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open bluff
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they'll learn real quick to MD or pay attention to the right target

sick sentinel
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they not pulling aggro, but they had ability how make life easier for party and they do not use

sudden tapir
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😂

open bluff
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as for the tank shortage, reddit and the forums use that as a catchall term for "pug shortage"

sudden tapir
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Like they refuse to even when asked?

open bluff
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there's absolutely not a tank shortage, there's a shortage of tanks willing to tank for pugs

chrome harbor
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^

sick sentinel
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^^

sudden tapir
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Yes. Absolutely that. It’s because it’s painfully mediocre at best

chrome harbor
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the tank shortage meme is mostly for queued content which is some people's main game

sudden tapir
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I get DPS that want to tank all the time.

sick sentinel
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no i don't ask , i hope they do that with their own good heart, i am probably too kind

open bluff
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but they see "not enough tanks" and instantly assume nobody's tanking because guilds don't exist to them

sick sentinel
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Also @sick sentinel ask him to make a cast on focus macro

iron forum
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I would say that there is a shortage of tanks for m+, if nothing else because many druid and prot warriors like me are taking a break form tanking until we're not shit at it

sudden tapir
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Jon, just level with him or her

“Help me out and throw a MD out at the start”

sick sentinel
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And make him put you on focus on everu dungeon

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its what i have on my hunter

sudden tapir
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Don’t leave room for discussion haha

sick sentinel
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/cast [@focus]

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i mean don't they have that macrop for their pet, it surprise me

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i have to educate, ys

iron forum
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so 2 of the tanks specs are extremely underrepresented because people just don't want to play them. plus tanking m+ is by far the most actively involved role, youre the driver when youre tanking a m+ and you cant ever afford to lose focus whereas if youre the dps or healer youre just along for the ride and your only job is not to throw up on the nice upholstery and interrupt

sick sentinel
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When I actually do pugs (very very rarely because it's mine or a guildie's key so I form the groups) I go dps because they have a tank most of the time

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actually doing pug is a good thing

iron forum
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ive just started dpsing all my m+, gave up tanking htem for now. I could play an all star dps spec for m+ or a trash tier tank spec. choice is easy if I want ot push keys

sick sentinel
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myb not always )

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Also, I have added some good people on btag so I find peeps

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I have done my 2 +10s with the same healer that I found doing a +11

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hey Bobby what is the second underrepresented tanking spe?

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Guardian druids

iron forum
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yeah

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bears are unicorns now

true hazel
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How is prot after the "buff"

iron forum
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although I think that has just as much to do with the spec being mind numbingly boring as it does with their performance

elfin apex
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WHAT BUFF

sick sentinel
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and me i wish blizzard make some real pegassus mount in wow

true hazel
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So... still the same?

sick sentinel
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We did not get buffed by any stretch of the imagination

iron forum
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buffs still aren't announced yet, we can only speculate what they will be

sick sentinel
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A shit trait that nobody used is now 10% better

iron forum
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although something to do with our mastery is a good guess because it looks like it was messed with on the pbe

true hazel
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I didnt want to kick a dead horse :( i just wanted to see if it was better. Thanks guys

iron forum
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@true hazel once they announce what the bufs will actually be then we'll see. because they are coming

true hazel
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I hope they do. I went fury until things are different. I miss tanking

sick sentinel
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arms is better imo

iron forum
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they are 100% without any doubt coming, confirmed by blizz

sick sentinel
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too many buttons with fury )

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i mean too spamy

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for me

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well good night guys

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Arms is too boring

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I love the fact that fury is 100% of the time GCD capped

pallid axle
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they just need to make our mastery armor related or IP armor related ^^ cause EVERY tank bu warrior got Armor Mitigation^^ which can mitigate Bleeds or other physical Debuffs^^ Warrior is Block only^^

stone crag
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armor doesn't mitigate bleeds

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and armor is integrated into block

lucid kelp
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I know it says that the Shield slam block trait is better than Reorigination until we have 500 haste from the uldir trait. But how does 300 haste compare to Iron Fortress?

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cause I dont have the helm...but I got shoulders Xd

sick sentinel
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I would take archive over any non-DC trait in uldir any day

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Just make sure you swap back in m+

lucid kelp
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definitely

junior ivy
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zul heroic is so scaryyy

lucid kelp
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a bit

warped grail
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Does any1 here have any tips for a ''newbie'' prot warrior trying it out for the first time? I know the game inside out, but I havent tanked since Cataclysm, and I wanna get this alt. started with Tanking

sick sentinel
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We were wiping on that fucker on Sunday and we oneshot him today somehow

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@warped grail try to have active mitigation at all times, don't stack your CDs

lucid kelp
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Pkprell FirsT rule of Prot warrior. NEVER pop Shield block during Last Stand

sick sentinel
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You can shield block x3 , last stand and then block x3 again

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That's 51 sec of active block

outer dew
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just don't die

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ez

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do damage and don't die, that's the tanking life

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oh, and don't stand on bad :^)

stone crag
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get the enemies health to zero before they get your health to zero

sick sentinel
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Dump excess range into IP when SB is up/on CD

outer dew
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nah

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NEED MORE DAMAGE

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revenge that bitch

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get htem parses

iron forum
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im pretty sure juts using devastate to resets does more dmg st than dumping rage into revenge though which is just kind of sad

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because logic

amber siren
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baiting ss procs if you have rage to dump and overcapping is just bad play

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don't do that

iron forum
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we were just joking about parses, no one was encouraging overcapping rage or god forbid hard casting revenge

amber siren
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revenge does more damage and triggers AM for demo shout for higher damage increase so 🤷

stone crag
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Non-proc revenge* triggers am

amber siren
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In response to "does more dmg st than dumping rage"*

modern brook
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+7 in time

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feels good

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only a +1 but prolly coulda done +2,

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no wipes

amber siren
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Grats my dude

modern brook
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dang was hoping for a "lol +7 bitch"

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thank you though

waxen cradle
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One thing I am actually curious about is will we begin PTR testing before the put in the buff/buffs they have talked about for Prot

modern brook
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have they talked about prot changes past "we're wokring on stuff"?

stone crag
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nope

waxen cradle
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well they said that in the next few weeks to expect buffs to fix some of our grievances but it seems as though the PTR may not be far from a first test build for 8.1 so it just makes me wonder what will come first

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The buffs being presented or them going ahead and beginning the PTR testing cycle for 8.1

modern brook
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IDK

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I'd guess the buff roll outs are apart of 8.1

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the buffs are a real breath holder for me

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a lot of the complaints that got the most voicing to them are things that arent problems

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and im worried they'll address those and subtract from other areas

waxen cradle
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Yeah which in a way concerns me as well because it feels as though as you said buffs in one area could come at the cost of nerfs in another such as our damage

modern brook
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^

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I want my damage

waxen cradle
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I feel that is where we will pay for buffs

modern brook
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Some health / rage spent is the first thing I'd add before anything else i think

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like I dont want longer SB uptime

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its long enough

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IDG why people constantly say it needs to be higher

waxen cradle
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Honestly to affect our damage though all they have to do is make the next set of Azerite traits good enough to where we do not take DC over item level which that would also affect survivability as well but only if the buffs do not cover that loss of DS extension.

