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more like boo master amirite
I.e. celestial fortune
20 timed Keys, 3 drops...
unlooky
i've got 3 drops out of 15 runs and kinda satisfied
because half of these runs were either bricked or not finished
so whats this kiting thing i keep reading? are tanks not able to tank groups anymore?
Lots of kiting this xpac because blizz decided tanks need to be paper
in super high keys yeah no one has gear for it
ohhh i see
@chilly brook i think i will craft some kind of arms pvp lego next. No way i'm pugging the raid right now so...

what first lego to craft ?
Not even super high keys lmao I started kiting consistently at like 11-12
14-15 I’m never in there
that makes more sense, i thought you guys were meaning that tanks cant take damage anymore
the wall if you have it imo, if not I think thunderlord is not too bad for m+
super high keys makes a little more sense bc of gear
yeah dont have wall yet
Can't have a super best tank in m+ if they all suck amirite? @mellow patio
is there anyone here who tanks m+ but does dps for raid? im wanting to tank m+ but not sure about tanking raid as ive never tanked a raid, also seems hard to find a guild that doesnt have tanks already.
paladin tanks can outheal healers and thats insane tbh
They will be good this tier
tanking raid is 100x easier than m+
both are great right now
No shit
Paladin tanks healing means they're not mitigating and probably gonna die
raid tanking is a snoozefest
rly ? i was super scared to try tanking raid lol
Unless you're talking about m+ with shield absorb
Tons of free HP/WoG procs
Raid tanking end of heroic raid with no gear is not a snooze lmao
or they use that one free WoG every 5 SotR's. Which is a rather small amount of healing
yea idk about it being a snooze, but it's definitely not difficult
Your DP procs are best used to keep SotR up
yeah. But generally, as time goes, this fun aspect goes away
oh lol, taunt swapping worries me, i dunno why.
sadly
Spending holy power for healing is a trap
and tanking on mythic prog is definitely fun if you're early on that boss
my friend prot paly can pull 5k hps throughout the dung its insane if u build it for healing lol
Today is the day of the day raid
w0t
until he gets oneshot for going that healing build of yours

Which is a lot of absorb
Had today pug warlock whining whole run how bad our group is. he had 0 interupts, 1,8 k overall dps 188 i lvl. He left after wipe on 3rd boss
Day raid. Our guild raids during the day so we can get world top 10 kills as a meme lmao
didnt seen that happen yet LUL
people need to be more chill
No
you don't even deplete keys anymore
just chill with bros dude
it's supposed to be fun
No can’t make me
they delevel?
they despawn
Insert clip of lightee
have to start from +2 all over
They de-lete
Pull 3 mobs
ah shit okay
Move in straight line
<sarcasm>
You cant fail
lol

paladins naturally heal a lot because they mitigate less damage than tanks like warriors and bears
^
When does dh get healing back
this makes them really susceptible to oneshots and demanding for good healer
Dk just sucks we have established
Str8 buns I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise
Maybe in Legion
they delevel, changed it for bfa, you dont deplete a key and then need to run it to make it active again
But like not since the removal of them actually being self sustain
People who say dk is fun are smooth brains who can’t process high apm
dk is fun though
is he talking about really high keys? 'cause my brm alt feels much easier to play in +2 to +6
i literally get to hook enemies
Then what
i rly enjoy warrior tanking even tho its hard af compared to dudu swipe spamming lol
Let them hit your skull and press a button every 5 minutes
then watch my healer get unbelievable amounts of stress
he literally says at the start of the video, +14 keys
No hes talking about 14s like it says at the start of the clip
as usual. Feels 7.1 again
AM or Bolster ? What are u using ? :S
bolster
oh yeah true, missheard him on the first time
@chilly brook https://www.twitch.tv/lightee7/clip/CourageousPuzzledBeePeteZarollTie?filter=clips&range=24hr&sort=time

Lmaooo
"that discord intentionally tries to be wrong" LOL
That's funny af
what did mandl do

mandl dared try to tell people that max and lightee aren't absolute pillars of knowledge
are next weeks affixes up anywhere
and the "hurr durr bdk bis in nyalotha" isn't due to "muhgic damej lol"
So you mean I shouldn't listen to max when he says something stupid about SeLf SuStAiN tAnKs
Damnit
hEaLeR ReLiAnCe
Max is more like bullshitter when it comes to warriors, beta testing and rage soycrying ala "warri is so terrible idk how to play"
🙃
🙃
max isn't really a bullshitter but he does have hot takes galore
aside from naowh, WF tanks are pretty trash in general skillwise
that galore was for the entirety of SL beta
aside from naowh, WF tanks are pretty trash in general skillwise [2]
well, fem is great too as he's now a tank for Method

