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i love wall
i was getting it up everytime i had to tank swap on some bosses
it was huge
So what ilvl do you guys suggest for doing anything over +10 right now? I’m 198.6 and I’m noticing that I still have a ton of trouble staying up
I’m popping mitigation cool downs on basically every pull like a nut job, while also kiting whatever has stacks on me.
You can definitely do 10+ at 198, it's just a matter of practice and getting used to where the damage spikes happen
Knowing when to kite and when you can stay in etc
Yea it’s just brutal. That mortal strike stack that they have in necrotic wake is wild
I'm late late ok this but ip is off the global so u ip and slam
whats ip
Ignore Pain
are there any good videos to watch for learning to kite?
Just watch any good streamer
And watch their mitigation closely
Kiting is more feelycraft than anything. Some people kite when they don’t have anything up, others know they can take a hit or two without mit. Like those previous said it’s all about knowing when big dam is inbound
Can also kite to save mitigation for the next pack... there’s a lot of different approaches
seems complicated haha
Yeah, tanking is definitely the hardest job in M+
Or at least the most knowledge intensive
yea the route is all on you unless you have a friend telling you what to pull lol
And most mob abilities are more likely to kill you than anyone else if they don't get kicked/stopped so you better know what all that shit does 😄
Nah, I feel for the guy
He's exactly where he is because of actions he took in spite/selfishness
¯_(ツ)_/¯
It's not like he didn't get donations and paid for what he does anyways
He just saw an "opportunity" to get more money in the worst way possible and it backfired hard
Sure, but he reacted poorly under an enormous amount of external pressure that he had no control of, he didn't make it better but it's hard to blame him
and do you think it is ok to receive treaths of the nature he received?
and be targeted in such a way?
while his personality is questionable because of the way he behaves sometimes
Is it ok? No
that does not mean that he should be trashed continuously by idiots because reasons
Is it a result of his actions that he could have not taken? yes
I mean, not in all cases, being in the public eye is going to draw that sort of attention no matter what you do
The internet is toxic af
Look, you don't keep kicking a hornets nest and expect everything to be happy rainbow time after you pick it up and throw it across the room after being repeatedly kicked
I've done some really stupid things under pressure or when emotionally distressed I still knew I shouldn't do them and most of the time I don't
I mean, clearly he acknowledges that
so spike is really good for huge aoe packs but man with out 5+ targets it is poopy

and die before floorpov
kekw
jump in thunderclap ravager spear block a little and run away
best tanking in the history of wow
I spend a lot of time staring at mobs while they're trapped in ring of frost
Very engaging gameplay
11
between 10 and 15
Ok, another question..why are you kiting so much?
mostly around 12-13
Cause 5 stacks of Gargon bleed hurts no matter what key level you're on
because i'm a shit player
That's just a specific place. 👀
Have you considered removing the bleed :^)
imagine playing aliance
Red team rules
I considered it but the Phial seemed more useful for the stacking healing debuff that mobs also apply this week
iu'm gonna move aliance to play with my 0 friends that play there
See, it's easy for me.
I have 0 friends in general so it doesn't matter which i play.

Gargon bleed is much more dangerous than necrotic
Necrotic = a tiny dot you can live without getting heals.
Gargon bleeds = you're dead if you out range your healer.
So I'm big dumb
You can go fairly high with Necrotic stacks.
Just due to SB being stupid strong.
I uhh didn't see the haste/vers option
i start kiting at 25+
stacks
or somewhere along there
and for gargons i have the phial ready for certain spots in the dungeon
the rest i'll have the healer kill me
“I don’t have wings please clear your bleed” ok boss
yep
@mellow patio @chilly brook Weekly skyhold key when
there is no warrior healer
That's never stopped us before!
I just got my warlock to 60 last night
Ghash you’re alive
I liiiiiive
All you have to do is let me know and bhole the mm hunter makes his appearance
His debut
The maiden voyage
So we either need a tank and a healer or at least a healer and DPS if you guys want to see more of my bad tanking 
And then a plan can form
I wouldn’t mind seeing you get one shot again
I'll uh curse and healthstone and shit
I wish I'd put that run on YouTube just to relive that moment
stream it again 🥺
Of course, I wouldn't hold content back from you fine folks
It’s good content
"Yo dude I got you"
"Oh shit nevermind I don't got you"
😂
And then I was a havoc tank for 20 minutes
You guys want to see how funny it is to do keys as a colorblind person?
Watch the first like 10 seconds of me experiencing Inspiring https://www.twitch.tv/videos/854810697
And my group's response
Finally gonna record a key so I can do some commentary to potentially help people out
We started with a Theater 12 and it was pretty free tbh
But then we fucked a Spires 13 after that
So what do I know
I don't mind keys this week as much as I thought I would
Though I've only done mists and halls so like
Ez keys
It actually was not as bad as I thought it was going to be Ivan, because on MDT it showed a couple of scary af packs that had all inspired mobs
I just cba tyr keys
Yea dude the mob is bigger than normal you dummy
Is that your stream?
