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thank you
Blizz needs to fix our tree then
when we search for Demo shout that should also highlight when we type that in
or maybe my shit is just borked
it def works
ok thanks Nim
"Demoralizing Shout" in the search
typing "demo" into the search bar got me that?
Hello
yes
oh wait
you werent the one saying u didnt see it


ok so best way for gearing up. Run Normal and Heroic Raids to get the BIS gear by Name.. Not Item level. the upgrade and start running mythic raids or start running Heroic dungeons to get gear by name again and then upgrade and move into M+ ?
Best way to gear up a fresh character is start with a round of WQs for 220s, then some delves/prey for champ (and maybe hero if you have delve prog), then straight into 10s to spend your 8 bonus rolls on myth gear
And dont forget to craft a thing or two in the mix
when gearing up, ilvl is the most important. Prioritize pieces with haste ideally, but aim to get as much hero/myth as fast as possible
This is what I'm rocking right now. So, with this I should be able to get into +10's?
tank or heal ye
nvm u wont
get ur own key to 10
Probably go slam some delves on T11 Bountiful, don't think you'll get invites at 238 at this point in the season but
Like trip said you can push your own key up and prob snag a bit of gear in the process. Just dont spend any voidcores till you're at 10s
nice... thank you both
And do nulleus for the 35 gilded and a t11 bountiful for cracked keystone quest before you do m+
bruhh dungeons dont drop shi
Hello, this is your reminder to get your asses to the gym. 37.5lb/17kg down.
congrats!
good shit my dude
We must all be woyer
Literally you now
Proud of you
Bro where do you find these people
That is like next level bad
You took a dk named "uwugrippy" idk what you expected
Maybe they use the new -1/4 apex build
Chatgpt helped them talent
ngl i bet a lot of teens ask their ai for class guidance
wiping on WS first pull because dps buttpulled first mobs instead of me and somehow it's my fault
"you have 3 charges and 1 jump"
yeah, i use those to group the pull, not to jump from entrance to room
why didn’t you grab aggro in 1 second ?
not fast enough clearly
it was
i usually make a joke about small dwarf legs until i get to the first mobs
they didnt die from melee
i’m being sarcastic
oh
how is dps buttpulling MY fault
if you still wipe, it’s either lack of healing or your dps ain’t interrupting
ignore and go next
i mean
or just lack of dps
i was the last to die
there did not seem to be any blasting
dps like that are just coasting
they should have said, why are you doing more dmg than me
that dk is a guildy lol
wait thats HPS? lol
remember one MC where 2 dps were dying on every pull cuz they dont wait for me to group then spam "TANK AGGRO"
welcome to my lfg...
meanwhile the top dps was waiting for me and not dying and not complaining
one was a ret wasnt it... its always rets
when I play my prot pally I can’t seem to keep aggro idk why
TaNk AgGgRrOoO!
hit or miss
worst part is when it’s your key, and then you have to bring it up again
wish i had a group but it's hard when you're not druid or brewmaster
reroll lol
no way
fuck the meta
i already had to reroll from tauren to dwarf cuz of the shitty dungeon design, i'm not rerolling class too
blizzard can suck my nut
i wish they made the racial ability available no matter the race
like all of them are in a selection and you can choose, no matter your appearance
i don’t wanna be a dwarf
warriors had that ability in tww- bitter immunity
but it dropped pretty much anything else
they changed the adept stacks, cuz all of us changed to dwarf lol
and dungeons in tww werent as shit
midnight is rly fun tho
What did they make it a bleed now?
It was never dwarfable lol
it's alright, but you cant say dungeons are designed well if they force you to play only one race
only icon change same effect
you don’t need to be a dwarf
They changed the icon to make it more clear it isnt a bleed 
some things you cant really kite
are you gonna spend whole 1st pull of AA running around the room like a chicken and splitting mobs so dps cant aoe properly?
or are you going to TANK(as the name suggests) in place
i always do that
yeah almost no one does that 🙂
i sometimes tell them beforehand
doesnt matter
one time I told someone to help me interrupt a caster, he said not my job
when you say don’t kick, it makes them interrupt lol
funny how they kick when they dont have to and they DONT when they DO have to
yes everytime
Tbf you can split that pull
lol there's an addon "class codex" with suggested stats/ talents etc. and it's crazy that it suggests 1 apex talent
That addon is so bad anyways
I hate that it’s gaining traction
It literally shows the things that arent useful
Stat prio and aggregate talents
mother fucker... THAT close

had to try and get it as fury 
on the trinkets? 🙂
And you have the achievement
dont plan on Mythic tbh
sick
I still need to find a 1h myth wep smh
Alleria sword dropped but I didn’t ask for it and I was too lazy to crawl to get it
Im still tanking with hero weapon
feelsbadman
I will open my first vault as prot 
congrats! and good luck!
is there still a reason not to take all 4 Apex points as prot?
no
there was never a reason to
much less after the DR swap
and much much less after tuesday
so its in the very negative reason to do so
cool I have a WAY outdated build then - to wowhead I go
to icy veins
we dont support wowhead
to icy veins I go then