Inb4 sco goes warrior
getting 100% effective SB uptime and cooldowns for every tankbuster on warri is easy as fuck
there's enough warrior memeing with kungen atm tho
do you live under a rock
THE GOD WHO FELL FROM EARTH HAS RETURNED
i assume you do
yes
Who
yes
i don't watch streams much
o
Yes
another underrock dweller
I live under bridge
Ah
Today we have Slooty telling us why our Lord, Kungen, a.k.a the best prot warrior (and best tank) isn't really "the best".
SOMEONE IS NOT PLEASED.
this sums it up
bdk damage is so sad
i'm playing warri just because i enjoy the spec
since it's 8.0 repeat, it's gonna be even funnier
is there a spreadsheet of what abilities can be spell reflected?
Aw man i finally switch to protection to smash some torghast and they buff it >: |
It'll probably still be free
watch kungen while it lasts [2]
seems like he's really positive about SL so far
I'm so happy Darkee/Lightee is running prot warrior for limit progression
we won't be seen as bad (as much)
SO FKIN DONE with this game, jesus christ.
I've done MYTHIC PLUS FOR 4 DAYS STRAIGHT, PERMA RUNS 24/7, nothing else and got 0 items i want.
I'm at 0.000001%
Don't say other got same luck, they have gotten tons. This is insane.
0.0000000
143
kungen is NOT happy
yeah, i don't mind the loot really
if it goes as low as it is rn
i'm just gonna do some pvp and get loot from there lul
tbh its not the loot in m+ but the 35anima that feels like an insult
Give us a currency
should be 250 anima
That we can spend on relevant loot
craft enduring blow, find WLD/TSG/Turbo bros and smash to 2k @chilly brook
Like back in wrath

LMAO
mr hardcore dayraider did 14 m+ runs in 2 days
vanilla shill complains about loot?
35 anima for a +2, with 10 more anima per level
can't have that droprate with that playrate
I raided for my fucking belt for 9 months before I got it
seen exactly 1 2h weapon I wanted in over a year of raiding
To be fair loot wasn't that hard to come by in classic
Unless you're talking raid specifically
But theres so many raids that are relevant anyways
Specific items maybe
raidloot was a function of time
AQ20 and ZG are a thing too
so you have a lot of ways to catch up quickly
bois is there any spread sheet for prot warrior ? legendaries / cov / stats ?
I won't even talk about fucking thunderfury, so many MTs with crushed dreams sitting on their crafting materials
Some good guides in the pin for this channel I'd recommend checking out, covers pretty much all that.
including my bro
took me 10 years of farming - granted I had some downtime during there, but still
just did my first 10 all i can say it much easier than 5-9s XD
thank you ❤️
any tips on NW m+? I feel terrible to pick up the adds that spawn on 2nd boss. The warriors will naturally come to me and the mages can be kicked but running/charging around that much is kinda shitty when hes doing necrotic breath after hes following you :U
According to lightees stream tank discords are fuming lmao
mark the 2 mages, hopefully you have ranged interrupt to get them in, move everything to crossbowman
if no ranged kicks then just have melee or two run out and kick them
21 keys ilvl 181.... I'm both frustrated that I've had such absolute dog shit luck and am behind on gearing despite all my running of keys and annoyed at everyone else who complains even though they're 10 item levels higher than me with less keys
but anyway, just venting
honor gets you some 184 pieces, i'd take a break and do some bgs, lol
=.=
21 is a lot in a week
yeah, I went pretty hard over the weekend
even did a 10 (not in time)
spires is painful
spires i find it difficult to see some of the krap on the ground
so I'll have a 220 next week! even tho I'm 181 equipped!
it's like light grey on a light grey floor
yeah some of the ghostly foggy things on the floor are kind of bleh to see
the spears on first boss for example

I feel like we had this conversation in here not too long ago
have you heard his advice to more casual guilds?


Is kyrian stil good after these changes or do we have to wait and see?
only in pvp and the duration is increased to compensate
^
Oh, i did see pvp and was hoping it wasnt gonna get snuck into pve
that makes sense - probably hunters are too lazy sometimes, not to talk about some mages - thanks buddy
@fading crypt you take kyrian for spear. Everything else comes as a pleasant bonus
pmuch, spear is great, love it
i dont mind it
like, both thematically, mechanically, just in general, love everything about spear xD
i kind of like NFae better for the continued shockwave
almost like having 2
but i went kyrian anyways
why so? if you like night fae why not go night fae?
Very competitive
dude they look horrible haha, ill pass
I mean their armor is actually dope
i like krian better huge on tauren
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I definitely like kyrian armor better, plate set looks cray on night fae
xD
esp on tauren xD
You're a glowing blue walking trashcan as Kyrian....
perfect representation of my life 
I'm a noob - what's the best addon to use for tracking Ignore Pain to prevent overheals. The value cap on IP is 200% base value, correct?
well other than the blue part
Tons of WA out there
damn, those blood buffs
I use Luxthos's warrior auras
Solo torghast layer 6+ at 160 ilvl is no more T_T (possibly, we will see)
I mean, so far soloing anything at 6+ has not existed for it to be no more 😛
since, you know , nothing beyond 6 is available
That's not how I read 6+
how good is signet on prot
6 or above
I know, I was joking and in the same way trying to point out his hyperbole
but i get what you mean lol
What you mean the damage buffs they posted days ago?
anyway, unrelated - is there a full-ish reference of what shattering throw is useful on in the expansion so far (pve, pvp is more obvious)
Cuz it's like nothing
I know of the shield on the last boss in necrotic wake
does anyone here have exp with signet on prot?
that's it
Last boss on NW, the adds in NW that get shields at the beginning etc.
I have no idea what signet you're referring to
fair fair, I might just experiment with it more
Sentinels in Spires
the legendary signet of kinds
ah it breaks the channel shield? cool
yeah okay, fair
was the 300% dmg increase to shield party wide?
Anything with a shield it's worth using
using it regardless
Shattering Throw is also good on Hakkar's shield.
Hakkar
hakkarmind