It is, yeah
Oh lmaoooo, it's not as bad as it looks. I just have my webcam at kind of an odd angle. I'm actually just leaned back in my chair
it hurts, kick is up, and casts just keep going off xD
Hm?
And it's marked as "feral druid" and thats clearly a rogue.
I feel lied to.
P.S we're gonna give you shit, Ghash.
Yeah I forgot to start the stream so I didn't have time to change the title first
Oh, yeah Prince, honestly I was mentally afk yesterday. I was exhausted. I'm normally better than that I promise!
lol just giving u shit
I kicked a Searing Death once though, so I did my duty!
Bro ghash how you play leaned back
I gotta be absolutely straight up and down to do any gaming
Is warcraftlogs mitigated % accurate?
Hey brand new to prot warrior. Looking to mainly play prot for M+ but I still want to be able to feel strong in raid. Is Kyrian just all around awesome, or is Night Fae a better choice for being strong in both M+ and Raid?
Kyrian is good for both
Like it tells me my mitigation is 57%. Should this be higher?
in what scenario? raids? m+?
Raids
look at blocked hits and ehrps
does kyrian pot work on necrotic ?
Yep
What would be a good rule of thumb to follow for that? Im blocking Blocking 66% with 1.8ehrps
idk im not a raid tank, but as high blocked hits as possible and as low ehrps as possible
ignore pain should get a rage cost reduction or cap at a higher percent
Agreed @acoustic stratus
The bonus from Indom is nice tho
But I’ll take a smaller heal and 20 rage IP
is Gluttonous Spike a good trink (aka the one off Hungering Destroyer)
So I recently lvld my warr to 60 and ive done every dungeon at m0 now, but no 1handers dropped.
anyone know if theres another way to get a decent weap?
pvp
like arena or bgs
Yeah unfortunately
I dont know anything about pvp
Hmm yea
171 atm
Oh yeah you should be fine lol just do m2s
Why
anyone got any smart ideas about how to remove necrotic stacks on ToP bosses with no pala, kyrian or dwarf racial...
It helps that I'm fat and it's uncomfortable for me to sit straight for extended periods 🙂
That was supposed to be a reply
to @mellow patio
Heya anyone got a prideful route for Plagueful that i can have? 😄
Shoulda let Domina Venomblade finish lockpicking ;)
So i was just looking at Thrillseeker for prot and it doesnt seem that bad? if you are a warrior who mainly plays prot but wants to get the dps potential Venthyr has for Arms/Fury its actually a solid choice am i wrong?
rip 12 key and 45 minutes of our time
20% haste for 10 seconds every few pulls?
does it matter if you craft the wall as shoudlers or cloak?
@tepid barn I went shoulders based on the castle nathria loot table having better and higher ilvl cloaks
Has anyone tanked as Venthyr with Thrillseeker?
for m+ should i use thunderlord or the wall?
ur choice
or swap em between forttified and tyranical weeks?
i just wanna have as much mitigation as i can
wall has better mitigation than tl for m+? thought the talent build for TC paired with demo shout would be better
So what's the best way to deal with 100% prideful in necrotic wake? Seems like in only can proc during the pré-boss event
wall is 50 demo is 20, having a wall every pack or every other pack is better than having an extra demo
and you get the same value on ST as you do on aoe with wall
demo gives you other stuff though, which is why I'm saying you might not just wanna think about mit purely
the boss event is count so you can proc it at the end of that
and you get a decent amount of it on the boss after the hook
yeah i could have some nice dps boost with tl too but i think id rather have more mitigation
ty
But at the end of the event the bossfight start, isn't it dangerous?
specially on tyrannical
you spawn the pride in the back of the room
the stitch guy stands still
next to the boss
ok thanks
damage is mitigation fyi 😛
yeah its totally broken
and its not stupid and annoying like dps trinkets
it is a dps trinket!
I mean yeah but it's not sheet dps retarded
i hate that trinket
more then i hate the way fury is right now
fury feels good as long as u close ur details
Niceeeeeee does anyone here have a WA that Tracks Shield Slam and Thunder Clap Like just 2 big Icons apprently wowanalyzer i need to use thunderclap more but i just zone out and forget its up hahahahaa
lmfao
in WA you can set this up real easy with the automated templates - just go to templates, icons and it directs you from there
but I personally just made my action bars bigger and put them in the middle of my screen
haha yeah cheers dolphin
Can someone tell me what's the deal with bringing prot warrior to sire denathrius mythic? over a brewmaster
brewmasters are weak and windwalkers are good
prot is good and arms is not the best
are there any good streamers for prot that are currently on? ive been trying to search but cant find any
cries in Fury offspec
Has anyone found any clutch (consistent) uses for shattering throw so far? Other than things like hakkar/etc to bonus damage to shield. I thought it was going to be an amazing ability; and I haven't found any amazing uses for it. (in pve)
So maybe I just don't know about any great spots for it; hoping others might.
