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ah ok thanks 😃
Need trinket advice - M+ focus - 400 rezan, 400 block, 400 vial, 405 RAGE
Rezan+Vial imo
Cool just got vial was hoping it’d be an upgrade
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 😂
rage?
grong trinket you mean?
@dim blaze Grong trinket is NERFED for prot
its not the same damage as arms or fury
its lower
Ramping Amplitude Gigavolt Engine = RAGE
oh
what the shit lol
but why
there's another trinket called Grong's primal rage
why not just call it engine lol
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
yeah
blizzard needs to get their abbreviations together, too much shit with the same letters
XD
I remember people used to call Deadmines VC for Van Cleef or whatever to avoid confusion
too be fair grongs primal rage is called grong trinket, so rage trinket can easily be mekka's since thats its acronym
or at least ive only ever seen it called grong trinket, so that could be its clarification
@lusty grotto they changed it
grong trinket is same as arms and fury for prot now
and then some cuz of ITF
Hah sorry for confusion
Yeah, prot was the only tank it was nerfed for in the first place, and it was fixed/undone/whatever
I've heard it's pretty good on ST. Deswind said it was fairly decent on 4-6 targets but got worse past that.
Though I'm not sure if that was after they unnerfed it for prot or not
anyone else randomly dcing?
not here
the only gem ive gotten has been food gem
I finally got 2 helms
Was ready for my 2 gems/day
Shared cooldown 😭
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
yikes
i got the 400 stat gem once, was pretty cool
I feel like race changing to Tauren, but I hate the look of tauren. Really miss war stomp though and the extra Stan
Stam
BE racial is kinda wasted
A couple questions, if you guys don't mind.
- 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?
- 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!
play what looks good, the races dont matter a huge amount outside of necrotic week
@empty dock i've been able to drop it spell reflecting before she casts prayer for the fallen
the stack on champion stacks like every 7 seconds
so count to like 3-4 and use spell reflect after it restacks, if not counting to more
@steel mauve thanks! I'll be sure to look for that.
also for grong, just make sure you go out with full IP if possible, demo should be fine as well
if you die it's possible youre just not being healed
person being thrown does need some heals
i save shield wall for when im being thrown with double bite
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
or just call for a bop there
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
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.
it's a high dmg situation so it's not a huge deal to call for externals
and rotate your own cooldowns obviously
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
Maybe I will just let the healers know that I will use shield wall on the first taunt swap in anticipation of being thrown,
Then they can external me from there
Thanks guys!
+14 FH LUL
380 Rezans Eye vs 395 Briny Barnacle (for mythic+)
hey guys, how good is the waepon from waycrest?
poopoo
ok
Imagine KR wep being good
?
Does the shadowmeld trick for reaping still work for NE's or did they change it ?
did it yesterday
Realized that wowhead and icy veins differ on recommended build between rumbling earth and storm bolt for M+
Which do you guys prefer?
If your group has no other aoe stun then rumbling earth is okay
Stormbolt in my situations
I swapped to rumbling and really missed my storm bolt. Think I’ll swap back
icy veins is our guide @dim blaze
its written by Marok
wowhead's guide is written by someone else
@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
anyone using bonded souls?
not over protection traits @broken kite
@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." 😃
brace for impact or iron fortress for defense?
depends on the content
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?
please read up next time 😉
@empty dock
it's like 3rd and 4th for both
I taunt for the combos
one is higher than the other for each content type
brace for impact tooltip says "may overlap"
aka stack?
but not extend duration?
like iron fur?
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
depends on your Shield Slams of course
you mean proc luck
no
duration is 9 secs but I feel like you cast shield slam more often than that
if you're casting shield slam less than once every 9 seconds it's because you're dead
Thanks Mighty
then why is iron fortress better in m+? because you block more stuff because trash mobs?
because in M+ youre not SSing as much
Because you use SS less in AoE
thats true
k thx guys
gemhide or impassive visage?^^
impassive visage for m+ I assume?
