#fury

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chilly zodiac
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is patchwork the best sim to use across the board?

winter shoal
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Yes for the most part

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1t 5m and 5t 5m + use brain to compare

unborn musk
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I'm starting to like slayer more and more now that I got the hang of it
Pit +16

olive wraith
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Bro I thought udk was good

queen panther
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it is with bigger pulls and externals it feels like.

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around army windows

old latch
olive wraith
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im still doing baby keys

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13 mc

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but he def should be over 100k right

old latch
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tbf details is bugged for udk other people in the key see him with less damage than he actually have

olive wraith
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Is this why people log now

old latch
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the dk sees the right damage but not others

steel shard
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way better than fury

olive wraith
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Isn’t aa the one key Colo shouldn’t do

bitter palm
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slayer?

old latch
olive wraith
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Slayer would be fine I guess

bitter palm
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has way better prio

old latch
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but last 3 20s are hard to get in

bitter palm
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but the 2nd point is valid

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play what u like

old latch
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well now I'm just playing LFG

bitter palm
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arms would help okayge

old latch
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you think I can play arms with that tho ?

sinful pelican
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Do you have to player slayer arms now

bitter palm
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also slarms is giga w/e

bitter palm
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and crit flask and ure good

olive wraith
old latch
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will see how it plays but I have no idea how to play it for now

olive wraith
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Assuming you’re not like giga bad at arms

bitter palm
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i mean

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slarms is very simple

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press cleave press sudden death press overpower and execute in aoe

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bs only with cs

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ava only with cs

old latch
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I thought it was colossus tho

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oh both seems to be played

bitter palm
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not in aa

winter shoal
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You can play any of the 4 dps specs

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They all have their strengths and weaknesses, but all are good for their own reasons

bitter palm
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ye but if u want to reduce lfg time arms is better

old latch
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well I guess I can't in 20s they just don't want the fury specs

winter shoal
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People have been timing 20s as fury for like a month or more

old latch
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I know I have 5 20s timed

bitter palm
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yes but people see arms doing damage and only want to invite it

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its lfg creatures

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and tbh it is just better. not that u cant time 22s with fury but arms is objectively better especially if u are colo and get funnel

languid willow
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Just do what I do and queue as arms then swap fury before the key starts

old latch
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do you really ?

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thought about it but didnt do it

languid willow
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lol sometimes just depends

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I know the people in lfg

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Who are like that

loud zinc
languid willow
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And I know which ones know that fury can do just as well

old latch
loud zinc
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my b misread

old latch
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but as fury I sit in LFG and get messaged that

olive wraith
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Can’t help it

languid willow
olive wraith
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Tbh I wouldn’t be able to do as much on arms just cause I’m not used to it

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Even if arms can perform better; doesn’t mean I’ll perform better in it

summer quail
languid willow
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They have incredible st and still very strong aoe

languid willow
unborn musk
compact knot
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its 45 second cds are so good as well

fickle stirrup
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How does the vault work if I killed Chimaerus and Imperator? Does it have a chance to give me loot from other bosses?

grand vale
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once in the loot pool, always in the loot pool

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if you have never killed another myth boss

lilac osprey
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yeah once you've killed the boss once its always in the loot pool for vault regardless of what you kill that week

grand vale
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you will only get loot from those two

fickle stirrup
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Interesting... thank you!

grand vale
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if you killed 4 myth bosses, one of those 4 being chimaerus

sage ridge
grand vale
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the chance to get loot from him is 43,75%

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if all bosses are counted seperately

sage ridge
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Fury is still in a really good spot though.

grand vale
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if you only kill chim and imp, you have a 50% of getting loot from chim in the first slot, IF it is not calculated by item

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if it is, killing 4 bosses is even worse, because chim has only 3 drops as prot spec

fickle stirrup
fickle stirrup
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I dont need anything else but trinkets now

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Ah okay ty

grand vale
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chim has one more item as fury/arms

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the shit trinket

winter shoal
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The one that changes your frost strike

compact knot
languid willow
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It’s so fun imo

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Has to swap to dk for belo and Lura for guild since our 2nd dk left and it’s been a blast

compact knot
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think duel wield frostbane is better though

compact knot
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if you dual wield you play the normal wowhead talents with a heavier focus on frostbane

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nvm thats wrong, you drop the bottom green circle the the talent directly above them

zinc willow
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Hey guys what's a good way to analyze one's rotation. Managing to hit 82K at 287as fury single target in Lura HM and the firet mythic bosses. But I don't want to drag my team down.

languid willow
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Do a log review against someone of similar ilvl and progression and see how they are doing better than yourself

winter shoal
winter shoal
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Very insightful comment Spongie 57 thank you

languid willow
winter shoal
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Arms talent, although I will concede I haven't simmed it in a while

warm crag
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theres a meta joke in there somewhere

fresh heart
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hello, with thane talents i always need to stack 2 thunder blast?

