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and how do you manage the 0 self regen ?
you have a healer
by not having a garbage healer
hehe imeant in openworld
I play fury cuz dmg too stronk
ww rampage u win
what enchant would ya'll recommend for prot? I was thinking vers nav for more survival/dps or just go stalwart?
im using quick navigation
haven't really ran into any issues with my haste
Armor enchant
we dont take haste cuz its an issue
we take haste cuz its out best stat offensive and defensive
more haste = more rage = more CD reduction
1181 haste atm
none of the tanks in my guild can even come close atm
343 though, nice
and surviving hasn't been a big deal at all, it's kinda a joke most of the time
nope
US?
well I mean I do have 2 darkmoon decks but everything else is farmed up through dungeons
Sephyr-Tichondrius
US
ye so you had 2 runs of mythics yet
not full from 2nd run
thats some giga luck right there
but I ran every one last week
giga cucked
second one id say
^
i also got a 340 ticking clock
reliable strength=armor
finally no more stat sticks
it was weird thatwas a thing
it was basically a piece of armor
they're stat sticks, just not static
it's the same shit over the course of an encounter
meh, i almost prefer static
since you often can't adjust around procs anyways since sitting on CDs is a waste
but yes, super boring
make sure that the proc is actually giving you the correct stats
ppl reported it giving like 100 haste OR mastery
ah
i haven't tried it myself
what does tradewinds do? i dont watch the non spec specific ones
chance of 729 mastery for 15 secs. Give an ally 144 mastery
mh
How many ilvls should I sacrafice for brace for impact trait?
is it like bastion of aspects in Legion or no?
ye
ye the helmet
Is Darkmoon Deck: Blockades worth it since the hotfix?
How much up time do you guys manage to get with Ignore pain? I feel really squishy in dungeons now
damn im not close to that
Is it a good idea to have Azerite Veins on all 3 pieces? or does it no stack?
it stacks
any good streamers that play Prot warr ?
Sense, Lala, and Marok usually stream prot warrior. All three twitch profiles can be found on their discord profiles in the member list
I haven't streamed much of anything this expac. Waiting for M+ and raids while I'm bored as hell playing other games instead.
The skin on that shield is pretty... flashy. Gleaming eyes staring right into your soul!
shield ilvl = higher block rating
Shield ilvl most important ilvl
^
Arguably we should be trying our damnedest to get the 2p BoE
But it's stupid expensive.
is there a weakaura for spell reflectable spells in bfa?
What are our bis azerite traits?
You can find the guide in the pins

You think it's worth buying the boots if I have the BoE set shield
Idk if I want to drop the $$
Question: BoE Oswain's Impassive Guard 350 with 45 Avoidance.. ideally how much would something like that run
I just bought one for 175
but it depends on the server
trying to get the boots
for like 150
How good is meticulous scheming as a trait?
So its only worth it for the 2 pc?
yup
the boe shield goes for 300-650k here.
yeah ever since got some mythic piece + heroic 1h/shield, this weeks mythics been a joke.
im sorry i missed if someone responded to my post earlier. did anyone make a Spell reflect wa like in legion for bfa?
there isn't a compiled list of sr spells yet
No wa, but there's a spreadsheet in the pins
oh wow there is too, never saw it
how good is that haste only boe ring
you mean the mastery?
nah there is a haste one
this trinket seems like hot ass https://i.imgur.com/o9XKB04.png
is prot as bad at mythic+ as everybody is saying or is that overexaggerated?
Who is everybody
Cuz I'm pretty sure no one here is saying that
And yeah that trinket is bad, it's a channel lol
If you compare us to dk tank/monk tank /dh tank then sure we are bad
doesn't mean we will get buffed before or after raid.
Having a little problem. 350 Wrists with Crit - Vers and 50 leech but I just got 340 wrists with Haste and Vers..... the 350s are probably better yea?
the ilvl , strength and leech are too powerful to drop it all for more haste?
too bad you can't sim it 🤔
ilvl before stats
prot warriors want one thing, and it's disgusting
I'm sure this is asked pretty regularly, I'm not a regular in the prot channel, but is there any such thing as a dps sim for a prot warrior?
not for mitigation but for throughput
sim? i didnt think sims would show defensive stats
i never really checked before since I main fury
nah, for flat out damage
we're the premiere damage dealing tank now, so I want to maximize output as prot
prep for M+
well for flat damage the 350 crit vers will be superior im sure
alright
thanks Kahuna
wasn't really directly related to your Q, was kinda a question of my own
leech might make it worth it, but haste is a big deal
don't have a way to sim it though
not to mention strength is mitigation, nowadays
yeah rn there's no way to sim prot war dps
That's a pretty weak leech. I'd say the iLvl is enough by itself. More strength, (parry), more stamina, and that beautiful haste.
so I just got a super titanforge trinket that I dont see on the guide cause...super titanforge. Is this thing any good for tanking? It looks like it'd be decent. https://ibb.co/e5i9DK
I'd say it's good for tanking, and it's among the best possible DPS trinkets on both specs IIRC
Does anyone have a WA for Callous Reprisal on adds?
Got Blockades for 60k. Happy now 😉
Now, if only 340 weapon dropped from mythics
Оh and that. I use it as second trinket 😉
Macroed it to thunderclap 🤣
@tight tree Same
Well it depends. BS making good monies onow selling crafted gear. This will stop soon.
Not worth it imo then, you can gear real fast from WQuests and heroics/mythics
If you have good group, you can run mythics @300-ish ilevel
If not, run some heroics first, watch WQs for upgrades
Thanks
@tight tree is it even good? I saw blockades for 38k on my server :p
it's good for the strength it offers, the effect is still pretty mediocre
For survival it's a bit more than mediocre
but only for that.