To my knowledge it's not worth using the Signet of Tormented Kings on prot, it may cause you to lose control over your character during bladestorm which is a big no no for a tank in any relevant content.
or maybe wrong - walking away
also good on the final boss in mists right?
yep
hm okay I defo need to use it more then
maybe a compiled reference would indeed be nice to have as a pin/resource somewhere
🙂
I'm not sure how useful that will be - just chuck it if you see a shield lol
is WCL still the defacto logging? i'd like to improve myself in m+, not sure if that's the best platform
Yes
@diruu can just go ravager or cancelaura?
the health increase for solo healers and tanks that's coming up
People pre-emptively worrying
it's only a physical dmg increase for tanks isn't it?
I think I already know the answer - but the Discharge cast from the Headless Clients in DOS... it's able to be LOSed, right? Thing was absolutely chunking me in a +10 if it wasn't interrupted
i think i'll still be fine with condemn
but gl to you kyrian bastards
got my nathria shield last night i can take on the world
shit's pretty
ooh i'm jealous
i'm just sad that at layer 7 i won't be able to trust myself to pull until the end, come hell or highwater
you only need to clear like 3 bosses for it ara. puggable
the heroic one?
@formal river how does condemn feel in M+?
lol
haha
the real endgame, after all
I suppose you can use cancel aura, but i see more value in things like the thunderlord legendary in mythic+ context or the wall in raid context
@inner harbor condemn fells wonderful on bosses but I do wish I had spear/NF for packs
now that demo shout is not affected by anger management I enjoy running ravager + bolster + thunderlord + booming voice
its undeniably weaker because trash is whats hard
spear/nf casts help a ton with kiting. I make do with shockwave/tclap
did Artificer, was pretty fun, Inerva was blowing my group's mind, geometry is hard.
lol. its like people want to paint the entire room with portals
It hink what made artificer hard is it knocks you around before the orbs com eout on Inerva
erm
inerva hard*
"puts portal on other side of sword"
i wish i played one class where ven'thry was optimal for m+ ;\
or "puts both portals on other side of sword"
yea, the knockback before the lazer geometry sucks
had that happen
for the slow classes
venthyr wont stop you from doing a 15
and i wholeheartedly disagree with ion's "they're all close" take
was gonna say. I haven't seen it required yet
there are cooldowns on covenant abilities
cant use every pack, lol
but it does help for the trouble ones
Even in Paladin they're between kyrian or Venthir
venthyr paladin is stupid damage
ashen hallow is just a reeeeally long cd
I think they did a good job of giving you good Pros for each of your 2 major choices
the cons are usually down to "your other choice ahs this thing"
which is pretty nice
necrolord has the buff of having one of the most baller plate sets available to it, too
LMAO
i like the necro RP tooo
I quite like the Kyrian ones
Necrolords got a buff?
It hink that there's so much division between cosmetics is a good sign
kyrian/necro/night fae are all gorgeous plate sets imo
he was just talking cosmetics haha
yea lol
I like all the covenant sets except for kyrian
See ^
necro got a str buff added to baner
I totally dig the necrolord plate, but I found the banner...uninteresting compared to the spear, just the general gameplay of it was less engaging in my eyes
Yeah banner is not rly fun
so i can watch?
I absolutely use a kyrian back piece that hides the shield on my back tho 
Fleshcraft is kinda fun tho
i still say just put the banner on our back like a blademaster
its immediately more fun
Knowing when to use FC
and I use a fist weapon so I look unarmed when my weapons are stowed
did they change it so the 2 hour trade window occurs even when you log off for loot?
I just want dem WINGS bruh
sammeeeee
saaame
Shit u rite
but hey, I dig my look now
I might start just storing souls for trial of ascention upgrade hahah
i like venthyr plate. im happy
the ursol's vortex of spear is just so good though
what tank trinkets should i go for
hakkar and the dr dude in plague (dps) i think
it's like another defensive
i still have the friggin thorns one as my other
i jjust macro it to demo shout and forget about it
its trash
I got the Shard from Sun King as my 2nd trnket and that's been incredible too. Heals me to almost half if I take a lethal hit
I use it for my mthic+
whatever you do though, don't get trapped by that theatre of pain tank one
even with 21% haste, it's like 1% of overall healing and dmg
I find just collect trinkets and experiment. it's what i've been doing. I got a Cube as well and that thing is NUTS
this is what the back piece looks like, I have a shield equipped and stowed, and that makes me happy (the rest of the mog is different now to match the back piece)
looks like a protractor
I still use a freaking world quest trinket at ilvl 164, the one taht procs often when you get hit and does increased damage and healing for more targets
this thing
Any fun M+ prot streamers? Quite like to see some Prot from a higher key perspective.
I have seen 0 warriors streaming, lol
and yes, I don't have any better trinkets as a 181 equipped tank with 21 m+ runs done lol
All the pros are playing other tanks.
Yeah.......
I clear 10's. Might be able to setup stream
That's the problem!
monk still the raid prog tank of choice?
depends on what you consider high
I kind of don't know what trinkets to run, they all seem underwhelming
I still beat 10 timers now that I have the gear
Well best I can do is an 8 right now so higher than that 😉
did shard get nerfed or you don't have it yet?
Not according to lightee
druid has been pretty popular so far
Blood is going to be realllllly good
even though it was slammed pretty hard in beta
After the buffs
Again not according to lightee
The buffs are a 4-6% gain overall dps
2 hour loot window - is this something that keeps going when you log off?
Its negligible
they had that huge party heal that was nerfed? (blood)
That's quite a buff.
yes
Not when your dps is in the trash to begin with lmao
It's like 80 dps
That's a fair point. Are people not running bonestorm or something?
Leveling BDK right now and it feels great
Bonestorm isn't getting buffed
makes sense, worked that way with the boxes as well
So again
Its negligible
They could give them a 20% aura buff and they'd still be last place damage likely
@strong forum LMAO i'll come thru fam
and yeah, the buffs and nerfs have all been pretty tame to get things slightly closer to each other but not really affect overall balance much
like the resto sham 4% nerf, or the 20% mastery nerf on unholy, or the 5% buffs on several DPS specs or 5% nerf on aimed shot and arcane shot
all minor, all leading to slightly more in line numbers, nothing major, nothing falling out of the meta
play whatever the hell you like and you're good at lol
people asking about prot war streams, im pretty sure @shut summit still streams regularly on twitch -> https://www.twitch.tv/snse ?