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or i just need to send it every time

slim coral
slim coral
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@edgy widget

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@young swan

warm crag
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i already claimed it dw

fresh heart
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i was trying to do that but im doing shit dmg

slim coral
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wait I can ban him

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I think

fresh heart
slim coral
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ez

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I did it

edgy widget
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you're so good

slim coral
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Forgot I can ban bots too

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haven't seen one since I got instated

dense elbow
sudden tusk
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we can?

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i see timeout but no ban

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we do not obtain such power

junior gale
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only Baze specifically cuz hes Baze

heavy yacht
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i finally hit 3.4k on my fury Rampage

sullen dove
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@frigid zealot @fleet sorrel gio about to be aquila enjoyer too

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fish may be schleep unfortunate

smoky vale
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is @oblique trail an enjoyer

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?

sullen dove
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oyea prolly

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but prolly also bed so w/e

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eu debuff

keen hemlock
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Guys, i can't figure out something about fury and chatgpt don't know either. After i cast whirlwind, my next 4 abilities will cleave, but something is consuming two charges of the cleave after i cast rampage plus 1 ability, what is happening there? Is it a bug?

sullen dove
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yea chatgpt will never know anything about wow wouldnt ask it for anything

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but its just cuz rampage's ww consumption thing is "delayed"

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so you lose 1 stack at the end of the rampage animation

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and then the next button you press is another stack

keen hemlock
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ohhhh i see

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Thanks

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but i can smash without waiting for the end of the rampage animation right?

sullen dove
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yes

keen hemlock
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Nice

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tyvm

sullen dove
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yuh

olive wraith
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Ty for that

sudden tusk
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eh that did actually used to be an issue

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funnily enough

winter shoal
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1 ww 5 casts

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very powerful

sudden tusk
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@fleet sorrel

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@dapper goblet spotted

fleet sorrel
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true

slim coral
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Otherwise I’d have to ban you

brazen kernel
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how are people tping out changing to slayer and back in front of boss on seat

keen kindle
brazen kernel
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but if you TP there and walk into dungeon, will it put you in front of boss and not at entrance?

keen kindle
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in front of boss

brazen kernel
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ohhh

keen kindle
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evrey boss in M+ now has a waystone that serves as a checkpoint to spawn you there

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besides like NPX

brazen kernel
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so I tried that just now and it put me at the entrance. That's why I asked. Was that a bug?

keen kindle
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Were you at last boss?

brazen kernel
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yea 100%

keen kindle
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probs a bug yeah

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unfort

brazen kernel
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I just tried it in a 16 to see if it would work

zinc python
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so with the thunderblast changes is thane gonna be meta for keys now?

summer quail
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more meta than slayer sure but meta overall no

zinc python
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im wondering if thane will be better for mythic bird too

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thats what were progging rn

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then slayer

languid willow
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@slim coral i just saw the app 🙁

dapper goblet
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baze apping out of fierce

smoky vale
dapper goblet
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@slim coral where u appin

keen kindle
slim coral
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I timed it

dapper goblet
slim coral
covert blaze
bitter palm
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goat king activities

oblique trail
oblique trail
sullen dove
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also tf

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how u callin 6.4 mid

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and that was literally only like 2 months ago?

oblique trail
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Im not calling it mid

sullen dove
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oh

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in the middle of 6.4

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silly billy

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regardless was talking about hsr amphoreus msq

oblique trail
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I see

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Then yes

sullen dove
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gios about to finish phainon patch

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some good cutscenes there

oblique trail
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Happy for him

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About to enjoy good story

smoky vale
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need to strike down bazed for timing a 21

sullen dove
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yea if u wanted to vicariously live thru epic cutscenes

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do it for the good of the people

timid tide
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On Mythic Dreamrift, do you send all your CDs (wiht pots and puzzle) on pull with lust, or do you save them when you go downstairs and send them on the adds. And in general, do you save Bladestorm for adds? I ended up 6th on overal DPS but my numbers jumped up in intermission with all the adds

sullen dove
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can prolly hold for like 10 seconds since thats bout how long it takes to see adds