However it'll get replaced probably in udlir
is azerite veins strong enough that I should prioritize it over out ring traits like brace for impact or iron fortess?
How long did it take to get prot hidden artifact weapon?
3 hours for me, but that was before it was fixed
I’m trying daily, 6 weeks so far rip
Got it 1st day i went in, after the fix. Just lucky i guess.
And now i cannot use it because stupid transmog rules. Wanted to use shield with different weapon, because i hate the mace. Opted for using WoD challenge mode shield instead (well it is a slab of metal more like)
does anyone know if Marok has a pawn stat scale for import?
pawn is far from ideal to use for tanks
Defensively you can't sims survivability and offensively we don't have working sims
ah, i haven't played in a long time and that was the case back when i played, thanks
Do we have a spreadsheet or other documentation on which Mythic dungeon trash abilities are spell reflectable available by chance?
yeah, it's in the pins
Hmm didn't notice the trash mob section in the corner initially, thx.
oh so they reduced the Artifact lvl required for some traits with a hotfix
but not for armor that you already had
that was a hotfix some days ago
i equiped armor same ilvl and had second trait open was like wtf
It fixed it for armor that I already had,
maybe im wrong
the armor i have second trait unlocked is from todays emmisarry
my other chest needs 18 for second trait at 340ilvl
and third trait is at 21 vs 22
ok first flask batch with 3 start recipe
got x5 proc 😄 😄 😄
idk if that's sarcasm but I think the expeditions are fun
would really like to get a coordinated team together and see what we can do
it was sarcasm :C
I had someone call me a monkey for not knowing what I was doing in my first, felt real bad PepeHands
the wow community sure is great isn't it
one day i will be good
@ember dagger I think a coordinated team is the only way to enioy them. Right now it feels like a weekly chore.
sure I can understand that
I think pvp, with a team could make it a really fun game mode.
but this week my random teams are way more competant than last weeks
I forget who was saying it
but they were saying that island expeditions if done right could be kinda like M+
with how popular M+ is
If the rewards were there.
I agree there is potential to the game mode.
From a pvp aspect.
yeajh
I don't believe ranked expeditions are outside the realm of possibility.
The pve element would allow certain roles to shine that dont get their time in arenas.
Definitely
top of the morning to ya'll. 😃 I just got en azerite with my 2 deafening crah trait.. so my question is.. do the traits stack?

@coral agate just the damage. Run one piece.
so no point in taking 2 DC? hmm the other trait is Ruinous bolt
DC does good damage still
damage is still great if you're running "THE BUILD"
I'm loving island expeditions. Not tried is as prot yet though purely because I like smooshing the alliance npcs too much.
You'd be surprised how much dmg you can do lol
only doing prot in 5 man so far.. and usuealtyy TC is by far the biggest dmg dealer
I was doing something like 12k dps as prot during the one I did last week. So much fun 😛
now in actual PvP idk how good we are
what is this "the build" u speak of? 😃 im running atm 1,2,2,3,2,1,1
ok 😃
whats ur take on the gcd changes as prot? Im only prot i 5 mans basicly so im never rly getting use to it.. feels a bit off imo.. but i guess i just need to unlearn my old playstyle
I’ve noticed I use IP way less :P
I typically only end up using IP when I'm overflowing on rage or taking mostly magic dmg
I'm using it way less because I'm not flooded with rage.
Of course I'll prioritize it for when I'm taking a ton of dmg but otherwise
I think the big issue is that we're having to choose between maintaining aggro over our braindead dps or being tankier
Feelsbad
gcd doesn't bother me. It's not an emergency button, and it's not like our dps is suffering for spending a gcd on IP rather than anything else.
I’m usually overflowing with rage on aoe, but don’t have a lot of free gcds for IP then
What with all the revenge procs
Its not unsual to cap in AoE
I find I don't cap much, but I prioritise IP slightly higher than revenge unless I'm going to cap IP a lot of the time. Only a scrub and doing normals but I know I'm gona get punched when the stuns wear off
Hmm, i feel even if we choose to use some rage for IP, we still do respectable damage. if we choose to use ALL THE RAGE for damage, then we do UBER DAMAGE.
hehe my bro in law was boggling at it yesterday. I'd be doing mediocre single target damage, the hunter would 'accidentally' pull all visible mobs and my dps would go nuts.
Well going to help fam to be top DPS, respect
I’m usually pissing off my dps in dungeons,they hate that I do so much damage 😛
Did my first few dungeons at 120 yesterday. It was weird taking damage again but I guess I've gotta get used to not being full hp all the time. Late legion felt very 100%-or-dead a lot of the time. Fun though. Only time I died was those ticks at the start of underrot.
then you are out of shield block charges and your hp is going down nuts too 😛
Yeah I'm really not looking forward to the inevitable damage nerf, because it's a threat nerf.
is it worth it to stack resouding defence ?
I hope they don't Dadugan. It's pretty much the utility warriors bring to fights atm. We don't have some of the toolkit the other tanks have, but we hit hard. I find that utterly inkeeping with the class fantasy. I'm not a holy warrior, or a corpse soaking up blood, or too drunk to notice the damage, I'm just really pissed off.
what @smoky wave said
IP could do with looking at. Gcd is fine it just feels super unsatisfying to press.
My biggest fear is, they will just nerf warrior's damage, and stop on that.
Just imagine most underwhelming changes they could do, and we will receive exactly that. Just you see 😉
I really hope they don't.
