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LOL
kudaku
Want us to be meta?
Look at the list here
leaderboards and prog comps
only define the "TOP" / "BEST"
are any of us saying that warr is the best?
Look at them. And then discard all the classes and specs that arent there
Do toy honestly think the main problem with Prot warrior is that people don't know how to play it?
gg, you get 10 specs total
If you are aiming for MDI, then discard Prot Warrior, yes
Half the mods in Skyhold don't main Prot atm
If not, who cares?
how
Rogue needs buffs
You are correct Rei ;p
Strawman again Rei
wich weapon enchant is best for prot atm?
#1 and #2 prog in the world
Its the same argument, Kudaku
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didnt use rogues on ghuun kudaku
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u like to see prog comps right/
ty
im using your logic here
It's not - one argument looks at one fight in isolation
And the only viable tank atm is Brew, btw
I am progging myself all the time]
oh yeah
The other takes in the wider picture
why use a disability called prot warrior
XD
Here you go again saying prot warriors are useless. I don't feel useless in my guild's raids and we're not experiencing any issues running a warrior tank.
atleast they are viable in M+
Not much point in continuing this conversation, enjoy the circle guys :)
idd
I think 5 Brew team for MDI is the only viable comp
protwar is not useless, far from it,ù its good but not enough compared to other classes i think
So back to my earlier statement that if your guild is feeling an issue with a warrior tank its either because you're in a top 20 guild, or you're using your warrior wrong, and you need to spend less time complaining and more time researching and learning. Thats not an insult just a fact.
people like me defending protwar have never claimed it to be the best or without problems
but it sureeeeee as hell isnt as bad as people make it out to be
We all would like to see prot warrior better, but its factually wrong and pointless to say that we're useless. that wont' get us more buffs or fix our issudes.
Tallstar, for what it's worth if you had phrased it like that the first time u wouldn't have an issue
@sick sentinel you're probably right, where can one read about how to improve? is there an updated site that talks prot wars?
sadly not really
But it bugs me how easily people gang up on newbies in this disc when they enter and are frustrated
ç_ç
That's true, most of them have rerolled
Sense is still going strong you can check out his streams
@static pilot Allow me to copy paste what I initially said that you guys aparantly lost it over: 12:12 PM] Tallstar: If you think you have to reroll from warrior tank to another tank class for Mythic then you're either in a top 20 raiding guild or you're playing your warrior wrong :)
[12:13 PM] Tallstar: We don't have a Niche, and we're only 95% of what other tanks are, but we ain't that underpowered we can't tank in mythic
they're not easy either tho
@static pilot because those people usually come in here fully convinced prot is shit and they only want to be sympathized with
I actually adore prot warrior, looking at other tanks it looks like garbadge but I just enjoy it too much to reroll, sure I get mad sometimes and say "screw this im rerolling" but i just cant
Tallstar, the comment that got my back up was this one:
so you want to be able to tank anything at any skill level as any tank?
I am however pretty new to tanking as warrior, and want to learn how to do reall well in +'s
It escalated quickly from there
I prefer prot warrior gameplay wise yes (with devestator please ;p)
So I stepped in and asked people to relax a little bit and keep it friendly
i came here because i dont feel very good at tanking atm and want to understand how to get better (if, im doing something wrong)
Which made everyone defensive
That was not my comment though Kudaku.
Exactly the same @tribal valley
Use your mobility 😃
i've been civil but not polite
Then it's very possible that I misattributed a quite to you
See when you need to kite
@sturdy inlet u mean kiting stuff around?
i haven't called anyone a fucking noob /retard but i sure as hell aint gonna care about their ego
Big tip valorth. Go explore Unstopable force + Bolster + Booming Voice + Anger Manamgent. Even on single target. It gives you just adequate rage that you're never standing without any defensives.
i dont have rage issues actually
What I saw was the usual negativity and poorly veiled insults aimed at a frustrated player, which typically leads to A arguments and/or B a player that much more comitted to not playing warrior
Which in my opinion makes you almost as smooth as the brewmaster, and the end result a tank with less overall healing needed.
i feel good about the rage quantity
@static pilot i didn't veil anything, when i said people weren't good enough i meant for them to know it
😃
its just that im tanking along a bdk and a protpala and im taking a shitload more dmg then them
Still not taking to you Rei
They do take more damage Valoroth
pretty sure i've been the most "aggressive" of anyone here today
Thats why they can selfheal
so if u arent talking to me idk who
I am pushing over 40k+ hps in m10+
tallstar has been far nicer than i have
For the record Tallstar, I didn't mean to put words in your mouth and I'm sorry if I misrepresented you
This chat moves pretty fast and I'm participating by phone, which occasionally leads to some rather entertaining typos ^^
Thats some gentlemanship right there. @static pilot.
The way I see it politeness costs little but can earn you a great deal :)
But everyone would like some prot love here i guess 😃 Have a nice day people!
You are true in that @static pilot
The wow community can be toxic but each and every one of us chooses to engage in it or not
Valoroth, if you're taking more dmg than a BDK you need to work on reducing windows without mitigation. its those windows that make you skyrocket in dmg taken. Your shieldblock is stronger than any of their mitigation. Just ain't up as often.
Personally I find the game a lot more enjoyable if I do not ^^
how do i understand how to use it more efficiently? should i pop it under boss' spells?
