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Never had any "oh shit" moment but had hé did get some
Does anyone have rough stat weight values for pawn for a quick at a glance estimation of upgrades?
don't use pawn
Except J'en the logs says they don't =)
shit bdk then
How worth is darkmoon tank trinket for Uldir btw?
I don't think so
Just got pauldrons from Mythrax. Should I get Archive of Titans or Iron Fortress trait?
Thanks for the help
For some reason I kinda like Iron Fortress more
😄
Toping AoE chats in à 30 Man raid, feels good Man
guys, what is this Reorgination Array that I have if I pick Archive of the Titans?
it gives you more stats in uldir
best talents for prot?
First tier Into the Fray. 2nd tier is up to you. 3rd Unstoppable Force. 4th Bolster. 5th up to you. 6th Booming Voice. 7th Anger Management
Thats what im running
covered in the pins
@lapis pasture the uptime on Demo shout even with timewarp/heroism is insane with this combo, going full offensive with Avatar + TC -> Ignore Pain / SS proc
^^
Anyone wanna talk about how shit warriors are with necrotic?
just leap away
you can bleed everything and clap a bit before getting out
enemies are slowed, taking damage so you dont lose aggro and you have 3 ways to get out
stuns and kites like always
Wars are by no means the worst necrotic tank
worst necrotic tank is bears isn't it? with the whole limited kiting options
I haven't done a necrotic just yet only had Sanguine on my +4
Sanguine is annoying as fuck in Tol Dagor
that's because sanguine is always shit
Yeah but like that tiny ass tunnel after first boss lmao
Group didn't seem to grasp that
So soo how did you do on the first wing of the raid ? As a tank it worked pretty well for me, only the 3 headed boss was a bit hard because of the pretty high damage
the cancer starts when you start fightig humanaoids
and they start running into blood
my fav on taldagor is damage clipping through the cells and them proceeding to teleport put sanguine everywhere
Imo sanguine is one of the easiest affixes, but it is very annoying
The fleeing mobs in Tol Dagor were particularly irritating yeah
yeah it's easy but it eats up so much time if you don't have a druid or dk and a caster decides to plant himself in ten bloods
you can try to put yourself between the mobs and bloods and hope they don't flee through you
Not really - typhoon and grip are both very useful but it's extremely rare that you are unable to LoS or outrange a mob to make it move
But they certainly do make it easier yes
should IP be looked at as a rage dump?
i read this on the guide and was confused slightly
"On single-target, you will generate a decent amount of Rage, but you will rarely ever get close to capping out on Rage unless playing incorrectly."
Yep IP is a rage dump
so if I'm at like, 90 rage, I have SB up, and an SS proc i generally hit IP to dump some rage and bank off the proc
is that correct?
i just got confused by the wording as I do get close to rage cap usually when ss procs and only casting rev on free
real quick off topic question. can i change my name to my character name in this discord only?
yeah, right click your name and hit change nickname
but yeah, i suppose im doing it right. I usually try to use IP as both a rage dump and a blanket when SB is gapped as my cooldown for it rn is 16 seconds
obv with SB on priority of the two
That sounds about right. I have a different problem where I sometimes use IP too much and don't leave enough rage for SB.
hmmm I don't think I have permission to change my nickname on this channel so I may need to have someone else do it (if any mod is looking at this I am Drogan-Boulderfist) Back to prot stuff. For me, IP usage has become a bit more complex due to the addition of the gcd. IP is definitely a good rage dump when you are concerned about the damage intake so you are doing well there.
Rage management is a thing in BfA, something I have to get used to again.
I added additional functions to my rage bar that changes the color based on what I can use. Red = rage < 30, blue = shield block, orange = IP, green = 70+ rage (shield block and IP available)
@static lance same
im trying to figure out if im fucking up by double stacking SB
or having one stack up
With the removal of RFDT, rage management is key as @static lance stated
and using a second stack on deck
don't double stack
Yeah, don't double stack. There's a bit of a pandemic timer on SB, but it's like 1 sec or something, not worth it.
kk
my idea rn and rage management corrections im trying to fix with myself is basically to have one sb up with one on deck
avoid rev on st unless its free, and take the saved rage and funnel it into more and stronger IP's when I rage dump
hopefully thats the right thinking. been reading the guide and trying to see what i was doing wrong
no, that's about right.
sometimes, depending on the fight, I Rev instead of IP to rage dump, cos i'm not taking a lot of damage and/or the pack is about to die.
yeah, that seems fair too
i think I'll have more IP uptime now because of my rotation change
tanking fetid really had me think about what I was doing wrong. he was destroying me
Sco has a great WA for IP, where the absorb value turns red if you're at the IP cap. So you know you shouldn't use IP again (because then it will just reset the shield).
Yeah, I use khakhan's that does that
its a godsend
its the main WA suite I use. been using for a while now
anyway, off to bed
thanks for the input @static lance
take it easy
no problem, hth
imo the indication of IP overlap is a bit overkill and takes your attention away from your SB/Last Stand timing. My reasoning behind this is that the reduction of the IP cap reduces the need for you to overlap any IP casts. So if you have one stack IP you should be okay unless your IP is at a lower value
same
Easy to visually tell how much I have remaining
I took the code from the IP tracker pinned in this discord and put in an progress bar
the one i have works for me /shrug
left text = IP value, right text = Remaining time
top left bar = IP, top right = SB progress, the two bars below are the SB charges, and the rest are explainable
still in the works, but trying to get a WA pack together that can be utilized by anyone
Wow it looks really nice
You did it with which addon ?
the unit frames are Shadowed Unit Frames, and the rest is simply WeakAuras
I actually also used bartender to handle the bars but they are hidden in combat
Weakaura can also do bars ?
