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lmao what
DH is 50% prot 50% blood
Reprisal will fix that
they have a bdk like mechanic with soul cleave
a vdh that doesn't have at least one of fiery brand/demon spikes/meta
but theyre not bdk level not at all close
is paper
Mitigation of prot, healing like mechanics of blood
You legit take no dmg it’s just dealing damage that’s a problem 😔 highest I’ve done was like 3.9 overall
It's actually tied to the souls not the cleave itself
You'd get the same healing just walking over the souls
:p
It's really a mash up of tank specs
tried Plka's seismic? xD
Cleave has its own heal
It's incredibly fun to play tbh
Soul cleave's healing is tied to using souls.
they still haven't fixed vdh souls removing grievous stacks tho
Dealing 1k more overall is making up for like 4-5 deaths
well wait for them to charge into shockwave, just to get blasted by a synchronized melee swing
The souls is what scales off damage intake Hance why bomb can heal off it
Blasted
I have not but I’m following the guide of griff and max to go with reprisal over seismic first. As of now just tanking with signet
oof
Lol
Well reprisal when 9.0.5 drops
might want tto build the wall
Until then wall is king imo
It's fair to say that there's a percentage based healing mechanic on both vdh and bdk, but it isn't reality to claim that they allow a healer to lense the ability of the tank to survive in the same way.
TL is also really good
wall will still be pretty good in 905
How much dps does signet add for prot real question
AoE?
And why doesn't it work with ravager
No healer in the world would tell you the self healing of vdh and bdk is similar, is my point.
well a bit more than 0
Even if they have mechanical similarities.
oh well yeah, i mean nobody with eyes that's ever looked at a log would say that
BDK self-healing is a replacement for mitigation really
on our first hungering kill our BDK had only slightly less EHRPS than me though
they still require healing too
So, I've been thinking (big mistake I know), but with nuReprisal giving Shield Block without relying on the actual Shield Block charges or rage generation from Shield Slam, will Haste still be the absolute play that it has been thus far in SL, or could Crit and Mastery rise in relative value for the Reprisal/BSC/AM build that most of us are anticipating?
yes
more haste, more SS resets, more rage, more revenge
it's not just about the SB CD
for defense haste is king
for damage it's a mixx of crit/haste that's simming highest atm I think
just out of curiosity whats considered "good" dps overall in m+?
Yes, but (correct me id I'm wrong) many of us are looking at the offensive value, and with up to 100 extra Rage per minute from Charge and Intervene, that's a lot of potential damage output before we get into the Shield Slams
last boss dead in time?
100 extra rage per minute is not that much though
also it's actually more
you still save the IP and SB rage costs
Depends on the situation. Most of the really high DPS numbers are AoE on trash, which is useful in its own place but only takes you so far
so if oyu say you ghet 5 casts off per minutes it's another 300 rage you save...
by running reprisal
more IP you use, when you don't need it to prevent overcappign means more healer DPS too
more rage is 100% king
and best way for more rage is haste
Sure, I mean nuReprisal works out as a Rage budget equivalent to 350 Rage /minute, if you use both Charge and Intervene on Cooldown. But there's 100 extra "loose" Rage, as it were
also I think reprisal + Am is stronk
I'm certainly working on the assumption that Reprisal and AM is the play, yes
then haste has insane offensive value as well
booming + avatar will line up pretty good
Well because one goes to 5% and bounces back to 70% and the other goes to 70% and bounces back to 95%

My starting point for Talents is x112xx1
well, to heal a BDK you have to track his ressources
more than his HP
common healer knowledge
Well yea
RP is basically the "do I need help or nah" indicator
But that's the same thing for most tanks
They all have some sort of "I need help" indicator
A BDK can be at 20% and absolutely fine, or at 100% and already dead.
yeah SB down for us xD
Bloods just happens to be RP
Whereas most peoples are actual CDs
It requires tracking for both
I hate playing it
I only play healer rarely. Mostly on Sun King with my Shaman TBH
bdk just needs a bit more armor
I often compare the BDK/warrior difference like holy-priest/disc priest
I feel like I'm in less control
one has to play full predictive
Didn't they buff DK armour from Bone Shield recently?
the other majority reactive
watn enough
In raids prediction isn't really doffocult
Neither are reactive tanks
Blood is just as proactive as prot

I bounced off Blood DK when I tried it
ppl think it's reactive, but it's not
Holy preists reactive 100
I'm not a fan of low mobility classes in general
how is bdk not reactive when you have to literally wait 5ish seconds to get dmg to heal ?, or am i missing something ? xD
@arctic wasp it has to be planned
you need to anticipate when youre taking damage and need to DS
absolutely agree. This is why I abandoned my Warlock at the End of Nya'lotha
death strike isn't an OH SHIT button
i know you plan it, but you are still reacting after you get the dmg
You're playing 5 seconds ahead the whole time as a BDK
and THIS is exatly my point, why the holy preist/disc priest comparison is so fitting, the name "reactive" might be wrong
there is a difference between planning and reacting than planning and panicing
No because you're actively building the resources for something that happens in 5 seconds @arctic wasp
Its very proactive
my point is, that's still reactive and not proactive, on a pwarr you press your button before the dmg, therefor proactivly mitigating, whith the dk you do it aftermath
If you die as a blood DK it's likely because of something you did or failed to do 10 or more seconds before it happened
It's not reactive though...