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However I do feel they will try and phase out us wanting DC over next set of traits for raid

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Again all we have is speculation, but if playing this game for as long as I have has taught me anything buffs for tank classes usually come at the cost of something else

lucid kelp
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gettting slaughtered on Mythic Zek'voz....getting better tho...learning to manage my shield block

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min maxing stuff like not popping it if 2 seconds are gunna be wasted by his cast time of Surging Darkness

static pilot
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looks like deafening clash may have dodged the nerfbat for now

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Lore: And finally, regarding the tuning passes: like I mentioned, we think we've got most of the major outliers dialed in to an acceptable level at this point. There's likely to still be some adjustments here and there, but we don't believe we're going to need another big wave of Azerite trait tuning like you've seen over the last few weeks. To put it another way: if one trait is far and away the best compared to every other option, sure, we should probably do something about that, but we don't expect that to take the form of a widespread tuning pass going forward.
https://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/1102039-azerite-worst-itemization-in-wows-history/

open bluff
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blizzard probably knows DC is pretty important defensively for prot

junior ivy
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killed zul heroic. without extra help from the good raid team in my guild

open bluff
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doubt they're going to hit it with the nerfbat until 8.1 at the earliest

green sky
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they'll nerf it with the 8.1 "buffs"

brittle timber
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, or you lean towards traits that work in a variety of roles (even if they're maybe not the absolute best for each in particular)

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I know lore has played the game before...i've seen it

static pilot
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it's certainly engaging to farm a raid/mythic+/PVP set for each of my 1-4 roles

brittle timber
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It's odd how they seem to forget player behavior won't change no matter how much they try to hamstring us 'for our own good'

crystal night
brittle timber
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ilvl

stuck oxide
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Mythic Vectis is so eazy!

brittle timber
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not even gonna look

stuck oxide
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just downed it

crystal night
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yeah 300 block

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should be worth

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were you talking to me? @brittle timber

brittle timber
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yea

crystal night
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ty brother

brittle timber
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yea...shields are ilvl>everything else

outer dew
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I feel like ilvl is King for tanks and heals most of the time

cinder nova
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Is azerite gear tradeable at any ilvl?

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Because I can trade a 370 helm

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and it's the first 370 helm I've gotten

iron forum
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I believe it still follows the same rules as normal gear, so youd need to have a 370 helm already to trade it

junior ivy
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MYTHRAX HEROIC DEAD

cinder nova
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then how the fuck can I trade this hat

junior ivy
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7/8 heroic now

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and 1.8 mythic :d

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1/8*

warm socket
gentle gyro
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So I’m a bit lost with warrior right now, what troubles does it have right now exactly?

junior ivy
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bad reputation

gentle gyro
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Ouch.

iron forum
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yeah, its a pretty sad life currently for prot

gentle gyro
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Is there any reason for this bad of a reputation?

stone crag
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it's more punishing than any other tank so bad players shine much brighter

iron forum
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small hp pool, no self healing, lack of utility, terrible kiting potential, difficult to play with a low payoff. take your pick

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its hard to pinpoint EXACTLY what makes us so bad right now, but there are a lot of reasons

amber siren
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I mean two of those aren't true

iron forum
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and which two do you think aren't true

amber siren
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Utility and no kiting potential? I mean, do we need to have this discussion every day?

cinder nova
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Leap

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double charge

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ez clap

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Shout

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If your raid doesn't coordinate for shout they're literal baboons

oblique garnet
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Fear, 2 stuns or one depending which you go

cinder nova
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I always go bolt

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I have a reason to use it almost every fight

iron forum
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kiting potential is just fact, prot and bears are the only tank specs without any slow so you need to rely on your group for that unless youre counting dragon roar which you shouldn't be taking, intercept is also reliant on your group which is a problem for pugs. And obviously we don't have NO utility, but when you compare it to other tanks we fall far short

stable elm
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20 percent slow on clap

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Leap is huge for recovering from taking damage

cinder nova
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uh

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should I tell him

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or

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oh tiz got it

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lol

iron forum
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20% is not enough of a slow to kite effectively off of

amber siren
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rally, battle, safeguard, shockwave, storm bolt, aoe fear, 3 high mobility baseline abilities?

cinder nova
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Yeah it is

amber siren
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the party isn't just one warrior

stable elm
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And war have insane dps so he can allow himself do not actively dps all the time

oblique garnet
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You leap away as far as you can and since most of the pug dps dont really move when they dps you can just intercept to them when the adds get closer to you

cinder nova
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I mean

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None of us seem to have a hard time with it

weak zephyr
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dead ass reading this channel and playing my prot warrior makes me wanna' reroll to a dk.

iron forum
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okay, youre all right prot is amazing and overpowered we're just keeping it on the down low which is why no one plays it in high m+ or raids

amber siren
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wtf

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no one said that

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are u blind

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that's some real high ass hyperbole

cinder nova
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Nobody said we're OP, we're just saying you may be playing wrong since your perception is patently wrong.

oblique garnet
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Define high keys? Ive been doing +9 and 10+ since they came

stone crag
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🍿

cinder nova
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15+?

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

oblique garnet
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Well true probably not +15 but doing anything higher than 10 only increases the ap reward right?

stone crag
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yes

stable elm
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And self esteem

cinder nova
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I'll point it out since nobody else has.

chrome wyvern
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Is there a pawn string for stat weights?

weak zephyr
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no

cinder nova
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We all know how it operates and your perception of it may be a bit skewed. You functionally have two options here, @iron forum
1.) You ask us what you think you could work on, we look over your logs, answer your questions, help you improve.
2.) Continue to gripe about it and begin to resent the class to the point you quit.

weak zephyr
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they're irrelevant for us.

primal crypt
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Just need a better shield

oblique garnet
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I just need one helm but the rngesus failed me already

cinder nova
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@primal crypt Don't talk to me about shields.

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All the shield classes in my raid got a 370 so far

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and I'm over here ready to neck myself from my 350

primal crypt
cinder nova
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absolute cocksucker

oblique garnet
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I was rocking 310 till last week

cinder nova
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[angry noises intinsifies]

primal crypt
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I need a better one hander tho

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feelsbadman

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LUL

cinder nova
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385 Servant sev

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fml

oblique garnet
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Theres something positive about people complaining about prot warrior though if they keep it up long enough it will eventually get a buff

primal crypt
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@oblique garnet already inc

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they noticed finally

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the blue posts

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wont be until 8.1 tho

weak zephyr
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fuck

oblique garnet
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Oh shit really?

stone crag
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yes

winter skiff
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anyone have exp with elvui

cinder nova
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watch them nerf our booty clap vader bomb cleave

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and give a 5% buff to venge

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singular yike

winter skiff
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im trying to move my party frames

stable elm
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Blizzard trust numbers more then players complain. So it must be constructive

winter skiff
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but have no idea

oblique garnet
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Toggle anchors and move them?

winter skiff
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what umean

stone crag
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in the elvui settings, top of the window there's a button to toggle anchors

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there you can move just about everything

tiny sphinx
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or just use zperl since it's elvui+more

oblique garnet
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Been using elvui far too long to change

molten radish
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how many stacks do I take per taunt on zuul phase 2?

tiny sphinx
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has there been another blue post in the last day or 2 about changes?

cinder nova
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2 to 3

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4 if you gotta

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but 5 is liable to ez clap you

sick sentinel
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🤔

tiny sphinx
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im so sorry

oblique garnet
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2 or 3 really?🤔 on what difficulty

winter skiff
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got it

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thank u

primal crypt
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@sick sentinel but what if it TF to 390

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op op

oblique garnet
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Maybe thats why zul has been pain in the ass for our guild

cinder nova
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264 armor at 35%

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I'd rather not, thanks

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Bet there's other trinkets worth using tho

oblique garnet
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Blockades seems to be good but whats the 2nd best?

primal crypt
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Like the Heart of Solace

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that would be really nice right about now

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TF

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Or the magnetite mirror???

