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i wish the pally discord was as helpful as this one :/
pala discord is toxic af ayyy
guys do we have a list of spells that can be spell reflect or blocked?
@junior ivy if you ask gear related questions, the answer is usually going to be to simulate it, which was then followed by a guide/demonstration on how to sim
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not helpful ur right
i could not see it either @zodie
Yup, does shitloads of damage and yiu dont waste a charge of the shield
lmao
does the spell reflect dmg actually goes into meters?
cause i never really seen it
Were there any spicy prot changes in 8.0.1 ptr?
Still way too soon to say anything
They will bring all tanks kinda together, like they did in legion, all tanks are capable to tank pretty much anything
i like every tank being capable of tanking anything
as long as they have distinct utilities
bears having bears and raid mov speed is dumb imo
Yeah I don't really care about the changes. Been through every expansion so far and classes change significantly in almost every one of them, so nothing new.
I'll adapt and/or have new favorite specs next expansion.
I play 3 classes only and 3 specs. Prot Warrior, Fire Mage, Resto Druid (Although pretty up there for other mage specs and lolbearform).
But I'll always play Prot warrior + fire mage regardless of how powerful / weak blizzard makes them.
In reality - every class and every spec will have a use somewhere.
I have 10 110s currently, and more on the way. I play 5 or 6 regularly, with my focus being on two of them (rest do an M+ each week and that's about it). I'm not saying any spec is not viable or anything like that. But there have been substantial changes to specs in past expansions that just made the spec not fun for me anymore, so I stopped playing it regularly.
a couple of discords that are worthless, pallies, they just meme and are assholes over there, warlocks, theirs turned into an xmog discord, and rogues right after a new semi major patch with balance changes
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To think you're not even at 2k ;p
lol every day i get closer
and my brh right now is only +11, if i can do a +15..
itll boost it nicely
Considering the amount you are pugging, or at least the amount I am noticing
been pugging a lot more lately now that my sisters playing wow again
she loves m+s
i need BRH and seat.
im tryin to get to #1, or at least #1 warrior tank
omfg look how close i am !!!
to # warrior tank...
that hurts
Oh, I would actually be #1 tank on your serer
I like how Misha and Rexxar are connected realms
yup my realms super bad but i love it
3169 on mine
Top tank on mine is 3.7
The top warrior tank on my server is actually a DPS main
I'm only like 2.5 lol
i just wanna be 2k. i feel like 2k is a decent cut off for higher m+s
and will get me into pugs
Definitely
There is no such thing as a "cutoff" for pugs
You just need to have a higher score than the leader, by about 500
Gonna be hard if you're the leader
7th warrior tank on my realm has no recorded BRH at all
m+ score is one thing makes me happy aobut being on a crappy realm
Stuck in a endless loop
Welp
That's some dead realm
yeah im actually surprised there were as many prots on my realm with decent scores
yeh ive been on this realm since burning crusade so i just cnat leave iut feels like home
I am 37th on my realm for tanks with 1085
With 4set what's better for DPS, heavy reprecussions or anger management
Anger Management, no matter what
thought wrong
No real reason for it. You don't need more SB uptime for anything. And you lose damage.
And you lose CDs
LUL
Oh lawd
That hurts my heax
Ravager is a huge noob trap
Head*
It looks perfect for DPS
It's actually annoying how incredibly bad that talent is.
You'd think it's the best DPS talent, right?
how is this in general?
decent offensively
It's decent, but I am obliged to say it sucks because it's proc-based.
And I hate proc-based trinkets.
I have a 950 versatility stat stick
I'm actually using that exact trinket right now @lament tulip Same ilevel and everything
someone told me it was good for fury too
coolio, thanks boys
how do you avoid everyone dying on first boss of brh?
it looked like we killed all the thingies
What level?
have to use personals
personals
Yeah, squishier people will probably need personals, though I imagine that you probably didn't kill them all.
me and healer were doing fine got him to like 8% then healer left. ugh
16 seems low for decent geared folks to be getting 1-shot with no spirits left
maybe we left some
No reason not to use personals for it though; once he does that, the fight is over
He never casts it again; just does the swirling shit and the reap souls cleave, which are all avoidable
i dunno why healer left ๐ฆ
Some people just have minimal patience. ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
that run would amade me #1 prot warrior on my realm
I did a 13 tyrannical last week and we had people dying on every boss. Healer died to first shadow volley 3x in a row (one was a reincarn death lol) on last boss; I ended up having to solo the boss from 67% on my blood DK because no one could stay alive long enough to help me kill it.
13 minute fight
Last boss is pretty nasty on tyrannical
Really sucks if people don't have cd's for the first volley
what ilvl should I have for mythic antorus
considering heroic starts dropping 945, around that
any has pointers for me? i will likely need to be on escort duty on varimathras today so given i wont be effectively hitting the boss alot ill run indomitable style build?
and only SR is needed if you're third tank
the dps build is recommended for that job, nothing special to it
and even if you were main tanking indom still isn't needed
Nice because i would not be comfortable with that anymore ๐
And i feel like a total dweep now but whats SR?
spell reflect
pants will be a strong option then?
is Heavy Repercussions better on imonar
there's no fight where HR overpowers AM
Unless you solotank Varimathras ;p
@undone sun thyme was surprised by how few on mine. Guess people just really don't rate prot warr
The scores drop very swiftly thereafter
I'm in top 5 for warriors. But 102 all tanks :(
Hi guys what do U think of ignore pain CD in BFA ?
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/rankings/17#difficulty=4&class=Warrior&spec=Protection
Omw First HM World Rank !
