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sick sentinel
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more than 1 just add more damage

tender phoenix
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ah ok thanks 😃

dim blaze
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Need trinket advice - M+ focus - 400 rezan, 400 block, 400 vial, 405 RAGE

warm plinth
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Rezan+Vial imo

dim blaze
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Cool just got vial was hoping it’d be an upgrade

warm plinth
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Yeah I mean, they're all great trinkets. But having the haste proc from Rezan and the juicy str boost from vial will make Avatars gigantic. I don't care for RAGE in M+ because of the ramp-up time; it's still a very good trinket. Block is as well, just 2 procs is anti-climactic to me 😂

lusty grotto
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rage?

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grong trinket you mean?

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@dim blaze Grong trinket is NERFED for prot

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its not the same damage as arms or fury

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its lower

warm plinth
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No, it's the mekkatorque trinket

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Gigavolt Engine

lusty grotto
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no

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its grong

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furthermore, you cannot use defensive skills during its cast

warm plinth
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Ramping Amplitude Gigavolt Engine = RAGE

lusty grotto
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oh

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what the shit lol

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but why

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there's another trinket called Grong's primal rage

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why not just call it engine lol

warm plinth
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Eh, the buff is called R.A.G.E. Just one of those things, like people calling Deadmines and Dire Maul DM in vanilla lol

lusty grotto
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yeah

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blizzard needs to get their abbreviations together, too much shit with the same letters

warm plinth
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XD

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I remember people used to call Deadmines VC for Van Cleef or whatever to avoid confusion

steel mauve
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too be fair grongs primal rage is called grong trinket, so rage trinket can easily be mekka's since thats its acronym

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or at least ive only ever seen it called grong trinket, so that could be its clarification

daring marlin
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@lusty grotto they changed it

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grong trinket is same as arms and fury for prot now

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and then some cuz of ITF

dim blaze
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Hah sorry for confusion

warm plinth
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Yeah, prot was the only tank it was nerfed for in the first place, and it was fixed/undone/whatever

daring marlin
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I’d play with it

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probably

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vial is goat

warm plinth
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I've heard it's pretty good on ST. Deswind said it was fairly decent on 4-6 targets but got worse past that.

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Though I'm not sure if that was after they unnerfed it for prot or not

lusty grotto
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ahh i see GUil

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fair enough iron

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i got food gem :

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:x

oblique garnet
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anyone else randomly dcing?

lusty grotto
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not here

daring marlin
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I have never gotten the prolonged power gem

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between two characters

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whack af

steel mauve
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the only gem ive gotten has been food gem

dim blaze
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I finally got 2 helms

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Was ready for my 2 gems/day

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Shared cooldown 😭

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Can probably take the “finally” out of that first sentence bc it’s been like a week and a half but anyways was looking forward to multiple gems

lusty grotto
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yikes

astral crystal
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i got the 400 stat gem once, was pretty cool

daring marlin
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I always get the size reduction and sparkle one

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lol

dim blaze
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I feel like race changing to Tauren, but I hate the look of tauren. Really miss war stomp though and the extra Stan

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Stam

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BE racial is kinda wasted

lusty grotto
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🤷

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I mean it's still pretty good for purges

empty dock
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A couple questions, if you guys don't mind.

  1. I've read that on Champions of Light we can use Spell Reflect to drop the Sacred Blade stacks. I tried this last night and couldn't seem to get the desired result. Is there something special I have to do to pull this off?
  2. On Grong, I was dying a lot to the throw. I was trying both Demo Shout and Ignore pain prior to me taunting the boss in anticipation of being thrown. Do you guys who raid have an approach to this that is pretty dependable for this?
    Thanks!
steel mauve
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play what looks good, the races dont matter a huge amount outside of necrotic week

astral crystal
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@empty dock i've been able to drop it spell reflecting before she casts prayer for the fallen

steel mauve
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the stack on champion stacks like every 7 seconds

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so count to like 3-4 and use spell reflect after it restacks, if not counting to more

empty dock
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@steel mauve thanks! I'll be sure to look for that.

astral crystal
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also for grong, just make sure you go out with full IP if possible, demo should be fine as well

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if you die it's possible youre just not being healed

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person being thrown does need some heals

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i save shield wall for when im being thrown with double bite

steel mauve
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you can either A) spell reflect the cast for throw and take 0 dmg during the 5 seconds, or B) spell reflect in air ( as long as your players arent dumb dumbs and run as far as possible) and reduce the 150k damage from that

astral crystal
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or just call for a bop there

steel mauve
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you're stunned for like the first 1 second in air being thrown so its a small window in air to use sp[ell reflect

empty dock
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Yeah, we were using externals on me during that mechanic. I'm just looking for more stuff I can do so I don't have to 100% on the healers.

astral crystal
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it's a high dmg situation so it's not a huge deal to call for externals

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and rotate your own cooldowns obviously

steel mauve
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basically you're taking about 150k dmg during the 5 second stun that hes holding you, and then another 150k damage when you land from the throw, before reductions

empty dock
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Maybe I will just let the healers know that I will use shield wall on the first taunt swap in anticipation of being thrown,

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Then they can external me from there

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Thanks guys!

oblique garnet
abstract pelican
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380 Rezans Eye vs 395 Briny Barnacle (for mythic+)

pastel siren
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hey guys, how good is the waepon from waycrest?

daring marlin
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poopoo

lusty grotto
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@pastel siren its not

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but if it's your highest ilvl, then use it

pastel siren
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okay, thanks bro

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I have a crit/haste 385 sword from warfront

lusty grotto
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secondary stats do not matter

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use your highest ilvl

pastel siren
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ok

uneven mason
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well

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weapons are a breakdown on that, because the proc weapon from WM is that bad

daring marlin
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Imagine if it were good

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like kr 2h

ebon hound
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Imagine KR wep being good

daring marlin
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?

outer dew
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not really

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weapon is pretty fat for damage + ip

waxen cradle
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Does the shadowmeld trick for reaping still work for NE's or did they change it ?

outer dew
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did it yesterday

dim blaze
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Realized that wowhead and icy veins differ on recommended build between rumbling earth and storm bolt for M+

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Which do you guys prefer?

sick sentinel
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If your group has no other aoe stun then rumbling earth is okay

lavish oracle
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Stormbolt in my situations

dim blaze
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I swapped to rumbling and really missed my storm bolt. Think I’ll swap back

lusty grotto
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icy veins is our guide @dim blaze

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its written by Marok

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wowhead's guide is written by someone else

sharp dew
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@empty dock just tuning in but have you talked to your guild about main tanking grong? No reason you shouldn’t be unless the other tank is a warrior as well

broken kite
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anyone using bonded souls?

lusty grotto
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not over protection traits @broken kite

empty dock
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@sharp dew The other tank is a paladin and has been tanking for these guys for a few years. So there is a trust there. Where as I am on my second week w/ the guild and second week of raid tanking since Cata. So I am just rolling w/ it for now. "get along to go along." 😃

thin ore
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brace for impact or iron fortress for defense?

lusty grotto
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depends on the content

thin ore
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or whatever since both are close

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non trivial content

lusty grotto
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BFI for raids, IF for M+

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it should be like that in the guide

sharp dew
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Ahh makes sense then. Do you tank grong at all or does he tank it the whole time then you just taunt during the combos?

lusty grotto
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please read up next time 😉

sharp dew
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@empty dock

thin ore
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it's like 3rd and 4th for both

empty dock
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I taunt for the combos

lusty grotto
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one is higher than the other for each content type

thin ore
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brace for impact tooltip says "may overlap"

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aka stack?