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oh boy

stone crag
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jes howler

sick sentinel
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ya maybe @primal crypt

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mirror would be sick.

molten radish
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any tips on zul heroic? hes slapping me

junior ivy
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youll probably die in p2

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just get bresed

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thats how i do it

digital arrow
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that is how i do it... 😦

primal crypt
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Just don't die

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Ez

digital arrow
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hmmm ok

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thank you, yamorino

primal crypt
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Best best is to keep ip up

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Stay in ranged until you have to drop the blood

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Call for and external

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Drop your poop and leap back in range

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While keeping IP up

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And curse bleeds

digital arrow
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ignore all pain

strong hill
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350 rezens or a 375 veiled eye?

molten radish
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we are just gonna 3 tank XD

sick sentinel
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veiled eye.

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thats the WQ haste trink right

strong hill
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no thats the one off mythrax

amber siren
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No it's the absorb from mythrax

sick sentinel
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oh.

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rezens then for survive

tiny sphinx
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remember: ignoring pain is mostly mental, so stack int- the answer was staring us in the face all this time

amber siren
old night
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how do you guys manage your necrotic

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I did okay in a 9 tol

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just looking for outside tips

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can't tell if SR does anything

outer dew
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Ahhh, I just saw a tank get thrashed for 195k -> 35k Earthquake

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And asked why I said tank needs to swap or external for heroic fetid

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And group comp matters this week

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Having a MW+Frost mage this week will make your runs smoother

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You can properly kite with that group

static pilot
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ring of peace is a fantastic "time-out" for necrotic

outer dew
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If you're feeling spicy. Ele shaman fills same roll as frost

static pilot
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but look out for the odd add that just flat out ignores it

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matrons in Underrot dont care if I recall correctly

outer dew
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Ideally you should only path to the single Mateo

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And the pat on bridge

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So necrotic shouldn't be a huge issue

static pilot
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agreed, but it's still worth knowing about - if you do the patrol with the single matron, jump out at 20 stacks and catch your breath behind the ROP it's good to know that you should keep running coz mama's coming and there aint no ring that's gonna slow her down ^^

oblique garnet
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Hows manor this week on +10 didnt get around to it yesterday?

outer dew
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Depends on comp

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If you got a mw/frost mage

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Resets are easy

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I don't mind the bosses too much

zinc mauve
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pardon my ignorance, but what is MW?

outer dew
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As long as everyone is kick bitch on sisters

zinc mauve
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oh mistweaver

static pilot
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no worries, everybody has to learn 😃

outer dew
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Yeap

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Mistweaver

oblique garnet
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Ye ofc but if those worms infest you do they reset the necrotic buff like add the duration or no?

outer dew
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Hmm. Don't remember

oblique garnet
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Didnt do any manors the last time they had necrotic nobody in our guild got a big manor key

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But yeah the sisters might be only ”hard” boss on tyrannical

outer dew
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Last one is a bitch if no one target swaps + does mechanics

upbeat folio
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The trash is worse than the bosses @ 10.

outer dew
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I think temple is very managable this week with coms

upbeat folio
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Even with tyrannical.

outer dew
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Shrine is no me gusta

oblique garnet
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Temple is a cakewalk

tight tree
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witches need good healer mostly

outer dew
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Witches is also less heal intensive if everyone on kick duty

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Kick on CD bby

upbeat folio
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kick it reel gud

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(don don don don...)

oblique garnet
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Unless they changed somethings on the avatar on temple its just pretty much faceroll even on the higher keys

upbeat folio
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Hardest part of temple right now is trash before last boss if you don't have a friendly comp.

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even then, you can make your way through it.

outer dew
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I mean, if you don't have a coordinated group for first boss splitting and trash pre last boss

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Temple is no fun

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Temple pugs make or break on first boss of temple

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Because if ya wipe on the first boss...

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Oh boi are you not gonna like the rest of the dungeon

upbeat folio
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I guess, really, the bottom line is that it's unfriendly to uncoordinated/pugs.

tight tree
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1st boss is fucked up design-wise. Never ecer will i consider good desingn, when boss actually forbids usage of most of your abilities.

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Iw you are warrior, you tank him with shield slam+devastate only, otherwise you destroy yourself.

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Inb4 mongo demonhunter self-deleting with eye beam

upbeat folio
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lol

tight tree
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Also i cant type, sowwy

oblique garnet
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You can separate the bosses

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Not the whole fight but for some fight

tight tree
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Yeah ofc. Just annoying, they should just make only direct damage to be reflected, not cleave/AOE. That will still encourage target swap but will not restrict player's rotations.

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It feels horrible when you cant use your stuff.

neon tangle
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@old night I’ve not had any issues with myself this week, necrotic seems pretty tame

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I’ve got way more parry than I want, but I’ve had a couple packs where necrotic fell off just from a lucky chain of parries

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So that’s fun

lucid kelp
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is it worth considering TW rings for the strength or does that not matter?

neon tangle
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Only timer I missed so far was a +5 motherlode, and that was due to some really, really dumb dps

tight tree
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Got pants from weekly box. And pants from PvP box. I already had good pants. Why i even bother doing +10s. No upgrades for 3 week. I will just log for raids and arena really, system is so fucked up/

stone crag
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

neon tangle
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@tight tree I can’t hear you over the sound of my 345 Shield

outer dew
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Reasons why I have an alt

tight tree
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I had to buy 350 boE

outer dew
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I pray for monkey forging, arena chest, m+ chest, and raid

tight tree
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Whatever, i am doing raids on monk now, but same shit there. Got 380 boots. I already had good boots.

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Meanwhile, shitty rings and shoulders. We need to have 3 items in the chest, choose 1.

ember arrow
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That would be sensible

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So it wont happen

tight tree
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Our DK tank was farming sword from KR for month now. It never dropped. last time we ran my +9 key, dropped for me. Can't trade. Then i ran Waycrest on monk alt. 365 Blightreaper drops, 1st run. I have good luck on alts and offspecs, meanwhile, no shield or 1-hander.

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Well at least i can reck stuff in pvP as Arms.

fringe marten
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The 7th Legion xmog with the lionshead on the shoulders, is the 'quest' the warfront/s?

near shard
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Just wanted to dps for a bit, joined +5 sots.20 deaths on second boss. Warr tank with 3 arms traits and stuff like that "fkn prot warr suxks cant do sht and i die" ugggghhh

bitter venture
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resounding or impassive for 3rd tier?

rustic fractal
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I saw Wartanks parrying implies no necrotic, same shit for block ?

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I had no idea of this feature tbh. I am a professional wartank runner in m+

amber siren
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no, parry stops an attack, block reduces a %

rustic fractal
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okok ty

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Time to increase crit

upbeat folio
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I wouldn't go too crazy.

old zephyr
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Is this the week for ravager memes

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?

stone crag
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🤦

tight tree
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This is the week for warrior buffs. or not 🤔 💩

upbeat folio
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yeah, dude

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when you use ravager you get a buff

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such buffs

tight tree
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BRILLIANT! ravager skyhold

upbeat folio
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haft was also real gud for necrotic

fickle kiln
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Whats your haste at? I feel like mine is getting pretty high

rustic fractal
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42% with 5 stacks + uldir buff yesterday when raiding

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So 15% + 300 haste.

fickle kiln
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Yeah im at 16% unbuffed. Pretty much all my gear has haste+mastery/vers. Was wondering if I should move towards vers+mastery

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I feel like ny ip are weak. Like 28k unbuffed

rustic fractal
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Ip is shit

fickle kiln
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It is

rustic fractal
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So np. Not gear issues. The ip is bad and scales badly

tight tree
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21 unbuffed

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Ip is shite

rustic fractal
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19 for me

junior igloo
#

There is very little difference between secondaries.
If you have gear of equal item level, you can choose based on encounter (haste and mastery on tank swap fights, versa on fights with magic/bleed, crit on AoE physical fights)

rustic fractal
#

Yeh. Hope they will do something about it

fickle kiln
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But i just felt like a was getting rekt on heroic ghuun before the 2nd soawns. I kept dying just before the phase 3 switch

rustic fractal
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Dude @fickle kiln I kept dying when Zul went p2

fickle kiln
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Yeah that too

rustic fractal
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Wartank is soooo bad atm.