Does it means that even if we try no 100% AM or IP all the time smell bad no ?
oh man the IP CD in BFA makes it literally unplayable. I've already proactively canceled my sub because it wont change before live. for sure
read the pins
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I was mostly kidding because at this point its kind of meh to bother looking too far into it
sorry
just making sure 
Anyone here solo tanked aggramar? (I'm pretty sure @ember arrow ) said he had? If so, how did your raid survive the stacked adds? Or did you just get a druid to go bear form and off tank one while you blew up the other?
I'd like to think he just grew massive cajones and made his healers work overtime and tanked both on top of each other. that would be amazing
Im not sure I get why you would want to solo tank aggramar
Because you can?
I tried it last night for the lolz, was absolutely fine until the adds Blew everyone up, managed to just about survive first adds then wiped on 2nd
Was also wondering if solotanking normal hounds might be possible
I reckon worldbreaker might be, as there's a spot just off to the side where the barrage knocks you in the air without moving you, but never tried
I brought that idea up with one of my healers just two nights ago. I think we're going to try it with me on my DK, and then 2 healers and 7 DPS. I think it would be fun, might be more plausible on my warrior though
do you happen to have a clip of some sort for that worldbreaker spot? I've heard this a few times but can't seem to find any videos of it and everytime I try it I just get fudged up
I figure if you can stack the dogs on heroic, then it might be possible to solotank on NM - provided your healers spam you
I don't - it's about 5 yards to the left of the boss, there's a little sort of gap in the wall, wedge yourself in there
and use a CD ๐
well yeah obviously haha
bracers + 4pc & 2pc combo, inspiring presence would probably keep you mostly smoothed out with the healers being able to throw quick heals if you solo tanked normal doggies.
I wonder if IP would be more useful in that situation or if BDK's consumption (I'm pretty sure vampiric aura only applies to 5 people total though so probably not useful)
inspiring presence, not ignore pain
I wanted to just try it with 2p, belt and gloves, and offensive trinkets, YOLO it
even though I can't see that increasing my DPS significantly vs stacking them
aaaand the first lego i get on my alliance warrior isssss timeless strategem fuck sake
I love strategem ๐ฆ being a gnome I bounce around like a tick as my healer says
its a fun legendary when you dont have any other options
its fun but id rather litterally any other one haha
I feel that
Used shoulders on half of the mythic bosses
was one of them immonar? that would be fun leaping across the bridge
Varimathras normal MADE me change from my monk to my warrior -.-
Anyone tried solotanking vari normal?
i wanna try 0healing it with 1 tank, but not sure if i can stay alive long enough
Hey people, i need your wise counsel
What boss would you go on after the Hounds?
Eonar? Or just as usual AHC > Hasa > Eonar?
@sturdy condor I tried
Didn't go well because of the dmg debuff which comes with misery
Reckon it is doable though,especially with 100% mastery build
Question: how does a prot warrior "cheese" mythic Varimathras?
Final phase of Argus, how do you all manage to stay alive as long as possible. I think my max was 7 or 8 stacks
Heroic
send help, i've to tank imonar M tonight
what the fuck am I supposed to fear ?
i'm 950 btw, good gracious lord
@distant pier Memes, lots and lots of memes
Here is something to analyze for you, maybe you can find out how I did it ๐
Cuz crit blocks.
Must be why, yeah.
:D
53% Mastery with 2 piece of the newest tier.
Mastery determines the crit block chance, right?
Yep
With 20800 with 2p t19 or 23000 without old tier, you are essentially a monk tank without the need to purify
12 le 13 stacks Max too. Keeping hard CD as much as possible, and a clean rotation with external etc ...
crit block helps a lot
(As long as it is blockable and you have SB up)
What was T19 buff ? Dont remember ^^
+10% chance to crit block
Oh yes ! ^^
Op op
Oh, and in the log I posted, it wasn't even the Scythe that killed me
2P 4P for me, with big HP Pull. And 12 13 stacks. I think itโs not that bad ๐
It's not. But for the love of God, just imagine having 100% chance to block 80% dmg of incoming hit :3
80%? 88%!
Ohh, I forgot about artifact :D
How Many stacks with T19? (Cant open thรฉ logs atm)
15 stacks, and the scythe didnt kill me
I had a dot from the falling debris, that killed me
That s a huge amount. Like 15x 250% damage ?
So yeah, basically you are fucking Steam train.
War prot are playing T19 on MM ?
This setup is only usable for VERY specific scenarios
I am thinking about maybe using it for high command mythic, and I am pretty sure I am going to need it for argus mythic, if I ever get there
Bro, that will be op at high m+ where is shit tons of hard mele-hitting mobs.
But melees are not the things killing me
You sacrifice incredible amounts of other stats and other goodies, like trinkets you would be a fool to use it for anything other than specific block only fights
I'm thinking about wearing braces + legs for m+ bosses
Guys how should I think about gear when it comes to casual tanking HC raid? Should I go for 4set of T20 + 2 set T21 and have like 7 mill HP or go for 2 set T21 and higher ilvl on rest and have like 8 million?
Ip is your actually hp
lp?
Ignore pain
Ignore Pain
Sometimes if you just have to deal with really high bursts, you should consider using a high EHP setup
Like 10 equipped difference
Also I have no tank leggys so using the movment boots + Sephuz
Any easy way to send all my items to get some help with what to equip? xD
Nahh, i would go for 4+2
I wouldn't use 4+2 on heroic these days, but that's just me, I just use 2p T20 + high ilvl stuff. Depends on your healers etc though I guess
Okey, well what other gear would you use then? Should I run Sephuz + Boots or some other leggys?
*2p T21
Also trinkets and ring?
