs more, as well

pseudo swan
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so if you're not hitting cap, and as long as you have shield wall up

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you don't need to press IP as much?

undone beacon
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Shield Slam resets are priority, so ensuring you dont munch any you're good

pallid quiver
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and if you're not using brutal vit, you instead get healing from bleeds

We also have almost 10% leech baseline in the class tree

pseudo swan
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mm

pallid quiver
undone beacon
pseudo swan
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sorry yes shield block

lofty warren
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Long story short if you use that macro then you will be casting ss when in reality it would be better if you pushed a different button. One higher on list

pseudo swan
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god these names D

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xD*

pallid quiver
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Its defensive benefits come as a result of that

frosty mango
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We love him

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….But more like a cat

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We do love him tho

lofty warren
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Grrr

pseudo swan
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lol

pallid quiver
frosty mango
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❤️

frosty mango
blazing ridge
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I just want to add I found the Macro to be more useful as col, but its just a feely thing idk might be wrong

frosty mango
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I use all kinds of terrible macros I won’t link here

blazing ridge
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xdd

frosty mango
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I am lazy and sometimes I want to brain off

pallid quiver
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i don't even use that IP macro

i play with an mmo mouse, so anytime i'd want the macro, i just hit both the IP button and shield slam button at the same time

undone beacon
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this is my best and favorite macro

frosty mango
blazing ridge
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Thought about making spell reflect yell macro but I fear people will kick 3rd boss HoA and First Boss Dawn even more then xdd

lofty warren
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See here @frosty mango if you need to cast ip and have the macro then won't you be using a GCD on ss instead of one of the 4 gcd abilities that are higher up on the list?

pallid quiver
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roid don't respond, it's not reading

mighty valley
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it's a mixed bag this season, sometimes you wanna outburst a big thunderblast

frosty mango
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Maybe you can

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I certainly can’t

mighty valley
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wait did the thing i responded to disappear

toxic gyro
blazing ridge
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Guys maybe I am just bad at pressing execute, but I feel 25% more rend/dw damages helps my dps more than 15% more execute dmg sadge

pallid quiver
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It's worse for their overall development, but for the people Bandi's talking about, it'd be an immediate improvement

frosty mango
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Being able to play optimally (which I do at push keys) and using a crutch bc you wanna brain off is different than teaching someone how to play properly and not rely on a suboptimal crutch

pallid quiver
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you forget, roid, that a greater portion of the populace have trouble pressing at least one button every 3-4 GCDs

toxic gyro
pallid quiver
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And will never learn since they don't want to learn

frosty mango
pallid quiver
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They'd rather just talk about how awesome they are and then spit whatever recent bullshit they've heard that made them feel good

frosty mango
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But that’s just a perfect example of streamer/mentality

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Imagine if I said “use this macro and your sb uptime will be goated” and made a video

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Everyone parrots it

lofty warren
frosty mango
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I’m not a streamer but let’s say yoda did

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People would do it, they would see immediate results, and this deem it correct

pallid quiver
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i was trying to just chill and do lfr gamba for tier on my prot pal and I was put in with another pala also in S2 gear who was bitching at me for constantly taunting off of him until he tried to intentionally sabotage the raid and yelling about it in chat

frosty mango
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Even though mathematically it is incorrect

pallid quiver
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and his issue was the only buttons he ever pressed was judgment and avenger's shield

frosty mango
mighty valley
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if that's too much to think about though, sure, don't use the macro

pallid quiver
mighty valley
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sometimes it's a team effort

pallid quiver
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I'll accept that

frosty mango
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Functionally I think most people, even people who are trying to play optimally, will see a net gain from the ip/ss macro bc honestly no one can process that quickly

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The benefit far outweighs the draw back

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It is a positive risk reward scenario

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So doing it makes sense

dry skiff
remote hollow
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guys i have 1 spark, what would u recommend to craft?

last scarab
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anyone know more or less how much overall damage i should be aiming for in lets say ara kara at 706 ilvl ?

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Is 3.65 mil low?

frosty mango
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Occams razor right?

What is more likely - that the literal best warrior players in the world, are playing suboptimally with this macro when they could be playing better

Or

Using the macro will in reality net the best result regardless of the mathematical technicalities

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Feel free to go get some logs and prove me wrong but I don’t think you’ll find any

remote hollow
frosty mango
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I’m open to see data otherwise

last scarab
remote hollow
last scarab
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I have the log for it if you wanna see

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like 1 minute

remote hollow
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like if u did a fine +1, then u did fine

pseudo swan
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how the hell are we retrieving our weapons tf?

remote hollow
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imo 1min in 13 is fine, as long as u didnt die much

pseudo swan
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shouldn't there be a heroic retreive?

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retrieve*

lofty warren
last scarab
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This is my damage breakdown

pallid quiver
mighty valley
pallid quiver
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That being said, as long as you don't die and hold aggro, you're fine gameplay wise. If you want to contribute more damage, just from that alone, you can definitely do a non-zero amount more, like pressing Execute like, at all

mighty valley
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as for your first line... yeah? i do always know to press cooldowns at a higher priority?

pallid quiver
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14 casts of execute is low for a raid encounter, let alone an entire dungeon run

last scarab
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its a dungeon, im not running the execute build tho

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I have like a weird build i guess haha

pallid quiver
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that doesn't even have any influence on my statement

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Without any execute talents, you'd still end up with more just from the boss fights alone

lusty grotto
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no shield spec

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again

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jesus fucking christ

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no armor spec

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smh

last scarab
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sorry nim what do you want me to do guide me

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shine the light

lusty grotto
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read the wowhead guide and use the weekly build

last scarab
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(this is for m+)

lusty grotto
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instead of copying archon

lofty warren
last scarab
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im not copying archon tho

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im (sorta) copying kira

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but he plays the execute build sorta

lusty grotto
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this isnt the first time we've seen this build

lofty warren
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When ss is the highest you switch to pushing ss before the gcd

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Feels like using the macro is more cognitive load

lusty grotto
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you want Shield Specialization, you want Armor Specialization

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drop FTTF

nocturne spindle
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The macro was eating a lot of my outburst procs this season it was kinda annoying

lusty grotto
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its 4% more that falls behind to those talents

last scarab
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Why do i want it ?