@tribal valley And Haste helps a lot with it 😃
a good rule is: There has to be allways one of the following things up when you're not having SB active: Last stand, Shield Wall, or Demoshout with Avatar and TC spam into Ignore Pain.
Dont overlap Last Stand with your shield blocks!
Demoshout/Avatar is for dmg increase tho, right?
With the right talent setup it does both mitigation (reducing damage taken), rage gen and damage increase
if you can't have shieldblock, up atleast have 20 % with demo shout.
i see, well, i use it on CD tho, should i only use it under some particular circumstances?
You should get one piece of azerite gear that extends demoshout
on Thunderclaps it is
See thats the hard part about rot warrior Valoroth, we want Demo shout used as much as option, but we also don't want to stand without any mitigation active EVER. so if you see Demo shout about to be ready, and you have 5 seconds left on shield block, then dont pop Demoshout, wait till SB runs out, then que the Demo shout.
and let SB charges regain for the 12-14 seconds you're keepign Demo shout up on the boss.
^ this is where a lot of Prot warriors fuck up
If you're reading this and asking, how does Demo shout last 12-14 seconds when it says 8 seconds, then its because you need to read up about Unstoppable force + Deafening Crash Azurite Trait.
They pop multiple CDs at the same time, feel great, then 15 sec down the line they have nothing available and get chunked
Me too ^^
It works that way for every tank btw 😃 Always chain defensives
Dont pop them all at the same time
I pop them all at the same time, that way I never die
I think Rai put earlier that a really good opener will always look like Avatar+Demoshout & SB->SB->SB-Last Stand (let SB recharge during last stand) when Last stand runs out. Que SB's again untill out of charges, then que Avatar with demoshout only (add in a healer external: IRON BARK is GREAT cause its a small cd) after that its SB time again and you'll either have last stand ready to start all over, or have to use Shieldwall. (depends abit on your rage management during the Avatar +demo shouts)
go big or go home, with me... If in 8 seconds boss isnt dead, its on the DPSers
Your girlfriend must be thrilled Sagif ^^
And before you know it Valorth, you've sat there in your own little world and que'd mitigation for 4 minutes and never run out of something to press, and your healers will be asking "why is the warrior taking less dmg than the monk" :)
👀
You know what they say, better fast and furious, than slow and miserable
When it comes to sex I like to aim for something a bit higher than either of those
But fair enough, you do you fam 
Now what I just wrote is easy in text, but sure as hell harder on fights. :) cause there you don't get to just stand still and plan 15 seconds ahead. :)
@sick sentinel i see i see, feels good to know that its possible to improve! i will probably forget half the things you said tho XD anywhere i can read about the stuff you said? website or something?
Wow crazy, use your mtigation abilities and you take less damage?
Awesome im gonna try that instead of crying on the forums
Thanks guys
Real warriors do both ;)
i've been using them Kagan, in the wrong way but i'm using them
Well if you go to the "guides-ressources-f" here you'll see some links Valoroth. They atleast give you ideas of how to get started on considering these things. but else it just takes practice and practice :)
right then 😃 ty alot
and Valorth this here is one of the reasons why protection warriors have a higher skillfloor than for instance monks or DKs. you simply can't make the same errors or wrong choices on a Monk as on a Warrior. But luckily, the class gets alot more competitive when you start using these tools correctly. its just sad it takes more to get to point where you can compete with a monk than creating the character.
On "bigger" trash pulls, how often do you guys IP?
Monks don't need to think or plan as much, and this is why, if you're going top world, playing the monk is just better cause it leaves more room for other considerations and to adjust to mechanics pushing you out of this "hitting a dummy style"
@near shard, on big trash pulls your rotations is TC, Revenge, TC, Shieldslam, TC, IP, TC, SS if it reset, else revenge if it procced so its a free revence, else Devastatior, TC, with this TC the combo starts over.
When Demo shout runs out, LAst stand gets qued, or else you start running from the mobs.
@sick sentinel nice job, I learned a few things now too :)
Hm I see, not a lot of IP in that rotation then
Feel free to replace revenge with IP if the pool gets stripped off too fast
a good wayn to check if you're doing your rotation on a trash pull correcttly is ask yourself these things: 1. Did i do more dmg than any of the dps'ers (except dks and DH's). 2. Did I have shieldblock or Laststand active at all times, 3. Did i hit 100 rage and do a shield/tc?
the only Revent that is important is the first one after the first TC
that is to put deepwounds on all targets so you don't lose aggro.
after that, you only ever spend rage on a revenge to refresh Deepwounds but the packs shouldn't live this long.
if you keep that rule in mind, then it sorta gives it self when you use IP, its basicaly whenever both TC and SS is on CD and you're not having a full IP up already.
Note that you'll likely want to cast avatar just before charging in - you don't want to delay your main rotation or else mobs will run off immediately
Yup or dps WILL rip
This is right. Avatar is cast before you charge, Demo shout is cast while you group the mobs up. and now your rotation starts.
Ie cast avatar outside of combat. It feels bad to waste uptime but it's better than the alternative
I see, seems like I was putting to much effort in keeping IP up then..
Tclap 1st to get threat demo tclap ss tclap
if the pack is big, you can't keep IP up all the time.
