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stark sage
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but i think its a tie between cata and wod for worst xpac

neon tangle
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I liked cata a lot

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But I also like BFA a lot

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So what do I know

storm valley
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I only played right at the end of Cata and just grinded those End Time dungeons

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was fun

stark sage
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i couldnt stand cata, pop culture references, lazily designed raids, class balance wasnt great either

hot locust
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I'm having fun for the most part with BFA.... when it works.

stark sage
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bfa is okay so far

neon tangle
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Tbh DS wasn’t that lazy

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Or the black rock one

storm valley
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I like BFA a lot other than not enjoying Prot as much and the new stuff not being as good as Legion's new stuff

neon tangle
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I also am the weird one that likes the slower pace of tanking

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Feels like my decisions have more impact

stark sage
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thing is, prot really isnt slow paced

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its pretty fast

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lots of haste and GCD locked

storm valley
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doesn't feel like I'm hitting buttons any less fast than previously, I just don't have a get out of jail free

stark sage
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aoe during avatar is really fast

spice musk
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i have since bfa problems to spent rage im to often on rage cap

storm valley
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yeah I enjoy the Avatar/Demo TC loop

stark sage
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@spice musk make sure you are keeping IP rolling and spend rage on revenge if you have to

spice musk
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at how much rage do you guys spend rage for ip ?

stark sage
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pretty much anytime the IP bubble is about to run out i hit anew one

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keep block up ofc

storm valley
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I stopped trying to ever use revenge basically

ocean acorn
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isnt rage always 40

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@spice musk

steel mauve
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ya

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that was a bfa change, ip always costs a set amount now

gaunt coyote
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wasnt it just rogue and mage legendaries imbalancing cata?

ocean acorn
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i think i have a really bad habit from legion from when vengence was a thing

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so i instinctively press revenge

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but i can fix that

storm valley
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I got that bad habit with the revenge trait during the expansion :x

stark sage
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@gaunt coyote well fury vs arms dps balance was a huge meme

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in cata

earnest sand
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@ocean acorn change your keybinds 😉 That fixed that problem for me pretty quick

storm valley
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haha

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I should just bind IP to the IP button and the revenge button

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genius

ocean acorn
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ya i was thinking about that

dapper radish
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could someone tell me which ofr these traits is best for prot? Heed my call, unstable flames, or lifespeed . think its life speed but want your opinion

steel mauve
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icyveins guide has a lit of traits and how they are ranked

ocean acorn
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lifespeed

dapper radish
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thanks

sick sentinel
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🙃

ocean acorn
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is there some where tat explains block rating?

sick sentinel
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There are times where the IP is almost full though so you will spend 40 rage for a 8k shield or some shit, so I use revenge there and hope for my SS to reset so I end up spending more rage for AM

stark sage
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@ocean acorn the guide has a section im pretty sure

ocean acorn
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ok, have been looking at it but i dont see it

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is it the icyveins guide?

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found it, it wasnt on the guides

sick tree
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Man

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My guild suddenly died in weird circumstance

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We were progressing just fine on heroic , then suddenly people just defected and formed their own guild. So I'm just out of a guild.. and guild hunting has been hard

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I don't really want to play DPS, it's kind of boring to play fury/arms tbh. But god damn can I please find a stable guild that needs a tank

static pilot
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I'll be honest with you, most guilds tend to recruit tanks in-house

sick tree
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It's even harder now that the prot is very bad meme is in full swing atm

static pilot
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Bad/flaky tanks can hold up raids in a way a healer or dps can't so most raid leads want tanks they already know

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And as Gyper said, it's not the most welcoming environment for Prot out there atm

solid mist
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ya'll just use jes' howler to help fill in when SB is down or to double up for big hits?

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nto just using it on CD right?

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finally got a 340 version of it

static pilot
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Macroing it to something and using it on CD is better than never using it but ideally you use it as an extra cooldown

solid mist
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it translates to lie... ~4% dmg reduction right?

static pilot
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Depends on the ilevel

sick tree
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Now people are telling me to just reroll for being a prot warrior :v

solid mist
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lol

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cool yes b/c I have unlimited time and money

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👍

sick tree
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Yeah I'm fully invested in this prot warrior

static pilot
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Get used to it ^^

solid mist
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also I care not for class lore/feel/etc.

sick tree
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I can handle myself just fine in high M+ and heroic raid content. We're not unviable, we just are harder to play

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until we get a rebalance

solid mist
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replace all classes with basic geometric shapes and all abilities with "ability 1" "ability 2" so everyone will be happy

twin eagle
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Weak attack, strong attack, stronger attack

sick tree
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Like I like the prot playstyle of just hard mitigation and have been a prot main since Wrath

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Bear is boring , paladin is alright. Monk is pretty fun but don't feel like investing in a monk

solid mist
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hey man. just igve blizzard some more money and get some character boosts

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play all the tanks why don't you

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jeez, you are so ungrateful to all those dps out there

static pilot
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Good for you man, play what you enjoy :)

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Just be aware that Prot is literally a meme to the community atm

solid mist
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but same. I just love the idea of this fantastical world with crazyt magic and warlocks and demons and shit... what are we.. people in fucking plate mail with a shield... that's it

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😂

sick tree
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Do people forget that brewmaster was in the same position at the start of legion

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Where they were the biggest memes

static pilot
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You may have more luck joining a raid team as arms or fury, getting to know them and tank for them in m+ etc

sick tree
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And then became the most powerful tank

static pilot
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... In BFA

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a full expansion later

sick tree
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They got some hotfixes early on

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And after the first patch they got stronger

twin eagle
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No....they were very strong in Legion too

brittle timber
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Monks were drunken gods against Gul'dan

static pilot
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Sure, but Druid was the king of raiding in legion

junior ivy
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I UNDERSTAND VUHDO NOW so happy

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i figured it outtt

twin eagle
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BrM was a very close 2nd

static pilot
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Grats Cat :)

junior ivy
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ty

sick tree
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brewmasters has a very weak start until they got some hotfixes and buffs at the start

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It's weird how blizzard hasn't addressed anything with prot with no hotfixes yet

static pilot
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I'll be honest, I think they had to release Prot half finished

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And I hope they haven't touched it because they want to rework it on the PTR for 8.1

sick tree
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It was half finished

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IP was a last minute thought

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They kept fiddling around with it in the middle of beta

static pilot
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Idd

broken kite
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I'd be surprised to see changes in 8.1

brittle timber
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I kinda think prot warrior is in a wierd spot where we can easily be strongest with a minor buff

sick tree
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i know it's a pipe dream but

sick sentinel
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I wanna see the new AZ traits in 8.1

sick tree
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I would love it if the legendary bracers that healed on rage use

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got baked into prot

broken kite
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They'd be way worse now

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Doubt it'd be as good as you remember

static pilot
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Agreed but it's a hard sell. The Prot fantasy for a lot of people doesn't include self healing of any kind

sick tree
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They were playing around with a version of IP that used your rage as a health bar

broken kite
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Prot fantasy is being subpar apparently

static pilot
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Personally I find it depressing but it's a common attitude

sick tree
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But scrapped it and made the dumb one we have right now

sick sentinel
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With IP absorbing 50% instead of 90% I think they would be better

static pilot
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That's not the Prot fantasy, that's the Prot reality ^^

brittle timber
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warrior fantasy is a lack of fantasy

cloud bone
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how many stacks should we take on Zul Heroic 2?

static pilot
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3

sick sentinel
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Warrior fantasy exists uncle

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I play fury for the sole reason I can dualwield 2handers

