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lusty grotto
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but i like the KR raptor best

vocal nimbus
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i've got the crawg and i dont even care about mounts

sick sentinel
lusty grotto
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who knows

lucid bough
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~for last boss

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jaina

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you dont need haste

lusty grotto
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i mean yeah it makes sense for crit blocks

lucid bough
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he explained

outer dew
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prob also some bosses have high uptime atm

lusty grotto
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yeah there you go @lucid bough got it

sick sentinel
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Ahh ok thanks

hidden ether
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So is stacking DC a meme or no?

lusty grotto
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its not

steel mauve
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its good dps for aoe\

lusty grotto
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it just brings nothing defensively

hidden ether
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yeah i know it was i just didnt know if it made us to squishy

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is it better then BoM for aoe?

lusty grotto
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hell no

hidden ether
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so triple stack BOM and DC for the win 😛

lusty grotto
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mastery = attack power

hidden ether
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just didnt know which one had more output

lusty grotto
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a flat dmg increase will always be inferior

steel mauve
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BoM is extremely high dps, in m+ it's king

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it's possible TC may be more dps than DC, but i dont have numbers toi back that up

lusty grotto
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except TC is usually on the same ring as BoM

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so there's nothing too look at there

hidden ether
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Currently 2x BOM 2x BFI 1x DC 1x bloodsport

steel mauve
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and possibly other traits, TC and DC could be on the same ones but i havent looked at the items rings so idk if its always bom and TC

hidden ether
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could trade both BFI for DC

west kayak
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I run BFIx3, DC, BoM and IF.

hidden ether
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M+ or raid?

spark mortar
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So is anyone else out there getting absolutely trucked by Kimbul in Heroic?

west kayak
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Both atm. I could run DCx3 and BoMx3 if I needed to.

spark mortar
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I keep seeing my Blood DK and Paladin co-tanks getting shredded and anything more than 2 stacks for me feels like I'm tanking Zul's blood debuff.

lusty grotto
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?

steel mauve
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shouldnt be taking more than 2 any ways

spark mortar
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Even 2 feels rough at times. It hits pretty damn hard - and I watch my poor Blood DK friend just melt

oblique garnet
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you gotta kill kimbul first

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or asap

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otherwise you are fucked

winged elm
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If you're a dwarf just ironskin it off

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😄

lusty grotto
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uh oh here it comes

hidden ether
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Oh we are hitting that Friday what order do you all go in? I'm thinking gronk 3rd cause no debuff?

winged elm
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Gonk Kimbul Paku Akunda

spark mortar
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We are doing Gronk Kimbul Paku as well.

winged elm
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you can swap the last two

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if you want

hidden ether
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Why gronk first?

winged elm
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less people getting silenced

bright pagoda
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can you just log out for the hidden legion prot skin? wondering if it will just show no emote and ican pick it up

winged elm
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Because you start with Gonk and Paku

lusty grotto
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no @bright pagoda

hidden ether
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Ahh I forgot about that as tank

spark mortar
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Mages spellsteal Paku

steel mauve
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ya most orders ive seen are gonk > kimbul > paku > kimbul

winged elm
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You mean Akunda last but yeah

steel mauve
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ya akunda last

open bluff
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as long as kimbul's second and akunda's last the other two don't really matter wadner

hidden ether
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For normal I just tanked paku to max stacks but I am way over geared lol

open bluff
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but gonk first is definitely less annoying

winged elm
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Conclave, at least on Mythic is about the push times so you don't get bad overlaps.

bright pagoda
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can a mage spell steal forever on that fight? figure they would run oom unless they didnt attack

steel mauve
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ya but also mages get the buff too if paku stays up

winged elm
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If you don't have a mage to spell steal it can just be purged off

bright pagoda
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yea

oblique garnet
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@hidden ether you can tank paku in hc to full stacks aswell and just do the tank switches everytime the other one dies

bright pagoda
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nimchip is there something special that triggers it or im just wondering if leaving my war outside the vault and checking each day is fine, most of the info is mixed from early patch to a few comments in 7.3 flying into obsidian overlook

lusty grotto
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theres a roar sound and an emote

steel mauve
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enter the cave and you get an emote

lusty grotto
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the chance is daily though, so just keep trying the next day

steel mauve
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you can find the macro online and use it to see if it spawned that day as well, i entered the cave early on and got the emote but didnt see it and it never did the emote again for me but the macro still came back true eventually so i had to use it

bright pagoda
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ok so camping outside the cave each day should be fine then

lusty grotto
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indeed

undone sun
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From exeprience the emote isn't guaranteed, using the script is though

old night
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Go to every pile of gold to be safe

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Took me about a month

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But you'll get it eventually

lusty grotto
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back in legion there were people that found it inside NL

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in the last boss room

sly lintel
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look hat i got in chest

wraith hemlock
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So, about the Howler's trinket... Is it better to use it when I'm alone or when surrounded by 4 peeps?

oblique garnet
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Yes

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@lusty grotto what artifact?

lusty grotto
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@wraith hemlock either is fine

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whats up @oblique garnet ?

oblique garnet
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Yeah so what artifact you were talking about an what does it look like?

lusty grotto
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the only hidden artifact we have heh

warm plinth
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The hidden appearance from the back cave of Nelth's Lair

oblique garnet
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Again

lusty grotto
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looks like deathwing

oblique garnet
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No clue what it looks like

warm plinth
oblique garnet
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Eh

warm plinth
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Easily my favorite one ❤

oblique garnet
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Everyone knows slutmogs increade dps by 150% and that doesnt fit into any of them

undone sun
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spikes shield best shield

warm plinth
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😂

undone sun
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dont @ me

ebon hound
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if only you could mog the weapon seperately

warm plinth
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@undone sun You and your damn spike shield

undone sun
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lol

warm plinth
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Yeah the weapon leaves something to be desired

ornate magnet
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not sure if it's been asked already. is it worth it to craft 415 alchemy trinket?

warm plinth
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But yeah when I was "farming" it, I just went to the edge of the cliff inside the cave each day, ran the script, and when it was true, I went looking through the gold piles.

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If you aren't likely to get another 400+ trinket soon, I'd say it's worth it.

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I actually did see the emote though, so I didn't have to rely on the script to tell me it was there.

undone sun
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i don't recall if i did, because the 3 hours of me "farming" it blur together

ebon hound
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yeah I was just helping a dude find his quest, never even played prot in Legion and I saw the emote and went looking

warm plinth
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Oh yeah you got it before they fixed the relog thing huh

undone sun
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yup

warm plinth
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Lucky. Though honestly going to a cave once a day really isn't that bad. My monk's hidden appearance (arguably the best artifact appearance imo) was obnoxious. Having a single chance every 3 days (and having to make sure you had the ancient mana) was just stupid.

red dock
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whats the best way to deal with bestial throw?

oblique garnet
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Having the other tank take it

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Also spell reflect

red dock
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DId not realize it was nature, ty

undone sun
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it's not

lusty grotto
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spell reflect before throw

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you will not take ticking damage

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use SR + full IP and you will survive

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otherwise wall before throw

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if you don't have any of those up for any reason (you should almost always have SR + IP)

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you can call for an external

red dock
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Tooltip shows the squeexe is physical and ther landing is nature. Can I not SR in the air?

lusty grotto
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stun before it

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not after

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it does nothing after

red dock
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Ah ok

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Ty will try

undone sun
lusty grotto
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thyme

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we found out

red dock
lusty grotto
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if you SR before youre thrown

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you take 0 ticking dmg while gripped

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or rather @modern brook did

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so at least in heroic you are able to survive easily with SR + full IP before the throw

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unsure if it works on Mythic

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i believe it works

steel mauve
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Sr before being picked it, during cast

inner trail
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thats exactly what that image says

lusty grotto
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it does?