wait... why not?
We don’t have a proper guide writer for wowhead
Our guy retired and a non-pwarr is filling in
I'm having fun tanking keys lmao, just 4 manned a caverns and got yelled at to take the tank puddle in a MT to the wall
like if you melee range the boss the group dies LOL
so stuff in algathars shredding prot war, is that normal? is it stuff we just can't block?
yes, first pull is massive bleed/birds are bleed/ and battleaxes are pure arcane. You can spell reflect for magic dr when tanking battleaxes but you have to kite, same with bleed
ok so first pull no big deal. It was the stuff on the two bridges, and vexamus platform. How much on platform should i pull at once cause in like a blast key 12-15 I have just pulled the whole platform, but can't higher, like evoker boop results in it all slapping me at once and im dead almost instantly when they go off at once
if its arcane would i be better off with fight through the flames?
When the battleaxes get interupted, they sync up there attacks, even 1 of them slaps in high keys, if you pull the whole platform that is like 4 big arcane hits hitting you at once. What I do is pull everything shockwave-disrupting shout for aoe interupt then piercing howl for kite.
you could maybe plant + shieldwall but you have to kite if out of defensives. Also I never go fight in the flames except on lura but maybe some1 else can offer guidance on that.
Biggest thing was spell reflect was basically like another shield wall b/c of the massive magic dr. SO you could plant longer
yeah key was already bricked before i died, so we went back and tried whole platform again cause I thought i did something wrong, but it still shredded with everything up, I had to stun and step back, cause the evoker boop would all almost 1 shot after was crazy, but then the next bridge was slapping hard too, so I was just curious if its worth pulling all that and kiting, just didn't seem worth the risk, would think the two far packs together then the one with 3 axes by itself after
Im 3.5k so im getting up there in key levels, the routes I have been following are from Tactycs. His routes are usually pretty solid and he just made a vid for routes for like 1% and 0.1% if that is your goals.
He also plays a ton of prot war so he has that mindset in a few of his guides
Sounds like good info, maybe I should look into it. I tanked 17 MC in time on war weeks ago, and haven't bothered much since on war until trying Col and such and doing a few higher testing htings today. Druid already have more 17s and 18 on easy
yea this is my first season doing m+ and tanking and tactycs+awoo helped me skyrocket to where I am, and then just picking up random pieces of advice as I went
if I have a bis hero track gear, but I get a replacement in myth do I use the myth?
Best dungeons for us to bonus roll?
Use droptimizer to see what you need
The people woken up to the power of Col I see
This makes me glad 

Sim yourself

Everyone likes a good kitty.
According to guide, if i have all myth gear in all slots, best crafts is - bracers and back with arcanoweave lining embellishment on it?
Means this 2 is BIS?
Is it me or does it feel like there is a tank shortage going on like badly.
Yet people do not take a prot war and let the timer just time out ?
Or is it just me that people only want druid and monks?
It's been like since forever.
People follow the "meta" blindly eventhough it's not required.
Theres always a 'tank' shortage
I just came back to wow and feels like no1 is taking me haha even with a 12++ for 10's
Yah, cause you definitely need a meta tank for a 10.
It's honestly just sheep mentality.
I actually think blizz by mistake have shortened the tank shortage
Theres tones of druid around using the pull helper thing
None are good but they are there and trying at least
Like my shammy is dying to aggro nearly every run atm 
Don't need to know how to play the class if you just get autoinvited cause you're a "meta spec". You'll eventually get a group to carry you.
😂
ofc they dont take prot warrs , cus we are garbage
Damn… what should we do with all of these sheeps? BBQ em? 
It doesnt always work i was a group with a druid that was doing 18k dps st
I stole aggro without bl
And died
He then blamed me for low dps at the end while i was still top dps and 2 dead or runnign away cause of aggro

