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cant wait till i see other people vault in here 
I think we can skip it this week
This week is no gilded spend week for me
Can’t wait to drive home in just over an hour to get my vault
And surely be disappointed!!
is that why you're so hot
;3
:3c
7/8 vault 
slacker
what a waste lul
yessir
guys what do i take
does tome sim proper as is? got a heater vault not sure what I'm gonna pick
does anyone have the haste # handy for running ITF vs the other one
tome sims fine yes
~21k haste
damn at 20, ty
too much pressure !
I only did one key on my priest, I should probably do a few more 👀
I got the haste crit chest last week in vault and screamed irl
waiter waiter, remove his will to live
is mythic boots > reshi hero boots ?
yes
whyt
Yo that guys package is well protected!
well i think in m+ argueably slightly better, but not as good as all the ppl are saying they are, extra shield to help u already no die, really not that great
but i also crafted boots so that sort of shows how much i care about them

@lusty grotto whats a week without the weekly bear vault, directly injected into your brain
lmao true
the passed couple of weeks for some reason raidbots loves to be over 45%-50% mastery as MT
Quickly, take this: #protection message
Time to reroll to dps I guess
In m+, the hero reshi boots might be equal to crafted or myth?
yeah but that helm mog
facts
probably, but theres really no solid data expect anicdotal evidence, which has been massively over stated, all i can say is they are probably a marginal benefit in m+ not at all in raid
Ok cool. I have the hero ones
If i had hero cantrip boots, I'd definitely try and focus on getting other myth track items first rather than boots
That's for sure
Pretty sure ritual forge is an auto pass unless I am dpsing (which I don't) and antenna is the only real option. But it sims worse than my 710 book and ire even upgraded to 720/723.
crit haste neck from vault yeehaw
Sims saying socket for AoE and myth sac for ST, ugh why cant things line up nicely
Antenna has leech so each choice for keys
Im tryin to decide between antenna or helm , I dont have a myth helm atm. and I have a myth pacemaker and tome
myth pacemaker and antenna compete for the same spot
theyre pretty much margin of error difference on most sims
I was thinkin just go myth helm since we are currently progging on forgeweaver
and just max it out
i normally finish the first pack of flooddgate with something aroudn 7-8m dps. this time i finished it with 15m dps in a +17, i needed the log to see what was different and i encountered this, either he's trolling me or he lives under a rock T_T
now that i think about it, if he didnt know what log is, he wouldnt add "s" at the end of it O_o
is this in reference to my vault selection Weeshy?
no to skizel
Myth shoulder or Myth ring
don't have either
Got shoulder, i can get panoply myth fron TazaHard
So'leah's Secret Technique (mythic) (would replace a veteran astral antena) or cata mythic shoulders (current is hero)
Sim showed So'leah's being higher dps, slighly
I would make either choice 723 automatically
Hi! Got a tome today from vault, question is, do I run it with antenna or pacemaker
Real chads crafted a 2hander as their first craft for free upgrades on tankweapon :>
after big momma, 2 boss, 4 packs remaining
first pack was something else, i finish with 15m, the rest almost 30m. i never saw it in my runs before
people be pumping
was watching Gilliks ret do like 50 mill
on that first pull in Flood
i know on my next floodgate i'll be dragged down to 7m on first pack agian
LMAO
probably
I have to ask, for big momma, were you able to get the stack strat to work
where you stack em all up and dont move?
i said after big momma, but we wiped at 2%. a dps was dead we couldnt kill the adds in time
no i didnt. hard to pull it off in pug
this is big momma's fight
i really needed the log man. maybe there is somethign about prot war that i dont know
yea floodgate dps goes crazy
i was at like 7.2 overall on my 18 that bricked to swampface
crocks on first boss + the 8 mob pull onto big momma+ 6 divers onto swampface
whats the preffered crafted piece, sword or shield? And with what embellishment.. Cant find any good info on this
thunderblats go brrrrrr
i always did, until my coal powered pc coundlt handle the fps dorp
probably mine would be the same, we sruggled at big momma before we wiped, and we had 2x big pulls ahead of us before swamp
all i remmeber from 1st pack was that i did like 3 avatars, 4-5 demoralizing shouts, and screen full of critical strike numbers
i think the smallest pull in the route is like
6 mobs
until you get to last boss
here it is, first pack. can you conjure up some wisdom from this ?
like i said
you got some outburst>tierset thunderblast crits
all there is to it
i dont track outburst, do i need to ?
yes
So mythic tier shoulders or a mythic so'leah's (veteran trinkets currently) ?
like when it procs or when it is about to ?
both
damn, alright
i have the weakaura set to like pop up with 30 rage left until its about to proc
or whatever IP costs
and then like highlight when its ready
and spend on SS or clap depending on target count ?
yea
the full order is like
single target SS
2+ target thunderblast
8 target> thunder clap
any amount of targets >tierset proc thunderblast
the numbers might be wrong tbh
i basically just send in shield slam or thunderblast on aoe
btw i still play with heavy repricautions, i dont think i can handle into the fray
so i'm saying evne now my uptime is like 98%, without it i dont think i can handle 90%
bolster gives you (15/120) uptime
And 56.25 rage each cast
worth of SB
0.46 rage per sec
Do we use crit or armor with Tome?