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but not extend duration?

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like iron fur?

lusty grotto
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overlaps with itself

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yes

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exactly like Iron Fur

sharp dew
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In the future(realistically right now if you could convince them) but it’s like fetid or any other pure melee tank boss, we’re gods on it so he should be taking the throws. Would save a lot of hps on the healers @empty dock

lusty grotto
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depends on your Shield Slams of course

thin ore
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you mean proc luck

lusty grotto
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no

thin ore
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duration is 9 secs but I feel like you cast shield slam more often than that

lusty grotto
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it goes off every shield slam

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well i guess sure on SS procs

plucky crater
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if you're casting shield slam less than once every 9 seconds it's because you're dead

empty dock
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Thanks Mighty

thin ore
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then why is iron fortress better in m+? because you block more stuff because trash mobs?

lusty grotto
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because in M+ youre not SSing as much

warm plinth
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Because you use SS less in AoE

thin ore
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thats true

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k thx guys

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gemhide or impassive visage?^^

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impassive visage for m+ I assume?

uneven mason
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IV is more fun to get 99 healing parses 👍

lusty grotto
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so like

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im doing my first HC pug

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and i've been following whatever @steel mauve said about resetting stacks

sharp dew
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HC is different

lusty grotto
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but on add phase, that fucker stacks way faster

sharp dew
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Mythic you can reset easily, heroic not so much

lusty grotto
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right

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i got that out of the prayer thing

sharp dew
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Can have a dps taunt or time a SR+ leap away and run for it lmao

lusty grotto
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yeah that's easy on anything other than add phase

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i guess it should be manageable

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during add phase, it doesn't go up for too much

sharp dew
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Is the dps kind of low? If you can reset once that should be enough even with mediocre dps

lusty grotto
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it probably is

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its a pug after all lol

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people under 9k Dps

sharp dew
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Cuz with higher dps you don’t need to drop stacks like with guild we just kill it and stacks are fine

lusty grotto
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yikes

sharp dew
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Oof yeah that’s low

oblique garnet
lusty grotto
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ok yeah i think i understand how to reest now

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it helps if i have bounding talented yikes

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i suppose add phase you just have to man up and take the hits

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so basically you want one SR for one swing, and leap just before the next swing if no casts happen

steel mauve
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or 3 tank it 😉

lusty grotto
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heheh

steel mauve
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or, if you're really feeling spicy

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disorient yourself from the add cast

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5 seconds of boss not attacking you

lusty grotto
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true

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rip 1 dps

steel mauve
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ours usually live when i need to do it

lusty grotto
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your sacrifice will not be in vain

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rofl

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its so different in pugs

steel mauve
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its last resort but it works

lusty grotto
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welp im in another pug, hopefully i'll be add tank 😉

quiet sierra
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No one uses the darmoon tank trinket right?

steel mauve
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it's still good for a survival trinket until you get to trinkets near 380+

oblique garnet
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@lusty grotto First boss or what? o.O

vocal elm
nimble canopy
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how to make enemy nameplates to change color if you lost threat

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first time tanking

quiet kettle
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depends on ur ui

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and if ur using any nameplate addons

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most addons/uis have options for this

oblique garnet
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prot in 2v2 is disgusting

quiet kettle
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most tanks are disgusting in 2s/3s if played right

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prot warr and veng DH are walking CC machines

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prot pally is utility extraordinaire

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bdk is pretty much a fuck u to mages everywhere

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or really any ranged

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bears are anti-melee iirc

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cant remember what makes brews annoying in pvp

lusty grotto
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lol

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just wiped 9 times to grong

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i gotta say though

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i like the tank mechanics

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in the raid

dim blaze
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What kind of dmg do you guys average in a M+ key?

lusty grotto
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at least so far

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200k on reaps just about

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overall on every run? i'd have to check

dim blaze
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Yeah overall run

fickle geyser
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20-35k depending on dungeon

lusty grotto
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yeah @oblique garnet first boss

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got that chest asap 😃

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now to keep running for shield and 2 hander 😦

oblique garnet
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We have always ignored the tank swap mechanic on that boss by just zerging the boss

lusty grotto
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cant do that on saturday pugs apparently

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some really bad dps

oblique garnet
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@fickle geyser how do you end up with 35k overall ? Do you kill the last reaping in every dungeon or🤔

quiet kettle
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have to wonder as well, as most groups try to skip the final reaping

oblique garnet
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Most ive done this week is 27k and that was basically pulling double all the way through dungeon in freehold

fickle geyser
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i think i had 35k in wm last week. just pulled like a idiot and sense

oblique garnet
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Oh

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Last week

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Yeah thats probably possible

fickle geyser
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cant do that this week with explosive

primal crypt
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last week yes

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this week no

quiet kettle
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cant really do it next week either due to bolstering

primal crypt
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next week definitely no

oblique garnet
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You can

dim blaze
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So 20+ is what I should be doing this week? I think I’m spending too much time single targeting down explosives

oblique garnet
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If everything dies at the same time

quiet kettle
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this week is more 15-20k at the high end

outer dew
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depends

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on your dps sometimes too

oblique garnet
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@dim blaze well for example dungeons like kr and tol are generally lower

outer dew
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if they don't mong orbs

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you waste GCD's on orbs

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vs clapping

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esp when you gotta chain orbs

dim blaze
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I’ve been in the 15 range for most of my dungeons this week, but I’ve been focusing a lot on the orbs

oblique garnet
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The more you get used to playing prot the less you lose killing the orbs

fickle geyser
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i´ve been between 20 and 25k, but we have good melees for orbs so dont really have to do much

oblique garnet
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Ive been averaging 22k+ this week with 700-900k dmg on orbs

dim blaze
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Yeah I’ve been messing up then hmmm

quiet kettle
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not really messing up per se

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more that ur m+ mates need to step up their game

dim blaze
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Are you using revenge on CD as well? I’m still getting used to tanking and think I play really defensively with my rage

oblique garnet
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Honestly i dont think about the rotation at all so im really bad about giving tips on it

lusty grotto
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why use revenge on cd

fickle geyser
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why not

dim blaze
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Just wondering how to pull those kinda of dmg numbers

quiet kettle
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revenge offense vs defense is really a comfort dynamic

lusty grotto
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i mean you can use it often especially if you have LS up

quiet kettle
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how comfortable are u in ur survival at that moment

lusty grotto
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but on cd... that's just bad rage management

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unless if you're getting free revenges all the time

fickle geyser
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on aoe u mostly are

quiet kettle
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or ur not worried about needing rage for IP/SB

oblique garnet
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Youre basically never rage starved in m+ so its not bad trying to maximize damage

quiet kettle
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its entirely a comfort thing

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which boils down to practice

lusty grotto
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that depends on how you pull though

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i mean

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on reaps, i don't see why not

fickle geyser
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when u feel threatened just pop ip on top of sb

lusty grotto
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what

fickle geyser
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if not use revenge

lusty grotto
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i just said LS

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LS + Avatar

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you have block and IP with those 2

oblique garnet
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Assuming you have BoM

fickle geyser
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yea we typed at the same time

lusty grotto
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if you feel threatened? i mean you don't use IP on top of SB ?