IV is more fun to get 99 healing parses 👍
so like
im doing my first HC pug
and i've been following whatever @steel mauve said about resetting stacks
HC is different
but on add phase, that fucker stacks way faster
Mythic you can reset easily, heroic not so much
Can have a dps taunt or time a SR+ leap away and run for it lmao
yeah that's easy on anything other than add phase
i guess it should be manageable
during add phase, it doesn't go up for too much
Is the dps kind of low? If you can reset once that should be enough even with mediocre dps
Cuz with higher dps you don’t need to drop stacks like with guild we just kill it and stacks are fine
yikes
Oof yeah that’s low
This is the only real way to react to howler
ok yeah i think i understand how to reest now
it helps if i have bounding talented yikes
i suppose add phase you just have to man up and take the hits
so basically you want one SR for one swing, and leap just before the next swing if no casts happen
or 3 tank it 😉
heheh
or, if you're really feeling spicy
disorient yourself from the add cast
5 seconds of boss not attacking you
ours usually live when i need to do it
its last resort but it works
welp im in another pug, hopefully i'll be add tank 😉
No one uses the darmoon tank trinket right?
it's still good for a survival trinket until you get to trinkets near 380+
@lusty grotto First boss or what? o.O
https://gyazo.com/b1b7f0e7a26de2b8812143e85fd2e8f3 Which 2? My gut is telling me the 405/410 with Haster Mastery.
how to make enemy nameplates to change color if you lost threat
first time tanking
depends on ur ui
and if ur using any nameplate addons
most addons/uis have options for this
prot in 2v2 is disgusting
most tanks are disgusting in 2s/3s if played right
prot warr and veng DH are walking CC machines
prot pally is utility extraordinaire
bdk is pretty much a fuck u to mages everywhere
or really any ranged
bears are anti-melee iirc
cant remember what makes brews annoying in pvp
lol
just wiped 9 times to grong
i gotta say though
i like the tank mechanics
in the raid
What kind of dmg do you guys average in a M+ key?
Yeah overall run
20-35k depending on dungeon
yeah @oblique garnet first boss
got that chest asap 😃
now to keep running for shield and 2 hander 😦
We have always ignored the tank swap mechanic on that boss by just zerging the boss
@fickle geyser how do you end up with 35k overall ? Do you kill the last reaping in every dungeon or🤔
have to wonder as well, as most groups try to skip the final reaping
Most ive done this week is 27k and that was basically pulling double all the way through dungeon in freehold
i think i had 35k in wm last week. just pulled like a idiot and 
cant do that this week with explosive
cant really do it next week either due to bolstering
next week definitely no
You can
So 20+ is what I should be doing this week? I think I’m spending too much time single targeting down explosives
If everything dies at the same time
this week is more 15-20k at the high end
@dim blaze well for example dungeons like kr and tol are generally lower
if they don't mong orbs
you waste GCD's on orbs
vs clapping
esp when you gotta chain orbs
I’ve been in the 15 range for most of my dungeons this week, but I’ve been focusing a lot on the orbs
The more you get used to playing prot the less you lose killing the orbs
i´ve been between 20 and 25k, but we have good melees for orbs so dont really have to do much
Ive been averaging 22k+ this week with 700-900k dmg on orbs
Yeah I’ve been messing up then hmmm
Are you using revenge on CD as well? I’m still getting used to tanking and think I play really defensively with my rage
Honestly i dont think about the rotation at all so im really bad about giving tips on it
why use revenge on cd
why not
Just wondering how to pull those kinda of dmg numbers
revenge offense vs defense is really a comfort dynamic
i mean you can use it often especially if you have LS up
how comfortable are u in ur survival at that moment
but on cd... that's just bad rage management
unless if you're getting free revenges all the time
on aoe u mostly are
or ur not worried about needing rage for IP/SB
Youre basically never rage starved in m+ so its not bad trying to maximize damage
when u feel threatened just pop ip on top of sb
what
if not use revenge
Assuming you have BoM
yea we typed at the same time
@dim blaze what traits are you using?