I have pacemaker (hero) and tome(myth) , i have in vault sacbrood(myh) or haste vers ring(myth) should i grab sacbrood ?
Always sword mode
thanks!
No sacbrood is bad
Sacbrood is A teir on wowhead?
it always sims very poorly for me, probably because my haste is insane
Sacbrood is mediocre, not bad but its a haste stick with inconsistent amounts of primary, there are much better trinkets this season
but you can always check it for yourself
Certain this has been asked just couldn’t find it in the search feature.. for M+ (I know dungeon matters) but would you wear HC Brand and H Tome or a dps trinket instead?
nice hit 31M hp now
I’ve got (all hero) So’Leahs, Sacbrood, cursed idol, incorporeal warp claw, and the delve one where you take secondaries
tome/brand sounds like your best out of that
❤️
Mad man
nice
Is pacemaker and brand bis for m+?
Wowhead bis lists are based on bis gear profiles
Your actual best choice at any given time is going to vary immensely depending on your current stats
i print my bis list and tape it to the wall behind my desk so i can stare at it and decide accordingly
I went to staples and had it printed 54 million times and used it to wallpaper my entire game room
tome over pace in m+?
And then I wrapped my face in it
And made it clothes so I could wear it
I am so bis
I changed all the item names to my name so I can be my own bis list
Thats legit what my dad used to do when he played
He'd print out his bis list and keep it on his desk
Drove me insanse
i think it's disingenuous to pretend like the set of rings in a bis list is comparable to the set of trinkets
for most items, it's all about ilvl and stat distribution in relation to your current stats
feels so bad to take a 3 ilevel upgrade at weapon (shipwrecker's bludgeon) instead of a 13 potential ilevel upgrade for a tier piece (gloves) but that's what I should do, right? especially if I'm close to 720 achieve?
idk, do you want to be stronger right now or check another item off've the "done forever" list?
in 1 week that's a 730 ivl weapon
Disagree, most trinkets are highly impacted by this because trinkets basically just big stat sticks
I agree with your second point just think trinkets are just as impacted as anything else
Don’t think it works like that, you gotta get it to drop again right?
Existing items don’t get turbo boosted?
wait really?
i'm 99% on the wrong here if you thought it worked that way
i thought all myth tracks went to 8 max
Existed items get boosted, if its like last season
i think the track changes are universal? like, you don't have a bunch of 6 level myth track items and gotta hunt for a bunch of 8 level myth tracks
welp, 99 =/= 100 as it turns out
okay so it's definitely better to take the weapon then, i thought I'd need the new drop too
even if boost wasn't next week, i think you take 3 ilvls on your weapon over 13 ilvls in some random armor slot any day of the week
those 13 ilvls can instead be spread over 3 hero items that you raise 704->710
also the boost would allow you to craft the current weapon to 726 so its still 3 gs diff anyways
makes sense
don't you need to purchase a new gild enchanted thingy?
can you just straight up recraft it and it goes up 6 ilvls magically?
no you need 30 gilded crests
ah
guess it's consistent i guess
how does that work, is it an additional item you buy, or is it part of the recipe itself?
its an extra item you can buy from the same vendor where you buy the enchanted gilded thingy right now for 60
You buy it for 30 gilded off the crafting crest lady
And then recraft with the additional item
i see
is it bad that i kinda wanna craft Sanctified Steps for the meme
Dawnthread be damned i want more speed
use the mainstat gem with 2% movespeed / color
question: does it make a difference which quality of ESSENTIA I buy to drop aggro in dungeons?
no
Not with that attitude
not good either 
I can’t open vault til end of day 😭, need to sim craft vs vault. Rip
so i dont know where youre getting this from
Some sacs could be considered bad… brood is good though
I have never needed to sim before, I assume I did it right? Put both of em in the same slot to replace Hero soleah's
Keys
you can choose the stat you want to sim So'leah
put 5 target patchwerk at 1.5 min
Thank you both
I think it is haste by default
Yeep there we go, So'leah's at haste (my prio) is better.
Thanks for the advice
if you dont raid at all
go for soleah's
if you do both soleahs still gets positives for both
so thats the pick
Ah cheers
I run LFR for rep, but I dont think a sim for LFR is needed
you must be very low haste
I read 21k was the point to stop
OH
if under you talent Heavy Rep
So im just barely over, that makes significantly more sense
barely over means you will have sizeable gaps
on SB uptime
the more you have the less the gaps
with ITF
past the 21k mark
I relied on shield crash to fill it in since til I swapped to ITF once I hit 21
does anyone have a YT for where the dmg boosts are on the dimenious flight pls?
if BM hunter was like it was in 8.3, precisely, i would probably main that forever at least raid
i could literal do that rotation all day
i cannot do any other rotation, but for some reason i could do that one 100% flawlessly
I figured, the gap for block needs that filler
i just remember i was playing it and i was doing like, stupid high damage, every fight i would be 10% dmg over top player at least
its just surprising the sim would pick it, i bet crit sims way higher
I can swap and see
only problem is doesnt go as well in keys without alot of focus
focus is bad word makes it sound like i am making joke
ty for all the advice
pet attack over powered
shout out to the blood dk who told the healer they need to heal him, then scolded the dps at the end of the run for not popping their defensives more
Shout out heard 🫶
better not have been u 👀
im confused
do u guys not have deathstrike
a random bdk does something and... youre shouting him out in skyhold?