Then ip
Won't that SS cap you? 20 rage from charge, 20 from avatar, 40 from DS, 10 from tclap
na causse you're throwing 60 rage into SB while doing it.
Ah ofc
That's my cue to call it a night
I know I'm not thinking straight when I forget SB
Good night guys, enjoy your weekend :)
Ip is rage dump
haha As long as you don't do it when you actualy pull :P
then your healer gets sad.
and will tell you that you're "harder to heal than a shadowriest" as I see someone writing on MMO-champion
No such problem with my bone shield ^^
It pretty much takes care of itself and you wouldn't believe the uptime %
This is true,. This is one of the reasons why I think its fair to say that at this current moment, DK is easier to to a good standard than Warrior.
to play to*
I think even if Prot and dk were equal, reactive tanking is easier to play than proactive tanking
which is why you'll see pug groups rather wanting a dk or a monk. (just less statistical chance they get a bad tank)
Idd
The fact that I mostly don't care about what kind of damage I'm taking and that I can bounce back up from a misstep doesn't hurt either
Granted you can't play dk that casually at a progression level but it works at easier content
On "bigger" trash pulls, how often do you guys IP?```
seriously? nobody's going to say they go before the dungeon starts so they don't have to worry about it on big trash pulls? 
@open bluff They go what before the dungeon starts?
Yeah I'm not entirely sure what he means
Anyways Im off the discord to get something done on my mighty warrior. Hope you got your questions answered Kenneth
I did tyvm have fun
sorry, not entirely awake yet; was going for a pee joke
🤦
haha aight. okay :P ye now it makes a bit more sense.
Bad
the effect is pretty low
damage splits and healing proc is unreliable and doesn't actually heal that much
so I slept on that and Wowhead still has 8.1 removing Crit Block. That's just a data mining error, right? riiiiight?
¯_(ツ)_/¯
it probably caught prot changes mid-iteration
mastery is "removed" on ptr as well with no repalcement
so seems like the devs are thinking of changing our mastery
which will remove crit blocks
memba when they removed Ignore Pain and promised to replace it with something better?
and then they just gave us ignore pain back but made it hella worse?
I memba
so IF they are removing crit blocks, thereby increasing our average dmg taken, they will theoratically have more leeway to balance us elsewhere and make us have more mitigation baseline
bringing up the floor
Removed IP, Gave it back and then replaced it again with the current iteration
👌
which is worst than the first revision
to be fair, with block rating on shields increasing block strength, it's theoretically possible to eventually have ~100% mitigation from crit blocks if blizz fucks up K values as bad as they've fucked a lot of other things this expac
that sounds awful unless it's some obscene scaling amount
The logical thing to assume, if the removal of crit block is true, is that they want to make our damage intake more consistent and could still make us take overall less damage
eh that wont happen cos K value is easily hotfixable
thats what i was getting at jim
true, but alter the K value because of one tank and you risk throwing others out of whack
i doubt they planned ahead enough to have a separate K value for each type of mitigation
Well I like Crit Blocking. I can see the argument for Devs not liking it, but I fucking like it
we should be mainly concerned about the Design Intent
imagine them removing Critical Strike from the game or a spec because they want to make their damage more consistent
all depends on how K values are implemented, if it's a per-tank basis that's nbd and easily fixed, if it's a per-boss/instance basis, that causes all sorts of potential nightmares
well, the thing is we don't know what the design intent is yet
and according to blizzard, they don't either
they just know prot's getting some love
Blizzard has had no idea what to do with Prot for well over a year
and Lore's posts last night made it abundantly clear they still have no fucking clue what they want to do
and all we can do is wait and pray tbh
BY THE LIGHT
lol
\o/
i don't pray, i charge in and shield slam
i mean
...and then die because i forgot to ignore pain and used revenge instead
#protection is a paladin spec too
kappa
well u know what they say about vengeance
its a downward spiral of destruction
that's more of a cliff than a spiral
something something dh something warlock
i'm just hoping blizzard doesn't go and fuck prot up, because if my healers were any better i'd be maining my warrior right now instead of my dk
eh i mean, it's possible to make it worse but i don't think it's likely
yeah i wouldn't be surprised lol
the general negativity and passive aggressiveness of this channel is entertaining
levko fight me you fucking nerd
1v1 me in irl
You gotta remember, we're just min maxing neckbeards
1 sec, gotta wait for cds
i will borrow that tyvm
exploiting 👀
That's gold lol
Yo, so they made it so that Alchemists have to drink their "own" flasks to get the 2 hour buff, right?
no
what about couldrons? I haven't used a cauldron yet, will I get a 2 hour flask from another alchemists cauldron?
no?
you gotta be a certain skill level or something for 2 hour buff?
unless that's been changed within the past couple days, any flask you drink is 2 hours
there been some confusion in my group
some of my friends weren't getting the 2 hour flask until they made their own flask
yeah you need the alchemy perk
well we all have alchemy
lol
but some were not getting 2 hours on their flask the first week of raiding
right, it's not just innate from alchemy
you need to earn the perk called mixology or something
hmm
i think it's 90? you get it
i know legion had a questline to get it easily
sec i'll log on to see which perk exactly it is
I'm not seeing that achieve
I don't remember getting anything special for 2 hour flasks, I was just told that there was a qualifier for it and that making your own flasks was it (maybe its around that time)
We agree Prot Warriors need love 😆
This was an old perk called "Mixology" that would double the duration on Elixirs/Flasks if you knew them. You simply have to have the pattern learned (in Legion's case, at least Rank 1 will do [PS: I just wasted a Flask I only have Rank 1 for just to confirm that!]) and you will receive the double duration.