i mean i push dmg if im not taking dmg
i see
1123311
traits, not talents
Oops
hehe
3x BoM, 2x DC, 1 IF
u dont need the double DC
Yeah you need to be doing quite alot more damage with those
but honestly ya, whenever ur rdy to pop avatar, pull bigger
Alternative to 2nd DC is dagger in back or Covenant
covenant
Yeah 2nd dc
imo
Dont go covenant
i dont fall below 50 or even 20 often enough, mind u thats in part me and my healer are very comfortable together
Or I could go with a different piece that has IF/brace
Not for m+
IF/brace is def a better raid piece
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.
tldr; cooldown management
Avatar on cd pretty much
and use ur defensive cds to pull bigger for bigger numbers 😃
remember avatar cd goes down with AM, no reason to hold it back
I should probably use shieldwall more often but i never feel the need to use it even when im pulling big🤔
except maybe just before a reap 😃
depending on the reap
if its sumthing like a lot of grave souls (casters) u def want sumthing like LS available
🤔
grave bolts hit pretty hard
Gotta stay los till they are grouped and then start blasting
Aren't grave bolts fixed 25% hp? Or am I mixing something up?
the whole LoS group thing fails when people run off due to that stupid bullshit on the ground
Once its done move back to the spot
i especially cry when the stupid boomkin is the one that goes on LoS and doesn't sunbeam for anything
pugs in 2019 🤔
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
yeah that's usually my go-to
And then you have shrine
I should get back to pushing keys ive been sittingnat 1500 for a week now
Yeah pretty much
i actually tell my unit to not stun/interrupt right after the los
and i pop reflect for the first bolts
usually gives time to recover any missed cds like stuns too
@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
i honestly only log in for like a few m+ per week and raids
Im just leveling and gearing up alts
I still need druid shaman and hunter at max lvl and then i have everything at max and geared pretty much🤔
I have nothing else to do since we raid 3 times a week
i just go play other games
Apex legends seemed promising game but idk really
When I got keystone master s1 and my group stopped until s2 I just played DOOM 2016
is too much haste a bad thing?
No such thing as too much haste
haste is the big boi of basically all warrs, regardless of spec
arms is crit/haste, fury is haste +crit/mast, and prot is basically haste/anything else
makes gearing really easy imo
Thank you!
Nah, I'm becoming a crit/mastery monkey
hello guys where i can find pawn profiles?
You can't
no pawn profiles or stat weights for prot warriors
Merekthas fang is trash for prot also right
ya
405 Feather w/ socket , 395 Vial, 400 alc stone. Which 2 for M+ when not worried about surv?
Vial ez huge blast dps
I'm thinking Feather/Vial for dps and Feather/Diamond for surv.
the almanac is a great alternative to feather too imo
Virtually impossible to get a good ilevel of it though
question on Champions of Light - how do you drop stacks through kiting? Seems like debuff is too long
Wait for wave of light cast to start, leap out, run away, cast spell reflection before the boss reaches you
should be able to reset that way
can do same on prayer of the fallen cast as well
SR just before cast ends and it should reset
thoughts on endless hunger trait?
either that or deafening crash x2 :X
which is just for extra damage i know
mainly doing M+
Why rumbling earth over storm bolt for mythic+?
I used to use it but felt storm bolt has more uses and adds a 2nd longer stun
It's more situational than anything, CDR on shockwave isn't bad
Does it make for better threat or something? Feels bad if you miss 3 targets and gotta wait full 40s
It does not
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
@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
Thinking about racechange my Alliance Warrior
I am Nelf Female for the Night Warrior looks/taints.
But idk, feels a bit daft
imo draenei fem is best alli xmog
Taints huh.... 
Yaya, or whatever its called
Night elf and dwarf are really good for necrotic
even if i bash on basically everything alli for xmog (except fem drae and male dwarf) dwarf has good racials
honestly, i'd go dark iron dwarf
rumbling earth is definately better this season
i'd only take storm bolt if ur comp needs the extra solo stun
I used rumbling earth the whole expac :V
Just safer, especially if pugging 😬 Can't trust other people to stun all the time.