what am i missing here
im complaining about a blood dk in skyhold
bdk in question sounds dumb or dps got hit by a whole lot of mechanics
ah i see
also to this day
i have zero idea what a remix event is
actually clueless when it comes to those
didnt do any of them
You go into an old expac's content with current classes with ridiculously overpowered gear
You unga bunga smash everything to level really fast and also get transmog/cosmetics/mounts/etc
ah, i'd have to know a rotation like i do 8.3 bm hunter
to get value out of it
and uh, nostalgia for the content, so maybe could do with sl and bfa
It's the retail classes and rotations
You can even play as Dracthyr and things that came out after the expac, as well
you cant play as evoker
but dracthyrs are fine as other classes
basically because evokers have no artifacts
or class hall or class hall questlines
Do u play prot warrior? Why not just play that if youre doing remix
i dont even think it would be compatible with that format but wrath i know all those dungeons and raids
tbc mostly, classic some of it basically u ntil panda so i skipped the orc expansi on
so you get the reskinned class hall mount for free
That's kneejerk the only thing I really want from Legion Remix
if you played during legion you already have a lot of the stuff
so i might just make another warrior
So im playing prot and fucked up opening my vault in arms do i take the mythic antenna or mythic idol for m+ i know idol is simming really well but antenna seems to be what every warrior is going to sims arent helping cuz it shows neither r an upgrade for ST
only doubt cuz i already have Heroic Band and mythic tome so it would strickly be a m+ trinket
ty
and dispel any doubts
i havent done a ton of m+ sims so didnt know the setup for it
i just told you the setup twice
my b didnt see it the first time xD
How big of a dps loss is Dstance now? I know they changed the values but I havnt seen a number since DF
3%
cool thanks
no reason to use it battle stance other than in raid when not tanking
At this point just remove Bstance
no point
20% dr vs 3% damage
theres more than a 3% varaince between pulls
Hi, noob here. Does anyone have a WA that would telll me to not kick bcs my warr tank has spell reflect on?
Don’t think so, but you can probably set it up on party frames to show when it’s active. Using a frame addon like cell
I think I fixed my attempt. The issue was looking for a "Spell Reflect" buff while it is "Spell Reflection"
Is there any string to use to sim with brand starting at a set number of stacks instead of 0?
i hate vault day
you got an upgrade, could be worse
not really an upgrade cause matrix comes out soon
OK but the items ilvl goes up too
So it's still an upgrade
You're complaining about getting an upgrade for your (second) most important slot 
Should be able to just create a weakaura tracking spell reflection and just don't check own only
We had one we used in my m+ group a while back that had big red text telling everyone not to reflect XD
omg
I just did a bunch of keys
without my 4p because I forgot to convert my myth legs
I was wondering where the fuck my damage was
insane
I only had time for one vault slot this week and opened as fury to avoid tank trinkets… got void pactstone 
Imagine complaining about shield vault. Thats what i want most.
Hey is it possible to take Nexus King Mythic conquerer solo as prot warri?
At item lvl 694 what mythic level can I start aiming for?
+10 or higher
grats on antenna
You're doin great sweetie
Let's fuckin go
Nice!
My 681 fdk that got carried by friends through a 12 last week just pulled a myth pace in first vault 
hmm. 25k haste. 22k crit 7k mastery 3k verse.
thinking of taking a myth ring that will give me 6K mastery in place of 6k crit.
thoughts?
For raid I'm working on Araz, and in M+ i have 2 more 16's for resi 16's.

You can just sim it
i was thinking more for defensive value /ponder
6k mastery is worse than 6k crit for survival straight up
That's pure feelycraft though, and is probably less true in raids. Mastery gives you attack power, so bigger individual IP casts (but not bigger cap), and more crit block chance. But crit gives parry which is great in keys, not to mention more damage than mastery (unless you have super low mastery)

In any case, stats are not how we survive
How does loot spec work? If I set loot spec to arms and roll need on a 2h will it roll offspec still?
as prot
If your loot spec is set to e.g. arms, you roll as if you are arms
Off-spec would be anything that does not drop for arms
Oooo
Gross
And you're not sharing. I thought we were cool Rhino
I'm too dumb to sim my hunter's vault Nim, halp
I can't figure out why it won't generate a combination with an embellished item that I added.
What'd u get? I'll tell u what to take
Well, tbh I know what I am taking already. I just wanted to see what the difference would look like compared to the other two
well, helm sims the best but that's because replacing my weapon removes ascendance I'd imagine
So i was just seeing what the numbers looked like if I had a second embellish item
that wasn't weapon
Texas
I was blown away by how good the belt is for bm when simming
Possibly more or less though; it is Texas after all
Did u get the tazavesh weapon?