What it feels like while leveling and what it is at max level current content are two different things
I can second Diruuo. just play the specs you're good at. Improve yourself to a fine edge
for instance I have a BM hunter I play with who is uspposed to be B-tier
but she is a fucking MACHINE
constantly out-dps'ing entire raids
P@chilly brook been playing a while bud. I know this
It's because she knows her strengths, which is doing DPS on th emove while doing mechanics as a BM hunter
One person's experience is known to be anecdotal
like seriously. Just get out there and play what you play and do it well and you'll be fine
Yeah I love my warripr
I can GURANTEE people will notice and take you in the future for stuff
Great toolkit
Ok bud
just the other day I had a healer who felt I was the easier tank to heal
Good talk
just cause I was so familiar with kiting and when to do it properly
Heroic leap males me happy
agreed
Gtfo card
im trying my best and keys and im having trouble with shieldblock uptime, can i still go the standard build an swap bolster instead of am?
I'm an engineer and rocketboots are just 🙏
Cheers mate!
@tough dock bolster 100%
until they yeet you into the air lmao
@tough dock bolster is the play most of the time
Yeah Bolster covers your shieldblock. But usually I just try to kite after my 3rd Shieldblock
there's ways around it
Making my big wall leggo so I'm trying AM this week
thanks all i just felt AM just real poop when im out of of stuff
naw after the third block you clench and hope ignore pain keeps you alove lol
When you are out of suff dont hesitate to tclap leap away
I mean there's pleny of tools.
Bette than dying
Yeah perrin is right. You have SO much availble to you
Leap, if you're kyrian you can spear
shockwave the pack
even Shout is good
depending
I run the shockwave conduit and talent. I love it
I'm just saying your toolkit has a lot of things in it to deal with that window
do you guys overlap demo with block usually or separate?
Storm bolt>shockwave talent
PLUS don't forget you have teammates
mythic dentharius is going to be insanely hard
Priority stun is much more useful in m+
We didnt get denathrius down in heroic.. gl to you mythic fellas
I dont want to be you
Too old for that shit now lol. I need sleep
What do you guys think of the threat upgrade, much needed?
i'm watching the OTK stream to learn how to tank raids regardless
Personally I was ok without it but it was stressful and required a lot of tab targeting
They need to fix threat period
It doesn't make sense
when is the 10% threat coming
Exactly how it was for me
Today
We're supposed to have a 6x modifier
good
my enhance shaman ALWAYS ripped off me I had to work really hard to keep things
But somehow it's possible to have it ripped off you from someone who's doing only 2x your damage
Enhance looks beastly atm
Something is bugged somewhere
Yeah thats odd @chilly brook
so i have tanked since vanilla but im finally in a group doing mythic+ and ive gone as far as 7
Enhance is very good. Their major drawback is they get wrecked in mobility
Apparently spear doesnt apply tank modifier for example
what spells do we have that are OFF the GCD, i knoq SB, IP SR for sure.
i feel like i have to decide alot between IP and SB
@lethal arrow congrats! i'm so glad. Welcome to the fray!
Probably a misplaced decimal somewhere
I didn't have too much trouble with threat, after a gcd or two I usually establish it, some bursty classes may rip at the start if I don't stagger cooldowns/pool rage appropriately but beyond that not too bad I think blood dk has a harder time since their damage is lower than prot war's
@lethal arrow are you asking for advice on when to decide between them?
but I never have enough rage
Honestly if you just skull a target it's less of an issue
yeah i guess so
I've actually had less problems with blood dk threat wise
Despite having significantly lower offense
focusing the DOS trinket.... 2% chance of getting it for completing the dungeon.....
somebody told me early on ravager for rage and it seems to work