Well running around so mobs go back into his thrash but that still wasnt getting aggro back

yes prot is dead see you next season
and we won't solve that problem without illegal action, so we might as well not sweat it
circumvent the issue by finding a good guild
meta doesn't really matter as long as you manage to properly tank the weekly +10s or +12s
and that's something all classes can do
of course that situation sucks for pushing higher keys
I just played a MT+10 on my alt with a colo prot warrior who absolutely fking CRANKED the overall damage. I haven't even seen one this season.. Is it a case of just blasting easy content but struggling higher up? Cuz that damage was intense
is there a class that is like opposite apm of war?
Image might be small as I took it on my phone but this is the most current apm list
I believe these are pulled from raid statistics so it's possible there maybe weren't enough parses available for accurate data? I'm pulling that out of my ass though; I don't know for sure
I'm fairly sure I'm wrong there, tbh. I don't think simcraft would pull from logs for this; they'd just use the spec APLs
in two weeks I gonna get new PC so I want to start raiding probably, is it true it is hard to find a guild as a tank? In that case I guess I have to go slayer arms for raiding and keep prot for keys
Ummm kekw?
I tried fury on an alt account but that spec is just weird to me for some reasons
well I found a trinket 
top 2 are the two classes that regularly use ocd skills
Aren't the two apm factors haste scaling of the spec and ocd skills?
simcraft isnt really up to date is it?
Every spec scales the same with haste except energy specs.
In terms of APM
It has to be up to date
Or we wouldn't have sims
but the list they uploaded was from 12.0.1
and is missing classes
I don't know why it's missing specs; it isn't the first time. But unless an APL changed significantly, this is still accurate
nou 😛
Certainly accurate enough to answer the question originally asked, which was just what is a low apm spec
yeah for sure
shouldnt it be 12.0.5?
upgrade gaze to 285
save myth crests should you get a myth version
and heart too
not raiding mythic 🙁
well then upgrade it!
😄
i don't raid mythic either, i might save some gold to get boosted once at a trinket boss
chimaerus isnt that expensive anymore
How do this things that up ilvl to 295 work? Can u use on crafted gear? Cause my weapon and Shield is crafted
crated weps/trinks, 6/6 hero weps/trinks, 6/6 myth weps/trinks
this is what happens to max crafted
Fury is around 69 APM
You can do a quick sim and there is the apm in the html report
interesting, is it because of haste? The only two ocd skills are reck and avatar right?
that would also explain why frost mage apm is low af
low base haste and crit/mastery is prio
and i think no ocd skill
since they removed icy veins
Every tick of rampage used to be counted as a cast for fury, i dont know if thats the case anymore tho
Like spirts for spriest each ghost counted as a cast at 1 point
maybe, because 70 is quite high even considering you cast around 2 ocd spells per minute
do the sims still use kick on cd for increased dmg?
Is it mandatory to know the optimal routes to reach 3k5, or is it feasible with Blizzard's pull tool?
I'm learning to tank, but I feel like the rate of leveling up from Rio is too fast/easy to +10, and there's not enough time to properly learn the routes.
I've tried using MDT or Keystone Guru on my other monitor, but I'm not comfortable with it at all 🙁 Maybe it's my age xD
Gang mdi is running .. prot war??
Sweet havent done q yet but will be nice. Sux i wanna also fury tho 😅
Just play with the Blizz tool to begin with.
You will gain more experience and adjust the pulls accordingly down the line.
Basically everyone start at around 55-60 and it depends if you have oGCD, channels, haste or long casts
Every specs press 1 button when they can
Ty mate, ill try then.
rgr
I think you can achieve Keystone Myth (3400, resi 16) with W routes more or less if everybody does their part
I can easily see 3500 with groups being like 292 ilvl average + full folio powers
with basic routes
I’ve used w key routes to 3400 so i can confirm you can
Especially this season the dungeon poll is very linear
At what level does pugging, for a prot warrior, becomes impossible?
Blizzard route tells you what to kill, but not how to group up packs. Without a fair bunch of big pulls, you won’t time higher keys.