Yeah it's because like half our spells don't remove stacks of the vers effect
So we just get a fuckload of vers a lot of the time
Ohhhh
I think we do still replace it next patch from what I read though
Yeah
yessir
I would do deathless run and take tazavesh weapon if I were u. Its long-term bis and any helm can cata to tier
It's actually not bis apparently for pack leader, at least according to azor's guide
People who would rather have the prio and aoe damage instead of 3% ST damage
DR is worse in both categories; it's only better in ST
Dark ranger has one of the highest prio in game
I just looked in the hunter discord like 2 days ago and it says that it's worse in prio and aoe than pack leader
but better in st
in their faq thing
There's no way. Dark ranger prio is insane
If all enemies have wither dot already, all the bolts hit your current target
PL is better prio damage
Surv still okay? I wanted to play with infinite mongoose stacking this tier
Not sure; I haven't really ever cared for survival much
I don't believe that
🤷
it's true
It's good but BM is too strong this season for anyone to care about survival
I'm surprised by how much utility hunter brings these days tbh
@sinful copper this is from azor's write-up that he made after the changes we got earlier this month
Just watched azor video recently and it said the dr prio is one of the highest in game
So I'm not sure
I'm out now so can't send time stamp
Im literally watching his stream and just asked him that question. BM has better prio in extreme circumstances like what a sim does.
Would it be bad to craft 720 shoulders over 720 belt my shoulders are 678 ilvl?
Its because you have to spread barbed shot constantly, and the more barbs you have, the more dire beasts, then the more aoe damage etc
He even goes on to say that DR has a 38% deficit on prio damage vs pack leader and that it kills DR for him in keys
but its generally not worth cos DR st is so much better and its aoe is pretty good
U asked which has higher prio in m+?
yes
So is he saying you should play DR or PL?
DR
Big majority of BM in high keys swapped to DR
Yeah I did notice that
It's just weird to have such a conflict
38% worse but now it's better? I dont' understand
its because bosses are a significant amount of time in a key
Me neither rofl
and PL does utter shite ST damage
Oh and there are too many full pad classes already?
dont know about other classes
idk what's even considered good ST in keys because you rarely have it
Almost always have mobs on boss
not enough mobs to make PL prio worth it
5m+ on ST boss is pretty good. Like soleah, some dawnbreaker bosses, last boss flood
boss with trash means less pulls and more funnel, so its a dual benefit
I don't know if I've ever seen someone do 5 mil on a boss in my keys haha, not without mobs being in the fight at some point
this is from the icy veins hunter guide that he writes all of:
blehhh
I mean in weekly keys who gives a shit frankly; I'm the top DPS 99% of the time anyway
But if it's considerably better in push then maybe I should
I certainly wouldn't mind the bit of extra tankiness DR has
he did a 20 gambit and was DR, and is doing 19 halls now....and he is....DR
Kinda sucks though because different stat prio and I think different trinkets
but then i saw bansherz do high keys as MM, BM DR, BM PL, and survival lol....they are both streamers and have an agenda that is not just "play the best spec for this key"....entertaining viewers, showing off builds, explaining stuff etc
yes im running 3 sets of gear, or trying to
I do enjoy things like that too though because realistically it shows that they're all capable of doing the content
And in the end if I try DR and I just suck at it, I'd just play PL
yeah they are, but players obsess over 1% damage when a few missed globals can lose that much
am i supposed to wait for a second to see if severe thunder proc'd before i spam the next gcd? i feel like im having half dead GCD if i wait for it, but if i dont wait i might proc another one and waste it
DR is easier even though it has more buttons because that shitty barbed shot spreading isnt as important and the barbed shot CD is longer
at least for me
How would you waste it? You can't proc severe thunder unless you TB
in ST with CDs up, you even let frenzy fall off with DR if you have to....its all about spamming black arrow
It's not possible to waste a severe thunder proc
unless you just let the buff expire I guess
but that would mean you're just not pressing TB
im using tb at 2 stacks, so if the slam procs another one, it wastes the reset by overcapping tb
Do you still use the barbed shot helper WA for DR or do you manually manage?
Yeah you're wasting a TB proc but you're not wasting Severe Thunder is what I mean.
you waste a gcd if you wait
and the rest of your gcds will be delayed
so im supposed to slam right away and let TB overcap if it happens to proc?
Yeah does pack leader have the one that gives survival of the fittest when u exhil? Also u get like 10-12k vers
Idk what the helper is, so I guess manually
No, that and the vers being higher prio is where DR comes ahead in survival
No that's dr
Azor has a WA that literally just tells you when to press Barbed Shot
It's recommended on both guides
It's pretty nice. No need to use the helper. I don't barbed shot much. Kill command to fish for black arrow and only barbed spread for KC cd and frenzy
Oh, I just sorta know when to press it, ive been playing hunter for ages. Can see my frenzy stacks, can see barbed shots available and cd....so I just know really. I have like 99%+ uptime in raid usually as DR
I don't even track frenzy but I assume I have good uptime since theoretically if you have thrill of the hunt at 3 stacks, you should also have frenzy at 3 stacks since they are both from casting barbed shot and both last 12 seconds and stack 3 times. And frankly as pack leader you cast barbed shot like... a lot.
so you'd probably have to try to NOT have 3 stacks
Does this appear to be incredibly off for a +12 damage breakdown?
yes
I thought so lol
youre not pressing your buttons
nothing there should be tied with rend lol
especially ionizing strikes
are you running the push build? I see no execute
I am not running Heavy Handed
why not
You should still have execute on there somewhere, even without heavy handed
tbf that's similar to my percentage of ionizing in details
my SS is always higher than rend, and ionizing should def be way higher
Okay so just press my buttons better
Ionizing seems to be pretty consistently around that amount in the logs I'm looking at. What kind of number are you seeing for it?