Well I don't pug lol
Don't look at me; I'm not judging. I've been using it the whole time too haha.
I just like it better.
I like rumbling earth
Even tho, Stormbolt is excellent this season i think
The Deathbolt reapers is UGH
IMAGINE ASKING FOR A GUARDIAN DRUID LUL
lol
I think it's hard to underestimate power of any kind of stun, free beat time and stops things dead in tracks
Chain pull weeks, get final mob of trash to 20% bolt move to pull next pack
@sick sentinel leather stacking group, thou druid does seem a bit odd when u have brews and veng as well
But then why is BDK on the list with guardian 🤔
only thing i can think of the speedboost thing for death runs
I haven't even seen a feral or bear druid outside of a few lfr guys 90% dks cuz ez mode
well that and their still trying to keep it sumwhat up to date in case bear gets some love down the road
their not adverse to reworking specs mid-xpac
Maybe they don’t have a brezz in the grp
that actually makes sense
imagine asking for a tank that has a utility you want 🤔
its pugs
u take what u can get
ur core dps/heal group doesnt have a brez? better find one
Release kultiran so I can meme as bear
Amen
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
Ilvl over any secondary stat
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
Also, there arent any caps you have to stop at
Does a socket outweigh the loss of 5 ilvl on boots
if i recall correctly yeah
@sick sentinel we have a 404 Feral in guild
Hes toppning dps in m+ on certain affixes
But again. The best Feral in The world Will prob do more dps then The averake DH etc etc
(not saying ours is, just that players matter)
feral is fine in m+ cause they can regen their energy between pulls
but over the course of long fights they fall hard
Is this trinket any good?
@idle cape bis
415 engi goggles traits make me sad 😦
bloodrite or bloodsport?
Why is justwait using one strength gem in his hear ?
I thought that you generally need only haste ones
Strength does increase parry stat I believe @livid moat Or some other stat I can't remember off the top of my head
410 Ritual Bandages 400 Rezans 400 Opulence trinket with gem 400 mek trinket
which two should I use for M+ and Raid? I guess not bandages but idk about the others
I think Rezans and Opulence trinket?
I'd go rezan + opulence
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
I just want to know what is more important^^ Defense or DPS for aggro^^
just came back from a long long break i see prots in a good spot now ?
We're certianly doing better in the community's perception
I mean, if you were good with prot before 8.1, nothing really changed
But now we have memeLord Sco's seal of approval, so everyone is like 👏 prot must have been massively buffed!!!
didnt he test prot with idom?
Well to be fair
i see i didnt really play prot at the start of bfa
our talents were complete crap back then lol
lol
they didn't get us fixed until just before release
"fixed"
but yeah in 8.0 it wasn't that Prot was horrible, it was that we were horrible compared to the othe tanks
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?
For m+ it's pretty insane, ay
Sounds like I need to get me one of them anchors.
Definitely worth to go fury loot on jaina
Everchill is a strong aoe trinket for warriors in general. I liked it on ptr as prot.
can overwhelming power stack?
awesome thanks
ignore pain can stack right? sorry for noob question i dont play prot much
It can stack up to 1.3x original value
ah, so pressing it back to back is pretty bad, thank you
There is a good WA to track whether it's worth stacking in #268491842637660160
Ye at 60-80k damage taken per second it's worth using back to back
But Generally not :D
@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
just curious
is it normal that tanks swap add/boss in the middle of the fight on champion?