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interesting how you can SR during grip

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yikes

steel mauve
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You cant do any thing during grip

lusty grotto
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that was sarcasm iron

inner trail
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'use reflect before being grabbed to avoid ticking damage' learn to read please

steel mauve
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Ive sr'ed before the grip and the damage negated

lusty grotto
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uh huh

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that's what bullfango found out

inner trail
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ok

lusty grotto
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not sure why you're being an asshole

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but whatever

steel mauve
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You can sr in air to reduce the damage of the impact, but doing it before the grab literally avoids the 5 second grab damage

red dock
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It helped a lot, ty guys'

steel mauve
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Idk why it works that way but ill take it lol

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Usually on mythic before dmg reductions the grip dot does like 150k so you avoid all of that damage and just take the impact nature damage

swift pier
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yo

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anyone here? have experience with mythic grong?

undone sun
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chances are, yes so ask questions

swift pier
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need some experienced with logs or something, i took the dick earlier today

modern brook
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why am i pinged?

lusty grotto
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phantom ping

daring marlin
hushed sand
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Yo, any advice on trinkets for mm+ survivability ? I have RAGE 415, Rezan 400, Howler 385, Vial 400, Vectis 385, any tips ?

vale cloak
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is there a specfic cast that i should try and speel reflect on jaina for optimal dmg?

lusty grotto
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checking @swift pier

steel mauve
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i noticed a lot of 100k+ melee's from no shield block up

lusty grotto
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for survivability? Rezan + RAGE @hushed sand

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i see low uptime on demo @swift pier

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block seems decent

vestal moat
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Would trading out 1 BfI for 1 bloodsport be worth it for rastkahan mythic prog?

oblique garnet
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@lusty grotto do i level up my druid now or nah?🤔

lusty grotto
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did you take more than 1 rending bite? @swift pier ?

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yes late

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level up NA

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i want me a good boomy or resto

steel mauve
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nvm i know exactly why lol

lusty grotto
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what you mean

steel mauve
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thats the threat the entire fight for the boss

oblique garnet
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Can i have both na and eu wow under same sub?🤔

lusty grotto
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hmmmmmm

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you know, i actually don't know late

broken kite
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No

lusty grotto
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RIp

oblique garnet
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Damn sorry nim

broken kite
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Two separate accounts afaik

lusty grotto
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its okay

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atleastyoutried.gif

oblique garnet
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I wonder if its possible to have both eu and na wow on the same battle net tho

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That way youd get the champions upgrades

lusty grotto
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yeah i think its possible

oblique garnet
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🤔🤔

lusty grotto
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i have an unused account i used to RAF

steel mauve
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the monk co tank took 3 melee hits the entire fight

oblique garnet
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Yeah pretty much what we did

lusty grotto
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whoops, i shouldn't put that there just in case

oblique garnet
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Have the monk take the throws and taunt when i had no cds or 2 bleeds

steel mauve
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ya hes wondering why he took so much damage

lusty grotto
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weird

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every pug ive been i always taunt before 2 of the same hits

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i feel it works best that way

oblique garnet
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Eh

lusty grotto
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1 smash on current tank and another coming up? taunt.... same with bleed

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like 1 bleed + smash debuff won't be as bad

oblique garnet
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If you taunt with 1 bleed and the combo is 3 bleeds the tank thrown is gonna die if he has 2

lusty grotto
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as 2 bleed or smash on smash debuff heh

oblique garnet
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Which he will

lusty grotto
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oh yeah

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but that's really rare

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at least in my case

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it might be more common on mythic maybe?

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i dunno

oblique garnet
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Nim i only need 2 more characters

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And then im done

lusty grotto
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jesus lol

oblique garnet
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I have my druid at 110 and my paladin at 50 after those im ready

sand egret
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damn that wowhead piece on the “meta” is dope

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glad that was posted 😃

oblique garnet
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”Wait a couple of minutes till decent blood death knight appears” To do what? Int your key LUL

lucid kelp
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fun fact

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you can Spell Reflect the Bwonsamdi's Bargain on the add's

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so if an ally tries to stab you...you can kill them

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ya know...for science

broken kite
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That's great

warm plinth
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@sand egret link?

oblique garnet
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@lusty grotto you promise to boost me if i lvl druid in na?🤔

swift pier
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sry was afk

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thanks for looking at the logs

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yah i do feel like i took a lot of dmg

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but im unsure if its a normal amount for the fight or i suck cock

oblique garnet
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Its pretty normal amount

steel mauve
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i think it mostly has to do with how you tanked the fight

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you tanked the boss the entire time and your monk took the comboes

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which is kinda normal for the amount tanked

swift pier
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cool, thanks

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i did get feared a couple of times and took some auto attacks to the back

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so i need to sort that out for sure

steel mauve
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only thing i can say is if thats how your strat is set up and the healers complain of you being squishy i would have your co tank take the boss just to let your shield blocks reset and take it back

sand egret
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@warm plinth its in the news tab 😃

warm plinth
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Yeah I found it, sorry. The title was a little different than I expected.

slate perch
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i have triple Bastion of Might, is that pretty good from a m+ damage perspective?

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Mastery raises attack power, but not sure if how effective that is or if there are diminishing returns at a certain Mastery level

graceful sundial
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hey all...any of you know how to configure ElvUI to set colors on reaping plates?

steel mauve
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you basically want BoMX3 for m+

oblique garnet
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@slate perch BoM is about bis from both offensive and defensive standpoint in m+

warm plinth
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@graceful sundial Are you trying to set a specific color for reaping adds, or do you mean get the threat colors to work for them?

oblique garnet
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@graceful sundial Afaik there are no plateaddons that show reaping threath correctly

sick sentinel
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Woop

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2nd week on H Stormwall finally down

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and I got my chest/shield so im glad

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@oblique garnet you will have to have 2 subs and to buy the game twice

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Weep tried it

outer dew
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@lusty grotto one thing about the SR

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it has to target someone else

warm plinth
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@sick sentinel talking about playing NA and EU at the same time?

graceful sundial
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@warm plinth I mean my regular threat colors don't work on them. For example if I don't have threat on a target the plate is red and if I have the color is green. However, reaping targets are always red even if I have/don't have aggro on them

warm plinth
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Yeah there's something weird about reaping mobs where threat colors don't work. No nameplate addons can do it afaik

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They have threat tables but it just doesn't communicate like regular mobs

graceful sundial
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ah right I guessed something like that. Thanks a lot for your answer

warm plinth
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Sure thing!

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Hopefully Blizz changes something or the addon authors figure out how to do it with them because it can be frustrating.

strange horizon
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Boys, 415 Engi helm with RNG trait vs 400 helm with BoM for m+?

sick sentinel
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415

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Always ilvl above anything

bright pagoda
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had the emote earlier for this dumb hidden skin, second time ive went back to look for it in nelth vault(in prot spec) etc though none of the script check quests said true alot of information pointed to going and looking anyway. i spent over 30 minutes flying around checking every gold pile then literally walking all over and nada

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val im not sure if its doable with trait slots but i know with other crafted items people can shred them or whatnot and get the used breath of bwonsamdi's back and recraft the item over and over til they got the right stats on it. thatd be pretty cool if it worked for azerite traits also

strange horizon
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Thx

modest wedge
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Rng anyway since its 100 dps loss compared to bom with haste or main stat

warm plinth
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@bright pagoda Are you looking inside the dungeon?