12 EDA btw
Can you link the log?
To set expectations I have literally no idea how to play prot warrior, I play ppal/bdk
shield spec
:kekw
god damn it let me kekw
So I'm gonna be real here
i dont think you should
First, please change the build. You don't have to run the weekly build if you don't want to
But please don't run that trash
Second, you're actually not playing that badly
Your cd usage is good, your rage waste is nonexistent, you're not taking a lot of hits to the back, your blocked hits are high
The one bad gameplay you have is that you're legit just never pressing Execute, which you should be pressing in single target over Revenge when in Execute range
Even without execute talents
Your revenge casts are high because you never press execute (which is understandable in aoe with your build but again, ST it still has prio over revenge)
Got it, that makes sense
Yeah I don't use it very much at all
What is the "appropriate" build?
I would suggest you play the weekly build that's on wowhead. If you keep playing like that (adjusting for execute usage with the different build), you'll be fine. Once you get to like...15/16 level you can start thinking about a more defensive build (I've done up to 14s and have not felt unsafe at any point)
can def execute build at 16s
with just a massacre swap for bsv
but that level will go higher with time and even more so next week after track extensions
yeah I just threw a number out; I'm not swapping until I feel like I'm in fear for my life 😂
Alright going to do another few keys with a different build and hitting my execute button
With the weekly build, you want to Execute over everything except your tier proc TBs at up to 6 targets
(assuming you have rage for it)
not counting cooldowns. Just meaning SS/TC/regular TB
Also, thank you for looking
Was in another key during most of it so had to type quick lol
all good
guys wich one are the go to trinkets for m+?
From only M+, tome of light's devotion and improvised seaforium pacemaker
i mean not that i get from m+, to use on m+
If you do at least heroic raid, replace one of them with brand of ceaseless ire
gg
Ghash would you ever join me for a night of H Dimmy progression
And by night I mean like 2-3 hours. And by progression I mean watching kittens resist herding
I am very much not a raid person. I don't handle people not grasping simple mechanics well
What would I drop to pick up heavy handed in cleave raid bosses? Shield spec, Enduring alacrity? Something else?
are there any other differences for cleave vs strict single target in the spec tree?
if you mean soul hunters
you can drop shield spec
if you mean any other fight... nothing, not worth
soulbinder, forgeweaver and nexus king all have intermitent adds, just ignore heavy handed anyways and keep the st?
those adds get deleted
and some of them dont even count for parses
you have more than enough aoe with TB
Also is colossus any good in any niche? Like heroic reclear more burst dps in shorter fights or whatever? Or is thane strictly better at everything always?
no
and yes thane is strictly better at everything
with 4pc
with only 2pc, you thane ST, but colossus aoe
without tier, you colossus for everything
obviously, you can play any of the two if you feel like it, you lose nothing defensive related
but thane just blasts colossus damage with 4pc
Pity, I liked colossus. With thane I feel like im sometimes overcapping my ignore pain just to spend rage with the amount of procs and stuff
is there an explanation somewhere on how lbock, blockvalue and block chance work ?
#protection message Ignore the shit about spell block but the rest is relevant
@olive zenith
Question: I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times, but with our soft haste cap of around 21-22K, is this before or after haste modifiers like our talents?
Or can we sit under the 21-22k soft cap knowing that we will be above that in groups?
Couldn't we macro victory rush/impending victory to charge or something before?
What can I macro it to now 
I mean, yeah, you can.
It's not casting 😐
Is charge first?
Ye
Have you tried flipping it?
Ye
hmm, there's no reason it shouldn't work. That's odd.

Pro tip, you can shift click the spell from your spell book and it'll paste it in there for you
Oh sick ive never done that
hey given the turboboost stuff coming out, should i still craft the MH weapon for my 2nd craft (with ascension)?
i recently returned to the game a week ago so its my main and i dont have resources built up
I'm going to answer my own question with: yes
Just got my left binding 👀
this is just the rating number on your char sheet before any buffs
but it's not an exact science, just the earlier you switch to ITF, the more conscious you'll have to be about possible sb gaps
You should still craft the weapon; you should probably not craft it with ascension unless you don't mind recrafting it as soon as you do your third craft
Yeah I ended up crafting it and I'm okay with recrafting it.
It's more about the placebo effect of feeling optimized.
srry for my noobiness but how is possible to keep shield block 100% uptime?