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just so i understand my error

mighty valley
lusty grotto
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bloodborne does absolutely jack shit as thane

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Armor spec = armor (read your Armored to the Teeth talent in the class tree)

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it'll make more sense

nocturne spindle
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Yea I forgot I even had it on and kept wondering where my outburst procs went

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I finally remembered about it like two days ago

last scarab
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I see, so change Bloodborne -> Shield Spec

pallid quiver
# last scarab just so i understand my error

You get more general benefit out of it in damage reduction, as well; it also gives you strength against magic as well, since it means less IP effort and survival efforts go towards physical attacks

lusty grotto
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Shield spec = idk what else to explain other than 18% at a 6/6 myth shield results in around SIX MORE UPGRADES of 3 ILVL worth

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to your shield

pallid quiver
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The less you worry about physical damage, the more you can leverage IP, CDs, etc against magic damage

lofty warren
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Omg the macro also makes you use the proc for ss when it should be aoe stomp together. Its ok, I will miss a few instant ss resets in order to save myself from all the cognitive load imo

pallid quiver
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It's also why parry is indirectly good against things like bleeds and dots. Sure, it can't negate those (usually), but it makes it so you're only taking damage from those

lofty warren
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But can't you time you macro pushing so it doesnt consume outburst in aoe?

last scarab
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okay good i changed it

pallid quiver
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and if you ever want to snipe shield slam resets

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you just press the button again

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you don't get IP unless you changed your spell queue to 7000 or some shit

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and it'll snipe SS if it comes off

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and if you don't press it a second time, it only gives IP

round pendant
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just did my first dungeon with 4p as thane

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and

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well

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I fucking hate it

frosty mango
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hate it because you missed it

mellow yoke
frosty mango
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or hate it because of how awesome it is

round pendant
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It's just spammy as fuck

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constantly mashing ip to not rage cap

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zzzzz

mighty valley
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it's s1 again

nocturne spindle
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It's honestly minor either way and there's probably like 20 people in the world who can play it perfectly in giga pull with rage coming out the ass

frosty mango
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perhaps you need roidburgs lazy macro set

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rsi prevention

mellow yoke
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is this some ad

round pendant
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it sucks

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it's so lame

frosty mango
round pendant
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and not fun

mellow yoke
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What does

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RSI

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mean

mighty valley
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repetitive strain injury

last scarab
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dude i do something unholy but

mighty valley
last scarab
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LMFAO

lofty warren
lusty grotto
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go to damage taken, select yourself

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put your mouse over melee or any other blockable hit

mighty valley
last scarab
mighty valley
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oof

last scarab
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this?

lusty grotto
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no

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put your mouse

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over hit

last scarab
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wait how HAHAH

lusty grotto
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put your mouse

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over X

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in that pic

last scarab
lusty grotto
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close but not quite there yet

mighty valley
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better

last scarab
mighty valley
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ok, what's your unholy tech

lusty grotto
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now go down the list

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with your mouse

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and check every other blockable one

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if its below 90%, you can improve a lot

last scarab
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i feel like its mostly me getting hit from behind yea?

lusty grotto
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you cant really tell by doing that

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gotta check damage taken events and see if SB is up etc

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and if it reports blocked damage

lofty warren
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Macroing sb makes sense but it would make you cast it when pack is about to die/when tou don't need it

pallid quiver
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It'll show you only hits you took with shield block up

lusty grotto
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yeah im aware

pallid quiver
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Yeah, it's mostly a mention for anyone who sees that who's trying to view their own logs

last scarab
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I have in my scrollwheel Shield Block + IP (up and down), and my IP has shield slam, so i spam that except when im not taking damage, or execute phase, on execute phase, i have execute in my mouse and i spam R (shield slam) and execute LMAO

lusty grotto
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do we have your log?

last scarab
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Dont laugh man im trying 🙁 hahaha

lusty grotto
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im not here to make judgments

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except for the ass talent build

last scarab
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hahahaha its okay i switched it up already

lusty grotto
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when it comes to play, it doesnt help anybody to make fun of them

last scarab
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there are some times that I do kinda get fucked out of rage, but its not like ultra common its usually at the end of pulls, and vs bosses i feel like my momentum is low

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but also i felt nice when this happened i would use my trinket (tome) and my rage stocks went up

mighty valley
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you really can't get fucked out of rage, especially as thane

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if you're being responsible about when you press IP

pallid quiver
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and so i sit there for another global thinking about what i've done

neon elk
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Blame dps for not finishing boss in that global

mighty valley
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well, if you hadn't pressed execute, in all likelihood it wouldn't have survived all the way til your next global

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better to have pressed execute and lost

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than to never have pressed execute at all

dusky canopy
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@frosty mango bro post a +15 HoA and invite brewjj