You press 1 button after the fact
Everything else is being done before hand
Go into the blood dk discord and tell them they're reactive

is fine, for me you still waiting for the dmg to come to react, and that's why ppl say it's "reactive" by your definition, everyclass in everygme is proactive when play properly as you ahve to plan ahead if you want to be good xD
yeah is prob a bad word anyways
holypriest - discpriest is similar to bdk - protwarrior
Yikes
that's a bad definition
Is it?
the control part is weird
imagine emergency serices
they are definitely reactive but they are controlling it
If you purely respond to incoming damage that's how you kill yourself as a DK
I'd argue every class is proactive when played correctly, yes
is fine, is semantics, i might be wrong tbh english is not even my 1st language so i'll give it to u :P, i just think ppl says the R word just because you act after the dmg, which is kind of different for most tanks, maybe monks do the same with their teas ? 😛
yup, that's my point
both have to be in control and plan the events
if you dont want to die xD
What you're failing to grasp
Is that playing "reactively" as blood and simply just playing whack a mole gets you killed
oh we know
but so does holy priest if you do it that way
it was all about the comparison
not about the word
yeah that's true, i mean if you use your deathstrike as a panic button , eventually you'll drop sooner than later
If you're not playing ahead of everything you're dead especially in higher damage intake
isn't Holy Priest all about getting cooldown reduction on your major spells by casting lesser ones?
Old LotP was a purely reactive ability
Cost ya nothing
And was simply a whack a mole after damage
yep, and you have to know when to use them and how to reduice them in what siotuation, you also have to get your baseline on, it's completely different to disc
that's why I was bringing the comparison up
But death strike, while yes you press it after the damage occurred, heavily plays off of a very proactive rune/runic power management system
I mean, we do similar things with CDR on SW and avatar with AM/Wall on top of that, but that wasn't my point
yep
no complaint there
My highest priest is 51 but I just got her through the maw the week SL launched and haven't touched her since... or, TBH, for about 6 months before
oh well I main prot my alt is holy priest
the maw 😴
TBH, I don't mind the intro scenario where you're in the maw, but the bit that pisses me off is Bolvar wittering on while you can't move
Holy preists oneshots in 2v2 its hilarious
Hopefully in 9.1 they will do away with that ridiculous intro scenario for alts
but, like how?
oh well I guess the same way that ppl play fury in arena
many clueless play it in arena xD
Its not a legit oneshot obv but u can chunk for like 50 percent in 2 seconds ah holy
which he heals back in 1 instant
True assuming they sent in cc
but yeah warbreaker, stormbolt bladestorm with unhinged is a big f**** to any clothy
well he can Guardian spirit in CC
I'm saying the prist is doing the dmg
ooooh
Not taking it
that way xD
Guys i fairly new to tanking but want to give prot warrior a go. Is that a mistake?
Lol
no
prot is fun
but be ready for some hand-practice
we hit many many buttonz
and fast
if u brainded then no
Mind games holy 🔥 chastise
what's a brain?
Hurts
if u brainded play vdh
Haha nah i like to be off meta for a weird reason. Also i read that in the next patch necro will be our best covenent is that true?
depends
Prob not unless ur pushing 18s in discord
will u be able to consistently get the mastery buff onto dps classes that use mastery during their 2 minutes cds?
if no probably not, stay kyrian
otherwise yes
I'm necro because I always queue with 2 dps
Cool haha
Honestly Covenant doesn't make a great deal of difference to Prot
Ok last one.how is our survivability compared to other tanks
Depends on DMG type
arguably Kyrian for the free potions, but then you have to join the creepy smurf cult
If it's block able really good
Physical, blockable damage = you laugh at it
Like, to the extent that Raid bosses kinda tickle
Magic Damage though... oh boy that stings
That sounds good
and ur SW is up quite a bit if its in m+, just make sure ur using the wall if u wanna be tanky
although that nuReprisal do be looking juicy
Depending on the frequency on the magic damage and whether or not it's reflectable, warrior can be very good at that too
But that's very fight dependent, and as a general rule of thumb, we're at a disadvantage compared to other tanks
reprisal is 9.1 right? still gonna be at least a few weeks before we get that
.5
9.0.5
I would guess next week or the week after
time to save my soul ash, was gonna use it to upgrade unhinged for pvp lol
Ok so bottomline we still can tank +15 and hc raids without suffering too much?
I've been saving up for a couple of weeks. If it's not next week I should be able to go directly to Rank 4 of Reprisal
We are really good in raids
As little fun I had in M+ I must say... filling in for our OT in Heroic Castle is pretty ok
Top tier Rank Tank. Use The Wall and laugh at bosses
bottom line, with upcoming changes, we are top 3 at the bare minimum
You can, although the community perception of prot warriors is such that a lot of M+ groups will reject you.