👍
Yeah, gotta have the recipe. Can't just pick up rank one alch and get extended timers.
OT question: do they have intention on fixing Anchor Weed?
some1 read anything about it?
@fresh dragon https://www.wowhead.com/news=287353/patch-8-1-ptr-27826-professions-sinister-combatant-reagents-cost-change-enchante
what is a good place to look for prot traits ?
icy veins guide

Pins my friend
guys just fantasizing about our "missing utility" which utility do u think we should have? i my opinion a mass stun of WHATEVER in combat attacking us for 6 secons (ye 6 seconds) and Speel reflection that is a REAL spell refletion and REFLECT ALL DIRECT ABILITIES used toward us... not a (Sometimes) Spell Reflection that reflect something yes and something no
Even BOSS ability
that could be very easily broken
I'mma hit that with a 🤔
we are the ICONIC tank of this game
so we need to trivialize a key ability from a boss?
almost like we're paladins 🤔
Intercept stun in legion was a really nice thing, especially since it wasn't suffering from diminishing returns, I'd personally love to see it make a comeback
of a "wanna have" ability that makes us different
makes us different and makes us totally imba are two very different things.
Not inherently, no.
sanguine afflix? 😄
thatd be interesting
Lets focus on stuff that increases our survivability rather than a gimmic off of our shield slam...
yes
Tbf massgrip reduced range made it a very meh tool
thats what i was thinking about. a stun on ALL enemy attacking us (so we dont stun something that we dont have aggro) for 5-6 sec allow us to recharge for example a SB
I think as a species we can focus on more than one issue at once, survivability and utility being some of the more talked points
Like, how about taunt forces the mob to come to us (not stopping to cast or anything) for the duration of the fixate
and some rage for IP
Rybie - dispel on shield slalm would address a very very very small issue (there are many classes that can dispell)
Being able to silence casters at range
like, gag order
Ikar, I had that thought a few days ago. Would fit imo.
would be a much bigger issue
fair
But after doing a +10 Motherlode lastnight, I'm pretty convinced that our only issue is literally non armormitigateable damage when we're not able to roll IP like its made of candy
silence range caster can be done by quite all ranged and healers
Wait so saying I would like x doesn't meant I'm not concerned about y? like boyyyy
like I'm not an influence I can wish for things lmfao
I'm saying noise matters
creating a lot of white noise that the developers would have to sort through about what issues we face is what we faced in beta
@hot locust so.. which could be ur "wanna have" warrior ability?
I'm sure Ion is reading the prot discord and taking my one off suggestion very seriously
Lala wanna have armor work vs magic
I dont think prot needs anything "new"
Ion is everywhere, bro
Rybie you'd be shocked
Fury got a lot of changes I saw proposed in the fury discord
Just a cd change on block and some rage tuning.
like word for fucking word
CS?
did i just read
????
Commanding is a raid server bro
ye... a MASS TAUNT could be usefull
We have one of the best with CS
unless thye massivly nerf DC
we had that
ion if you're spying on my messages, give me blizzcon mount plz
CS?
CS : Counter Strike? 😄
Commanding Shout
More never hurts
@astral crystal having more than 1 CS is a big boon to healers
its just "ill try to make u survive"
you can give people a ton of padding before a damage wave
esp if you have the tertiary trait stacked up
take two dps warriors :^)
if CS could be 100% more healt
that is a HUGE Amount of health
If you think CS isnt a big benefit youre delusional.
We take 2 DPS warriors and I tank as prot
we have a rotation
that we use for damage spikes
mmmmm
it makes a difference
Spirit Link is way better than CS
im more concerned with positioning demanding fights
Takkero - use CS with Spirit Link
You want a dps to have a better healing cd than a healer ;P?
since SL is mutliplicative in effect with health pool and DR effects
My only issue thus far with tanking Uldir as prot
is adds on Zul
Ikarikaze i know but thats not a "i wanna a prot tank in M+/raid" thing
Right, but to have a "I wanna prot tank in my raid" kinda thing
we'd need something so OP
to really stand out
like, Gorefiends
thats is why i was FANTAZISING
or the d3 barb knockdown added to tclap
about something we dont have
we can now successfully control adds
I Mean, they could give us a grip to fit our fantasy
profit
also that
mmmmmmmm what about
game already became d3 lite, might as well
self healing for example while SB or LS is up?