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its the last one he needs

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zugging >:)

warm plinth
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That

dusky canopy
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@frosty mango hold that thought I'm in one 😄

neon elk
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Is hoa noticable better now or do i have just high hopes ? Had no time to test it yet

winged light
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hey, i want to learn prot warri as my 2nd tank. played vdh for my first time ever playing wow in s2
i am reading many different things, depending on the website or guide. as mointain thane, how often do you actually use revenge and why? some dont have it in their rota at all while wowhead for example states to use it to prevent rage overcapping

mighty valley
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I haven't done an hoa yet but hard to imagine it's not better

mighty valley
jagged gust
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revenge does 2 things, it applies deep wounds in aoe and can proc a reset on SS

last scarab
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I just press it on vibes

nocturne spindle
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Yes you basically hit it once for bleed

slender bison
last scarab
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if the vibes are off i just dont press it

nocturne spindle
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Then when you don't have other stuff

jagged gust
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^

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in a nutshell

winged light
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how often do i need to reapply bleeds?`and thunderous roar does it too right?

lusty grotto
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you dont really think about it

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im not sure what you mean by troar does it too

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does it reapply deep wounds and rend? no

winged light
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okay so bleeds are not that important? got it

lusty grotto
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they are

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but youre applying them with normal play

harsh musk
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what sort of ilvl are people dropping d.i.s.c for atm

lusty grotto
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the sort that sims suggest to

winged light
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ah nvm thunder clap applies rend

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thats what i read

lusty grotto
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yes

winged light
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sry mb

lusty grotto
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and revenge applies deep wounds

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so does devastator

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and you do both on your normal play

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so you dont have to think about them

winged light
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okay

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what applies deep wounds if i may ask? and what exactly r both? can google that shit if questions are too dumb haha

hyperfixating on understanding the class i wanna play lol

nocturne spindle
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Revenge applies deep wounds

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As mountain thane it's just a bleed for damage

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Rend comes from thunder clap

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If they don't have rend on them you have fucked something up as thane

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Lol

lusty grotto
lusty grotto
nocturne spindle
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Oh you already answered him

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Why he ask again smh

lusty grotto
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missed i guess

half jewel
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If I am in just T Blast and SS spam, theres not much of a reason to hit revenge unless you don't plan to hit IP right? Even if you get a proc?

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I mean SS resets sure but outside of that

lusty grotto
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you do hit revenge

winged light
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sry was asking because u said deep wounds also comes from "normal play", i thought that means without pressing revenge. so i was wondering what applies it
but i just realized devastator is not a spell but just aa

lusty grotto
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saying you dont is just lying to yourself

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you dont get non stop TB procs

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unless if youre sleeping on your GCDs

winged light
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so the call with pressing it but just on vibes is accurate? haha

lusty grotto
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what

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i wasnt addressing you

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i was addressing the other guy

winged light
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revenge i mean

lusty grotto
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you hit revenge when you need an SS reset

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and on the opener

winged light
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okay now im gonna be real dumb. whats ss? haha

lusty grotto
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shield slam

winged light
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ahhh okok

lusty grotto
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when TB/TC are down, and SS is down, you just press revenge

winged light
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okay

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thanks guys <3

last scarab
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Nim is gathering karma to get the trinkets they need

winged light
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these r still so many buttons man i am used to league its just max 4 buttons and that was already too much for my dumb ass brain

these role discords are so helpful i love it

pulsar epoch
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guys which defensive trinkets are good for us

lusty grotto
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brand, nucleus, mud, embrace

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those are the only 4

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in order of importance

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with the weakest one being the last one

pulsar epoch
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gues i will stick with mud till i get brand 🙁

lusty grotto
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or dont

neon elk
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Kinda curious at what point ill be like yea i need deff trinket

lusty grotto
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cause you dont really need it unless youre on 17s+

pulsar epoch
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thank you

lusty grotto
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the only notable use of it is if you dont skip the Jumpstarters on 15+

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thats the one mob that slaps us around this season

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there's other notable ones but they dont scale up that early

neon elk
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I still have my butt clenched on last miniboss in priory for some reason, ptsd i guess

lusty grotto
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either way, just skip em

remote hollow
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guys, what ilvl belt should be good to swap out the delve belt?

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like.. if i do crafted 720, will it be good enough to replace?

mighty valley
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sim it but almost certainly yes

zinc peak
neon elk
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Wdym , that effect is strong af

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Definitely dont "replece asap"

zinc peak
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i replaced with crafter belt with the first sparks i got, the effect is strong but id rather the steady stats from the crafted 720 belt, plus the crafted belt is BiS

neon elk
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Well i rather crafted a shield asap instead of like 10ilvl of power on belt , but u do u

zinc peak
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my first vault was myth shield

neon elk
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Wepon? Thats alsoc far better craft than belt

zinc peak
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I was just aiming for BiS so went with belt and bracers, seems to be the case on everything i read.

rancid basalt
hardy snow
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Araz finally dead, still no shield from the bug, maybe next reclear hopium

neon elk
lusty grotto
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just put them both on gear compare and replace gems option, and youll have your answer

rancid basalt
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Makes sense, just seeing people enchanting vers here and there and wasnt sure if i was missing something?

lusty grotto
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we're not

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but we cant speak for these people youre seeing

neon elk
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I mean, i have enchated rings in vers cuz i have enough haste and it sims quite higher than crit enchants

lusty grotto
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and a crafted weapon will always sim higher than a hero track

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and a myth weapon will always sim higher than a crafted gilded one

rancid basalt
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Stupid question, is it worth crafting a ring, or just upgrading my other mythic items/upgrading hero trinkets?

lusty grotto
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do you have sparks?

rancid basalt
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oh yeah no, duh

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Hence dumb question

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ahhaha thanks

lusty grotto
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because you should have done shield > weapon > bracers unless you had myth tracks