About to take on 18s, I want to take the rank 1 spot on my server./
I’m starting to struggle at gettting invited for 17s.
I don’t display a high number of runs though, maybe it’s that.
Finished my 17s. Got invited to most of it after timing one or two.
Yeah I’ve noticed this trend in lower ones too.
my friends right now are doing 19s with full W routes
with random ass comps
Yes I was being conservative
That is why I tell people in pugs to calm the fuck down and pull calmly because as long as the rest of the group has a brain the key is timed
you don't need crazy routes until high keys
I was of the opinion you dan do resi 16-17 with W routes if everybody does their jobs but Nome said that his friends are doing 19s with W routes
which means you might need tweaked routes from 20 and above
ez
dude
those with puzzle box how do u manage it
you gotta take care of that hoarder inventory
are there legion mining quest items in there?
and the legendary cloak from bfa
ah no ilvl 170 is tww
Guys, how do you deal with the heal absorb from the Shadowguard Defenders on left side NXP?
Starting on +15s and they just wreck me. 285 iLvl
i usually just health pot, hs (if i can), impending victory etc and then pray they die quickly
wasnt enough
if things get super dicey i will shockwave and run away to try let the stacks drop and give the healer a chance to catch up
some of it is on the healer too imo
is it a spell they cast or applied on hit?
the stacking heal absorb debuff
ah it's melee on hit
prism could help
solarflare
it should proc fairly early during the pull for a high amount of crit giving you a little more parry
and reduce the amount of stacks you get
but it also depends on how your mates cc the enemies
if they get stunned a lot, it won't stack that high
Yeh they prolly did not CC at all
Ig you can pull the first two with stun hammer so they don't hit you while gathering the rest
but i need to figure that out too, i suck there
get hit way too often before i collected them all
Can't speak for raid bc don't raid, I know topicx makes keystone pwar video
any is fine
as long as it covers tank swaps
if youre talking about mythic raid then Sense, but only after learning the general fight strat, which any will do on both video or written format
tactycs
sense for gameplay tactcys for explanation
Dumb question - has anyone felt squishy this week after the tank buffs? Been running 12-14's like i have been and it seem this week i've been getting my face eaten
no
I feel tankier
damn.. just did a 13 seat and i was blowing cd's in places i normally didn't need to use them on. and did a nexus earlier and just felt like i was wearing cloth in a few pulls
Where were u blowing cds in seat
different keys, differnt group
a lot of different factors
you cant see yourself in a vacuum
feelcrafting is no bueno
without considering the whole
but even then
I was blowing cds on adepts before I figured out that you can spell reflect the bash
diff grp comp but same people
objectively speaking we're only tankier
Stun the first 2 defenders, leap, gather, demoshout avatar, put up spell reflect you can reflect/deflect 1 stack and the dmg reduction buff from SR helps. Hit impending victory directly when you reach 2 stacks. Shockwave, dont forget to spam TC so demo shout gets up. I tend to pick Last stand with SW in that dungeon. So that I can clear the negative buffs off myself pretty fast
also Spell reflect up anytime you can
Make sure you have bsv and don't get slammed by back hits either
You can clear chains in Seat if you skill into fearless. It's up to you if you think it's worth it or not
30 sec cd on rage
at the expense of less CC ( shockwave cd goes up )
are you remembering to spell reflect on seat?
Maybe champions were enraged
And before someone had soothed them when they did
Theres so many variables like healer not healing, dps doesnt cc etc
You can SS champions and whatever damaging you highest to reduce your damage taken if you aren't doing it already
Talent debuffs so they deal less dmg per stack
For Simming ,, just select Patchwerk, 1 boss 5 mins with latest SimC?
Yep. Can do 5 bosses 1:30 for aoe sims
so .. based on this ... https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/ncMmxU677aQQso1vtwv1Sy
should i recraft to mastery/crit?
Dont sim stat weight
Just use top gear
gotcha
ok so after giving rdru a try I now realize that one druid that kept drinking every 2 packs was not doing good