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I felt like shit :/

tight tree
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We just fall apart on that Ghuun p2. Too much damage from spores flying around.

fickle kiln
#

But i mean i watch nurfed's tank run 13+ mythic plus and mythic raid just fine

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Druid offtank

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Nothing op or broken

tight tree
#

Sense just very good.

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And his guild supports him

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He and his team willing to play around warrior's weakness. Most of the people in other guilds do not.

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I was getting meme-ed in guild discord because of warr 😉 (warr is bad but you have to ignore that pain. oops, it was on GCD nwm). All in good spirit but slightly tilting 😉

fickle kiln
#

Yeah my gm is playing a warlock and he used to tank on his warrior with me. He said hes gonna send his imp next to me so i get one more stack of haste for ghuun

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In one of the wipe attempts on ghuun, i died at like 6 stacks and the dh offtanks survived alone for ages dying at like 18 stacks..

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Im like you cant keep me at 6 stacks and youre telling me you can heal through 18 stacks..

junior igloo
#

Are you telling me that pet classes can control their pet?
My experience tells me otherwise

next lagoon
#

just a little question : askmrRobot, Pawn w/ simc they aren't quite fonctionnal for a prot tank right? as they don't stack haste. Should i still follow them ( at the moment askmrrobot tell me to get rid of about all my haste to get down th 6% ) or should i juste ignore and stack haste?

stone crag
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there's much more wrong to both of those than they just don't stack haste

tight tree
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No. AMR is bad. Nothing supports prot warrior now.

stone crag
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and no, don't even consider AMR as a guideline

tight tree
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Haste is very good for you.

next lagoon
#

i noticed it wanted me to get rid of DC

tight tree
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lul

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Just use guide in pins and common sense.

junior igloo
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Pawn "works" just fine if you know how much you value individual stats.
You can set haste as highest and it will prioritize it if that's what you prefer

elfin apex
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So my mythic progression guild said they are going to trial me as prot warrior because I want to swap to tank from dps. Am I insane for trying?

willow dirge
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There's only one way to find out tbh

next lagoon
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try & die

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( btw, what's the dps spec to go as offspecs? or it's a matter of taste )

willow dirge
#

If you're prone to RSI, arms

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if not choose

next lagoon
#

rsa = ?

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rsi*

willow dirge
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repetitive strain injury

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:p

next lagoon
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haha

mellow bridge
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Arms was better before the hotfix

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Idk if the fury buff changed anything

junior igloo
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Twice the weapons = twice the damage

elfin apex
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Fury will pull ahead soon, once everyone has more stats

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I'd stay with arms for now

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Anywhere that has done any maths on racials for prot? I'm tauren atm and the aoe stun is nice. Highmountain do have vers and damage reduction though

merry cave
#

If you care about dps play what looks cool.
If you want utility for m+ play belf

elfin apex
#

I care more about survivability

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and utility

merry cave
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Belf still wins at utility if you do keys imo

tight tree
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Go orc or go home 😉

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It is too early to say Arms or Fury, they will still be adjusting traits soon and rebalance classes.

prisma night
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Im swapping to zandalari prot war asap. They could have shit racials that actually hinder me and id still do it

#

Fury feels quicker and more fun to me

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Cant stand arms

near shard
#

Untill what + you guys think is pretty "easy" this week? Did underrot 7 and it was quite difficult

rustic fractal
#

It mainly depends the dungeon. I read e.g sephralis was hard af but some others were ez

old zephyr
#

Tol dagor is gonna be a pain from 7

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But it Will mostly dépend on your group

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good DPS solve every issue

fickle kiln
#

Did motherlode 8 and it was easy, 2 chested it.

old zephyr
#

half of motherlode bosses don't even use attacks lol

#

worst bosses this week might be volkaal, sand queen (krogus maybe), galvaatz, golden snake but asid efrom that it should be fairly easy

#

underrot may be a pain as well

#

depending on how last boss scale with tyranical

hybrid sundial
#

Anyone got the haste breakpoints for shieldblock?

old zephyr
#

I think it's something like 130%

ember arrow
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160

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Ish

junior igloo
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You guys just pulling numbers out of thin air? 😄

old zephyr
#

yes

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doesn't matter it's unreachable anyway

ember arrow
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@junior igloo no

topaz cove
#

does that mean how much haste you need for constant SB uptime?

ember arrow
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Some time ago there was a discussion and pty sure marok wit others reached conclusion it was in the 160s

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Like 2 months ago

junior igloo
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What was being taken into account?

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Because for just Shield Block 100 % up-time, you need 200 % haste

fickle kiln
#

Avatar and dc probably reduced that

old zephyr
#

avatar ad DC don't change SB uptime

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In legion thanks to T212P 100% uptime was reachable with heavy repercussion, but it's not anymore

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now you have a "soft breakpoint" at 50% hawte where you can chain 3 in a row without downtime but with bosses swing time it's not very relevant

fickle kiln
#

Youre right, i mixed up with demo shout

old zephyr
#

focus Haste use ITF and you'll be good anyway

red heron
#

wich is the order of preference that I should look for importance of attributes?

old zephyr
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Ilvl > haste> vers/mast> crit

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but all secondaries are very close

red heron
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ok

old zephyr
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for weapon enchantment : armor or haste

red heron
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allright

junior igloo
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secondary stats are better than armor for weapon

red heron
#

what do you mean with secondary stats?

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haste, crit and so?

old zephyr
#

yes

junior igloo
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Versatility, haste or mastery, depending on your choice, they are about equal, depending on the situation
Crit is typically slightly behind, but still very close.
Armor is not as good as secondaries

old zephyr
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primary are STR/Stam.
secondaries are haste/crit/mast/vers
Tertiary are leach/speed/avoid

red heron
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understand

old zephyr
#

my go to is haste, because you get defensive value out of it no matter th situation

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vers/mast you mostly gain defensive value when beeing hit

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haste lets you pool rage and get your CDs back even if you are not taking any hits

tight tree
junior igloo
#

You pool faster with more haste, so the maximum time you can pool is shorter

old zephyr
#

yes and no, once rage is full, you can pool IP and use it to decrease CD.
It's probably not THAT far ahead, but my reasonning is :
if you take a hit that would kill you, having 5 more armor/vers/mast may save you, but with less than 5% hp you'll die next ht anyway.
that exta haste means you are more likely to something to mitigate the bad hit and you have a sort of control over it.
Prot reward proactive gameplay and control over your defensives => haste

junior igloo
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Sure, you can pool cooldowns via AM, but the possible pool time is still shorter.

stuck geyser
#

Any prots here doing 10+ mythics?

junior igloo
#

But haste is still good on tank swap fights, mostly because as you get closer to mitigating most/all hits with shield block, it becomes better

old zephyr
#

I do yes, when I have time and guildies up

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or when I have faith in PUGs (not often)

stuck geyser
#

Am i wrong or prots are shi t tier?