No idea how yours stats look like
hard to say as you have no prot leggos
But @unborn island Well, with 1/0/9 setup on normal vari, you only have to stay alive for a certain amount of time, i reckon 1m 20 seconds. Can shuffle trinkets+cooldowns when you have SB downtime, and then you have to live on having enough rage to get up IP enough i suppose. the DTPS is around 650k-750k. So you have to cover that with ignore pain, given you dont take healing. So prydaz + gloves only got gloves as prot leggie) would be my legendaries
Late reply to your @, i just was watching lucifer
Gonna be running 3x enhance for rainfall, so we dont need healers
They can keep up firedebuff dmg
500k hps from each rainfall
You can try to tank it if you want, my enhance is better geared than my warrior. if you want it ๐
Actually both are 972 xd
IDK how much damage the aura actually does, but if everyone is doing 2m dps it would need to be >60k DPS to kill anyone ๐
But i've just been curious, ever since i started tanking on my warr, if its doable
I am convinced it's solo tankable
ever since during a wipe on heroic i survived a long time with no healer
All dps are gonna end fight at around 2.7-2.8 most prob, easy rank1s
yeah, that should be enough to stay alive ๐
Then we probably only need 1 enhance then
I guess you also get what, 75% hero uptime too
as 3 enhance is 1.2-1.3m hps overall, if people take constant damage
Nah, 50% prob, its gonna be longer than 1 min
mmm, guess you'd need the enhance to heal the tank in the time when misery is down
it's probably possible, if you get a group happy to try it ๐
You get misery downtime?
I thought you had misery whole fights, and had to rely on ignore pain
you don't even need to, just stand in the boss so ppl within 8 yards ๐
Lmao, then its eeeeasy
If you stand inside the boss you get the orb
I thought you had to survive with misery whole fight
I tried it on heroic
What orb?
the circle
Fissure?
The arrow thingy
Yea that thing
i have some loghorny guys in my guild who are probably up for it
I also have less gear than your warrior, i'm a meagre 968
but would love to improve my rank 7 on nm vari ๐
Going to the gym now, but i'll gather 9 dps after and we can give it a go, my normal log for vari is 2.2, but my hc is 2.6, weird. Need a phat r1
2.75m is r1 enhance, that we can beat. And youll probably get r1 as tank aswell
But since there are no healers and you have to take all misery melees, bracers are pretty much mandatory, so I guess no r1 prot warrior
Is it though
Ignore pain keeps you alive enough for rainfall from enhance to heal you?
Dunno
if i run 3x enhance, it will be around 500k hps on the tank, + your inspiring presence at a 2m dps is 40k more, should be fine. Run a shadowpriest aswell in s2m
s2m + their healing ability in "oh shit" moment
no IP on the tank I guess, but yeah
And remember the fight will be shoooort
one spriest with s2m? how about 6?
Can do, can do
IF we build insanity on pack before, as fight might be too short even
Only got 2x 970+ sp in guild, ill bring both
To be fair, I need to sleep every once in a while, so not in the next few hours for me ^^
I have read the pins and im still not sure what trinkets I should use
What trinkets do you have, and what do content are you running?
I have the archimonds and aggramars and im doing raids
wich ones should I get
darkmoon deck?
diimas?
You mean leggos or trinkets? Are they your only 2 legendaries? Which level of raids? Normal? Mythic?
Darkmoon deck is really good, and yes you should get it
Diima's also very good
I have DmD but I don't use anymore as I don't do any content where me dying is an issue if I play correctly
@green canopy : Play with legs and gloves, use 2 SB after each taunt, stack IPs, SR each debuff, you'll never get under 90% hp. I killed him yesterday for the first time, i played with Chrono Shard since i didnt lose HPs...
@distant pier : I went to 14 or 15 stacks before next one killed me. You can handle 5-6th first with only SB (depends on your ilvl, 971 eq atm), 7th NF, 8th LS, 9th you're still under LS, 10 and 11th SW, 12th Aggramar's trinket, 13th NF, 14th 2 external, 15th 2 external < here you're crying and praying. Ofc, you try to have DS, prio for 8th and 9th coz you need a bit mitigation, and for last ones. DS can handle 3 scythes.
@zealous sleet : Nothing hard p1 p3 p5, boss hits hard p2 and p4. Try to ask your cham heal to take res totem, then you can stack all the bridge and suicide on the totem. If you don't, suicide and use a BR if you have to clean the bridge. Suicide a DPS 2nd bridge's clean.
Darkmoon deck is a good start, Aggramar trinket is good, but very situational
truth is there's no correct answer about what trinket you should use in a given situation
ideally try and get all of them, Diima's, Eye, Apocalypse, Aggramar all have their uses
Ey thanks bud, iโll see w/ the rsham
otherwise, Haste stat sticks from the relinquished vendor are good (use fury spec)
I usually run the Argus tank trinket and Diima's for most stuff, decent mix of survivability and damage.
@zealous sleet And btw if nobody did think about it, use the speed potion
it shares CD with potions, dosn't it ? Potion is better to use
Ye, but IRC it can bug and skyrockets you in the sky instead of boosting ur MS
So yea, will stick to pots
@unborn island ok thx I will try to get as many as possible and save the bad ones I have too
Yeah - sorry I can't give a better answer, there's so many times where trinkets are awesome in specific situations but awful in others, I think I keep about 10 in my bags at any given point
Since i dropped a chrono shard, i don't play defensive trinkets, none is rly gamebreaker but aggramar's conviction for your raid
finally got pantheon trinket today
FeelsGoodMan
got a question guys, what trinket and leggo combination is the best for maximising dps
@sick sentinel I run Pantheon with either Chrono Shard or a Haste stat stick.
@west kayak I see, don't have Chrono though :C I think from now on I will go with Pantheon and Eye/DmD for some defensive value also
I am just having dillema with leggos
Wrists are mvp for some fights, where i have health problems, but I think if I wanna maximise dps for easier fights I should go with Kaku and TWF. What do U think?