The cooldown is hasted, talents increase its duration
If your haste isn't very high you can take Heavy Repercussions to make it really easy to keep up permanently
Into The Fray is pretty safe at around 25k haste rating ish
oh damn i got like 17k only
Do you guys have any tips for the first gather of Arakara? I have been approaching it by dismounting as I approach the bridge, thunderclap the mob on the bridge, charge to a mob across bridge and clap again, then charge the caster, interrupt, then walk to miniboss, wait for most mobs to catch up and use TR for snap aggro
But people keep dying sometimes before I even get to the caster and wondering if I should be dismounted and clapping from the very start
use shocking disclosure pots
and clap everything
and yes you should be dismounted
but trash does pounce on people...
and you cant avoid that
Dang shocking pot is a good idea will try that. I feel like dismounted from very start is soooo slow but guess it’s the only way
you have
2 charges
a leap
and a shield charge you can use
ride to the first pack, clap
leap to the 2nd, clap, run with bounding stride speed to the 3rd, clap
charge the 4th, clap
charge the 5th, clap
at this point youre in the miniboss area
Hmm that sounds like a good sequence I’ll give it a go, I’m probably not maximizing my leap distance and such in retrospect
Are you using avatar to reset cooldown on thunderclap(blast) or is that too wasteful and better to wait cd between packs?
personally i use it, but its entirely up to you
you have claps and troar
i just troar pre-bridge
I see, thank u thank u big help
That pull IS shared responsibility though. If people are not going to the miniboss and instead stopping along the way to start hitting things, the pull will get fucked and there's not much you can do about it

Haha yes true. So frustrating when I say no heals I’ll be fine for first pull and I still see life bloom or riptide or POM being put on me just before I start, been clicking it off
And dps popping cds on the bridge bleh, ah well
question for the boys
to get the Gilded achievement, does it round up like avg i level does?
so if my ingame I level shows 720, but its actually like 719.56 that counts right?
currently have hero tomb and pacemaker... hero shoulders.. so leaning towards shoulders as sac isnt our BIS this season..? what you guys think?
Myth belt (crit/vers) or Hero Ire? (I have myth tomb and hero Pace)
Shoulders
Both are mid long term but you’ll craft belt pretty soon
hero ire imo
Real imo is socket
should have crafted belt tbh
Ngl
i dont have ire
As far as I know, every item has to be at an ilevel where it can no longer be upgraded by runed crests which is 704
not everyone has crazy luck
if you mean the achievement to upgrade runed to gilded
Ire is pretty meh in quite a few keys
oh yep i already have crafted belt sorry
_<
Ire likes big pulls?
I don’t like it in dawn and gambit
there's virtually no downtime in dawn
if you do, then youre not doing high enough keys
Think you’re actually right
The healer has to heal tho, that's why you have to clap all the mobs
gambit i can see being a problem due to portals not spawning sufficiently fast but its worth taking for bosses regardless
it'll fully stack long before youre at both hooktail and soleah
big pull or little pull doesnt matter
what matters is fully stacking which takes 4 mins
ty
and keeping those 15 stacks or as close to them
which isnt much of an issue outside of edge cases and depending on your routes
the trinket has enough of a buffer to not worry about though
maybe one day ill get it too
it loses a stack about every 3 secs
so its pretty easy to keep up
lol
it could be worse, you could go into keys with ST specs on previous seasons
which has certainly hasnt happened to me 
does mastery actually do anything? i understand what it says it does but does it have a ceiling? vault has been interesting and i have the chance to almost get rid of my mastery entirely.. put it down to 2k stat wise.. ( cata shoulders and use "breastplate of otherworldly influence" as chest.)
yes it gives you AP and crit block chance
regular block chance doesnt matter, so we dont factor that in
yes thats how it reads... but everywhere i see they basically say bad stat...
@warm plinth
all of our stats are good
its lesser prio than the other but that doesnt mean you should avoid it
sims will correct that and try to get you to fix your equipped gear
if you are running without any
you should always have some mastery
hmmm i do have 4k now is that to low then?
sim
and youll know
the ceiling is whenever sims tell you to stop gemming/enchanting or equipping mastery
thats it
hmm fair enough, thanks
The prots first myth vault and mythic tome with avoidance
Is the trink really worth it
Something about it I just don’t like but if it’s that good I just gotta take it
the only reason you dont take it is if you dont raid AND you dont need the prio damage AND if you have myth pacemaker + brand or myth antenna + brand
all of those need to be true
It’s pretty much just a m+ character to prep for midnight and practice
if its only for M+ then you take it, and wait for a myth pace
and thats gonna be your combo
Yeah can buy that pace maker in a couple weeks
sure i guess but brand is highly recommended
Appreciate it, trinks get a little weird when deciding what to take
Heroic brand tho?
absolutely
i meant for dinars
you will pick tome
there's nothing else there that compares
i guarantee it
What will be dinar option then since this isn’t a mythic raid character
heroic brand
Heroic boots, brand and pace maker?