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I know I remember some people in Legion said they found the skin inside the dungeon behind Dargrul

undone sun
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yup

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have seen various reports of that

warm plinth
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It's worth a look, especially if you're seeing the emote

naive panther
oblique garnet
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fml cant get into lfr to heal

dense lichen
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hey! is somebody got a link to know how important is the DR from block number on shield and azerite talents.
Is brace for impact works ? is the gain high ?

warm plinth
soft delta
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Guys, any special talent setup for griveous ?

undone sun
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nope

soft delta
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then
1 1 2 2 2 1 1 its fine ?

warm plinth
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No, no it isn't

undone sun
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Never Surrender isn't ever worth picking

warm plinth
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That middle 2 should be a 3; there's no other option.

soft delta
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Bolster then ?

warm plinth
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Yep.

soft delta
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Rumbling Earth is not good

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for Myth+ ?

warm plinth
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Rumbling Earth is fine. Storm Bolt is probably a better choice but nothing wrong with Rumbling Earth.

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I run it myself because fuck Storm Bolt 😄

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Depends on what AoE stuns you have in your group too though

soft delta
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And Unstopable force

warm plinth
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Yeah, no other choice besides Unstoppable Force

soft delta
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its better dragon roar ?

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ah

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ok ok

warm plinth
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It's too good

soft delta
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then 👌🏿 ?

warm plinth
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Yeah that's fine

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Make sure to use Bolster properly. Use Last Stand when you're out of Shield Block charges to let your charges regenerate

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It basically acts as a 15 second duration Shield Block; you'll block for the whole duration of Last Stand

dense lichen
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@warm plinth hello bro.
I would like to know the formula to know the exact value of block number.
to know what DR i gain when i add like 500block to the block of my shield.
I alrdy tried to find some clue on icy but without result.
I want more precision than : this is best / this is bad from most guides 😄

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i alrdy found an old formula(legion ?) which is dr from blocking = block / block + 6300
But i dont know if it s still exact

final mist
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Block DR is: Block / (Block + K)

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K depends on content you're doing.

undone sun
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M0/M+: 8467.2 (x1.344)
BfD/Shrine LFR: 8467.2 (x1.344)
BfD/Shrine Normal: 9311.4 (x1.478)
BfD/Shrine Heroic: 10275.3 (x1.631)
BfD/Shrine Mythic: 11390.4 (x1.808)```
final mist
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Ilevel upgrades on shields are always better.

dense lichen
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great tyvm

final mist
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Traits are different depending on what content you're doing / what you have access to.

dense lichen
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exactly

sick sentinel
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what's the deal with reckless flurry and prot?

warm plinth
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Thanks Sal. I was trying to find where that was 😅

final mist
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RF increases the damage of your AAs

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That's it

sick sentinel
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okay

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yikes

final mist
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It's probably pretty good for ST, but I imagine it wouldn't be better than other traits for AoE

bright pagoda
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nope just the vault so far, but yeah i saw the comments on wowhead about the dungeon but i didnt think of going there. ill check it now before i go to sleep. i saw comments of people mentioning a dargrul statue with the shield near it. i wonder if thats why i didnt find any statues in the vault except the 3 dragon ones together

final mist
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There's a small upstairs space with a bruul statue

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One of the shield spawns is near there

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When you enter the Vault from the normal side (the one with the big drop), there's a small hidden hallway on the left side before you drop, behind some rocks

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Go through it and the statue is there

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Check that before you go into the dungeon @bright pagoda

bright pagoda
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will do, thanks

fringe marten
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lol...I got a couple 400+ 2h's so I was thinking about trying fury for fun, popped into fury channel and they're speaking another language in there

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..I'll just go dps people in apex lol

undone sun
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yeah, i recommend staying out of dps channels

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😅

fringe marten
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I get that it's a whole other tier of min/maxing for dps...but those people are even worse than "which trinkets do I use in M+"

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..and then you have to sim crap. ..hell no

open field
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Lazy

modest wedge
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people are just spoon fed information. they dont want to dig it for themselves which makes them average players

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add to that few WA's that tell you what to do

ashen hare
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I have a question regarding spell reflection. Which ground based abilities dmg can I reflect and deal massive damage with in m+? I heard that this was a thing but wasnt told the specifics of which bosses it could be used on.

warm plinth
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There's a reflectable spell guide in #268491842637660160 though I'm not 100% sure if it mentions anything like that. The last one I specifically heard about was in Legion (Curator's electric puddles). Someone was in here the other day saying you can spell reflect Cyclone Strike from the 1st boss of Temple as well (which is not on the spreadsheet), though I haven't tested that.

undone sun
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haven't heard of any in bfa ¯_(ツ)_/¯

ashen hare
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I was thinking mushrooms on 3rd boss in underrot might be a canditate?

warm plinth
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I tried that the other day...didn't seem to work other than to reduce the damage taken by the stacks.

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Definitely did not prevent any stacks from happening.

undone sun
warm plinth
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Kinda sucks because DK can AMS them, but it's not the first time SR capabilities have clashed with AMS (Bursting is a good example).

ashen hare
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didnt see there were tabs for all teh dungeons up top

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thx

eager phoenix
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What CC othr than Sap, Blind and Imprison can be used to walk past mobs without leaving you in combat?

warm plinth
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That's all of them iirc. There are some like freezing trap and repentance that only put the first person to approach in combat (so like a hunter can trap something, go get in combat with it, then the group can run past and hunter feign deaths), but sap and imprison are the only ones that completely prevent combat to my knowledge. Didn't even know about Blind doing it

hollow thorn
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I think u get in combat if u go close to a blinded mob

narrow abyss
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ROP also doesn’t trigger combat

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Not quite a hard CC but worth nothing

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Noting

hollow thorn
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Its nice to use CCs like Incap, Repentence etc then RoP the mob/mobs away

sick sentinel
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Can you pull the adds around the rune bitch in shrine after the first boss without pulling her?

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I mean, I can cc the adds, kill her and then kill the adds

eager phoenix
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you can walk on the ledge to left and just hit the small add farthest out to the left and backpeddle without pulling Heldis

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then you can even bypass her completely if you can DISTRACT her so she looks to the right while you walk past her with shroud on the ledge to the left

sick sentinel
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Ah ok thank you

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I will try it in m0 today to test it

quiet kettle
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worthwhile to test i guess, but not really needed this week

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i just feel sorry for any group attempting to stack ranged for shrine

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cause that 2nd boss is gonna suck

sick sentinel
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You can do shrine with mostly ranged on any other week tbh

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I did a +15 shrine on tyrr (last season, but y) with a boomkin, a mage and a hunter

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With mage being a pug that had minimal idea what he was doing

fringe marten
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Is there a certain range at which you reflect ALL the cyclones in Sethraliss? do you have to be super close or at a specific range?

sharp lotus
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I dont understand why overwhelming power is rated lower than ablative shielding

warm plinth
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Where is it rated lower?

sharp lotus
warm plinth
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Fairly certain those are ranked for survival; at least, I'm assuming so since the initial list is ranked that way

undone sun
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correct

vocal nimbus
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Indeed

sharp lotus
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OP is weaker for survival? Since at 30-40% cds come out either externally or internally, would it be effective?

vocal nimbus
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Yeah

warm plinth
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It's weaker from a purely defensive perspective, yes.

sharp lotus
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Is it arguable with anger management that the haste would make it just as strong defensively in certain scenarios?

undone sun
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Getting hit still diminishes the effects, and armor will always be above haste

sharp lotus
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I gotta read shit more thoroughly. I thought OP was exclusively over time. Thank you

junior igloo
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Secondary stats are better than armor. Armor is pretty weak stat all things considered.
But Ablative Shielding gives ~1500 armor, while OP only gives around 650 max haste, which turns out to be roughly 330 avg for the duration (15s)

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Ablative Shielding is also proccing more often

final mist
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The guide is also written purely from a defensive / survival PoV. OP is quite strong as a DPS trait, if you desire it.