You are awesome

Is there a way to track which spell i can spell reflection ingame?
I know, there is a guide, but no way i can remember everythings. :c
no
😭 bring wa back. xD
How do you remember every spell then, like oh i can use spell reflection soon
Thats my problem too
Oof. well. Oke :dentge:
You remember them after a while
Like void bash, theres punishment mechanic if u dont reflect
take seat for example
For me the important ones are:
- 3rd cast of 1st boss tankbuster
2.knockback of trash up to 2nd boss - spell from 3rd boss
- lance from 4th boss
You get knocked back and champions just destroy ur stuff
u charge fast enough u dont go out of range of champ
if you charge back fast enough they won't charge you yes
You can cc and do that too to be safe but yea
but idk if the rage gained from charge is better than more uptime on the mobs
you lose a global i'd say
Yea
less TaN as well
and if you lag, you're dead
in higher keys
i'd rather sr tbh
nothing else is doing spell dmg on those packs
My charge curse is mobs going behind me sometimes
aye it actually seems fun
so far at least
I just thought they have big mana issues, but apparently that druid didnt understand abudance
He needs to talk to dundun then

When analyzing logs regarding shield block uptime, should I be looking at casts per minute or buff uptime or both? And how much is considered good/minimum, since it should ideally be up 100% in combat but then there's downtime running between packs, rp etc
u look at blocked hits
damage taken -> melee line -> hover over the hits column
Cool thanks
yes u just drop before the tank hits happen
then pick up again
so i can in fact dew it
yes
gon give it a go then, the guild be strugglin
and its pretty boring on hc as tank
lol
u can also just keep hoild of it
it spawns 2 circle
u and the other tank can just stand in them
dont u lose a crystal then
not on hc
wicked
You can also opt in for the strat where you don’t kick the second adds, you only get 2 crystals
You have more chance to see p3 yes
how low boss hp was ?
i never seen it, except the first crystal activation
or you mean you've seen the second adds only 3 times 
is it better to macro shield slam with ignore pain or shield block?
u can bind SS into any off the gcd button if u want to snipe resets
but u still need the normal SS bind
any video recommendations folks for learning prot ? For keys specifically.
Ta in advance
is a crafted weapon BIS for Protwarrior? I have a 289 Weapon and I am wondering if I should swap
no 289 is bis
okay, cus the wowhead prot guide is kinda not really talking bout it. the BIS list has nur embellishment included
okay I will have a look
I havent played in a bit but I currently have a crafted weapon should I use the voidcore on it or switch my embellishment to something else and then void core a 289 weapon
or is that just a sim
u sim
but it will tell u moving emlbishment to back and bracers and getting 298 wep is more damge
Hey guys, any advice for NPX left side? I'm getting railed by the stacking null sunder and while I can pot and rush initially i eventually get overwhelmed. (+16/+17)
https://keystone.guru/route/nexuspoint-xenas/U6mXxQO/skandar-tank-high-key-nexus-point-xenas-17-20/1
This is roughly the route I'm using
Leveling again my warrior.
What m+ dungeon I bonus roll in with absolutely 0 gear
For NPX +15/16, would you go with Heavy Repercussions or Into the Fray?
Thanks. Which route are you running? Seeing different ideas right now, even with slow left side (lust first pull in first room - the two searing images, then play left side slowly, lust big before 2nd boss, and on last boss).
Getting 6 defenders at first pull always overwhelmed me in a 15
Leap off the pack and kite, leaving time for healer to give you some hp and maybe dps can bully them
Couple people in my home were like telling me the other day to go pug 3400-3600io because others are, when you look at the actual "pugged" groups of there's on IO it's when the main group is not pushing
Granted I don't think 3019 to 3400 would be a bad idea
Oh, long season 
Maybe I find me a team and push then, this is the highest IO I've ever been anyway
doesnt a +9 give 272 in vault?
okay ty
you should avoid doing keys lower then 10
I do 8 and 10
especially this late in the season
8 for hero crests
my alts lol
I need to farm some 8s now on my alt to upgrade all my hero gear. farming myth will take too long until I cap it lol
EU?
why worry about hero crests at this point?
ye eu
are yall even at myth crest cap?
free ilvl increase on an alt
I might do 8s on my dudu
no
with like 8 bonus rolls, a bunch of saved crafts
194/900
why even worry about hero pieces which are on the chopping block
even for a smidge of I level
have you geared an alt
I have 4 geared toons
I have 7 alts
great so i am like 400 myth crests away from cap but almost nothing left to use them on
but I got 3 hero items not fully upgraded
if you want hero crests go do the assualt
you get 20 each run, can finish in like 10 minutes
depending on gear
20 is good
what class is it
guardian
ez solo yeah
already 280 ilvl
I still have blue pieces on my alts so im stuck on 8s for now lol
might still do 8s to help some people stuck in tankless queues
assaults are boring anyway
true
tanking low keys is charity
can I join on my priest
sure but i wont be on for at least a couple of hours
ah nvm
If you do 10-12's when you're done collecting myth Crests it starts giving you other crest
but im no where near done on mythic crests
Just do hero raid
raids are boring
And if u havent done nulleus on it
10 per boss
Ya but fast
ive done nulleus
whos nulleus
Sup 🙂 May I ask two question:
- Is there a better website for browsing routes in m+? Currently I am pushing keys. I don't like many routes on keystoneguru for higher keys. And the pulls from kira etc. are not possible with pugs
- With the newest changes, is 4/4 apex worth playing now? Every website is telling something different 😅
- raider.io
- we ALWAYS played 4/4
anyone playing 1/4 was in a beta fever dream, we never recommended 1/4, look at pins
-
what i do is just watch lots of different people run keys and they all do something a little bit differently. I pick and choose what I like based on what I feel comfy with and what works in my pugs
-
I used to alternate between 1/4 and 4/4 pre buff and found more success with 1/4 but since the buff i only run 4/4
its good to find differing opinions online because no one knows what the best builds is for your playstyle
you can look for your key level in the leaderboard and look at their routes, so no its not really copying them
if you have a preferred comp you run, try and find teams that run the same comp in high keys
like I used to run keys melee cleave keys with a Ret Paladin, so we would copy Qrva/Melee routes
since we had super similar comps

also cause Qrva plays with the Goat Critcake
y for some keys there are not many other routes (windspire, skyreach) etc. but for maisara or pit there are so many. Most routes I could find are to slow in my opinion 😄
then modify them
1/4 is a trap
you dont have to stick with an established route
Been playing more of my DK this weekend
Death Strike go brrr
I leveled a frost mage 
I know 🙂 thanks guys!
the heck is that priest doing
Frost is cool
he capped 15 minutes before
brought him along for vibes
Needed that fat int buff 
Our pwarr was late to raid because of a work emergency so my first actual raid tanking this season was mythic crown 
Get thrown right into the barrel
where you are never in range of your healers and gotta 'figure it out'
Nah I had support the whole time