not boots no
but if you have one free when all is said and done, sure
they just arent that good for tanks
for dps roles sure
for tank roles, nah
Ahh ok, so brand myth maker and free dinar I guess
So use tome till I can replace with brand
no
i think youre misunderstanding here
your perma slot will be brand
your swap slot will be tome
need prio damage? tome
need boss damage? tome
need pad aoe? pace/antenna
need defensive option? mud/nucleus/embrace
you dont really "replace"
it depends on what you need
and your M+ comp
prio damage is fucking massively important in keys
True, I’m thinking to much in the dps mentality
Where I have my bis trinkets I just run
Hey Nim is boosting against tos or do the communities tend to start doing other stuff that is against tos
its not against ToS so long as they charge gold
I feel like I always hear about them getting shut down
Well ty for the info, I misunderstood tome a lot
Boosting for gold isn’t against tos but a lot of times what will happen is buyers will rmt gold and then that chain from buyer to boost comm to carry folks will lead to bans
Can I ask why prot execute build isn’t using sudden death? Is its proc rate just not worth the point? Seems like it would further boost the execute idea
Should we really craft waist when plate myth waist drops from 2nd boss? Shit stats but still it’s myth
Hey guys, question: do we need to sim tank? Or will it be based solely on damage increase?
oh no, wtf do I take?
Probably tome there
I already have it
thanks
what would you guys pick? currently i have heroic boots with haste / mastery, not raiding so no special boots for me
Information that would have been useful before asking
I would sim bc the mythic shoulders are probably the best play
But depending on your stats the ring may be better
Alright, Roid, you're gonna kill me, I have Myth Shoulders too 😂
As a tank you can largely ignore that cantrip
I’d just sim then because you’re really down to dps
Yes/no it really depends on the dungeon/boss
In raid likely yes, in keys it’s nuanced
Arcane, nature, holy, and shadow
Looks like Astral beats Tome
Head > shoulder if you got no mythic track on either then
I would go with boots it give versa / mastery if i am not mistaken… your best choice there unless you wanna have good ST trinket that is Ara
In a sim yes but functionally that isn’t always true
Hello, sorry to bother, I just saw that more and more top Rio war craft the « bind binding of binding » (embelisshed ring) do you have any idéa whats thé value compared to an embelissh that grants versa above 80% health ?
Thank you for your answer
Do they have other crafted pieces?
Ring craft is strong because you can control stats, and ring embellishes are pretty lame
I'd imagine they're making the best of what's available
I think ring craft is a temporary play since ring stats are so large its harder to get a myth track ring with the stats you want
Wrist yeah
Even the embelisshed one?
Yeah okey
prolly because most rings this season have 8k haste, and we're pretty DRd on haste so you want the dimensius ring and forgeweaver ring
So unless youre bleeding edge you likely havnt gotten a myth track of at least dimensius
Especially for the gilded of the etherial achievement it makes sense to craft into youre hero track slots rather than fully for bis
at least at the moment
Thats my gear, i have the neck from street in myth track in My bags and also antenna myth
I was planning to craft wrist and ring 720
But idk if i craft the embelisshed ring and take out the embelissh on My belt
Or Just ring 720
Is Incorpreal Warpclaw considered a good trinket for prot?
no
Its a tough one, Id def craft bracers 720, then maybe ring or neck, but either way I'd try and wait one more week to see if you get myth track of either in the vault
or at least until after mythic raid if you do that
Yeah i was thinking about that too, maybe ill get the neck versa haste during tonight reclear also
Ty mate
Logic gate from plexis also would be big
at this point its just about crest management until you get gilded of the ethereal
Sadly lots of dps needs it so i dont think ill get it
Yeahtrue
Ty for answers!
np
So in the vault I got (all Myth-track):
a Crit/Haste Weapon (already have a crafted one)
a Vers/Mastery/Avoid Shield (already have a crafted one)
and a Crit/Vers Helmet (only am wearing Champ track there)
Any ideas? 😄
Shield
I feel you jakey same thing for me 😢
the ring is the biggest upgrade, and i cant even equip it, it just lets me upgrade a hero ring (when u take into account craft and crests this week)

sims also telling me to make a vers mastery neck

took that ring and just forced to wear demon hunter neck forever
Ring looks like the best option, currently use it on HC. Leaving the antenna there feels kinda bad, but I'm using secret technique myth + brand (should be able to get it on myth by the time dinars come even if it's an alt)
do I not take the antenna? 
is there a ressource which helps with defensive CD planning for prot? especially in dungeon boss fights
big momma was kinda hard for me on +14
Wdym helps? It's telegraphed when the big damage comes. Pool IP + add a defensive there. If no SW,use LS+Ds+Sr/external as needed
This holds true for any tank smacking encounter.
Could you pls elaborate a lil bit? Feels weird to not take the big iLvl Helmet upgrade (not raiding on this toon, so Myth Track is kinda limited as of now for me)
In my opinion shield is the most important item. Even the 3 ilvl are a big upgrade. As upgrade for your helm you can always farm hero items or buy the mythic boe
Spell reflect is up for every one, shield wall should also be up for everyone, if not simply sub in Last stand, also you should have a IV for at least every other.
thanks, that will help. i was trying to do that, so its a "git gud" issue
a lot of its just gonna be how well you cycle your rage for shieldwall reduction
I know Tome is not as good in reality as on paper, but would you use it over hero m+ trinkets ?
Hey Guys, is stone idol any good for prot? got a yth one in vault. Current trinkets antenna myth + brand Heroic, with myth tome in the backhand for raiding
Prio dmg in our grp is great
Stone idol is decent but I can’t imagine ever trading a myth antenna or heroic brand for it.