Its D3 with smaller integers
I think they're REALLY not wanting to give us a self heal
because that would come at the cost of mitigation
self healing IS NOT one of our problems
mmmm dunno
the extremely punishing focus level needed to optimize our mitigation is a big issue
in this exp we have much HOT and less direct heal
the fact that our offensives are not defensive etc as well
Like, I get that we're ona cycle
gain resoruces spend them in mitigaiton or damage
like monk?
but that would be a copy
make a mistake as a monk and you purify it off and require a bit extra healing for like 4 seconds
make the same mistake as a warrior and you're tomato sauce
this week i've done AD+10 in 60 min 😄
ppl just wont invite you to groups
this week is pure aids.
noooooo
teeming+fort needs some serious tweaking
Id say they are both hard
Fort weeks are always gonna be harder since trash is alot stronger this expac
btw in my guild discord they said Teeming was bugged
howso?
and seems that even boss get the fortified buff
Prot paladin ts active M is off cost and 3 charges. We only got 2 and with a cost
it was strange coz they take a M+0 and read the Boss HP
than SUM the % difficult of M+
and the result was not right
If our sb would be of cost 3 charges and when using sl we shorten the cd
Would be the fix i think
New Mastery will probably scale the % reduction and value of IP
Thatd be cool
make critical blocking based on crit
well.. actually IP last 1 hit for a Mythic Raid Boss (maybe even no entirely)
But pallies only last 1.5 seconds longer than ours since theirs is a shorter buff time
come close to capping its values
but really what irking
SO like our main issue is IP is our only defense against stuff that gets past our block/Armor
if i remember correctly my MAX IP is 35,3k
if its mitigatable by block, we can basically laugh at it
IP scales in a snapshot form with your AP
so if you have a on use str trinket (like this flask I'm still stuck using) you can dramatically increase your IP cap for that window
My ip almost always caps at 40.5k or jusg shy of it
and IP scales rather well
Just*
but its base is weak
And you cant just compare another tanks AM and try to copy it, like theres a reason why we have 2 stacks of SB and pallies have 3 of SOTR
guys Im curious, my r.io score is not updating, its the same as it was since tuesday
wonder if theres any way to force it to uptdate
that means you didn't make it onto the leaderboards?
no in the addon I mean
update your addon
@neat harbor i m in the raider.io discord. problem is that BLizzard API last 500 daily fight
500 best fight daily
rip
so if u are not in the 500 best daily M+
its weekly
well that sounds rather shitty
and seems to defeat the purpose of the addon?
other than showing who made the top 500
:?
its not their problem
Ya its best 500 weekly
but blizzard API
Which is probably arguably worse than 500 daily
@Froststick its not the addon's fault that blizzard isnt recording your runs. In the end this is a grind like anything else. You have to keep running. Since your server is a pretty full server, i suggest making friends with people off your server with less busy boards. That way you can rank on thier top 500 when you run with them, increasing the chances your run gets recorded. Also join these discords and try forming groups there for runs.
i copy/paste
from r.io
thats AIDS man
cause nobody probably is even aware of this
so some guy with 800 io thinks hes the shit, meanwhile youve done like 4 +9 in a single day and your score is still at 300
oof.
arms atm
yeah.
@neat harbor in game addon is not working currently
feelsbad.
@vocal nimbus it works. its blizzard problem
ok found it.. this is the r.io developer speaking:
Jah (Aspyr)la scorsa Domenica alle 23:10
This is an unfortunate limitation of the current API. Basically Blizzard provides 500 slots for showing runs for each realm / dungeon. As the week goes on, the minimum level needed to make it into that Top 500 for the realm will increase.
The ways to get around this limitation are to either: 1) Run earlier in the week when the leaderboards aren't as full (not always feasible), and 2) Run with people from other realms. As long as the run makes it into the Top 500 for any member's realm then it'll be possible for us to track (assuming it doesn't run into one of the other API problems right now, like the "Unknown" bug).
It used to be 100. If you didn't do your run on Tuesday it didn't show.
@regal dome
?
Can read the first highlighted part of the pin and read after the comma
And also actually read the disclaimer on the ptr notes...
You know, this one
Pfft. Who needs Disclaimers...
How do the leaderboards work for connected realms?
Any realm you scored in the top 500 counts
Which means if you have some one in a low pop realm and your group scored in the top 500 for that realm the score counts for you as well, if you are asking about the api for the raider.io addon
pull smart
gage on how much u can take at a time
gage your interupts how many do u have
as a group
and pull depending on what your group can handle
in m7+, m8+, is it that much of a hindrance having your tank be a prot war? seems i get denied often, futhermore it also seems like i get hit like a bus and every pull I have to use last stand to let my block recharge or i just get whooped. we all can agree ignore pain is just awful..
done messed up already, you chose temple 😛
denied for the reason of being a prot war *
using LS to let your block recharge is part of your active mitigation "rotation"
ya last stand isnt a big cd, it can be used as one sure, but it should be used as a rotational ability
SB 3 times last stand, SB 3 times for pure AM rotation
also its not a hindrance having a prot war as a tank, its just the community perception
btw I just got this and I am sure I should equip it, but what should I replace?
I'd honestly use doom and rezan all the time
the extra strength and crit (as unreliable as it is) is what I'd use over stam and a miniscule heal
I know, right?
it's almost like having 36 specs is a BAD idea
I still don't get why some classes have only dps specs
I don't understand
You can probably just only care about one dps spec of each class being balanced
Though tell people which one ahead of time
people just play whichever dps spec is doing the best and ignore the othesr
it creates a balance nightmare
That's still only half the dps specs needed
Or maybe allow pure dps to have 2, but that would still be 16
We need a pruning of specs or them to just not care about more than 1 for each class
First glance I thought that was a 395 shield and was mega /drool
same
imagine my dissapointment
ha! no doubt
but at least it is decent dps trinket
quick question on azerite traits
is it ok to skill two times azertie veins or should i skill it only one time
didnt know that the healing stacks
Which trait is it?
all traits pretty much stack in one way or another
i thought one time azerite veins and one time lifespeed
Laser matrix or Bloodsport for azerite trait ?