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but also adds insta die anyway

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so dont rly have to pad unless u want to

smoky vale
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also if you are holding you likely want to go first so if you go second you send on cd

timid tide
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I was going first all the pulls, yes

smoky vale
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but also what swordish said

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those things die so fast

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@sullen dove do you remember week 1

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with babyblu

sullen dove
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watch ur cutscene chud

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but yea

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miserable

supple galleon
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Anyone has a good rotation for M+?

bitter palm
# smoky vale but also what swordish said

swordish is fantastic, just needs to work on offensive cooldowns, defensives, positioning, rage management, inverse gravity spread, healthstone flicks, dark energy spots, dragonriding, add damage, reverse gravity positions, rally ability, leap aim, shadowquake control and getting dimensius kills

smoky vale
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@sullen dove is fantastic, just needs to work on offensive cooldowns, defensives, positioning, rage management, inverse gravity spread, healthstone flicks, dark energy spots, dragonriding, add damage, reverse gravity positions, rally ability, leap aim, shadowquake control and getting dimensius kills

hazy palm
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Hey, seeing Nox using WW a lot as a filler in st even if raging blow is off cd. For slayer that is. Is ww even in st do more/same dmg than rb?

lusty jungle
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Rend refresh probably

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It shouldnt be used for anything else because you only get 3 rage on ST

serene horizon
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Hi guys

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I really would like to understand WHY Eyes of the Eagle is the enchant for fury ???

hazy palm
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It isn’t

bitter palm
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more damage

hazy palm
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Just sim

serene horizon
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BUT Hast and Mastery > crit !!!

bitter palm
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its 2% more damage whenever u crit

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and fury crits a lot

hazy palm
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Different for every character

bitter palm
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sim it but it's 99.999% gonna be eyes of the eagle

serene horizon
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on bloodmallet, you have hast and mastery around 40 and crit around 10, so i dont understand

smoky vale
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no way cone...

serene horizon
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But i trust you

bitter palm
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it gives crit damage

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read what recklessness does

bitter palm
serene horizon
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ah ok , crit damage

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its not the same

bitter palm
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yes fury crits a lot

serene horizon
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thank you fot help

bitter palm
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np

bitter palm
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to make an addon that plays pipes whenever u cleave as colo

smoky vale
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probably

bitter palm
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i guess u cant add conditions like ravager up

smoky vale
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if targeted spells exists

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why wouldnt that be able to exist

bitter palm
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idk u cant read buffs with wa

smoky vale
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who cares just make it always make the noise

bitter palm
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true

smoky vale
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and not make a different sound with buffs

abstract tulip
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do yall also struggle more to get into pugs than last week with your warrior

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did some influencer say something not nice again

fringe citrus
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I hit 20 resil and I havent got a single invite to 21s for 3 days XD

dawn vector
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yo guys i been playing slayer fury for the past week but im stuck between 80-93 parses, how do you guys go about multitarget when its really a lot of targets? I lowkey just press rampage and whilrwind, i dont get if bloodthirst with the whirlwind buff is worth pressing or should i just press whirlwind

dense elbow
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Parses are more decided by your team effort, than yourself at that point. You shouldnt expect to parse higher if your team isnt giving you a situation where you are able

On MT I just follow the standard prio rotation that I have for years at this point. WW stack, enrage ramp, max rage ramp, SD/exe, Ramp, bt, rb

There is a minor DPS gain if you WW over RB, that grows with targets

dawn vector
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oh i see i see, thing is, bloodbath i press, cause of the 5x bleed

shy knot
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If its mythic its all about raid dmg

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For the most part

dawn vector
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i just wanted to know how many target it takes for ww to be more damaging than rb

shy knot
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HC you can get 99 in pugs even lol

dense elbow
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use context clues

honest trail
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So RB in single or duo targets

smoky vale
dense elbow
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I havent gotten an invite to a single 21 in 3 months

smoky vale
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shut up

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funky hop on honkai star rail

dense elbow
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Not my kind of game, but I am glad you enjoy it

smoky vale
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stayed up all night watching peak cinema

dense elbow
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balance is perfect this tier confirmed?