A lot of people think we are crap, we don't really need a nerf on top of that
Ip should have damage component imo. Colossus Smash as cooldown not feeling as bad as avatar, for example, because it also hits so it feels like you actually done something.
Yeah, perception is a bitch.
IP dealing damage would not make sense
IP healing us might, and we'd be back to the place we deserve, at the top of the tankchain
ignore the pain back at the enemy
Or that.
would also do something against all the nasty DoTs aw well
Ignore Pain now grants you 50 artifact power if it's fully consumed
ppl still whine cause it's on the GCD
Azerite-infused ignore pain
Ignores pain and summons a goblin to protect the precious resources, attacking anything that uses up the shield.
“You no touch Azerite” ? 😛
Ignore Healer being on the GCD kinda sucks
doesn't mean the class isn't strong, it's just clunkier to execute
I will whine about it being on GCD forever. Because it will feel like shit forever.
No way about it, it feels like shit and it will.
around it*
If it was something like shield wall or Extended-shield-block-with-extra-health I'd agree, but I don't mind it on the gcd. Gives me an interesting choice between survival and damage. I'm all for interesting choices.
I would be fine if shield was bigger. Still feel like shit but would be useful at least. Now it will be 1 autoattack from boss and its off.
And cannot time for bug tankbusters, cause GCD 😉
see, the issue isn't the gcd, the issue is that it's poorly designed.
GCD is "how it feels" issue. Size is effectiveness issue. Currently it is bad on both
Too much work for mediocre results
I reckon the gcd issue will go away if you fix the effectiveness issue. It's currently not satisfying to hit, so feels bad if you hit it over revenge procs. Make it satisfying to hit and you've then got an interesting choice again
Yeah i feel like i waste my time hitting it, even if it defends me bit
Remove gcd and i can spam it along the way, no big. Increase size, i will time it because it will be worth it.
Its good in dungeons now, probably will be ok for normal/heroics, but i think it will be useless on mythic bosses
I think keeping it on the gcd and making it better/more satisfying is the way to go.
yeah, agree, I'm only doing normals at the moment and already finding it lacklustre. (but I'm also still habitually hitting SB when bolster is up so I've got a while before I'm able to comment on miffics!)
@prime owl its not only that Ignore Pain sucks, it doesnt fucking stack and it also so weak
On fights when you tke only magic damage, you dump all your rage into that and it's still not good enough to not feel like paper
yeah, 1.3x is pathetic
Easy enough to buff how it scales. A lot of abilities on raid bosses are unblockable, so going to need it. Wonder if Blizz will see it this way.
Magic damage everywhere. We have demo shout tho
Have to be close tho, if a caster cast at you from far, gl demo him
🤣 still it feels overall fun to play
heavy and brutal, i loke it
maybe it is Stockholm syndrome
u also have Spell Reflection as magic damage AM
spell refelect VS those 15s Dots though
IP being GCD is a pain but my God I miss the bloodletting wrists. Scrabbling for killing blows or resign myself to the death of a thousand pin picks is bloody depressing :(
I also found out a weird bug, when you use scrapper as protection warrior.. it will only scrap once and highlight your cursor : P
I was wondering why sometimes it would work and other times it wouldnt
Good to know
I think it has something to do with either spec numberid (3) or aura changing (Into the Fray) stacks
I don't remember it doing it while I was leveling though.
I don't have an issue scrapping as prot
huh
I wish they'd let you xmog art appearance to weapons or shield
Not force you to do both
Also wish they still let warriors use war glaives
okay fuck you now the scrapper glitch is happening to me
lmao
😂
fuck scrapper wtf
I almost have all the expulsom I need for the epic plate gear BS lets you make
But still need to do mythics to get the hydrocore
And then realise it takes 3 weeks of hydeocore
Or your item rolls crit mast and they don't have items to reroll stats like wod
It's 15 per piece, I'm not sure how much rank 3 lowers too but you need revered I think
I hate the reason why blizz got ride of reforging attributes.
It's not even reforging it's just rerolling crafted stats because getting wrong stays in a piece that takes ages to make is dumb
lol fuckin hell crit mast
You right but I just believe reforging was a good idea.
People complained that they would get an upgrade from a dungeon but didn't have that stats they wanted and didn't want to go back to a city to reforge.
Okay have it your way guys. Now you're just shit out of luck when gear drops and stats are bad.
We'll just RNG the stats for you
engineering google were 2 hydrocores to craft LoL
Yeah but they're 340 and don't go higher
true that
Pants/belt are 355 and get upgraded
I hope there will be schematics in ldir to upgrade them though
Although I love my goggle traits, I'm hoping they stop being spastic and add ilvl boost for goggles
else the only use of engineering starting from september will be creating the weapon upgrade that only 2 specs will ever use YAY
What's the rank 3 recipe rep faction for the pants and belt?
fast question here......
When you gear up for the mythic dungeons, is it best to go for the item level with no azerite powers ilvl 325.
But it will give me Stats upgrade are: +40 armor - +35 str + 66sta
Stay with ilvl 310 with The one where your spells have a chance to grant 621mastery for 15 sec. When the effect expires it jumps to a nearby ally, granting 122 mastery for 8 sec.
What should i chose....
wait wait wait
Ignore Pain doesn't stack anymore?