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And that sweet, sweet rampage animation

brittle timber
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rampage does feel so much better with the haste affected animation

sick sentinel
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Yeah

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It was actually the change I was most hyped about for BfA

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On the other hand I was an encha shaman main so there were not a lot I was hyped about

brittle timber
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does it bug ANYONE else that every single attack everyone does comes from the left?

digital arrow
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lol didnt even notice

brittle timber
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watch a frost dk....worst example of it

digital arrow
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ok

upbeat folio
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I have a +8 atal key. What's my dream team? Rest Druid/Frost/BM/Arms?

digital arrow
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all warriors

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jk

brittle timber
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just wait between every pull for bladestorm...gg

sick sentinel
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Resto druid 🤢

upbeat folio
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I have had a lot of success with resto druids so far. Is something else preferable for us at high keys?/

sick sentinel
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All my best runs are with holy palas (there are 2 really good holy palas in my guild maybe that's why)

static pilot
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I like monks personally

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MW monks are nuts

sick sentinel
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Monks are really nice

static pilot
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But if you know and mesh well with a good resto druid that can work sure

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Bm is solid as range

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I'd take a havoc DH over an arms warrior

sick sentinel
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The good thing about having a resto though is that you have a CR

static pilot
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Arms does great damage but doesn't really bring too much else to the table

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Indeed

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I also really like frost mage if there's kiting needed

sick sentinel
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I have had very good experiences with F mages

exotic umbra
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the sad part in all this is that I really enjoy the game play of the warrior. It is just inferior to my blood DK, which does everything in its current iteration better. While the warrior does okay, it is hard justifying the current state of the warrior comparatively.

upbeat folio
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@exotic umbra It's a thing. Better to not linger on it. Play what you enjoy.

sick sentinel
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@exotic umbra what is your current progression and highest m+s?

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Because if you are pushing in a high end environment, play what is better at the moment

hexed obsidian
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Are prots ok tanks to take thrash from fetid?

sick sentinel
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But if you play because you enjoy the game and like doing +10s and thats it then play what you enjoy

hexed obsidian
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prot warriors*

random finch
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Yer but I love being the main tank on fetid

sick sentinel
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@hexed obsidian it's the thing we do best in that god forsaken raid

hexed obsidian
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Lol gotcha

sick sentinel
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We run double prot warrior comp and an the off tank

random finch
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My dk partner takes the thrash

sick sentinel
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I love taking thrashes tbh

random finch
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I love main tanking

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Until you get to the point where you find the down time and get one shot feels bad

sick sentinel
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I called for an external once in the whole fight

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Got ironbarked+pain sup

daring marlin
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MT is fun

sick sentinel
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And I was back on track

exotic umbra
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The problem with prot is the gaps in mitigation and unless there is a total spec redesign they will continue to be inferior to DKs and Monks in every aspect. Paladins and DHs have the same problem, but it isn't as glaring. So playing what is better atm will probably be the same tanks this entire expansion.

random finch
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If they just give us something to fill the gap it would be ok cause ever other tank has some way to fill the gaps if there is any

sick sentinel
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I just want to bring SB to 12 sec CD down from 13

exotic umbra
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IP needs a buff. SB needs a reduction in rage cost. Intercept and demo shout need to be off the GCD.

random finch
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The change I want most is sb to be 12 sec CD

sick sentinel
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Because that whole external came from a a gap in mitigation and that came from having to press LS in that one sec between SBs

static pilot
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Isn't it 16 sec baseline atm?

sick sentinel
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my guild has demoted me to pure DPS in raids now, simply because of how prot warrs are depicted by the community....feelsbad

exotic umbra
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Increasing the CD on SB and reducing IP to 50% had significant impacts on the quality of life for prot Warriors. They are basically unplayable in high keys and mythic raiding right now.

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A good M+ pug won’t and shouldn’t take a Warrior.

random finch
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Well there not unplayable

static pilot
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That's too strong. They're bad, theyre not unplayable

random finch
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It’s just why take a warrior

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Legit why bring a prot war

solid mist
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I mean... shit even if they were unmovable masses of not-taking-damage... they dont' provide the same utility as other tanks in an M+ scenario

exotic umbra
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They are unplayable in pugs.

static pilot
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They punish mistakes severely and even when played optimally they're not meaningfully better than other tanks, but they're not unplayable

raven kernel
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How is prot unplayable in mythic raiding

static pilot
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Well, I can see it if you're pugging mythic raiding

random finch
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There not unplayable it’s just shooting yourself in the foot to do it

raven kernel
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😂

static pilot
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But that's gonna be a rough time no matter what tank you bring

sick sentinel
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I do not mind the 50%, or the strength of IP, I just do not like the fact that it stacks to 125%

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It feels bad

exotic umbra
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Good point Cap

static pilot
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I 100% agree Cap

exotic umbra
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I am not bashing the warrior. I love my warrior and desperately wish Blizzard would look at this.

vagrant cape
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My best 3 rings are a 350 haste/crit, 355 crit/haste, and a 370 crit/vers. I'm sitting at 36% haste with 5 stacks of ITF (about 18.5% with 0 stacks) which ring should I ditch?

vagrant bridge
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340 haste mas shield or 350 crit vers o.O

exotic umbra
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But it is a design flaw. The changes to mitigation are glaring holes that need to be reversed and the GCD changed.

vagrant cape
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ilvl > all

static pilot
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Just asking that people be a little careful with the hyperbole. We're subpar, we're frustrating, we're counterintuitive, we're clunky - yes, all of the above. But we're not unplayable

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At least not yet

vagrant cape
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@vagrant bridge ilvl > all for non-jewellery

raven kernel
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What kudaku said

random finch
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@static pilot shut up cunt before they do something to make that happen 😂

raven kernel
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If ur unhappy with prot, fine

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But please don't make misleading statements

digital arrow
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99 rage

static pilot
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@hugys I'll be dead honest, I think DC is on the chopping block

vagrant bridge
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having so much crit feels bad D:
But okies

vagrant cape
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I just had a resto druid say (after a +10 waycrest) "they said warriors are hard to heal but you didn't feel squishy at all."

it warmed my heart

static pilot
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But I hope it doesn't happen till Prot gets some serious tuning

vagrant cape
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(345 shield btw)

digital arrow
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gj byron!

random finch
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Hold up dc?

vagrant bridge
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It took until after my first mythic keystone that I got a shield

raven kernel
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@vagrant cape pretty much any good warrior should get that compliment

vagrant bridge
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My very first chest gave me that 350 shield

static pilot
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Deafening Crash

random finch
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Oh right I love that trait

static pilot
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The azerite equivalent of duct tape holding Prot together atm

vagrant cape
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@raven kernel stop it, I'm gonna cry fans face

raven kernel
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People saying they can't do 10s on a warrior.... Sorry you're just not good.

sick sentinel
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@vagrant bridge I thought so too about crit until you go to manor and you see a "crush" with 15 stacks and it says parry

digital arrow
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byron how'd u do on time?

vagrant cape
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I'll happily sacrifice DC if we get changes that actually let us have talent diversity

solid mist
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^

static pilot
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Sure, no argument

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I just hope that's the order it happens in

sick sentinel
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I hope the new 8.1 traits are good

solid mist
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the fact that DC is not only top pick, but required to the point of sacrificing like 35 ilvls for it indicates it should be removed or nerfed hard. AND that something should be tuned such that it isn't needed that much

vagrant bridge
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@sick sentinel yeah, if anyone wanted a <350 warrior for -anything-

vagrant cape
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we were like 20 minutes over on time but the dps was suuuper low. we had people at 11.7k, 11k, 9.3k, and 8.5k overall. I was the 9.3k :\

exotic umbra
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I said unplayable in high key pugs. With a solid group they are tolerable. But communication is paramount with the current state of warriors.

static pilot
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Imagine if they reduce DC to ,5 sec tomorrow but with no other changes to Prot

vagrant cape
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I'm jumping ship

vagrant bridge
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I play Ele sham and prot warrior

vagrant cape
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do you need help?

solid mist
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damn son

vagrant bridge
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Fuck Blizz and their "class diversity" buffs to the pure dps specs

vagrant cape
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there are people you can call

static pilot
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All I'm saying is that they've made it super clear 'this trait is worth 35 ilevels' is a big problem. They haven't said shit about prot

vagrant cape
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maybe they'll buff the other traits to the absurdly broken level of DC? 😄

raven kernel
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They know they can't take away dc right now

static pilot
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They've already nerfed several overperforming traits and have said more are otw

final mist
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You guys say that, but Bastion was left the way it was it's entire stay in Legion.

static pilot
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Class balance that's not shaman? Crickets

final mist
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They can totally buff us and leave DC the way it is.