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.
you should always be opening with Avatar > TClap
Even then if he pops eye beam at the same time as I TC he will end up with threat on some
cast avatar and charge together then TClap immediately
well the 2nd clap covers that 😃
Ah ok I’ve been interrupting my rotation to single target then back rather than just TC,revenge,TC
And pump your anger into SB/IP
It’s always avatar/dshout-dshout-avatar/dshout
Use dshout to generate more rage and spend it
Hey guys! Is there any fast way to get prot hidden artefact skin? or its still only in cave with emote event?
yo guys. is it possible to sim tank with max Into the Frey stacks? or is simcraft already considering it beeing full stacked?
it usually sims that kind of thigns with most optimal scenario always
like if u sim the stand away from others and get stacks of crit, it has in mind u got 100% uptime.
anyone tried using hekili as prot warrior?
so I installed it and see how it differs from what I press, cause I am still nup
Why though
and one thing caught me eye
in situations where ip is running and sb is not running it suggests to refresh ip
where I would always press sb
Rotation helpers are ass except for like dhs and and rets
am I missing something or is it bugged
Yes it's wrong
as far as I can tell, the rest is ok thou
it also doesn't seem to take thunderclap prio into account with defeaning crash
but it also suggests unprocced revenge when I would press devastate
should I use unproced revenge more often?
I mean it spents rage to reduce cds
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
Dude
Uninstall the addon
Hekili is...
I mean even for a rotation helper it's rather trash
If you want one (and you don't) look at HeroRotation
Aethys at least knows his shit 👌
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
If you want to get better, play without it
Basically
And read up on the guides
It might help you as a bad player to not look that bad
But you will always stay bad that way
The rotations currently are generally mindless
It takes you like 30 mins to learn any spec to an acceptable level
hi guys, im new to warrior tank, do you guys know what the math behind my block amount
Block % or block chance?
block%
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
There were the math somewhere when the new raid released
Not sure if I can find them
is the block value that important that 5 ilvl on shield is better than a socket?
Yes
k ty, np your explanation was enough
Iirc, the math for block is the same as armor: Block% = (Block / Block + K)*100
Where K is some arbitrary blizzard determined value depending on the content
But don't quote me on that
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
Oh, here ya go @bold bluff http://blog.askmrrobot.com/diminishing-returns-other-bfa-tank-formulas/
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
Link video so we can laugh🤔
Just see some of the top streamers who have been switching from bdk to warri and u see
kiting is a dps loss
Dying is more of a dps loss sadly
Magic and ridiculous bleeds

bonded souls any good for prot?
it's a cool trait in concept but not as good as the spec specific ones
anyone know if you need to have legionbreaker on when unlocking the heroic kj skin for it?
thanks
Friends
Going hc reclear
Saved up to rasta
Bonusroll coinboss plus jaina, or mekka and jaina?
Correct, @undone vale as is the norm for most stacking traits
alch stone is amazing
remember to carry pots with you too to make even more use of it 😃
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.
Always gem/enchant haste
ignore secondaries for the most part. Ilvl>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>haste->everything else basically
also magic fucks everybody the same except DK to a lesser extent
If you have to use the engi helm, what are the best M+ traits?
deafening crash
and barrage
according to sims
but i've thought about fucking around with the gizmo for that haste
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
overall
not sure how good that really is
that's super good
was also thinking about using the synaptic for 5% damage reduction too
yeah it sims for less
yeah i could see the gizmo giving me way more
generally get around 2-4% of my damage from the bombs
gismo is massive
plus i assume it would be just as good in ST
better to get 2 bloodsports or 2 fortress?
fortress
Noice, I just got HC everchill anchor :>
Fortress and Bloodsport are pretty close
Personal preference really, Fortress does a fair amount of damage in M+
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.
Spent a lot more rage that run which meant my cooldowns were up soooo much faster due to AM
hows everychill for prot in mythic+? dmg wise
i have a question i keep loosing agrro for some reason in M+ as a tank
what's the question?
i dont know how i can lose agrro so easy
could be a gear issue, or dps being trigger happy. generally you can hold threat with thunderclap + revenge in your first few GCDs.
if you have trouble, you can do an early shockwave for damage control and try to pick up
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
IP shield stacks up to 1.3x the amount. There's a weakaura done by Marok that indicates if you're close to capping.
Where would I find that? wago I take it?