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on those particular slots

rancid basalt
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yeah ive mythic weapon and shield and crafted bracers and belt XD

lusty grotto
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yeah i see that now

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you can craft whatever you need on lower ilvl slots next week

rancid basalt
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Thats fair, i assume its probably just better to spend my crests on my hero ceasless ire and or myth tier

lusty grotto
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sure

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but youll have enough for a craft anyway

rancid basalt
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I just dont have sparks for it though is all

lusty grotto
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until next reset

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so we're not far off

neon elk
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U have 2 cratfs how do u not have another free spark?

lusty grotto
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not enough crests

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they said that already

remote hollow
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5mil dps 13 eda... sheesh

lusty grotto
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we should have 4 sparks by next reset so

neon elk
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But he also said he had no spark?

rancid basalt
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Yeah i got a shield craft week one, then first vault was shield XD

lusty grotto
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yeah they have a spark available

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oh

neon elk
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Och okej that makes sense now

lusty grotto
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then yes just wait until next reset

rancid basalt
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soo bummer there

wind whale
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do sparks keep coming bi-weekly throughout the whole season?

lusty grotto
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not really a bummer

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they saved crests with the uppy

rancid basalt
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yeah thats true tbf

lusty grotto
rancid basalt
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Then ill upgrade my trinket this week and maybe craft next week and get a ring then am basically done XD

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Other than tracks ofc

neon elk
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Do u actualy save any crests tho? Isnt it only when u craft 2h and then spend crest on 1h shield?

lusty grotto
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you do

neon elk
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Is my math not mathing ?

lusty grotto
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crafted shield means 1 through 5 out of 6 are free

#

for specifically shield

#

but not for the 1h

wind whale
#

yeah becasue upgrading a 707 myth to 720 is 60 gilded

lusty grotto
#

youre not "saving crests", the proper term is: youre not losing them

neon elk
#

Craft is 60 , full mythic upgrade is 75, upgrading mythic from crafted is 15, both are 75 in total?

rancid basalt
#

you just lose a spark, but who really cares

lusty grotto
#

read what i just typed

#

lommatik

rancid basalt
#

My shield was like 690, when i crafted shield so i saved a lot at the time

neon elk
#

Just did , was kinda confused by that "save' and how tf did i count it wrong

lusty grotto
#

right, phrasing was wrong

#

the only real way you lose crests is if you upgrade something past 1/6 myth track from a lower track,

#

or

#

from a 2/6 3/6 myth track from raid

#

but thats largely a concern for the first few weeks

livid onyx
#

what trinket combination gona be the best for m+? i have Brand of Ceaseless Ire/Tomb of Light's Devotion/ Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker all hc track

lusty grotto
#

if you need prio targetting: brand + tome
if you dont need prio targetting: brand + pacemaker

mellow yoke
#

isnt theoretically antenna better than pacemaker

lusty grotto
#

yes, if in theory you can grab the orb consistently

#

pacemaker is a lot more hands-off

#

but he didnt say he had antenna, so im just not including it

livid onyx
#

yea no antena sadly

#

so max dmg brand + pace thanks

lusty grotto
#

dont sleep on prio targetting

#

its super important in keys

#

and boss damage will suffer without tome

#

also brand + tome will be your raid pick

livid onyx
#

i dont progress raid at all just weekly hc clear

lusty grotto
#

not for progress

#

for damage

#

well for both

#

youre inting if you dont use a tome in ST

hardy snow
#

brand isnt that great for hc, as fights are too short

lusty grotto
#

that too

#

brand needs 4min+ kill times

hardy snow
#

but still good

lusty grotto
#

if youre killing bosses in 3 mins or less... uhh

#

wear pace + tome

livid onyx
#

kk thanks

errant wagon
#

When it comes to single target damage optimization, 1-target.
If we have a Violent Outburst proc + severe thunder (4pc buff), do we still spend on Shield Slam?

lusty grotto
#

yes

errant wagon
#

gotcha, always shield slam.
Another thing on button priority....
I'm trying to do some log analysis of myself with single target raid fights and I'm trying so hard but somehow still falling quite a bit short of top parses.

everyone always seems to have way more ionizing strike procs than me, but I'm only ever 3-5 thunderblast behind in the logs I'm looking at

lusty grotto
#

its rng so

errant wagon
#

is that just slot machine? Do we priority thunderblast in single target now? '

lusty grotto
#

you cant really optimize there

#

yes you TB as a prio

#

except on outburst

errant wagon
#

ok that is news to me, did not know that! Thunderblast is prio over shield slam, except with outburst

#

I think that is enough for me to work with

chrome falcon
#

thunderblast is prio because you might just proc 4 times in a row

errant wagon
#

the rotation priority on wowhead does not say that, it says shield slam :/

lusty grotto
#

the only reason that changes is in 2+ targets aka you outburst TB

chrome falcon
#

and yeah p warr logs are probably the most worthless they've ever been

toxic pewter
#

When tb resets itself do you guys wait the nanosecond to cast it again or sort of just shield slam then into that reset tb

chrome falcon
#

it's just insanely rng

bleak breach
#

Question for those who know

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Does brand keep stacking during downtime like dimensius intermission etc?

toxic pewter
errant wagon
#

I was like ok I literally cant compete

lusty grotto
loud wolf
#

As a new player, any tips on figuring out what to pick from vault (opened as fury by accident) ? is it just tier piece until a get 4 set?

chrome falcon
bleak breach
#

Thanks, I thought that might be the case but I know in the past we’ve had issues

bleak breach
#

Top mythic Loomithar logs are ridiculous

lusty grotto
#

but yes if you dont have 4pc, you want 4pc

bleak breach
#

I’d hate to know how many execute procs they had. I was like 40 off and felt like I was spamming it

lusty grotto
#

just in case you guys werent tired of SC reset procs in s2!