As anyone will say it matters which ones you have. The Walls Fell is an amazing Lego for 2p T21 for suvivability and dps(somewhat).
Gloves and Waist for max dps, especially on trash and boss's with adds.
Me personally I run Sephuz, when I know I can constantly proc it, and the belt for dps. Pairing those with Chrono and Pantheon.
DPS that is.
archi trinket is pretty ok for st dps too
i never saw a high world rank with archi trinket
Hmm, i think I will give it a shot later on then, I will try TWF and Kaku combo first
Another player in a pug posted to me our run on Eonar(Normal) and I guess I got rank 2 with that above combo.
Nice!
It was cool to see it. 1.3m dps.
ye hahah, when I was first doing it I thought that the blizzard didn't add any crucial mechanics to it
Hey guys! I've been in the server for quite a while and I have a question now that our guild is progressing on Imonar Mythic. In the event that someone has already cleared it as a prot warrior! How many mines you reckon we can handle when clearing the bridge? Main reason I'm asking is because as a Warrior we can't really spam Ignore Pains when there's nothing to hit ๐ Buttress-Outland is my character in case anyone's wondering for context/relevance.
Thanks in advance!
I went to max 8 stacks as our rcham didnt play with res totem, i just ran to imonar and generate rage, i can handle something like 10-15s healing myself alone (gloves + wraiths). I used DmD + Aggramar's trinket (3s without taking damage is awesome on this phase !). Our hpal goal was to run fast enough to me to heal me till debuff goes off.
i think you'll handle easier generating imonar than staying on bridge waiting for your healers to heal you. It's maybe easier with t20, i can't play with since my pieces are 915.
generating on imonar*
Yeah I'm on a similar boat there, my T20 pieces aren't worth equipping due to ilvl. Started progressing into ToS Mythic too late into the tier. Alright, so you reckon we're better off popping the mines then just head to Imonar and bash him for as long as possible, preferably with a healer getting to us before we ultimately die. ๐ค
I know towards the last phase that's usually what happens. You die then get battle ressed right?
I think best idea is to use a res totem from rcham, my guild asked me to clear as must as possible the bridge, as we had bonobos who need a heavy pass to not trigger mines. You can go for less if you don't have bonobos :p
We suicided a DH dps using is invulnerability, then i could reach the boss with all buff and 100% life, easier than after getting a res.
That at the very last phase yeah?
ye, the second red bridge clean, going to p5
Figured as much. Alright, well I got some talking to do with the rest of the group, thanks for your input @flat kelp! Really appreciate it.
Well I though we were talking about 1st/3rd bridge.
On 2nd/4th, the 1 person just runs all the way through while raid is stacked for healer cooldown and then they just run when the path is clear.
1st and 3rd bridge are also important so I'll keep the "4" in mind.
We just got to Imonar last night and we're still getting the hang of it. Really appreciate your suggestions ๐
One thing I do like to see as a tank warrior is the amount of damage we just ignore, have found hard to roll druid because of it ๐
If you are going to suicide clear one of the red bridges, bring some skystep potipns
Prot war mitigates a lot of dmg, but i'm still waiting for aggramar and argus M... My drood is closely ready to get back if warrior is rly worse to end the progress with. But for now, we are on shivarra, and war deals good on this fight
Aggramars deals no damage at all to Prot warriors
We are going to try every bosses with my main war, but i keep my drood in the pocket to swap if guild feels it would be better with
Going for the same here @flat kelp
Can't speak for argus, but aggramars is really easy as Prot warrior
Woop!
Took double flame rend and foe breaker no problem
Second foe breaker hit for 5M with sw+nf
what is the difference between argus normal and heroic tanking wise except from damage?
melee adds pop 2 times in hm, and in p4 scythe debuff dosnt go off, you have to stack the most you can before dieing
Yup
worth using avoidance then to take more stacks in p4?
Imo not really you just need to rotate cooldowns with shield block and you can take a whole lot
so which 2 trinkets are the go to for argus from these I got: apocalypse drive, eye of f'harg, writhing heart of darkness, darkmoon deck: immortality, riftworld codex, aggramar's convinction
and I guess bracers and legs will be the go to legendaries
for hc argus @flat kelp just posting this rotation earlier:
I went to 14 or 15 stacks before next one killed me. You can handle 5-6th first with only SB (depends on your ilvl, 971 eq atm), 7th NF, 8th LS, 9th you're still under LS, 10 and 11th SW, 12th Aggramar's trinket, 13th NF, 14th 2 external, 15th 2 external < here you're crying and praying. Ofc, you try to have DS, prio for 8th and 9th coz you need a bit mitigation, and for last ones. DS can handle 3 scythes.
of the ones you have, the pantheon trinket is probably a must, beyond that i would guess maybe DMD or heart, maybe leaning toward DMD but it probably doesn't matter much
as for legendaries, yes to bracers, but then i would probably go gloves instead of legs
Someone might want to take a sec to update the resources/faq post. It's still linking to the 7.2.5 guide
Yeah it was confusing the shit out of me earlier cause it seemed so disconnected from what people were actually oding lul
i never look at the one in #268491842637660160, just the pins here
Twf ring and bracers single target with tier combo, belt is used for aoe
Bracers/gloves/belt without combo mainly
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Guys quick question... Dark moon deck immortality still the go to trinket?
