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ivory barn
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this blizz patch niotes?

lusty grotto
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no, Nintendo's

loud rune
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hello guys

bleak breach
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Oh well, colossus was fun for a week I guess

pastel summit
bleak breach
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What was the deep wounds bug? I don’t remember seeing it

jagged gust
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Deep Wounds applied by Execute no longer deal double the intended damage (for all three specializations).

ornate bear
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what'd they do to my boy brewmaster

bleak breach
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They’ve had their fun, stuff em

lusty grotto
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also their nerf is very mild

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it will make 0 difference, its just a thing to shut the reddit crew up

maiden ravine
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Blizzard said they didn't intend to displace Brew as the best tank

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I just want other tanks to not feel like I'm wearing cloth compared to brew

loud rune
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maybe we get recognized again

lament osprey
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Nim is this false hope?

lusty grotto
lament osprey
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Bruh we gotta wait

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You should know already smh

loud rune
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theyre not for real

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they just edge us

lusty grotto
lofty warren
lusty grotto
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yes\

loud rune
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this would be so huge

pallid quiver
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They're just buffing execute so they can justify nerfing execute...

loud rune
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IT WILL

loud rune
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I MANIFEST ITLL BE THIS WAY

lusty grotto
pallid quiver
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A true doomer knows

lofty warren
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where patch notes I cant find wowhead

outer willow
pallid quiver
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On a serious note, I will literally never say anything bad about buffing execute. It could literally break game balance and I would not give a fuck

calm plaza
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trinket questions: I have given up on puzzle box (I don't use it well enough in M+), and have: Hero heart of wind, hero solarflare prism, and champ heart of ancient hunger. I am not quite sure how to use Prot sim properly, but it liked ancient hunger/prism over heart of wind. Does that feel accurate? that feels weird to me

lofty warren
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Nim have updated sims and priority list yet? Pls 🙏

bleak breach
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Run your 2 hero track trinkets because you’re getting more stats

calm plaza
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that was what I was thinking, thanks!

lofty warren
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this is not a BIG enough ian brew main confirmed

loud rune
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what makes brew so strong

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its selfheal?

outer willow
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I feel like the other tanks weren’t buffed enough

lofty warren
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bro these brew nerfs are complete 💩

ornate bear
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they look drasticc to me

lofty warren
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brews not even using zen state half the time

lusty grotto
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in case youre new: these changes wont result in a humongous overall dps increase

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but it will make execute aoe'ing an option again, depending on numbers

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they were just announced 31 mins ago as of this msg

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so of course we dont have numbers

toxic pewter
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the spec talent so tight for years now. Last thing I want is to deal with execute talents

ornate bear
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but is my main brew gonna be okay

undone forum
lusty grotto
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yes you can stay with the fotm rerollers over there

undone forum
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IF you don't suck ass then it doesn't matter pal

ornate bear
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i always play monk in every game lol. its my first class i picked in wow

waxen frigate
lusty grotto
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no!

toxic pewter
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Lmao

lusty grotto
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its our present to you all

waxen frigate
trim bay
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monk is dog shit

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go to monk discord

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/spit

waxen frigate
lofty warren
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I am finally free to abandom my monk appropriately named "Monkfotm" okayge

toxic pewter
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Lol monk literally nothing changes

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They literally dodged another possible nerf

lofty warren
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Wait so Monk is still best? I only did 2x keys on him this week

toxic pewter
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The stuff they nerfed in these notes is like barely anything important

lofty warren
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i ofc do my M+ on pwar first

toxic pewter
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I know I know lmao

lusty grotto
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the "reddit shut the fuck up" nerfs

lofty warren
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why don't they give brew a real nerf

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this is horse shit

toxic pewter
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They don’t want to mess with peoples progress

lusty grotto
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paired with the "stop bitching other tanks, youve been meta before and often" nerfs

lofty warren
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and they buff EXECUTE on pwar. nobody even presses execute useless buff

toxic pewter
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I mean we prob will now lmao

frosty mango
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Well presumably

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It was buffed because we don’t press it

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lol

lusty grotto
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who knew

lofty warren
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why in the fudge buff useless ability they shuold buff shield slam damage but 50% instead

toxic pewter
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I mean did I see thunder blast 30%? That pretty solid buff

lofty warren
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Ground Current damage increased by 50% - how much is this now?

lusty grotto
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the fuck i know, im raiding

lofty warren
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I do like buff to TB damage but its not enough i feel life

lusty grotto
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ill work on numbers when im done with raid

lofty warren
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like

raw parcel
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Why does Blizz feel the need to push us into the execute talents no one wants? :x

lusty grotto
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speak for yourself

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execute 100% needed the buffs 5 months ago

lofty warren
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I have fixed the patch notes for blizz bc clearly they cant do it themselves

lusty grotto
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nope those are terrible

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take em to the trash bin

raw parcel
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I mean yes, it's ass, but now I am used to not pushing it and due to my warrioring have CTE and do not like change.

lofty warren
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Stagger go down 500% too much? Ok I can change to stagger go down 495%

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Not gonna lie I was kindof enjoying not thinking about execute 🙁

abstract arch
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That place is so (I can't say but you know what I mean)

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Also no blizz I won't stop playing col

sick current
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are we happy? or no

lusty grotto
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sure?