What kind of haste%'s are people hitting in bfa?
as high as possible withotu sacrificing ilvl
is the uldir azerite trait backward looking? I've downed a bunch of bosses but still no azerite pieces. so when one drops will it be powered up already? or no?
@ember arrow Actually number please lol
I haven't played any bfa
Wondering what the secondaries are up to roughly
theyre roughly equal in value
much closer than in legion
losing BC means crit is valuable for dps, also for parry, sicne parry has smaller diminishing returns than in legion
I'm at 21% haste currently before itf.
@sharp dew you cant sim prot warriors, so stat weighs dont exist
Ok so no more 40%+ pre itf lmao
Is that even possible?
You know, when the beastmaster does 4,7dps you know someone has down syndrom while having a stroke
its a normal dungeon scaled down to 118
I think a 110 BM still does more
47.3% was thunderclap 😄
Thats when Blizzard failed when actually most meele classes AA dmg is in the top 3 and not a way to play like old furry
@copper radish still impressive though
You should try Unholy DK. Some fights you have: 1) auto attack, 2) auto atack pet, 3) auto attack army of the dead
How much haste do you need for 100% SB?
a lot
More than is attainable currently
I have 66% in my mind but that seems
youre 100 off
Give or take my ability to round
@copper radish sounds like a fun class :v
thats kinda its point though
unholy have 2h melee
so big autos
and their pets they empower, so its also alot of the dmg
Still feels wrong
¯_(ツ)_/¯
at least your main dmg isnt a dot
liek arms has lmao
affliction warrior
arms is like "I'm crushing the enemy! Rawr big hits" lemme check meters... wtf?
Anyone know f barnacle is good? I got a 380 version lol
REMOVED Mastery: Critical Block Increases your chance to block by 4.0% and your chance to critically block (blocking twice the amount) by 12.0%.
wat ? ptr ? wat ?
Placeholder
And work in progress
Thats datamined info and nothing official
@turbid onyx check the pinned guide
@merry cave its fairly strong in aoe
Yeah but i have a 380 button and 365 rezans lol, i dont think itd beat either
is it good idea to have 2 items with archive of the titans or nah?
@urban mason prot is in a really bad place atm
sigh
no we're not
I don't even look at higher keys than +6 on mine, I go arms for those
So you cant tank over a +6, but you tell others its a bad spec
we're capable of 10's in time
makes sense
Prot has like 2% representation at 14+ on time
just because you cant handle it doesnt mean its the specs fault, we're actually really strong atm, just a lack of utility, but that doesnt mean we cant do some thing
who gives a shit about representation, thats not always indicative of how good a class is, theres about a million factors that go into those numbers
Including being a viable class9
Not sure 15s
We're not viable, simply because we're far worse than other classes, and there are next to no one who has even done a high key in time with a prot warrior
Sure, we can do 10s in time, but it requires so much more from both us and group, while other tanks can do it on their own
that literally doesnt mean we arent viable though, to not be viable would mean we cant stand hits and just constantly die, which literally would mean we cant do it
Which is sad because prot is a really fun class
We're more than capable of 15s, just because you aren't doesn't mean the class isnt
Capable / viable doesn't mean the best
rekt
Oh God this argument again
You're not viable is you can't do it, and if 99.99% of warriors can't do it, that means you're not viable
Less than 2% of all 15s in time was with a prot warrior
Is that 0%
Within statistical error yes
Sounds like there’s just more people playing the “better” tanks. Rather than us being unable to do it.
lol what
Obviously prot is getting buffed defensively but to say it isn't possible when it been done is stupid
Only atal was done tho
The way I see it Prot warriors are clunky, frustrating, counterintuitive, half-baked and all-round not in a good place. Some exceptional players manage to rise above that and still perform with it, most people do not.
That does not mean we are not viable, but I personally certainly wouldn't describe Prot as 'really strong' atm
to be fair atal is also our best loot dungeon
I dont get what your point is? You think prot is not viable, go play a dk or monk. If you think its fine stop whinging and go practice

Just because you're not viable, doesn't mean the class isn't.
If you want easier, play a different class.
^ literally all it boils down to
If you don't like the class or how it plays, play a different class.
Thats why we have FOTM mouth breathers.
So you think warriors are fine?
If you can't adapt and play the warrior class better, when it clearly has the tools to get the job done, play a different class.
ok i have a question since were on topic
Warriors are fine.
i play arms but i really vibe with tauren warrior in full tank armor/mog
To avoid all drama regarding prot,don't use the word "viable" . Just say "not prefered".
Exceedingly so with higher haste and shield ilvl. Their scaling is rather retarded.
we are fine, doesnt mewan we are great and could use some love, but we arent any near as bad as others, including you, make us out to be
How many have tanked any of the mythic bosses after mother?
Arms excels in mythic+ and raids also.
everyone says prot is trash but im assuming clearing mythic +5 is still ez af and realistic?
There are several people here who have tanked mythic bosses after MOTHER as Protection.
Sure absolutely
About 50 pulls on fetid and haven't died single time, how about you @proven pilot
Prot can clear all current content, they just need to work harder at it than other tanks
Yeah, prot is fine until you hit later mythic bosses or really high keys
Sense, are you capable of taking the trash?