It's pretty good but I believe Diimas glacial aegis is considered better now cos of item level
Depends on if you want dps
Defensivly dmd is the best physical mitigation trinket
In terms of raw melee attacks
But diimas will have more dps due to the ilvl and strength to it
As well as the effect of course
If your tank-swap is something with a big smack, then taunt, then Diima's beats it (aggramar, or something like KJ in tos). If something where it's just 'oh no, too many stacks lol' then DMD is stilll competitive
hey guys, i'll soon be buying a lego, what piece should i pray to RNG gods for dps?
i heared gloves, but not sure
gloves are good but i think you can only use them if youre not using 4pc t20 and 2pc t21
i use gloves and wrists, and 2pc t21
i dont use any t20
but i know most here do
gloves are probably best dps leggo
if you want dps, you won't be wearing the t204pc/t21 2pc combo, so you can wear gloves
why you cant use em if u have 4pc t20
the wombo-combo for survival is 4pc t20 and 2 pc t21 at the same time, which requires you to use gloves on one of either t20 or t21
Gloves ST, belt multi.
ah, im dumb, lol
but if you're going for dps, you wouldn't wear the survival combo, so you can easily fit in gloves
thats my set up. but im not purposely going dps lol., i just cant be bothered going back to t omb
2p t21 is a solid DPS increase and lets you build up big IPs quickly, so unless you're still rocking high ilvl t20, it's usually going to make sense to just move on from it.
and 4pc isn't terrible, just not amazing
im tryin to get t21 4pc for fury
is it useful at all for prot
i never see anyone mention it
like would it be worth using
It's worth using, particularly handy for mythic+s/multitarget fights
oo ionly got one more leggo to upgrade to 1000
once ive upgraded every leggo to 1000 what do i use my titan essence thingies for?
they jsut useless?
Buying more legendaries
you target any particular 4 pieces for t21? probably not gloves because kakushan
but i got all warrior legendaries ๐ฆ
Then you get to try a new class, I suppose
you can buy legos for other alts
oh i dont play alts ๐ฆ lol
its a random clas tho
maybe i should start
In general you're going highest ilvl and set pieces where you don't need to sacrifice those levels
If you have a 980 chest, I probably wouldn't bother to equip a 945 tier piece, for example.
cloak, gloves, shoulders, legs have lower stat budgets (roughly in order) than helm and chest
Hey guys, sorry if this is written somewhere but I mained prot in legion until launch of nighthold and switched off because I hated Devastator, is that still the go to talent for prot warriors?
@outer rampart Yes, you still use the Dev talent.
Wich 2 trinkets do you guys think would be best for Argus HC ? Got DMD, 945 diimas, 950 eye, and 980 Aggramar's conviction to choose from ๐
I hated the moments where nothing proced and I was just sitting there, I like spamming essentially
The idea of not spamming felt bad after years of spamming, then you realized it was the best thing ever.
those moments don't really materialize in real life now
you're always hitting a button if you're taking damage
Sometimes when you're not, there's a lull here or there from a lack of RFDT
At what ilvl should I replace a relic from just pure ilvl upgrade but trait downgrade? Just got a 945 relic with HC Leap CDR and Dragon Skin and current relic is 930 with Revenge damage and Dragon Skin
Unless someone has done some good simming, you'd take the 945
Aight, bye bye my 2x 7/7s
Bastion is the only one that doesn't feel like you can put an ilvl number on its value, purely defensively
And the middle traits are usually the ones you're going to value all other things being roughly equal.
Some of those NLC tier 2 traits are kinda crud
Ye I swapped from Master of Shadows in the 930 to Dark Sorrows in the 945
Dark Sorrows is insane for AoE, so more than makes up for the revenge relic I assume
It's like 2x the damage in comparison Master of Shadows in AoE and just a little worse in ST
I don't really play Prot as the end all be all of my warrior, it's just in the occasional off chance my guild needs it or Im doing m+
So perfect relics are reserved for dps
For the most part you can ignore ilvl on relics
T2 dps traits/thunder crash/revenge damage are far better than any ilvl dps wise
And master of shadows/bastion far better than ilvl defensively
Unless prot is special and has some ridiculously overbudget on the revenge relic, there's for sure a break even point for ilvl for both offense and defense that isn't unbound
i attempted to off tank hc argus for my huild and i miserably failed and died at the very second scuthe in the last phase. I did admittedly fail to properly time shield block, but will it be enough? or will need to be like: 1. just block, 2. block+last stand, Block+ shield wall?
i only made 2 attempts and the log is probably extremely poor performance wise, but please tell me all that there is to know
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/FGhAz6Da8PNLMJ1b/#fight=2&type=damage-taken&source=4&start=1138475&end=1186905&pins=0%24Separate%24%23244F4B%24auras-gained%240%240.0.0.Any%240.0.0.Any%24true%24129013022.0.0.Warrior%24false%24132404^0%24Separate%24%23909049%24auras-gained%240%240.0.0.Any%240.0.0.Any%24true%24129013022.0.0.Warrior%24false%24258039&view=events
You can take more than 2 scythes on heroic with only SB
5+ may want to start chaining cd's after that for last phase
yoooo matee!! what do u think about Highmountain Tauren ?? is it better than TAUREN normal?
for tanking i mean
with 10M HP i calculated the racial damage recuctio is 180k per hit
Also, your last death on wipe one, you didnt hit SB for almost 30 seconds...
here is something posted earlier about HC argus and a possible CD pattern
i was chain ressing0-dying there
for hc argus @flat kelp just posting this rotation earlier:
I went to 14 or 15 stacks before next one killed me. You can handle 5-6th first with only SB (depends on your ilvl, 971 eq atm), 7th NF, 8th LS, 9th you're still under LS, 10 and 11th SW, 12th Aggramar's trinket, 13th NF, 14th 2 external, 15th 2 external < here you're crying and praying. Ofc, you try to have DS, prio for 8th and 9th coz you need a bit mitigation, and for last ones. DS can handle 3 scythes.
obvs that depedns on ilvl, your healers, but it seems pretty reasonable
give or take a scythe number
Realistically before the last phase there's no reason to take more than 4 and during the last phase, there's not a lot of reason to take 14.