Yes
I especially like the bars of charge for SB, i don't know how you did to separate the first and second SB stack but this must be so useful
Here is my current, in development, weakaura group https://wago.io/r1rUSwCw7
Thx !
you are very welcome. if you have any questions about it feel free to ask. i was planning on making a guide and a finalized version before I posted it but if it is useful why not share!
i will definitely do ! I really want to master the way of the war prot to shut the mouth of every one that say they are low tier 😛
people will always say that but as long as we can block we will be just fine 😃
They are low tier, but that’s what makes them fun to play.
Got a question, how did your guild handle tanking Fetid?
I don't believe them to be low tier. Shield block will be absolutely crucial come mythic.
Unless they nerf the auto attack damage from the bosses
Just yesterday when e finished the first wing of the raid they said i did well but i still received big damages
Heroic Zul hit me with a 100k autoattack when my shield block charges were down
I was going to ask about Zul. What're people doing with positioning on the adds there? I'm seeing some groups starting to cheat a bit with cleavers not separated.
Crushers*
You can actually slow the intake of the hexers on Zul by sheeping/ccing as they come in
We've been doing that
We did 1 try on fetid, 9% then we called the raid off because it was midnight, the tanking was pretty easy without the omega thing on us
When I say low tier, I encompass everything. Public opinion, raid damage, boss damage, and utility.
but you have to make sure to delete them before any others come in
One is always sheeped until the other is dead
Crawgs I always have on top of Zul
And other tank always has crushers outside the group
what is the issue exactly?
Yeah that does become an issue if there is not enough dps
Especially come the p2 transition
Are you lusting phase 1?
For Zul, couldn’t you tank the crusher on the boss until he cats? Isn’t his buff on a timer?
you can
Yeah lusting on pull
keep the crusher on the boss until 85 energy
Yea
80 energy to be safe, then pull him out
Guess the difficult part is figuring out the range
as long as you pull him to the edge you will be fine
Cool, I’m starting on Zul here in a few hours
trying to find the edge of that 30yd range ring is difficult so as long as you give yourself enough time to pull the crusher to the edge the raid will be safe
Any tips would be greatly appreciated
3rd phase is a bit rough on tanks as the scaling with larger groups seemingly increases the boss damage?
3 tanking is definitely a possibility on this fight as it allows the tanks to take only 2 stacks of the tank debuff in the final phase
uuuuuh
Yea that’s what Death Jesters did today
wtf
I used it 2 days ago
But that is unfortunate
If we could actually block the damage from the debuff we would be amazing in that final phase but we are in the same position as we were when we fought M Ursoc
the dot applied is physical damage
and you cannot block it, so your damage reduction is reliant on your armor and your CDs/External CDs
Ok, I’ll have to sort externals then
That would be the best bet. Figure out an external rotation and you should be fine if everything is handled correctly
Did the war tank already reached top tier in tanking in the past ?
Everyone used 2 warriors in emerald nightmare
Prior to the Cenarius nerf
IP was too broken
IP was amazing at the beginning of EN lol
Focused rage playstyle was fun too
I did really enjoy that
They should have replaced Focused Rage with Heroic Strike or something
made devastator baseline
devastate is incredibly out of place with the changes in gcd
Yea the whole rotation feels off. Granted I have tanked on my warrior since H LK
I don’t have much experience with other classes, but it always feels like a choice between damage or survivability
Outside of TC and Demo shout
That's the exact issue I am having with the spec right now
Demo and IP need to be off the gcd
I’m not to concerned with Demo shout cause it gives rage and dmg reduction.
The problem there though is that if you did not choose that talent it would not give you rage and therefore would be a damage reduction skill
But IP just feels wrong, having to choose between that and a SB or TC just to provide a little absorb
And also in the end it is just lasting 1 or 2 hits on raid boss or big MM bosses
for a pretty high cost in rage
they should put the cost down a bit
Yea
yea the rage cost of SB and IP are a bit much
maybe make IP have a range of 20-40 and shield block 20
and increase the stack of IP to x2
Doing that would also help increase our ST dmg
Less rage spent more rage for damage
and overall the war tank is harder to play than BM monk for example
My ST damage is a bit lacking I noticed. That’s mainly cause I’m trying to pool for big hits and mechanics
It wouldn’t bother me if all tank were that way, but my DK counter part was above me by 1.5k outside of AoE
Our aoe can be absolutely insane with avatar and unstoppable force but I will agree with you that our ST is a bit lackluster
especially if you're trying to ready yourself for a mechanic or not misuse a gcd
See how I do today on Zul, looking forward to this fight. Feel like our hang up might be damage
Think we are two tanking as well
if your group is small the final phase will likely be easier on you as the debuff is apparently scaling with raid size (not confirmed)
As long as the tanks remained untouched the fight is not that hard
we did 10% on first try
i got only 7 stacks
and we could have win if some dps with debuff didnt rushed in the main group X)
This boss is mostly a challenge for dps and healers not really for tanks in my opinion
One boss really funny as a tank is the three headed boss
The terrible thrash is really fun because when you see a dps getting to close to you --> ded
Yea I offtanked Fetid, got one shot at 7 percent
I feel like I would be better off MT that fight
Since my health pool is lower
This was my feeling at each terrible trash https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/456882483284148235/487023985637326858/Darksouls_stomp.gif
But overall the first wing is really fun to tank 😄
A bit too simple imo
Yea
3 fights without swaps out of 5
Yeah sometime a bit simple
Tanking adds on Mother 😴😴😴
Tanking mother 😴
Which one is it ?