Christ what the fuck are they thinking with that
ofc it does
wew, thank god - okay then
@sick sentinel ilevel, really the only trait worth keeping over ilevel is deafening crash
I got a 325 chest with DC, but there is no chest with DC in dungeons so It'll be a paint to replace
okay ty., So always ilvl over azerite power (Exept if we talk Deafening crash.) what agbout brace for impact
I barely think it's worth stacking but that's a whole dif point
I've been upgrading azerite gear if I can use first trait
If I need another ap level I wait
Morning guys, does anyone have a link to a mythic BiS list?
awesome answers folks. ty alot did help me now and ahead aswell....Tanks.
Tyrrell that would ROCK idd..
I doubt there is a bis list, no one really uses it now due to titanforge
There's a list of azerite traits in the guide tho
how good is the wq procc set? 400 dodge one ? 😮
Theres a BiS azerite gear list because they are static and dont titanforge
look for the thunder clap icon,thats your best azerite armor:D
I'd go for DC + 2 Block traits, and a set of DC +2 bloodsport for magic Heavy fight
is the Darkmoon Deck: Blockades rly weak ? and not worth buy
bcause come say its just the best trinket tanks can get atm
other say its is crap and blue 300ilvl trinkets with haste use or equip are way better
but is there better like the zandalar emblem or waht its is called and jes howlers <---versatility use
and the zandalar are haste proc
chances are if you can find it cheap it will possibly be used throughout the whole expansion if it turns out to be upgradeable
what is the best azrite to stack ?
deafening crash
arhh sry misunderstood the question
How come you don't want to stack it 😮
its probly good to stack for aoe damage though
Just loses value?
well the 2 second part of it doesnt stack
so it loses its main perk
thats why its worth 25 item levels
You can stack them for a big damage increase
Making TC hit harder than SS during avatar
But defensively it isnt worth stacking
🤔
Is there a way to simulate the optimal stats weight for a tank ? I'm new to tanking and I'm wondering if a tool like raidbots is also relevant for a tank spec
Not yet
Nah, no pawnstring or solid stat weights just go for i level then if they match whatever one has haste on
Fathoms over blockades right?
thanks
Fathoms = dps
Blockades = survivability
last night I had a dream where blizzard decided to add shield slam a purge 😮
good old glory days of shield slam? 😃
That'd be so good in current dungeons
indeed
hey guys im rocking a 297 shield right now did anybody notice a huge jump of survivability when they equipped a 330+ shield?
it's huge
i understand how it works but last night after a few mythics i noticed i was taking abit too much dmg
Quick someone suggest it to blizzard so they can ignore you and then nerf our damage 🤔
so im thinking that may be it currently at 337ilvl
I'm 338 with a 300 shield 
what region/faction are you?
cause if you're EU there's no reason to have such a low shield
Does anyone have the Pawn settings I would want as a Prot Tank
im US horde, the shield was from the questline on the island sout of the great seal
@orchid flower no accurate pawn settings for prot warriors as of right now
Ah okay, thanks
Hey guys, is there some requirements before doing mythics besides ilvl of course ?
Just curious before I try to join a group and unable to do the dungeon
@fathom marten only for siege of boralus, you need honorbound rep
Thunderclap > *
Cool then I'm g2g thanks Port
np
Kings rest also requires the full story finish of zandalzar
did not know that
Kings Seal achievement to check if youve finished
Wish my guildies were on. Hate pugging mythics for the first time. Oh well. I'll just watch the fatboss guides
just finish zandalzar for the rep anyways ;P
exactly
for your first toon you need to anyway
then its unlocked on everyone and you can get rep at your own pace
I'm honored with all factions besides CoA
This expac its way easier getting rep
Love it
got my honroed yesterday 342 neck 😮
I've been in the hospital for 3 days, RIP wq grind 😦
you get better dood
got home today, alreayd started the grind again, hah
Had a rep competition with guildies, I was leading....Then I bet one of them put a curse on me or something to make me end up in hospital
Hey guys, I asked this in the UI channel but it’s dead af.. and since a it’s fairly quiet at night I thought I’d try my prot family. Doesn’t anyone know of an addon or weakaura that has an easily moveable and resizable rage bar? With preference to be able to have the number in the middle and different font size. Would love to find one that doesn’t different colours at certain values as well. I used to use comergy but I think it’s no longer supported 😦
It's very simple to create a rage bar in weak auras.
There's a template in weakauras to do that
If you don't want to make your own from scratch, I suggest importing one you like and making a few changes
Was more looking for an answer that wasn’t “make a weak aura” that is my option after not finding an addon 😦
I did look for some and the one I found that worked well was really annoying to resize. You have to do each part of it individually (background etc...)
@round vortex Elvui is perfect for stuff like that
... 😑
This is mine, actual rage bar and number
i use this one and its done me well i have no complaints about it
I am well aware of elv. Not going down that path for a few reasons.
@cosmic cargo oceanic (US). No wq popped that I've seen, no luck in m0 (haven't done this week's yet) and fuck paying 800k or more for the boe
I’ve built my own ui for years now. And ty guys I’ll try those weak auras. The first seems to achieve what I want at first glance
I see, horde eu had 340 from emissary, alli eu had at least 1 320 wq
340 what?
Shield?
horde had 340 weapons from the emissary 2 days go yeah. EVERY warrior got a 2h axe haste/crit
ally didnt got the same?
😮

I was around 320 that time so only got 330 axe :/
Reinforced plating or tidal surge?
I didnt get one. :(
- Was another azerite shoulder. zzz
RIP US
Revered zandalari + honorbound + fox shits
almost diplomat feelsgoodman
Yaya. Turtles and champions hopefully by end of this reset. Ones taking the slowest.
I'm sure theres side quests in places hidden for turtles out there though. CBA to hunt them down.