I feel like if you're getting to 15 something went HORRIBLY wrong
It's mostly to say you did, I assume
might as well use your cds to take as many as possible, no?
Yes, but your healers are dealing with the increased damage in between
So you're doing no one any favors
Each time you're a little harder to heal than the last. On those 14th where he's calling for externals
The ones before that, he's probably near 0 HP
Just die and take the load off
@steel mauve can you tellme what minute that sounds weird, mu current prob is spamming it needlessly most of the time
To hit SB? Right before the counter on DBM says the scythe is coming
we are doing antorous burning throne heroic full clear 945+ silvermoon alliance
At 9:22, you hadnt hit shield block for 29 seconds, while tanking the boss, the cd recharge is about a third of thay
A 2.9m hit took you out from dps not killing an orb, or you standing in the aoe circle, but taking melees with no active up hurts a lot
im sorry im just tilted
does anyone have crucibleweights for prot?
Died at 9:22
Granted you werent tanking the boss near that long, but did take melees with no active up, also should have ignore pain up for scythes
If possible
@thorn wind we don't have weights so much, but we do have a priority list in the pins
that's a shame
why?
some people just want addons to play the game for them
even though if you took a few min to actually read about the crucible for us, you'd know that the choices arent even tough to make
hardest choice we have is to go for surv or dmg
eh it's my third spec, cant be bothered remembering all traits
I see so many increased revenge damage or increased shield slam crit drop from raid
But I dont' want to lose my armor lol
Nice. Isn't supposed to run better than 11 or 9?
dircectx ?
whats better eye of shatug or fharg? i jsut got it on myth and im usually a fury
ok what if the other tank got it to so i use the str one on every boss?
whats the highest ilvl of darkmoon deck 900 right?
yes @sick sentinel and generally @open field that synergy doesnt happen often, but if your other tank is willing to have the other one active then you gain more from it
ok ty ๐
but, the stam one is useful on fights where armor does little for you
but you'll gain more dmg from the STR one always
Crucible weights do help a lot when deciding between similar-sounding traits though...can't recall their names off the top of my head but there's a light and shadow trait that basically sound like they do the same thing but with different numbers
does a proc-based damage and self-heal, in both cases
Is everyone still running T20 4p + T21 2p? It would seem so from the guide but 0/7 prot warriors who have logged Argus Mythic used it and almost no one used it on aggramar mythic either. A bit out of the loop since I rolled over to fury main in ToS
how am I supposed to know which one of those to pick without looking up the RPPM or something? lol
generally speaking, in that scenario, the shadow one is slightly more dmg and the light one "can" heal, but you have to know which ones dont heal us and only others via insp pres
that said
that only happens if those two are in the T2 slots and the choice you want in T3 is mid
Or if none of the T3 choices are better than the other - but I understand your point...just saying that in some cases, it really does come down to math regarding the specifics of the trait that aren't spelled out in the tooltip
Ok
I will take a laugh on the chin and all but I am alting fury warrior and I decided to try prot challenge
I wiped 90 times so far, best pull was 8%
I am 950equipped but no leggos (wich I think dont make such a difference since I am overgeared)
I am either getting knocked off
Or various stupid reasons
How do I deal adds on this ilvl
Should I just kill em all
the small ones? just shockwave and weave your rotation with revenges and claps, that should be enough to get them low enough
I wont stop untill I do it. I know its couse I am bad at it but I just came here for a tip if there is any
Big one is tossing me off
I thought he need to come close to smash but he sometime chase me
being knocked off i'd say is bad movement during the fight, might be something to watch out for that youre not paying enough attention...
Sometimes he just smash from distance.
I am aware that its couse of that. Thank you my brother. I will inform everyone and open a bottle when I do it !!! ๐
@tranquil kraken if the T3 traits are shit, then often the relic isnt worth replacing, so idk, at least personally, in the fairly rare occasions you dont have a great relic and the new one is worse but better ilvl you might have to check a guide quick, idk
but for surv it's a joke, bastion, y/n? y? upgrade, n? not worth
replace? only if higher ilvl with bastion
for dmg, rev and tclap almost exclusively
T2 dmg is same as all other classes, TtW or Shadowbind
i get that if it's a 3rd alt and stuff, idk
but at that point, you dont play it enough that matters anyways so just pick whichever you want
I wouldn't use soul since you don't get use out of it during battlecry
wall's fell is pretty good
My last 2 missing leggos are Kakushan's and Ararat's monkaS
Imma use Wall's Fell for a while I guess
Yeah for sure, see how you like it
Kakushan's is nice for rage generation and damage, ararat's is good for fights with big spell hits like varimathras in antorus or the first boss in maw
If the t21 didn't have the 1 second cooldown, it would be broken for M+
@honest mantle you here?
Now I am
#summoned
If you give me about 25 minutes when my boost is done
Got 7 guildies ready to go aswell, we just finished raid
Ill ask if they wanna wait
I think someone is trying to scam us....
haha, i'd love to give it a shot but im at work for the next 4 hrs
Fray is your man
plus, btw, i feel like im one of the few, but an NA alli player here
NA certainly feels more common than EU
Word
i feel like everyone is EU lol
and I'm all for quality as well
I'm ThE bEsT pLaYeR Na

17k Haste in Prot now ๐ค
ez pz
Why isnt The Doyn green???
that's like 47%? or something?