Hello guys. Quick question, i see on our fight log that my prot warrior co tank is only at 1-3% shield block uptime on every boss. I guess something is wrong right?
ok thanks for the answer!
Tell him to tone down his IP/revenge spam? SB is main AM
Its easier if you post the log and people here look at it
1-3% is very low for just about everything
Wouldn't that be more in line with legion prot? Didn't play prot in legion but wasn't IP>all?
just took a look at the replay, he is spamming devastate shield slam and reveng only
sb was still the main mitigation that you'd use in legion
it hasn't changed
IP just absorbed a lot more than it does currently inflating numbers
wtf hw
Ok. Got the answer on what he did wrong anyhow 😂
how do you achieve 1% uptime
you need to press it once in a 10m fight
i mean if you're fighting shadow of zul but for 10 minutes then i guess maybe it's okay
hi everyone quick question. how many ilvls is a socket on a ring worth. ive got a 340 socketed ring and a 355 unsocketed ring. both have crit/mastery
Poor healers
taloc NM, only use ne time at the end of the fight, maybe a miss click... but ok i'll teach him, thanks for all!
one*
@sour osprey warrior are much better vs thrash than a dk
u ok
Yeah i agree but even with the CD when you see the big hit on your life bar it feels bad XD
Guys, have you tanked Shrine of Storm at least +5 this week? Those god damn water bolts hit 20k everytime, the fuck is up with that
IT'S MITIGATION TIME
@jaunty ermine I’d say if the 355 has main stat as crit then the 340 might win out with a haste gem. But even then maybe not. Can you post a SS of them both?
@solemn kelp Oh mitigation time, like... Our current shitass ignore pain and 4sec uptime 20sec cd spell block?
I tanked fortified shrine st +2
20k isnt much
They literally spam water bolt for 20k each hit
thats literally an autoattack
It wasn't that bad except it was annoying
Well, that's their autoattack, yeah
I have a +19 temple key 😳
And they usually come in packs of 2 to 4
whoa
Uh... abort rallying cry, abort...
So that's 40k/sec
That would make me cry
sanguine way rest +5 was the worst I've done
so hard to see in those dark halls
Like that pack with 2 of those bois and the big water elemental is a super pain in the ass. When he throws you up into the air you cant do much about the water bolts being cast anymore
Lol I went in and tested it. Mobs had 1.5M hp and I got 3 shot through last stand lol
Any real tips on how to tank that pack? Except you know, CCing the casters and taking down the water elemental first
Cuz that was just a +5, can't imagine surviving through that on a +10
about fetid we have a monk tank and prot warrior monk offtank and prot main tank?
I'm at a loss also, best advice I can give is to drink heavily.
How are you guys feeling overall in +5's this week? Compared to other tanks, that is
why warrior tanks have the lowest hp tho?
+5 is fine
Cuz we have ignore pain, i assume. But then again that'd be a retarded reason
I see DH/DK sittign at 200k+ hp while im at 165k
Even more now, considering how ignore pain is kinda trash
We mitigate way more
I mean, physical, for sure. But magic?
Dh extra hp is pretty meaningless for most situations
warrior is fine recovering from fails is a problem for prot
im thinkign about pickign somethign else over Bolster
Oh, i wouldn't. Bolster is much more valuable than any extra Hp
I feel like bolster + AM is one of the greatest combinations ever
yeah same
running 1/1/2/3/1/1/1 for talents
Probably one of the best panic buttons in game right now
for M+
Btw dudes, honestly. How to cope with stacking poison/bleeding debuffs? Such as Boralus' packs before the giant boss. By the time i generate enough aggro to start kiting shit's at 5 stacks at least
And when i'm kiting i can't generate that much rage to cast ignore pain back to back and keep up with the dot
I would use a cool down. LS or demo shout would probably work
Do you use anger management?
Yep
Then just throw out your cool downs whenever you want. You can demo shout almost every pack
Same with last stand
Yeah maybe being too conservative
The only one you should conserve is shield wall
you can easily generate a lot of aggro with just clap rev
Only struggling with undispellable dots/constant magic, I'm doing fine otherwise so far
well that's what warrior cant mitigate
@sick sentinel our outlaw was bursting 20k on AoE packs right off the bat, the clap wasn't doing it for me 😦
Even though he was missdirecting
he has evasion
I feel like that's his fault.
let him kill himself
lul
But yeah, not being able to mitigate dots/magic is kinda annoying currently. Especially with so many trash applying them
Or at least self-heal
Would you guys attempt to tank every mythic uldir progression with prot warr?