Helpful with the shields in Tirna Scithe, I also use it on the pull to build a smidge of threat...but overall it's more useful in PvP
I guess you could but that means you'd need to 'pre' cast it, if you're talking about a timed dbm pull. or during your '3, 2, 1..' if you do it in M+
Yeah, I do it on the "2" during the countdown, or in M+ I just use it to pull the boss (I mostly run low keys in PUGs, so it tends to be a mess on pulls anyway)
aye; I was just psyched for it for shadowlands; and have since become kinda' sad it's just..meh. I guess since I don't pvp
yeah i pretty much only use it in pvp to break pala bubbles
it's good on hakkar and last boss on NW
but the long cooldown reduces its usefulness
There's also a Torghast power that makes it's first use on a floor hit for something like 10,000% which one-shots most bosses
got nerfed unfortunately
booooooooo
last boss of tirna scithe too
Meatsheilds in necrowake and fearing northman. Mists last boss, Theater of pain first bosses, SOA adds
?! odd. Are the tanks supposed to be a choosable target for "Sinseeker" on huntsman mythic? this is odd.
we never had it in heroic.
now it's consistent 2 pulls on mythic
The torghast power was SUPER op, and got nerfed heavily.
That only happened to me when we ran a raid with 12 people as opposed to our usual 20ish
Is there anything like 60upgrades or wowhead character planner for retail? I know gear and bis lists dont really matter as much as ilvl but I find them useful for planning
use the dungeon journal and a piece of paper. Remember the pen(cil)
Its more that it tallies up all your stats for you and let's you get an overview
Aint nobody got time to do that manually
anyone got some good mdt routes for this week?
is that addon paid only or is it just the routes thats paid?
I saw they had routes on wago.io
he's reverting the changes
@jade axle droptimizer on raidbots
if you update the addon the mobs are back and u can either make your own again or import ones
is droptimizer paid?
i couldn't remember
But that's only going to take into account dps
Nah it's not
You're just gonna spend more time simming everything
Because you only have so many combinations if you dont pay
Thanks
with corruption it was worth it for premium, i still liked it for the iterations it allowed and the fact of what they give to the players they kind of deserve subscribing honestly
Has anyone tanked as Venthyr yet? Curious to see how Thrillseeker performs in keystones. I am debating swapping from Kyrian so I can get more use out of Arms
it’s fine
thrill seeker tends to proc a lot at the end of packs which sucks and u don’t really condemn on aoe but ull be ok
which slot for "the wall"?
shoulders
You'll feel it on a 10
because i like to do a test run and figure out what mechanics are before more serious attempt
but, i also have to learn through trial by fire, failure, and others
Especially when that necrotic stacks is stacking and they are inspired
@earnest fox you mean taking not being a Kyrian?
best for necrotic is to get a paladin who can freedom and bop you at command
and then leap away in direction you prior killed trash while kiting to remove
I am a dwarf and the double cleanse as Kyrian was nice but i just feel that Kyrian hinders Arms DPS more than Venthy will hinder Prot?
I actively play both (prot most of the time)
I have a prot paladin too and I just don't want double Kyrian lol
will a prot warrior who is venthyr message me please?
I was before switching to kyrian
okay so can you tell me how often you were receiving the 20% Thrillseeker buff?
I mean you are in combat a lot during keys
I just need to hear that it isnt absolute garbage, I know i will be missing the Vial heal and cleanse but if itll buff my other 2 specs than I am swapping
I mean
Its 1 stack per second in combat isn't it?
Need 40 seconds of combat iirc to get the buff
Idk how long it's up
its up for 10 seconds
and 2 stacks
4 stacks if u kill an enemy
so technically 20 seconds of combat and you get 20% haste for 10 seconds? If i am wrong let me know
nectoric + inspiring isn't that bad
trash, at least, feels less deadly than last week
But tyrannical is
idk I think tyranical is chill as a tank. Definitely deplete more keys, but the pressure is lower on tyr weeks for tanks
Doesn't matter if the pressure is less if you can't complete the key
Also manastorms on higher keys is aids
as a tank
hey guys, if I do a legion dungeon without the artifact equipped, that counts, right?
Like i can just run through 30 dungeons real quick
it comes up a lot but it also occurs a lot at the end of packs which is bad, because you get stacks when stuff dies
ur covenant isn’t gonna make that much difference to u, if u wanna switch just switch
for huntsman does shield block work on his shot attack?
I dunno I do all the mechanics n crap on the bears
block does work for ranged auto attacks
and his attack is 'shoot' i believe
so it should
okok thx
if it doesn't we couldn't tank him, and we can..so pretty sure it does.
(shoot is ranged auto attack generally, or the random ranged auto abilities mobs tend to hit players with in dungeons, sometimes it's also 'throw rock' or 'throw' or throw food/etc)
thx chad
You know what's shitty?
You can't deflect the dot from Innerva anymore
But you can deflect the same dot on the adds before her
Just to remind you of what was
..yay..the cacophonous roar conduit from mythic huntsman. woo~ =\
hey, if im a fury warrior looking to switch to prot to play with friends more often, do you guys think it's worth switching from venthyr to kyrian or just stay venthyr?