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It's just that AS is better defensively.

sharp lotus
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Yeah, I was interested in OP as defensive for more IPs and quicker cds. I was just flat out wrong, I didn't recall the uptime reduction on hit.

modest wedge
#

does sims even take in to account that you get hit? If not, then its not quite accurate way to calculate dps. Even as dps you probably never have longer than 2 minutes full stack of OP

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Ofcourse depends on dungeon, but its kinda safe to say so

vocal nimbus
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Simming is not reliable currently

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They are saying that op is better offensively because AS doesnt do anything for damage

junior igloo
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Yes, OP is slightly overestimated in sims (if you sim as Fury for example). It's still one of the 3 best traits for most classes (with Gutripper and HMC)

outer dew
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@warm plinth when you test the SR thing. Bring someone else for ToS

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Learned it's only SRable if the target is someone else for clone

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If the target is you, nothing happens

fringe marten
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That's not true Tofu.

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I just did both (one earlier) then one in a ToS 14 a min ago

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In the M0 I was alone, did reflect..worked exactly the same as it did in the 14 when I wasn't the target.

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The thing is you can't get 'all' the cyclones, step a bit away, as they spread out hit reflect..you'll get one of them..it'll do a large amount of damage, and the others will go by you.

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Standing directly in adderis? face (or aspix?) to try and get all the cyclones results in death.

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Unless...and I hope...I'm wrong. and there's a specific range or trick to getting all the cyclones that I'm not aware of?

outer dew
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It varies

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And I couldn't get it to work properly solo

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I'll probably play around with it more later

warm plinth
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I would imagine that each one is considered a separate spell so the first one to hit you (even if they're apparently simultaneous) would consume SR and you'd get hit by the rest? Anyway I'll probably mess with it this weekend with/without a partner.

daring patrol
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on rastakhan, is it normal for caress of death to come out before the detonation? having to eat that with 45 stacks is a real ouchie

old zephyr
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I think so

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just make sure you don't last stand during that, it will actually make you lose HPS

tribal schooner
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You can reflect all, but that's kinda random or proper positioning. When my friend tried it in m0, first time he could reflect everything. There were no cyclone strikes after reflect, and in dmg taken there was a line with 0 dmg taken from cyclone. Second time he moved a bit from them, and could reflect one, while taking others to the face. I guess, he happened to get one strike before the others, so SR was lost.

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Also while he reflected strikes, boss didn't receive damage from them, or details was wrong

sick sentinel
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Details do not show reflected damage

tribal schooner
#

Nah. You can count yourself. Look at the damage done, then look at the boss damage taken. This way you can calculate dmg taken from reflected spells on bosses such as 3rd in Tol Dagor and 3rd in Motherlode

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Like for example when we duo 3rd boss in Motherlode, damage taken was roughly 20% more than damage done by us. So this 20% was reflected dot

glacial olive
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that's pretty big

tribal schooner
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It was duo, so every other dot was reflected. Can't happen in 5man anyway

hybrid canyon
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Is trait stacking a good idea to do on prot? Or is it more beneficial to try to grab one of everything aside defeaning crash

ionic fern
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Some traits are good to stack

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Like BoM for example.

sick sentinel
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for mplus you want to triplestack 3xBoM

old zephyr
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I got the helm from jadefire and opulence, I know BM is SUPER good, but CR is kinda bad, which one would be better for dungeons (Crown is better for raid since this is my 2nd BoM)

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traits are either BoM + CR or BfI + IF

eager phoenix
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What ability on 3rd in TD can you reflect? The dot? @tribal schooner

tribal schooner
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Fuselighter dot if it targets you

simple vapor
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I know this IS very Minor but whats the best defensivly when it comes horde races?

quartz pond
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highmountain should be gud

tribal schooner
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You should look for boss' current target to do that, because she targets random party member

eager phoenix
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yeah, I figured as much! I am actually going over the reflect-list again. Its a good read to freshen up memory!

fringe marten
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I hope it continues to take 'effort' to see reflect damage in details, there's a LOT of encounters in the game that if it stacked reflects on top of our own damage..there would be an outcry from the player base and likely we'd see a nerf to it in some fashion (probably reduction in reflected damage)

primal crypt
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@old zephyr triple bom boiiii

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Thats not even a question

old zephyr
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Okay

vocal nimbus
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Dunno now but at least in legion the reflected damage was reduced

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The reflected damage was reduced by SR's dr

old zephyr
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we already top DPS metter on AoE, if we could top it on Bosses with reflect the nerfbat would hit us soooo hard

primal crypt
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The SR on cyclone strike is definitely unreliable :(

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Not sure if I want to be doing it on push keys with my group

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Dont want to waste a brez

lucid bough
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or just to fuck a key

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wipe on the 1st boss means rip key

primal crypt
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Wipe on first boss doesnt mean rip key

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Temple has a forgiving timer

unborn island
#

Isn't the only hard thing in temple Galvazzt?

potent anvil
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Yeah, basically Galv is the only hard boss. First boss can be difficult with grievous, especiqlly if jolts arent being interrupted and then ppl are less than full hp during static shock.

lucid bough
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Mate

sand egret
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wait...you can SR Cyclone Strike

lucid bough
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if You pug the key as most, if you skip 2 packs as most do, if you wipe 1st boss

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its a rip key, people just leave

sand egret
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thats why i dont skip 😃

lucid bough
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you should because makes better reaping and removes useless trash from the way

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this week its not bad to not skip thou

long tinsel
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I tried to SR cyclone strike last night and got 1shot

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I reflected one but the other 4 striked me hard

primal crypt
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It's unreliable

long tinsel
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Is there a way to reflect all 5?

potent anvil
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You can get shotgunned by it, if you want to SR position yourself at the side of him to get hit by one only.

long tinsel
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Right so it's impossible to do all 5

sand egret
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imma do it

long tinsel
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Lol

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I said the same thing yesterday

sand egret
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#motivated

long tinsel
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Caused my group last night to wipe twice

primal crypt
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#oneshot

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It's possible

long tinsel
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Yup

primal crypt
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But unreliable

opal peak
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Just stand on top, ez

slow nimbus
#

Quick question:. Are you supposed to keep 100% uptime on IP like brews do with ISB? Or only use it during windows where SB isn't up?

crisp pecan
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Hello prot fellas, quick question, whats more important high lvl shield or 1h wep for me as a prot?

slow nimbus
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My warrior is currently 42 and leveling via dungeon spam

cobalt trellis
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depends on your dmg inc vs. rage gain @slow nimbus

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oh you're leveling... mhm

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@crisp pecan shield is more important

crisp pecan
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that is perfect as i accidentally salvaged my 1h

cobalt trellis
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but that is comparing same item level gains

signal plover
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Honestly both are very important

slow nimbus
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I haven't played a warrior since BC, back when you could viably tank high level content while technically being arms spec lol

crisp pecan
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shit, gonna farm atal then for 1h

signal plover
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Can you not use item restoration?

cobalt trellis
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yeah item restore should work as long as you have the mats you gained from it

crisp pecan
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i used restore one week ago

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its on cooldown

cobalt trellis
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mhm

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well off you go to atal then

crisp pecan
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but i am high tier fury so just going to farm +10 atal hardly

cobalt trellis
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is there any world quest with a weapon?