TFW you're in a mythic0 group to try and get your GM caught up cause of family issues the first few days, and endup having nothing but untradeables or upgrades drop all night >< (and they got 0 loot) Still no 340 shield tho - feelsbadman
can you trade corss realm tho?
no
got oswains yday for 75k
Yeah saw that.
too much mani
what professions do you nerds have?
I used to run JC/Mining but I kinda want to do herb/mining
Those pots
alch/engi
herb/alch - always
gathering is on alts
Gotcha
Managed to make and sell some R3 stormsteel sabers though from scrapping.
I was thinking mining/herb then making guildies prospect/alch
Until I get my alt to 120
Go for 30k-100k here depending on stats/epic
Selling weapon enchants for 10k-20k each depending
My server kinda fucked economy
BS/mining, made a mint early expansions but I have a load of unobtainable recipes so will roll back into transmogs later in the expansion
JC is trash money
In case you guys might need it.
Island Weekly Quest Progress Macro
/run local id=C_IslandsQueue.GetIslandsWeeklyQuestID() if IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(id) then print("done") else local _, _, _, c, m = GetQuestObjectiveInfo(id, 1, false) print(c.."/"..m) end
No need to check the table for bar value anymore.
Ooh lovely, ta
Nice
hey so i haven't played wow in forever, but i have been playing prot and tanking normals around 300ilvl to try to get the swing of things. The only problem is that on pulls with 4+ mobs, there is no way in hell i can keep all the aggro on me. Is this because im not taunting individual trash mobs when they stray away? I was always under the impression you can just thunderclap and spank trash but it must have changed in bfa
0_o
talents are imortant
Protection warriors have theb est AE Aggro in the game
Check your talents
Avatar pre charge, charge, thunderclap
and you should have the aggro like forever
see so i haven't been using avatar
that makes sense
i forgot dps plays a role in threat
Avatar should be used prior to charging in, thundercalp aas soon as your in range, follow it with a Demo Shout, and then another Thunderclap
You can just walk away at that point
Avatar +UF = TC every other GCD
2 buffed TCs will glue mobs to you
i have been using crackling thunder instead of the one for leap
because im still learning, i always feel weird using cds above 30 seconds because of that paranoia im wasting it, but you are saying that avatar before a trash pull is actually okay?
thats usefull
the icy veins one? oh yeah i read that boy
It has so many tipps
Demo shout should be used on CD, Last Stand should be used to increase your block time (but not stacked with SHield block)
Avatar used on CD
Shield wall can be used regurally, rule of thumb in dungeons generally is - Bosses do less damage than trash
I use shield wall as an excuse to pull an extra pack or 2
As always for guide. If you read it. Read it again. 😃
especially the mistakes section 😄
so far i have been using shield wall, dump extra rage into ignore pain, last stand for my oh shit button
but haven't considered avatar as a threat tool
thats a big breakthrough for sure
Last Stand is 15% 100% block uptime heh
I use it rotationally because with AM its got a ~1 minute CD
see i never even thought of that
but i haven't needed to because im tanking normals
best practice is to get into best practices.
even if you're taking laughable damage, start getting used to playing prot as if you're getting you're face beat in.
makes the transition to higher dungeons easier 😉
I am a doof
i specced out of the devastate auttoattack talent
tanked 4 heroics
then realised that i could put devaste back on my bars
lol
i mean it does feel terrible to press it
there is definitely a rhythm i need to get into, right now im stressed thinking about "oh no shield wall gonna run out gotta do this gotta do this oh but this procced" when i know it should just be muscle memore
but that's whats exciting. i switched from arms because it was just avatar - shielbreaker - bladestorm on trash and that was so boring
@oblique quarry have fun looking at your new button
I need to install my weakauras on this olaptop
btw, do we not have a gear list like fury does?
I'm feeling bad for healers, if I don't pop cd's in heroic/mythic i see my health just disappearing
https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/protection-warrior-pve-tank-azerite-traits-powers-and-armor @oblique quarry idk what fury has but we have this
fury has a full pre raid BIS list
so like what stats i want to get on my gear and such
Prot doesn't work that way, with ilvl being so important the only thing that's guaranteed is azerite pieces
With titan/warforging a bis list doesn't work
but what if i have a piece thats a 5 ilvl diff but diff secondaries
lilke vers mas vs crit mas
See
otherwise.
ilvl is still better
hence my asking
Haste>vers>=mastery>crit
thank you
it is but ilvl is still better
Ilvl best and foremost for passive armor/str(more armor from vanguard)/stam gains.
Ok I may be in for a bit of flaming but I’m gonna ask anyway, how are you all finding prot now BFF has been out a couple of weeks? The reason I’m asking is 2 fold. 1: the prot warriors in my guild are moaning big time about it, 2: I spent a little while on the other tanks (apart from Druid) and decided on my good old faithful warr, so far I haven’t noticed any difference whilst levelling, I fact bar my do it’s the easiest but I can’t stand frost an uh. Just wondered if it changes massively at 120 and the whinging in guild is justified
Only notable diff/exception is deafening crash gain/loss vs ab ilvl 10-15 loss in swapping
not necessarily for stam, stat priorties for us are so close that there's no point sacrificing lower stats for a marginally 'better secondary' piece
ive not seen any def crash pieces yet
and yes deafening crash is worth I think 25 ilvl? Last I checked?
which is bananas to me
it's just a byproduct of how good am/bv is
2x deafening 340 pieces masterrace
TC damage 👀
Warrior is Super strong on several domain, and fairly week on some others.