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cause you should

oblique garnet
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@dim blaze what traits are you using?

fickle geyser
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i mean i push dmg if im not taking dmg

lusty grotto
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i see

dim blaze
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1123311

lusty grotto
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traits, not talents

dim blaze
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Oops

lusty grotto
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hehe

dim blaze
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3x BoM, 2x DC, 1 IF

primal crypt
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wow

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Im jelly

quiet kettle
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u dont need the double DC

oblique garnet
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Yeah you need to be doing quite alot more damage with those

quiet kettle
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but honestly ya, whenever ur rdy to pop avatar, pull bigger

dim blaze
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Alternative to 2nd DC is dagger in back or Covenant

quiet kettle
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covenant

oblique garnet
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Yeah 2nd dc

quiet kettle
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imo

oblique garnet
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Dont go covenant

quiet kettle
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i dont fall below 50 or even 20 often enough, mind u thats in part me and my healer are very comfortable together

dim blaze
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Or I could go with a different piece that has IF/brace

oblique garnet
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Not for m+

quiet kettle
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IF/brace is def a better raid piece

warm plinth
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I don't think traits are your problem; you have 3x BoM and solid other traits for AoE. Changing a single trait, or even 2 (from what you have), isn't going to be a 5k+ overall DPS increase. It's probably just how you're pulling when you have Avatar available, or not using Avatar enough.

quiet kettle
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tldr; cooldown management

oblique garnet
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Avatar on cd pretty much

fickle geyser
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and use ur defensive cds to pull bigger for bigger numbers 😃

lusty grotto
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remember avatar cd goes down with AM, no reason to hold it back

oblique garnet
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I should probably use shieldwall more often but i never feel the need to use it even when im pulling big🤔

lusty grotto
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except maybe just before a reap 😃

quiet kettle
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depending on the reap

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if its sumthing like a lot of grave souls (casters) u def want sumthing like LS available

oblique garnet
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🤔

quiet kettle
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grave bolts hit pretty hard

oblique garnet
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Gotta stay los till they are grouped and then start blasting

warm plinth
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Aren't grave bolts fixed 25% hp? Or am I mixing something up?

lusty grotto
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the whole LoS group thing fails when people run off due to that stupid bullshit on the ground

oblique garnet
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Once its done move back to the spot

lusty grotto
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yeah

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except most pugs don't

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i cry everytime

oblique garnet
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Well then the pugs die

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Thats out of my hands

lusty grotto
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i especially cry when the stupid boomkin is the one that goes on LoS and doesn't sunbeam for anything

fickle geyser
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pugs in 2019 🤔

oblique garnet
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Also when people are lossing in the beginning of the reaping most of the casters are grouped up together so you can just bring the unit to them

lusty grotto
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yeah that's usually my go-to

oblique garnet
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And then you have shrine

lusty grotto
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then shockwave and go to town

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hue hue

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oh yeah they def are btw Ghash

oblique garnet
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I should get back to pushing keys ive been sittingnat 1500 for a week now

lusty grotto
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btw those nukes are sexy reflects too

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slacker!

oblique garnet
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Yeah pretty much

quiet kettle
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i actually tell my unit to not stun/interrupt right after the los

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and i pop reflect for the first bolts

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usually gives time to recover any missed cds like stuns too

oblique garnet
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@lusty grotto im sitting at 407 on my warrior and i have absolutely nothing to do on it and im still slacking and not pushing keys like i should

quiet kettle
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i honestly only log in for like a few m+ per week and raids

oblique garnet
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Im just leveling and gearing up alts

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I still need druid shaman and hunter at max lvl and then i have everything at max and geared pretty much🤔

quiet kettle
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i havent really liked lvling/gearing alts on wow

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ive lost that joy after mop

oblique garnet
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Yeah i usually dislike it aswell

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Its just

quiet kettle
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draenor completely killed that joy

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and legion didnt make it much better

oblique garnet
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I have nothing else to do since we raid 3 times a week

quiet kettle
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i just go play other games

oblique garnet
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Apex legends seemed promising game but idk really

quiet kettle
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i still gotta finish kh3 atleast once, finish tales of vesperia:DE

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etc.

sick sentinel
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When I got keystone master s1 and my group stopped until s2 I just played DOOM 2016

visual marsh
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is too much haste a bad thing?

oblique garnet
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No such thing as too much haste

quiet kettle
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haste is the big boi of basically all warrs, regardless of spec

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arms is crit/haste, fury is haste +crit/mast, and prot is basically haste/anything else

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makes gearing really easy imo

visual marsh
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Thank you!

outer dew
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Nah, I'm becoming a crit/mastery monkey

echo granite
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hello guys where i can find pawn profiles?

undone sun
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You can't

steel mauve
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no pawn profiles or stat weights for prot warriors

last mason
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Merekthas fang is trash for prot also right

steel mauve
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ya

true plover
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405 Feather w/ socket , 395 Vial, 400 alc stone. Which 2 for M+ when not worried about surv?

ivory swallow
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Vial ez huge blast dps

true plover
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I'm thinking Feather/Vial for dps and Feather/Diamond for surv.

quiet kettle
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the almanac is a great alternative to feather too imo

warm plinth
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Virtually impossible to get a good ilevel of it though

sick sentinel
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question on Champions of Light - how do you drop stacks through kiting? Seems like debuff is too long

fierce juniper
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Wait for wave of light cast to start, leap out, run away, cast spell reflection before the boss reaches you

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should be able to reset that way

ember crest
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can do same on prayer of the fallen cast as well

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SR just before cast ends and it should reset

dark lark
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thoughts on endless hunger trait?

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either that or deafening crash x2 :X

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which is just for extra damage i know

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mainly doing M+

sick sentinel
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Why rumbling earth over storm bolt for mythic+?

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I used to use it but felt storm bolt has more uses and adds a 2nd longer stun

undone sun
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It's more situational than anything, CDR on shockwave isn't bad

sick sentinel
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Does it make for better threat or something? Feels bad if you miss 3 targets and gotta wait full 40s

undone sun
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It does not

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I mean it could help if there are threat problems to help regain agro so melee don't die, but that's not just a tanks problem

sick sentinel
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@empty dock if you use spell reflect right before he grabs you, you take no damage while he is holding you and you only take the throw damage

honest canopy
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Thinking about racechange my Alliance Warrior

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I am Nelf Female for the Night Warrior looks/taints.

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But idk, feels a bit daft

quiet kettle
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imo draenei fem is best alli xmog

undone sun
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Taints huh.... skyhold

honest canopy
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Yaya, or whatever its called

undone sun
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Night elf and dwarf are really good for necrotic

quiet kettle
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even if i bash on basically everything alli for xmog (except fem drae and male dwarf) dwarf has good racials

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honestly, i'd go dark iron dwarf

sick sentinel
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I play with rumbling earth

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And I don't even feel bad about it

quiet kettle
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rumbling earth is definately better this season

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i'd only take storm bolt if ur comp needs the extra solo stun

sick sentinel
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I used rumbling earth the whole expac :V

warm plinth
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Just safer, especially if pugging 😬 Can't trust other people to stun all the time.

sick sentinel
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Well I don't pug lol

warm plinth
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Don't look at me; I'm not judging. I've been using it the whole time too haha.

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I just like it better.

sick sentinel
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I've had a solid team for like what, 2 months?