Blood boil is nice
Use your intution. Paying attention to what's in the pull, if it's mostly attacking you via Meele, then jsut pump a shield block. If it's casting mostly then Ignore pain @lethal arrow
Like I said something is broke somewhere
tricks of the trade and misdirection are required from those 2 classes. them not properly usin those abilities before going nuts instantly on a new pull is the only real time I experience threat issues... and even then, it's temporary.
it's gonna come down to learning and experimenting
my impression is entirely anecdotal, I haven't touched blood dk this expansion so far so don't have any personal experience, I just know that threat hasn't been too bad for me on my prot war
Because the math doesnt add up
storm bolt or 2 charge in m+?
When you're doing 6k dps and someone at 8k is ripping
The only encounter in the raid where it showed was the dance pull. But that was most likely due to dumb dps
Storm bolt
Priority stun is an extra interrupt
threatyeah i think i am good on when to use but it like i have to take revenge off my bar so i can keep my rage going
I still use double charge..... I like it too much 😦
@lethal arrow generally tho you want to keep shield block more often if there' stuff meele'ing you cause pound for pound it mitigates more damage
tanks do 5x threat for damage as dps classes (buffed to 5.5)
Way too much stuff to interrupt
I may just start running that for uptime on shockwave
Shush it's amazing and my baby
okay cool
but double chargeeeee thooooooo
I'd still keep Revenge. Just gotta practice using it to dump when you're maxed on rage. Plus it's VERY good for keeping agro in huge groups @lethal arrow
rip my baseline mobility ;-;
Stormbolt is objectively better than a shorter CD on Shockwave
yeah i know im just whining lol
hahahah
Being able to have an extra interrupt is invaluable
it's okay it's a habit I still have too
I just push it too often
I wouldn't agree with it being objectively always better. I sometimes run in major meele stacks of DPS
The more things they put in that need to be interrupted the more this is true
at the end of the day resource and cooldown management is at the core of prot warrior's effectiveness
¯_(ツ)_/¯
my group is like ok good the warlock just passed the tank lol
and having better shockwave is way more useful bc of the way it times together
Wat
i have 3 weakauras that help me with that.... 1 that tracks uptime of shield block, one that tracks uptime of ignore pain (and it's current absorb amount)... and a third that tracks Rage capping if a demo shout will put me over 100 rage
i dont use weakauras
Stuns are used to stop casts mostly in m+
procs and or avoiding rage capping is pretty much the only time i use revenge
I'm just saying the individual interrupt isn't always the benefit if you have plenty of other tools coming from your other players
i just want to get my 203 item, nice shield or weapon or trinket or helmet plz
@lethal arrow lookup Preach's UI videos.
It's super easy to setup
And gives you all the auras you need
I think there' something to be said about the compositions you end up in. Not making it objetively the best option in every situation
There's no situation where shockwave is better than having an extra priority stun.
not using weakauras is a handicap imo... you can do fine with it, but they are so damn useful
I like shockwave better. Stunning a whole pack more is juicy
I mean when things go high into the Diminishing return it doesn't help
can seem complicated at first, and especially to make your own... but with all things, once you get the hang of it it's so good
Use preaches video. Its idiotproof
for instance I run with a shaman and a warlock pretty often (my friends) and we layered our Aoe stuns perfectly
You contribute to said DR by shockwaving
having the stun doesn't help us
to me it literally comes down to priority stun vs. mobility, I don't consider the shockwave one much, though it may have some usefulness in niche situations, it's just that the priority stun may be the most reliable and have widest use case
And shockwave is much worse in a DR situation because its already a super short stun
i like shockwave for certain dungeon pulls. high key wisp dragon fuckers in Spires for example, very useful
@chilly brook my point is more about how it's just composition dependent. With Shaman stun, Lock stun into my shockwave. There's no room for my single target stun to work
Gives me a lot more options when everything is casting at once
and besides, I'm a highmountain tauren, I have an extra stun anyway if really necessary (or an extra kiting tool)
And again there are so many super important casts that storm bolt 100% is the move
@chilly brook i'm not saying you're wrong. Just that there's more to the story
Even a .75 shockwave stun gives me time to make distance.
And multiple I interrupts
yeah, but you have shockwave by default
Having more control>less control but more often
that's the thing
I can get the CD quite low eith the conduit
you don't have storm bolt by default
Yes but as I just described, the comp stuns the mob anyway
so you're genuinely gaining an extra crowd control
imo storm bolt > shockwave most of the time. I think there are niche circumstances that swapping could be best.
be like me, run double charge 
Like what
To each his own. I like rumbling earth plus the conduit
like the one i mentioned literally right before that one
Can have it up every pack
this one
You'd literally take double time over rumbling earth if you dont need storm bolt
I mean just looking at the top Mythic+'s on my server there's people running between both in the talents. I'm just saying thinking of things as always the best doesn't leave room for adapting and critically thinking about your comps and what suits your play comfortably
yes you are correct tho
having that extra stun is very very handy
but in a coordinated group, it's just another CC lost in the DR