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or do you do pvp?

crisp pecan
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i have 340 engi mace now, but thats a joke

cobalt trellis
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i think first week conquest cap (500 points) was a 370 weapon

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first week of season 2

slow nimbus
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It was, but it isn't necessarily for your spec. On my monk it was for mistweaver spec and I'm brew

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So he could more than likely get a 2her

cobalt trellis
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you should see it before i guess

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@crisp pecan do you do pvp?

crisp pecan
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nope, i do not

cobalt trellis
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you got warmode on and do assaults sometime?

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they give conquest points

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check ingame with i

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go for pvp tab

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and check if the upper bar is full (should be yellow)

crisp pecan
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ah

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yes

cobalt trellis
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if yes, you can go to mugambala in zuldazar and collect a weapon

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should be 1hand, 2hand and shield (you can pick one)

crisp pecan
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but after all maybe farming atal would be better option, it is not a burning issue or maybe heroic raids

cobalt trellis
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well then farming atal is fine, trinket is nice too

crisp pecan
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i have 400 trinket already

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i did set opulence mythic loot to prot, maybe getting trinket

thick glacier
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For push mythics+ (+15->), what 's the stats priority?

floral tinsel
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@thick glacier ilvl > haste > everything else

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ilvl is quite important as all stats are good, includeing strenght and even stamina as a tank

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all sockets and enchats are haste.... and generally socket is worth 0 ilvl on shield/weapon, 5 on armor and 10 on ring

thick glacier
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@floral tinsel thanks for answer!, really help me alot ❤

sick sentinel
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I got kraken shell shoulders

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pretty nice

floral tinsel
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BoM and DC secured 😛

signal plover
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Kraken shell on the 415 roll is sexy

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Crystalline on em too I think

floral tinsel
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Crystalline and Bulwark (massive for m+)

marble wave
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hatchet from wm 10ilvl > than vers\mastery weapon is upgrade?

floral tinsel
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ilvl is everything on weapon

sick sentinel
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lol crystaline

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Unstable flames is where it's at

floral tinsel
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I guess... seen it on players like here

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Is it really better than crystaline for defensive thought?

sick sentinel
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  1. it does more damage
  2. I am a crit junkie
floral tinsel
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or is it the combination of offence and defence that makes it so good?

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haha, fair enought

long tinsel
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I do not like the hatchet

floral tinsel
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mog it

modern brook
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@thick glacier M+ is generally Ilvl>Haste=>mast>crit>verse

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in SotS, Momload, and other caster heavy Verse gets a lot better

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still worse than haste

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Cleaver is Lolbad, get rekt for it being your highest ilvl

sick sentinel
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^^

modern brook
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I'm willing to guess that its probably worth dropping 5 for seocndary stats, Mainhand isnt AS important as shield; but I'm not confident enough in that opinion to suggest it without large disclaimers of feely craft around it

sick sentinel
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everything scales with weapon damage, from all attacks to IP

modern brook
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🤷

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Probably right

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Well no, you are right

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Does the cleaver dot leech?

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It doesnt

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yeah I'm just def wrong

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Equal ilvl isnt enough Secondaries

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@370 its ~120 secondaries missing which def wont make up lower wepon dps

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so get rekt; sorry i tried :^(

ivory peak
#

hey guys i just got ritual feather of Unng Ak ( 525 mastery for 16 sec 1 min cooldown) which is the best moment to use it, with macro with Recklessness i guess?

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any sugg?

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wrong spec srry

modern brook
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😬

brave mauve
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Got a 405 RAGE and a 405 Vial. And the only potential replacements for one or the other (to just not have double on-use) are so such low ilvl that they aren't worth it.

How am I gonna do this

sick sentinel
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Rage on first avatar. vial on the other

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so you have 1 trinket for every single avatar

brave mauve
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Man, I hate not having the trinket macro'd in, but I guess that will have to do.

old zephyr
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can't you macro both and it will use wihever is not on CD?

brave mauve
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🤔 I don't know why, but I was of the impression having both a use 13 and use 14 in a macro would cause failures, but now you mention it I don't know why I thought that.

steel mauve
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It will go in order

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When hitting a macro it will just use each line in seccession, so it would use 1 trinket first and come back with an error of the second trinket on cd

brave mauve
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Fair enough, that simplifies the problem infinitely. Gonna go flex on other classes that struggle with double on-use brb

zealous ore
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What are good trinkets for M+?
I suppose deafening crash and mastery in Avatar are go-to traits.

modern brook
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/use 14
/cast avatar``` will use 13, then try and use 14, fail cause of the shared cd, then it should cast avatar
old zephyr
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I have a macro that goes
/cast avatar
/use Knot of the ancient fury

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When I use it and avatar is on CD but knot isn't it propely uses knot

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so it "should" work for 2 trinkets

modern brook
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thats probably better because it rmoves the possibility of use 14 stopping the macro

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/use 13
/use 14```
old zephyr
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at worst 13 beeing on CD will prevent 14 to be use but I don't think so

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or you could go
/cast avatar
/use [nomod] 13
/use [mod] 14

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so depending on what trinket you want to you you can just press alt/shift/ctrl to use 14 instead of 13

modern brook
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Yeah i use mods rotationally

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🤷

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not a fan of mod macros

old zephyr
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I don't use them on wy warrior (but my binding are not very clean)
On my healers I only use
/cast [@mouserover, mod] spell macros

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so I have everything on 3 buttons

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but sometime I fatfinger tanq instead of dispell on my druid

brave mauve
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Tested,

/use 13
/use 14
/cast Avatar```

Works without any breaks or failures, and on-use putting each other on 30s CD doesn't interfere with the timing either.  Macro works.  Thank you
old zephyr
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👍

brave mauve
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God Vial makes for some meaty thunderclaps though 😩 👌

quick elk
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For the non mythic peoples. Are you saving Your residum for the specific Azerite pieces or going for the random roll ?

brave mauve
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Random roll, mathematically, is the superior choice by a pretty wide margin

sick sentinel
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random always

brave mauve
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By the time you could save up for a specific piece, the trait will likely either have been nerfed already, or the tier is pretty much over and you wasted your time

modern brook
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Buying a specific peice saves you 1.8 and change rerolls

quick elk
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It’s 3 weeks of doing minimum 10 for random and 8 weeks ish for specific no?

signal plover
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If you're doing prog ATM I'd say randoms until 415 in every slot and then save for specific.

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Early mythic drops good azerite too tho

brave mauve
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Another bonus to random roll is if you do genuinely get screwed, you can scrap it and be up ~300 toward the next.