old zephyr
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it's not best tier, but it's not really shit

stuck geyser
#

I play mostly pugs playing as prot in anything above 10 is nightmare ye dps is great but ..

old zephyr
#

i mean, druids exists

ionic swallow
#

yesterday i do M10 Waycrest Manor....

stuck geyser
#

Main spec is arms but i always played prot here and there was hording gear for prot as well and i felt like this was worst tank alongside druids

junior igloo
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It's hard to quantify the value of control over your defensives (given by haste = more up-time).
I valued it as double in my spreadsheet (so 1 damage prevented by haste is as valuable as 2 damage prevented by versatility for example), because you can choose which hits you want to mitigate.
But whether you consider it 50 % better, or double (like the spreadsheet), or even higher than that, that's currently mostly personal opinion, I don't think we have a good model to quantify it

near shard
#

What do you keys is like someth typical that prot wars do wrong? Like obv pretty dzcent ones? Like example not weaving defensives good enough, kiting packs or so?

pallid axle
#

altar dazar is pretty easy as prot i did a 9+ two chest and wiped through a +12 xD

old zephyr
#

you need to play your prot proactively.
Know when bad things are gonna happen beforehand, and dont let them happen

topaz badger
#

Anyone here tanking zul on hc?

pallid axle
#

ye

old zephyr
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if bad things happen, your recovery power is very low, but you have great tool to prevent that

topaz badger
#

do you save all cds for phase 2?

old zephyr
#

@topaz badger yes

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no

pallid axle
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no i got two other tanks to handle that XD

topaz badger
#

so most of the shit should be handled by healers right?

old zephyr
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leap away ask for BoP

topaz badger
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I mean at 3 stacks it's ticking for like 80k or smtn

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before mitigation

#

or like, without cds I mean

junior igloo
#

I also didn't calculate the increase in Ignore Pain from haste because that was beyond the scope of the spreadsheet. So I just estimated it to be roughly equal to versa/mastery

old zephyr
#

alternatively, leap away, Die and use CR as a def CD

tight tree
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Take 2 stacks, wait until 3 seconds left, leap away, BoP, charge back

topaz badger
#

how do you take 2 stacks? :p

tight tree
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Get hit by it twice

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😉

topaz badger
#

oh right, if you're using BoP tactic

tight tree
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If healers are good you can take 3 then bop fast

topaz badger
#

I mean, it doesn't run out on co-tank before 3 stacks

old zephyr
#

I usually take 3 or 4 because of timing. I usually die, but we still kill it

tight tree
#

After initial BoPs its whatever, we taunt as soon as debuff is off

topaz badger
#

or do I just need to taunt later?

pallid axle
#

we took 3 tanks cause of lack of healing aaand we have no paladins in our group ... so yeah triple tanks serves fine

tight tree
#

It is clusterfuck but boss dies around that time usually

topaz badger
#

so this boss is just utter bs

pallid axle
#

gearcheck

tight tree
#

Yes, always feels uncontrollable. Dot is just too much to tank reliably.

topaz badger
#

gearcheck.. shouldn't 655 be enough?

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most of guild is around 660

old zephyr
#

if no one does mistakes you don't need the CR on zul why not use it as externals?

ember arrow
#
  1. Hes in 9.0
topaz badger
#

hmm

pallid axle
#

well at least for us its just a physical dmg debuff^^ so it gets mitigated by armor so DH, Druid, paladin can mitigate it 😄 monks stagger fun fact works also dunno why though

ember arrow
#

No

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Bleeds dont

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Get reduced by armor

pallid axle
#

its not a bleed

topaz badger
#

"Rupturing blood" not a bleed, gg blizz :p

ember arrow
#

Physical dmg dot=bleed

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Only harjatans bleed was reduced by armor afaik

pallid axle
#

could be my client but a bleed does bleed dmg on german clients

ember arrow
#

Bleed is physical

pallid axle
#

physical dmg is a different sotry

junior igloo
#

I think it's a bleed.
Stagger should work at reduced rate as it does against magic/bleed, right?

topaz badger
#

we clear 5/8 super easy, but zul is like a brick wall

#

only yesterday we started doing the "just burn him down to 40% and ignore phase1"

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(which is also bs imo)

tight tree
#

Still have to do hexers/crushers no?

topaz badger
#

nope, just crushers

#

well 1 crusher

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and cc hexers

pallid axle
#

hmm harjatan does bleed dmg o.o zul does not

tight tree
#

If you have DPS to do it with only 1 crusher, you should not have any problems burning him phase 2

topaz badger
#

well 1 spawned crusher, I'm not talking about the one at the start :p

ember arrow
#

@pallid axle zul is a bleed my dude

#

Its physical dmg

#

Open details

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And look

topaz badger
#

lemme get logs

pallid axle
#

i did XD

tight tree
#

Bleed or not bleed, it does not get reduced by armor.

#

That all that is relevant

ember arrow
#

Physical dot is per definition a bleed

ember arrow
#

Physical

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As mentioned

tight tree
#

So it is made to hurt any tank, magic reduction does not work either

#

Ir does it?

ember arrow
#

No

tight tree
#

Well, shit. only CDs/externals then. JK, used them to cover gaps in shield block 🤣

#

dies in pool

topaz badger
#

so you guys use BoP and combat ress as mechanics to kill the boss?

#

so take 2 stacks, leap to side and get bop or die? :p

vast void
#

feels bad to loose DC on shoulders. but 45 ilvl upgrade from chest q.q

#

@topaz badger we take 3-4 first, get BOP and then do 2-3 and hope the boss is dead asap

old zephyr
#

If you BoP /CR it you can take 3-4

topaz badger
#

if we survive that long >.<

vast void
#

healers just need to bump that healing into you 😃

topaz badger
#

we were doing 2-4-16

vast void
#

2-4-16? uff, get another healer. that would help a ton

tight tree
#

Our healers cant keep up with 3 stacks, it is finicky. High risk of dropping pool on top of Zul.

junior igloo
#

use cooldowns

vast void
#

^also that

old zephyr
#

Use CD and leap away

dull pilot
#

does bop when it removes the bleed drop a red ring ?

ember arrow
#

Yes

junior igloo
#

yes

dull pilot
#

k

#

so move or tank him round the outsde

#

?

old zephyr
#

No tank in the middle and leap to the side to drop

vast void
#

keep zul somewhat in the middle

dull pilot
#

k

fair crystal
#

Booya took me a while but tank AOTC boys 😄

vast void
#

grats 😃

fickle kiln
#

On our first kill, i leaped out with 5% and died on the side so it wouldn't wipe the entire raid.

#

Feelsgoodman

uneven mason
#

Took4 stacks on Zul last night and lived feelsgoodman

spice musk
#

Does the uldir trait achive stack?