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more damage is always good

sick current
sick current
abstract arch
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We're the tankiest

sick current
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i just hit 3k io on my warrior, ive been playing in battlestance LOL

warm plinth
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We have no reason to be tankier

sick current
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my firend just called me out

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i didnt even know

daring marlin
abstract arch
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Be honest. Are you actually going to talent into execute now?

daring marlin
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your healer would do more

sick current
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i had no idea lmao

daring marlin
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whoops

sick current
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i was getting hit really hard, i feel like i was training in a hyperbolic chamber

waxen frigate
lofty warren
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Can someone tell blizz to replace the word "execute" with "shield slam or thunder blastcap" in this sentence pls "Execute damage increased by 20%.
"

abstract arch
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Demolish*

waxen frigate
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Execute * 0.20 + 50% = EPS^2 and then with EPS^2 you can apply it to the Tank Theorem which nets you 400k, then divide by 30% so you end up with 1.1mil

lusty grotto
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if you consider that being "more tanky"

abstract arch
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I do

upbeat sable
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i left out execute on my bar, is it time to put it back in or its still dogshit

abstract arch
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But I dont play thane so

lusty grotto
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if you took it out

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yes

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you need to put it back

lofty warren
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wonder where execute will go in priority list. i hope it stays dead I never liked executing.. especially in AOE like the thing said to in S1 tww

abstract arch
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Heavy handed/deep wounds/massacre viable now?

lofty warren
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in raid it was already used

abstract arch
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I wanna torture pugs with 3 target routes

toxic pewter
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I mean the main issues never been with execute itself it’s always been a spec tree talent point economic issue

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Well other than execute had low dam

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The question now is will we want to take the damn execute talents.. I still think we prob won’t

lusty grotto
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ill figure it out in a few

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and let you all know

abstract arch
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I mean for m+ yeah. Heavy handed would have to be 4 targets at like 60%

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Ty nim

toxic pewter
lusty grotto
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but this is an unfortunate change because now i gotta re-prioritize execute depending on the coefficient

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and then i have to run sims against possible aoe combos

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just so you guys know execute is literally

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dead last as colossus

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and 2nd to last as thane

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in aoe

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it was 3rd in prio in TWW

abstract arch
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Sad tbh. Its fun to press

lusty grotto
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its def moving up

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but lots of testing

tribal wharf
lusty grotto
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so im not entirely sure if im gonna be able to do it tonight

abstract arch
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We got till Tuesday

lusty grotto
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i can get overall numbers for the other buffs though

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im probably gonna guess it'll be like 3% overall increase

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we'll see if im right

winged zenith
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Useless changes we GG

frosty holly
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Just happy warriors are getting buffed across all specs. Happy times after they nearly nuked thane before 0.5 went live

winged zenith
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No survivabilty buffa

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These changes are nothing

abstract arch
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Tbh I was hoping for threat buffs

winged zenith
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We never had threat issue lol

frosty holly
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threat buffs? Out of all my tanks prot is defo the one I've never had issues on

lusty grotto
winged zenith
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Prot is only good till 18s now

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After 18s its dogshit

tribal wharf
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that 350 mounts took way longer than it should have

winged zenith
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In EU only 1 prot war in current title range

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By like 5 points

abstract arch
tribal wharf
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as long as its not pwar is garbage tier

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or effectively with brew in s and everything else in B

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goes to d t ier but nothing in c tier or d lol

abstract arch
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Every tank has done a 20

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But man brew is just cracked rn

tribal wharf
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and then its like, oh warrior tanks suck, if its that, i wont hang arou nd too long

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cuz mdi is coming

abstract arch
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Its become braindead too

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I actually loathe playing it

tribal wharf
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which turns everyone into route and meta lords

frosty mango
tribal wharf
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lots of bugs and such as of late

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like i had a second blizzard dmg meter window open

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and it kept going to somwhere i dont want it to on log in, so okay its because i didnt log off in the right way and hit alt f4

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do that, nope

opal ledge
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i was hoping for a tankiness buff too... bre is just so much tankier than other tanks idk

tribal wharf
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and like, random 30 fps, camera for the preview for transmog tweaking

abstract arch
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Ive had random packs aggro across the map multiple times

tribal wharf
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just tired of parade of game bugs lol

abstract arch
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Smol indo compy

tribal wharf
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but, then again, i am finding out what the new expansion is about

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and how worth it is for me to continue

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was always the goal going in

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ya, that and i got the mount i wanted, i have wanted this one since DF

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maybe i'd go for 400 one, dont think theres anything past that i've wanted in the past

opal ledge
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idk i feel like we needed more

sharp gale
lofty warren
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Nim post updated sims or is he still raiting

lusty grotto
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im working on it

lofty warren
abstract arch
winged zenith
pastel geyser
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Wow what a nice buff we are getting

opal ledge
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buffing thane is kinda weird (instead of buffing prot as a whole)
like... people are barely playing colossus, and this will make the gap even bigger? i don't follow the logic

winged zenith
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We dont need to play colossus we just want thane to be more stronger

pastel geyser
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I wonder if execute will be worth pressing now

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If only they would buff our tankiness too.. but ig dmg buff is all we get

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Monk still swimming through packs

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Unless in this patch they murdered monk? Surely not right

pastel summit
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thane supremacy

pastel geyser
abstract arch
opal ledge
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i like thane too
but the decision is weird.. and we needed more buffs

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everyonelse is so behind brew, i don't get it how they don't fix it for weeks now

abstract arch
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This is blizz here

pastel geyser
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I mean tbh in dmg we are ahead of brew but i really dont get why they buff dmg

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We dont need dmg buff

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We need beef buff

toxic pewter
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Why would they wreck hardworking brews that are trying to push the highest of keys

abstract arch
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They didn't

toxic pewter
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Lol

pastel summit
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Watching key balance as pvper is funny because people spam that a spec or comp is op and needs nerfing

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so it gets nerfed

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and replaced with another one

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so in the end nothing changes

lusty grotto
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@lofty warren

pastel summit
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90% of title slots are 1 comp

lusty grotto
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Changes so far result in the following overall increases:

  • 3.65% increase in ST (will be more with execute talents)
  • 8.33% increase in AOE (this number might change due to current prio in sims)
    These are Thane specific of course.
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however

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i do have to rework the aoe apl

abstract arch
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Oh no I have to play thane now

lusty grotto
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and test aoe execute specs

abstract arch
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My entire colo cope relies on it

lusty grotto
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the tiny colossus margin is gone

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colossus was 1% ahead in ST

abstract arch
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Like 12% aoe to thane now

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Oof

lusty grotto
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so now thane is aproximately 2.65% ahead

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in ST

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colossus was down around 4%

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in AOE

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now it'll be down what you said, around 12%

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but...