Tanking big hits, and dealing lots of damage, and mobility is where you shine.
bleed, dots, and magic heavy (sustained magic damage, magic burst is Okayish) fight hruts a lot @sterile stump
what is proc chance of Elemental whirl trait btw? since i got that whit lifespeed and heed my call talents and haveing bit hard time to chose wich one to take 😃
@old zephyr thanks mate kind of assumed as much, I don’t seem to take as much damage as my other tanks, bar maybe pally. Guess that’s the benefit of shield tanking. IMO I think they have got them pretty well balanced.
isn't ignore pain decent vs dots and such?
Debating versatility enchant vs armor now.
Just cus physical/melee hits aren't that big a deal now.
More vers, more magic/dot reduction.
Since that's still a weakness going forward.
I mean... there aren’t any hard hitting magic abilities at all. They wouldn’t do that to us. You and your nay saying
Armor doesn't increase dps. Vers does. 🤔
Personally, luckily, have that option to be versatile (haha puns) being an enchanter.
This is true too. :p
haste enchant exists though why not take that instead
Your choices for the weapon enchant are the armor one and the haste one.
is the dark iron dwarf a decent choice for a warrior, or an elfe would be better ? or ?
Racial bonuses are so small it doesnt really matter
racials doesnt matter really but dark iron has a cool racial for prot warrior
or it doesn't really matter:D
Play what you think looks good
1% dmg reduction, same as tauren right?
and they look cool aswell so your call but shadowmeld is great in dungeons also
Tauren has some extra stamina
highmountain tauren*
Its 1% versatility, so 0.5% DR
compare to dwarf 1% "physical"
lightforged is best, finish pack with a holy blast if they manage to kill you : Win-win situation
also spacesquids
i find them "slow" the animation when they move, they looks like running on some moon field
Neither is especially big, still say you just play whatever you think looks best
We sould aim to have Deafening Crash in all 3 azerite armors? or it doesnt stack?
damage stacks, duration doesn't
ah oki
min you want is 1 trait
How do you guys feel about prot, I leveled my warrior to 120 but I am wondering how prot is since my guild is looking for a tank
We feel pretty good about it
from what im reading the bashing against warriors is overstated.
People just like to complain at the start of every new tier
wish there was a 120 talent or SOEMTHING
The majority of us have had no problems up to m0
Great damage, high resilience, subjectively fun playstyle
you still wont have problems high ilvl shield helps alot and high haste makes your rotation way smoother
With good mate mm0 are easy
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btw here is the oposite of other foruns, too much optimism after investing on char
if you take too much Damage, blame the DPS for not kciking properly, works every time
so take both reads with grain of salt
this is going to sound borderline retarded, but im trying to get better and understand how classes work with me since i don't really have any self heal, are there addons that tell me keynote spells of different healers? like if i hop in a dungeon with a holy priest i can see what their big CD is
Too much optimism? 
Honestly it's like any other tank. If you are trying to carry a bunch of mongo DPS who chainpull and focus offtargets it's going to feel bad. But assuming your group is competent it is totally fine
@bold solstice EXRT (exorsus raid tools) is a good one, there is also Tehr's WeakAuras package
Both show you your group's heal CDs per character and time left on cooldowns
Also I am fine with being "the opposite of forums"
Have you seen the inane shit those people post on there?
I ❤ this place because of the optimism!
First of all, I am anything but optimistic
its easy for warriors to be optimistic when this happens every expansion
Second of all, I'd like to think the regulars here are very pragmatic
we know were going to get better
Lol are we? Prot has had problems scaling into higher content since 7.0 and IP has only gotten weaker since
Just sayin
I don't think anyone seriously went into bfa thinking warriors were going to be new meta, probably just the same position we were in legion
Which is where we are now
🤷
Right
and none of it even matters right? unless you are going for mythic firsts and shit you don't need to minmax from what im reading
Totally fine for the average player in reasonable content, i.e., everything available right now
kay i guess what i mean to say is
we always stay a good level power
throughout the whole expansion
were never OP
were never weak
@bold solstice pretty much. If you are worried about mythic firsts you arent asking other people what to play
@twin hazel id agree with that
Our aoe damage is pretty OP though
but our meh survival levels that out
tc +rev+ ava feels good man
I still top meters from tine to time depending on what I pull out of pugfinder
I wouldnt even really say our survival is meh
We objectively mitigate more damage than any other tank
Guys, how much would you give for Blockades? Around 50k tops?
We just dont have an easy selfheal
Getting marked in M0 as a tank rn. But I got a 310 shield and 290 wep lol. New shield will change things?
more now, it got pretty buffed
So bad players think we are bad
the self heal is the only thing im ever worried about tanking
@abstract adder shield is arguably one if not the most important gear piece for us
Gotcha so getting demolished rn is prob due to my shield then
I've been running IV when I do pickup groups just in case I get a healer I can't trust
you can tank mythics with a 310 shield its just rough
we're not supposed to self heal, our survival is fine with out it, we just require a healer to recover
It has been totally fine
It’s really rough. Died a lot in Kings rest last night
Hopefully a new shield makes me less squishy
I was tanking mythics with a 280 shield. Having a better shield makes a colossal difference, but there is still something to be said for playing your spec properly. I'm not humblebragging, I'm just saying it is doable.
Prot is totally fine and anyone who says we are trash is wrong
Full stop
Im pretty sure we dont have been claiming Prot couldn't do mythics.