Or is that just not viable
no tank has enough self heal to be relevant in raids
except bdk
also, what do u mean, you cant metigate dots?
SW, LS, DS, IP, SR
Aren't warriors still on top?
I was talking about Mythic+ @ember arrow , not raids. Where 2-3 packs of mobs may have the same heavy hitting dot on fortified weeks and high keys
You won't have SW, LS for every one of them
Then you die
Warriors are bad in m+
uhh
you will have SW
its on a 2 min cd
same as LS
also, you should cc them, or kite them
as all tanks do
Yeah, kiting is the way to deal with it
It's stupid how blizzard wants to remove tanks kiting but keeps forcing you to kite
That's the point though
They fuck our threat and make packs impossible to tank, kek
Watch ion lower threat even more
No it isnt
Because warriors do tons of damage
i dont even paly warrior
Right, you thunderclap, start kiting
Your dps burst the shit out of the mobs. Play better?
And if you stay there for 2 thunderclaps
That's some easy 4+ stacks of dots and shit
Lol when your dps start warbreaker bladestorm you don't hold that shit
What?
isntead of classes with utility or not melee
Shut up that was an example
Cuz its one of the best fucking dps for keys?
But yeah let's pretend we only play with 3 different class because we're all MDI players
how is taht relevant?
How is the fact that you don't even play prot warrior relevant
Like I don't think your input is needed
If your input is just "git gud"
Well, BFA aint legion mate
in d3 they realised that having to kite or get oneshot isn't fun so they made dps the requirement to completing a grift in time and you have to figure out how to get enough mob density to kill things fast enough
Your info is outdated
But in BFA DPS is basically irrelevant and dying will kill your key instead
how is my info irrelevant, if someone says that we cant metigate magic, bleeds
I mean, DPS is still pretty relevant in tyrannical
when thats false
We're talking about threat
you say it's the same as legion
yet you haven't even played
it feels the same
It's not the mitigation, it's the threat lol
Not a warrior
"I play a dk, lets talk about warriors"
and i got no issues wit threat
Do you want me to point you to the dk discord ?
you press one aoe ability, you gain threat
Yeah
Damn thank you man
indeed
saying that classes only matter if youre an MDI players is strange, since a class that performs better overall, will be especially good for worse players
Lemme go ahead and block your dk advice, this aint the dk discord
Idk I don't have trouble holding threat
since its more forgiving and easy
Ha yes because this is what I said
Nobody said that, really
Levko always toxic. It’s a fact.
Yeah class don't matter until a certain level, everybody knows that
"But yeah let's pretend we only play with 3 different class because we're all MDI players"
Because that's what you fucking do
by saying you don't bring arm warriors
yet we weren't talking about +25 keys
but it was a general discussion
yet your argument is "why would you bring arm warrior lul"
^
You could take an arms warrior to the best key. They are meta right now.
EXACTLY
See, even better
That's what i said earlier
But that's not even the point
Who the fuck said to do that with all melee and stuff dude?
Holy fucking shit
This dude
Bladestorm
You're always bringing something more
I don’t know how to justify that. Except Jdotb said it and I think he’s more qualified than anyone here. Given that he’s arguably the best M+ player in the world
lol
@flint nexus All of the above lol
Yeah I'll just stop "debating" with him
No no
No
You're missing the point (yet again)
At least the room before second boss is fun with all melee
you change the subject or bring something else up
you do care if i agree
@ember arrow can I say something constructive to you that’s meant not to offend but help you?
The thing is that you keep adding your own shit into someone's else arguments
you are arguing wit me
go for it baratus
I was arguing until I realised you were a moron that only cared about trying to prove people wrong
if people are wrong
You'll have the right to talk about prot warr when you play one. Until then, please, go back to the dk discord
You don't
Cuz your info is outdated
You come here saying you don't( play prot warrior
And you're just looking like a fool
Saying that "w/e why would you bring arm warrior lul"
And saying that tank threat feels the same as legion
when it fucking does not
If threat feels the same as legion for you. You're playing with shit dps
Its that simple
I spend a lot of time in this discord. More than a large % here. I am yet to see you value add to a discussion. And even if someone is wrong (in your view which is wrong enough that I’ve seen) you jump down their throat and come across toxic as shit. I have never once thought “wow that dude was helpful” because even if you are right - you sound like an asshat when you do.
My 2c - maybe work on the delivery. @ember arrow
But that doesn't change the fact that it's harder to hold when a dps goes crazy than in Legion
Again my opinion only. Of the perception I have from onlooking and even debating with you once.
@round vortex I mean, I don't think he cares, he probably sees himself as almighty/edgy and people don't get it
you know iamverysmart material
^^^^
Anyway, see you later
That supports what I’m saying. Again I could be wrong but it’s my perception bro and looking at it - not the only one
Lol there’s the proof. Anyway me too. I don’t want a response. More just to think about what I’ve said. Back in an hour lol
does resounding protection trait stack?
Yes
just about every trait stacks
resounding's shield stacks but that's it, the duration is static
How do people find G'huun? I'm finding taking more than 6 stacks a bitch. 8 stacks was just a bit to close for comfort
i think 5-6 is a comfortable moment to swap if possible
Think ill stay around the 5 mark. We killed it going 6-8 but it was a bit hairy tbh
@shell night he has no DR on taunt as well. For our kill we just taunted on CD if you had any active mitigation up. Usually was about 3-4
In my experience, threat is harder to hold but you won't have an issue if you don't stop hitting the pack.