quartz plaza
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Hi what is the most efficient you think to play slayer or MT? I like slayer more but i dont know whats the most efficient

earnest canyon
languid willow
unborn musk
dense elbow
earnest canyon
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Really tried to get into mage as my ranged but frost just sucks outside of the raid cleave fights, and fire and arcane just suck everywhere

shy knot
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Mage is pruned into ranged ret

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Super unfun

earnest canyon
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Would be fine if it wasn't also fragile as fuck and doesn't due great damage. Shatter is kinda fun but it doesn't hit hard enough. My 10 ilevel lower demo lock does like 80k more dps without worrying about shitty shatter stacks

dense elbow
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Time to turn quick math into hard math

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Hydrate then ignore all that and just press buttons

unborn musk
dense elbow
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I just press RB when my brain feel like it, or WW when it doesnt

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No thought, just press

zinc willow
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I use raging blow to repleat rage or as a filler if there is nothing to press

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Other things should be prio

bitter palm
spring magnet
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Kinda confused boys. Consistently parsing in the 90’s on 18-19 M+ keys. But as far as raid goes I can’t get a parse above 60. As slayer fury the rotation prio doesn’t change for single target right?

shy knot
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Mythic parses ?

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If yes thats like half on your raid kill speed/tanking and pad dmg on adds

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Cuz both fury and arms st are honestly terrible

dense elbow
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^ Mythic parses are kinda a meme

shy knot
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Look at Critcake parses

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His whole raid gets 100/99s

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You will not get this in average Joe raid group

spring magnet
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Yea Mythic parses. I bought a hero raid just to do some testing. There was another fury that blew me out of the water on Rampage damage but we sent roughly the same amount of casts

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My rough stats are
Mastery: 860
Haste: 1030
Crit: 580
Vers: 56

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His were roughly the same

shy knot
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Prolly cleaving it more

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You can prolly get like 95-98 with perfect play and some good rng

spring magnet
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But as far as rotation goes it’s the same priority as M+ build as I know there isn’t much variation to the tree

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?

shy knot
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Rotation on slayer doesnt change afaik

spring magnet
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Sounds good. So it’s probably a timing and reps thing for raid

burnt oxide
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raid parses are mostly around cd timing and proper padding

spring magnet
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Thank you guys

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I appreciate it

pallid brook
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i can see what that one guy was talkin about when it comes to hunt vs warrior in keys

pallid brook
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\

shy knot
burnt oxide
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That applies to slayer aswell

white nest
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In mythic raid you're only competing against people raiding mythic. The overall skill is higher.

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You also need more mastery. Start building crit when you're already at 1000-1100ish.

spring magnet
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I always run with a mastery flask

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So with that accounted for I’m sitting near 1050-1100

short sand
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Guys, do you time cooldowns with trinkets procs?

burnt oxide
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No

heavy yacht
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guys what spec to you play for m+? i've been playing mountain thane because this is what guides recommend, and it's pretty good for sustained damage in aoe...but man my single target is ASS. is there a build that kind of has a compromise? I'm looking at what top fury players have and it's all slayer builds for M+ while guides recommend thane.

humble pawn
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Have you tried slayer?

heavy yacht
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only in tww, not recently

humble pawn
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You should give it a go, and then choose whichever your heart desires

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You'll get a lil more aoe damage with thane and a lil more st with slayer

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I'm personally going slayer because bladestorm feel good

heavy yacht
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yeah i do miss it

dreamy laurel
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I’m pushing 15-16+ keys and I seem to be getting rekt all the time by mobs, just seems like survivability is way harder for us without being 1 shotted in the midst of a big pack. I tried positioning myself behind the mobs, following the tank but I think I’m getting hit my frontals?? Any suggestions on better survivability? I try to use spell reflect, switch defensive stance and use impending victory when I’m low

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Just switched to fury slayer from thane as well. Not sure if fury slayer is squishier??

burnt oxide
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Slayer is slightly squishier

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But that difference rarely matters in + 16 imo

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And there is not a single thing that can one shot you, which cannot be avoided

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Missed kicks, standing in voidzones

modest condor
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a fury warrior should never feel in danger in a 15-16 unless your healer is afk and nobody is kicking

burnt oxide
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Exactly

dreamy laurel
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It always feels like I’m low health so I’m stressing to survive

burnt oxide
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There is like 2 or 3 voidzones that will hurt you, but thats your fault

dreamy laurel
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Maybe I’m just bad then lol