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execute needs to be tested

lusty grotto
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not that'll make any difference for colossus

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since thane has the execute amp

abstract arch
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Oh yeah

lusty grotto
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so yeah colossus is far behind

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also

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thats not taking into account any execute shift in prio

undone beacon
lusty grotto
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which means the increase might actually be higher

pastel summit
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colo back in the bin (its home, that it deserves)

lusty grotto
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both in AOE and in ST (ST prio is fine as it is)

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i'd imagine its gonna be quite big in ST its not massive but its an increase

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due to SD

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but we will see

abstract arch
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Ty for the testing nim

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Gonna go seethe now

lusty grotto
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just for shits and giggles im checking SD

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its around a 300 dps increase over BB

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but we need to re-prio execute

outer willow
lusty grotto
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so it'll be higher

outer willow
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Execute gaming is my shit

lusty grotto
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execute went up by like 4k damage with my character alone

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in average hit

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from 24k to 30k

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obviously that changes with AP

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i gotta be honest im not sure why the TB/GC buffs were done

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but hey its a buff

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the execute buff was needed

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but the other two are strange to be implemented

timber vault
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So, getting back into prot after a long while (pre-hero talents), are the hero specs actually close enough that it's preference for higher content? heroic raids/M+'s over 9 or 10 mostly.

lusty grotto
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they wont be next tuesday

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thane all the way

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as of right now, they are however but the announced buffs are on next reset

pastel summit
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me reading thane buffs (with nothing to help colo)

timber vault
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Well shit lol. I've been vastly preferring collosus.

pastel summit
abstract arch
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i'd go back to brew if it were somehow not more boring than thane

lusty grotto
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dw, im sure colossus will get some love

pastel summit
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Hope not.

abstract arch
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yeah i think so too

timber vault
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Thats my problem with thane. Its so boring to play.

abstract arch
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probably by 12.0.7

pastel summit
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Brew is tolerable if you immense yourself in the fantasy of your character (alcohol).

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Because good heavens this spec is gutted.

abstract arch
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its sad

pastel summit
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Keg smash fire breath keg smash fire breath

abstract arch
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used to be fun

pastel summit
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Guard for 4% of my hp

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Keg smash fire breath

abstract arch
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fish for keg

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no keg

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wait for keg

timber vault
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How wide is the gap going to be between thane and colossus? Within 5% or wider?

lusty grotto
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next tuesday?

abstract arch
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12% aoe like 4 st

timber vault
abstract arch
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ye

timber vault
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Well, I'm not pushing content, so I'll probably stick to colossus when raiding. But guess im going thane for dungeons.

lusty grotto
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right now its
1% ahead for colossus in pure ST
4% ahead for thane in AOE

next tuesday it'll be around what tom said
2.6% ahead for thane in pure ST
12% ahead for thane in aoe

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and those are just early numbers

timber vault
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Welp, heres to hoping colo gets some love next.

lusty grotto
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anyway for any regulars here that are around when people ask about the buffs just link em this:
[#protection message](/guild/148872210742771712/channel/148897941883584512/)
which results in this #protection message

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i think the APL is fine for ST

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damage is as follows TB > SS > Execute > TC > Revenge (this is not a prio list, just going by sim output with the added buffs)

abstract arch
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oh neat

lusty grotto
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but i gotta check aoe 😬

upbeat sable
lusty grotto
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we were already replacing it

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nothing changes in the prio

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except its not a small dps increase to use execute, it'll be quite significant after tuesday

upbeat sable
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i think thats only apply for boss only yeh? Revenge still have the wave from phalanx which is good for aoe

lusty grotto
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uhh

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that remains to be seen

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and revenge does not have buffs with phalanx

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im talking specifically in aoe

upbeat sable
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hence why i don't bother slotting execute or make revenge/execute macro

lusty grotto
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well you cant

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macroing 2 gcds abilities does not work

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but again revenge has no "wave from phalanx"

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what remains to be seen is whether Heavy Handed will make a comeback

upbeat sable
upbeat sable
deft socket
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Whats the best way to handle the skyreach trash that stack the bleeds?

lusty grotto
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stun and take a few steps back

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or piercing howl and take a few steps back

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it resets really fast

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dont kite like a mad man

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just track their duration

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and try to reset at about 4-5 stacks

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hope you geared crit, cause they are parryable

deft socket
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Ok cool, I just dont think we were aoe ccing enough on those pulls

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thanks

lusty grotto
deft socket
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yeah, never had any issue with nexus, but seem to always get shredded by that pack in skyreach

lusty grotto
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npx heal absorbs have the added benefit that you can reflect them to help reset

drifting basin
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Messin around in MDT, is there anything about this y'all would change?

lusty grotto
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for what key level

drifting basin
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I'm just starting to try pushing past 12. So like, 13-14 right now.

glad magnet
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im going to play the rest of the season exclusivly with blizzard highlight routes

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but non meme, i miss quazii i used to just import his routes and it was fine

lusty grotto
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there's nothing overly wrong with yours

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except most people dont lust that first pull

drifting basin
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Wasn't aware that existed tbh. I don't know much about raider.io honestly.

lusty grotto
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well i suppose it depends but i certainly dont

drifting basin
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That a site or an app in game?

lusty grotto
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both

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but the screenshot is from the site

drifting basin
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You have no idea how much I've wanted exactly this thing and just didn't know it existed.

lusty grotto
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while youre at it, raider.io has keystone.guru

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which also has a route library