You’ll be fine
okay thanks. really didn't want to switch but just saw a lot of prots go kyrian
Tigel; if you don't really plan to do tough content..have fun with venthyr. Which spec do you value more?
i really enjoy fury but i'd rather be able to do m+'s with more friends, all fo which are dps, so moving forward i'll probably be using rpot more often
@frail adder it’s nice but there’s a guy who is owning with it. You prob just don’t wanna condemn nearly as much as dps
Dw you got it
alright, i'll give it a shot for a bit and see how it feels. again, i appreciate it 😄
If you’re planning on playing prot most there is no real reason not to be kyrian
spear is op
Condemn is not a good button in aoe
plus vial
Most of the higher io prot wars rn are top raiders who are playing arms in raid hence venthyr
spear is very ballin
Does spell reflect's damage reduction work on glyph of destruction
171 ring with haste or 184 ring with no haste?
I pretty much lose 8 stam with the 171
Works on all magic damage
rings have no mainstat so there's some leeway
do you guys run bolster/rav in raid aswell?
rav yes, bolster if you need it
ITF also very good in raid, according to better warriors than i
if youre running the wall AM is really good for raid
crit isnt even our less valued stat, mastery is if getting technical, although its so close its negligible, rings/necks do have leeway, armor and str are very strong for us, losing them on a piece of gear makes ilvl worth less than specific stats, you could drop like 5 ilvls on them just for a better itemized piece and be ok
where did that guys comments go, I liked him
Which guy
🤔
I like where this is going
Does signet world for prot?
If a comment is there to read, did anyone ever comment at all
Last I saw, signet only procs ravager on avatar casts. It doesn't proc avatar on ravager casts
And no one knows if this is working as intended
should be a bug but who knows when/if it gets fixed
maybe if someone makes a reddit post
Do you guys use shattering throw much?
how 2 acquire wall
Isn't that from raid?
hungering destroyer found it
Hungering devourer maybe. Or xymox. I don't remember off hand
Comparing myself to my pally cotank is making me sad.
it'll drop from LFR too
if you want to wade into that disaster
Also the necrotic affix is bad times
In what way
Guys - more versatility means much better for prot?
haste > vers > the other two usually. but ilvl trumps everything
In some situation I am just ONE shot for enemy ... How do you compete with it? Or is it only me?
anything above 0%
lol xD
what's one shotting you?
stats wont make that difference
some pack of trash ... mythic +7 and above
what's your ilvl?
So 23%, got cha
Well, just want to make sure i'm not lacking due to the chance to critically block. but with this set up i'm rocking 18 haste, 14 verse, 10 crit, and 23 mast
Is there a list of best prot trinkets? Just snagged a Splintered heart of Al'ar and seems pretty slick
Blood spatterd scale is fantastic for M+
Yeah that one is solid too
I do like splintered heart... obviously doesn't do much for speed on safe keys but it's definitely saved some keys
some tough packs you need to pre-cd them
and communicate with healer to be sure he knows/precast/gives you a cd
what potency conduit are you guys rolling with?
I am venthyr and just can't see the worth of having harrowing punishment, maybe ashen juggernaut, but Show of force is just.... meh
Harrowing is bad.
Juggernaut you won't be holding up for the majority of the time most likely.
Show of Force is your most consistent bet. 🤷
If only harrowing made condemn simply cleave 👀
Yo, is kleia worth using as a soulbind this week since she can make you immune against necrotic?
Prot just feels totaly broken. Even my guildies are saying they dont like to heal protect at all.
I've had 0 issues with Pelagos and Necrotic, it's just how you play.
If you want to use Kleia, go for it.
Meanwhile i've had healers say that Prot is better to heal than most other tanks. 👀
It mostly comes down to the player rather than the class.
if you're playing the class incorrectly you WILL be punished hard.
Yes, that's what i said.
I cant push all my CDs on every tras
"It mostly comes down to the player rather than the class".
Why would you need to push all your CDs on every trash pack?
I'm just a bit sad that kiting is that prime meta ...
SB/IP/DS are enough for the majority of your pulls.
Jeah, agreed. They really have to do something about it in the higher keys.
They are raping me fast and IP is just ... meh. It is gone even before you cast it. Then I dont have resources for other skills
What key levels?
You are supposed to use Shield Block as your primary mitigation tool. IP is there just to help smooth the damage even more.
I had that experience on 8s and 9s, got a lot better on 10s and 12s when ppl knew what kicks are
It is not about key levels, it is about survivability at all
🤔
On lower keys you get away with more mistakes and using less defensives as the damage intake is less punishing.
whats your haste? low haste i felt that way, its gotten way better though
I'm hovering currently around the 14 range and i'm not feeling squishy nor do i feel the need to kite and/or use all my CD's on every pack.
Compared to DH we are total trash. I see it when I am in CN with my guilde. He plays DH and he can stand 2wice more then me.
Do you have any logs?
I have some ... but dont have time for it right now ...
lmao
Okay, then i'm kinda confused about why you are complaining.
I thought you were looking to get better at the class.