I got a guild
The upcoming changes to prot (most notably the redesigned Reprisal legendary) could help to fix that, though
You can basically do whatever you want in guild groups. I was playing Surv on my hunter earlier today xD
Pugging m+ is very doable. It's getting a group that's the hard part.
Community perception is the problem
if u want to pug 15s, use ur own key
much easier than trying to pug into a 15 as a prot warrior
its doable, just not worth the amount of headache lol
we struggle a bit with all kind of dots, but we are superior on most blockable physical damage, and good on everythign else, spellreflect gives us a unique niche to sometimes compltely ignore mechanics
bit of a pain to remember where it's working though
we can eve do Mhytic raids without sruggling much
well without struggling more than other tanks
Using your own key also means you can select the right classes to give the effects you need for the run. Often overlooked TBH
It seems that having a few timed 15s under your belt can help with receiving invites as well. I timed my first 3 with my guild, and pugged the remaining 5 without much issue - none of which were my own key
Oh definitely
and having multiple 15s even moreso
one might be a carry. multiples is no accident
infinite sadness friends
https://www.wowhead.com/news=321249/patch-9-0-5-is-march-9th-full-patch-notes confirmed next reset
Reprisal "only" gives shield block for 4 seconds. Was this already known?
hm, dont think so
20% damage reduction from night fae priests now
did I miss that? damn, sounds biiiig
Damage of all abilities increased by 10%. Damage of Thunder Clap increased by an additional 10%.
why the TC buff though
+10% of nothing is still nothing
20% of nothing*
it's not a bad buff tbh
21% plz
yea its basically a free show of force
which is pretty bad ^^
I wonder what happens if I pop fleshcraft with last stand and rally, will the shield be like 50k then?
Does only getting 4 sec from reprisal mean we wont have the mythical 100% uptime?
if you want the 100% just go bolster
I think mwahi got like 95% and up with AM on PTR
Reprisal has been redesigned – Charge and Intervene grant you Shield Block for 4 seconds, Revenge!, and generates 20 Rage.
Goddamit
it's still good
Why couldn’t it have been a full shield block
Still sounds good for me
We talked too much about it
Seismic sounds like a decent dps legendary now tho
nerfed before we even got to use it lol
Revenge hitting each enemy for 75% if hitting 3+ targets
sismic was already good at 40%
I hope we get to wear 2 legendaries in 9.1 Reprisal plus Seismic 🤤
Wait, this has probably been there the entire time in the patch notes. But I just saw it now LOL so extra happy for me haha
Nah it was hot fixed yesterday
We’re gonna be kings of m+ with all these buffs ?
I doubt it
Just reading patch notes
But we’ll be able to compete IMO
Warriors are still gonna do piss poor damage
Seismic reverberation, reprisal only cucks use it
It’s gonna be the best m+ legendary for sure
:cringe:
Night fae ftw even tho I’m kyrian
How many of you rerolling banner?
wonder if the 10% applies to covenant abilities
It does
hitting 40 next week right intime to go necro
i'm
or die
Necro prot warrior going to be a must for raid imo. M+ this will help push us from dead last to mid pack maybe?
As much as it hurts you to hear it in raid we are there to bring a buff
and now to bring more buffs
Can't wait to spend 16 hours a day progging on warrior
🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃
Throw ur salt in the hunter forums my dude they live off it
it's better than not being brought to raid at all lol
I’m interested in seeing if reprisal will be stronger than new seismic
Seriously fuck thunder lord tho
i'm there to tank lol, i'm not exactly going for first month cutting edge so i do not care to hop to fotm specs
No one should worry that much about playing what’s good especially if your guild doesn’t have ce yet like why would you play something you don’t enjoy for an average ranking. Nothing wrong with average ranking my guild is there too but if I didn’t enjoy it I’d be unsubbed
Seismic is going to be the shizzle
I’m thinking seismic with best served cold would be strong for aoe
it really only matters are the super top end
Unsure if you’d use that with reprisal tho
Why everybody gives a fk about reprisal
Free shield block buddy
Best served cold will gain value with reprisal aswell
Like you are brought to raids for the god damn buff and your block Miri GAY tion
Give people more dmg
did reprisal get nerfed to give shield block to only 4 secs?
and I can stay DH
Wall for raid and seismic for m+
First off, keys.
Second don’t be a homophobe or get kicked.
Lol
:cringe:
i still think reprisal will be bis for m+
With 34% haste I can have 100 % uptime on block
its the same argument for dh. DH originally thought the CDR on sigil leggo would be bis b/c you can just kite more and sigil more.
Good for you Kaine, but this is a public discord and it’s not about YOU
what about the reduced rage to keep up the block w/ reprisal?
but FB build does similar dmg and they can face tank a lot longer.
i imagine same argument can be made about reprisal vs seismic
So with the Nerco changes, is it going to be BiS for M+ and raiding?