#

here comes RNG procs from s3 tier!

bleak breach
#

We love it

lusty grotto
#

but yeah SD has always been RNG

#

its just less impactful now since juggernaught is gone

#

slightly

bleak breach
#

SD adds so much if you’re getting them in downtime of other procs

errant wagon
#

still a lot

bleak breach
#

Yeah, just rng

errant wagon
#

guess that's why it's a top log

bleak breach
#

I’ve had pulls where I’ve had like 6 sudden death by end of lust then next pull feels like none for the fight

errant wagon
#

hear hear

bleak breach
errant wagon
#

yea this is the one that made me feel bad, I was like this guy is getting ionizing strikes out the ass lol

lusty grotto
#

none of those occur if you dont have uptime

#

if youre gonna look at something

#

uptime you can control up to a certain ponit

#

RNG you cannot

#

if this group was sandbagging so that the tank didnt jump out to africa for tank bomb

lusty grotto
#

you are 100% fucked

bleak breach
#

Do we actually know the range of drop off?
In mythic I end up in narnia and feels like it takes half hour to get back

errant wagon
#

I use my cape to get back

lusty grotto
#

yeah

#

you should

errant wagon
#

cape + charge

bleak breach
#

Mythic you kinda can’t, have to hold it?

pseudo swan
#

why is my healing after a dungeon so low

lusty grotto
#

you can

pseudo swan
#

what do i need to be doing better to have higher healing

bleak breach
lusty grotto
#

we're not a healing tank, stop looking at it

errant wagon
bleak breach
#

It’s just relative to damage taken

pseudo swan
#

ah got it

bleak breach
#

Less healing = less damage taken

lusty grotto
#

your HPS does not matter as a warrior

bleak breach
#

^

lusty grotto
#

stop looking at a useless metric

mighty valley
#

stun the enemy and use Runecloth Bandage

lusty grotto
#

look at it if youre a BDK or a VDH

pseudo swan
#

got it

#

ok so the better metric is what

lusty grotto
#

blocks

pseudo swan
#

just how much time is my healer spending / wasting heals on me

mighty valley
#

did you die

pseudo swan
#

nope didn't die

mighty valley
#

did you time key

pseudo swan
#

ya

#

gotcha

#

get it lol

#

i'm just trying to find the stats

#

to indicate whether im pressing my defensives correctly

bleak breach
#

Nim, with the cape thing do you just accept the damage the wall will do to you? Or how does it work?

pseudo swan
#

i've opted on some packs to not go shield block / ignore pain

pseudo swan
#

to dump more into execute

#

if i'm not really taking dmg

lusty grotto
mighty valley
#

the best thing you can do is share logs, especially as you get into keys that actually threaten you

lusty grotto
#

or that yes

pseudo swan
#

gotcha

lusty grotto
#

we can probably sort it out relatively fast

mighty valley
pseudo swan
#

ohhhh

#

ok

#

so don't give that up

bleak breach
#

Yeah, never lose shield block

lusty grotto
#

Sokraxx im not 100% if our tanks are doing in mythic, but they certainly do it in heroic reclears

mighty valley
#

also like, in most situations there's no way you can get away with not pressing IP without overcapping

#

and overcapping = bad

lusty grotto
#

i can check

pseudo swan
#

well in packs

#

am i not supposed to target

#

35% mobs to get the execute cleave?

bleak breach
#

Absolutely you do

lusty grotto
#

not if your count exceeds 7

karmic plinth
#

its not more important than having SB up

lusty grotto
#

6 targets, sure you can do it

pseudo swan
#

right if big pack just do mix of claps / SS / revenge (?)

lusty grotto
#

yes

lusty grotto
pseudo swan
#

yep ok makes sense

lusty grotto
#

SB is your most important thing to keep up BY FAR

bleak breach
lusty grotto
#

there's nothing else that comes close

pseudo swan
#

gotcha

#

does shield block stack its timer towards the end

#

like those dots / bleed classes

mighty valley
#

the sb max timer is huge

pseudo swan
#

like it says 8 seconds

mighty valley
#

it's more than double a single sb duration

pseudo swan
#

so at like 3 seconds left

karmic plinth
#

stacks up to 3x it's duration

pseudo swan
#

if i press it again

#

does it go to 11?

#

oh i see

#

so i don't have to wait for it to "almost" fall off

#

to reapply

mighty valley
#

correct, you don't have to obsess over it

pseudo swan
#

ahhh

#

ok i kept like trying to time the bar

#

i see

karmic plinth
#

as long as you have 15 seconds or less on the buff you are fine to press it

mighty valley
#

the most important thing is to make sure the cooldown's always rolling

pseudo swan
#

right right

mighty valley
#

the second most important thing is not to press it right before you're gonna be out of combat

pseudo swan
#

when you guys are gathering your mobs do you have a shield block rolling

#

like save some rage

#

at the end of a pack

#

charge into a pack, siheld block

#

leap

#

heroic throw or w/e

#

other charge

#

shield wall

toxic pewter
#

3 shield blocks + bolster. Max amount 39 sec but pretty much impossible to reach 39

pseudo swan
#

thudnerouss / demoralizing shout

mighty valley
#

basically, if you're taking more than a melee or two while gathering, you should get sb up

pseudo swan
#

is that the right approach?