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I do pug everything where some pugs I don’t worry at all, but a lot of the time I’m stressing to survive

humble pawn
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If you aren't logging already, you should, and then review after the key to see what really went wrong and where

burnt oxide
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If your pugs not kicking properly, that can happen

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Important things to survive:
Use spellreflect often if magic damage happens, does not matter if you can actually reflect something, they will always find a way to only interupt that cast.
Dstance if needed, but should try to limit it to situations you cannot do much damage either way, but should use it anyway if in danger
Spec into enraged regeneration

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Missing a global for IV is also not the worst

spring magnet
burnt oxide
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Reactive defensive usage is the worst usage

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Because alot of timed it has 0 value and you now have it on cd

modest condor
humble pawn
dreamy laurel
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appreciate the advice and feedback everyone 🫡

fallow tapir
spring magnet
sour jungle
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are you guys playing thane or slayer in AA

spring magnet
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Slayer

sour jungle
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and do you prio in the first huge pull

spring magnet
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Aside from the first pull slayers prio dam is more valuable in that key. IMO

sour jungle
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what* do you*

burnt oxide
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Big lasher

sour jungle
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i know that what bttns

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tho

spring magnet
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Good tanks will mark one lasher so all dps can kill it quickly. In that case, slayer like any other prio heavy class becomes very valuable

humble pawn
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smash, bash, whack, and kapow buttons

sour jungle
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that was all the information I needed thank you

burnt oxide
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The some multitarget prio as always, i prio ww a bit more than bt tho

spring magnet
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In pulls past 7 adds or in general?

heavy yacht
dawn vector
burnt oxide
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Yup

lilac plinth
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Man i got deleted by gurdain druid on pit 19

spring magnet
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Overall???

sly merlin
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19 sr last night as thane not bad

olive wraith
distant knot
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question: is it better to have a ascended myth track gear weapon thats not BIS on my mainhand or have my BIS ascended Hero track weapon on my mainhand?

keen kindle
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Weapon damage matters infinitely more

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But also just bonus roll pit

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oh wait this fury fuck nevermind

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terracee

distant knot
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yeah ive been trying to snipe the hammer or cleaver

keen kindle
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Watcha got?

distant knot
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they both are good for me, the MT cleaver is better obvi

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I have my crafted offhand and some shitter 2h i got from vault

keen kindle
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Yeah that's fine

distant knot
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its decent for now until I get my BIS

keen kindle
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I'd worry about other slots

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your weapons are juiced

distant knot
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Bet

sage python
thorn hearth
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and i simmed it against an also maxed mt weapon

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both myth

sly merlin
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88k pure st

spring magnet
gentle badge
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20 MT gotta get slayer keys in before its too late

olive wraith
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Too late for what

keen kindle
olive wraith
keen kindle
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yup

olive wraith
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As if arms isn’t already ahead regardless

gentle badge
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arms is ahead with coordinated groups yeah

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pressing CS and tank pulls 8 more mobs after standing still for 10 seconds no thanks

solemn trench
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The current difference between Slayer and MT is minimal; that 30% MT boost will be enough for the final change.

gentle badge
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im memeing but slayer on high roll procs is fun to play

red berry
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people are still def being dramatic about a 3.5% buff either way

young swan
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i wonder if its possible to achieve a level of rng where it feels sick to highroll while simultaneously making the average not feel bad by comparison

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i feel like 11.3 was pretty close to that

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for both hero specs

strong monolith
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Guys is thane getting nerfed

olive wraith
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Colo sure. So you’re not inting in st

gentle badge
olive wraith
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Cs being an aoe around a target is a bit of a stretch if you ask me

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Like that being a reason for coordination

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But still, slurry is still gonna have more prio than thane

languid willow
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I’m sure you can still play slayer fury in keys if you want to even with the thane buffs, I’ll probably slam slayer in keys such as AA, SR, MC, basically any key with 4 bosses

dawn vector
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isnt thane gonna absolutely fuck slayer in the ass in terms of aoe damage after next patch?

olive wraith
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It’s like +4% aoe

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If you consider that as fuck slayer in the ass then sure

dawn vector
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but isnt slayer already weaker in aoe?

olive wraith
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Yes

dawn vector
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or rather less consistent

olive wraith
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People play slayer cause they like it better or they want better boss damage

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I think slayer still has higher st so the reason you pick it remains the same

dawn vector
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lowk i play slayer cause its more fun