And you can get another myth trinket as soon as Turbo Season starts
I guess mythic tome all the way? I don't got myth helmet but my guild killed Araz last ID so I prob get that save at some point.
you have demo shout + SR for every single hit
Rotate a few SWs and LS+Impending Victory
This is the only way to get tome and it's BiS.
If you play the other specs a lot though I would probably grab faceguard.
I don't think that's what alone means
ahaha just realised that what I said is really bad advice
The same day, amen
thanks for the feedback, will implement
how much haste you need for 100% SB uptime?
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Quick question : how does warrior loot spec influence the trinkets we get in the Great Vault ? As a M+ Prot, should I open my vault as Prot every time, or will it favor too many "defensive" trinkets compared to opening it in Fury/arms ?
im on 16+ now and have the problem that i get kicked on few dungeons cuase of mei route. where can i compare the best for higher keys?
How much do we care about the Soul Hunters HC boots vs any myth track pair of boots? I'd wager ilvl > all, no?
psure you cant roll brand if you dont go prot spec, other thank that if its on the spec loot table its equal chance
Well, I dont currently raid so Brand is sadly out of the picture... Regarding the M+ trinket pool only, opening the Vault in prot basicly adds Priory's Tome to the list ? With equal chances to get offensive trinkets ?
Yeah I mean if you dont have an offspec theres no real reason to go out of prot loot spec so you have the shield and 1hand chance
There arent any trinkets that we want that we cant get in prot spec
fair enough !
you also dont get tome with fury/arms
most likely myth track boots over HC interlopper. If you care about damage, just sim yourself, survivability is a bit trickier, if you feel like you're dying it might be worth trying out the inerlopper boots and seeing if that makes it better or worse, but personally I would just run the myth track boots
Also, what's the Prot community consensus regarding Cursed Stone idol ? Is the mandatory casting time a problem ? (never got the chance to try it for myself, yet)
most likely a bit of that and it just sims lower than other trinkets
Currently progging mythic Soul Hunters, and it feels like the most amount of damage I've ever seen. Of course we're like 5 pulls in, but it is making me think about defensive options a whole lot more, and how much use the HC cantrip boots have makes me wonder
thats not gunna help on hunters
i dont really know whats hurting u theres 1 thing on the fight that hurts
and thats eye beam
which u ahve shield wall for
Oh ? I thought it was more or less n°1 in dmg output ? (tried it on bloodmallet.com on 5 targets)
i have a question mixed with survival and damage that i dont know how to sim, so i'll ask :3
i got Mythic shield + mythic waist with leech and socket in vault, what do you recommend
just simm it i guess
checking back I believe you can't block during the channel so theres a chance you just get owned mid channel
ah, thats crazy important to know 😄
both and haste crit btw
Maybe general rot damage from everything else? Haven't done a log review yet as we got there yesterday, but I did notice that taking Fel Blade after Eye Beam isn't an option
yer your not supposed to do that
your taunting wrong
your co tank needs to taunt the moment the cast ends
Could just be slow uptake on the souls, or healer focus being literally all over the place since the fight is new
Is there a nice timing for that? When I did it I always got a tick or so of Eye Beam myself
yer when the cast ends
is it you take beam, get low, then bleed out? Or is it take the beam, get healed, then slowly bleed out
It feels like both?
are you popping shieldwall and SR for it?
No real timing, or grace period or anything like that? Just see 0 and slam it?
why did i get loomithar's mythic shield in vault without killing the boss ever ?
Yeah, and I go into defensive stance as I'm running against the beam
yes to early u take a felblade with the debuff too late your co tank does
cause you killed soulbinder
theres nothing else going on in the fight
at that point
all hunts are finished and no blade dance
just stay Dstance, its 20% DR for maybe 3% damage
bleedout 20% slower
soul hunters is the first dstance fight
It does really feel that way
Our 5th healer just set up his healing spec for the fight for the first time in a while as well, so it could just be like generally panicked spread of healing everywhere until everyone settles in
anyone changed therre belt out for a 720 crafted?
ey just realized i lack Embelish item, i already crafted wrist, i have waist and feet mythic. and later on i will drop shield. what do i put the 2nd embelish on
on the wrist an wasit u have already crafted
no waist isnt crafted
craft belt and wrist with emblishment > then myth track piece
why not during the cast? me and my cotank were taunting during and it seemed fine
also no other slots it can go on
i have haste crit mythic waist with leech and socket
AHAHAH
you suggesting i ditch my waist for a crafted one ?
my choices are upgrading disc belt to a 720 craft or dimensius normal ring to 720
This happened to me once like week 2 doing Halls +13/14 and they said link route, barely 30 sec later got kicked ahahah
along with the taunt timings could also be a rage management issue, take a look at your logs and make sure your rage is staying in the goldilox zone where youre not going below ~20 rage and not overcapping any rage. Cause if youre panick rage starving yourself after beam bleedout is gonna be a lot easier
I was like wtf, and the healer who wasn't the keyholder messaged me 10 min later saying the key got burnt anyway and they should have just stuck to my route
This is why I dont wanna pug keys above a 14