🙃 never said it was
you'd need a pretty specific m+ group for it to be anything like optimal there imo


tbh i'd prefer to go kyrian. Maybe venthyr wont be bis covenant next tier for dps.
for prog*
I play with a boomkin all the time and warrior is my main alt so I am just gonna have a good time buffing him with my banner
Just make him stand next to you in melee simple
is thunderlords > buffed seismic reverb for keys?
definitely better for keys that are actually dangerous. if we end up speed grinding +14s for valor maybe seismic is good
Wait the patch is dropping tues
yuppppp
Holy up
i can see seismic being super good but that doesn't help that we still squishy with no sb up
Seismic is a better damage buff.
And thunderlords doesn’t have a use case at all with reprisal existing
So it’s not worth equating
I just ran a whole SD 15 with AM talented instead of Bolster and didn't realize until the last boss >.>
I was wondering why I was getting hit so hard on some packs, turns out I just had 0 mitigation up, lmao
"shield wall is up AGAIN...?"
nah, my healer is just an absolute gamer
5k overall healing end of dungeon, 2k overall DPS
living the hpal dream
every healer I run with struggles in the kaalway a bit except our holy paladin, who just goes ultra instinct
5k overall is pretty high for hpally
So with the Reprisal nerf it's still.. pretty good, right?
I haven’t seen the nerf
did they balance it?
What is it
Maybe no longer mandatory for m+?
4 seconds of shield block
Rather than full duration
Otherwise the same
Mmmm, still pretty much mandatory, I think
Still saves more rage then other options
Why cant they leave things nice
I mean, that still is nice
It’s only 2 seconds less
So not that bad
still seems like you just always take it but I dunno
Yeah definitely still always take it
Seems likely they would've nerfed it to that when next tier hot anyway
quick shhh
So you’ll now get 40 rage from each charge with reprisal right
everyone downplay it now
Aw man! The dream is dead!
prot warrior is bad again!
aw shucks
🤣🤣🤣
Does it grant 20 ADDITIONAL rage? Or just... Changes the value to 20?
So it prot warrior back?!
20 additional
20rage free revenge(20) and free block (30)
Charge is now a defensive
And SB and Revenge, which means we charge to a pack, filled with rage, protected and spamming TC and revenge to aggro
Also, looks like it still grants SB for 6 seconds on PTR?
Ptr < official patch release notes
I mean, typos happen sometimes
So charge with Avatar, you just spam revenge and tc and all is yours. With double time.... uh lala
Maybe.
Yeah tbh I think reprisal will be the play over seismic
But you know as well as I do that a full 6 seconds was overpowered
And I'm sure blizzard knew that as well
Unless you’re just doing easy content
And with more rage I’m thinking best served cold will gain value
4 secs is more than enough to a pull or a intervene, we still have 2 charges on 13 secs, scaling with haste and Last stand with bolsetring
without bolster
Bolstering
Especially since booming will be a 45s CD baseline
20 seconds of extra SB every minute is still huge
Seismic for numbers and Mabey if running with a shammy since they broken enough u can be risky
We are unstopable again
way better than Bolster
😬
So if you take double time, you can basically get 2 full Shield blocks for free per pack, ish
Well, nah, not really
because double time charges don't recharge independently
they're stacks
Double time will also gain value here
so you have to wait 2 full recharges to get 2 charges of it back
Yeah... Depend on how long it takes you to clear each pack i guess
Curious if AM or bolster will be better at that rate
it lowers the CD on charge too
Charge is what.. 15 sec recharge?
with reprisal, you're just going to be casting it on CD in M+, double time'll still be the go-to in raid, though
You can charge, spam revenge, intervene to kite then charge back i mean...
I’m also confused why nobody ever takes heavy repercussions
Sure it’s rng kinda but still huge gains
@glacial skiff Because the way it gives you SB duration is unreliable
It basically just takes the uptime down from 100%, which is exactly what we all expected really.
that's sooner than I thought
Yeah next reset
Yep, next week
but I haven't farmed the soul ash yet
How many souls for a 235 i forgot
We still probably take anger management now, yeah?
Whats SB uptime looking to be with it only granting 4 secs
Yeah @open monolith
5k
5150 for rank 4
5k or something for a fresh 235
I’ll@still keep Bolster, its just master
Thanks
With proper play I don't think you'll need bolster at all
How much haste would you need to have 100% SB uptime with reprisal?
It’s a 33% nerf to the uptime of the legendary alone, I CBA to do the maths on that
Its just that Im not a pro, so the more mitigation I have, the more I stay alive and all stay happy hehe. So I have Bolster, SB, IP, Wall and scale for now hehehe
But it’s probably somewhere around 85% now
It's hiiiiiigh
doable
85 still high yesh
With Orb from Spires and 10% of Troll racial, doable
I've got a 226 emitter
do you guys think that reprisal is going to beat out the wall and/or thunderlord now?
hell ye
About that, the rage generation is equal?