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and also threechest.io is pretty good if you just want accurate MDT on a second screen (but there's no route databases so you have to improt your own)

kind flame
# drifting basin

try adding 2 extra defenders in pull 6 and 2 packs of smallies on right side, you can chain them into boss
that way u can not pull seer in pull 3 and dont pull extras on lothraxion platform

lusty grotto
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yeah thats a good suggestion

drifting basin
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Making those changes drops me to 98.66% though. Am I missing something else?

slender bison
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What key lvl?

drifting basin
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Aiming for around 13-14, I'm just starting to push past 12's.

lusty grotto
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honestly just do the weekly key routes

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for that range

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also word of caution, the circuit breaker that Lobo deselected roams, and you can accidentally pull him

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or your group mates

slender bison
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You can also merge 16+17, just stagger pull one image after Searing Rend is cast. To avoid 4 stacks of the debuff

drifting basin
lusty grotto
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eh

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be careful with looking at r1 key routes

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a lot of those pulls arent doable with people at lower key ranges

kind flame
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can do like this. on pull 4 you gotta watch for patrol and pull 8 (g13 and g12) might be hard to gather at first couple times as those big guys start casting shit

lusty grotto
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and/or without comms or coordination

drifting basin
abstract arch
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what are we swapping for Deep wounds, heavy handed and massacre?

lusty grotto
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TBD

kind flame
lusty grotto
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if execute is buffed you dont want to talent out of DW

regal yacht
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Are we meta after these buffs,?

kind flame
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like that

slender bison
drifting basin
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Gotcha

drifting basin
kind flame
lusty grotto
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heh

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"its only 2 kicks" are famous last words

drifting basin
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I mean, we have 2 aoe ints, two 3 target stuns, and two direct ints ourselves right?

slender bison
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The elementals are bolt spammers, it's not 2 kicks only. And bolts one shot. Similar to AA dragon casters

drifting basin
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They one shot in +14??

lusty grotto
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at that key level, maybe not

drifting basin
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@_@ bruh

lusty grotto
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but it'll be hell for your healer

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either way we aint brew

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we cannot paralyze

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just make sure you dont pull a lot of extra on top of them

kind flame
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its never an option to hard CC one caster and expect people to be careful about their aoe

slender bison
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Maybe if your DH imprisons, not sure

kind flame
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basicall we want to group them up so they can be aoe cc'd

jagged pier
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Thank you every one runniing 1/4 giving me even more damage now BearSmile

lusty grotto
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LOL

jagged pier
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In before they all switch

toxic pewter
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Every1 goin back to 1/4 to afford execute talents

jagged pier
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Rip col those a fun 2 weeks

bleak breach
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What’s this 1/4 stuff about

jagged pier
jagged pier
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Did u sim execute stuff?

lusty grotto
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i only checked ST with SD which is +300 dps (over the 3.65%)

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but my brain melted, ill do a bunch of aoe shit with execute tomorrow

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talents will probably change for ST

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pretty sure massacre is going to be another slight increase

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maybe smaller than 300 but still

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ok me bedge time

jagged pier
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Maybe new raid build 🤞

lusty grotto
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ya

jagged pier
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Low keys may haps but probably not doubt high keys but maybe

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Lets see what sims say

jagged pier
bleak breach
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Ahh I see

jagged pier
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Cause it was the go to in beta and the top person ran it so they copied

blazing shuttle
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Guys, I had a dream.
They buffed execute.

Damn, what a good dream it was.

mental scarab
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I see

abstract arch
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buddy do i got news for you

limber temple
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Am I the only one that dislikes execute? I really don’t like the button.

mental scarab
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Spam that mtf when boss is low

abstract arch
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SD is also fun

mental scarab
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IP goes out the window

slender bison
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Execute is fine to rage dump when IP is not needed. When execute is bad, we spam IP to get AM rolling

limber temple
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I just don’t think it should be in our tool kit, I’d rather revenge do something executy and we just don’t get it at all.

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I love revenge spam 😂

slender bison
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Revenge is bad in ST unless it's a proc

limber temple
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Yeah I need that fixed so it’s worth pressing in ST but still.

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A man can dream.

limber temple
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Getting Executed by a mod 😂

abstract arch
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still wild how the more complex hero spec performs worse all around

ionic fern
compact silo
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does TaN give more healing(through leech) than taking bloodborne(through leech and FbV)?

compact silo
limber temple
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Execute is a bit like going to work for me. I do it, but I dislike it and would prefer to do something else.

compact silo
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the "Shield Bash" pvp talent is so goofy and fun just SS go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

limber temple
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Audibly SS is much more satisfying than execute too. SS makes me tingle.

compact silo
#

fr

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though on arms exe spam is nice

opal ledge
#

sometthing weird happened... i made 2 Terrace dungeons in a row

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and when i finished the second dg, the log of the previous dungeon was kinda replace and it's now... gone?

compact silo
limber temple
compact silo
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i streamed a dungeon to show wow to my girl and she said the sound effects are really nice lmao

cosmic fox
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Clapping sounds intensifies

solar cave
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hey guys what do you use to track active shield block ? What do you use for that ? Id like something which shows me ie vertical baf or active shield block

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cooldown manager shows me ... cooldown of it

opal ledge
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execute should be a 200k hit button

solar cave
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im new to UI

opal ledge
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i'm not using a bar anymore

opal ledge
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blizzard cd manager will show the duration, you need to track it as a buff

solar cave
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exactly

analog lily
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is brew dead?

opal ledge
# solar cave exactly

i track like that... now i added a "red glow" if the buff is less than 4 sec, as a reminder to refresh it.
i got back into running ITF and with heart of the wind it's working fine, the uptime is not messed up

solar cave
#

nice

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ill check that ty

opal ledge
oak ivy
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thanks blizzard

valid edge
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What is the name of the addon that shows missing buffs like food, gems, etc. at the start of a Mythic+ run?

oak ivy
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MRT i believe does that

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prompted by a ready check

valid edge
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and beside a rdy check? saw it by some streamers

vital stirrup
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im using buff reminders

valid edge
rapid lance
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How can i open cooldown manager addon?