45.6%
17100 Haste exactly
the doyn works in the shadows
The secret leader of skyhold
Schmidi
The Odyn is just a puppet of The Doyn
Nudo
You horde EU?
yes
Nice
Illuminati Confirmed
Come
I'm a pleb
I have 72 traits in my prot wep
Rip
No Ararat's
We need a phat protwarrior
hey guys, was going over the stats for the move from 4t20 to current gear, and i'd like an input from you
those are from t20 to current set and offset pieces
Ez 96% crit block chance
those numbers are always going to look that way @gaunt igloo
ilvl alone will do that
the benefit comes from rage gen
@fair ingot sadly, unless you hit 100% , it's pointless ๐ฆ
shhh
i just looked at the same stuff, when would there ever be a cut off point?
@fair ingot better have 7/7 BotA
plus i found it easier to just do it without T19
you can just put on highest mastery items in your eq
@hidden kindle it comes down to whether or not you feel you need/want the extra CDR and bracer heals
otherwise 4pT21 is solid
same with just better stats in 2p T21
but the rage you get from 4p2p is nuts
you need like big items to offset the loss of stamina etc
you'd have to use T19 with mastery already on them
otherwise, it's not worth it
imo at least
that and the stat loss from using low ilvl gear
the armor and str alone make a huge difference, even with the 100% mastery
mythic nh bosses should die in like 1 minute with current dps
15 ilvl increase on both pieces assuming no WF procs
ive played with the 4p +2p and yea its a ton of rage, just seemd weird that it wouldnt be overtaken by 600k hp, 8% haste, 3% mastery, 3k str etc
600k hp isnt worth much, as warriors, i feel
If something a small amount of health matter more for us
so mostly ignore that and see if the 8% haste and 3k str is enough for the rage generation
SOOO who is up for the challenge guys? Solotanking vari normal in a 1/0/9 grp?
World r1 speedkilll
With our high % DR, that small amount of health becomes a very big amount of EHP
why do you care so much about a normal vari speedkill
reason im curious also is cause it said in one of the guides that one might drop the T20 when you get mythic gear for T21. i have every piece in my gear (set and off set) 960 or higher with haste+ mastery
@timid jay sure, but i mean, the haste % feels a lot more important for the shield block cd reduction and the str for IPs
The Doyn, you wanna do it?
no
@hidden kindle then youre probably good to go (also, on the bright side, you wont hit BR during felhounds accidentally anymore ๐ )
I dropped T20 for T21 pretty early for some fatty 970-980 titan forges
Wait for frayytrain i suppose
hehe well I dont really tank in raids anymore, main fury since ToS thats why im out of the loop ๐
There is a reason why ilvl is valued higher for us than just haste
Stamina is a part of that @gaunt igloo
Got it ๐
while I have youy guys on the hook perhaps I can ask how strong ilvl really is then, cause I have 970 pants with haste+mastery and 980 with crit vers
at that point the ilvl cant win out i would guess?
obviously, but like i mentioned, i feel it's not as big of a deal than the other stats in thepackage
I'd run 970 haste mastery
But either should actually be fine
due to str/stam from 10 ilvl
would kakushan once again be better than walls fel if I drop the T20 or is it just better by virtue of the T21 2p?
Kakushan edges out in raw RPS
If you really need the extra SW usages TFW could be usable, but I dont really see any usecase for that
cool thanks
What's the cloak enchant called that gives you movementspeed=
one last thing and ill stop bothering you guys, but is the T21 4p worth anything really? or should I drop it for just about any gain in stats?
i'd say no, it's decent but not worth the ilvl difference, or bad itemisation from set pieces
4p does bring a lot of value
It looks good for aggramar
With the changes to how it works
Finally that's done ๐
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since I main fury I have mythic ilvl head, shoulder, chest, gloves but not legs or head
so to get kakushan i would have to drop the 4p
so question i guess is if kakushan is better than walls fel + 4p
Defensively, it would definitely be worth it to use a heroic piece to finish up 4p if you have
well I have 4p mythic if i play walls fel + bracers but if i want kakushan i would have to drop to 920 legs
you could also use thundergods, it's not as good as kakushans, i'd say, but also has some value, if you dont have other pieces
have every lego for warrior except thundergods >.>
Id go for the 920 legs and kaku for a defensive setup
4p does bring a lot of value, its a good boost to IP
cool, thanks
I still don't have pantheon trinket ๐ญ
RIP
I do have my 4pc set and a dank apoc drive ready for ag prog tonight
24 stacks of sweeping scythe, would have been more, but we killed the boss
block OP
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@timid jay what changes to 4p do you mean? i must've missed something.
it gives you a boost to next IP if you dont have an IP currently active
^
Do you know the name of the buff that it gives you? I'm gonna make a wa for it
Stand Your Ground
Thanks
from PTR to live
when it went live
i hate ignore pain so much ๐ฆ
4p feels pretty strong tbh
i use it in my aoe set
Yeah with Stand your Ground 4 set is actually good
i went full 4p last night for the first time and it was good
Because you always get the value
wait WHAT Is this live???
doesnt even say in the tool tip still
So the bonus can go over the regular absorb cap
huh
iirc the normal IP cap still stands, even with that bonus
afaik the only way to extend it apart from more AP/versa and so on is dragon scales
didnt know about that, do you know if the current WA for IP acknowledges that?
i just checked and t21 isn't listed
t18 is called out explicitly, so i would guess it is not accounted for
although it was updated on 1/23/18
Easy
My normal IP cap is 4mil, I stacked T21 4pc to 6 mil and it gave me the 6 mil shield
Hmm
Interesting
๐
Will have to test it myself later then
yeah, that's actually true
Cool
Wait so it actually goes over the cap or not?