Yeah, it's linked in the #268491842637660160
Ty ty
@potent anvil can the problem be azerite lvl?
mullti
single target i dont have any issues atm its on multi i cant keep agrro of everything
if its just one here and there
its probably because you dont do enough to that one
and they are focusing it with cd's
if its 3-4+ at once
you need to save demo shout for pulls or something
@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
just to grab a lot of aggro at start
my azarite lvl is 24 atm and i am playing with people that have higher and higher gear aswell
I would say its probably just an ilvl difference. Any tank will have trouble keeping aggro against dps if the ilvl gap is noticeable.
my ilvl is 383 and there are like above 390
you are running UF, BV & AM right?
could run CT if mobs are spread
What is the ideal trait setup for m+? Crash x1, Bastion x3, Fortress x2? Getting my prot war alt geared up. Thanks!
Yeah pretty much that if you manage to get those traits.
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
Thanks
and what is the normal dps i should do as tank
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.
That moment when you open up an emissary azerite cache and it's a piece with DC and BoM
Now I can swap back a 370 to the 400 I had
@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
@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.
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
Depends on the content but I would take Brace for Impact
brace
okay thanks
Does prot warrior only have one taunt?
yes
how does prot feel about the new alchemy trinket?
you can leap and taunt right away though
@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.
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+?
rezan's and knot
Thunder clap with Avatar up can be considered as an AoE taunt
Yeah, probably rezan and knot for both scenarios.
And which is defensively better? Rastakan or Alchemist?
alch stone has some use in m+ if you have a ton of health pots and no actual lock
but otherwise rezan's/knot for everything out of those trinkets
thanks, ghash. i normally tank on other classes, but we dont have a warrior at all for our raid team, so i just switched.
Alright, thanks a lot
@muted pecan you can taunt, the HC leap in minimum range and retaunt again ( HC leap refreshes the CD)
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.
if you are playing well, the rastakan trinket is just a stat stick
bwonsamdi's is only useful when you're figuring out your part of a fight
Thanks Ghash, didn’t even think about the missing effect if I don’t even die
and is pretty garbage after that
im using the mekka trinket and sinister gladiators safeguard, 400 and 395 respectively
(so you get about 10 pulls or so worth of use every fight)
Woah, woah. Gnomes, goblins, and dwarves are warriors too man.
@ornate parcel this is not the place for that stuff, I would recommend you to join the discords that are dedicated for this
Does grong enrage at 6 minutes in mythic?
Yes late
And my grog kill was at 6m 5s
we wiped at 1.1% :)))
@ornate parcel on #148872210742771712 there is a link for the mplus friends discord, as there
@oblique garnet the balls alone should deal 30% of the bosses health
He enraged at 6%, we brought him to 5% and shot him with the ball
yeah we didnt have a ball up at that point because 4 of our dps died to fire : )
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
shine*
No they would stay out of the fire then
You're probably right 😦
Wait, that's hurting the boss? activates movement speed ability and runs away
@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
I don't tank in raids, only in mplus but I suppose you will need to leap
Also
Why aren't you being thrown?
You can spell reflect the grab damage
And take half the damage the other tank would take
You can also leap into intercept on an ally to save the time the leap takes
If you only want the taunt reset
Why take half the damage? And what do you mean leap into intercept
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.
He's just saying you can get to the ground faster after leaping by intercepting an ally
If you leap and exactly after tou intercept somebody, you save time
Charge
It's the warrior charge
Protection warriors charge can target allies
And it is called spell reflect
Also about the grab
He first grabs you, you take a dot and then he throws you
If you use spell reflect before he grabs you
You don't take grab damage, only throw damage
Which is about 150k
Grab damage is only like 25k
Per tick
about 150k total on mythic before DR's i think, which means you can completely negate that damage with spell reflect
Yeah it's like 33k per tick for 5 ticks I think
If it was negligible then tanks would not get an external for every single grab
The spell reflect basically makes you healable without needing an external
So you can use them for the orb holder of the ranged add
that and the 100k you're about to take landing after the throw
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
it does 33k every 1 second for 5 seconds while stunning you
150k is like half a tank's health, not that much
Bestial Throw is a DoT. Bestial Impact is the impact.