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It feels wrong to not have it

honest canopy
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I like rumbling earth

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Even tho, Stormbolt is excellent this season i think

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The Deathbolt reapers is UGH

sick sentinel
warm plinth
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lol

sick sentinel
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I think it's hard to underestimate power of any kind of stun, free beat time and stops things dead in tracks

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Chain pull weeks, get final mob of trash to 20% bolt move to pull next pack

quiet kettle
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@sick sentinel leather stacking group, thou druid does seem a bit odd when u have brews and veng as well

warm plinth
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But then why is BDK on the list with guardian 🤔

quiet kettle
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only thing i can think of the speedboost thing for death runs

sick sentinel
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I haven't even seen a feral or bear druid outside of a few lfr guys 90% dks cuz ez mode

quiet kettle
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well that and their still trying to keep it sumwhat up to date in case bear gets some love down the road

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their not adverse to reworking specs mid-xpac

stray violet
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Maybe they don’t have a brezz in the grp

sick sentinel
#

that actually makes sense

sand egret
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imagine asking for a tank that has a utility you want 🤔

quiet kettle
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its pugs

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u take what u can get

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ur core dps/heal group doesnt have a brez? better find one

open bluff
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nah

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just roll engineering

outer dew
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Release kultiran so I can meme as bear

warm plinth
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Amen

plain lake
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Looking for some Insight, these are my stats unbuffed (No into the fray or Shout on) Do I need to lay off the haste a little or should I try and keep it the same. I like to M+ tank but I mostly Raid

vocal nimbus
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Ilvl over any secondary stat

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Secondaries are so close to each other that the total amount of stats gained by an ilvl increase outweighs the haste or whatever secondary you want

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Also, there arent any caps you have to stop at

stray violet
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Does a socket outweigh the loss of 5 ilvl on boots

vocal nimbus
#

if i recall correctly yeah

honest canopy
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@sick sentinel we have a 404 Feral in guild

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Hes toppning dps in m+ on certain affixes

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But again. The best Feral in The world Will prob do more dps then The averake DH etc etc

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(not saying ours is, just that players matter)

quiet kettle
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feral is fine in m+ cause they can regen their energy between pulls

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but over the course of long fights they fall hard

idle cape
sick sentinel
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@idle cape bis

merry cave
#

415 engi goggles traits make me sad 😦

runic fractal
#

bloodrite or bloodsport?

livid moat
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Why is justwait using one strength gem in his hear ?

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I thought that you generally need only haste ones

bold zinc
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how should my opener e

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be

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on ST

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during raids

vocal nimbus
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You can check it at icyveins

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Theres a section about that

modest wedge
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Charge avatar shout 3x dc and prioritise shield slam

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Dc i mean clap

inner cairn
#

Strength does increase parry stat I believe @livid moat Or some other stat I can't remember off the top of my head

bold zinc
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so what azerite traits should i aim for

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for raiding

mellow bridge
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410 Ritual Bandages 400 Rezans 400 Opulence trinket with gem 400 mek trinket

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which two should I use for M+ and Raid? I guess not bandages but idk about the others

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I think Rezans and Opulence trinket?

marble cipher
#

I'd go rezan + opulence

bold marten
#

Hey guys quick question: how do you deal with the new season affix? Thunderclap, Avatar, Block or Def CD or do you start with def cd/shieldblock avatar and then thunderclap + shout

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I just want to know what is more important^^ Defense or DPS for aggro^^

spare estuary
#

just came back from a long long break i see prots in a good spot now ?

uneven mason
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We're certianly doing better in the community's perception

sturdy sable
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^

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exactly what i was gonna say mac

uneven mason
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I mean, if you were good with prot before 8.1, nothing really changed

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But now we have memeLord Sco's seal of approval, so everyone is like 👏 prot must have been massively buffed!!!

sturdy sable
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didnt he test prot with idom?

uneven mason
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Well to be fair

spare estuary
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i see i didnt really play prot at the start of bfa

uneven mason
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our talents were complete crap back then lol

sturdy sable
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lol

uneven mason
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they didn't get us fixed until just before release

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"fixed"

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but yeah in 8.0 it wasn't that Prot was horrible, it was that we were horrible compared to the othe tanks

dim blaze
#

I was watching glickz last night and his everchill anchor was doing 5%+ of his overall damage (a bit north of 1K dps). Seems like best option for dps oriented trinket?

rapid tide
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For m+ it's pretty insane, ay

daring marlin
#

Sounds like I need to get me one of them anchors.

rapid tide
#

Definitely worth to go fury loot on jaina

potent anvil
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Everchill is a strong aoe trinket for warriors in general. I liked it on ptr as prot.

red sun
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can overwhelming power stack?

rapid tide
#

Yep :-)

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Very much worth to run multiples

red sun
#

awesome thanks

tacit onyx
#

ignore pain can stack right? sorry for noob question i dont play prot much

rapid tide
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It can stack up to 1.3x original value

tacit onyx
#

ah, so pressing it back to back is pretty bad, thank you

rapid tide
daring marlin
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Unless you're getting aboslutely trucked.

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Like big boy pulls in M+

rapid tide
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Ye at 60-80k damage taken per second it's worth using back to back

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But Generally not :D

sage spindle
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hi yo

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new to prot

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should i stack bloodsport or iron fortress?

broken moon
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@sick sentinel i run with a DH friend most of the time and he’s got mongo dps, i chain pull too so if i haven’t gotten avatar back up via anger management it helps having shockwave off cooldown to stun adds to get Aggro off him or anyone else. It’s off CD fairly quickly and i almost never hit less than 3 targets so i personally like it better over stormbolt

waxen talon
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just curious

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is it normal that tanks swap add/boss in the middle of the fight on champion?

dim blaze
#

Hey @broken moon I run with DH friend too how do you handle your opener? Does your DH friend open right off the rip with eye beam? Feels like I’m always having to blow cds taunting and slamming single adds to get them back vs just TC/revenge AOE.

sand egret
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you should always be opening with Avatar > TClap

dim blaze
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Even then if he pops eye beam at the same time as I TC he will end up with threat on some

sand egret
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cast avatar and charge together then TClap immediately

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well the 2nd clap covers that 😃

broken moon
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@dim blaze there’s no reason to hold onto Avatar when running M+

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Use it on CD

dim blaze
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Ah ok I’ve been interrupting my rotation to single target then back rather than just TC,revenge,TC

broken moon
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And pump your anger into SB/IP

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It’s always avatar/dshout-dshout-avatar/dshout

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Use dshout to generate more rage and spend it

mystic fog
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Hey guys! Is there any fast way to get prot hidden artefact skin? or its still only in cave with emote event?

broken moon
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^ just the daily check

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Took me a few weeks

grand coral
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yo guys. is it possible to sim tank with max Into the Frey stacks? or is simcraft already considering it beeing full stacked?

rapid tide
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90% sure it sims with full stacks

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Can't confirm right now, not at home

waxen talon
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it usually sims that kind of thigns with most optimal scenario always

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like if u sim the stand away from others and get stacks of crit, it has in mind u got 100% uptime.

thin ore
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anyone tried using hekili as prot warrior?

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so I installed it and see how it differs from what I press, cause I am still nup

sick sentinel
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Why though

thin ore
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and one thing caught me eye

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in situations where ip is running and sb is not running it suggests to refresh ip

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where I would always press sb

sick sentinel
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Rotation helpers are ass except for like dhs and and rets

thin ore
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am I missing something or is it bugged

sick sentinel
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Yes it's wrong

thin ore
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as far as I can tell, the rest is ok thou

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it also doesn't seem to take thunderclap prio into account with defeaning crash

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but it also suggests unprocced revenge when I would press devastate

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should I use unproced revenge more often?

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I mean it spents rage to reduce cds

sick sentinel
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Still, you play different spells depending on how many enemies are in front of you, how much damage you are expecting to take and everything

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Dude

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Uninstall the addon

rapid tide
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Hekili is...