But reprisal for m+ is still the play
Is warrior going to contend with other tanks now for the meta spot or is DH still too far ahead?
DH probably still ahead
I don't know if I buy "The Wall is still the raiding legendary"
depends on the fight
And I mean, 10% increased dmg and 20% on TC is awsome
Reprisal just requires forced movement to be most effective, and forced movement while actively tanking.
i usually run the dogs on huntsman so im definitely using reprisal there
is not actually that bad, most of the time
most fights have you moving anyways, or in a situation where moving out and back in quickly isn't actually a big problem
oooo reprisal will be hella good on sludgefist too
I believe reprisal will be more M+ focused. Cause you will be tanking all the time. When you have to switch tanks it loses its potential in my opinion
On fights where correct movement and boss positioning is critical it shouldn’t be used.
There are some fights in CN where it works well, though.
You have to move away from sludge when he slams and charge back, but thats it
You would benefit more from the wall i believe
Constant rage generation and SW every minute or so
I honestly think you couldn't go wrong with either leggo on sludge
Is it time to switch to Necro now???
If you want to
the change brings them on par with the other covenants because currently necro isn't as good
I would say it’s probably the best now, but that’s dependent on you and who you play with.
which one is bis is debateable
Anything not to be Kyrian anymore
If you have a dedicated group of guildmates or friends to play m+ with, definitely the play.
Banner just requires a tiny bit of coordination to use properly.
Yea, I dont have to pug
I think I'm going to change for the dungeon buffs more than anything
Which is asking a lot of pugs
no one I play with is necro
do you think vers/mastery will be best with the high SB uptime of reprisal? Or still need a good chunk of haste to help get towards 100% uptime?
and we have 5 druids in our raid group sooooo
Reprisal devalues haste but I’m not sure how much.
usually 1-2 boomies in any key I do XD
Considering the nerf I’d say haste still has its place as the top priority.
so will reprisal be good for raid?
I'm going necro just cuz I'm bored of kyrian and I usually do m+ with the same 5-6 ppl
soooooo i could make the reprisal leggo and just use it for m+ and raids
noooo personal respoonsibility!!!!
If you swapped now you’d have a small renown lead on people who waited for 9.0.5 to actually drop
So I guess there’s a benefit
Yeah, I feel you should definitely have another legendary ready like the wall for raids
i feel like you'd only need to be doing reprisal in raid if you were solo tanking
some fights reprisal is just not going to get proper use
So if you want to just use a legendary and turn your brain off, go with Wall
for fights where you can get the use, I feel reprisal is best.
getting higher uptime on shield block doesn't matter when you are sharing the boss and your downtime is irrelevant
Likely having the wall and reprisal is necessary though. And who knows what the fights will be in 9.1. Anyone's guess.
I’d throw TL in the bin and craft Reprisal, Seismic and The Wall
Just as general advice
yeah thunderlord is what gets dumped
Sludge fist 
reprisal is the clear winner for overall m+ tanking
and frankly puts prot on the map as a contender, albeit not to a vdh degree
The actual net damage that banner gives could make us potentially dish out more damage.
But it’s hard to quantify
There’s always going to be a ton of variables there
i know i'm going to not like it, but should i give IQD a try in this case?
personally i find gluttonous to be super fat
it does a notable % of healing and damage
yeah it do
can't speak for anime field
anime is legit
Spike is one of those trinkets that sounds good but isn’t, really.
but i can't imagine you'd want IQD over it
spike is currently 5% of my healing and 2.5% dmg overall
But with the power of anime and kyrians on your side
Get an absorb my mans
How can u lose
i'm trying...
Reprisal represents 100 rage per minute, and 20 seconssdof shield block per minute (and 5 free revenges) if not using double time.
That also assumes that you can charge on cd
It gives us time to get agro without getting slapped it's insane
Of course you can charge on cooldown
How would that work on sludge?
Intervene a caster, charge back in.
We have to see what the 10% upgrade in dmg and 20% in TC will mean though
Or leap
U intervene offtsnk and get smorcced
um
Run the wall in raid
You have just nullified anything else you same from this point on
we're still not gonna be gods of damage berimba, that's why i said we aren't top tier
but we are dragged out of the gutter for sure
No, I really didn't.
If banner survives future tuning passes, double prot might be a thing for the next raid tier
Reprisal is okay on some fights, but definitely not all. Shield block uptime isn't really needed on like... Any raid fight except Sire
Anima field is bis for M+
It wouldn’t surprise me if limit or BDGG did something like that
Anima with scale and you are bis for M+
I think Max was saying they'd probably need a brew next raid if WW changes go live the way they are
I mean the very next thing i said was I wouldn't pick that IQD over it
Thanks
Havoc I think is 100% playable for the buff, rn
Agreed
Anything is playable
I mean for WF
cries in survival alt
we're talking about WF raid comps
are you caught in a time warp and responding from five minutes ago
Max won't say anything TRUE about what he thinks about next WF comp
Which buff?