Sounds like a rotation thing, make sure you know when the big hits are so you can mitigate
what would you say tank order of difficulty is rn like easiest to hardest
difficulty to play or to heal?
play
@spare oracle 28% atm
I haven't played prot pally or guardian druid so I dunno about that...
But brew is definitely easiest
for me personally that is... my order it Brew>vengence>prot warrior>blood dk
rotation feel like butter? lol
nah
im at like 16 haha
@ionic fern got venari to exalted today, so added 4 sockets with haste, and a lot of haste/versa gear from PvP
also gnome
Nice.
anyway, it still doesn#t feel like butter xD but rage is a lot better
was forced into sludefist hc last week as our tank got booted off the guild
im not looking forward to hc sludge
also PvP trinket for static haste
it was surprisingly "easy" if you can call out single target CDs when your SB is down
call out single target cds?
kinda ignored the others
I've ignored everything. 😂
externals @spare oracle
im lost lol
@spare oracle pain supp, ironbark and such
Roughly, yes.
Healers have CD's that reduce your damage taken and/or increase healing received etc.
These are refered to as "externals".
For example Iron Bark has a 1 minute CD and reduces your damage taken by 20%.
i saw something about intervene on sludge, can it be used at all or would you get nuked
You're a warrior, you excel at taking physical blockable hits.
Just make sure you have Shield Block up.
always feel like im dying in that fight ahah
Do you have logs?
i have a dumb question lol how do you dodge overhead slash in 1st boss of spires just killed my 14 key and even when i did dodge and move to the side i would be hit with it for like 75% of my hp pool with shield block + ip up
do i have to go through him during cast and be behind him
is it even blockable lol
cuz i would move to the side and it looks like im completely out of the way and still get hit
sometimes i would leap away and be hit with it
yea, it was a really bad one though haha
im assuming you cant dodge
had a lot of downtime
I'm not 100% sure if they have changed something about it but it used to deal damage 2 times in a single event.
You can sidestep one part of the damage but not both parts.
@eternal musk
You can get lucky and parry it tho.
ill figure it out thanks
@ionic fern https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/nTZjYG2WRzKBd3gq/#fight=last&type=damage-done heres the log if your curious haha
You should be running Bolster and ItF for this boss for the increased block uptime.
You're also missing Shield Slam casts
Your blocked hits is 49% which can be increased via Bolster.
sicck
In general, swap around your talents and fill SB downtime with Bolster.
just for that fight?
kk
AM can be used on the majority of the bosses.
But if you're struggling on Sludge then you should look at Bolster.
coulda been my gear a bit too, i got a 213 shield now and upgraded my wall and swapped a ring so im not a t like 9% haste anymore lol
ty for all the info though 🙂
hey guys, need a bit of advise; been tanking both with my warr and dk, but atm, my dk with 174 was pushing +6 with just some difficulty, while my warr been suffering a lot; know my class, been mt of my guild but for progres they want me to use my dk but i just love my warr to much, except it feels squishy
im caping versta>haste>mastery
M+ is heavily dependant on the group and DPS - if your DPS don't interrupt or have too low damage you will suffer.
ilvl > anything else for warrior, at the moment
also my war is 195
Also, you should be focusing on Haste>Versa when comparing similar ilvl items
You should easily be able to do 10+ keys with 195.
Your secondaries aren't gonna have a lot of impact on how tanky you feel, generally
like, more is better and you'll probably find that more haste feels smoother to play
A lot of Mythic+ as warrior is knowing when and how damage will happen so you can deal with it before it becomes a problem
DK is much more forgiving in that way
yeah i know that from warr, i have had issue with healers on last stones, but my sidekick (sham heal) been sweating a bit on some pulls for my stones and even in raids
then you might be doing somthing wrong
was thinking on changing some talents, im using ravag but i was thinking on chaning to itf for extra haste
at least on raid
Honestly, if you're having trouble in 6s, it might be something more fundamental than talent choice
watching other people play the class can help highlight what they're doing differently or even recording your own keys to see where you're making mistakes
Though, for the latter you have to know what you're looking for
today i have a meeting with my team to see if i should keep my dk or my warr for pushing m+ and the raid
but thanks
Honestly, play what you enjoy.
Your tank choice won't make or brake anything if you play it properly.
If you're "feeling squishy" just provide logs in this Discord and we can look into it.
My group and I are having a tough time timing for 9s. Damage and heals are there, but I guess we are just not choosing efficient paths. Would watching people go through 10+ keys and doing the routes/pulls they go through be the same for keys below 10s?
The routes won't be the same if you're going for maximum efficiency, Prideful has a pretty significant impact on routing
but any route they use for +10 should still work fine for 9 and under
I mean 10s are easier than 9s
For sure
10s are easier?
once you get used to handling prideful, it's very useful
yer prideful is a huge buff
speeds up keys a lot
what does prideful do?