#

ok good to know

#

ty harrow

grim pilot
#

Kinda

#

You can watch some streams

#

If youre unsure

#

How to gather specific packs

mighty valley
#

there are some pulls where you're out of range basically the whole time? and it's ok there?

grim pilot
#

Or vods

#

That will give you more than enough insight

pseudo swan
#

the thing i kind of struggle with

#

is like

#

sometimes i gather everything

#

and then they're still somewhat loosely spread

#

i know disrupting shout helps

#

wiht some of the casters

#

but it just is a little awkward

mighty valley
#

that's a little bit context, a little bit interrupting as you go, and a little bit hoping your group helps you out with interrupts like at all

#

also death knight

#

helps

pseudo swan
#

mmm

#

wish we had a sigil of chains concept

#

would be so nice

lusty grotto
#

no

heady basin
#

defensive vs battle stance generates same agro right?

lusty grotto
#

yes

#

this aint classic

pseudo swan
#

ok

#

i still don't understand when to go from defensive into batle stance

lusty grotto
#

do not

pseudo swan
#

i literally have just been in defensive stance

#

this entire time

karmic plinth
#

sit in d stance

lusty grotto
#

just stay in def stance

pseudo swan
#

oh

#

then why do we have the other one?

#

lol

lusty grotto
#

because in DF def stance had a damage penalty

pseudo swan
#

would've been cool if you cycle

#

between the two stances

lusty grotto
#

and because Blizzard wanted to make it a thing again in DF when they introduced talents again

karmic plinth
#

in theory for raid content u can go b stance when you arent tanking

pseudo swan
#

like use def to have more utility to gather things together and CC

#

and then swap to offensive stance or w/e

karmic plinth
#

for a miniscule amount of dps gain

pseudo swan
#

to do big dam

lusty grotto
#

play classic for that

lament osprey
#

3% crit, go big or go home

lusty grotto
#

we're not stance lovers here

pseudo swan
#

conceptually it sounded cool

lament osprey
#

Let the healers parse on you

pseudo swan
#

guess in practice it sucks

raw panther
#

I've noticed I have pink hps parses in dungeons, but is that a good thing, or am I messing up something? I'm doing 13-14s right now, and sb uptime is about 78-85%

Healing so much makes me think that I'm not mitigating enough

Or could it be because I'm playing battle stance? I can see it's not worth it apparently

lusty grotto
#

it does

#

play in vanilla classic

#

or tbc classic

#

and then get back to us

karmic plinth
#

link log

lusty grotto
lament osprey
#

Live life on the edge go b stance

#

Dare to live

lusty grotto
#

yes play DF

#

and then we will 100% be on battle stance

#

with me backing it

#

as i did

#

but this aint DF

lusty grotto
#

why is it zoomed

#

you need to fix this

#

and this

#

and this

urban portal
#

ty for using blocked hit instead of blocked damage

lusty grotto
#

uhh

#

why would i use anything else

#

you know im not new here lol

raw panther
#

I didn't even know you could block those

lusty grotto
#

the first one is melee

raw panther
#

Can you also block streets miniboss kick and psf first miniboss knockback?

lusty grotto
#

check the sheet

#

thats pinned

urban portal
lusty grotto
#

i guess i didnt catch em

#

youre spamming the everliving shit out of IP

raw panther
#

Am I not supposed to?

lusty grotto
#

ip at 70+ rage

#

do not rage starve

raw panther
#

Most of the time I'm spamming to keep it up, but I guess getting my blocked hits higher will help with that

lusty grotto
#

no

#

thats the wrong approach

#

"to keep it up"

karmic plinth
#

sense in halls vs you in halls on casts

lusty grotto
#

but yeah the blocking will help a lot

raw panther
#

But you are supposed to always have ip up, right?

lusty grotto
#

no

#

SB yes

#

IP, no, you will do that naturally anyway

#

despite what redditors say

raw panther
#

Yeah, that's probably where I got it from

#

Ty, this was valuable insight

lusty grotto
#

reddit is notorious for having non warriors comment on shit, because IP results in healing meters they think its something you need to prioritize

#

so healers are like "OH IP YES DO THAT"

#

but that's not the case at all

#

they think warrior's defensiveness comes solely due to it, it doesnt

#

hence, stop looking at HPS

raw panther
#

Then do I just use revenge whenever I'm about to cap rage?

lusty grotto
#

you will press IP, as a rage dump

#

revenge is a gcd

#

IP isnt

#

can you wait a gcd to not cap?

vocal roost
#

So we never revenge?

lusty grotto
#

we do

#

but not due to that reason

#

and as a very low prio as thane

#

are both SS and TC/TB on cd? then you press it

vocal roost
#

I assume pressing shield slam is super high prio to try and proc a thunderblast?

lusty grotto
#

is deep wounds missing? then you press it

#

any other case you dont

#

TB > SS > TC > Revenge/Exe yes

waxen cradle
#

Still a member of the no H trinket club, 3 more runs today sadgers

#

Wonder if blizzard will accept a slightly aged/weathered/and battered soul in exchange

paper crypt
#

Is 21,300 versatility too much if I'm hitting 30% haste?

lusty grotto
karmic plinth
#

sim t osee if u get more from other stats

lusty grotto
#

☝️

#

thats way too much fucking versa though

#

so the sim will go all out on crit

paper crypt
#

I currently have 16% crit

lusty grotto
#

rating

#

but yes thats low

#

sim it out and youll see

paper crypt
#

Ok thanks

lusty grotto
#

it'll suggest crit for everything

karmic plinth
#

our stats dont really matter outside of haste so just follow the sim

inland garnet
#

Saw Spellbreaker pop up in Details, like 2+% self-healing critcake 11 priory if it matters

lusty grotto
#

it doesnt

#

we already knew it was dogshit

#

the second it got announced, and then buffed

inland garnet
#

the sad thing is, it's not even tuned properly

lusty grotto
#

it was a dead talent way before it came to live servers

#

you do not want to rely on RNG for mit

#

ever

inland garnet
#

yeah, agreed

#

but it would have been useful if it did something; it works regardless of stance

karmic plinth
#

i think they missed out not making it an on use magic immunity on a choice node with bsv

lusty grotto
#

except FttF

azure crag
#

in most trash packs in dungeons, should I just target the guy with the fattest health bar?