#

I dont think so but a mate think it will

sick sentinel
#

The trait does, reorigination array does not

#

Also CR is a valid external for Zul IMO

past ledge
#

Guys, i need help with necrotic

#

+9

sick sentinel
#

Do you have a frost mage or an assassination rogue?

past ledge
#

no

#

Enha, Spriest and DH

sick sentinel
#

Encha has a slow

#

The totem

#

Make him use it on CD

#

So you can kite

past ledge
#

how many stacks till i kite?

rustic fractal
#

Leap talent is good too this week no ?

sick sentinel
#

@past ledge it's not about how many stacks, it's about having enough aggro

raven kernel
#

take this

sick sentinel
#

And @rustic fractal I always using leap talent but thinking about using TC range talent this week actually to be able to hit them out of melee range

raven kernel
#

i always use tc range in dungeons

#

😐

rustic fractal
#

Always picked tc too

#

But I may consider picking Ravager this week

#

No trollinh

#

Ing

raven kernel
#

really shouldnt have threat issues

sick sentinel
#

I was as well

#

But I kept braking polymorphs and incaps

#

So I took it off and I am fine now

old zephyr
#

Charge in with avatar and bolster, do retarded dps for 10-15 secs ,leap out and kite, no aggro issue

near shard
#

How should i weave defensives on m+ bosses? SB, LS, SB, SW etc?

old zephyr
#

SB SB SB LS SB SB SW SB

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then you'll hve DTs between your SBs until LS comes back

#

youmay use 3 sb between LS an SW not sure

near shard
#

DT's?

old zephyr
#

downtime

near shard
#

Right

#

How would you change that up on for example 3rd boss underrot with the aoe dmg?

old zephyr
#

the shockwave thing?

lunar jackal
#

Ask for a small external if u want 100% uptime such as druids ironbark

old zephyr
#

SB SB SB LS SB SB SW SB should be 90+ uptime already for the begining

#

then keep SB charges rolling while having it for shickwave

near shard
#

Not the shockwave, the festering infestation, just any group wide magic dmg rly

#

Might be mixing up spells, just had trouble not dying to group wide dmg on some fights

old zephyr
#

oh if you have rogue/pal they can imune and run into all the shrooms to prevent it

#

if you have a MW monk he can mass purge it

#

else juste backpedal some shroom to clear the room

#

and have shockwave and the AoE on DPS clear as many as possible

merry cave
#

You can clear them all with the upheaval and shockwave anyway

#

As long as people don't position them like mongs

old zephyr
#

stacks can be dispelled by healers (except by druid I think)

#

if the cast is going it's better that you run into all the shroom rather than having them explode

oblique garnet
#

If you have hunters and rogues in group they can also clear them out

old zephyr
#

because you'll get the stacks anyway

#

but running into them, only you get the stacks

near shard
#

Hm i see

cinder roost
#

All my high ilvl gear is crit/mast 😡 Blizz please

steel mauve
#

I mean thats not that terrible

old zephyr
#

it's good for M+

steel mauve
#

Crit is actually really close to vers and haste

cinder roost
#

I know, it's just, need my haste man

#

Good thing we got ITF

vagrant cape
#

Thanks to ITF, doesn't haste get better the more of it you have?

mellow bridge
#

yes

junior igloo
#

Don't think so, why should it?

mellow bridge
#

Since it's a % increase of the amount of haste you have, the higher your haste the more you will get

vagrant cape
#

Into the fray multiplies your true haste by 1.15 with 5 stacks

mellow bridge
#

Unless I misunderstand the talent

vagrant cape
#

If you have 20% base haste in your character panel, you actually have 120% "true" haste which gets multiplies by 1.15

#

So into the fray will grant you 18% flat haste (up to 138%) instead of the expected 15% (135%)

#

But I was wondering if there's a point where, if you have enough haste, that you'd start picking haste over ilvl

#

Maybe not now, but later on in the expansion

junior igloo
#

You could just consider the 115 to be "baseline" and haste works normally.

If it stacked additively, ITF would make haste worse.
Since they stack multiplicatively, it doesn't make it better or worse.

#

The stat that increases in value is versatility.
Going from 0 % to 1 % reduces your damage taken by 0.5 %.
Going from 199 % to 200 % reduces your damage taken by 100 % :)

But these effects are too small to make any noticeable difference at reachable levels

vagrant cape
#

Huh. Are you sure that checks out? It could also read "Gain 15% haste. For every 10% you have at baseline, gain another 1.5% haste."

#

If you look at it as 115% base haste, it still makes haste have a steeper curve than other stats

#

What's the base length of a GCD with 0% haste?

steel mauve
#

The opposite

#

Itf gets better the more haste you have

vagrant cape
#

Yeah, that's what I'm saying

#

Could that lead to a world where haste > 5 ilvls?

junior igloo
#

10 % haste means you get 10 % more actions in the same amount of time.

If ITF was additive, going from 115 % to 125 % would be only 125/115 = ~ 8.7 % increase in total actions..
But because it's multiplicative, you still get full 10 %.

steel mauve
#

Haste doesnt really get better the more you have but itf does

spice musk
#

what would you take Strenght of Number or Unstable Flames. In raids i woul say unstable flames in M+ Strenght of Numbers.

vagrant cape
#

Huh. That's an interesting way to look at it.

steel mauve
#

Gcd is 1.5 seconds unaltered

#

Iirc

junior igloo
#

Our GCD is affected by haste

#

Not sure what you mean by unaltered

signal plover
#

I think he means base GCD

steel mauve
#

With 0% haste its 1.5 seconds

junior igloo
#

yeah

vagrant cape
#

So with 100% haste it'd be 0.75s, and at 200% would it be 0.375s?

junior igloo
#

It caps at 100 % = 0.75

vagrant cape
#

Oh really? I didn't know it had a cap

steel mauve
#

I think gcd caps at 1 second min though

junior igloo
#

Also, if it didn't, you'd need 300 % for 0.375.
200 % would be 0.5.
But yeah, it caps at 100 %

steel mauve
#

Meaning you cant go below 1 second no matter what

willow dirge
#

well given rogues have a 1sec GCD base

steel mauve
#

Unless they changed that, i know it fucked with me in wrath

junior igloo
#

Not any more, classes with scaling GCD are 1.5s baseline and capped at 100 % = 0.75s

amber siren
#

it's 0.75, it doesn't cap at 1 sec

steel mauve
#

Ah ok

vagrant cape
#

Yeah, I know I've felt my GCD go under one second during lust

junior igloo
#

Classes that have a different resource other than cooldowns/GCDs (such as energy for rogues or monks or runes for DKs) just have a static 1s GCD

willow dirge
#

Huh, I always thought it still scaled down. TIL.

vagrant cape
#

So it's GCD = 1.5s * (100/(haste% +100))?

junior igloo
#

yeah, that's correct

vagrant cape
#

What's the negative haste cap?

#

Cuz the equation has no solution at haste% = - 100%

junior igloo
#

Azeroth probably explodes if you try to divide by 0

vagrant cape
#

Why do you think sargeras got so pissed?

sick sentinel
#

Haste life.

tight tree
sick sentinel
#

IP fine with high haste. Hardly notice the GCD.

#

IP GCD MEME

tight tree
#

I am protection right? So i have to PROTEC warriors

signal plover
#

Nah u see...if u put out too much positive out there, blizz will see and will revert all their amazing and OP changes they surely have planned for us ..

round vortex
#

Hey guys, whats the preference on Archive of the Titans or Lazer Matrix If i had the choice?

signal plover
#

Archive

#

It's in the guide friendo :)

round vortex
#

Oh shit i must've missed it lol

signal plover
#

<3

round vortex
#

I got the mythrax shoulders and the G'Huun head

#

so was choosing between them as my other piece has defeaning crash

tight tree
#

@signal plover Well i bash Prot all the time! But i am allowed because i play it. Lowly DK has no right to shit on warriors.

vagrant cape
#

Anyone else excited to use a 340 deafening crash piece until 8.1? :D

astral crystal
#

whooo

leaden kernel
#

im excited to use my 340 pieces till 8.1

tight tree
#

🌈

leaden kernel
#

cause i aint getting upgrades

vagrant cape
#

If you got one from m+ cache, please let me know what true happiness feels like

tawny lantern
#

Even that screws prot war lol

leaden kernel
#

i could only get it if its on the same slot as deafening crash, but it doesnt have the crash

tight tree
#

I'd rther 380+ shield

#

Just you wait, they will nerf it. Then you can feel happiness.