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It's not a perfectly efficient feed, but it does sustain itself a little

signal plover
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Also with the way our traits are I feel like it's pretty difficult to truly get screwed

brave mauve
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^

quartz pond
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you should push M+ as high as possible for the bonus residum

brave mauve
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BoM and DC are on almost everything, and if you're really desperate, pug M Champ for 1 of both.

steel mauve
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If less than 385/only 4 rings do a 10 and scrap some for a random 400, otherwise go 415 random then specific pieces

narrow abyss
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Hard to get a bad piece too

brave mauve
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^

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We're a really lucky class tbh. Our worst trait is still bonkers good

quick elk
#

Thanks guys , really helpful

grand drum
#

Does spell reflect prevent applications of debuffs such as bursting like AMS?

snow lance
#

It can if the spell that you are reflecting

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Leaves a debuff

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but it doesn't prevent stacks of bursting

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So like if you reflect the dot on the third boss in Motherload.

undone sun
#

That's not really how one determines if an ability reflectable

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Too broad and general, not always true

snow lance
#

There is a spreadsheet

old night
#

mornin boys

zealous ore
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no it's not

spice musk
zealous ore
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You can sim it for DPS

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And you can check how much %dmg reduction the vers grants you for survivability

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I'd still be glad to hear what trinkets people pushing keys on prot are using 😃

brisk ferry
zealous ore
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Which trinket is the first one

brisk ferry
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Knot of Ancient Fury

zealous ore
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:/

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Worldboss

steel mauve
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Still wouldnt sim for dps for trinkets may not be accurate still

zealous ore
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I guess you do get to do it every 2nd week, though

narrow abyss
#

Cannot get Rezans for the life of me

zealous ore
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I have a 395 leech Rezan I'm using atm

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Waycrest trink or Anchor seem pretty good?

brisk ferry
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Anchor from Jaina is legit, both good

zealous ore
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Yeh

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Also Reanimate is gaye

narrow abyss
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Oh the anchors good? Hrm 🤔

zealous ore
#

BIG damage

primal crypt
#

Jaina trinket

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Did 11% of my dmg

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In fort week

hushed cobalt
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got a 410 rezans and a 400 seal of questionable(with socket+speed) after everyone logged off aafter m+'s
now i gotta find the next best thing for my 2nd trinket

daring marlin
#

anchor op

hushed cobalt
#

at 385? have yet to do anything raid wise on warrior 😦

short vale
#

How high do we value sockets (on gear with str - back in specific)?

stark sage
#

defensively like ~5

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maybe 10 if you are adding a ton of haste or something

short vale
#

aight ty

restive pivot
#

hey guys anyone else having issues with spell reflect weakaura?

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does not work for me

dense flame
#

I’ve had issues with it. A lot of times doesn’t pop up for me

chilly escarp
#

what do you guys reccomend a second calous or ruinous bolt?

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for mplus

sick sentinel
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callous IMO

restive pivot
#

talking to its creator now in wa discord

undone sun
#

Could also ping him here, since he is the owner of the discord

restive pivot
#

oh

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i think its no marok

undone sun
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"please leave a comment or contact me on Discord (Marok#1248)."

brisk ferry
#

yeh that WA was made by Marok

undone sun
#

Even in the pins "I made this..."

silk mortar
#

Insufficient evidence

modern brook
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lol checking the pins in 2019

brave mauve
#

the virgin check the pins vs the Chad ping him in another server

long phoenix
#

what gem should i be using for mythic opulence, my cotank informed me he can solo P2 so what gem gives more dps?

steel mauve
#

Isnt it role specific so you cant take another roles gem?

stark sage
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yeah you are forced to pick diamond

shut summit
#

^

modern brook
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U can pick diamond and then taunt off him anyways

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cause oppulence is warriors time to shine

hushed cobalt
#

is there a loot spec to be to get better chances at the on use mastery trinket from turtles emissary?

modern brook
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i dont think trinkets are tied to spec anymore

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could be wrong though

chilly escarp
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some are but not the turtles ones

modern brook
#

☝ there u go :^)

hushed cobalt
#

tyty

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nah, 3rd time getting the ring 💤

half carbon
#

You guys think bom or if?

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trait

lusty grotto
#

you could read up on the icy veins guide 😃

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there's 2 lists per content type 👍

thin pecan
#

Has anyone seen a reccomended key binding setup, i.e. 1 taunt, 2 shield slam, etc. I wonder if there is an efficient setup.

lusty grotto
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nah that's deeply personal

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there's no vanilla efficient setup, everyone's binds are completely different

thin pecan
#

ok cool ty

lusty grotto
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like taunt is my 2 in all tank characters

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im sure its different with everyone

analog swift
#

Do you play on a touch pad like me?

lusty grotto
#

just make sure your binds arent something that is hard to reach or that would trigger a fat finger miss-press

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lol that's a +10 right there

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touch pad yikes

obtuse shoal
#

How do you guys determine what trinkets are best for situations?

lusty grotto
#

what situations to be specific?

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and i suppose you're talking about defensive trinkets

sick sentinel
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something along the lines of maths and experience

lusty grotto
#

it's also very common sense

sick sentinel
#

logs etc

obtuse shoal
#

Well just in general. And not exclusively, I got a 385 Tuskarr Sea Charm and don't really know if/when I should use it over a 385 Engine

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How accurate are sims for prot?

sick sentinel
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not that much

analog swift
#

@lusty grotto played on a MacBook Pro for years until this post Xmas. Can’t break the touchpad life.

sick sentinel
#

what are your trinkets

primal crypt
#

Simple answer is just to not bother simming prot

obtuse shoal
#

Is it because tanks can't be properly simmed or ?

lusty grotto
#

well that's a good talents right there teseus23

primal crypt
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@obtuse shoal that and the fact that ours specifically isnt correctly portrayed

obtuse shoal
#

My trinkets are 385 charm, 385 engine, 370 howler, 400 butcher's block, fathoms obv.. 400 sporepods 🤢

primal crypt
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Afaik...no one completed prot sims

lusty grotto
#

and you want the highest dps?

primal crypt
#

On the backend

lusty grotto
#

i suppose you can't go wrong with butcher block and engine for dps

primal crypt
#

Tuskar charm is the vers proc?

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Str / vers proc

lusty grotto
#

we usually don't go for charm because it's very rare to get on a competitive ilvl

primal crypt
#

I cant remeber which one that is

lusty grotto
#

yeah i cant either

primal crypt
#

Technically, block fathoms would prob be best bet

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Fathoms is still competitive at a 400 ilvl standpoint

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Which is absolutely crazy

lusty grotto
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oh yeah fathoms

obtuse shoal
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Yeah I'm using block/fathoms and it feels pretty good. Sometimes engine because it feels fun

primal crypt
#

Yeah, I'd stick with your butcher block

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And swap around fathom and engine

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At least until you get more trinkets

sand egret
#

for the record, the Tuskarr Charm IS pretty dang dope tho if you do manage to win the RNG lottery

obtuse shoal
#

How come?

sand egret
#

40% uptime

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on that badboy

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for me it's ~5% vers

mint adder
#

I have a 400 charm, buut I also have 405 rezans and 400 vial for m+

steel mauve
#

Ya i got one, its pretty nice

warm plinth
#

Hoping I can get one to replace my 370 lion's strength 😬

sand egret
#

honestly, the WQ trinket pool has some really sweet trinkets

steel mauve
#

I mostly use my alch trinket, R.A.G.E. and 1 other one though, my charm is 385

sand egret
#

there's the mini-rezan's one

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which is actually insane

sharp lotus
#

emblem of zandalar?

sick sentinel
#

it's more haste but less duration

sand egret
#

with double the proc rate

#

at least a noticeably higher one

dense flame
#

New trinkets from crucible raid pretty nice. Imagine how OP that tank trinket is

#

Just TC spam and heals boys

#

Like that rift codex 2.0

lusty grotto
#

you mean the idol

#

that'd be bad if it targets party members though

dense flame
#

Party members better gtfo the way a tank rolling through 😂 thunder smash and drain life

steel mauve
#

Rift codex wasnt good though it was over 80% overhealing

dense flame
#

It was pretty good in m+

swift fjord
#

I wish anger management reduced the cd of spell reflect for prot

lusty grotto
#

that'd be broken

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you know what would be sweet... tichondrius fang 2.0 pre nerf for them necrotic weeks

swift fjord
#

I know I'mjust glad prot is playable

lusty grotto
#

when hasn't it been?