Increases your damage/healing for a minute.
so we just need to get over the 9 hump that we are stuck on
creates a big mob every 20% forces that pulses AoE damage and gives you a huge buff when it dies
I mean, once you get past 9, you'll probably struggle the first one or two times you run a key as a 10, just getting the prideful timings down and getting used to managing cooldowns to kill it efficiently
but after that it can speed up dungeons a lot
Especially if you can get one going into every boss this week
Anima Field Emitter and Blood-spattered Scale are both very good
I've heard Decanter is pretty good too
Phial is also solid for more damage.
but I don't have a decent ilvl of it
i run decanter and sire trinket, but ive not got much choice
Oh, and if you can get your hands on the Hymnal of the Path (WQ) it's also stupid.
Sire trinket is very strong defensively
i sold it 🤦♂️
Sold what?
Hymnal is usually like 4-5% of my overall damage even at 164 ilvl.
Spike's probably fine, cannot confirm, can't get it to drop :c
And it can also do stuff like this. 😂
https://raider.io/characters/us/quelthalas/Arwahld here's my log, not been doing more keys because of going with my dk for a while
That's Raider.io. Logs are full combat logs uploaded to https://www.warcraftlogs.com/
they'll show all the combat information from a dungeon run or raid boss fight
i mean bolster for one will make you tankier
Venthyr likewise is not going to feel very good on prot
especially if your using condemn on aoe
i know venthyr is not the best option, chose it for my dps on arenas though
It shouldn't be holding you back from completing keys for sure (though from what I understand Kyrian is quite good for warrior PvP)
That thing is bonkers. Are you using it 10+?
Yes.
I should start watching my WQs more closely 😄
No doubt. I think I sold a pretty high version of it
I'll probably swap it out for the Hakkar trinket once the damage intake gets too high but it'll take some time for that to happen.
then i think i will reroll kyrian haha; @ionic fern how's hymnal for raid?
Yea, definitely vendored a 177 hymnal on Christmas.
So, skills aside, any recommendation on stats(hp, armor, vers)/gear for an average tanknto do 7,s 9,s and 10+
Check out the guides mentioned in the #268491842637660160 Protection section.
Ilvl>>haste>Vers>=Crit>Mastery.
what determins the ilvl of a wq drop?
oh... lol welp should probably work on that then
Thats not really the question. Stats weights are one thing. Being one shotted because you have to little HP is another.
how do you have little hp?
like what ilvl?
Yes as amounts for certain content
There are no certain amounts.
there's not like, a fixed amount
The more the better.
people were doing 15s in 185 gear, it's just a matter of ease of play, really
Ok, so you are saying np soing 10s in 20k hp?
Thats my point
I mean, do you have 20k hp?
20k hp?
No
how do you have 20k hp? do you only have normal dungeon gear on?
you're asking pointless questions
You need a certain number to be able to do content
Like, I could give you arbitrary numbers
....
they literally wouldn't mean anything
People were doing 10+ keys at like 170 gear.
I mean nom was doing 12s at like 174 i think
no one tell him keys were out week 3
He was asking for certain "points" which are literally impossible to say.
Prob the only class discord that dont have an opinion
yeah the health question was dumb
and was answered
We did answer. 🤔
Lol
thats our break point
Like the answer is "you want enough health to not be one shot by mechanics" but that's basically it
I mean..what answer are you even looking for?
Certain ilvls?
We provided ilvls.
Yes.
I said 15s
low infact
im just curious how he has 20k hp on prot 0.o
you can eeeeeasily do 10s in 185s
he asked about 10s and lower not 15s
Idk what to tell you.
It all comes down to your gameplay/group/dungeon knowledge.
I doubt any class discord will be like
"Oh, for a +7 you NEED 170 ilvl".
Anyways, I don't think this conversation is productive so I'm gonna stop replying
what ever you prefer
with some covenants you can get both @lavish oracle
I'm not sure how strong brutal is , I also have unnerving since I'm running kleia this week for M+ since the vial that removes necrotic for 8 secodns is too strong
Does Lightless Force or Celestial Guidance sim higher on damage?
CG
Sim me gently Mwahi senpai
@fallow mortar Yeah, I'm swapping to both once the 2nd Pelagos potency opens up
I have thoetar and thinking of going for 3 endurance slots 👀
I now understand why prot never picks up. Literally any othrr class community can give general guidance.
Here it is "bro it doesnt matter". It litterally does. For an average player there are certain cushins you want.
Just like there is a lowest amount of dps you need to clear certain contents, there is a certain amount of survivability you need to not struggle as a tank.
I thought this was common knowledge. But sunce the expectationnis that you are an elite player hat can breeze through M+ in quest greens I guess there are stupid questions after all.
Any other class discord is giving you bullshit answers that barely mean anything
don't know what else to tell you
Etc
healthpool=ilvl
ilvl is king
Why are we even talking about specific stats.
You prioritize Ilvl since more stats = better stats, when comparing similar ilvl items you prioritize Haste.
For which ilvl you can do things or in your terms "at which HP", IT DEPENDS.
As said before - people were doing +10s with like 185 gear - are you as good as those people? Idk, i have never seen you play.
People are also depleting +10s with 205 ilvl.
hi. can You help me? Inscrutable Quantum Device is good for Us Warriors?