I changed from my DH back to my Prot War in BFA, and I regret 0! Actually, I was kinda torn in the pre patch but the more I play my Prot the more I love it.
wait i was waiting to start heroics until i hit 305 ilvl but with guildies you think i could tank mythic at 300? thats crazy
or any content
I am all for sword&shield tank, so it’s either or for me, warrior or pally
@abstract adder if you have a 310 shield and you are getting demolished, you probably arent mitigating properly. With AM you dont need to worry about holding your defensive cooldowns as much, so throw those bad boys if you need them
Dont forget you can always kite if you overpull or are getting stomped on by a particular pack
This week I already got a 325 from WQ, hopefully i'll get a 340..
I would feel really bad if I gear up my prot warrior and get denied bcz I am a “warrior”
Thats a very important tanking skill to have; you dont have to be in melee the whole time
if you get denied because you are a warrior you're probably better off not running with that group any ways...
@lucid bough well you are claiming that people here are overly optimistic because we have already sunk time into our warriors, which is equally baseless
And frankly stupid to tell people for no reason
I have been having a blast ironically with Prot. Avatar + unstoppable force is so fun, and with booming voice the damage is insane. I don't have a great shield, but I haven't received any complaints in mythics about my survivability.
and ya, learning to kite is probably gonna be your best friend going forward in dungeons
most likely, you're going to have to at some point
Tanks guys, it sounds like it take some skills to prot, and I love a challenge
can't facetank it all
Mythic is supposed to hurt
Thanks*
+1 cant facetank it all
some people can't differentiate between complains and criticize
Lol, "tanks"
and that is pretty stupid too
"but our meh survival levels that out" meh? 😂
@grim prism where can I read more about how to play prof optimally? Pins? I would say I’m not very good to begin with. Threat gen and active meditation. Played too many expacs as a brainless dps or did healing. Haven’t tanked since BC
Prot*
@lucid bough It's not exactly uncommon opinion that warriors aren't top tier right now or have some undesirable features (Top complaint rn by far is how IP feels on GCD) but not really sure what you're hoping to achieve by dropping little passive aggressive comments in between actual meaningful discussion
The pinned guide has all the basics for you, but practice is going to be the best way to improve ofc. Maybe try watching youtube guides of people running content, or joining a group at DPS to watch how a prot tank works (if you can find one)
There are also some weakauras pinned in there to help you keep track of some of your mitigative abilities
get a group of friends together, explain you want to practice tanking, and want to experiment, and explain that you will probably die, maybe a lot, and just try a bunch of different shit and figure out what works
Its okay to wipe
Failing is how you refine the technique
Just try to find nontoxic friends to help you do that
ya, i find that you dont really learn from success, but you learn from failing
at least for me, like ok that worked but idk if it was right or good, but i know what doesnt work when i fuck up
Mythic world firsts dont get them by being the best, they get them by doing 400 pulls in two weeks lol
that numbers a bit low 😛
https://gyazo.com/fb75bfb2932737cfe021a64aa8a946fc prot is fine. solid even. https://gyazo.com/e254a187ad875a33dd8239ff721d2d7b need mythic+ already.
yikes that mog
Nice mana @sick sentinel
this guys here sitting at 24% haste and I still only have 8
Thats more than I have. Lol
ty. I farmed a lot of it hard in Suramar.
stays with you forever. accurate statement though, Legion was with us still in 2018.
Dawg the expac came out a week ago
what do you mean legions been dead for a week it doesn't exist anymore
yeah. and?
Wows been dead for four years but we still play it
wow died with the lich king but here we are
Our warchief has been dead for years and we still listen to her
warcraft died with WC3 but here we are 2018
What addon shows all those stat details
@lethal bridge maybe you do, can't wait to kill the lich bitch
Dejacharacterstats
inb4 she was secretly a good guy the whole time
shes just proactive. alliance too reactive.
Sylv r1 prot war
I actually liked Sylvana back when she was fighting the lich king with me, now I am not so sure lmao
Tfw the zone lore is better than the actual expac story arc
eh my money is on sylvanus being possessed and us fighting her as a raid boss then nathanos taking over the forsaken
what Sylvanas is doing now, she's been doing for years and years. This is all part of her character.
What Xpac story arc?
Shes just now in the top position of power doing it.
I mean so far, all I've seen is "We have glowy trolls" and "Jaina is 16 again"
A lot of people were buttsalty about her writing in the war of thorns event but honestly i think her character actions were the only ones that made sense in that little arc
IT was less the war of thrones writing and more how they presented it in game/during the Warbringers
Like
It was presented like a dumpster fire
She's always had a singular ulterior motive and a ends-justify-the-means worldview
yeah no real enemy this xpac. More like american taking over iraq for oil.... i mean azerite.
Dont call darnassus a dumpster kappa kappa
it gave no insight into motives/though process or interactions
it was all a bunch of "Flash Book" animation that didn't really convey what was really going on.
"Read the books" will be the answer you're given
Horde is the enemy this expac @regal island. Hmmm
Wonder how those tauren druids felt about assassinating malf
Yeah I read it, her actions make a ton of sense once you read the books
even if she is a bit insane
Well with illidan and arthas gone, sylvanus is next. Plotline seems to be setting that up to me.
Well, I mean...Tauren Druids really are a small portion of the population of Tauren, and when you REALLY dig deep, Malfurion didn't do a whole lot for them beyond ignoring their plight against the Centaur for 10,000 years.
Like - why'd the Tauren almost endup extinct when the nightelves could've rolled down and wiped the horsey boys out in a weekend.
because they saw tauren and centaurs no better than the other. judged them both as worthless savage beasts.
because smart tauren left for hightotem, that's where all the bamf tauren are.
moose antlers. cringe.