Was pretty chill tbh, not a bad tank fight
Ahh, the "how to parse" mechanic 
while everyone will tell you that warrior is a super easy tank to play, its only half true. the rotation is very easy and the mitigation is strong and easy to maintain, but on the other hand, warrior requires quite a bit of planning and finesse to pull off a good gather, and you are by far the most sensitive to back hits out of all the tanks, which means positioning for you isn't just a skill expression, its life and death.
plan a pull and try to do it, keep note of what went wrong and what you could have done better next time. if some gathers are too convoluted and unreliable try and adapt the pull a s move things around. do low keys to allow yourself to practice gathering plans
after P1, there is legit 0 way to die to non-environmental mechanics
Though i did learn the P1 adds in P3 still do the "nobody in range? stand still and cast" mechanic when we got there and i leaped onto the simulacrum 
"bro move the add bro" I KNOW
doooood
I just FUCKED UP give me a sec
those adds were a nightmare to pick up
like not hard, but sometimes they spawn is the least obvious places
mmhm, annoying af
I ended up switching back to priest because our tank got home, we got the boss to 14% so we're def killing after reset
Would've been a kill but the raid lead had a series of bad calls and got us killed

my guild is currently hoping that HoF doesnt close tonight
it prob will, but we have a shot of killing Lura this coming reset
Oh man good luck
we raid on Mondays
took us way too long to learn P1
Long days in the P1 wipe factory 
to many people just didnt understand how to carry seeds properly/trying to do too much
Thats not the issue for me. I am playing warrior tank for mostly 10 years and always went for +13 keys. But now me and my healer friend wanna push higher and are currently at 16/17 keys. And its jsut annoying because the difference is huge in my opinion 😄 because some mobs are hitting so hard you just cant pull them
but over the last week I have watched like 60 episodes of My Hero Academia
so thats cool
Not 50 pulls but just p1 wipes until people figured it out
yeah that's the problem this season with warrior. this wouldn't have happened if they didn't take away our Spell Block last season
I don't wanna I interrupt, but does anyone have a resource that explains MT 1st pull on prot? My prot friend is pushing 14s and even with barkskin I can't keep him up while he gathers first pull
P2 prog was quick, its literally just getting positioning down in p3
in magisters?
barkskin, i think you mean shield wall?
or what
external barkskin maybe
people play that pull dumb because they save every cd for pull 2
thats true for dps, but no reason to hold walls
P2 is kind of a free phase imo
still kinda odd hes getting chunked by it
at least for Crown
and its quite dangerous to warriors due to 2 enforcers
that deal magic auto attacks
unless dispelled
External yeah
do you have a log
Oh geez sorry, not MT, Maisara
It was mostly making sure the ranged stacked properly for orbs/obelisks and then ez
OHH
I'm currently asking for a friend lol, I can come back with a log later
100% once you know how to do arrows+shoot those things
well MC first pull if he drops SB he will drop dead
P2 is basically just 'how low can we get boss'
save your bark until the enforcers enchant their weapons and tell ur prot warrior to use his defensive there. enforcers eat warrior tanks
Pwar seems like a great excuse for a pug 3400+ tank 
you could help him by soothing enrages
but
he drops SB in MC first pull and hes dead, he eats a frog circle he is probably dead as well
We were consistently getting her down to like, 43%-45% with good arrows so, close to the auto-phase threshold at this rate
depending on key level
Then half the raid dies to the rift slash and we reset 
if you do MC with a rogue tell them to use Wound Poison
berserker will die much faster
and spear guys too

He seems to have a movement issue from my perspective, he struggles to group the first pulls on MC without turning his back 
I just wanna kill it and roll an alleria neck and then im basically maxxed out on gear for the season
👍 yeah fer sher
until the spore boss releases
Oh good idea, we do have a rogue buddy who pushes with us occasionally
a little frustrating they are releasing that raid and all the loot is gonna be 298
yeah highkey dumb. I preferred everything being warbound instead
289 warbound raid loot wouldve gone hard
but now I gotta get in there on my main for next season
to get him max geared