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we were bootyclapping in here @ bfa release despite the reddit whines

warm plinth
#

It wasn't meta @lusty grotto 😏

lusty grotto
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heh

warm plinth
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If it's not meta, it's not playable, duh

sharp lotus
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Would giving us MBM back in any form be op?

lusty grotto
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at this point any buff would be op

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we are in a good spot righ tnow

sharp lotus
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true

warm plinth
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We'll probably be lucky to not have our damage nerfed at some point, so I think asking for anything else would be pushing our luck XD

sand egret
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but are we viable?

lusty grotto
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viable

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ah the good ole viable memes

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i miss em

warm plinth
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BDK still more represented in M+; we're obviously not viable. Don't ask silly questions.

sand egret
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that word gets me every time in WoW context

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the only thing not viable in WoW is having a derp behind the keys

warm plinth
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I was only kidding Blade; you don't have to personally attack me

sand egret
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although, considering the few guilds ive raided with...that may not be true

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to be fair, Ghash, I don't consider myself to be viable 😃 I still overlap LS and SB all the time haha

warm plinth
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XD Who needs to be viable. We're still prot bois

lusty grotto
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jesus christ Blade

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do you at least do it at the beginning

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rofl

warm plinth
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I actually have Shield Block macro'd to Last Stand

lusty grotto
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YIKES

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that's a 50000 IQ move right there

warm plinth
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Wouldn't want to accidentally use the spell properly

lusty grotto
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hehehe

warm plinth
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Still working on a WA that automatically talent swaps me back to HR and Vengeance if I accidentally click off those talents too. 😏

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Doing my part to keep the community perception alive

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Alright, I'm done memeing now

lusty grotto
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😄

sand egret
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fighting my own muscle memory is the hardest part to prot

sick sentinel
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I still use IP directly after avatar

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even thought I started using BoM the day 8.1 hit

lusty grotto
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i still do that too

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fuck

sick sentinel
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well I do that because I don't wanna overcap

lusty grotto
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same

sick sentinel
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that's my reason now 😛

lusty grotto
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because for all i know that revenge is gonna be free

sick sentinel
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ye

sand egret
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just pushing that extra 30% shield

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😃

hushed cobalt
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the lurkers gift and idol(130k heal 0.o ) look spicy

sick sentinel
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I mean I have 22% party chance

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and with my pulls, revenge is always free

warm plinth
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I am never replacing this piece of shit trinket

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Ring from emissary again 😭

sick sentinel
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just do more mplus :C

warm plinth
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That's just too logical

sick sentinel
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by the way, 73% mastery during avatar 😮

warm plinth
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😮

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tfw only one BoM

lusty grotto
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😮

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i just need BoM shoulders damn it

warm plinth
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Still have a chestpiece that's 360 :/

sick sentinel
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I'm just waiting to get literally any 415 piece

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I got nothing so far

stark sage
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@warm plinth thats impressive

warm plinth
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That's one word for it heh

stark sage
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do you not run m+?

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just buy a 385 ffs

sick sentinel
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well he does not play the game enough as much as as he is here in discord

warm plinth
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I haven't really gotten into it yet tbh. I didn't even really play my war until about a month ago and still haven't really gone all-in on it

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That is actually 100% true.

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I'm in Discord way more than I'm in-game 😂

sick sentinel
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ghash probably knew more stuff about prot warrior tanking than most prots before he got even his warrior to max level

stark sage
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well if you are efficient with your time you can get 385 equipped in every slot without needing to raid or do much hard content

warm plinth
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Yeah honestly most of my WoW enjoyment comes from learning about everything and sharing my knowledge. I get a sick thrill out of teaching people things about content I don't even do 😂

inland mesa
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Yeah I have enough residium to buy two 415 pieces....but haven't gotten another to know what two slots to buy D:

warm plinth
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Yeah...luck would have it that you'd buy 2 pieces and then get a copy of one of them or something XD

sick sentinel
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shoulders

warm plinth
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Shoulders is definitely a smart buy since the chances of DC+BoM are pretty high. I think all the shoulders have DC on them at least.

inland mesa
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10 mythic bosses so far, 1 415 weapon off grong, no other loot 😦 bonus rolled a 415 bracer after cache gave me a 410. Then bonus rolled a 415 diamond, when normal gave me a 420 with socket first week >.>

warm plinth
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Dang, no shield yet?

broken kite
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Poor you lol

inland mesa
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no, our bad shaman both got one

warm plinth
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Nice...

inland mesa
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yeah, I cried, shaman pulled 15k on conclave kill >.>

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I told raid leader they need to stay in for first boss now to trade me one XD

warm plinth
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😂

robust bronze
lusty grotto
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i swear to god i need a macro

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or something

sick sentinel
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ilvl

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I actually need a copy paste for sockets

lusty grotto
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we should have a bot that replies to item comparison screenshots

warm plinth
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"We have the technology"

lusty grotto
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thatd be hard cause reading screenshot contents is kind of difficult

robust bronze
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is it allways ilvl over socket?

sick sentinel
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socket=10 ilvls for ring, 5 ilvls for gear and 0 ilvls for weapon/shield

warm plinth
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Except for a 5 ilevel difference on some slots and about 10 ilevels for rings, yeah, usually. You can easily calculate it yourself by adding stam+str+stat 1+stat 2 on each piece, add 40 to the socketed piece, and see which one has a higher total.

lusty grotto
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i wouldn't straight add up secondaries with primaries

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like for a ring its ok because the only primary you gain is stam

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but adding up str + stam + armor on the same level as secondaries doesn't seem right

robust bronze
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👍

warm plinth
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Frankly I think you're right and I really wouldn't ever drop ilevel for a socket on anything that wasn't a ring personally, even if it did have 5 more total stat (because let's face it, 5 total stat is insignificant anyway)

lusty grotto
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i think kaege has a good system

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so for example 410 vs 400 with socket would be 410 vs 405

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so the 410 wins

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well i mean it's the same system i usually follow but yeah

rocky imp
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355 Blockades or 385 Tuskar Sea Charm -- I know the blockades is above its ilvl -- thoughts?

lavish oracle
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Sea Charm

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Blockades is definitely worth a little extra ilvl if you're just looking for survivability but not 30 ilvl against a decent trinket

rocky imp
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cool thanks

old night
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if you're an alchemist its also 100% worth it to craft the 415 tidal stone

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having it in your kit is great

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meaning being able to mix it with other trinkets and whatnot

lavish oracle
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The boost to health potions is really good for this week's M+ affixes too

old night
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its also cheap af to make if you are on a high pop server. I'm on us proudmoore and paid maybe 15k in mats because I was lazy and didnt wanna farm

sick sentinel
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15k, god damn that's a ripoff

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I paid about 4k total

old night
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nice

sand egret
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I dont even have 4k to my name

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too rich for my blood

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sea charm is wonderous

naive panther
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Lol way cheaper than crafting rings.

keen spire
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wtf lol. we're on the same server filmstrips

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I've been playing a bunch of fury lately, boiz. Feelsbad. I miss prot. 😦

lusty grotto
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F SinisterBlob

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F

ocean acorn
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i feel like im the only warrior on my server

stray kiln
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what kinda traits does prot want for +10 spamming

river marsh
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1 DC 3 BoM

sand egret
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tis in the guides

river marsh
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And enjoy

sand egret
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section 2.2.1

daring marlin
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Huh

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Crucible gear seems cool

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I like gear with effects instead of secondaries.