stiff orbit
#

I got a 370 shoulder with the Revenge trait

round vortex
#

Closest I got was this. Bracer for impact and Overwhelming power. I consider it BIS since there is no DC piece in M+

#

Brace *

stiff orbit
#

Are you happy for me Byron

vagrant cape
#

I've gone from a, 325 - 340 - 345 - 350 in my shield slot

tight tree
#

i was 290 then i got to AH and 350 shield

#

still using it

tawny lantern
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I got 2 bfi, but without df the class feels really bad

vagrant cape
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I shall revel for you, @stiff orbit

round vortex
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yeah im in the 340 club lol

stiff orbit
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I'm running a 355 vector deflector lol

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Before that 340, before THAT, 294

tawny lantern
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U can get a shield spamming atal

stiff orbit
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See you say that

round vortex
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Trust me I've done plenty of AD lol

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I have an 8 key this week - hoping it's kind to me

stiff orbit
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I've yet to see it drop on any difficulty lol

tawny lantern
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I got every item from atal 2 times

stiff orbit
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Lucky you

vagrant cape
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Same. I spam atal dazar and tol dagor. No shields nor trinkets. my 345 rezan is weeks old

stiff orbit
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Though I did finally get Rezans trinket

round vortex
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I've had the wrists about 9 times and thats it lol

stiff orbit
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So there's that at least

vagrant cape
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I got a 380 sword from mythrax though :D

stiff orbit
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Lucky

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It's a good sword!

vagrant cape
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Yeah it's so shiny

tawny lantern
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Really you guys are having that much of a problem in atal? Maybe u are not spaming enough. I just do +8 and try to get it +2 every time.

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Was pretty much all i did last week

tight tree
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Look at fancy pants hero right here

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+2ing AD every time, unlike simple peasants

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💩

tawny lantern
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And i suck, imagine if i was any good

cinder pasture
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Paladin guildie got this one in his weekly chest...I contemplated gkicking him out of jealousy 😂

frosty wedge
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ugh weekly chest

silk mortar
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Lucky me

frosty wedge
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I got 0 usable pieces for 4 chars

silk mortar
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Got the same thing ^^

dusk locust
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everything i get out of the chest has no haste

cinder pasture
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Same 😦

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Last 2 weeks I've gotten 380 bracers with vers/mastery and fire resist, and 380 boots with vers/mastery. At least the boots had a socket though

chrome harbor
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Hold on you guys wear stuff from the chest instead of scrapping it?

frosty wedge
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not me!

sick sentinel
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Week before last yes. Not this week.

frosty wedge
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it's usually just a piece for a slot I already have a 380 in

chrome harbor
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^

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its to the point where it happens so frequently that im suspicious

steel mauve
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Usually its trash, this week was kind to me

mellow bridge
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fuck the weekly chest rng 😭

frosty wedge
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I'm just salty that as someone that just wants to do 5 man content and doesn't have a schedule predictable enough to get a decent raid.... it's my only source of azerite gear

mellow bridge
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yup same

frosty wedge
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potential source of azerite gear*

mellow bridge
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I don't have the time to raid actively and neither do I really find it fun

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so I'm just screwed

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I despise the azerite system in it's current form

frosty wedge
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oh raiding is totally my jam but my job is demanding and I often have calls at night when I would be raiding, get calle dout of town on short notice, etc

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so... I have a solid like 7 people I play with all the time and it's fun - but being in all m6+ gear and wearing 2x 340 azerite pieces is super annoying

mellow bridge
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yup same

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got 340 azerite gear slots

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And I can't get a good trinket to drop

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My +10 chest didnt even give me a single ilvl to my total since it was on one of the slots I already had smth good on

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all the bads one just dont get replaced, idk

frosty wedge
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also the "it's an ilvl upgrade so you can't trade it" sstem is bullshit

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I was in a motherlode 10 on my monk last night and two other people got things that were 5 ilvl upgrades that were actually downgrades due to secondaries

rustic fractal
frosty wedge
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that would have replaced 2 of my lowest pieces

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but they're not tradeable

rustic fractal
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Does anybody know ?

frosty wedge
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yeah ablative stacks

rustic fractal
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Ok nice, ty

frosty wedge
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but it's still not a great trait

rustic fractal
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I don't have better on this ring, otherwise, its crit stacking or Gutripper

frosty wedge
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ah

rustic fractal
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( Skycorcher Pauldrons, but 385 )

frosty wedge
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at least it's got gemhide

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😄

old zephyr
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Isn't impassible visage the best ?

frosty wedge
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gemhide and impassive yeah

steel mauve
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Both s tier

frosty wedge
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so a piece with BFI and gemhide is pretty solid

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and like, ablative is still good

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I'm so jealous of those kraken shell though

fierce halo
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Those shoulders are listed in the bis combo in the guide

old zephyr
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I got mother's helm yesterday,
BFI, Azerite veins and Impas. Visage.

It's only 355 but so nice

frosty wedge
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BIS helm

cinder pasture
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I've been trying to get that helmet every week since raids were released

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No luck so far 😦

frosty wedge
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I'm honestly thinking about speccing arms and getting into a pug normal/heroic even though I really don't care about uldir just so I can pick up some azerite pieces for m+ tanking

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also motherlode 10 this week is ihlariously easy of the infested buff is on the same packs eevery time

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we only had to deal with it like 4-5 times total on the route i took last night

earnest zinc
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This seems like a good week for prot warriors

primal crypt
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...are we not using the strength gems?

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Looks like icyveins only has us gemming haste?

tropic star
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mother helm has eluded me as well. Double rolled mother each week so 4x heroic, 2xmythic and no helm

primal crypt
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I thought we used one str...

tropic star
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feelsbadman

steel mauve
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No haste outweighs str

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So 40 haste is better than 40 str

old zephyr
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to the questions "but why do we go for Ilvl first?" the answer is ARMOR and STAM

steel mauve
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Not 100%

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All of our stats are so close together that more of the total stats is better than one specific stat

versed whale
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whats the minimum upgrade of Ilvl where you would consider it better than perfect stats?

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were*

steel mauve
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Str + armor + stam + all secondaries out weight the lower total number pretty much of lower ilvl

signal plover
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Pretty much any unless the DC trait is involved

steel mauve
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5

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Always 5 ilvls unless dc then never replace it

versed whale
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sorry whats dc?

tropic star
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think they intentionaly left DC out of the raid traits just to make getting a higher ilvl one harder?

steel mauve
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Rings are the only iffy ones and pretty much preference

signal plover
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Deafening crash

versed whale
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ooh ok

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thanks

tropic star
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feel like im going to have a 340 DC shoulders for a long time

steel mauve
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I think it was just an oversight and they were aware of how impactful dc would be

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Unaware*

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Even nerfed it, but probably had the raid items alresdy in place

mortal pike
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Got 385 shoulders, back to 340 chest instead 😃

tropic star
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lol extending an 8 second Defensive to almost 30 seconds and they thought that wouldnt be impactful?

mortal pike
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Tank tuning is not a priority

steel mauve
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Well they did nerf it and probably didnt forsee it

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Use to dc stacked the duration

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In beta

tropic star
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like 3x would be 6seconds per clap?

steel mauve
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It was only 1 second but 3 dc's would be 3 seconds

tropic star
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ahh

steel mauve
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So they made it not stack but increased it to 2

tropic star
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lol

modern brook
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Godlike

tropic star
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yeah but that would be 3x 340 azerite for all eternity

steel mauve
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Still be worth

old zephyr
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you'd have 100% uptime with that

lunar jackal
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Changes id make for prot. Make DS aoe taunt. IP off gcd but smaller size. Any thoughts?