Yeah, if you check the aura, it'll tell you the initial shield it gives you
but yeah the WA will cap out
sounds really good for a fight like Vari then
I would love to see Vari with 1/0/29 for the ultimate warrior healing log xD
lol
So it looks like the stand your ground buff does have a cap, but if you have IP up already with the buff, you can go over
how does the damage reduction formula work for shield block? multiplicative with other reductions of additive?
multi
All DR's are multiplicative, except a few that are a flat number as DR
what are tomorrows affixes again i forget
teeming necro tyran
Okay, so you can't stack stand your ground while IP is up. FeelsBadMan
At least on the training dummies I couldn't
correct, because stand your ground is only the Next IP buff
the original 4pc is current active, which is still in affect
stand your ground is just the failsafe for when you dont have an IP active
Yeah that makes sense
wil BRH be harder tomorrow or tonioght?
I was hoping that you could stack it duirng your current IP buff for the next one
Both tomorrow
Unlesss you havee a good cc comp
nope random pugs
seat doesn't have any comfortating affixes, you just have to play it safe regardless
I'd run it tonight
k ill tyr them both tonight ๐ฆ
@junior ivy Did you finally break the 2k barrier?
im gettin there, slowly
gonna try and do brh and seat tonight
should get me to like 1950 or 1975
then ill work on some others
BRH is really annoying on the bat stairs
yeah i can imagine ๐ฆ
but i gotta do it.
my current brh is =11, not in timer
just realized i didnt finish my timewalkings
ugh
I just got 2k, in my stupidity I tried to do a 20 seat
wiped on 3 slimes
repeatedly
I think I'll just get a 15 seat done next week and never do it again
oh wait it's teeming necrotic next week
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as if seat doesn't have enough trash
Where does prot rank in easiness of tanks
Would say its among the harder, low health pool makes it very unforgiving if you mess up your AM
I would say Druid is by far the easiest
i've only ever really played prot warr so it feels natural, but many say it's among the hardest to play
for exactly Cosmo's reason, you fuck up, everyone knows
i think there are things that are harder for other tanks that come easy for warrior
even sometimes something little
but i'd argue a lot of that falls under cheese, but yea
it's not as important these days, but i can rip threat off of basically any tank. it's mostly an annoyance these days, but it is something that is easier for warrior
survival, yeah, it's easy to get punished if you space out
Hey, could someone tell me what ilvl t20 becomes not worth it? Please and thank you ๐
i mean this nicely but
if you're at the point you have to ask that
T20 is still worth ๐
there are moments that higher T21 and offpieces do exceed (in most areas), but it's usually around full 960+ gear
and also depends on your T20 gear
all 955? prob never, all 915? probably around that 960+ mark
i'd say it has to do with: "do you have trouble surviving? if yes, then then wear the combo"
i have no idea what to spend my bonus rolls on anymore ๐ฆ
that depends on your raid comp and your difficulty and fight more than ilvl
but i tried out 4pt21 on dogs last night and actually did more 'healing' than the previous week with tier combo... and we were discussing earlier that the 4pt21 behaves differently than stated on the armor tooltip which makes it better than it seems at first, so the gap between them is probably less
(i think this is a pretty standard pattern: at first people think tier bonuses are bad, then grudging acceptance, then they become good. it happened with t20, and seems to be happening with t21)
(although, to be fair the 4pt20 love has a lot to do with synergy with 2pt21)
I have to prewarn tanks in pugs that I will rip threat from them, because I don't pay attention to omen and do as much dps as possible
prot warriors just look the most fun out of all the tanks tbh haha
you don't need t20 to tanks effectively in abt
I have a full H t20 set
but i was thinking about pugging some mythic tomb for some upgrades
are hand/belt legends still BiS?
first off, 4p2p is just fun
so you have to try it regardless
@turbid remnant yes unless you run 4p2p tier
yeah i have t21 as well so im looking forward to it ๐
If I tanked in our guild I'd be ripping threat off immediately tbh. Our tanks do less than 500k on all encounters iirc.
@junior ivy i've been there for weeks, just coin bosses with the biggest chance for upgrades
gotcha ty, also T21>T20 for prot
and if you're looking for WF/TF just coin the ones that you only have base ilvl on
um
2p T21 is god tier
4p T20 just has great synergy with T21 2p
as well as being strong on it's own
4p T21 is about the same value as T20 4p (or 2p independantly) but without the synergy with 4p2p
what legends would you use with 2p4p though
Bracers are pretty good
They are even better with 4p2p because rage generation goes through the roof
How do you get so much haste haha, reading the guide and it says 35-40 % ๐ฎ
what guide?
because
there's no amount of haste you "need"
unless you're reading the guide posted here, you're likely looking at an outdated guide
I belive the guide still mentions the haste for 100% SB uptime with HR
which would be 35-40%, but since we dont play HR anymore its kind of a moot point
ah
I currently have Bracers plus soul, unfortunately i have no other tanking leggos
what sorta stats am i looking at>?
ilevel>haste>mastery>=verse>>crit
plus, yea, if anything that should almost be all removed since HR isn't required anywhere anymore
alright thanks
I'm confused wit hthe way its presenting leggos
whats BIS?
I know bracers are
TWF with bracers if you're running with 6 pieces of tier
4p T20 2p T21
bracers and gloves if not
Okay, looks like i need to start hunting some prot leggos
so for argus, last phase, we try to use shield block as much as we can during our turn, but prioritize block during scythes?
pretty much
Well I just looked at our logs, our tank has 10% uptime of Ember of Rage over the entire Argus encounter
that's basically the whole of P4
wat
isnt that the thing that's dodgeable?
what a man
did they unbind their movement keys?
Probably
Their argument is "Sometimes you have to finish your cast!"
My argument is 13 million damage each time you eat one
I'm not sure they understand
and this is why I prefer melee classes