modern brook
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@stray kiln 3x bom 1x DC 2x bfi or if is good for tyr/fort respectively

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Blood sport gets a lot of value during grievous

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3x bom 1x DC is the baseline though

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Assuming were talking about competing 415s, we still take Ilvl over traits

stray kiln
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thanks a lot :)

astral crystal
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kinda hate that gimmicky "hehe now u take dmg xD" shit

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already know that's going to get real old in prog

tacit onyx
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overwhelming power is pretty bad for prot right?

warm plinth
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Quite the contrary

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It's very good

tacit onyx
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really? even with the stacks going down on dmg taken?

warm plinth
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Yeah, there's an ICD on stack loss. You can only lose like 2 stack per second

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stacks*

potent anvil
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Bloodsport + leech gear is the big brain play for m+. I have like 3% leech and it contributes to around 8% of my overall healing.

red dock
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All 3 of my azerite give DC on first ring, other options are 2 BoM and 1 IF. right now I have 2 DC and 1 BoM. does that seem right?

ocean acorn
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i agree with deswind i have 6% leach and its 14% of my healing

red dock
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Sorry, 1 BoM and 2 IF are the other options voer 3 DC. Have 1 BoM and 1 CR on innter rings

ocean acorn
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but i dont have bloodspoort

dark lark
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slightly prot related: does anybody have problems between using GottaGoFast and weak auras?

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for some reason every time i use demo shout, my gottagofast gives me that fat error window

frosty seal
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tradewinds or callous reprisal?

ocean acorn
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Callous reprisal

snow osprey
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hey guys, can anyone share advice on engineering traits? I wonder what's better, absorbotron or the auto-self-cauterizer

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how often do you meet bleeds in dungeons?

oblique garnet
modern brook
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U lose 2 a second instead of 1 /s

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It has an internal cap to how many it can lose

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Oh wow my discord didn't update

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That was in reference to OP on prot

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Re 3rd ring engie traits

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Both are very good

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Bleed removal loses a lot of value if ur a dwarf

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Otherwise both are good

snow osprey
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I am a dwarf 😃 so I guess its absorbotron. thanks!

dark lark
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i figured out my own problem regardign WA and GottaGoFast, marok's deafening crash weak aura was breaking GottaGoFast for some reason

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or vice versa

polar eagle
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is a 400 jes howler any good for us ?

small fable
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do i have better chance at a good trinket from Emissary if I switch loot spec to Furyt?

oblique garnet
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nope

small fable
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okie dokie

oblique garnet
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prot can still get the ritual feather of unn ak which is essentially another bom

oak heart
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Is alchemist stone worth creating?

oblique garnet
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yes

primal crypt
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@oblique garnet oh boi

small fable
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that needs to be pinned

primal crypt
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overall?

oblique garnet
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yeah

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13 fh

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was at 39k overall when we got 100% mob count lul

primal crypt
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TOP kek

oblique garnet
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this probably is better push week than last week tbh

primal crypt
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yeah, this week is easy as hell

sand egret
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*with a coordinated group

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this week is Snowball City

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it goes ez to awful REAL fast

oblique garnet
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nah

idle patrol
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suh fam, i'm trying to learn prot for general m+ key purposes and was arms last tier with a small amount of fury right now (i'm feral main). Curious about survivability trinkets and how to measure them...is blockades still a decent trinket for surviving vs dps trinks? have a 375 syringe i could replace

sand egret
primal crypt
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Asuh.

idle patrol
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Okay my bad, i'll read it now. Wasn't sure if there was a herodamage or sim like tool/resource for tanks since i'm new to it

sand egret
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not anyone that is particular effectiv4e

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simming for survival is inherently difficult

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that being said, blockades hits above it's weightclass

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you could prob get away with swapping those from a purely defensive perspective. However, remember that Blockades gives little in the way of offense

sick sentinel
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Did someone say

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Sim?

leaden grail
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Good evening
is there a weakaura that shows my ignore pain absorbt amount? No icon, no bar, just a number with the absorb?

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I couldnt find one on wago unfortunately

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oh nvm, i figured it out. took one that had an icon, copied the custom part and put it into a text weakaura, that worked

opal ember
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when getting the tortollan world querst reward hoping for a trinket, is prot loot spec the go to or one of the dps

leaden grail
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doesnt matter

outer dew
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@fringe marten yea. If it targets me in m+ I'll die for high keys

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Lmao

stoic pilot
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Out of curiosity. If you were to only have azerite from m+ (415 from residuum) how worse off would it be compared to having optimal raid azerite? This is assuming 1 DC residuum piece

sick sentinel
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If ur comparing sim ilvls doesnt matter

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Having the "right" traits won't make or break you

warm plinth
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I mean, you can get optimal traits from the vendor afaik. There's no real disadvantage that I'm aware of, other than it's pretty much guaranteed to take longer barring phenomenal luck with random pieces.

stoic pilot
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So if I were to just gear via m+ I wouldn’t be substantially at a disadvantage compared to raid

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Basically is what I wanted to do since alt for fun

warm plinth
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As far as what you can obtain, no. It'll just take a lot longer to obtain them.

oblique garnet
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I have good azerites for both raid and m+

warm plinth
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Or in the case of randoms, will rely on a lot of luck to get the perfect traits

oblique garnet
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and only one piece is from raid

warm plinth
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Except shoulders, which are guaranteed to have DC, and are fairly likely to have one of the other strong traits

fair flint
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Is Diamond-Laced Refracting Prism good for warrior? Like is it "bis"?

oblique garnet
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it is

warm plinth
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Defensively it's BiS

oblique garnet
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absolutely broken

fair flint
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How so

oblique garnet
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it scales with haste

fair flint
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Oh

oblique garnet
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yeah

modern brook
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Its dope for sure

fair flint
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You said it's bis defensively but would it be worth using over other trinkets?

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I have Ramping Amplitude Gigavolt Engine as well

warm plinth
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It's strong enough that I'd personally find it hard to unequip during any challenging content.

narrow abyss
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It’s like 20% of my overall healing in dungeon. It’s strong

modern brook
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Gash got it imo

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If ur doing anything where dying is a concern you should ne using it

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Otherwise it's not doing anything

fair flint
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Alright thanks for the info guys :) one of my friends who's a dh tank is trying to tell me it's not bis and it's garbage lol

modern brook
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Yeah well tell him hes playing vdh 🤷

swift pier
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with tripple blood sport would it be worth using never surrender over bolster?

modern brook
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No

swift pier
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bonded soul or bloodsport?

honest canopy
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Going to gear another tank. My i do such high dps as arms so i am gonna do that in raids for The time beeing. Feels sad :(

swift pier
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lol

honest canopy
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Yeah I know.

swift pier
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xD

lusty grotto
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prot traits > generic traits

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so bloodsport

swift pier
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ty

olive lotus
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In mythic plus does bonded souls have a place? Or is it prot trait regardless?

swift pier
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was asking for m+

lavish oracle
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Bloodsport is legit one of if not our best survivability traits

swift pier
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did 11.5k healing on grong mythic

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using bonded souls

quiet crane
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The only thing about bloodsport is that it provides no offensive value only pure defensive

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So depending on content it’s not desirable

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Bonded souls is meh

swift pier
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just sayin

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97 rank log for healing done as prot war

lusty grotto
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bloodsport > bonded souls

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you're not a BDK

quiet crane
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^ what bin said

lavish oracle
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I've seen some people run it in M+, I haven't had a chance to try it yet, though