Took some green Felbois to show up and make some Horse Meatloaf
good mining alt slave tho.
helms cover the antlers, dont you worry
Well made my guy look like a wingless bloodthirster so it's all good.
plus perfect racials for prot imo, 1% vers and a little more dr
im rocking an orc warrior, wondering if anybody has ever tried this combo? seems pretty unique
For me it’s all about goblin or Draenei right now.
yeah cant say i care for the antlers. Thankfully a few of the helms i like hide them.
pally mythic t18 looks pretty sick and so do the cylon helms.
Have people noticed more loot dropping in dungeons? It was always a consistent 1 from every boss but 2 from the final boss. Now I'm seeing 2+ items from every boss, rarely only a single drop.
yes they have increased it
Nightborne war, pretty sure im rather unique
Seems shitty that they would hotfix it after I've already done my mythics for the week.
Should've been done with the rolling restarts.
well same happened to Honorbound rep the wanted mission should give 500 rep per mission and due to a bug people didnt get it
Which wanted mission, ive done 2 on one of the islands and gotten nothing
Read on reddit that there is a bug with those wanted missions for horde
wow token price is waaaayyyy down, guess the bfa hype is over.
Blockades and fathoms a good idea for big dick deepz?
get some str dps trikents for that
Order of embers for alliance NA
after having deafening shout are people finding stacking brace / fortress worth ? seems like a single vs multi target choice
Also helbrute, id argue the opposite. Everyone is buying gold with cash to level their professions ASAP because of scarcity of resources raising prices
They want that 355 gear, so more people purchasing with money than usual
^
I thought 1/3 deafening and 2/3 brace for impact was the way to go ?
There's more than one way to pull the market
It coiuld be scottie, brce and iron fortress are very similar, to me iron fortress is more damage on multi targets with mental napkin math
which faction sells the AH mount btw?
Nice nice ty dan
there's more people buying tokens with cash than gold, so prices drop, when that ratio swaps it'll go up again
Makes sense
can you take economy discussion to general ?
Wow tokens down in price hurts my gold revenue though when mythic plus carries start, which makes me sad.
sigh, 3 lines too much 👌
So iron Fortress on fortified weeks and brace for tyranical weeks ?
2/3
Might be the way to go
not entirely sure, im thinking more so just IF for dungeons in general, the difference wont be insane to matter for a modifier i think
but say, raid bosses, maybe brace
curious what everyone thinks tho
Could be good. I’m still leaning towards trying a four prot war group for fortified weeks (just out of humor) to see how it goes.
Lmfaoooooo!!
I’m dead serious.
That makes sense to me dan
Me too haha that's why he wants to do tgat
Which would be hilarious
Have then all go 3/3 deafening doesn't the damage still stack ? Haha
2 pop everything on 1 pull. The other two on the next pull. Alternate and use intervene to help mitigate / spread damage.
Yeah but for dps purposes probably
Everything is an aoe fight if you try hard enough
war campaign is the quests (see log it has its own section) just main story
warfroint dont actually know
ok so we dont have war fronts yet?
got some tips for me for tanking? Im pretty noobie still on it, kinda struggling on aggro for aoe fights specially
im 338 ilvl and i still struggle for aggro 😦
avatar prepull demo shout for damage (take booming shout), check the poins for guide
Havent tanked mythic yet so
it is possible to stack deafening crash and have perma demo shout?
:c kk
Yup, what dan said.
during Avatar it's a perma DS anyways
yeah
and yea, avatar with BV and just TC every other GCD
you are using avatar then demo right?
fill in the middle casts with abilities depending on situation, IP for more dmg reduction, Revenge for dmg, SS for rage/ST dmg, etc
if you see you're losing threat, main target that one until you have it back
avatar first, yes
taunt before you lose threat too, taunt shield slam gives you a great deal of threat
if its just the 1
I haven't yet run into a DPS that can pull mobs off of me in a Avatar - Charge - TC+SB - DS - TC situation
Its just insanely hard hitting
doing more damage than the dps does keep you the threat
Most of the time I'm doing almost half the groups overall damage depending how big the pull is
I mean, you’re not wrong
heh I think a giant pull in Freehold lastnight I was nearly 80% of the groups damage 😛
I need to get deafening crash pieces. I haven’t gotten one yet 😦
play with a good arms warrior, it's hard to do 80%
I had 3 at that point (best I had)
try todays emissary, both my paladin and warrior got good pieces (if you are eu)
and horde
Yeah Arms is about the only thing that catches me reguarlly on big pulls
for the same reason - mutliplicative damage buffs on infinite target AE
yeah same on deafening crash. But yeah prot's damage is pretty good, i usually beat other arms/fury warriors im grouped with on trash no problem.
afflocks are the mythic boss killing MVPs
had one pulling like 20k every boss fight
who else has perfected this jump using heroic leap?
it took a while, but i make the jump all the time now
you can also jump the little platform to the right
i run and jump while mounted and leap mid air
xd
u can skip the bridge section with a lock gate too
so i have tanked 3 mythics and disc priest are like a nightmare
Disc are amazinf
just jump to the rep vendor
maybe its the player
Is there a prot warrior Pawn string avaiable ? as I don't have a working Simcraft for prot ..
nope
Welp , guess i'll uninstall pawn for now then
Yeah imo bis prot "fix" would be IP off gcd, "your next attack will cause IP effect" think a defensive version of heroic strike
shield slam builds do some decent ST damage
u just mash Tclap no matter what
Hello! Little question to all the war tank, play war on the first raid is possible or I forget the progress with the war tank? Thank you for agregating