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I mean even for a rotation helper it's rather trash

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If you want one (and you don't) look at HeroRotation

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Aethys at least knows his shit 👌

sick sentinel
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If you want a rotation helper at the current state of the game you are really bad at the game and you will stay like that

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If you want to get better, play without it

rapid tide
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Basically

sick sentinel
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And read up on the guides

rapid tide
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It might help you as a bad player to not look that bad

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But you will always stay bad that way

sick sentinel
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The rotations currently are generally mindless

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It takes you like 30 mins to learn any spec to an acceptable level

bold bluff
#

hi guys, im new to warrior tank, do you guys know what the math behind my block amount

sick sentinel
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Block % or block chance?

bold bluff
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block%

sick sentinel
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Well it's based on the block stat from your shield's ilvl and traits that give block and against higher level enemies you block less

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There were the math somewhere when the new raid released

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Not sure if I can find them

thin ore
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is the block value that important that 5 ilvl on shield is better than a socket?

sick sentinel
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Yes

bold bluff
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k ty, np your explanation was enough

lavish oracle
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Iirc, the math for block is the same as armor: Block% = (Block / Block + K)*100

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Where K is some arbitrary blizzard determined value depending on the content

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But don't quote me on that

undone sun
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Bit complicated, though warrior has 100% block chance with SB up and whatever your mastery ix, is your block chance without Sb up, block value is more important for warrior than chance is for a paladin

lavish oracle
tawny sphinx
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So funny to watch these previously bdk’s playing high keys. Stacking last stand and shield wall. Making prot warri into bdk and start kiting like one :3

mental scarab
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Link video so we can laugh🤔

tawny sphinx
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Just see some of the top streamers who have been switching from bdk to warri and u see

mental scarab
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Oh

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Twitch im omw

oblique garnet
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Kiting LUL

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Unless its kr

sick sentinel
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kiting is a dps loss

silk mortar
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Dying is more of a dps loss sadly

mental scarab
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Then dont die🐥🐥🐥

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Only magic can hurt us

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🥺

silk mortar
#

Magic and ridiculous bleeds

daring marlin
near furnace
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bonded souls any good for prot?

astral crystal
#

it's a cool trait in concept but not as good as the spec specific ones

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anyone know if you need to have legionbreaker on when unlocking the heroic kj skin for it?

near furnace
#

thanks

undone vale
#

howdy all, does strength in numbers azerite trait stack?

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just the hp not the %?

honest canopy
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Friends

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Going hc reclear

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Saved up to rasta

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Bonusroll coinboss plus jaina, or mekka and jaina?

undone sun
#

Correct, @undone vale as is the norm for most stacking traits

undone vale
#

thanks thyme

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one more question

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400 alchy stone vs 395 howler

daring marlin
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alch stone is amazing

undone vale
#

ty

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soon ill have the next

daring marlin
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remember to carry pots with you too to make even more use of it 😃

covert saffron
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Hello everyone! I am struggling with my stats right now. My stat % is currently 17 Crit/16 Has/24 Mast/5 Vers. I seem to be doing fine with pure physical dmg mitigation but when I get into magic and such I can get hit real hard. Is there a point where I should be switching my haste gems/enchants to vers to provide a more leveled dmg profile? Prot Warrior Bamboogazer-Bloodhoof. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

daring marlin
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Always gem/enchant haste

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ignore secondaries for the most part. Ilvl>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>haste->everything else basically

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also magic fucks everybody the same except DK to a lesser extent

fickle geode
#

If you have to use the engi helm, what are the best M+ traits?

analog swift
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deafening crash

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and barrage

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according to sims

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but i've thought about fucking around with the gizmo for that haste

fickle geode
#

I've used the bombs and tbh I dont like them, that requires the mobs to always be there, seems to on average be like 2-4% of my damage from that trait

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overall

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not sure how good that really is

analog swift
#

that's super good

fickle geode
#

was also thinking about using the synaptic for 5% damage reduction too

sick sentinel
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@fickle geode gismo is the best

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bombs are so shit to play with in practice

analog swift
#

yeah it sims for less

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yeah i could see the gizmo giving me way more

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generally get around 2-4% of my damage from the bombs

sick sentinel
#

gismo is massive

fickle geode
#

I think so too

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alright ty

analog swift
#

plus i assume it would be just as good in ST

fickle geode
#

very true

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aite ty

neat lagoon
#

better to get 2 bloodsports or 2 fortress?

sick sentinel
#

fortress

sick sentinel
#

Noice, I just got HC everchill anchor :>

lavish oracle
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Fortress and Bloodsport are pretty close

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Personal preference really, Fortress does a fair amount of damage in M+

dim blaze
#

Thanks for all your help guys I'm asking a lot of noob questions but I'm getting better! Just pulled 19K dps almost 2 chest an 11 WC. Would have been better but we got too close to a patrol during a big pull and wiped. Think I woulda done 20K without that wipe too.

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Spent a lot more rage that run which meant my cooldowns were up soooo much faster due to AM

native bear
#

hows everychill for prot in mythic+? dmg wise

potent anvil
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about 4-5% of your overall

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which is pretty good for a trinket

regal echo
#

i have a question i keep loosing agrro for some reason in M+ as a tank

potent anvil
#

what's the question?

regal echo
#

i dont know how i can lose agrro so easy

potent anvil
#

could be a gear issue, or dps being trigger happy. generally you can hold threat with thunderclap + revenge in your first few GCDs.

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if you have trouble, you can do an early shockwave for damage control and try to pick up

regal echo
#

i lvl is 383

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tried that all still keep loosing aggro

fickle geode
#

Does ignore pain do any kind of pandemic timing or defensive stacking with it's HP absorbed at all? or does overlapping have any benefit

potent anvil
#

IP shield stacks up to 1.3x the amount. There's a weakaura done by Marok that indicates if you're close to capping.

fickle geode
#

Where would I find that? wago I take it?

potent anvil
fickle geode
#

Ty ty

regal echo
#

@potent anvil can the problem be azerite lvl?

native bear
#

are you talking about losing aggro to one single target

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or multiple?

regal echo
#

mullti

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single target i dont have any issues atm its on multi i cant keep agrro of everything

native bear
#

if its just one here and there

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its probably because you dont do enough to that one

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and they are focusing it with cd's

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if its 3-4+ at once

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you need to save demo shout for pulls or something

potent anvil
#

@regal echo Probably the dps being more geared and/or going ahead of you. Generally, you can charge -> thunderclap -> ss/revenge -> ss/revenge/devastate -> thunderclap. You can also tab-target shield slams/devastates

native bear
#

just to grab a lot of aggro at start

regal echo
#

my azarite lvl is 24 atm and i am playing with people that have higher and higher gear aswell

potent anvil
#

I would say its probably just an ilvl difference. Any tank will have trouble keeping aggro against dps if the ilvl gap is noticeable.

regal echo
#

my ilvl is 383 and there are like above 390

native bear
#

you are running UF, BV & AM right?

regal echo
#

yeah

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1223211

native bear
#

could run CT if mobs are spread

slim plaza
#

What is the ideal trait setup for m+? Crash x1, Bastion x3, Fortress x2? Getting my prot war alt geared up. Thanks!

potent anvil
#

Yeah pretty much that if you manage to get those traits.

blissful pebble
#

In terms of residuum spending I am currently about 3k saved I see in Marok's guide he advises waiting for a specific piece. Anyone got any greater insight into this logic as it seems to me that the 415 gambling option would give me a boost now and be quite unlikely not to pay off given the high mark up. Profile for reference: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/character/aerie-peak/Tankjoy