And he's not reading anything except what he writes. Go figure.
Seen Sol take it
Again, there are several people here who have done the later mythic bosses as Protection.
@shut summit Are you streaming any of your progress? Cant play atm due to being away
So, another troll.
Since**
i mean he has players here who HAS done later bosses in mythic and higher keys, and ignoring them while spouting the same repeating phrases
Internet been dropping frames past week, seems to be fine for now @merry cave
He was streaming last night. Learned things of Underrot I didn't know could be skipped. ♥
Sucess will watch some then 😃 thanks
lfr is a shitshow. 2nd round and yet again another tank randomly taunting off me while eating sanitizing strikes
Still need an azerite slot from uldir as prot t_T
@proven pilot Would you say prot paladins are tankier than Prot Warriors?
An easy boss that doesn't hurt, even at higher keys. Long as you don't stand in pools.
They are?
They are tbh
zzz
This is too funny
Any caster in the equation and you melt as warrior
Hey guys, anyone had this bug in mythic taloc where it teleports you all to the front of the instance as soon as you jump to p3?
Had taloc punt me to mother twice on elevator
alone or with entire raid?
this happened to our raid last night
lol
@past ledge xDDDD
So patch for prot arrived ...
wat?
What does Paladin have to deal with magic that’s better than Warrior? @proven pilot
avenger shield interrupts are nice, gotta say
What about it @quartz moon
He said anything but physical attacks, I'd argue diseases and poisons would qualify for that
Unless you mean a different quote. I've given up on following the constant arguments here
Can anyone post me the link to that Discord Addon where "not viable" is replaced with "not the meta", please?
add one caster to the mix and you melt as warrior is what I was referring to.
I mean, there was a time when we were not viable (see early) beta
I mean, it really depends what you're talking about caster wise?
Obvious hyperbole used to make a point is what I see shrug
warriors do have a problem with magic damage for sure
But its situational, a tank buster that does magic damage (single burst, long CD) like, Void Lash
we have some of the best tools for
but constant magic damage
or DoTs
we're just SOL
At the risk of repeating myself, fucking ^
hope you can pump rage into IP
Like, Fort/teeming physical packs, I can bulldoze
on +10
add some stacking poison and we fallover
3 casters with no good LOS breaks nearby - croak
totally reliant on how powerful the healers throughput is at that pont
Paladin on the other hand, silence, self healing, better shielding, overall mitigation is higher vs magic than warriors, but they can't mitigate tankbusters like we do (unless they're specced for warding)
Mmmhm. I was more referring to unavoidable/uninterruptible magic shit. We can do pretty well against it. Most tanks are pretty shit against magic in general.
I’m actually curious if bubble clears shatter/void lash debuffs on Zek.
Any speculation on what these defensive buffs we’ll get will be? :D?
- All Protection abilities now do 5 damage.
Developer's note: We'd rather people not play Protection right now as we look to completely redesign the spec in 9.0
Revenge now heals a baseline of 7% of our health +20% of damage taken in the last 5 seconds
^^
lol
Honestly I have no clue and they seem pretty unsure what to do
I'd take it Kappa
They don't want to copy other tanks, but don't want us to be super OP
Personally I just don't like the actual gameplay so I hope for a rework, others think it can be salvaged with number tweaks
like, giving us a stronger IP
can someone link the prot notes please?
being able to spam absorbs for a lot > self healing.
There arent any yet
rework aint happening, we literally just got a major rework
did a patch come through?
“Spell reflect removed, you must now time shield slam right to reflect spells”
@static pilot Won't happen until a big patch and pretty sure this small adjustment is supposed to be happen before that
@finite cairn gimmie
They tried to rework us, failed in beta and gave us IP back without adjusting anything towards having it
like the plan was to not have IP at all and instead replace it with smth new
but they didnt find anything that worked well
so they gave us IP back but didnt adjust any balcing or talents afaik
I wouldn't be surprised if they do both tbh
Push a hot fix with some quick and dirty Prot buffs to help stem the stampede
And keep working on the redesign on the PTR long term
At this point both prot warr and brm are going to be reworked/redesigned in the next expac or two
yeah
that'd be possible Kudaku
Just saying dont expect any spell reworks with the incoming buff
@open bluff Why brm? I dont play monk at all
BrM is gamebreaking, and they clearly need time to figure out wtf is going to happen with prot
Oh sure, I didn't mean to imply the new Prot was right around the corner
If they do a redesign it won't be out for a while
Besides Stagger constraining boss design and the spec being as exciting to play as watching paint dry
Could be worse.
Or having zero decisions to make ever
Theres another class that could do with some attention
BrM is basically tanking on autopilot
The rotation never changes and can more or less fit in a castsequence macro
You have one viable CD in most cases (you only talent into a second for specific cases where you know it's needed)
The only decision making is trial and error with brews when learning the spec, but after that even brew usage is more or less automatic
Stagger is just boring to have the entire spec based around and it prevents boss design from having tankbusters eventually be survivable if they're meant to one shot you on progression
Because brm will probably survive it if it's flagged as anything other than instant death, at which point you can never outgear the mechanic and eventually survive it without externals etc
So was there actual notes about prot or they talking about that goofy stuff thats in the ptr?