long convo short, both have their uses and going with either won't necessarily cripple you... time and experience will tell you what you wanna run when, based on playstyle and understanding
Arguments from authority dont mean much
Exactly Kade
they mean nothing, you wanted to say?
Basically
I'm not appealing to authority, Just that there are people succeeding with both
i dont why people cant rapid cc iots just communication it should nt slow anything
is the data
You can succeed in the same keys without covenants
in mythics anyways
Why would you though
there's a big difference in pugging and running with guildies though that might also play a major part to people talent preference
Just because you can run something less optimal doesnt mean you should
shockwave has better carry potential if your group sucks
unrelated (ish) - what interrupt trackers do you lot use nowadays, the one I used in BfA broke and I can't find any that I like
I would say certainly in pugging Griff's right. Having that extra hammer is probably very huge
since most pugs aren't gonna coordinated layered CC properly
hmm, park it for another 2 hours.
No because you still have shockwave baseline and priority kicks are much more important which means having potentially 4 interrupts instead of 3 is much more important
100% agree, just an option to consider if you're about that #PugLife
Pug life makes storm bolt even more important
it's easy, requires zero coordination from the others, no reliance upon your teammates
we're boiling down to playstyle again though
The CD of shockwave is already pretty low
I agree. It comes to suiting your peers
The reduction from rumbling earth isn't that amazing
As I said, in my friend groups i run with it jsut rounded out the Cd better for each pack pull
that's why I use it
This isn't really a playstyle thing
That is tho. it's a composition and playstyle
Just getting into Shadowlands now. Been playing a prot warrior for about 10 years now and I've been hearing a lot of mixed things in regards to their performance right now. I'd like to play prot warrior for Shadowlands but most people are telling me any other tank is better currently. Is there any truth to this?
I haven't heard a good Itf argument over ravager, why was that streamer saying that? I could see for single target dps and CE raiding maybe for better SB reduction?
i like UF over ravager for when i'm blasting easy content to help guildies
that's about it
If stormbolt is 100% ineffective in said situation then a lower CD on shockwave is even less useful
@dense spade I'd say play to your strengths. Know what they are and play them to a razor edge. Sharpen it. It is genuenly still good. I've seen plenty of tanks performing high keys well. Numbers don't tell a full story. It's just a meta thing. If a tank is 2% better they will tell you the other one is garbage. Do what feels comfortable to you and do it well and you'll be okay!
DR makes shockwave less useful than Stormbolt by far
@chilly brook it's a playstyle thing. You cant spreadsheet everything lol. I like rumbling earth more with the conduit
There isnt an objectively correct thing a week in and that's fine
This isn't something new.....
Everyone who days different is trying to sell you something
there's rarely an objectively correct pathway for things like this
people just get lost in their own sauce
We've had this since they removed rumbling earth from shockwave
It's almost never been the pick over storm bolt
This expansion wont change that
As I said, It works in my groups because we're very good at gethring things and making sure to stun in a rotaiton properly where those priority casts are interrupted in the fray. My point in all of this is simply to understand what the talents offer you. I use it bc it cycles through packs we pull better so it's available again in time for our cycles. That's it. You are not wrong.
Ii counter with I like it more than stormbolt and it works better for me
@void moat Thanks, even though I already figured that was the case I think I needed to hear that. Another thing I'm seeing is Devastator is the recommended talent for first tier. As somebody that hates replacing an active ability (devastate) with a passive (devastator) Would I be shooting myself in the foot taking punish instead for a more active, higher APM playstyle?
Dont know why you are trying so hard to be correct. There is no correct here. People play differently
storm bolt is bis btw
This has been my experience. In easier content I feel comfortable running Anger Management with Unstoppable Force, but in higher keys I tend to run Bolster and Ravager, Ravager allows more control over threat and in general more gradual threat generation available for more packs, compared to a burst from Avatar. Avatar also feels less impactful without the azerite trait that popped a free IP with it (and extra mstery). In short - bolster + ravager leads to more consistent performance in higher keys in my experience.
I dont see how this is an argument
storm bolt is objectively better for m+
not meta among 0.1% => unplayable shit, regardless of actual reasons 0.1% plays something and applicability of this reasons to your situation 🙂
This has been common for the last few years
it feels like more APM because you're mashing more buttons. Devastator is fantastic, and you need the SS procs.
Stormbolt is objectively better lmao
I'm not making it one. Lol. I say I like something better and you tell me I should like it better.
Just a weird convo
it's..not?
ZUGZUG
haste --> versa --> crit = mastery
atleast thats what icy veins say
damage and parry
altho vers and crit is basically equal after item level and haste
Vers helps with the bleeds/magic a lot
I guess it's good dps stat? compaed to vers
@dense spade I don't think you would be shooting yourself in the foot. Just look to understand what makes the talents strong and where. For instance Punish doesn't help very much in AoE packs that come very often in Mythic plus etc. But ravager does some incredible things in packs and is worth picking up. Been seeing it in high keys a lot. Just get out there and experiment. Numbers don't tell the full story is always what I try to tell people.
If only revenge wasnt ppm
all the stats are roughly okay in my experience, versa covers more gaps in the spec than crit/mastery does I feel like, haste is always king cus shield block uptime, the rest are fine
and what guys would you run for m+ unstoppable force and anger managment
@dense spade I will say tho in devistator I do find myself not castin ganything on some GCDs
or ravager and bolster
I'm liking vers more because SB helps so much withvphys anyway
on high keys ravager and bolster, low keys uf and anger management
rav and bolster are top for defensive builds
this
Its other shit that kills me
ive been running itf lol
Absolutely. I just hate empty GCDs lol. Devastate spam as a filler just FEELS better. I feel like I should be doing something when everything is on cd. Maybe I'll put ss on my old devastate hotkey and spam that instead to try and trick myself
wondering what should be best with thunder lord
UF and AM are tons of fun blasting easy content though, especially if you have Thunderlord
UF is worse even in low keys than ravager
Erga ur such a hipster smh
OH ME TOO it feels weird NOT to push buttons. But it is defnitely something WORTH learning is what I'd say @dense spade
put a macro there that uses random toy
both work with thunderlord, just make sure you run booming voice if running thunderlord and you're good
I personally am terrible about fitting devastate in, I look at it as the few times i'm not gcd locked when I'm running devesator i would actually use devastate, and so with it being that few and far between it just doesn't seem worth it.
sense did it first, im just a copycat :)
i tried it
If Rosjen was here he wouldn't put up with this hipster crap
Its probably better? IDK
hm, fair, didn't consider too much, I definitely feel like UF just works better if you're running anger management, since you wouldn't need bolster on low keys, UF seems like a more natural choice
listen man
It's whatever feels comfortable to you but it is very worth. In times where we bloodlust i'm getting shield slam literally every other GCD bc of how fast i'm attacking for instnace. It's quite good if you're okay with not always having something not to cast
Im just happy ravager is usable now
the small increase in SB feels good, altho i do miss ravager
you dont "fit" devestate in
and I was super against devastator at start, been using it for a bit, it's pretty comfy
Talent Devestator literally replaces your nothing move with a literal passive
I don't mind manually casting it either
this
Casting devastate is ass
i don't think you read what you thought you read
i very much like it. one less thing i have to concern at all with
i'm saying it sucks trying to remember to use the active, so i use the passive
Yeah like Kade said. I have SO MUCH other stuff to worry about that taking it off entirely is very nice
I will say Punish rocks on stuff like Sludgefist tho
Punish is 😴
tbh, early in the xpac I found myself still mashing my devastator keybind subconciously
I definitely mash devastate (while using devastator) an unreasonable amount of time
that % reduction adds up pretty hard throughout the fight when it's tight
You're best off just swapping with your cotank depending on what you have up assuming they're not a blood DK
is it just me, but i feel like stacking haste is wrong? i feel like having well-rounded stats (and just going for highest ilvl items) is the move
doesn't devastator + the wall lead to more shield slams on average --> more shield wall?
yep
if you can always have it at one stack that's like 100k less damage you're taking in the fight almost
it's not at all wrong, haste is best, you want as high as you can for as high uptime on shield block as you can
shield block is your lifeline
But you could just "reduce" sludge damage even more by swapping based on who has stuff available on him
i mean its the best stat - but i feel like ilvl is supreme... whether the item has crit or mastery, etc.
I've just always been opposed to the idea that a talent making an active ability into passive while making it stronger. Same issue with demon blades or whatever on havoc. It just feels bad. More buttons should = more better imo. That and empty globals feel poopy.
I.e. hold him with shield block then when you have nothing the DH takes him with spikes, meta, brand then you take him back etc.
it's just a HUGE change from BFA
you feel this way cause thats whats been advocated since early bfa
Ilvl >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>haste >verse>=crit
empty globals do happen / are ok if you're doing everything right
I added many > this time so maybe we can stop saying it :^(
And you're also losing out on a significant rage gain by not running devastator which you're not factoring in to your 100k figure
That's fair Griff
Because 100k isn't too difficult to hit with IP if you have the rage
.333, repeating of course 🤓
Just going to be an adjustment I suppose. Warrior has been gcd capped for as long as I can remember. Feels weird just breathing for a second without jack hammering my devastate key.