World of Warcraft

Tankjoy (Aerie Peak) ❮The Scholars of Light❯ - 120 Dark Iron Dwarf Protection Warrior, 402 ilvl

slim plaza
#

Thanks

regal echo
#

and what is the normal dps i should do as tank

potent anvil
#

Like on ST or overall in m+? Overall in m+ depends how much you pull and how often you facetank to stay in. Not sure on ST, if you follow the priority for dps'ing it should be sufficient enough I would imagine.

vocal skiff
#

That moment when you open up an emissary azerite cache and it's a piece with DC and BoM

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Now I can swap back a 370 to the 400 I had

potent anvil
#

@blissful pebble look at what the vendor offers, weigh your chances at a decent upgrade over your current piece to decide whether or not gambling will be worth it for you. imo

warm plinth
#

@blissful pebble I think the initial logic is that if you're raiding, you probably have access to at least decent ilevel azerite pieces, so being able to specifically choose an upgrade and get the exact traits you want is a better idea than randomly rolling for one for a relatively marginal ilevel increase that may or may not have the traits you want.

sick sentinel
#

99% of the time rolling a random is the play

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imo

warm hamlet
#

If i have an azerite piece already with deafening crash, and one with brace for impact, which of these two should i then use for my third azerite piece

south condor
#

Depends on the content but I would take Brace for Impact

sick sentinel
#

brace

warm hamlet
#

okay thanks

muted pecan
#

Does prot warrior only have one taunt?

vocal nimbus
#

yes

cloud prism
#

how does prot feel about the new alchemy trinket?

cosmic oasis
#

you can leap and taunt right away though

warm plinth
#

@cloud prism It's good, but the usual good prot trinkets are typically better than the alc trinket if you have them at similar ilevel.

normal trellis
#

Hey guys
I need advice on my trinket choices. I have:
400 Alchemist Stone
400 Rastakan Trinket
400 Rezan Eye
385 Knot

What Combo should I use for 1) Raid Progression and 2) M+?

open bluff
#

rezan's and knot

sick sentinel
#

Thunder clap with Avatar up can be considered as an AoE taunt

warm plinth
#

Yeah, probably rezan and knot for both scenarios.

normal trellis
#

And which is defensively better? Rastakan or Alchemist?

open bluff
#

alch stone has some use in m+ if you have a ton of health pots and no actual lock

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but otherwise rezan's/knot for everything out of those trinkets

cloud prism
#

thanks, ghash. i normally tank on other classes, but we dont have a warrior at all for our raid team, so i just switched.

normal trellis
#

Alright, thanks a lot

sick sentinel
#

@muted pecan you can taunt, the HC leap in minimum range and retaunt again ( HC leap refreshes the CD)

warm plinth
#

Eh, I think Rastakhan trinket is too situational to compare to alc stone for defensive purposes. Bargain is essentially worthless if you never proc it (other than the str main stat), whereas the str proc from alc stone will provide a defensive benefit any time it procs by giving you a health/armor/IP boost.

sick sentinel
#

if you are playing well, the rastakan trinket is just a stat stick

open bluff
#

bwonsamdi's is only useful when you're figuring out your part of a fight

normal trellis
#

Thanks Ghash, didn’t even think about the missing effect if I don’t even die

open bluff
#

and is pretty garbage after that

cloud prism
#

im using the mekka trinket and sinister gladiators safeguard, 400 and 395 respectively

open bluff
#

(so you get about 10 pulls or so worth of use every fight)

warm plinth
#

Woah, woah. Gnomes, goblins, and dwarves are warriors too man.

sick sentinel
#

@ornate parcel this is not the place for that stuff, I would recommend you to join the discords that are dedicated for this

oblique garnet
#

Does grong enrage at 6 minutes in mythic?

sick sentinel
#

Yes late

ornate parcel
#

Soz my bad

#

I will delete right away.

sick sentinel
#

And my grog kill was at 6m 5s

oblique garnet
#

we wiped at 1.1% :)))

sick sentinel
#

@oblique garnet the balls alone should deal 30% of the bosses health

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He enraged at 6%, we brought him to 5% and shot him with the ball

oblique garnet
#

yeah we didnt have a ball up at that point because 4 of our dps died to fire : )

warm plinth
#

That's the DPS's job, isn't it? We need a fight where you literally stand in every bad thing to kill the boss.

#

Then those folks would finally shien

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shine*

sick sentinel
#

No they would stay out of the fire then

warm plinth
#

You're probably right 😦

#

Wait, that's hurting the boss? activates movement speed ability and runs away

muted pecan
#

@sick sentinel so if during grong the other tank gets thrown and your taunt (8sec) isnt available until that that tank lands for impact... will you be too late to taunt then (you need leap) or would it be fine to use taunt then

sick sentinel
#

I don't tank in raids, only in mplus but I suppose you will need to leap

#

Also

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Why aren't you being thrown?

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You can spell reflect the grab damage

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And take half the damage the other tank would take

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You can also leap into intercept on an ally to save the time the leap takes

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If you only want the taunt reset

muted pecan
#

Why take half the damage? And what do you mean leap into intercept

warm plinth
#

Because you can spell reflect the grab damage; you won't get the DoT from it. Also I'm pretty sure Leap triggers the taunt reset on cast, not landing, so you should be able to pretty much Leap+Taunt.

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He's just saying you can get to the ground faster after leaping by intercepting an ally

sick sentinel
#

If you leap and exactly after tou intercept somebody, you save time

muted pecan
#

What does intercepting mean

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Sorry im not a warrior

sick sentinel
#

Charge

warm plinth
#

It's the warrior charge

sick sentinel
#

Protection warriors charge can target allies

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And it is called spell reflect

#

Also about the grab

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He first grabs you, you take a dot and then he throws you

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If you use spell reflect before he grabs you

#

You don't take grab damage, only throw damage

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Which is about 150k

muted pecan
#

Grab damage is only like 25k

sick sentinel
#

Per tick

steel mauve
#

about 150k total on mythic before DR's i think, which means you can completely negate that damage with spell reflect

warm plinth
#

Yeah it's like 33k per tick for 5 ticks I think

sick sentinel
#

If it was negligible then tanks would not get an external for every single grab

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The spell reflect basically makes you healable without needing an external

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So you can use them for the orb holder of the ranged add

steel mauve
#

that and the 100k you're about to take landing after the throw

muted pecan
#

I was pretty sure that grab doesnt do a dot, it just does 25k then the impact does another 150k. I will review the logs again

steel mauve
#

it does 33k every 1 second for 5 seconds while stunning you

sick sentinel
#

150k is like half a tank's health, not that much

warm plinth
#

Bestial Throw is a DoT. Bestial Impact is the impact.

steel mauve
#

fear comes right after you land for the throw, thats 150k + about 100k for the impact plus 65k for the fear

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right in a row

errant oriole
#

hey all

#

stupid question.... do prot wars get a heal from ignore pain or something?

vocal nimbus
#

A shield

sick sentinel
#

It's an absorb but it shows in the hps

steel mauve
#

they absorb damage but it doesnt heal innately

errant oriole
#

ah ok

#

was wandering lol

polar cloak
#

prot wars still using haste on weapon enchant

steel mauve
#

yes

sick sentinel
#

Yes

errant oriole
#

yes

honest canopy
#

So now i am sittning on all The trinkets except The coinboss one

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And a 410 with The crit procc

#

Well see tomorrow wich setup to use. Zz

thin ore
#

I will be tanking opulence for the first time tomorrow. Any pro tips? Do I need to cd for the tank hit in p2?

steel mauve
#

havent done mythic yet, but the heroic one i didnt cd for, didnt do much with block up

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as long as you arent tanking with out the diamond shield

honest canopy
#

I never got The shield off

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Its There forever

thin ore
#

on mythic?