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Which is fine.

raven kernel
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Pretty sure they are preparing a big package of updates/changes that include dc nerf but offset elsewhere

static pilot
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That's what I'm praying for

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Skipping 370 shoulders because you need a trait is a terrible feeling and shouldn't happen (IMO)

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At the same time DC is massively. Important for Prot atm so we don't have Much choice

final mist
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Getting a DC nerf and buffs to the spec would most likely result in an overall net nerf unless the changes to the spec are massive in comparison.

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And by massive, I mean, "Literally changes the entire spec"

solid mist
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^

static pilot
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Fingers crossed Sal

final mist
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Fingers crossed for a net nerf?

raven kernel
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People want that "literally changed entire spec" though

final mist
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Jesus

static pilot
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Fingers crossed for a massive rework

sick sentinel
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Make the honor talent that makes DC 15 sec cd baseline

final mist
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We need like three changes and we'd be in a much better spot

sick sentinel
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Easy

raven kernel
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Not me but the masses crying are too loud

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So blizz will do it

vagrant bridge
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Yeah it feels like they're blasting shaman's currently best single target build; removing two talents that ARE used, but underappreciated because of the cleave in uldir. And warriors don't have it much better.

Yeah I need help. Too loyal to my characters.

raven kernel
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Catering to casuals is their specialty

static pilot
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It's o ly my opinion but I fundamentally dislike how Prot tanks atm. I'd much rather play HR style but atm our entire talent tree is designed around AM

vagrant cape
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I figured it out. Here's how to fix prot:

DC: Reduce extension to 0.5 seconds

Callous reprisal: Revenge now extends demo shout by 0.5s

Brace for impact: Shield slam extends DS by 0.5 seconds

Reinforced plating: Shield block adds its duration to last stand

Iron fortress: blocking an attack extends the duration of demo shout by 0.1 second (can occur once every second)

bloodsport: IP extends demo shout by 0.5 seconds on all enemies within 12 yards

they all stack

Fixed. drops chalk

static pilot
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HR means shooting yourself in the foot atm

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Lol, I like some of it. Make the reinforced plating baseline though

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Wait.. Do you mean SB adds +6 sec to LS or that LS also gives an independent 15 sec shield block that you can extend? ^^

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Because I like the latter, the former might be a little crazy

vagrant cape
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it worked with or without bolster, so if you used last stand then shield block, it would do last stand (bolstered or not) and add 6 seconds to it

static pilot
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I see

vagrant cape
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so if you use bolster, it would add 6 seconds to the block, so you couldn't waste blocks in last stand anymore

static pilot
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So if you go HR and stack haste you could get 30-40 sec LS?

vagrant cape
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sure, why not? our health pool is pitiful

solid mist
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ya'll are punishing yourselves by coming up with good ideas that will be overshadowed by some dumb shit outta blizz

vagrant cape
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good idea
what I just posted

pick one

static pilot
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Lol!

sick sentinel
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HR felt sooooo good with t21

solid mist
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HR makes sense with the offensive oriented style/feel of a war

final mist
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Why would you ever have used HR with t21 when AM exists

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a 20 sec CD on BC wasn't appealing?

static pilot
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Depends on the fight doesn't it?

sick sentinel
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Because something feeling good is not the same with it being actually good

final mist
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AM was always the case from NH onwards in Legion

vagrant cape
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anger management also fits the style. Using as much shit as you can to keep the fire burning

final mist
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Same as it's always the case in BfA

static pilot
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I used HR on Argus

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Only hc mind

sick sentinel
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I used HR soloing mythics (like karazan for the mount)

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For the damage

final mist
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AM was more damage than HR

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By far

undone sun
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higher BC uptime >>>>> 30% more ss damage

final mist
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The problem with AM (even now) is that both the kit and the talents work so well with it that nothing else matters

sick sentinel
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I might be just bad at the game then

final mist
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You'd need an expansion-level redesign to completely and fundamentally change the class to shift the paradigm

solid mist
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well and the fact that we desperately need gap fillers for mitigation downtime that AM is a lifeline

final mist
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THey won't give that to us in a mid-expansion patch, no matter what they say

static pilot
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Well, if HR nullified mitigation downtime we'd have two equally viable options

solid mist
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dual wield shields. mainhand for physical attakcs. offhand for magic. done

sick sentinel
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AM in bfa is a undisputed that's fair

final mist
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AM lowers mitigation downtime by the sheer fact that it synergizes with both Bolster and Last Stand

static pilot
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Go HR for bosses with constant physical damage, go AM for tank swap and magical fights

final mist
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Which in turn synergize with the other talents

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There are 3 easy changes that could help change a lot of prot's problems

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And they're simple

static pilot
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But you need to massively buff HR (and ravager(lol)) to make them viable alternatives

sick sentinel
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Would HR be good on MT fetid?

static pilot
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Atm? Nope

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If it guaranteed 100% uptime on SB? Maybe

final mist
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  1. IP off the GCD, so we can spend Rage faster (especially in AoE situations), and enables us to have smoother gameplay and damage intake, for both physical and magical damage.
  2. A higher base health pool.
  3. Devastator baseline, because a filler spell like Devastate feels like ass to hit because it isn't rewarding. It doesn't do anything other than exist and sometimes reset SS, which everything else already does anyways.
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Not all of our problems are gone, but we're in a much better spot with this

static pilot
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Say if HR reduced CD on SB by 4 seconds and kept its current effect. You'd still lose out on damage to AM but it would help solve the spike problem a lot of warriors report

final mist
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And we still aren't as strong as BRM with these changes 😬

static pilot
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I agree with all three

raven kernel
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1 will kill bad prots even more

final mist
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Average Warrior reports spike damage because they suck and don't rotate CDs

sick sentinel
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So make indomitable and devastator baseline

raven kernel
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Bad prots will dump rage into ip and not sb

static pilot
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And because they can't (or won't) deploy IP

final mist
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1 will help bad prots because they won't have to make a decision about "do I hit IP or SS - oh, I'm dead"

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they can hit both at the same time

undone sun
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that wasn't really an issue in legion with ip was already off gcd

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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gcd doesn't solve that issue

final mist
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^

undone sun
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using your brain does

raven kernel
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Idk Ive seen so many bad prots come in here complaining they can't keep ip up

static pilot
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Rejiggjng rage costs might help too

final mist
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Which is why I suggested a HP buff, because that'll give a bit more leeway