The closest thing I can give you to an answer is "people have completed this content with [x] ilvl gear" which means any gear at pr above that should be fine for completing the content
yes, but best to sim
I can't account for player skill
So, now that we can't goof Darkvein
Am I destined to be a giant healbag for that fight?
Feels shitty because the dot is huge and SR is small pp DR
just swap at 2 it doesnt do anything
We are swapping at 2.
then use IP
I am?
are you on norms,, heroic, or mythic?
H
We just did that tonight
If you are good with using your defensives correctly you should be fine.... most of the fight is everyone else running mechanics
even if you mess up the swap and someone gets 3 bleeds it shouldn't be that bad, it will wear off eventually and you will be back to your regular swap
I mean, even through block the adds are clobbering me for like 5 - 7K a swing
It's crazy watching Lightee just casually shit out 2 chests on 15 keys on his warrior, he could absolutely be annihilating the warrior leaderboards if he cared to play it in keys
And the boss does about 9K
our team swapped every time bleeds fell off and often had one stack on us
What is your ilvl, cov, and talents?
and leggo
203, Kyrian, ITF AM wall
I'm usually saving SR for the second application so I'm DRing as much damage as possible once it applies the dot
Then rolling that into wall
Still getting goofed.
try using bolster
white swings?
regular ass melee hits
I'm aware. They're still doing a shitload through block. My mastery isn't mongo so my crit blocks aren't proccing often.
yeah I only shield blocked when i had agro
Ditto.
Let me ask a better question.
On your kills are you getting healing approximately x2 as much as your cotank?
Mine's a DH
I know some wipes were just not getting healed.
Like, my damage taken graph is just a slow slide into 0.
its sounding more like a healer thing
It might be, but that can't stop me from trying to figure out if we're just chopped liver on that fight now at the mercy of the dot or if there's more besides SR/wall/LS we can do
It's not worth it to sit on Demo
looks like my paladin cotank got a lot more heals than me
And IP wont last a tick, but it's worth doing regardless.
he heals himself
How much of it was external?
this is what our top heals did to us
all the other healers showed similar results regarding tanks
only one of the healers healed me more than the pally
oh right ^_^ good point @jagged pier
Right you need to look at Done To Friendly
For example, my DH healed 68% of his healing intake
but I only did ~31% of mine
I actually self healed more than the pally
How much?
he healed 94.8k I healed 95.3k
???? on H Darkvein?
I think we might be looking at different fights or numbers maybe
im tired
And how much were you healed externally comparatively on H Darkvein?
two more ilvl upgrades, 52 haste down 😭
Pally = 1,166,200 heals from others
Warrior = 911,200 heals from others
what is that trinket 
i have both 😮
Yeah, just glancing at logs from mythic, seems like warrior doesn't really require any special treatment on innerva
I don't use them together lol
fair fair
looks like warrior def needs more than DH on Inerva, though
seems pretty even with most other tanks
Personally I am enjoying prot warrior a lot.
I don't really have any complaints other than I am upset I cant be top dps on meters
XD
It is incredibly underrated at the moment, I think
I wish they would buff our DPS a teeny tiny bit
yeah ^_^
Kinda wish they'd just reverse the talent shuffle
we would be busted again if we could take AM/Bolster 😄
I don't think so considering the raid utility other tanks bring
All we have is shout and that's supplanted by taking arms/fury
Intervene can be pretty big
Pfft
yeah, that's the thing, I wish we had our niche maintained a bit better as the "damage tank"
Big yeah
It's a lazy gap close at best, at worst you use it to save a DPS from a focus mechanic like fixation in PF
my damage is garbage 😦
It's criminally niche
we're still tanky, sufficiently so, but we're no longer the "damage tanks" and when we ...don't have the damage, and don't have the utility then....there's just better options?
It's too specific to be considered raid utility
It's a big external you can put on your co-tank
And it benefits one person on a 30s cd
niche, sure
At your expense and likely life if it's a stack mechanic
but when you find its niche it comes in clutch
it is a major external yes, it functions like any other external (typically from a healer) and can save a tank if necessary
Right
Taking physical damage, mostly
That's my gripe
hhahaha
we simply exist
sludgefist is easy as prot warrior
though Bear is better, probs
Every other tank seems to have a niche
thats for sure
and take abuse
we're an okay tank with okay damage and okay survivability, but nothing extraordinary in any part
We're just pretty well rounded, at the moment
which can feel pretty bad, if you don't shine anywhere in particular
a well played prot warrior can absolutely perform at the highest level (see world first), and prot warrior is still a generally hard tank to play right compared to the "naturally tanky classes" like druid and monk
even prot pally has easy uptime on their stuff now
so it doesn't see much play in lfg
I don't know how naturally tanky monk is at the moment, I have heard mixed reports, at best
I'm okay with challenging play, it just doesn't feel like we're rewarded in any way for it other than "You get to live."