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hm

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tanknotes.tk mentions that the coin sweep is blockable so I guess it is a non-issue.

teal kelp
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So what is the optimal azerite trait setup?

thin ore
sick sentinel
honest canopy
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@sick sentinel heya bud

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Hows life

sick sentinel
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Mostly a bitch

honest canopy
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The struggle is real

sick sentinel
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Rn visiting my parents tho, got the chance to chill

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Good food as well 👌

honest canopy
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Ah, was at my psrrents The other Day. My fathers 60th bd. Hanged out with The kids, had gucci good, enjoyed life in General

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Sittning at The following: 390 Rezan, 410 Crusted block, 400 Bwosandi bargsin, 410 giga wolt, 395 Jesse howlin

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Cant get around what i wanna use

sick sentinel
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Block+rage

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And farm AD

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Also coin opulence

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thoughts? better traits to pick?

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i also have engineer goggles 390

warm plinth
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Is that shimmering haven on two of them? I hate that trait

clear quarry
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Anyone ever run honey potpie while tanking?

sick sentinel
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it is shimmering yes

outer plume
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Meticulous scheming for prot over a second deafening crash?

sick sentinel
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last i knew DCx2/3 was a meme and you were bad if you did it

warm plinth
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Not really. It is a meme, but that doesn't mean additional traits are bad.

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I think comparisons like that will be so much easier when we have fully functional sims.

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Obviously DC is purely a damage trait after the first trait though; scheming is both offensive and defensive. It's just really gimmicky to me at a glance; I haven't had experience with it though so idk how much it procs

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It's about 1ppm I guess according to wowhead

sick sentinel
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@sick sentinel your traits are fine except Azerite veins

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so don't stack DC? i could x3 it

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Nah

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If you wanna do more damage you stack BoM

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been having trouble completing anything over a 7 at 397 ilvl and it's driving me mad

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I would suggest you take winds of war instead of Azerite veins

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AV is only good in grievous weeks or when your healer is asleep

teal kelp
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why is it we only want 1 deafening crash?

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is the damage not worth it?

cedar frigate
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Doesn't stack the extended duration.

undone sun
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Better options, stacking maybe for meme levels of damage

teal kelp
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also what about bastion of might? better for m+ but low priority for raid right?

sick sentinel
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Bastion of might is amazing in mplus

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Amazing damage and when you use avatar you become basically invincible to physical attacks

steel mauve
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pretty much, BoM bis for m+ stacking 3 of them, but lowest priority for raids for prot specific traits

muted pecan
warm plinth
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I know; that's what I said. The first guy didn't use it and took damage from Bestial Throw. The second guy did use it and did not take damage from Bestial Throw. I was just showing you the lack of Bestial Throw damage on the guy that did use reflect.

vocal quiver
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Hey guys will be tanking rastkhan heroic tonight any particular tips?

steel mauve
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within those 6 seconds the first guy took 230k damage just from the throw mechanic

muted pecan
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mb thanks @warm plinth, do you know the timing required for that SR to reflect the throw dot?

steel mauve
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could have avoided the healers needing to spend resources to cover 130k dmg in 5 seconds

warm plinth
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Just have to have it up when he does the throw

steel mauve
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during the cast

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youve got like 2 seconds to do so

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he does the same amount of abilities so you should be able to tell when the throw is happening i believe

muted pecan
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If our strat is to have one tank take every 1st and 3rd combo ability as well as the throw while the other tank only takes the 2nd ability... do you think the warrior tank should take those abilities or the DK? the counterargument is that warrior is better against melees right

steel mauve
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any thing you can block would be good, smash and throw

muted pecan
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DK can AMS the impact

outer dew
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dk also gets fucked

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being thrown 50 miles away

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from target

muted pecan
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not sure if we should have the warrior get thrown and take the 1st and 3rd smash/rend or the DK

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ya

brave mauve
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Safeguard the thrown tank 😩 👌

thin ore
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we killed him today with bdk and warri and walking back was np. just tell your dps not to go to the end of the room. it's not needed.

analog swift
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hey guys subbing in to tank heroic jaina tonight

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anything different that prot warrior can do?

thin ore
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if you get blasted off the ship, you can charge back :D

analog swift
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LOL perf

sage spindle
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Hi guys, what outering trait do i want for tanking m+? Im thinking bloodsport and iron fortress

neat lagoon
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Deafening Crash is always > Than yes both of those are good. Fortress is very good

steel mauve
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BoM

sage spindle
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Deafening is the one that extend the debuff time right?

neat lagoon
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yes

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of Demo shout, so you can have Demo shout on a trash pull basically the entire time from pull till they die lol

sage spindle
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How

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It only extend 2 s

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Thunderclap is. 5s cd

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If i were to stack, i would stack iron fortress over bloodsport right?

astral crystal
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ye

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for most situations

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if youre struggling with magic dmg, try bloodsport

sage spindle
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Im trying to think when would i need magic dmg mitigation

astral crystal
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there's not all that many situations in raids right now

lucid bough
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shrine

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toldagor casters

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the bilge rats or wtv the name

astral crystal
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eh that's just if youre going to facetank things, more often than not you should have a coordinated group with interrupts/stuns etc

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and there's plenty of los in td for example

neat lagoon
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With enough haste and blowing rage gained asap, on a heroism pull I can you Demo Shout Back to Back. On trash mobs if I get a quick navigation proc or something, yes a group can easily kill the trash while Demo shout it on them or just falling off

steel mauve
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DC extends demo shout by 2 seconds up to 6 extra seconds, you only need 1 of em, stack 3X BoM and then most likely IF or CR for M+

neon tangle
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@sage spindle don't forget that for every other demo shout you'll have avatar

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which lowers the CD on thunderclap to 3s

sage spindle
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ohhh

neon tangle
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(assuming you're running the right talents)

steel mauve
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even then with out avatar you can still max out at 6 seconds with tclap

keen pivot
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Hey, quick question, tanking Jaina, does block actually do anything with her?

warm plinth
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Yeah, the icicle tihng she throws is blockable

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thing*

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Ice Shard

timber nest
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feels like the socket might be better tbh

warm plinth
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Nah, 410 will still be very slightly better

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Like 5 stats

timber nest
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i actually gain 22 stats

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cuz i can gem +40 haste

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i lose 14 str, lose 6 crit, gain 2 mastery, gain 40 haste

warm plinth
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You get 1056 total stats with the 410, 1051 with the 405+socket

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Have to figure stamina for socket value as well

steel mauve
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^

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all the stats

silent cobalt
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I need some help with the H Opulence fight: after adds die and we're on Opulence, tanks(2) have diamond shield. When Tank A shield depletes, it has to break before Tank B should taunt. If the Tank A's shield DOESN'T break, then Tank B's shield doesn't work.

Is this correct?

hollow edge
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Taunt when they get depleted shield.