As long as you keep using abilities you'll always be ahead, but if you just run away there is a chance you'll lose threat, which never happened in legion.
Even on my dk (which feels much lower aoe dps than war/dh) I haven't noticed threat lol
What kind of shield transmogs you have?
anybody has a bis azerite traits for high m+ pushing ? Or is it just the same as the ones for raids
@ember arrow Threat isn't an issue
Ofc it ain't. 🤷
is there any Uldyr boss where I should use Heavy Repercussions instead of AM?
tips for mother hc? i'm taking so much damage 😦
@crude pond no
@frank wagon to what exactly
mostly melees with the strike being avoidable
thanks , can you suggest what potion should I use for Uldyr?
strength
Str
Move away from it
yes
yea
Or aim it at someone you dont like
@undone sun it's the melee damage, like sometime she hit for 78-80k 😦 is that normal?
sure
@undone sun You mean Battle Potion of Strength, which increases str by 900? why not that of stamina?
strength is more effective
Stamina isnt really needed unless some mehanic one shots you through all your defensive cooldowns
And strength also gives armor
Been AFK for a bit this week. How is everyone finding m+?
then Flask of the Vast Horizon is not recommended either?
No
@native quartz very bugged
I'll shank you irl @raven kernel
ill block it
Critical block
still 20% shanked ^^
That is more shanked than most would like to be
@frank wagon everything looks normal
How many people in the raid?
Damage scales up with people
Yeah, I feel like shanking is really a binary condition - you either got shanked or you didn't
The scaling on heroic is really odd / off.
Is it bugged too? Still havent done hc
15m feels fine, 30m feels like I'm getting smacked by two Mac trucks from multiple directions.
I did NM yesterday in 30m
thanks @raven kernel that'll show em for thinking shields cant tf
And some things hit really hard
I haven't encountered many bugs in Heroic other than HotP still being bugged.
But that's a Paladin issue.
Wait let me show you something funny
Try to understand what happened
I'm unfortunately unable to watch that at the moment.
Heroic raids always scale with number of players.
Tank damage is usually similar in H~27 as it is in Mythic.
Basically, we had a guy with the dc bug
Which kicks you instantly when you log in that char
Ah, that happened to me
We kicked him to go on, even waited for his char to leave the raid
yeh, happened on tuesday to a hunter
Filled in with another guildie and pulled
He then went to do something with his dk
And his main appeared in the middle of the boss
Instakilling everyone
Because we were 31 people inside
My Pally was DC locked, kicked him and logged in to my warrior, then swapped back and it was fixed.
yup
The thing is that his main appeared in the middle of everyone when he logged his alter
Yikes
Fun wipe lmao
What's the highest key y'all have made it to?
I still didnt try to get past +5
How is prot in m+? Was considering leveling my alt but wasn't sure
I will push at the end of the week
Seems great to me.
I haven't had much time to do M+, but I'll be hitting it hard this weekend.
Hitting it like a teenage Tommy chong
What's the best gear y'all have gotten from the raid?
People in my raid have gotten fairly high titanforges. I've only gotten two azerite pieces.
Ive only got one 355 in normal
any tips to dealing with berserkers in king's rest ?
sal can you link your armory?
My Warrior's or my Paladin's?
Armory is bugged and not showing my artifact shield on the Paladin, but it's the PvP appearance.
Sal, you mentioned earlier you're not enjoying Prot warrior in BFA. Could you elaborate a little bit on that?
I do not enjoy IP being on the GCD, nor do I enjoy being completely reliant on healers. I enjoy Avatar/DS and the damage and all that, but I just enjoy Paladin's play style and the utility it offers more.
Ex. On Zul, you can immune the debuff off, so I'd take 4 stacks, zoom out and Divine Shield myself immediately to drop the blood pools and get rid of all of that damage, then do the same for my co-tank when he hit 4, and repeat with our other two paladins' BoPs
My holy refuses to heal keys when I'm on my warrior now...its unfortunate
i mean, i dud fetid on dk, i was reliant on healers very much too
even though i was top of the healing page 
Also being able to do other things like LoH, Sac, freedom, etc, all of that is enjoyable.
Hang on guys, let's let Sal finish his argument
protadin is also pretty reliant because hotp is bugged haHAA
i'm vanilla boi
being reliant on healers is standard to me
If IP was off the GCD, I'd be back to Warrior in a heartbeat.
100%
I am in literally the same boat sal. As I'm sure many are and it makes me sad cos I really want my warrior to be my main.
Did you main warrior in legion?
Mannn...if IP was off GCD mannnn
We would all be happier
I did a +5 last night, think it was temple. Then did runs on paladin and it's such a contrast
or alteast make it strong it enough to be worth a gcd
There have been times where I've played other classes for small periods of time or alongside my Warrior (ex. I played Paladin often in HFC too), but my warrior has usually been my main.
if they wont change the gcd part
paladin is easier on +5?
Okay, final wuestion: if you could have a beer with the Warr Prot design lead and he asks you what your warrior wish list is, what would you say?