He even said on one of his recent streams that he always lies about what he thinks is good until after the race
the 5% magic damage buff they give @outer spoke
So anything he says at this point about the next world first comp you probably shouldn't take seriously
Ah ok, thougt their rng buff leggo right now 😂
you need 1 in a raid comp and it's probably better to play Havoc than WW
Why?
It’s true about WW though, if they aren’t shitting out damage there’s no advantage to bringing them over BrM
Doesn't WW completely dunk on havoc?
they fixed a bug with WW on PTR that destroys its ability to do multitarget
So your tank comp is completely dependent on WW tuning
In DoS (14’s ok? Not the huge content you prob play) Fortified, first pull. Whats working for me is charge with avatar and Last Stand on Bolstering. This is huge mitigation pull spamming IP. After that on second pull got SW available again with IP. This shit is saving my ass. With reprisal I just see things even more smooth with less effort
WW is losing a lot of damage in 9.0.5 due to "bug fixes"
absolutely deletes its Weapons of Order opener
Ah didn't read that. I skip monk notes
at this point looks like prot warrior/brew for WF race. But a lot can change still. 9.1 will come with a lot of tuning changes also I believe
is the 4s duration new?
it was undocumented sock. Kinda has WW community up in arms. Understandably so
tuning aside i definitely would bet on prot+brew
I go LS + trinket + Demo for first pull and Wall + demo for 2nd
20percent aoe nerf
@amber herald wait the change I saw was just shield block
@amber herald yes
still like 93% SB uptime or something along those lines
yeah i don't think the nerf changes anything
probably a correct change seemed a little too strong before
just based on really quick napkin math
LS pull is awsome, learned late, but not too late hehehe
still reprisal for M+ tanking?
93% with bolster or without?
without
lol
reprisal for all tanking
is the thunder clap rooting change coming live?
what's the playstyle going to be like with reprisal?
@broken stratus that was just you misreading the patch notes
That was talking about the PvP talent
kinda like momentum for Havoc DH but for tanking :d
Prob charge pack, intervene healer and charge back
Leap and charge again
Like this will work for reprisal
double-time? 🤢
Avatar and UF or Ravager over Fray and Bolster probably and perhaps Best Served Cold over Booming Voice
Yup
Fuck UF
☝🏼☝🏼
Nah
the change does make double-time more appealing but losing stormbolt in m+ is kinda big
Leave the stuns to dps’s hehe
as if
Depends on the comp as to whether or not I would take it
We still have shockwave, pummel. And I believe pummel is redisigned too? Like a 3 sec silence?
If I’m playing with an outlaw there’s no real reason.
Stormbolt becomes a bit redundant
Nah, I don't think you can ever have enough ST stuns in a group
Well, okay, if you could have like 12 or something, that's probably too many 😄
sounds like MOP pvp
is it 93% uptime with double-time?
it will be interesting to see what haste breakpoint for reaching 100% SB uptime with reprisal, because haste falls off on value after that
What is the amount of soul ash for r3 leggo?
Do I have to craft another leggo? Or can I upgrade a late Thinderlord feet with new Reprisal?
craft another
😒
Imagine not saving soul ash for inevitable legendary buffs
Day 1 rank 4 reprisal whoooooo
you'll be using the wall anyway ey
N....no?
Reprisal owns 
Uh huh, and?
you don't use it in raid, you use it in m+
that doesn't suddenly make it bad
???
haha you'll be using it in raid
N....no?
Y...yes?
maybe on a fight or two, you largely will use the wall
any time you have another tank with you, more shield block uptime doesn't do a whole lot
you just move your downtime to, you know, your actual downtime
sorry I'm late to the party, but on the official notes is Reprisal nerfed? 4 seconds of SB instead of full duration?
Yes
like what fights dpg?
Like every fight with swaps
so like the early ones?
Like literally every single fight with swaps where you aren't tanking
Which is a lot
all at the start of the raid where you can run no legendary if you want to
Furthermore, most of the raid fights don't hit hard enough to need all that extra shield block uptime
with reprisal you won't need shield wall as much
against physical damage*
which is most of the damage you receive
blockable, physical damage*
Only issue I have where Reprisal is gonna shine is on a fight like Sludge, where you want to block every hit
the odd time you need a DR for other just call for an external
better than yoyoing from autos
You can intervene anyone in melee range
you can charge, just let the other tank run forward of you then charge in
Then you turn the boss around right, and ur melee get bopped cos of his passive
wont break chains if done right
We're progging on M Slugde now, and my Monk co-tank always rolls b/c he greeds BoK
When you run out for stomp, intervene your cotank
You won't move
You'll still get buff
Still looks like it's the play in M+ tho right?
juice
Yes prog
Noice
I swear the tank chains are more lenient than everyone else's
All I'm gonna say is, jfc, im excited for it on Sire
really feel the lack of SB uptime on that fight
Will for sure be solid on sire
idk if i would use reprisal if i didnt have a melee in my M+ group
Why?
lol
Intervene out charge back in
Or intervene someone standing right next to you before you charge in
For Reprisal, when pulling a new pack, it's gonna be Charge > Revenge > TC > whatever, right?