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Now i open the blizz stuff instead

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😕

drowsy comet
#

they dont just milk the tier sets in WoW, but now also in Diablo 4 LOL

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this is one of the mounts..holy shit

tired girder
wicked plank
blissful sable
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no they are for arms and fury

cold tapir
#

@wicked plank this should be the gain for MT, more or less

lofty warren
wicked plank
glacial skiff
# jagged pier Cause it was the go to in beta and the top person ran it so they copied

I disagree. I’ve tried a few different builds and the one that feels safer in keys atm is the 1/4 build I’ve been running since it frees up 3 points for survivability while doing ok single target. Obviously i’m speaking about any key in the 16+ range.

For weekly keys the wowhead build is best since you’ll do more damage. But if you don’t trust or want to help your healer a bit dropping damage for self healing, rage to spam IP etc is better imo. Can’t tell you how many times a lil extra bump from indom or using wall for last stand has been helpful this season. Just wish indom were stronger or not locked behind a less useful talent.

inland garnet
glacial skiff
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I do wish the 5% DR from phalanx were available earlier in the tree tho.

jagged pier
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and deal literally more damage and be tankier then 1/4

jagged pier
glacial skiff
jagged pier
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it doenst drop punish ither

glacial skiff
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And kinda sucks when dungeon bosses take too long

jagged pier
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i dont know where u are getting your buiilds from

inland garnet
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which Execute talent to be skipped for M+?

jagged pier
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masscre

inland garnet
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got it

jagged pier
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and those builds are just theoretical

inland garnet
#

Enduring >= Shield Spec?

jagged pier
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we will just see what sims say

jagged pier
glacial skiff
jagged pier
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i dont recommend droppping shield spec at all

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thats why i said low keys

jagged pier
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only your rating does

inland garnet
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yes, it's pretty significant

jagged pier
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2% haste is not rating

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and if like u said u want the tankiest build

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u would just be running HR by default

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as it is by default tankier

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so if u dont want to die why arent u running it?

glacial skiff
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That 2% haste reduces SB CD

jagged pier
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u dont need to care at all if u play HR

glacial skiff
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Idk how much specifically but it still reduces the number

jagged pier
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because its by default the tankier talent

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so if u dont want to die or risk dying

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u just taking it

glacial skiff
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Yeah, I just don’t like HR. The time between claps is sometimes just abysmal when pugs are doing idiotic pug things.

jagged pier
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espeically always in S1 when stats are low

glacial skiff
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And I know it’s not super noticeable but when they pull shit extra and i’m in between claps it’s Iike fuck man.

jagged pier
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nah your trolling

glacial skiff
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Bc revenge does fuck all

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I’m not. My dumbass teammates are tho

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These mf’s sometimes pull extra shit when I’ve clearly planted. Or you know warlock things where their pets pull the whole goddamn dungeon

vale escarp
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You are trolling if you dont go 4/4, its shit for damage and shit the defense

glacial skiff
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And self healing/IP from that rage

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Sorry I misspoke. When I say rot I mean things like bleeds or magic dots etc.

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But rot is similar I suppose

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My only question is why does this build not take tough as nails? Viewing damage breakdown after a key shows it does a ton of damage at only 1 point and high threat.

vale escarp
#

So you want to take 5% more damage to heal yourself for 2% more? Or how much more is it?

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Where is that build from?

glacial skiff
glacial skiff
vale escarp
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Its because this is the full defensiv one.

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You playing drawf?

glacial skiff
#

No. I mythic raid as fury/arms so velf. 😐

vale escarp
#

So you say your race is importent in mythic raid since its like 0.2% more damage?

glacial skiff
#

But I don’t so not gonna bother swapping to get stuck in just the top 1% bc BRM is busted this season.

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Plus I actually like my guild and don’t want to be a burden on them, anymore than warrior dps currently is lmao.

jagged pier
#

the one point u can drop is ToN

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as it has not context on surviving

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that build is like 2% the icy veins build

sweet egret
jagged pier
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stop wasting rage

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u got to be press IP more

sweet egret
#

can do that

glacial skiff
lofty warren
fringe mural
#

In high keys

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i think in the highest keys you won't have everyone in front of you

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or in general you don't

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so phalanx won't hit everyone

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but it's a spell that has to be aimed correctly in a group of dangerous mobs

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but given that you spam shield slam a LOT, you should be able to put the debuff on multiple mobs at the same time even if they don't stand together

fringe mural
#

you can run a key with a lot of talent variation if your skill or the other players skill allows it

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4/4 will become better even with the next patch

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When thunderblast dmg increases even more

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that scales heavily with 2/4 and 3/4 apex

jagged rover
#

Prot warr buffs %?

fringe mural
#

30% more dmg to thunderblast inc

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read archims ping

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also execute buff

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across all specs

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wednesday is happy warrior day

jagged rover
#

Prot warr new meta tank?