I felt I could just close my eyes and win compared to warrior
with current balance, IP going off the gcd might make bad players even worse and tank the skill floor for prot
I try to do the same pulls on my warrior as my dk, not a good time lol
Even with my gripes with it, my warrior is still my "main alt", so I'm going to keep it reasonably geared so I can still play it.
My wish list is very long
And everyone has heard me talk about banners too often
damn
I'm keeping both maxed out but the new 9nce per account stuff in arsthi might go on my paladin noe
So I'd just say Devastator baseline and IP off the GCD
@tawny panther arathi stuff is not meant to be once per account
there was a blue post
Banners :)
I know it's not meant to be but figured be over a week to fix
Imo IP is essentially meant to be used for anger management. As the absorb is so weak ass for the gcs
My pally is a level or two behind warrior in ap so won't hurt to catch up
Hm... Those changes wouldn't change the warrior reliance on external healing
Aside from having a much higher ehp you mean?
No, but they'd solve my personal enjoyment issues with the class.
It lets you be self reliant 8n bursts like during healer drinking pulls more
Ex. The GCD is too cluttered - IP being off the GCD alone would solve a lot of that.
No argument there
Current gcd breaks the class, you can't get the ss benefit of SB during Ava with TC spam etc just jarring
Like it's flawed design
It feels too cluttered and clunky, claustrophobic trying to fit in TC and SS on CD, and free Revs, and IP, while still hitting DS and Avatar at some point
Am I the only person who doesn't mind IP on the gcd? I have no issue with it. It's not an oh-crap button, and it means I have to actively make a choice between offence and defence gcd use?
I'd take avatar and demo shout off of gcd over IP
On pull feel nicer but overall IP off would feel way better
It just feels underwhelming to use is all when it locks you out of a GCD and gets absorbed in like a hit
Which is why I feel like it's essentially just their to reduce the cd of your shit by 4 seconds
the issue isn't the gcd, it's that it feels a bit rubbish to press
either take it off gcd , or make it worth the gcd spent
well imo the gcd is definitely part of it
It goes hand in hand
partly because it costs a gcd and doesn't really do a whole lot it doesn't feel impactful to press
nor rewarding
keep it on the gcd, make it feel good to press.
I’ve gotten used to it on the gcd but I do wish it was more powerful
I get that the GCD is a hot-button topic but let's move on for a sec - you mentioned "nor do I enjoy being completely reliant on healers."
I mean I'm going to play warrior regardless, but it would be nice if it felt even okay to press
Legion warrior had pretty decent self-healing (relative to other tanks), partially because of legendaries (bracers)
Does LS+Bolster successfully handle Terrible Thrash?
That's more of a problem I have with the current state of tanking than it is Warrior specific.
i think thats in part cuz ip is only 50% now. if need be ip doesnt even have the chance to save anyone even in relatively low dmg momments
Or is it not a true melee hit...
It's Blockable, red.
I guess I'm fortunate I didn't play legion enough on my warrior to get bracers to get that false security blanket
ok cool ty
All tanks rely on healers now some more than others but I don’t get that argument about us at all
how arent we reliant?
I think he meant we are
Warriors are literally the proactive mitigation tank. We have one reactive ability in last stand, but it works better as a semi proactive cd with the bolster design
True
Every other tank has some form of regeneration hence why we are most reliant
I loved being able to basically do my job and let the healers focus on theirs, and it was enjoyable for me to have it be noticeable when I did well and when I didn't. It's completely 180'd - and part of it is the fact that healers are still getting used to it - but there have been multiple points in the raid where I've just been repeating, "Healme" in voice over and over until I'm stable again.
been levelling my blooddk, cos I'm a heathen, and it feels nice that my mistakes aren't mistakes but just how it plays. We're as reliant for same level content it feels, but it's just punishing if you make a mistake/when SB isn't up.
We are more reliant but the damage taken is less spiky compared to other tanks
But they also take more damage as a result of that regeneration
I see that as a +
yeah i agree sal
I despise being 100% reliant on someone I can't control to stay alive, no matter how much I trust them (and I trust my healers).
i dont trust mine and i despise not having more control
Hahaha ^^
Haha lol true story
how does the lack of self-healing affect you when you're doing world content?
i had 3 healers group around the blood dk in phase two mythrax adds
my wife made noise about trying resto on her shaman and I'm trying not to be too overenthusiastic about her healing me.
meanwhile i didnt get a single healer near me
As a Warrior, it's mitigated by Victory Rush.
here's a contrasting thought, on my vdh alt i also feelt super reliant on my healers cos i have practically no defensives to use when im getting trucked, and my self heals arent what they used to be in legion
Outside of that, it fuckin' sucks, but that's always been Warrior
but Victory Rush is reliant on killing blows - do you intentionally pull non-elites as well so you can get procs?
No Rei, all tanks need to be hard focused on tanks, that's consistent across tanking
4 hours
Also yes I do
anyone could do that
Yeah anyone saying other tanks aren’t reliant hasn’t played them in any meaningful way
I saw that - there are 4 warriors in the top 100 and 4 DKs in the top 10
kudos to that guy though, keep on trucking
hells yeah - so there is hope haha
I do need to step away for work though, so I'll be back later.