was looking forward to being # done with my War gear this week
then I could focus on my other toons and get them BiS; gotta have options for next raid tier
yeah and he can swap it off before 1st boss if he needs to
tho its probably a choice node talent or smth idk anything about rogue talents
but the bottom line is that despite how crap warriors feel this season, you can never die to anything kitable as a warrior
if he dying to berserker or enforcers or whatever, he isn't kiting when he has nothing left to use
which I know isn't fun. I swap to druid because im sick of having to kite in 7/8 dungeons this season as a warrior
Is it a good idea to shockwave the 4 berserkers while you pass by them?
sure
just remember they need to be gathered quickly so that people can lust em down
i was playing the right side route and figured they're the biggest threat, if they can't hit me while i gather i can settle with the mammoth and the rest easier
Do u guys still agree with the "only ignore pain over 70 rage" thing or is it outdated somehow with the buff it got? I find I'm basically always using it if I have enough rage and at least a few seconds of shieldblock left. But maybe i should be using revenge more instead?
no, its not an outdated thing
its never been outdated
and probably never will
its been the case for every iteration of us
what do you mean at least a few seconds of SB left?
Like at least 5
Well, the last time I played wow it didn't exist haha
so before shield barrier?
So I just should be pressing s.block as soon as I can whenever it's off cd, even if I've got plenty of time?
you need to maintain SB
Yeah it was in wotlk when I played last
ah
Sb management has not changed since vanilla
you maintain it
that means keeping it up
at all times
ideally
except in cata where it was cursed
if you dont have charges make sure youre not getting hit
anyway that's beside the point
its more than mangeable to keep up with the proper talents (HR with low haste, etc)
and more to the point, IP does not depend on SB, they are managed separately
whether SB (or even IP) are up has no relevance on if you hit IP at 70 rage
does that answer your questions @harsh cypress ?
if not then read this: #protection message
Yeah, I guess it just struck me as like, something you need to keep up 100% of the time like you do with block
well you will have high uptime if you hit it at 70 rage
you just dont use revenge as thane, unless if you need a shield slam reset
ohh we dont spam revenge
thane buffs thunderclap, not revenge, you gain nothing by using it over SS or TC
you do, if youre colossus
well not spam exactly, you still need rage
well we hit it when ss and tc are not up
That's not exactly as rare as raging blow when playing fury but it is third in line
but revenge alone will not keep rage down so we use the excess rage for ip
how do you guys deal with quickly targeting certain enemies? clicking feels so janky or buggy and tab targeting is hard for me too. Anything i need to know or do i just need to practice? Anyhow, how do you guys go about it?
I mouseover most of it
for example when losing aggro on a few mobs that are a few feet away
ah you have mouseover macro with taunt for example?
heroic throw is usually enough
ok ok
and it should work by just mouseover the hp bar or does it need to be on the enemy
ok thanks
most targeting is done by nameplate; its why having good nameplates is so important
clicking on hp bars often doesnt target them for some reason
especially for tanking
yeah i have nameplate addon thing, it makes them big and colored depending on aggro
they dont overlap i think, i will practice more with mouseover macro
you need to be able to see them all casting which is very important
my hands have never done the gymnastics that wow requires
Threat is not so much an issue as kicking and stunning at the right times
or using wrecking throw on gargoyle in pit or banshee in windrunner for example
yeah kicking i do decently well, usually enough time for my slow ass to target them
but when i lose aggro i panick hard and it feels more urgent
i think taunt is an ocd spell so that one is better for urgent situations
better than ht
i click nameplates, i set a focus target on the gather/pull to focus kick
^
and i stick with the prio target or whatever hits hard to stack punish
focus target is for later i think, im still struggling without an extra kind of target
on a pinch for a kick and if i dont have a focus target, i tab to it since tab prios casting mobs
Focus actually reduces mental load if anything
hmm rly
Imo it does
it does if set up well
setting focus target and stuff and keeping track and having different hotkeys for focus target seems so overwhelming ngl
Tbh i dont have a separate bind from focus kick, but it’d be good to have. I never used it so stopped having it
it can feel that way at first but with practice it becomes natural
Ill use stops or just mouseover change my focus in a pinch
i dont have a separate focus kick bind either
i just have one
with a modifier in case i need to target kick, but i barely use the modifier
oh what, good to know that it prios that
Good thing about focus kick is like nim said, setting it while going up to a pull not fishing through moving nameplates
what is point of focus target if you have no specific keybinds for it?
is there a use im missing
you keep hitting your current target
I have no keybinds for non focus kick
prio target
Ill change my focus target to kick something in emergency
ah so your kick skill just always targets ur focus target and never main attacking target?
Ya
ok ok
focus kicking is great for any class
both targets, shaman or dps
you can barrel down the prio target which can be different than casters
do you guys also use mouseover with charge and stuff?
i dont
i only mouse over heroic throw and wrecking throw
thats it
taunt as well
any specific reason or just what u used to?
its good to have for ranged spells/attacks
faster
removes an action (i.e. clicking), so its faster