I'm only now picking up warrior but I've been tanking this whole expac on Paladin/Bear
Shield Slam, not block, right?
lol dont do that
dat pandemic
need to get aoe aggro quicker
sb doesnt work on pandemic iirc, it just has a higher cap
run show of force, revenge and then TC should have aoe aggro quick
SB pandemics
I assume it'll be Intervene a friendly, charge, SB + Revenge as you get in then tank as normal
you'll have ~10s of SB updtime as soon as you walk in
- like 60 rage at the start of a pack
as ur sb gets low, leap out and charge back in
do it on intervene/charge cd
SB does not use traditional pandemic rules
sb is just additional
duration gets added, but nothing like pandemic
it always just adds the timer
pop last stand at start as well if its a long fight and you're tanking the whole time
if running bolstering
but prob can run avatar with reprisal
I always run avatar
IIRC, it was a while ago, but i think last time they changed it, SB's max duration is capped at 3x cast duration, so 6x3=18 seconds?
i got it to 35s on PTR with reprisal
yea bolster is only thing that lets you get past 18sec cap
I assume Resprisal should go on Legs, come reset?
depends if you have the SLG legs
yeah cant get past 18s with SB alone on PTR so that cap is still in
tested on live, got to 21 seconds SB with bolster + 2x SB casts
idk how uncapped it is, but it seems to no longer be the 3x base duration
bolster will take it over the cap
Sorry if it's been asked, is Kyrian still the go to in 9.0.5 or will necro have a chance with the changes?
I think someone said earlier only Bolster lets you go over cap
that only happens with bolster, you cant get above 18sec otherwise
do you just mean it's impossible to even theoretically reach it because of SB cd?
or if when reprisal goes live, we wouldn't be able to go above 18 seconds with double charge + intervene + 2x sb and somehow bolster is an exception to the rule
you can get to 18s with SB casts and Bolster will take you to 33s
your 2nd statement
just sb casts or the buff through reprisal will cap at 18s
reprisal only gives 4secs of SB as well now iirc
who's taking the walk of shame to maldraxxus this sunday
nah, its overrated a bit
i have already told my guild i will not go simp warrior
350 mastery to 2 ppl, they wont even notice
I play arms too, so staying as Venthyr
im nf cuz its the only tank that can reasonably be nf and i wanted at least 1 tank in each covenant
dont play bear?
i play venthy bear cuz im missing brain cells
i dont like the randomness of bear form convoke, but enjoy the dumbass shit i can do every 3 min as venthyr
going full on hype train gnna go necro and make reprisal
just do 5 pack pulls with URF and incarn
yuuuup
How many seconds can you stack on shield block
18s
apparently 18 seconds outside of using bolstering
Is there a consensus on HR's value with reprisal?
Correct: From the Patch Notes: "Reprisal has been redesigned – Charge and Intervene grant you Shield Block for 4 seconds, Revenge!, and generates 20 Rage."
The working theory is that Reprisal loves Anger Management
hecc 4 seconds
Bolster will still have a lot of value in keys with reprisal
not really with all the gaps between pulls
I think if you can safely and reliably use reprisal well, you'd be losing too much by going bolster
alright so help a newb out here, do i save all my ash for reprisal or do I build the wall first still
go repirsal
If you raid build wall imo
So how would be a big pull be like? For example 1 pack DoS pre intervene and charge with avatar, revenge , tc, ss, sb smashing dmg group kille? 😂
i'd wait for the patch to drop, cuz they might last second change it
reprisal is better than the wall for raiding as well
Wut
and it will let you take AM which will lower SW CD anyway
Build the wall for raiding for sure, reprisal for m+
so uh
Wall if you plan to do both equally
if I stay Venthyr
if you're zip zoopin around in raid something wrong's going on
does that hurt my ability to tank M+ for my group?
thanks. i'm like 90% m+
or youre just doing normal/heroic
With missing Necro banner + Fleshcraft
Yeah big doubt, wall gives you like 5 SWs a fight
who cares
its about make incoming dmg be consistent
having holes in your SB doesnt do that
lol alright
Do you Raid? If so, make The Wall first.
Yeah you definitely take Wall in raid.
yeah
you realize you have to charge/intervene for it right
No? You need to soak busters and smooth big incomings lol
alright i'll build wall first. Thanks guys. back to lurking and info-sponge mode
With into the fray you should have super high Sb coverage already
I need the Ash from after rest to make Rank 4 anyway, so I'm definitely waiting.
you boys will see
narrator: they wont
I do wall + AM + Stalwart in raid XD getting SW to about a minute or even below
However, running reprisal could be a thing if you’re progging sludge
i currently run wall + AM in m+ but i'm only 1400 io on my warr and dont raid at all
Well it's the one boss without downtime
Intervene your cotank and basically block constantly
Someone explain why the FUCK they made this change:
The formula for determining the level of the first Mythic Keystone players receive each week has been adjusted.