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/fA3FDCwx8tVcG1rZ#fight=8&type=damage-taken&source=2
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/ZAd7WBX2TcVQPbNq#fight=8&type=damage-taken&source=23&translate=true
Notice the 2nd dude took 0 damage from Bestial Throw, only the impact. First guy didn't SR; second guy did.
fear comes right after you land for the throw, thats 150k + about 100k for the impact plus 65k for the fear
right in a row
hey all
stupid question.... do prot wars get a heal from ignore pain or something?
A shield
It's an absorb but it shows in the hps
they absorb damage but it doesnt heal innately
prot wars still using haste on weapon enchant
yes
Yes
yes
So now i am sittning on all The trinkets except The coinboss one
And a 410 with The crit procc
Well see tomorrow wich setup to use. Zz
I will be tanking opulence for the first time tomorrow. Any pro tips? Do I need to cd for the tank hit in p2?
havent done mythic yet, but the heroic one i didnt cd for, didnt do much with block up
as long as you arent tanking with out the diamond shield
on mythic?
hm
tanknotes.tk mentions that the coin sweep is blockable so I guess it is a non-issue.
So what is the optimal azerite trait setup?
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Sittning at The following: 390 Rezan, 410 Crusted block, 400 Bwosandi bargsin, 410 giga wolt, 395 Jesse howlin
Cant get around what i wanna use
Block+rage
And farm AD
Also coin opulence
thoughts? better traits to pick?
i also have engineer goggles 390
Is that shimmering haven on two of them? I hate that trait
Anyone ever run honey potpie while tanking?
it is shimmering yes
Meticulous scheming for prot over a second deafening crash?
last i knew DCx2/3 was a meme and you were bad if you did it
Not really. It is a meme, but that doesn't mean additional traits are bad.
I think comparisons like that will be so much easier when we have fully functional sims.
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
It's about 1ppm I guess according to wowhead
@sick sentinel your traits are fine except Azerite veins
so don't stack DC? i could x3 it
Nah
If you wanna do more damage you stack BoM
been having trouble completing anything over a 7 at 397 ilvl and it's driving me mad
I would suggest you take winds of war instead of Azerite veins
AV is only good in grievous weeks or when your healer is asleep
Doesn't stack the extended duration.
Better options, stacking maybe for meme levels of damage
also what about bastion of might? better for m+ but low priority for raid right?
Bastion of might is amazing in mplus
Amazing damage and when you use avatar you become basically invincible to physical attacks
pretty much, BoM bis for m+ stacking 3 of them, but lowest priority for raids for prot specific traits
@warm plinth that first guy never used SR
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/fA3FDCwx8tVcG1rZ#fight=8&type=casts&source=2
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.
Hey guys will be tanking rastkhan heroic tonight any particular tips?
within those 6 seconds the first guy took 230k damage just from the throw mechanic
mb thanks @warm plinth, do you know the timing required for that SR to reflect the throw dot?
could have avoided the healers needing to spend resources to cover 130k dmg in 5 seconds
Just have to have it up when he does the throw
during the cast
youve got like 2 seconds to do so
he does the same amount of abilities so you should be able to tell when the throw is happening i believe
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
any thing you can block would be good, smash and throw
DK can AMS the impact
not sure if we should have the warrior get thrown and take the 1st and 3rd smash/rend or the DK
ya
Safeguard the thrown tank 😩 👌
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.
hey guys subbing in to tank heroic jaina tonight
anything different that prot warrior can do?
if you get blasted off the ship, you can charge back :D
LOL perf
Hi guys, what outering trait do i want for tanking m+? Im thinking bloodsport and iron fortress
Deafening Crash is always > Than yes both of those are good. Fortress is very good
BoM
Deafening is the one that extend the debuff time right?
yes
of Demo shout, so you can have Demo shout on a trash pull basically the entire time from pull till they die lol
How
It only extend 2 s
Thunderclap is. 5s cd
If i were to stack, i would stack iron fortress over bloodsport right?