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30% sounds really good

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I know prot warr damage was low

tribal wharf
#

yesterday was my happy day

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since 350 mounts

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at long last

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something i have actively been going for since DF, vault of incarnate

dusky canopy
#

Gz ice golem mount is cool

frosty mango
fringe mural
#

idgaf if we're meta or not, but getting buffed is always nice

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especially when multiple specs get closer to each other in their viability like both fury spec

frosty mango
#

I don’t see a big meta shakeup until next season, given where rdruid is

jagged pier
#

our damge wasnt low

frosty mango
#

I don’t really understand their decision making behind this change but I’m not gonna complain either

jagged pier
#

it was ppl using 1/4 which makes our damage look low

fringe mural
frosty mango
#

Or maybe they will keep using 1/4 and we’ll get buffed again

fringe mural
#

that would be even better

frosty mango
fringe mural
#

but that takes thunderblast to the undisputed top prio

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when we decide between tb and ss

frosty mango
#

That’s not true

fringe mural
#

okay if we prioritize defense

frosty mango
#

Would still depend on your rage situation

fringe mural
#

then not

frosty mango
#

No

fringe mural
#

okay how so

frosty mango
#

Everything is driven by your rage gain and spend

fringe mural
#

yeah of course

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but if we have to decide in favor of ss over tb because we lack rage to cast revenge, haven't we spammed too much ip before in the first place?

frosty mango
#

So if you have 20 rage, and both shield slam and thunder blast up, it still may not be the right choice to press blast - though it might be

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The math will shake out in the next week or so

fringe mural
#

this was mwahis rotation for st

tribal wharf
#

i win at transmog

fringe mural
#

so tb at 2 stacks to not waste stacks i understand that

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but i remember it being a discussion that already now it is situational whether we press tb or ss during avatar

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and with 30% dps increase for tb i would think it shifts more in favor of tb

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also tb decreases dmg we take by 8% for 5 seconds

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which is huge mitigation

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and 5 seconds isnt exactly a long time

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if after the tb we press ss and then revenge next, a ss proc, another ss proc and...

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there goes the dr buff because we didn't prioritize tb

frosty mango
#

All of that is great but if it leads to a situation where you have negative rage then the overall result will be less damage and less survivability

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I’m not saying it is or isn’t better/worse just that it will be apparent once simcraft is updated and the apls get futzed with

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Speaking of apls who is doing those now

fringe mural
#

oh btw

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yeah you're right

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that is i think the main argument against 4/4 of people who actually use their brain and not just say "duh they all take it"

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everything outside of that cone won't deal reduced dmg to you at all

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so for those it is 'just' a pure dps talent

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the thunderblast dr however works in every direction

lofty warren
fringe mural
#

but it's basically you don't care enough to aim phalanx appropriately to make it hit the right targets

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There's usually a certain number of targets in a pack that really hurt

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and those can be aimed at

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for bosses it's a no-brainer

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4/4 is 100% better there

solid sun
fringe mural
#

it takes what, ls, bsv and indom?

solid sun
#

Mhm

fringe mural
#

okay so depending on bosses fight trough the flames and spellbreaker and idk bloodsurge plus those three would mean more survivability in certain scenarios

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fttf is 6% dr, spellbreaker is a mean 4% dr and bloodsurge i can't really say but extra rage = more ip

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compared to 5% dr and increased tc dmg

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but most of the dmg we take is physical so

tribal wharf
#

Dear 1/4 apex talent player you have got to be the stupidest idiot i have ever seen

fringe mural
#

what?

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is that going to be a poem?

tribal wharf
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i dont think its a great idea, to use 1/4,, but its an old meme i converted

fringe mural
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because i'm playing 4/4 apex and only use bsv

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aha

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and this is i think what is ment by 'it is not recommended to simply copy top talent builds

solid sun
#

What are you doing

fringe mural
#

i'm playing 4/4 that's what i'm doing

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and will continue to do so because i aim my fucking face at the mobs

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and 5% dr is stronk

solid sun
#

But why are you cooking up a 1/4 build

fringe mural
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because i dislike people not having an open mind towards things that are not downright idiotic

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a regular dude copying a 1/4 top key player build is stupid

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because no thought went into it

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for 99% of situations 4/4 is the better build imo

sweet egret
#

100% afaik

solid sun
#

Well spellbreaker is an awful talent

fringe mural
#

spellbreaker is a mean 4% magical dmg reduction

tribal wharf
fringe mural
#

which is bad talent because most dmg we take is physical

tribal wharf
#

the poem rant

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is based on this

solid sun
#

It’s a bad talent because it’s an rng defensive proc

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And it often gets wasted because you can’t rely on it so you use a defensive anyways

fringe mural
#

you can't rely on it that's true

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fttf is much better

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it's also 50% stronger

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even if you take the mean value

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can we somewhere grab values of how valuable some defensive talents are compared to each other?

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like the heal of indomitable vs the absorb of bloodsurge extra rage etc

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i guess there's too many variables

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but why not make a defensive sim for this

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Warrior gets hit by boss with x% physical and y% magical and then you sim a patchwerk that fights back

solid sun
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Because there’s no need

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I’m just gonna rain on your parade I think

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Carry on

fringe mural
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Because survival is not epeen related?

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i mean come on

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there's no need for any of this shit

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Including dps sims

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Just play down the bosses and rejoice

solid sun
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For most situations you can 100% just equip ilvl and game, I think that’s true

fringe mural
#

yeah we're on the same page there

solid sun
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Talents would be harder without guides which mostly rely on sims afaik

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I’ve personally never been good at cooking up my own builds. Even in like Diablo style games

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But we do have reasons to care about damage

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Enrage timers, for example

fringe mural
#

yeah totally

solid sun
#

Or pulls in dungeons where if they go too long you’re going to die

fringe mural
#

also in a 5 man high key tank dps matters a lot

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but it's not about dps this time like nim has proven with his sims

solid sun
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Defensively

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Your gameplay just matters way more than the talents you take

fringe mural
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This is what people often reject to realize

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and say it must be my build

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not my gameplay

solid sun
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We have had people running 1/4 builds with ITF before they have the requisite haste and still complete big ol’ dungeons

fringe mural
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'Let's check what the pros are doing'

solid sun
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Because they’re talented gamers surrounded by talented gamers

fringe mural
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yup

frosty mango
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I should stream

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With the most cooked builds possible

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“3k warrior 0/0 apex what the warrior discord wont tell you”