lusty grotto
azure crag
#

I normally just sorta let auto aim handle everything unless I need to interrupt

#

never gave it much thought

inland garnet
#

Yeah, was comparing the Spellshitter with FttF; only plus it works in Battle s

lusty grotto
#

and learn to focus kick

minor lark
#

have the DISC nerfs hit yet? Finally got a damn belt for full hero/myth gear

inland garnet
#

what's wrong with being able to crit block spells? why wouldn't have been a good talent

lusty grotto
#

no, but you replace it anyway when sims tell you

karmic plinth
minor lark
azure crag
lusty grotto
#

theres nothing wrong with it

#

but spell block is gone

inland garnet
#

would have been happy if we were able to use the shield against spells somehow

lusty grotto
#

thats not the reason we picked spell block to begin with

inland garnet
#

just like paladins can

lusty grotto
#

it was just a nice bonus

#

a very nice one

#

it just doesnt fucking work on its own

#

kinda feels like you didnt play when we had spell block?

#

as in the entirety of DF and s1/s2 of this exp?

inland garnet
#

I did play some of the seasons, Spell Block was great

#

but it is now gone and besides the performance also the class fantasy is not complete

#

the shield is what defines the spec more or less

#

but it's now useless against spells critcake

lusty grotto
#

we still have SR

#

i dont really give a shit about class fantasy tbh

#

and we posted against removing spell block in the PTR phase

#

it is what it is

inland garnet
#

yeah. I remember reading the blue answer

#

trash class developers

#

and I mean it, rarely comment on other people's jobs but these guys are trash

icy haven
azure crag
#

I like class fantasy when it isn't being used as an excuse to gut cool abilities

#

Like being an unkillable wall of metal and muscle stomping the ground so hard, you cause shockwaves and call down lightning is awesome.
Stripping abilities out of the tree because they don't "fit the fantasy of the class" feels....less awesome. But there's very few cases of that I can think of.

#

The only one that really comes to mind is when they absolutely gut demonology in order to make demon hunters

#

I imagine if they ever add necromancers, they'd have to gut death knights in a similar fashion, which is probably why they haven't added them yet

#

I remember when blood dks started legion out with literally no damage mitigation because blizzard was leaning hard into their fantasy of being the tank that heals back damage, not reduces it.

And that super didn't work at all.

elder thorn
lusty grotto
#

which is yours

#

left one?

elder thorn
#

the shittier one

#

lol

#

3.6M

lusty grotto
#

ok have you looked at how many SS he casted?

#

in comparison with you?

#

SS procs TB

#

execute does not

elder thorn
#

Mine's on the left

lusty grotto
#

that should answer your question

elder thorn
#

I've got more

lusty grotto
#

no, yours is on the right

elder thorn
#

No mine's on the left

lusty grotto
#

thats totally inverted from what you posted first

#

ok i see what you mean

#

he has 209 casts

elder thorn
#

yeah my bad

lusty grotto
#

vs 244 of yours

#

that can only mean one thing

#

hes using outburst on it

#

which you should be doing in 2+ targets

elder thorn
#

You're right:

lusty grotto
#

also seismic reverb does a lot there

#

only outburst SS if youre straight up in ST

#

if youre not in straight ST, you send on TB

#

and you should def see that kind of number, provided RNG favors you

elder thorn
#

Even when we don't have outburst up, all his thunder blasts do way more though.

#

I miss colossus

lusty grotto
#

i do miss it as well

#

this is ecodome for both right?

elder thorn
#

yep

lusty grotto
#

remember ecodome has damage amps

#

on 2 bosses

#

and on pactspeakers

#

same track weapons?

#

he has a myth maxed weapon

elder thorn
#

yes

#

723 max

lusty grotto
#

ok

elder thorn
#

mine's the crafted one

lusty grotto
#

thats a bit of a dps loss in comparison

#

weapon damage is a big deal for damage on all melee abilities (and hunters i think)

#

might be another small part factoring in

elder thorn
#

He also sent execute 133 times, and i only did it 33 times

lusty grotto
#

cd usage is also a big deal but i cant compare if i dont have your log

elder thorn
#

wait shit this is wrong one

#

i'm a fucking idiot i was looking at streets

#

im sorry lmao

lusty grotto
#

lol no worries it happens

#

his spec is aids

#

you should be able to outdps him easily with the weekly build

light vortex
#

whats the weekly build? 🙂

lusty grotto
#

go to wowhead

#

its in our guides

#

this guy is not someone you want to compare against

#

hes running BSV on a fucking 10

#

without shield spec

#

without armor spec

#

with SD, and no Massacre/RRR

elder thorn
#

what's BSV

lusty grotto
#

Battle Scarred Veteran

#

our "cheat"

#

thats not really a cheat

elder thorn
#

ahh yeah

lusty grotto
#

dont compare against this guy

#

compare against Sense

#

look up his logs Sense Tichondrius

proper pollen
#

what do yall think is better vault take, Hero Ceaseless Ire or Myth Pacemaker

lusty grotto
#

damage for damage it can either be higher or lower (depending on gear), but skill use will be correct on Sense's part, as will talents

lusty grotto
#

brand you can farm weekly, myth pacemaker you cant

proper pollen
#

they will add dinar soon tho no?

lusty grotto
#

soon? lol

proper pollen
#

4 weeks or am i tripping

lusty grotto
#

uhh youre tripping

#

also

#

you really want to spend one of your 3 dinars on something you just can pick right now?