2 stacks for me of IP is like 16kish
i just hate that wow always give me slight ilvl upgrades that has crit/mastery, and its like fuck... the item i currently have has haste/verse
I prefer having time to breath and assess
ilvl is ilvl
I mean it's worth noting that it's not like those stats are useless
I had the same sort of feeling at the start, gave it a try, I see the merits
grats on the upgrade
How do you deal with that last mini boss right before the last boss in HoA. Without hero to just nuke him down before he heals it takes forever to kill all his adds. Im sure there is some simple obvious thing I'm missing and I'm gonna feel like a smooth brain when you tell me but so far that mob has ruined a couple timed keys.
I think a lot of people approach sludge wrong tbf
just that 1 less button needing pressed gives me tons of more ability to focus on the fight and shot call shit
so it's not like you're getting nothing. but having raw health and str goes a longer way
keep a thick haste verse ring and smile
And assume they just slap the most sturdy tank on him
@neat root which miniboss?
Instead of using the tools and the uptime of said tools as the swap mechanic
@neat root OH YOU mean those 3 angels before Devos?
No in HoA
lust and nuke him down is probably going to be at least the fort strat, so adjust your lust timings accordingly
i will say the pvp trinket with haste and passive strength seems broken OP
else its probably faster to aoe the spirits down first
OH my god yeah you mean halls of attonement. My brain went halls of ascension lmao
But then again people riding blood dk so hard so it's not like you're gonna make your blood dk tank sludge over a paladin