Id have so many views

oak ivy
#

take every talent you can at the top of the tree and work your way down

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0 capstone

frosty mango
#

Ttvroidburg comin in hot

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I even have a great picture of me with a Mohawk giving a thumbs up I could use as a seal of approval

solid sun
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“Skyhold kicked me out because their fragile TC’s couldn’t handle what I cooked up”

sharp gale
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Or without enraged as fury

frosty mango
fringe mural
#

I remember arms warriors tanking dungeons in def stance

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When it had aggro bonus

frosty mango
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Didn’t even make it to the first boss, no threat lol

oak ivy
fringe mural
#

it was funny while it lasted though

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a little like hunters forgetting taunt

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on their pet

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fury with active dstance pulling aggro

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'Wtf tank what are you doing'

granite dock
#

Are sheilds losing durability quicker than usual? I lost 3 durability in two pulls.
I feel like if I don't repair after each dungeon I am at risk of a broken shield during the run.

fringe mural
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unless your shield is indestructible

granite dock
#

Repair cost is getting a bit silly as a tank imo

fringe mural
#

so either get more gold or become a blacksmith

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or get lucky

sharp gale
#

Even as dps repair cost has gone up

quick iron
#

wait can blacksmiths repair their own gear?

sharp gale
#

Inflation sadge

fringe mural
#

i mean we get 1k gold for a stupid world quest

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so happy is right, inflation

granite dock
#

It's basically 1k per dungeon 😅

sharp gale
#

Thx, 1 k every 2 raid pulls just of repairs

oak ivy
#

also tough as nails procs contribute to breaking your shield iirx

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iirc*

fringe mural
oak ivy
#

actually indestructible shield might be turbo bis

fringe mural
#

yeah it rocks i can tell you

#

was also my first mythic vault item

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I had one 272 slot

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the shield was the one

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sign of god if you ask me

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'Go run more keys, take this shield'

#

Motivational rngesus is motivational

#

Might be a way to soften the tank shortage

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‚Here, look at this shield, you do want to tank now don‘t you?‘

#

but it would have to drop in fury loot spec

#

or arms

#

Just imagine the face of some fury bonus rolling and then getting an indestructible shield

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and his mates are like ‚man that‘s a sign, you‘re destined to tank, go do it‘

calm plaza
#

if you spec far enough into the tree you can use your Special Hammer to repair a slot (weapon, shield, wrist, etc), but even the ordinary repair hammers are ~25 gold per and fully repair any piece of gear. with all that, i functionally pay 10% normal repair fees, probably even less

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and if you don’t care about professions at all you only need to be blacksmithing level 1 to use the repair hammers and you can just buy them on the AH

grave cradle
#

Hey everyone,
quick intro: I’ve been playing Devourer DH until recently, but mostly because of guild needs as DPS — I actually always preferred tanking.

Now I want to fully switch back to tank. DH was more of a compromise (ranged playstyle + tank option), but it didn’t really click for me. I used to play Monk a lot back in Pandaria, but not really feeling it right now.

Currently deciding between Warrior and Paladin — both seem to have pros and cons.
How’s Warrior performing right now? Viable in all content, and are there specific comps where it shines or struggles?

Appreciate any input 🙂

deep cove
#

I can't speak to the prot paladin experience as I do not play inferior classes, but this is the most fun I've had with warrior tanking in a while. I don't main it, but it feels pretty damn solid in keys. I very rarely have to sweat my HP bouncing, I've got answers for everything, and when I'm running 10s to fill up my vault, I've got the tools to handle all the affixes very easily. It's good.

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And the amount of mobility is pretty damn fun.

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The other benefit is that prot gear overlaps a lot with arms gear. Get a weapon and some trinkets and it's very little swapping.

dire grail
#

What are you guys using to track ignore pain? The bar only shows time remaining, not the amount

deep cove
#

Built-in buff bar shows the stacks on the icon.

jagged pier
#

u can not longer see the actual number because of the addon changes

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but u dont need to track ip really as its just a rage dump

dusky canopy
dire grail
#

Hm k I had a WA that showed the amount remaining as a bar which seemed way more clear to me, but guess that’s not possible anymore

fringe mural
crisp ocean
#

is a crit vers wrist good? to fully upgrade or do I save my myth crests

fringe mural
strong forum
#

And all the legendary weapons

fringe mural
#

Transform the wrists

crisp ocean
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cuz myth track goes to 289

fringe mural
#

Then transform

daring marlin
fringe mural
#

embellish is better than 4 itemlvls on wrist and cloak afaik

crisp ocean
#

it is bis tysm

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i'll save crests to craft then

toxic pewter
fringe mural
#

Until you do, you can still use the transformed wrists

solid sun
#

You buy them pretty sure

toxic pewter
#

ok dang

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lol

fringe mural
#

haste versa or what is it?

crisp ocean
fringe mural
#

okay

crisp ocean
crisp ocean
toxic pewter
#

yeah thats lame af

dusky canopy
white stag
#

How will the prot buffs look?

dusky canopy
#

It’ll look exactly the same as it does right now

cerulean tusk
#

Thane gets a neat bump and exe is more worthwhile on ST for Thane

For Col, nothing changes

undone beacon
#

Damn bro spirit airlines is dead

frosty mango
frosty mango
toxic pewter
undone beacon
cerulean tusk
#

Let its spirit fly free

toxic pewter
#

I remember flying spirit back from vegas once lmao we got delayed so long it was crazy

undone beacon
#

My company pays for United peepo

toxic pewter
#

united is my fav personally

undone beacon
#

And I steal my fathers mileage rewards and get free 1st class upgrades

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Cuz he used to travel a ton for work

dusky canopy
#

@lusty grotto me to your mom
“Swiggity swooty…”

toxic pewter
#

that badass

dusky canopy
novel temple
#

I wish I would’ve shorted spirit

#

But also airlines get bailed out all the time

novel temple
#

They really need to add execute benefits to colossus again

solid sun
#

Spirit Garbo

#

We should be riding everywhere via horseback anyways

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Or train or wooden frigate

#

Roid and I are already best friends. Imagine how much more bester friends we would be if we had to travel to like Oregon via horseback

inland pewter
#

was prot warrior behind in dps or something i was surprised to see the buffs

cerulean tusk
frosty mango
#

don’t hit me

jagged pier
#

but in general no we werent

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thank ppl running 1/4 builds making us look weakier

cerulean tusk
#

Told you it is da way

toxic pewter
#

yah the sandbaggers got us buffed lmao

stoic hound
#

1/4 build is 5d chess

#

look at these buffs now

cerulean tusk
#

1/4 is preen nova build

jagged pier
#

as long as we dont do a druid and do no apex

#

i came across one of them today

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30k dps over the dungeon

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i died to aggro about 5 times