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Rage costs are fine as they are now

raven kernel
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Meaning if ip were ogcd they'd be dumping all their rage into it

static pilot
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It's annoying that you can go from 70-0 rage in one GCD

final mist
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Most people understand that SB is the main thing to use

undone sun
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or maybe it's because they change our rage generation in bfa

static pilot
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Bringing back the old IP rage cost model might help too

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20-40 maybe

final mist
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Having a set IP rage cost is fine

undone sun
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and making our only dumps on GCD with 1 being an unreliable proc and the other being almost non-existent

static pilot
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Let you refresh a stack thats about to time out without burning half your rage bar

inland mesa
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hopefully a mythic zek voz kill streaming 😄

static pilot
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Gl :)

final mist
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I streamed my Zek'voz kill the other night Chewtoy

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Lala and Sense have as well

sick sentinel
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GL!

final mist
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OH

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You're streaming

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Good luck m8, it's not a hard fight but boring for tanks 😬

static pilot
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No pressure then ^^

uncut fractal
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Woyers PepeHands

raven kernel
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My brew and dk kept dying getting our 2nd kill of zekvoz this week

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Idk wtf

sick sentinel
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I love popping avatar in the first wave of adds and looking at the damage meters (HC zevkoz though)

uncut fractal
#

taunt after shatter and before 2nd void lash ?

raven kernel
#

They already doing that

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We killed already but it was weird

vagrant cape
#

what would y'all rather have:

18% crit 4% vers, and 14% haste

or

2k less heath, 16% crit, 2% vers, and 17.5% haste?

static pilot
#

How much str do you gain/lose?

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Or are we just talking rings?

vagrant cape
#

rings

raven kernel
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Why is your haste so low :(

vagrant cape
#

I kept getting ilvl upgrades for my 355s D:

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I went from 23% haste without ITF to this shit

static pilot
#

I'd go with haste tbh but that's just me

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I'm a haste junkie

vagrant cape
#

me too, man, but everyone has their limit

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Also, I'm still using blockades because I don't know what else to use

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I just got a 340 plunderbeard flask thing

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I was thinking of using it

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for more insane avatar burst

hot locust
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@final mist yeah now it's just "impossible" fetid prog streaming :^)

vagrant cape
#

I also have a 360 bandages :Kappa:

final mist
#

@hot locust have you tried unleashing your inner dark souls and just rolling around the arena until it dies?

vagrant cape
#

fetid devourer would be a 10/10 dark souls boss

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and warriors can't roll, get that monk shit outta here

raven kernel
#

Sal is a brew 😱

vagrant cape
#

I wish blizz stuck with the original 9 classes. No one would complain about how much better DKs, monks, and DHs are to warrior tanks.

final mist
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I'm a Paladin now, tyvm

vagrant cape
#

holy shit is no one in this server ACTUALLY a warrior main?

final mist
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I just multiclassed, nbd, Paladins are just Warrior-Priests

raven kernel
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I am @@

final mist
#

Also Sense and Lala say 👋

raven kernel
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I play all specs

vagrant cape
#

so are monks just warrior-drunks?

raven kernel
#

Prot on taloc mother

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Arms on zekvoz vectis

final mist
#

I believe Lala is actually streaming M Fetid atm

raven kernel
#

Prot again on fetid eventually

vagrant cape
#

nice. I'm currently arms for everything. I only tank m+ and I swap to prot to help clear the trash before zul because I do more dps that way XD

hot locust
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@final mist yeh that is happening

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👋

next goblet
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cant tanks eat 2 of the void lashes on heroic zek'voz?

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i know it reduces healing recieved

undone sun
#

yes

little star
#

ye u can take all 3 attacks

hot locust
#

Yeah it's not a problem.

raven kernel
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Eat everything

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Ez

next goblet
#

ok so our brewmaster is literally fucking it up

raven kernel
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For warrior at least

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It's not good for brew

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Cos stagger still ticks and they can't be healed

next goblet
#

stagger will never kill you

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it'll only leave you at 1hp

sick sentinel
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Titan spark?

raven kernel
#

Could get zapped

sick sentinel
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That raid wide damage thing

raven kernel
#

And on mythic u take global dmg during dance

next goblet
#

its only heroic

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and

sick sentinel
#

Wait don't you take global damage from the rings anyway?

raven kernel
#

Yeh

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But on heroic it hardly lines up with combo iirc

next goblet
#

after the shatter he should at least have 1 or 2 ox orbs

raven kernel
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Don't remember

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Just take 3 like a champ and laugh at your brew

next goblet
#

and it doesn't look like hes popping ISB, man his hp SPIKES

sick sentinel
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It took us 37 wipes to kill HC zek, it does I know

north dove
#

357 8/8N, Am i ready for Heroic?

next goblet
#

they have me dpsing right now, the other tank is a VDH

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lul

raven kernel
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Vdh rofl

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Fuck all mitigation

sick sentinel
#

I actually do not know how other tanks work

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I was always a dps main except when I tanked my guilds alt runs with my dk alt on Dragon Soul and T21 as a warrior

raven kernel
#

Vdh takes 10% less magic dmg passively

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And they rely on self healing to offset the dmg afterwards

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Which is piss poor after void lash

next goblet
#

so basically our tanks are shitter for this fight

raven kernel
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That's all they have unless they burn their only personal Dr

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Which they should

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Heroic zekvoz is an absolute joke to warriors

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Between last stand, demo, ip, shield block, reflect

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All 3 hits of the combo shouldn't even total up to 100% of your hp

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On heroic

clear sapphire
#

Myhic Zekvoz hits a bit harder though :0

vivid sage
#

crusher becomes first prio after first buff cast?

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correct?

raven kernel
#

I dps for mythic zekvoz but @hot locust tanks it and still takes entire combo fine

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Of course u need actual heals on mythic

next goblet
#

anyone know what the command to turn your FPS off in game is?

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like the bottom of my screen shows my FPS

sick sentinel
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We are double prot warrior in my guild and we switch after shatter

next goblet
#

nvm found it

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its ctrl+r

cloud bone
#

We can use SR to reduce damage of Essence Sheer on Mythrax right?

hot locust
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Yes

raven kernel
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Ip + sr

random finch
#

You can also use SR on ghuun corruption save you from running out

elfin apex
#

sr?

random finch
#

Spell reflect

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Fucking love that spell

undone sun
#

i just miss Legion's SR

random finch
#

Reflect all spells and 40% dr was soooooo gooood

sick sentinel
#

%50*

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but yeah it was more fun

north dove
#

is Siege of Boralus easy? lol

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im 357 and i still havent done it

random finch
#

All dungeons are “easy” if you keep control of the pulls and trash

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Expect shrine last boss that cunt can go burn in hell

sick tree
#

after

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so many tol dagor runs

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I finally got the trinket

floral rock
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Gratz

sick tree
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Oh damn

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it's 5% damage reduction on use? That is nice

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At least thats how much the 360 version adds up to

sick sentinel
#

All the mythic+ are easy if you know the mechanics, what the individual trash mechanics do, know what you should CC or not if you cant kill them fast, know what/when/how to interrupt certain uninterruptible spells with appropriate stun/hard CC disorients, blind, fear, deathcoil, sheeps, and certain cases roots, and oh yeah. Also know how to tank with your appropriate class kit.