Im trying to think when would i need magic dmg mitigation
there's not all that many situations in raids right now
eh that's just if youre going to facetank things, more often than not you should have a coordinated group with interrupts/stuns etc
and there's plenty of los in td for example
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
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+
@sage spindle don't forget that for every other demo shout you'll have avatar
which lowers the CD on thunderclap to 3s
ohhh
(assuming you're running the right talents)
even then with out avatar you can still max out at 6 seconds with tclap
Hey, quick question, tanking Jaina, does block actually do anything with her?
i actually gain 22 stats
cuz i can gem +40 haste
i lose 14 str, lose 6 crit, gain 2 mastery, gain 40 haste
You get 1056 total stats with the 410, 1051 with the 405+socket
Have to figure stamina for socket value as well
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?
yah, only tank swap when the other tanks shield is gone @silent cobalt if its breaking early, they arent mitigating properly
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
@timber nest Can you please expand on "breaking early?" What is there to break early on?
its more so yours should be back up before theirs depoletes,
although idk about a dk or the like but shield tanks shouldnt break theirs until their co tanks is back
what wep enchant should i use as prot
quick nav
kk ty
Will tank shields take damage before the diamond shield does?
It's literally just taunt when diamond runs out. It's almost a non-issue to worry about tank deaths on that fight
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
Blocking is considered mitigation @silent cobalt so yes
Absorbs are calculated after armor and damage reduction (eg block)
Thank you, this is super helpful info!!!
What does that have to do with Thunder Clap or warriors at all lol
Morning friends
👋
@mental scarab not the place for that
Anyone have a clue if its possible to hide AngryAssigments while there aint anything written?
The big red bar is qutie anoying
click the lock
will still have the clickable AA space however big you had it scaled to, but the red bar is gone once locked in place
Thank you
I didnt think of the outgreyed lock as interactive -_-
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
Got it, just had to lock. Sorry for spam 😃
You and your addon locking
Yaya
at what item level of trinket should we replace blockades?
if you're dying a lot, don't, if you aren't then any good trinket at 370 or higher probably
Blockades is just not super relevant any more, the raw hp just isn't quite doing what 370/385/400 trinkets do.
gotcha
i just swapped to prot warrior from my 405 boomkin for my guild
so still learning
currently i have a 370 Jes's Howler, 370 vial of Animated Blood, and Blockades
using Jes's Howler, and blockades
Also is there a general rule against double on use for tanking?
use vial, line up with avatar, win the game
i know its a bad thing for dps
it's annoying, but meh
Jes's howler more for survival?
Mattie, what is your shield at? and do you know why it's ilevel is very important?
block rating
its 380
block = like 3 times the block rating of your shield or something right?
k; not bad then. and you generally don't want double on use trinkets for tanks either.
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.
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'
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.
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.
I think he understands that block value IE shield ilevel is critical.
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.
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.
There is a weak aura for reflect
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.
One of those mechanics being the 'leap' from Roka the siegebreaker in king rastakhan fight.
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.
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.
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
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.
There's a weak aura with every current content spell that's reflectable...and warns you as such?
In pins
oh nice ..already spent the time to memorize 'em but that's still cool.
It's not all spells technically; just boss abilities, but still very useful.
How are you guys using your Jes Howlins trinket? Purely as a defensive CD or varies?
Assuming you don't have another on-use trinket, probably on CD/with every other Avatar
defensive in raids, meaty clap damage in dungeons
Just use it on cd
using rezan / jes atm, 99% focused on m+
Use it with Avatar; should line up approximately with every other one.
Sounds like a plan, thanks 😃
Thanks for all the info @fringe marten much appreciated 😃
Also is it possible to heroic leap the meteor smash? I thought I read the somewhere
Like if you time it right you can avoid it all together
Ayy
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.
That’s fair
@oblique garnet ya boi back might be back to raid tanking
TC good for prot warriors?
well it's a filler
Gotcha
hey, still dark iron dwarf best race for protect warrior ?
Why it would be best
yes i'm alli
imagine being alliance
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..
wrong zone lol sry
noticed XD
And wrong orser
80/20 towards Warr atm