Nothing solid yet apart from the blue post Lore did yesterday
'Prot is due some buffs but we don't know how to go about it yet' etc etc
Oh, ok yeah I saw that, and yeah, we knew that
Like
Thanks for telling us you didn't know what you're doing with prot, we've been saying that since alpha
'Regarding this upcoming tuning pass, I wouldn't expect it to be something that solves every Prot Warrior grievance, but it should hopefully help while we look into potential further adjustments.'
I read this to mean that they'll throw us a bone or two in the next couple of weeks but they're working on something more comprehensive in the background
Maybe a baseline HP buff, better IP pool cap and/or a tweak to SB uptime in the short term, with talent & mastery design down the line
I'd just like it if some of our awful talents get changed.
Ravager either needs to just go or take Best Served Cold's place.
Ravager needs to go
yeah we're going to get a revamp in 8.1, we'll have some "Boosts" in thecoming weeks
And I definitely agree that having talents that aren't absolute irredemable shit
would be preferable
I would love to use ravager in 5 mans, as a ranged AoE threat tool. Something that we lack. But it's not a level 100 talent.
The fact thunderclap does more damage than a 1 minute cooldown is insane to me.
I think the draw of ravager is meant to be the parry its just wildly unsexy compared to the alternatives
it has a -89% damage mod on it
It's like how you didn't use neltharions fury for aoe dps
except parry isn't a reliable survivability boost in any situation
what if it was 100% parry
Ehh.
that would be a reliable survivability boost
It is if you truly believe🙏 🙏
Partially agree with that - I love DRW when running into a m+ pack
depends, parry isn't going to stop spells or boss specials
80% parry doesn't stop 100% of strikes but neither does Bolster
which are the main things you would need a cooldown for in the first place
Then I'd run HR
It would be better on trash, yes. But I think AM would still pull ahead because as mentioned it wouldn't do much for bosses.
it could on ghuun
Oh, absolutely and unequivocally
I'm not for a second arguing that ravager is a viable alternative to AM atm
Just saying that if you move it to a dps talent branch you'd need to change the parry bonus :)
I'm not so sure.
Because Dragon Roar and Unstoppable Force both do damage, lead to rage gains, and have utility. Having the defensive portion on it would fit with the tree.
inb4 UF nerf coupled with defensive buffs.
DS has a tiny rage gain and UF is wildly overperforming because of an azerite trait that's gonna go at some point
more like dragon whisper
Best Served Cold's potential best damage in the row- you're not going to consistently fight 5+ enemies and have the damage be worth the defensive and utility loss.
Would you rather have 10 rage or +35% parry for 10 sec?
💔
but yeah, UF is probably going to see a nerf in the future because of how high our AoE is during avatar (granted that's our main niche as far as the general wow public is concerned)
I'd rather have ravager on a different row. Lol
i'm guessing around 25-50%
Oops, 12 sec

Me too Avalith. I just hope they time that nerf well
If the next piece of news that comes out for Prot warriors is that DC is dead Skyhold should go on suicide watch
I feel like UF was put in to kind of make up for the tier 21 loss while having that AoE benefit. Doesn't feel great though.
Maybe... I kind of thought the opposite
If you didn't know about UF DC is a balanced trait
It gives you 4-6 extra sec of DS if you maximize the clap time
That's basically an artifact trait in legion
Good chance DC is gone next tier.
It's the synergy between DC, BV, UF and AM that makes it go nuts
Wow that was a lot of acronyms
They'll probably just reduce it to 1 sec if they do anything to it imo
For ravager to be moved to a dps row it'd have to do dps 🤷
Or something along those lines
$50 says Griff will frame that screenshot of his DS uptime and hangs it on his wall if that happens
Are azerite traits not the replacement for tier sets?
$50 says he already has
LOL
That shit is going byebye, my dudes.
It’ll be on old gear and nerfed into the dirt ALA Arms T20 and T19.
I'm glad honestly. I like the idea of the trait and it is fun but yeah just feels so substantial.
New azerite won’t have it.
It depends, with m+ gear you can keep a dungeon piece relevant for the entire expansion
"Tier bonus" is built into uldir az
They arent redoing their 200something traits
Or whatever they quoted
Just good fucking luck winning the lottery and getting a weekly chest with a DC trait every new patch
Speaking of which I came to ask. With the buff to Reinforcing Plate, I'm curious how much closer it is to the other traits. Obviously +block is just going to always be good.
Just the outer ring they’ll change. lol
It always was one of the good ones @ionic obsidian
I just wonder if I can start picking it over generics if it drops.
Wait no
I think it went from average to average+ but I'm really not an expert
I was thinking of iron fortress sorry
"That one that isnt DC or BFI"
anyone know how they are changing the mastery
No, that's not constructive. Atm we have no idea what they're planning
rekt
AFAIK everything about the mastery is datamined, may be a whole lot of smoke with no fire
2lazy2edit
No. Lol
Wait and see. PTR JUST started. And that's data mined.
Only indicating change is coming.
Holy shit, for once I didn't regret clicking :)
Prey for PRot !
should i use my emblem of zandalar ilvl 340 with socket or go with syringe of bloodborne infirmity ilvl 355
no
?
retiring my warrior today. good luck out there. RIP warrior
idk. im not investing my time anymore into a dead end class (IMO)