SERVERS AREN'T UP YET, THEY'RE LATE. TIME TO FUCKING REVOLT. Or maybe go make a snack... get some water... go outside? Nah, snack and some water.
yeah we just go turbo mode with lust and carry lust into boss on that @neat root
Chamberlin is a pushover
shit, means I have to actually work for another 2 hours
I save lust for that room, I like a druid to Starfall
Literally annihilated that room
I can't remember what mini boss you even mean 
yeah comps do play a role in that too. Some AOE heavy groups can just cleave down everything hyper fast
One with adds before last boss, whole room
Yeah last boss is np. It's that guy before him that's fucks everything up. Gotta make sure I fill that last dps slot with lust then or bring shitty drums
oh where he drains them?
Ye
yeah tha tone
ah ye
I like to instruct my DPs to save their heavy DPS CDs for him and lust and burn him
just BLOW him up
should work well this week since it's not fortified
can you kill him before his first drain? I'm not entirely sure if the drain is timed or percentage based
or do you always need to kill the neutral mobs before you kill him?
You can but not really in higher keys
have to start after his first drain
anyone else prioritizing the 184 pvp trinket with haste and strength passive?
You can do it in higher keys
i have never tried - but can you just kill the adds before him so he has nothing to drain?
dps check is pretty high no?
guys im thinking about switching from venth to kyrian and just main tank again
if i switch now before the reset
i love kyrian. spear go brrrrr
Sure! if that feels comfortable!
will it go through tomorrow?
I also didn't know you had to do after the 2nd channel, will try that next time to save time
Man sometimes I wish I could use two monitors for WoW
so I could put other stuff on the 2nd window
it doesnt
I haven't tried it. It seems scary since if you bladestorm you could get rekt in that window
you can block and stuff during bladestorm
why doesnt it work as ravager tho
you can block during it
It's the lack of being able to do everything else tho that's scary
can use demo / block / ip etc iirc
different spell id, is the general consensus
all your shouts and drs you can use
but it works as arms/fury
but lets be fair 3secs of BS or 3 secs of Reck is just for the memes
yeah ok
Yes but I can't stun, I can't pummel, I can't leap etc.
there's genuinely better legendaries than the signet
@shut summit you running itf in keys?
that or rav
when you can use only one, there's no reason not to use the wall, thunderlord or some of the utility ones
that's a thought
When would you swap off ravager
if running anger management 😛
Remind me again which spells you can get off the signet
the thing is if i want to have signet for dps and then do tanking, i would expect for ravager to proc it the same way it procs for arms
Yeah; ok.
like thats a claer bug for me
YEah it is
report as bug, see if it gets fixed
I still wouldn't use signet over some of the other options right now
why hasnt any1 reported it 3 weeks into the expansion then
People have.
it worked on beta, got changed to not work, it was reported and nothing has changed
Friendly reminder for when servers come up... Do your weekly quest for 213 heroic nathria gear BEFORE opening the vault :)
if it's indeed bugged then people most likely have
Blizz takes a while lol
Why Sock?
huh?
lol blizz just literally shits on warrirors then
so you dont take teh same slot
oh shit yeah
eveyrhting sucks or isnt working
Otherwise you might pick something from the vault that then gets replaced by the 213 immediately
If you get the 213 first, you can pick something else
it's literally not been that bad, stop dramatizing Theorodrem
which weekly quest again?
is that the maw quest?
I forget which one you're refering to
4 weekly mythic dungeons
OH
It's mythic dungeon week
is that a thing?
ah it's mythic dungeon week
Is that even in shadowlands?
Yes
I wasn't paying attention to what it is this week, I just know the week that ends now is battlegrounds
Didnt even know about that
but sock does have a major point. Be sure to check your other sources of loot first
Is that an oribos thing @open monolith
Does opening the vault cause you to have to pick an item immediately?
I.... Don't remember where you pick up the quest
or can you open it and walk away
Time to google.
It's usually the major city of each expac
Does it matter what piece u craft your legendary on? 🙂
@open monolith what piece should I craft? 😮
In oribis from the same guys who give the weekly pvp quest pretty sure
Which legendary?
P sure u just grab it from dungeon journal @formal river