bold zinc
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Is it hard to push 10+ with Warrior?

old zephyr
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give us 100% damage increase and 50% passive damage reduction and we good

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@bold zinc nnot really, just have a good team

digital arrow
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Give warrior two shields!

amber siren
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No tanks are hard to do 10s with, just need decent party members

bold zinc
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I meant above 10

old zephyr
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bring your boomie and frost mage friends and it's easy peasy

lunar jackal
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@bold zinc its not hard. Just to be clear prot warr doesnt suck. The prpblem is everybody has to pull their weight. Fuck ups are extemely punishing.

strange plover
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!traits

old zephyr
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the main weakness of prot is you can't really recover from mistakes by yourself

amber siren
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I mean if you're pushing 15+ you will start to notice the discrepancies between tanks

strange plover
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is reinforced plating closer to the top our our trait list now?

amber siren
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We aren't DK god tier by any stretch

lunar jackal
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Honestly if it were my choice id make all the classes like that. I love prot just for that l. It makes me really play at a better level.

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A class that allows many mistakes and u still get out of it alive is poorly tuned for me

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And boring

amber siren
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@strange plover I'm genuinely not sure, you might have some luck pinging Marok but I'm too scared to do it lmao

strange plover
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right on, thank ya

old zephyr
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@strange plover nope

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still BFI with one DC or well stacked archive

lunar jackal
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@old zephyr what would u say a well stacked is?

primal crypt
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With the Uldir helm, you will want to use the Brace for Impact Icon Brace for Impact trait on it until your Reorigination Array Icon Reorigination Array reaches 500+ Haste.

old zephyr
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500+ haste I believe is the agreed upon value

amber siren
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I think it's 500 haste before it becomes viable

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Yeah there you go

steel mauve
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Its not exactly agreed upon, no one really knows, that was a guestimation at best

primal crypt
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What Marok says is law.

lunar jackal
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So no one should be using that trait according to the amount of weeks honestly? Right?

amber siren
oblique wolf
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not 498 not 499

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500

primal crypt
storm isle
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but that only works in raids so dosnt matter if you dont raid

steel mauve
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I think hes been using it since 150

primal crypt
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Yolo.

steel mauve
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From what he said the other night

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Im almost tempted to switch to mine

old zephyr
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I do use it with only 300 haste but that's just feelycraft

primal crypt
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Just use triple bloodsport

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big IP big gains

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BiS in slot

steel mauve
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And i mean we literally have no idea to test whats better

primal crypt
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The only thing that matters is DC

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outside of that, do what keeps you alive honestly

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alive long enough to Avatar TC your way to victory

old zephyr
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DC is waht keeps you alive though

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more haste mens more TC

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mor rage so more avatar

lunar spade
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Does race for prot warrio really matter at this point ? I used to always be big boi tauren and then went orc for pvp ... but recently I've been tempted to go Blelf for the aoe dispell for when it comes in handy

old zephyr
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Belfs Is best for m+ utility

primal crypt
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^

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But it doesnt beat a high tauren in looks

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or feels

formal kayak
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if I cast spell reflection while chaos bolt is MID FLIGHT
does it still reflect?

lunar spade
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no

primal crypt
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has to be before the cast

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that's why people pump fake their casts

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to bait out the SR

steel mauve
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Race doesnt matter pick what looks the best

old zephyr
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dwarves could have use for the DoT removal on some encounters, and LF Draenei can dish out some nice AoE burst, usefull for aggro or clearing nasty packs

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it's mostly a matter of feels

primal crypt
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tauren has biggest shields

steel mauve
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Moose man tauren best warrior

primal crypt
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so they tank better

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@steel mauve knows what's up

old zephyr
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Gnomes man, Gnomes

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used to be Best race for fury

steel mauve
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My door shield is the size of 4 gnomes

amber siren
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Who cares gnomes are the only good rave

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Race and rave

frosty wedge
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+1 for tauren

versed whale
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And war stomp is quite useful if you dont have a reliable pug

old zephyr
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I like my LF Draenei, makes me top damage metter even more when I die hue

signal plover
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I play DI atm but always pray for alliance Tauren before I go to bed at night.

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One day there'll be no more race restrictions on factions.

old zephyr
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just wait for sylv to do a bit more shit and in few days everyone will be alliance 😃

uneven mason
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Went Stormwind for the wife, stayed for the Dark Iron

signal plover
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Faction lines are gonna blur before BFA is over imo

obsidian siren
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Hey bois, i was wondering, any of you done the uhm... "subtle" strategy on M mother?

uneven mason
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"______ is now threatening all of Azeroth, the ______ and _______ have banded together to face this new threat. Let us all learn from their example and unite as one, both horde an alliance, for our world!" - Plot of the __th Expansion.

obsidian siren
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aka more or less rush 3rd room

uneven mason
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I Hope they throw a real twist this time and Sylvanas is really fucking evil and kills Tyrande Genn and Moira

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like "actual impactful lore thing happened because 1 faction did something to the other"

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and "bad guys win"

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Speaking of bad guys win

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I took 4 stacks on Zul and didn't die as a prot warrior, AMA.

obsidian siren
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lies, lies everywhere :p

uneven mason
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oh wait, not bad guys, "Baddies"

compact wyvern
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Can you use laser matrix for tanking? As opposed to blood sport which is the other trait

obsidian siren
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well at least laser matrix will give you haste.... ^^''

old zephyr
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i don't think it's worth it

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bloodsport is not that bad

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matrix will heal the raid more than it will heal you

compact wyvern
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But how big of a difference is there? Im thinking since laser matrix is pretty good in arms

old zephyr
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yes becaus eit deals damage

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damage will not help you a lot as a tank, and healing the raid (if it ever proc wich i'm not sure) will only help you very little

obsidian siren
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it's been nerfed recently, it's only worth it in uldir

compact wyvern
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What i am saying is that im swithcing between specs, so does the slight loss in survivability for it in prot justify the dps gain for ST uldir as opposed to LoW?

junior igloo
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@primal crypt @old zephyr @amber siren @steel mauve @lunar jackal @oblique wolf
Not sure where the 500 haste is coming from, I'd use Archive over BfI from week 3 if it's your only source of Reorigination Array

steel mauve
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One of the admins here through out 500 haste for it taking over but like i said theres no way to actually test it, and it was a guestimation at best

junior igloo
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Yeah, the guide is a few weeks old I think

vast void
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i feel like i have so little mastery -.- sitting at 19% only

signal plover
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U aren't much of a master eh?

vast void
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not really ^^ rings are with crit and vers, weapon and shiel crit haste ... sigh

near shard
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I know weve been saying pretty much all stats are similair, ilvl over secondaries and all. But i only do m+, woule haste / crit be ideal or does it really have no diffirence @ the same ilvl?

primal crypt
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@junior igloo yeah only based purely on icy veins

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Copy pasta

sick sentinel
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doing M+ you should be focusing on doing TD for the trinket and generally dungeons with Shields, like Atal.
Also, trying to shoot for dungeons that have gear with Haste as the major stat is good choice (You do not care about the other stat that much , it still matters but not as much as having the major be haste)

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^^ this is my Personal view of the things btw, being the guy with the most M+ completed in my guild

junior igloo
#

Oh you mean Jes' Howler?

sick sentinel
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yeap

primal crypt
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Meh

old zephyr
#

Atal triket is awesome as well

primal crypt
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Atal trinket plus blockades