yeah it sounds great
im wondering if its also worth on shield charge and charge and stuff
i dont think so
you shield charge point blank with buffs
its a nuke
you dont use it as a gap closer
thats what regular charge is for
for the most part anyway, there are cases where you do use it at range but they are not that numerous
You should use shield charge on opening into a pack mostly because it puts up shield block. you can also use it to point blank interupt if needed or if you're out of charges but that should be its primary function
i personally dont need it, but if you feel like it'll make a difference then go for it
no
shield charge hits hard
drats 🙁
yeah thats what i read too
and i found out today that shield blocks stack, so ive been just using shield blocks and shield charge on cd basically
sweet, looks like i learned something new today also.
yeah i think its new in this expansion
its not
then i wasnt paying enough attention earlier ig
becuase of dmg buff?
of course
so is opening rotation of shield charge -> avatar (while charging) -> demo shout any good
its what i saw on icy veins
but it would not get demo shout buff i guess
charge -> avatar -> demo -> SB/SC
i see, makes sense ig
optimal dmg since charge can only be from distance and SC can be point blank
ah recalled wrong
what does ST mean
single target
ahhhh
SS should still be used for AEO to get rage right?
just not as opener maybe
yes
you use SS regardless of target count
Apex makes it aoe
but even before we had apex talents we used it in aoe for rage
its your biggest rage generator
I almost never am able to cast charge and while im charging cast taunt and avatar before I reach enemy and then cast aoe stomp as I reach them
yeah seems kind of hard
So much buttons so press in such a short time
I see a lot of high-key builds only putting 1 point into Apex - right?
bad builds
read pins
yes, you may be right in seeing it
Dont let nimchomp see he'll get an analurism
for bonus roll skyreach or academy? i shoudl have 10 next reset ( new lvled char)
depends on what you need
then AA is fine
yea, you just choose one dungeon
and bonus roll that dungeon till you get everything youd want
either work honestly
yep that iss waht i wanted to do did it ont he shaman
just 100% stick to one like Augusto says
trienkt wise skyreach or algethar waht is better?
doesnt really matter, you need ilvl
i need wepaon and shield no?
I would run droptimizer and see what's best
AA is probably best since both have haste
Just pick the one with highest expected value avg
yeah nexus and seat is the good rigns if i go dps or avoidance
witht aht amny rolls i jsut takea full table
Imo puzzle box trinket is bait tho I filter that thing out
the two rings from Nexus are very good, plus theres a shield in Nexus Point
just do AA
forget about the additional advice
you need shield and 1h
no reason to think about the rest
skyreach also sheild and oen hander
stick to AA
Ok thx! Read the pin - though, as I am not too deep into the acronyms, what is the most tanky yet usable build then, for pushing 15/16?
Seems (as discussed yesterday night) I am struggling with staying alive in PUGs, in NPX especially.
Puzzlebox is fine, you have to be carful of the channel time
you dont need a bulky build for 15/16, you just need to manage heal absorbs
personally not a fan of it
Biggest challenge to timing 16s is getting an invite with ppl that arent goobers
Nevertheless, which build is preferable, then, pls? 😄
on the healer side they eat the tank slowly those pulls healer should also help
the icy veins build with BSV
just swap Enduring Alacrity for it
if you want indom, swap Focused Vigor for it
Also there are some dungeons where you should use the magic dr talent t instead of armor
I'd post the build I have but it would probably get laughed at
if you plan on swapping rage talents (which i dont recommend), you will need frothing
Oh shit, nvm, this what I use haha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA\
btw, only wep has haste
the shield is vers/mastery
doesnt matter
Craft it 
no reason to not send AA
So this right? Thanks!
those are swaps, from the icy veins build
its not the exact talents you want to go
it depends on what you need, on a dungeon to dungeon basis
Id prob prefer Skyreach>AA personally if I was a fresh Prot War (especially if Im not gonna raid)
but to each their own
They are sub optimal, but they work well enough
if you want tos slam bonus rolls on ONE dungeon
isnt the only actual gcd spell you hit when engaging demo shout?
That is fair enough yeah
charge, avatar, sc, sb, all off gcd
I sent my first 7 on nxp
hes looking to gear quickly
If I was a fresh pwar I would not want to get puzzle box
if he can grab two, he might as well grab the combo where one of them has haste
he can also bonus roll a diff dungeon with good trinkets/jerwly and just craft a wep
Is there a comprehensive list on a dungeon to dungeon basis?
I am a working dad with a second child coming. I can play, but I can't set up my own lists with all info needed and keep every tiny bit in mind :S
no
nothing is absolute with the bonus rolls, but you should just pick one
augusto youre being very anal about this
lol
If only raidbots had a feature called DROPRIMIZER
yea, there are so many options; but I think the prevailing agreement is just choose one dungeon and do that one
until you get everything you wanted from there
helm, chest, belt, boots, 1 ring, bis gloves, bis weapon (before raiding)
loot table of seat is great for fresh prot
if you have a shield that is
IT HAS NO SHIELD
You shouldn't spam the same one if you want the best gear because the relative value can change depending on what you get
i know i know, but there are so many shields the probability of you getting one in vault is pretty high
Plus crafting one first is better because you can upgrade it
Ok - I think I will stick with this for now, and try to see where I swap armor or MR...where would I swap armor for MR? NPX? Seat?