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I think, have only done heroic opulence once

timber nest
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yah, only tank swap when the other tanks shield is gone @silent cobalt if its breaking early, they arent mitigating properly

steel mauve
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it will only refill if it breaks, if you dont let your co tanks shield break then they will never get a completely new one

silent cobalt
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@timber nest Can you please expand on "breaking early?" What is there to break early on?

steel mauve
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its more so yours should be back up before theirs depoletes,

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although idk about a dk or the like but shield tanks shouldnt break theirs until their co tanks is back

rapid wren
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what wep enchant should i use as prot

steel mauve
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quick nav

rapid wren
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kk ty

silent cobalt
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Will tank shields take damage before the diamond shield does?

round vortex
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It's literally just taunt when diamond runs out. It's almost a non-issue to worry about tank deaths on that fight

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I just call our to my other taunt to taunt once the shield is depleted. You can take a few hits without the shield as well. Blocking is super effective there. you won't get one shot

open bluff
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Blocking is considered mitigation @silent cobalt so yes

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Absorbs are calculated after armor and damage reduction (eg block)

silent cobalt
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Thank you, this is super helpful info!!!

warm plinth
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What does that have to do with Thunder Clap or warriors at all lol

honest canopy
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Morning friends

warm plinth
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👋

final mist
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@mental scarab not the place for that

honest canopy
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Anyone have a clue if its possible to hide AngryAssigments while there aint anything written?

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The big red bar is qutie anoying

undone sun
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click the lock

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will still have the clickable AA space however big you had it scaled to, but the red bar is gone once locked in place

honest canopy
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Thank you

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I didnt think of the outgreyed lock as interactive -_-

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One last question if someone might now, using the standard raid / party frames. Is there a way to get rid of the sizing border? With the small tabs. Make borderless frames was easy, but now i have this grey line around all the stuff

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Got it, just had to lock. Sorry for spam 😃

warm plinth
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You and your addon locking

honest canopy
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Yaya

teal kelp
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at what item level of trinket should we replace blockades?

inland mesa
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if you're dying a lot, don't, if you aren't then any good trinket at 370 or higher probably

fringe marten
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Blockades is just not super relevant any more, the raw hp just isn't quite doing what 370/385/400 trinkets do.

teal kelp
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gotcha

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i just swapped to prot warrior from my 405 boomkin for my guild

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so still learning

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currently i have a 370 Jes's Howler, 370 vial of Animated Blood, and Blockades

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using Jes's Howler, and blockades

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Also is there a general rule against double on use for tanking?

inland mesa
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use vial, line up with avatar, win the game

teal kelp
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i know its a bad thing for dps

inland mesa
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it's annoying, but meh

teal kelp
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Jes's howler more for survival?

fringe marten
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Mattie, what is your shield at? and do you know why it's ilevel is very important?

teal kelp
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block rating

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its 380

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block = like 3 times the block rating of your shield or something right?

fringe marten
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k; not bad then. and you generally don't want double on use trinkets for tanks either.

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That being said the basic framework to understand from basic to more advanced is; you only block in a wide cone in front of you..if you tank M+ or dungeons keep the swarm in front of you. Block parry and dodge are all remove from hits from your flank and rear.

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Learn how to string mitigation together, don't blow everything at once..but generally you're using things like demo shout and last stand on cooldown 'usually'

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after you have a solid hand on how not to over mitigate and leave too large a gaps in defense; lastly comes learning how to use spell reflect well. Generally it's a huge memorization game..I'm honestly surprised there isn't a reflect weak aura built.

final mist
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Block rating is different than that. Block amount is taken using the enemy's K-value (which is different based on what difficulty you're facing); simple fact is, ilevel upgrades on shields are always better, no matter what.

fringe marten
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I think he understands that block value IE shield ilevel is critical.

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I believe your armor? filters the hit first..then shield block % is taken into account...then absorbs get hit. I honestly always forget the order of operations of damage taken.

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But you get hit for a million damage. Your armor filters (at my current gear level) like 62%, depends on str buffs, so 600k is gone, 400k is left...your block value now reduces that remaining amount. my current shield is 410 and with just one iron fortress I think I go to 50 or 51% block reduction. so 400k is taken down to 200k...then ignore pain would kick in. This is against a level 120 opponent. Raid targets would penetrate more due to level.

floral tinsel
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There is a weak aura for reflect

fringe marten
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But you now understand why block is so powerful against damage it filters. which is..white melee hits, white ranged hits (including jainas ice shards) and a handful of raid mechanics.

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One of those mechanics being the 'leap' from Roka the siegebreaker in king rastakhan fight.

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He does meteor slam, people soak..he leaps back to you once. He applies 'crushed' amplifying the next leap by 500%....supposed to tank swap.

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after his next meteor smash...he'll leap back to you. If you are FACING him where he leaps to you, and have shield block up (and for safety I pop shield wall) it does just a chunk of your hp in damage.

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it's supposed to be like a million damage hit. But we can cheese it though pure mitigation...of course paladins and shit can cheat it too

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My overall point here being; there's understanding the basic framework of warrior..then learning where all our class abilities actually become very powerful. and then you'll start seeing why warrior is a very good raid tank.

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There's a weak aura with every current content spell that's reflectable...and warns you as such?

narrow abyss
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In pins

fringe marten
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oh nice ..already spent the time to memorize 'em but that's still cool.

warm plinth
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It's not all spells technically; just boss abilities, but still very useful.

grizzled steeple
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How are you guys using your Jes Howlins trinket? Purely as a defensive CD or varies?

warm plinth
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Assuming you don't have another on-use trinket, probably on CD/with every other Avatar

dusky mica
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defensive in raids, meaty clap damage in dungeons

modest wedge
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Just use it on cd

grizzled steeple
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using rezan / jes atm, 99% focused on m+

warm plinth
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Use it with Avatar; should line up approximately with every other one.

grizzled steeple
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Sounds like a plan, thanks 😃

teal kelp
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Thanks for all the info @fringe marten much appreciated 😃

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Also is it possible to heroic leap the meteor smash? I thought I read the somewhere

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Like if you time it right you can avoid it all together

outer dew
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Ayy

fringe marten
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The meteor smash is the one needed to be soaked by multiple people; then he leaps BACK to you. it might be but you're risking a Brez and a tanks life on trying to time a leap perfectly..? you can literally just mitigate the hit.

outer dew
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Wtf

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I cant ping late

teal kelp
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That’s fair

outer dew
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@oblique garnet ya boi back might be back to raid tanking

spiral badger
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TC good for prot warriors?

sick sentinel
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it is a general trait

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therefore it is not

terse dragon
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When do you guys use devastate?

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When no everything else is on CD?

sick sentinel
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well it's a filler

terse dragon
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Gotcha

north owl
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hey, still dark iron dwarf best race for protect warrior ?

summer kestrel
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Why it would be best

sick sentinel
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it's the best for necrotic

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but nobody said they are the best for warriors

outer dew
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If you're Allianz e

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Alliance

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Only option is NE for n+

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M+

north owl
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yes i'm alli

sick sentinel
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imagine being alliance

craggy bay
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Hey guys , question about opening rotation here I am not if i am understanding the guide correctly. Our opening rotation is Charge+Recklesness>Siegebreaker>bloodthirst>rampage? Right now it feels like i am wasting alot of uptime on the recklessness just getting enough rage ready to start Rampaging..

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wrong zone lol sry

outer dew
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Dawg

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This is prot

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Lmao

craggy bay
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noticed XD

outer dew
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And wrong orser

ionic fern
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Imagine Recklesness with Avatar tho

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Gimme that shit

outer dew
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Pot - reck - charge

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Reck will eat a gcd

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@ionic fern you still maining pala?

ionic fern
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80/20 towards Warr atm