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every time i ascendanced

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i was dead pretty much

fringe mural
#

or ele

jagged pier
#

ele

fringe mural
#

what is more fun would you say?

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i'm still unsure which spec to pic

jagged pier
#

i dont ever play enhance

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so i cant say

fringe mural
#

ok

cerulean tusk
#

I meld when i see shammy go super sayan

fringe mural
#

lol

jagged pier
fringe mural
#

elemental is cool ngl

inland pewter
fringe mural
#

the burst is off the charts

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when a shaman ascends everyone just hides

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never had a char that melted final quest mobs so heavily while levelling

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is elemental during ascendance just 1 button? Enhancer seems to be

jagged pier
#

worst thing about ele is i cant drop my fuckin lfr trinket

fringe mural
#

lol why because it's that good?

jagged pier
#

its from dragons and pumping 1k mastery into ele during acendance is fucking massive

fringe mural
#

ah

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puzzle box might do the same for enhancer

jagged pier
#

yer but u dont need to wait 2 seconds

fringe mural
#

imagine doing the puzzle then hit ascendance and melt everything

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oof

jagged pier
#

look at this delve trinket and vet trinket better than hero feather and 276 heart of wind

inland pewter
#

i thought ele wanted to stop mast at 1200 but i assume like always its still bis way past that mark?

jagged pier
#

thats what my sims are telling me

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like drums are also matery

cold pilot
daring marlin
jagged pier
#

more clicks more money

true idol
#

i mean they got your ass linking it and generating page views

warm plinth
#

I don't think it's a useless article at all. Anything that helps people learn fights or tricks to make things easier is worth posting 🤷

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If you already know then it's just not intended for you

inland pewter
#

at least its not like the clickbait articles i see all the time. I think the most common one is "80 year old restaurant chain closing doors" then its about 1 of the many closing down one day to renovate lmao

coarse bay
#

And that’s good tech, idk how known it is but ghash is right

inland pewter
#

I absolutely cant stand those misleading articles just to get a click

warm plinth
#

Same Lethal

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Like at least once or twice a year, you see the article that's like "Bloodborne players finally getting more Bloodborne after x years!" and it'll be like some audio recording release or something emulator-related or osme shit

tribal wharf
#

magisters terrace is a joke though

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8/10 clear rate for that dungeon for me across all key levels

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where as caverns as of a month ago was like, 4 or 5 out of 10 clears

#

its like EXCEPTIONALLY, hard, to go over the timer, on a 10 at least in magisters

#

whole dungeon doesnt allow for "demon pulling"

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that will wipe you

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quasi wipe you

#

you go to fast in that place it punishes you heavlily every single puill

primal rain
#

Hey coming back to prot war after a break at the beginning of midnight, any good streamer to follow? Self promotion is welcomed keks

jagged pier
#

sense on yt

primal rain
#

Ty

novel temple
#

Cause isn’t deep wounds also bugged or just shit?

#

Like I can’t roll deep wounds to keep stacking to big numbers

orchid sleet
#

How does gang feel abt the buffs

#

Obviously only positive but

compact silo
#

dps dying while i'm pulling/grouping mobs then blaming me for threat 🤡

#

mf wait before you start unloading

crisp ocean
#

did they nerf dwarf ability? in skyreach I couldnt remove the fiery talons from adept

compact silo
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it's not a bleed. it's fire dot

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only removes bleeds, poison, disease and dispellable magic effects

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slutty desk conversation was heard i guess

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is it slamproof?

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not my creation of the name, someone here came up with it

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i cannot really, i think at least, in good faith upgrade from 4070 to 5070 normal, same gb vram, same 192 bus not 256

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isnt there ti version or something?

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ye, prices are ludicrus tho

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nvidia 🤷‍♂️

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i'm using AMD though had to rewrite some Windows 11 registry settings just so games wouldnt crash with "driver error". But i hear Nvidia has such problems too 😛

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gpu is gpu honestly

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shitty windows is shitty windows

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ya well

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you got something better lol

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sure linux, if you really want to i guess

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besides windows just works

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Bazzite is good if you dont wanna learn (much)

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make this shit

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in horde

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and alliance

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and it will sell

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100%

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wonderful game

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fringe mural
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Everytime you post stuff like this i imagine you sitting in a shitty internet café in bangkok

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playing old stuff

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in flip flops

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theres all sorts of 1930s germany symbols and images all over the game

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so thats the only place i can take screenshot

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I provided tier 5 stuff to craft a wrist and I got tier 4 :((

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quality thing bru

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I was using throw to get it to the back of the room

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oof

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yeah, that's always a gamble cause you'll get people just looking to skill up

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guild or personal orders are the way to go

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wicked lantern
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Use /2 trade chat, always bunch of crafting goblins in there to make stuff

crisp ocean
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but you won't need new sparks or crests

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^

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okay tysm!

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Well it'll need new crests and sparks when you recraft in season 2 but that's normal.

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ye ofc cuz the ilvl is higher

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That's what happens when there's new mounts to go after and easier keys

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It feels nuts to me that in a few weeks we're all gonna have 298 ilvl shields

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speak for yourself ill have a wep