my brewmaster alt doesn't feel as tanky as my prot warrior personally
but maybe im just not playing my brewmaster right
pretty unfair vial removes necrotic
I expect it to be nerfed to be honest
but I wouldn't say unfair, it's a 3min cooldown that requires you to drop combat before it starts recharging again
so it's...less useful than you think
you still need to drop combat and can't chain pull
how much do you think running itf will affect my dmg instead of uf
I dunno, I've been using it basically on CD this week
depends on context
raid wise
in single target in raid? (or even in dungeon) into the fray will just be better
you essentially have permanent 10% haste which is huge for shield block uptime and generally for DPS
In raid, ITF is better damage than UF by a fair amount if you can get 10% out of it consistently
while the value of ravager and unstoppable force is reduced in non-aoe situations
UF is the worst talent in that row for damage in any situation, afaik
what percent of dmg are you guys generally mitigating in raid? im sitting at around 60ish wondering how high i can push it
gz
both pugs
nice
So now I have something to analyze and link to people who are having issues lol
grats dude!
how is SD this week?
oooo study material
Not too bad, if you get past 2nd boss it's pretty free
inspiring not too bad?
sick, was worried there'd be inspiring in some of the scary caster pulls
There was 1 with an overseer
But it melted
And you can always just CC the one
And pull the rest away
Yeah, fair
Imagine playing with good dps lol
Pug life best life.
You never know if they are going to do 3k overall or 5k
Good times.
Tho as you get into the 13+ keys they are pretty reliable.
what lvl keys should i run to get use to tanking m+, only ever done them as dps, sitting at 202 ilvl though
Ngl, best way to learn is just jump straight into it.
ripped off me on some boss pulls
@ionic fern how deep? xD
If you know the class basics it's just the dungeons/pulls.
How comfortable are you with the dungeon mechanics and Protection basics?
Knowing what mobs are going to kill you is helpful
Chances are you can just start from like 5-6 if you wanna play it safe.
7-9 is purgatory
Just remember.
The DPS players in those key levels are your real enemies.
They will:
1)Stand in everything so the healer is forced to heal them more
2)Ignore most mechanics
3)Will not interrupt, or will interrupt all at once, or interrupt the wrong thing
4)Not know what CC is.
So you just have to do literally EVERYTHING yourself.
Knowing what is deadly and needs to be stunned/interrupted is something you should get to know asap
Or focus the wrong target even if there’s a skull marker on one
Jeh, or that.
i have the dangerous mob marking weak aura so might help lol
That weak aura automarker is great imo
It's just easier to call things if they're already marked. Can assign interrupts and stuns
true
You need some way to track shield block uptime. Ignore pain too
👀
i use to over cap my ip or not notice it was down, has helped a lot
haha
Wowhead just dumped an article about phial clearing necrotic. And using kleia's phial granting 8s immunity to necrotic. No nerfs plz
Can anyone confirm; tried to do a M0 with another guildie who made a plate twink. We didn't both get loot on every boss...at the end there were just a couple items.
Is it always 'assuming' you have a 5 man group, and if one of the phantom players gets an item..it just deletes it?
0.o
It was very odd, that one of us didn't get loot per boss.
Tunderlord or The Wall for m+ legendery....wich will have beter usage?
Which one do you think has the greasiest juice?
This question pops up frequently throughout the day. But mostly it comes down to preference.
There should be a bot that posts this info every 20 min
I'm not even flaming him, there's just not a legit answer everyone will agree on
Just make a poll and then pin the results lol
so far i really enjoy the play of wall
same
Wouldn't help.
We have answered that question like 2 rows up and people ask again. 😄
Rip
he must be new to this discord lol
Which defensives do you guys use on big trash pulls ? Those who stands before tombs for each boss . They often just oneshots me...
Da other side^
Nothing special.
Jump in, DS,LS(if needed),SR(if needed), deal damage, jump out.
And then kite.
If your party knows how to blast them down asap you shouldnt need much else ye
SW can also be used on the Zul'Gurub pack.
should i consider taking jump talent ?
I think that was one of the bigger cast ones.
Just for Other Side? Haven't found the need for it. You can leap + Intervene.
The Ardenweald one has 3 cultists and the big boi I think?
Anyone know why MDT is down on wago?
@ionic fern DS ?
And more importantly, does anyone have a good prideful route for SoA this week?
The Zul Gurub one has less casters, but more mobs so... 😄
Demoralizing shout.
Usually open that pack with Ancient Aftershock and then Shield Wall when they stop being locked down
NF op

Oh, ty
Btw what about the wall and thunder (atm with wall) there is huge gap vs both of them in m+ or meh mode still ?
If they're not dead and you're in a sticky situation leap down the stairs
I'd say wall higher keys, but you can probably easily do it with TGV
@ionic fern On those pulls SB too, right ?
Oh shid
SB should be maintained on every pull where you are taking blockable damage
900 Andy now bois
?
I'm a 900 andy
i run bounding stride all the time tbh
Oh, like you got 900 score?
bounding stride is really helpful
Gz.
yea 900 io
700 andy here
Some people big dumb though
im thinking that but honestly these affixes so far
686 virgin big sad
have been aweful
High keys feel a world apart from Fort tbh