The shadow of zul man
see you later Sal, thanks for answering my questions 😃
The fact isn't the other tanks aren't relient they are less relient
we had to blow CDs on my warrior
Big difference
feels ultra bad
quick question, i have 1 DC and 1 BfI azerite traits on 2 of my azerite gear, on my last one, i have options of another BfI or a Meticulous Scheming one
should i take the second BfI or a Meticulous Scheming for extra haste
id take bfi personally
isnt the current recommendation 2 BFI 1 DC?
among the prot traits, yes
where are you seeing the top keys done?
🙄
i saw i Preachs video his POV when tanking and he played with devistator, is that something we want or still booming voice?
afaik booming voice still ranks ahead, but the rotation can feel better with Devastator
gives you more gaps to fit in IP without feeling like you're wasting DPS
ok, cuz with booming voice you useally do alot of aoe dps i have noticed
devestator will give you lots of empty GCDs
hmm, that raises an interesting question, what about devastator over booming voice for raiding? Where your damage doesnt necessarily need to be as high
I'd still take BV for the rage tbh
defensively bv is better in all situations
offensively deva is likely better on ST
but even then
it differs greatly from player to player
just look at current logs
One thing I love about a prot warr, simple little trick - mouseover Intervene macro on other tank/raid/party member for extra rage when you are rage starving and desperately need a quick IP
It's not much but hey every rage counts
Can be tricky with unwanted debuffs headed your other tanks way tho, so be careful
Intervene shouldn't be underestimated, it's kind of external cd and u can easily help out with some dmg taken
Just talking my mind here, don't mind me ahahah
if you mess up you die
Anyone got a quick note or screenshot of what they use for keybinds? I find my keybinds clunky and figure before I get going with mythic tanking that I get some tips...
That's the downside
I used ot have a focus healer intervene macro.
Mouse over intervene in nice for shit like.mythic underrot with the fixate mechanic
the talent for intervene is super fun for mythic islands. Super helpful.
Reduce some.damage drop a Tclap to help em out
Yeah a neat spell that ppl forget sometimes, I like that u can help out like this
I remember when charge and intervene were not built in lol
Yea dude lol
Gotta say I like the built in better haha
Last stand still has a 6min cd in my head.
Yeah still feels kind of odd using it so.liberally lol
Cause the OP blocking
Were there 2 charges of charge in wrath and 1 intervene? I remember pinging about a lot as I used them all gathering trash and just getting about.
I think u had to def stance dance for intervene, I might be wrong
you did, my wife says watching me play was like watching someone play a piano one handed. I'm glad they removed stance dancing, but it was a lot of fun
Right
man, I miss stance dancing so much
Zerker stance for onyxias fear
I think I still have all my macros for spell reflect and whatnot
For all them fears swapping to zerker rage
@round fox trying not to get gibbed stance dancing nef's fear.
while he had a windfury totem down.
lol
Hahaha oh my god yes
I was a healer back in those days
haha, lucky you. "oh, nef gets a bubble for a bit"
Was scary as shit.
not, nef procs windfury and instagibs your tank.
patch 1.1 windfury gibbed..
remember when swapping aggro required you and your offtank to be communicating?
I feel like I'm talking like we are a buncha war vets... how sad is that.
like, trading off on huhuran
Vael you mean?
naw, vael was easy - you just died
true
lol
keeping 1234 threat was the hard part there
We never made it past huhuran. I still don't like wasps.
huhuran had that crazy poison, but I guess... you could just have both tanks doing as much threat as possible and BOP the one that had aggro to drop the poison and reset his threat
lol
running joke for me and my wife is everytime we do rfk now the nr leather gloves drop. we spent hours and hours farming that with no luck.
hahaha, yep that sounds right
I remember having a God damn clown get up on my paladin for huhu
Nominated soaker woo
Cloth, mail, leather who gives a shit just NR
yeah, so much NR gear
I think with aspect of the wild I had like 350+ was kinda nasty
man, I kinda miss how hard some of those fights were
I remember when BC dropped
And everyone ran to their bank and pulled out their FR gear for nazan
c'thun required 40 people to actually be competent and be almost flawless for like 20+ minutes
- pre-heroic raiding
- hard fights
choose one
I think that's the appeal of high key m+
Is that to actually succeed you need people on point even though it's 5 opposed to 20+
I'd like hard fights
I do appreciate the flexibility component
Never got the emps down as current content
I made the realization last night that my group are no longer "good"
We're just lazy now
expect someone to tell us what to do and when to move
14 years is a long time to play a game together...
That feel man
hugs
heh. only people I still play with from back then are my wife and her brother. He's still as impatient as he was back then, I'm just better at letting him die and grabbing the mobs before they kill everyone else.
I'm jealous you still play with some of your originals haha
I have like one or two people instill play with and none of them are healers anymore :( gotta rebuild that trust haha
Miss my original healers/arena mates. They moved on/play diff games now. :c
Healers been a guild weakness of dependability since WoD.
Is it worth equiping 15ilvl lower just to keep DC?
Probably not. But get some more opinions I'd think
yes
I'd lean towards yes
does anyone have the stat weights for prot warrior? simcraft somehow doesn't work and icy veins and pawn kinda show different priorities
We dont have ones
On that note how many ilvls would you sacrifice?
Theres no stat weights for prot
It's a self assessment. Go by the stat priority list in the pins.
Personally? 15 I'd be ok with, 25 likely where I start wondering harder. Thyme has said 25 before iirc?