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Also depoison/dispel classes are highly useful.

shrewd ore
steel mauve
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Well first he had literally the worst talent build ever

shrewd ore
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please continue ready to take notes

steel mauve
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He needs into the fray, unstoppable force, booming voice, and anger management

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His demo shout uptime is less than 10%, it should be near 30% with the above talents, unless he has a deafening crash trait which he needs, then it should be above 60%

zinc creek
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@shrewd ore he casted shield block JUST ONCE the whole fight. That alone, says something

steel mauve
#

Only cast shield block once and ignore pain twice?

zinc creek
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^

raven kernel
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He barely tanked anything

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Taloc was on the bear most of the fight

sick sentinel
#

bad warrior player.

steel mauve
#

He still had melee damage taken, his mitigation for it was decent, but you still need to use ignore pain when doing the bitch job

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The blood pools hurt a ton

raven kernel
#

That being said he could have blocked everything for the short time taloc was on him

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And yeah just spam ip when soaking

steel mauve
#

And he only had 5 revenge procs but used revenge 65 times, which should have been ignore pains if hes soaking up blood pools baiting the cudgel

raven kernel
#

The revenge is ok, 5 revenge procs shows u how little he was tanking anything

steel mauve
#

Even if he was trying to maximize dps, his talents are garbage, we have literally only 1 build, and its both offensive and defensive

raven kernel
#

On heroic I just go dps

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Waste of my time to be prot

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Just let my brew do everything

steel mauve
#

Remember with booming voice, demo shout gets a damage buff on our enemies and the rage to spend, AM lets it come off cd quicker and with deafing crash trait and unstoppable force it basically exponentially increases its uptime

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I do the bitch job on taloc for our raid, still go full dps mode on him

elfin apex
#

AM?

raven kernel
#

We just have any dps soak on heroic 😂

steel mauve
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Anger management

raven kernel
#

Gives the healers something to do

shrewd ore
#

thanks I suspected there were problems you confirmed it for me. I took notes on all the information that you gave me it is appreciated.

wary crystal
#

Anyone know out of curiosity why prot is disabled in simcraft?

steel mauve
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No ones working on it

raven kernel
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Simming tanks is almost worthless

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So it's on the back burner for implementation

steel mauve
#

You cant sim defensively any ways

raven kernel
#

Yeah

steel mauve
#

And no ones working on the code for offensively

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Not exactly a high priority

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And its not like our gearing is that difficult

raven kernel
#

Miniscule value to sim dps for tanks too since actually tanking takes away resources from dps so u will never do sim dps unless you never tank anything

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And in such case u wouldn't be tank spec for the fight anyway

worthy idol
#

should there be a 1 million dmg taken difference between a warrior tank and a brew on g'huun heroic?

river agate
#

hey, was not tanking since ToS legion, got weapons for prot to try it yesterday, 363 ilvl (with shitty azerite traits for prot), i know my rotation is not perfect, but been so fragile in +6 dung is ok? i feel like if healer sneeze and stop heal ill die in 1-2 secs

upbeat folio
#

@river agate The affixes this week are on the rough side. Every "hard" pull feels very delicate right now.

winter skiff
#

whats the weekly today?

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this week

#

i mean

sick sentinel
#

pet battles.

raven kernel
#

Warrior should be lower than the brew by far @worthy idol

river agate
#

if i had blockade trinket (runing with 2 dds) i feel some improvement?)

raven kernel
#

But also depends on who tanks dark young in p1

soft kindle
#

How valuable are sockets for prot?

amber siren
#

around 10 ilvl

soft kindle
#

Would it being on a weapon affect it noticeably

raven kernel
#

Weapon dps isn't very impt

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Secondaries are highly valued

soft kindle
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Thought, so, but making sure

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Appreciate it, both of yous

raven kernel
#

Looking thru my logs

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That's an omegalul

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Purely ghuun melees

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Granted he was on my brew for 16 more swings

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M Taloc melees

halcyon goblet
#

I hate azerite traits so much

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"is this an upgrade? Maybe, what trait is best? Source X says Y but source B says C"

raven kernel
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We only have 1 source tho

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I hope u aren't looking at trap sites

halcyon goblet
#

Remember when blizz removed most enchants/gems/reforging so that you could just equip an item and go?

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I don't know what a trap site is

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I tend to look at Icy and AMR

raven kernel
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Don't use amr

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Just icy

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And noxxic is fake news

halcyon goblet
#

Icy doesn't list all the traits, so I have to assume that if it's not listed it's not good?

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fk nixxic

#

er

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typing

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hard

final mist
#

Correct, if the trait isn't listed, don't bother.

raven kernel
#

I think all traits of value are covered

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Yea

halcyon goblet
#

so 30 ilvls, trading a second instance of deafening for Callous should be good according to icy

broken kite
#

Ye

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Only need 1 dc

halcyon goblet
#

actually, it's also losing globules, because I don't have anything other than the first ring

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(I still hate azerite)

raven kernel
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Get more ap

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XD

halcyon goblet
#

yeah, but fk me are expiditions boring af

raven kernel
#

I only do islands for weekly cap

#

Just clear all azerite wq everyday

halcyon goblet
#

I haven't even done that

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I hate them

raven kernel
#

Yeah u gotta tho

halcyon goblet
#

I'm not srs raider any more though

#

so it's ok

raven kernel
#

=/

halcyon goblet
#

it's just annoying

#

I have a 3 year old, kinda kills time for raiding

bitter sleet
#

Is Archive of the titans okay to using in Mythic +'s?

#

Or should i use Deafening crash?

lusty elbow
#

Always 1 and only 1 DC

bitter sleet
#

not good to stack Archive?

lusty elbow
#

you can stack other but you always want 1 DC for DS uptime

bitter sleet
#

Gotchu

junior ivy
#

im getting so into healing

sick sentinel
#

smh

digital arrow
#

smh

wide hound
#

Hey ,
this is my first approach of an AzeritePowerWeights for Prot:
( AzeritePowerWeights:1:"Protection Warrior":1:73: 100=2, 101=2, 118=15, 14=0.1, 15=1, 177=4, 18=4, 192=5, 20=7, 21=2, 22=1, 237=5, 30=2, 31=1, 43=4, 440=5, 441=7, 450=8, 459=2, 462=1, 476=1, 477=0.5, 480=5, 483=5, 83=1.5, 84=1, 85=1.5, 86=0.5, 87=0.1, 89=10, 98=4, 99=4 )
maybe we can improve this together 😃

zealous crest
#

guys, can we kill Lion's Roar again this week or no? sorry for off topic

sick sentinel
#

i didnt see it for EU alliance

storm isle
#

i dont think it resets every week it's just every rotation of warmode

fathom marten
#

Lol I just read a post mentioning sky hold discord saying we are a bunch of neck beards tthat cant recognize bad play style and only worry about min and maxing

tight tree
#

Ok i proud now. Minmaxing neckbeard represent

storm isle
#

the way i read it is we're to busy trying to figure out how to best play our class and not get free stuff handed to us like the other tank classes

tight tree
#

Too busy trying to play class at ist max instead of whining on reddit

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(and gearning brewmaster alt juuust in case 😃 )

storm isle
#

personaly i might complain to my friends taht i suck or the class suck butthen i watched someone good play warrior in high m+ and do just fine and i realised it's just me hat's bad

tight tree
#

Or your healer and DPS ar bad you know

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Not kicking and not healing

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;P

outer dew
#

I mean

#

The difference between groups is huge

storm isle
#

i've had one amazing group and it was heaven

outer dew
#

14k-16k hps as a healer in my +5 temple. Could never top anyone off

#

11k hps in +9 SoB everything was fine

tight tree
#

I killed +10 sisters in waycrest with healer outputting about 10 HPS, iant not afraid of anything now

storm isle
#

i think a lot of it's bad coordination is part of it. dont help when every single person kicks the same abbility