Previously, players would always receive a Keystone 1 level below the highest they'd completed so far in Season 1.
After this change, Keystone level will continue to decrease by 1 per week until players again complete a higher level Keystone.
For example, a player who completes a level 15 Keystone will receive a level 14 Keystone the following week. If they do not complete a 15 or higher Keystone that week, they will receive a level 13 Keystone the week after.
This shit benefits literally nobody.
Much smoother
so people will do more keys per week
it benefits blizzard by makign you do more keys
It doesn't though
LOOK AT ALL THESE ACTIVE PLAYERS
so is the play for m+ in 9.0.5 going to be, reprisal and necrolord??
It just makes you do one higher key, not necessarily more
is 9.0.5 next tuesday?
I'm definitely staying kyrian
Covenants are all fine play what u want
In theory you’d be doing 4 a week for 2 choices unless you’re giga lazy
I doubt necro will be the best in m+
I doubt it, with M+ still heavily favouring ranged classes and a fairly tight radius on the banners effect IIRC
yea, the pot is also preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetty yuge
Do NOT intervene your co-tank on Sludge. That means you take the entire hit off Sludge, which is kinda counter to the entire point of having a co-tank there
Druids convoke in melee range anyway though, it’s valid if you run unholy dk and boomie with simp banner
necrolord mogs are so dope though
the druid can get out before using cds its a 15 sec buff after you cast it
Well that’s not a good example but I’m saying it’s possible if you manage it cleverly
Very much so
not gonna lie, im pretty sure i'm gonna end up just sticking with the wall for m+ in 9.0.5. pretty sure i'm gonna be too lazy to make FULL use of it
losing st stun and wall cd is probably not worth it since i'm not doing particularly high keys
effectively, a charge with nuReprisal gives you the equivalent of 80 Rage (20 Base Rage, 20 raw from Reprisal, 20 saved from the free Revenge proc, and 20 saved from 2/3rds of a Shield Block charge).
Intervene is worth 60.
Effectively speaking, nuReprisal adds up to 300 Rage/min to your Rage budget.
Pretty much have to take double time right
not at all
no
It is still very manageable to keep a high up-time of SB and it will be fun
Double Time is actually interesting; makes banking charges between pulls more efficient, but it doesn't affect the regen of charges over time. So... it depends
doesnt the new reprisal not give free revenge proc?
DT gives a 3s reduction to CD
Point
it gives the proc, doesnt give the 200% Damage increase anymore
yea like isnt it an easy choice for raiding, taking reprisal that is
That's what "Revenge!" with the exclamation mark is
I think so Eva, other people dont
o, i thought they removed that, idk why
it seems to be such a good legendary even with the tiny nerf to it
It's certainly going to be a strong M+ choice
ye
I'm still going to be running The Wall in Raid though
ye
how come?
because you have a co-tank and don't need 100% uptime
shield wall makes you mitigate more when you need it
yea thats a really good point actually
Because a) I'm not doing charge and intervene dancing on a raid boss, and b) I like my Shield Wall
also idk if i would say reprisal gives 20 rage saved from revenge, it just gives... damage of a revenge. in most cases i don't think i'd be casting revenge otherwise
a lot of fights are 100% uptime towards the back end of the raid
and it doesnt count towards AM for rage used
Double time does reduce by 3 seconds though
yeah theres so many swaps that it is almost always fine as is
You don't use am in m+
i do
hecc yeah double time
Those are both fair points; but for an M+ Legendary the damage is well worthwhile; it's a step towards fixing our M+ desirability
With nuReprisal I will be
I think most will be
Yeah I already acknowledge that I made a mistake there
hurry, someone else quote him and tell him double time reduces charge cd by 3 seconds
Didn’t see that sorry. I still think for M+ storm boot is pretty damn good.
you all ready to become boomer simps ?
thoughts on reprisal change?
Bolt
I’m here for it.
im staying NF. reprisal only if i have a melee dps in my M+ group
I simply do not think Bolster will be necessary for Shield Block uptime when running nuReprisal, so Anger Management for better Avatar uptime (& to compensate for the loss of The Wall's Shield Wall CDR) will be a good play
im not risking turning my ass to mobs while intervening someone out in range just to get benefits of reprisal
i already know ill be going through massive shield wall withdrawl the first time i try new reprisal
Tier 2 is certainly a competitive talent row for us
also probably not going to bother in most dungeons on tyr week
My starting point for talents with nuReprisal will be x112x31 I think
Maybe x112x11
will have to see how UF stacks up now
does best served cold proc off of reprisal free revenge?
cuz technically you didnt' parry or dodge to get it
should do
You'd get the 20% from bsc
nuReprisal is giving you the same buff that parries and dodges give you
so? bolster gives the same buff as sb but breaks duration limit rules
yes
it being the same buff doesn't mean shit imo
It's certainly going to be one of the things to test next week
But I expect - as @plush saffron says - that it just works off the Revenge! buff
ill test now on ptr
yeah it works off reprisal revenge