Like 8/10 you'll want haste
Haste is usually the go to. Mastery and verse are better then Crit and pretty close to even iirc
Don't use pawn @timid pumice
Can't sim Defensively. Period.
offensively we don't have working sims atm so raidbots/simc wont give anything nearly accurate
i have 11% crit, 10% haste, 28% mastery, 8%versatility, 3% dodge, 15% parry and 26% block and have no idea if thts good or not xD haven't played warrior in a long time
Just look for haste
ilevel>haste>mastery>=verse>crit
ok thx xD
So I've had no luck with shields after running mythics for the past three weeks and clearing Uldir last night. Get another two chances on heroic Vectis tonight (Coin). How much is a 325 going to hold us back progression wise?
I'm planning on farming M+ motherlode this weekend but even still I'm not going to hold my breath.
morrig asking the real questions
shields are bread and butter now since block value is more important
Mother lode wasn't the bis shield was it
I won't be held back by a 325 shield. Mostly cos I accidentally scrapped it, can't recover, and will be held back by a 310 instead.
Atal I think?
Rezan yeah, thought it was
Atal or tol are good I forget if the shield in told was ideal or just cos of weapons too
I'm still running a 290 green shield
Yeah rezan shield is bis
He also has trinket so farm AD
Lmao. I thought Motherlode had haste so that's why I picked it. I'll run AD to death instead then.
I got the one from motherload though... Rip
Thought it best to call it since you would waste yr time lol
Wonder if I should buy the BOE epic one
My luck is so good this expansion that I'm one of the lucky ones that got the "oops it's actually a transmog mace" from heroic taloc
Rezan shield is haste/mast. Motherload is crit haste
I'm going to buy the BoE if I don't get a drop this weekend. And then I'll get one from next reset.
I want the G'huun shield
Don't we all?!
From a rare?
remember what rare by any chance?
^^
Yup. Go to arathi... Got a couple sweet gear drops from the rares there.
guess I've been unlucky, I got a few toys and sad levels of azerite
Hey guys, how much is Avoidance worht in ilvl? Have 350 Ring Vers/Mastery and 340 Vers/Mastery with 60 Avoidance
how often can you farm the rares for loot?
not daily
Seems to be pretty good droprate. me and 2 friends cleared all rares yesterday = 14 epics and 1 mount
does shimmering haven stack?
likely bi-weekly, since control of arathi should change roughly once a week
I read several people claiming it was daily resets, anyone have confirmation?
and lol droprate, rng is gonna rng; my wife went with me on two toons on tuesday, got 10 pieces between the two
i took two toons, got one drop between the both of them 
@loud jungle Avoidance isn't worth dropping ilvl for as I understand it. If an identicle item has avoidance then take that, but otherwise judge it on the other stats.
@knotty herald i can confirm it is not a daily reset
@smoky wave ok thanks. So having it with same ilvl is nice, but not having it is also ok.
@loud jungle yeah, not the worlds best on the theory, but if I had a 340 and a 350 and the only difference was the avoidance I'm taking the 340.
if i had a 340 and 350 of the same item but the 340 had avoidance, i'd take the 350
there's a reason avoidance is a tertiary stat while str is primary and haste et al are secondary
is there a flat str/ilvl? cos you're basically that much str or 60 avoidance and there's really no competition.
all the strength!
I want to say it was one of the mount rares
Sorry notification didn't pop up
It was on the east side of the zone
what tips would you give to a new prot warrior?
mmm he said ring so no str
but i mean its honestly like playstyle at that margin of stats, if we were talking about like every slot +10ilvl vs having 500 avoidance, then ofc ilvl
I'd missed that, good spot
@tight elkread the icy veins guide twice
@tawny panther lol, i followed the sticky's directions, but people always have little nuggets of useful information
Then probably know your dangerous trash and encounters
Since we are entirely preemptive
@tight elk running Bulwark, you never want shield block and last stand up at the same time because that's useless. use sb, sb, ls for your cooldown rotation and you can do two shield blocks after last stand to get really long periods of constant block.
Make sure you get Deafening Crash as one of your traits and try to keep Demo shout up as often as possible.
Most of your rage should go to IP or Shield Block unless you're not taking damage, then you can spend it on revenge
soi this new arathi highlands warfronts thingy.. is there dailies?
just hit 120 on my war and geared up to 320
i haven't touched prot war since like cata, lol
what did they dooo to my classsssss
I dont find it that bad, only thing clunky is IP on GCD
IP and SB feels like the rage cost is too high
if you're running booming voice
you have plenty of rage
you're spending it mostly on those two moves still
bm+am
but you do a ton of damage without rage
I find I have enough rage generally, useless I use revenge too much
IP on GCD just requires forethought instead of just hammering buttons
yea just don't really use revenge
unless you're free to spend it because you're not taking damage
IP usage is for spell damage I find, or the "oh shit" times
yeah, bosses I am more careful with it
i only ever hit it if it's free
Youre going to need to keep IP up more or less as an uptime buff in higher content
there's no reason to use it on a boss without it being free
used to being out in the world and killign standard mobs
you might as well hit revenge.
Especially considering its your only consistent rage spender
It isnt an oh shit button
^
IP makes a huge difference on heroic bosses atm
IP you spend a lot on, tbh
btw how the block work tbh? when SB up or passively change ?
Both @exotic finch