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wow 10 hps dayum you must be a god

tight tree
#

We wiped like 15 times

#

Had to REALLY optimize my kicks spell reflects and other CDs

undone sun
#

@fathom marten link the post, or DM it to me

tight tree
#

Then again when i watch Sense running m+, i want to practice warrior even more.

outer dew
#

I mean, I feel like warrior has a decent amount of tools

storm isle
#

yeah i think it has something to do with that he actualy optomize the comp abit aswell

sick sentinel
#

Because it does.

outer dew
#

I just need to target weapon/shield/trinkets to bring my prot up to speed as my arms

#

Zzzz

storm isle
#

i feel kinda shafted by the GCD at times but that's only because i'm bad at decisoin making and thinking ahead

tight tree
#

WTB blocking more stuff, like arrows

manic perch
#

yes like trhose fuckers in tol dagor 😛

#

even those plebs that throw rocks i mean COME ON!!!!! fucking rocks

#

you mean to tell my the barn fucking door i carry cant block rocks?

tight tree
#

I got used to GCD, it has rhytm to it now, kinda like brewmaster when you just flow ability to ability, shit is, when IP get eaten by 1 auto, it does not feel like GCD used well

manic perch
#

gimme gayadin shield then

tight tree
#

We need a talent, sth like adamantite plating (can block spells) etc

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and rocks ofc should be default

storm isle
#

or if they made the legion trait for spell reflect into a talent

manic perch
#

oooo yes that was awesome

sick sentinel
#

we need buff to IP to make spec survive better in m+ pulls and reflect should either reflect all spells and keep it for 5 secs or just 5 secs DR for magic damage

#

thats it tbh nothing more fancy needed for spec

tight tree
#

And something to reduce bleeds, like extreme bandaging, fit warrior classfantasy lul

outer dew
#

I mean, how are you guys dealing with the packs before the third boss?

sick sentinel
#

GCD changes would help but idc really

storm isle
#

yeah i hate bleeds like the tics in underrot

outer dew
#

The poison that they do is ridic

#

For sob

tight tree
#

I just want more interesting stuff 😉 A toys to play with, not just IP it all

sick sentinel
#

we got fear aoe stun and ST stun enough toys to play with

outer dew
#

I think that shit was rotting me 50-60k a tick

sick sentinel
#

and more then enough utility

mint forum
#

I want hook pull like butcher in Dota :D

tight tree
#

Stormbolt is godly in high m+

#

Saved my ass SO many times

storm isle
#

prot dont have storm bolt though

sick sentinel
#

talent

storm isle
#

nvm we do

#

just looked at the wrong row

tight tree
#

Hook pull would be nice

storm isle
#

but the fear is kinda weird it almost allways insta breaks

tight tree
#

Yeah fear is just aoe interrupt

floral tinsel
#

I wish we would have storm bolt without haveing to talent for it as it really hurts to choose between it and reduced Shockwave CD

storm isle
#

it feels kinda bad to spend a 1.5 min cd to aoe interupt when it should cc the mfor 8 sec atleast

tight tree
#

They nerfed stuns overall ;/

storm isle
#

with GCD shockwave is just 1 sec

tight tree
#

Yeah it is aoe interrupt as well

storm isle
#

it's also just a interupt at this point

#

have anyone done the math on how much haste you would need for devistator to be worth taking?

mint forum
#

Devastator worth to me with 2x brace for impact and for raid boss only for m+ booming voice works better ( its rather aoe)

junior igloo
#

Why should Devastator benefit from haste more than BV? @storm isle

mint forum
#

Having 3-4 stacks constantly buffs blocking a bit at least but it sux anyway

#

U normaly dont use devastate much but devastator makes it aa it has 20% chance to charge shield bash which grands u stack of brace for impact which is in combination with defaening crush only combination that does not sux badly

#

More haste means better chance to reset and stack buff that improves blocking

sudden tapir
#

In underrot at +6, I pretty much get wrecked on the pack just before the first boss. Ultimately we decided to invis pot through it on to the boss. But.. Is there genuinely a way to do it without flat out dying

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My approach is CC on the blood priest, and ava, demo thunder on to the rest and kite a little to avoid too much damage initially, but it all catches up eventually

compact mirage
#

Biggest issue for warrior in m+ right now is that if we get chunked (which we will) we rely on other player sources to get back up. Teeming being really hard in some instances right now is no issue of the prot warrior per se. Mostly it is a lack of group composition. Well...prot not having any form of long duration CC like paralysis might be just another stone in the way.

sudden tapir
#

I hear you loud and clear on that... Group composition is the name of the game for really high keys, though i view this one discord like a hivemind of the best min-maxing neckbeards the internet has to offer, who have done it 100's of times (making a joke there ;D)

So thought I would ask. I was stumped though.. that's for sure. Not even a block + shield wall could stop be dying incredibly fast haha

#

I'll change my approach on higher keys this week for that dungeon

compact mirage
#

Like the first platform to first boss has an ability on the units that prevent them from dying which can be dispelled. It is super important to take care off. That eye thing has to die in seconds.

sudden tapir
#

Might explain the 120k (50k overkill) .. haha

#

incoming damage that is

#

That QE addon is sweet! I'll grab that now

compact mirage
#

Most of the time it has to do with mechanics. That being said...fuck teeming on KR right now. What kind of sadistic monster did the mob placement?!

tight tree
#

And i have +9 KR key. Going to be fun, lol

#

Well if everything else fails, we have old Soviet tactic: throw bodies on it until it dies.

manic perch
#

i insta deleted my KR key i got this week rather go sit and watcha bad play at the theatre

compact mirage
#

Which you will.

#

A lot.

hearty portal
#

Tip for KR +10 is have bloodlust for zuul before the last boss

#

He is dangerous :(

compact mirage
#

And every defensive CD you get

hearty portal
#

And pop all cooldowns, since you dont need it for the boss anyway

sick sentinel
#

you could kite it in beta

#

dont know if it still works

hearty portal
#

Think he just switches target

compact mirage
#

Here is a prot warrior group doing a +12 KR in just over 2hours 9minutes. Yikes.

sick sentinel
#

and you can skip it with a rogue

hearty portal
#

And kills the closest one

sick sentinel
#

if they havent fixed it

hearty portal
#

Skipping him is op

sick sentinel
#

but im not sure if door behind it opens

#

probably not

hearty portal
#

Didnt think of that. Tho no one i play with are rogue

#

Sadly

fringe marten
#

How is it I see some folks starting Siege of Boralus from under the bridge?

compact mirage
#

what do you mean?

fringe marten
#

I see people start at the plank walkway under the normal entry area

outer dew
#

You jump

compact mirage
#

There is a warrior that managed to do KR+10 with +1key up. But he and his team are around ilvl 375.

outer dew
#

Heroic leap, water walking, warlock portal

fringe marten
#

to where/what?

compact mirage
#

So it is possible if I somehow manage to get +20 ilvl.

outer dew
#

It's just another pathing

#

Skips a lot of the gay trash

#

No fire slingers to get to the area past the flight path

#

So basically takes you to the first houndmaster you see

#

You can also just kill the trash by walking under you

compact mirage
#

video?

outer dew
#

But you don't need the %

#

I found out by word of mouth and doing it

#

Don't know any videos for it

south steppe
#

make one 😃

compact mirage
#

does alliance have a different start as horde?

outer dew
#

Does horde start by the bank?

compact mirage
#

not that I can think of.

fringe marten
#

But you need both water walking, and warlock portal..?

outer dew
#

I mean if you have mobility you can make it

#

You can heroic leap it

#

If you're fast enough with water walking you can cross

#

It's one or the other

#

Warlock portal is for the one guy who keeps getting stuck under the wood pathing

fierce halo
#

@sudden tapir about that underrot trash, did you make sure that you took the path with the easier pack? It's random and one has 2 matrons(even without teeming)

fallow tusk
#

btw how do the ticks even work?

tight tree
#

just skip them to the 1st boss. Rogue or invis, unsure if it can be dath runned

fallow tusk
#

they put a nasty dot and explode to whole group on kill? so if you couldnt skip them whats the way to kill them?

tight tree
#

I pesonally hate doing m+ without rogues at all 😉

outer dew
#

Have a kick rotation

#

The big guy has a kick able skill which one shots

#

Burn priest asap

tight tree
#

Rogue is single most valuable best melee right now. Nerfs incoming? 😉

outer dew
#

I mean, I see why not

#

If you keep shamans weak because utility tax

#

Why not Nerf rogue for utilities

compact mirage
sudden tapir
#

@fierce halo Hey! Usually do, this week there are two blood matrons on either side 😃

#

or I wasn't very observant..

junior igloo
#

Rogues are perfectly balanced guys, bring the player, not the class

sudden tapir
#

Haha! What encounter?