#

thats a dinar saved

hardy snow
#

in ptr dev notes they said dinars will be available later in the patch

proper pollen
#

I forgot to add im asking for m+ not raid

lusty grotto
#

makes no difference

proper pollen
#

tome is kinda bad in m+ tho no?

lusty grotto
#

no

#

its pretty great for prio damage and bosses

#

youre not constantly on aoe in keys

proper pollen
#

was watching yoda/quaz talk about it

lusty grotto
#

i use it in keys all the time

#

🤷‍♂️

#

thats their opinion

proper pollen
#

fair

hardy snow
#

and no.1 for UI I guess

proper pollen
#

kira too

#

lol what you got against quaz

hardy snow
#

and he deletes comments pointing out these errors

proper pollen
#

good to know

hardy snow
#

it was in like S1 I think, perhaps he got better by now

warm plinth
hardy snow
#

but why looking at YT, when we have good wowhead/icyveins guides nodders

elder thorn
#

i really only watch his videos for quick dungeon guides

proper pollen
warm plinth
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The uptime of the doubled damage amp is not very good (~15%). The uptime of the damage/crit buff is very high (75-80%).

pallid quiver
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I had 86.86% in the key I most recently did for Tome uptime

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And I sat on it a bit

hardy snow
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im usimg pacemaker instead of tome in dungeons only because im too lazy to pay attention to stacks 🤷‍♂️

round pendant
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I just made a weakaura that tells me to press it

acoustic hearth
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What affects our block value? ik mastery gives us more block chance and critical block chance but what stat determines the dr% for each block

wary gyro
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block rating which comes from shields

acoustic hearth
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I see

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so being that i have a 720 crafted shield i shouldnt expect my block value to go up by much

full mist
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Yes, it won’t go up by much but I believe strength also increases your block rating by a bit

acoustic hearth
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i see

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im still only 696 without 4 set but

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stragnly pwars hp bar seems alot more stable than my 713 vdh's

lusty grotto
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its only affected by shield, shield ilvl and shield specialization

lusty grotto
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but thats completely fine, on VDH you rely on frailty/spikes and shear healing

acoustic hearth
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Also does the passive proc ravager generate rage like the on use ?

lusty grotto
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yes

acoustic hearth
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just did a hoa 15 on vdh and fuck ms

lusty grotto
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yeah thats kind of rough if you dont have lucky parries

acoustic hearth
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Pushing higher is turning my hp into a blood dks XD

acoustic hearth
lusty grotto
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another case for Crit over Versa

acoustic hearth
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yarp

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though im hitting a point of maybe i do want more than 7% vers

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however thanks for answering my warrior questions. Its gonna be my alt tank/ maybe main???? depending on how rough pushing for title is on vdh

lusty grotto
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okayge best of luck

acoustic hearth
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sorry one last question. Ik avatar and demo shout are ftmp send on cd. maintain shield block+ IP and shield wall is my main tank buster counter mixed with swaping stances for more dps/ dr however

lusty grotto
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dont maintain ip

acoustic hearth
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I assume im just throwing last stand in the mix as a buffer

lusty grotto
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use ip at 70 rage or more, thats it

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its not a maintain thing

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at least until higher keys, or when damage is too much

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you will maintain it with proper play

full mist
acoustic hearth
lusty grotto
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when you feel damage is too big

acoustic hearth
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bc im currently doing 10-12s

lusty grotto
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i cant tell you an exact number

acoustic hearth
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which is like mediums ig but im like 20 ilvl behind + missing 4 set

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thats fair

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what else do we spend rage on then?

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revenge to reset shield slams?

lusty grotto
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all i can tell you is that if you dont skip jumpstarters

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in flood

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at 15+

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you will probably need to use it more than the usual

lusty grotto
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or on cd, rather

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and on execute on high prio targets, or on 6 targets or less

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with execute cleave, which you should be playing

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aka the weekly build from wowhead

acoustic hearth
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assume thats just more dps

lusty grotto
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its all you need

acoustic hearth
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but can move those execute mod talents int omore defensive nots

lusty grotto
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anything more than that for 10-12 means nothing

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even at 15 that build is solid

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no

acoustic hearth
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gotcha il try to execute more

lusty grotto
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make sure youre running that build

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absolutely zero reason to move out of execute talents up to... idk 16s or 17s

acoustic hearth
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yeah, i was using kiras talents a bit ik he is in +19s and 20s now but he was running free execute on proc without the other execute talents and had more defensive stuff like cheat

lusty grotto
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just to give a number, because its possibly not needed

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yeah sorry we dont recommend kira's builds

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or yoda's

sick sentinel
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Anyone have a WA that tracks rage spent for Violent outburst?

lusty grotto
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but entirely up to you if you wanna run them

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not speccing shield specialization is bad

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so we cant really recommend them

acoustic hearth
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some of the builds takeshield spec

lusty grotto
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or armor specialization for that mater

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🤷‍♂️

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dont need to know

acoustic hearth
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thats fair

lusty grotto
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like ive said before this is a prot warrior channel, not a streamer channel

acoustic hearth
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doesnt shield spec lose value during shield block?

lusty grotto
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no

acoustic hearth
lusty grotto
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block chance is not why you pick it

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its the 16% that matters

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a lot

acoustic hearth
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does the block chance not get turned to block value during SB?