#

Zul?

junior igloo
#

yep

sudden tapir
#

Solid.

outer dew
#

I mean

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I think sub thrives more than arms in that fight

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Shuricken storm to get the fat cp

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And evis Zul

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To push him hard

compact mirage
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If the guide holds up for teeming you can skip the first section with invis. It is deadly.

sudden tapir
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Yea, we did just skip them after a few deaths. No rogue, so took pots. :3

junior igloo
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Yeah, that's just boss damage, 70+ % of that is Evis, 25k single target dps

fierce halo
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@Robstar ah okay, haven't done it this week yet. Being forced to play such a pack is indeed brutal.

next goblet
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i have yet to do kings rest a single time

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is it any good?

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or is it a PoS dungeon

sudden tapir
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I think KR can be brutal if you don't understand it, like most dungeons and their mechanics!

I actually really enjoy watching @shut summit twitch, if you go to this video (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/307743503) and skip to 2hr 30m in, you can see from his perspective running KR on prot warrior at high key. I actually learned a lot just watching. ❤

sacred roost
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Just hit level 71 on warrior (again) haven't rreally played one since Wrath.

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So leveling a highmountain tauren and trying to keep as close to 100% uptime on IP and SB, prioritizing IP, and stacking then when i can. Still seem to be struggling with dungeon trash packs.

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Like, I just did Halls of Lightning and the first boss was brutal for whatever reason, and I don't understand why.

old zephyr
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hi, Anyone here as an idea why rogues play Assasination in M+ when SUB and outlaw are so strng in AoE situations?

sacred roost
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I think Outlaw is just Best overall right now or it might be Best AoE and Sub's best single.

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but that's more of a question for the Ravenholdt discord, probably.

outer dew
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@old zephyr because assassination damage is high

manic perch
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yeah we had pug rogue the other night plays outlaw on trash and high adds fights and assasin on st

outer dew
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Subtrufurhe -> 3x garrote rupture

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Into fan of knives

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Rupture

undone sun
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definitely an odd question to ask warriors, let alone protection warriors ¯_(ツ)_/¯

outer dew
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Their damage was so strong they nerfed the trait by 30% if I remember

raven kernel
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Here protecc

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No attacc

old zephyr
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Thought Maybe some of you played with regular rouges and knew à bit about them =)

sacred roost
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Anyhow, am I don't the rotation right, should I be trying to keep IP up 100% with spare rage going to SB when I can, or should I prio SB?

old zephyr
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SB is prio

sudden tapir
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Prioritise Shield Block for incoming physical damage

sacred roost
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I feel insanely squishy against packs of adds.

old zephyr
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Ip when you ar going to cap or take extra powerful blows

sudden tapir
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Use your Ignore Pain to help smooth out incoming damage when you have spare rage.. or when you don't need to worry about applying damage down. Want to survive? Throw in an ignore pain..

old zephyr
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Don't hesitate tous use cds on packs

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Like all the time

sacred roost
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I just got demo shout, but I don't have the azerite trrait (that should be standard) to keep it up 100%

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so that sucks

old zephyr
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Bolster and Shield wall are amazing

sacred roost
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long cd's though, I mean, 4 mins and 2 mins, that's like 4 and 2 pulls, respectivily.

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and a mediocre pace.

strong forum
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@sudden tapir thats only a +6,not much to worry about there

old zephyr
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Nah with anger management It's much less

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If It's available and you take Damage use it

sudden tapir
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@strong forum You're not wrong! 😃 Infest certainly makes things interesting at higher levels

strong forum
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And in general, dungeons start to get tricky at 10, before that it's quite chill actually

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Ofc depending on individual skill levels

old zephyr
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I have a kr 9 that scare me a little bit

strong forum
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From what I've seen kr is hardly affected by teeming, should be fine

sacred roost
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I don't have that yet, later 😃

strong forum
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The only parts that are scary is the room after 1st boss, the berserker pack in front of 3rd boss and zul

sacred roost
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don't you haveta kite the beserkerrs?

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because the bleed they apply will kill you at like, 2 stacks.

old zephyr
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yeah just kite them

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but in high keys you absically ahve to kite evrything

sacred roost
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that's why dh's are best M+ tanks right now

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I think

strong forum
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Bdk is best

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Vdh is very squishy

undone sun
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they are stunnable and CC able

strong forum
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But utility makes up for it

sacred roost
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utility and mobility I think

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mobility mainly

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and damage

strong forum
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Mobility we are almost same, and we have more damage

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It's simply their grip, silence and fear on short CD that's amazing

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Combined with self-healing ofc

sacred roost
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I think VDH has better mobility then us, since they can target anything to move, where we have to have a person or mob.

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and I think they can go alot further with less of a cd.

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and it does damage if they spec into it.

strong forum
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If you don't spec into flame crash you're simply playing wrong :D

sacred roost
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I know.

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I'm just saying, as far as VDH go

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Blood dk's have like, 0 mobility, they just don't die.

strong forum
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Yea but in terms of high keys that's, if only veery slightly, better

old zephyr
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YouTube don't need à lot of mobility, just to run slightly faster than mobs internationale order to kite

sacred roost
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That's probably true, but what really hurts is most grroups will take a VDH or BDK over a tank at the same ilvls.

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for whatever reason

strong forum
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Pugs*

old zephyr
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Yes Because grip

sacred roost
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I don't have alot of choice in the matter 😃

strong forum
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I tried pugging some 10s yesterday, god damn people are awful. Never trying that again

outer dew
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I mean

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It's pugs for a reasonable

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You weren't good enough to get added on that friend list for other runs qq

strong forum
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Was the 1st time pugging this expac and not many people were online in guild so I gave it a go

sick sentinel
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Callous Reprisal worth for higher m+?

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or is this 0.5% a little to low

strong forum
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Depends on your options, but shouldn't be focus

sick sentinel
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can go double Brace for Impact

sacred roost
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so rumbling earth, booming voice, and angerr management for last 3 talents?

sick sentinel
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or DC, BfI and CR

strong forum
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BfI is better overall

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1 DC 2x BfI

sick sentinel
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aaight

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thx man

strong forum
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At least defensively speaking

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Offensively cr is better

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For m+

sick sentinel
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yeah i dont think I need more dmg ;d

strong forum
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Well my goal is having consistent 10k overall dps in dungeons this weekend

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So I'm dropping blockades for 370 syringe from vectis

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To see how much dps I can get

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Cuz dying isn't an issue, dps is what is needed this week

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That's why most are struggling I guess, shit dps

old zephyr
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@sacred roost Yes, although rubling earth might by swaped for another one of the row depending on you team/preferences

tight tree
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One simple thing that most people do not understand, is that YOU CANNOT PLAY SINGLE CLASS WITHOUT READING GUIDE FIRST. That is where most fuckups happen: someone assume out of the blue that IP is prio, or that ravager is best talent. All information is very accesible.

sick sentinel
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Ravager lol

tight tree
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One just cannot play well after looking in spellbook. Game does zero work educating about how classes work

sick sentinel
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i agree

outer dew
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Sure it does

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Gotta run your head into the wall another

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Abit*

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A guide is from someone else running into the wall

sick sentinel
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I swapped a 340 brace for a 355 iron fortress and I feel much more vulnerable in single target hard kitting bosses

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But its good in aoe so this week I am fine

junior igloo
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The difference between 1 item with better trait vs. 1 item with slightly higher item level is so small that any feeling of vulnerability is 100 % placebo

sacred roost
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think it depends on the trait.

vocal nimbus
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Unless its DC its 100% placebo

sick sentinel
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It might be

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I changed trinkets as well so it might be that

tight tree
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well double callous on big pack you going to feel

cosmic magnet
undone sun
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There aren't any breakpoints you should be worrying about, just prioritizing as the stat priority shows and you'll be perfectly fine

knotty apex
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haste is pretty much your go to stat but yeah there are no breakpoints it just helps to reset shield bash and devistate so you can have more rage + more damage in avatar with TC

cosmic magnet
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Okay, so I need to continue with Haste> Versa> Mastery > Crit ?

undone sun
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mastery and verse are closer to being equal but depend more on the damage intake and that's of course after ilevel >haste>

cosmic magnet
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Okay so ILvL > Haste > Mastery = Versa > Crit Thanks a lot

onyx vessel
hearty portal
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Like how much itemlevel difference is that based on? Cant be that a itemlevel 370 is better then 365 if it has the worst stats vs the best?

ember arrow
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Yes

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Secondaries are close in value

hearty portal
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Bah need that haste to not want to kill myself while playing

ember arrow
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What

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U have ITF

strong forum
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Yea I had a drastic shift in stat distribution, I went from 1.3k haste 300 crit 400 master and 700 versa to 1k haste 1k mastery 450 crit and 450 versa. Looks iffy to lose so much haste

hearty portal
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Yes?

strong forum
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But still above 30% haste with 5 itf so it's fine

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And rezans and quick navigation make it ever so fluent

hearty portal
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Yeah I mean the more haste you have, the less painful prot warrior becomes to play

strong forum
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At 50%haste it gets really fun

sick sentinel
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With ITF I am pretty happy with haste tbh

ember arrow
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Feelycrafting

hearty portal
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Yeah the specialization is so badly designed so I just cant drop haste pieces

strong forum
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You can, just don't drop every piece

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For example don't use rings that don't have haste unless it's literally 50ilvl upgrade

ember arrow
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Thats

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Incorrect

hearty portal
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We are not talking about min max here levko

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So no its correcr

ember arrow
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You liteeally weaken yourself

strong forum
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I wouldn't use crit versa 370 over 340 haste mastery for example

hearty portal
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Fuck playing prot without a million haste

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Me neither

ember arrow
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@strong forum so u weaken yourself

strong forum
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No

ember arrow
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Yes

hearty portal
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By a very small margain

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That doesnt matter

ember arrow
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Its nit an opinion

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30 ilvl of secondaries isnt small

strong forum
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In what world is the 40 stam better than having haste

ember arrow
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Lol

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Its not only stamina

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its MORE secondaries

strong forum
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340 still has 200 and 120 stats

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370 has 260 and 170

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It's not that huge

ember arrow
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It really is. But feelycraft all you want

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Cant stop you

strong forum
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I mean I have 2 370s with 260+ haste idc but imo it's not worth using a non haste ring

sick sentinel
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Versa means less magic damage and bigger IP and crit means more parries

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I love parrying shit

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I love not dying

ember arrow
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"Its not worth using a non haste ring"

strong forum
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"imo"

ember arrow
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Your opinion is incorrect

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If its 30 ilvl

strong forum
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That's toxic

ember arrow
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🤔

junior igloo
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@hearty portal
If you enjoy playing with more haste, we won't stop you, but I'm not sure what sort of answer do you expect from us on something so subjective

strong forum
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I'm not saying it's better statistically speaking ma dude

ember arrow
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You do. You say its not worth

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Implying its worse

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if it's higher ilvl on offset pieces, equip it
if it's more than 5 but dropping socket, equip it
if it's more than 5 on rings for haste/mastery, equip it
if it's more than 10 and dropping socket on rings, equip it

strong forum
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Socket alone is literally worth 15ilvl

ember arrow
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On what?

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Not on armor

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On rings

strong forum
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Rings trinket and weapon

ember arrow
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Aa it says

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Trinket isnt bound by ilvl rules

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Higher ilvl weap is always good

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More dps

hearty portal
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The best thing about this discussion is that regardless of our gear we still cant tank the mythic raid properly

strong forum
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Says who

ember arrow
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Who cant?

strong forum
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If Dh can tank mythic... Everybody can

hearty portal
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Well tank fettid and you'll find out why

ember arrow
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My cotank is a vdh

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What about fetid?

hearty portal
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Go tank him on mythic and tell me warriors are working

strong forum
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What's yo ilvl

ember arrow
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Are u progging fetid?

hearty portal
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Well the 2 first bosses in mythic are easy

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But no we gave up on fettid

ember arrow
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If its that bad you should have multiple tanks to capitalize in theur strengts

strong forum
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Mother and taloc are free, yes

ember arrow
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As a m raider should

hearty portal
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Thats bullshit

ember arrow
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Nope

hearty portal
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Yes it is

onyx vessel
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or just play monk

hearty portal
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Only world first people play optimal setups

onyx vessel
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simple

hearty portal
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Casuals doesnt

ember arrow
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Limiting yourself to one is just making it harder on yourself

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Youre per definition not casual when doin m raids

onyx vessel
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levko let me guess you got all tanks 360plus

hearty portal
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So i have to play another class to tank raids

slow gull
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Warrior doesent have a strength if you was a m raider in your opinion you wouldn't even be here

ember arrow
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I didnt say that

hearty portal
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That was kinda my point tho

ember arrow
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Nice strawman though

onyx vessel
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warrior is fine for mythic raiding

ember arrow
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Warr's strength is best physical metigation

slow gull
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Zen med

hearty portal
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Fettid is a wall for tanks. Especially druids and warriors. Which makes them none viable

ember arrow
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Use indom

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Stam flask

onyx vessel
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reeeeeeeeeeeeee

tight tree
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Ironically Fetid is physical mitigation fight and warriors flop there.

hearty portal
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Yeah

ember arrow
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On dk u just get as much hp as u can

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Should work on warr

slow gull
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Your logic is so flawed

ember arrow
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O do elaborate

strong forum
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Yeah just stacking HP on prot isn't gonna help like on bdk

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Bdk profits much more from bigger hp pool

ember arrow
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How so?

hearty portal
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Honestly crit is probably best on fettid

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Dont get hit cause you will fucking die

strong forum
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As long as BDK survives the attack you can heal it back, so stacking HP has more worth than midigation on warri

tight tree
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I would expect that warrior would be BEST at fight like fetid.

ember arrow
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I mean

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Your healers can heal u to full in 6 sec

hearty portal
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I dont care if the warrior is best. I want them to work

ember arrow
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Unless u play wit absolute wheelchairs

onyx vessel
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they do