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but i already know its behind thane

olive wraith
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Only for aoe

dawn vector
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if they make the gap bigger tho

olive wraith
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Which isn’t the whole picture for keys

dawn vector
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is it even worth going for slayer?

lilac plinth
olive wraith
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Thane buff isn’t putting it miles ahead

dawn vector
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oh thats fs

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ppl in high keys still parsing 100 as slayer

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so in my case its just that im bad and not because of thane being better

olive wraith
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Key parsing is fake imo

odd granite
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sorry*

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how far ahead is not miles ahead

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lol

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saw the % changes to thane but not comparison to slayer

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if anyone had

olive wraith
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Slayer was unchanged

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So

languid willow
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Idk I like playing both but slayer definitely feels smoother at times

odd granite
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Yer IK, wondered if anyone did a side by side sim with the changes already

languid willow
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But I’ll still play both

olive wraith
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And then add 4% aoe to thane

dawn vector
#

also i wanted to ask, is it normal that in low keys or in pulls that tend to last little time i dont do that much, but in the long run i tend to be higher than everyone else?

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or am i just opening wrong on pulls?

modest condor
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that's normal

olive wraith
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We don’t have good burst

spring magnet
young swan
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but it terms of variance it was quite comfy

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I dont think they'll ever make fury as fun as it was during tww beta after they got everything working properly

smoky vale
#

i miss unhinged cleave

hardy cargo
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idk the whole context of this comment but

keen kindle
#

Look I support it and like outlaw, but holy fuck having a bad roll streak till next AR feels absoutlely awful

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Imagine needing an RNG buff to function

spring magnet
# dawn vector is it even worth going for slayer?

To build on @olive wraith point. Even if Thane does create a bigger gap in AOE dam slayer will still probably be played. Take the first pull of AA for example. For personal parses yea thane might be better. But for prioing down a lasher so your tank doesn’t flop in a 20 is more important IMO.

fading sky
#

Facts

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In a 17 its important

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As tanks are often equally as bad🤣

olive wraith
#

Not to mention AA doesn’t have much opportunity to cleave adds on the bosses

spring magnet
#

Prio target classes aren’t flashy but arguably more important than big AOE classes. But then again. We don’t play Warrior because we want to be flashy

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We just get shit done. Zug Zug

olive wraith
#

Well you do need both types tbf

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It’s just usually the meta can do both

spring magnet
#

Of course. But nothing kills keys more than boss fights

olive wraith
#

Us mortals usually have some niche

fading sky
olive wraith
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Idk AA is a good example of first pull fails

grand vale
#

it's just weird that we fight a battle with each other over who is cooler, the guy with the big weapon, or the guy with two weapons

fading sky
#

Meta can do mass and st yes.

spring magnet
#

That’s an exception

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Not every key is like that

fading sky
#

I mean arms is 100% better

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Doesnt mean u gotta play it

spring magnet
#

I’ve always wanted to learn Arms but idk every time I try it just feels so clunky

fading sky
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It will vs fury

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It is clunky

grand vale
#

well the world is not about keys alone, and idk how good arms is in raids now vs fury

olive wraith
#

My world is keys only keks

spring magnet
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How come?

olive wraith
#

Rage starvation

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Skyfury helps a lot with rage

grand vale
#

like old days

spring magnet
#

What does that have to do with Mastery buff though?

olive wraith
#

Not mastery

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The auto attack part

grand vale
#

the chance to hit twice

spring magnet
#

Ohhhh

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You’re right

grand vale
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every 5th hit

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it's 20% isn't it?

olive wraith
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Idek

spring magnet
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Damn I’ve never even thought about that

grand vale
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Dude you missed out on the fun of being in a group with a wf totem

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in a bc raid

spring magnet
#

I started playing in DF S4 so probably

grand vale
#

Every melee wanted to be in that group

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especially arms

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but arms was pvp spec then iirc

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still the chance to hit multiple times instead of one was great

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windfury totem had you proc a triple hit i think

spring magnet
#

I just remember arms being broken for HOA so the add before last boss couldn’t heal

spring magnet
grand vale
#

in arena it was especially wild

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arms warrior and enhancer shaman would just delete people

spring magnet
#

They need to incentivize PVP more. And tie the rewards into PVE so it can become more relevant

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If I could get PvP myth vault slots instead of world slots id definitely get into it

grand vale
#

idk man, the biggest advantage pvp has, it keeps the pvp guys out of your pve group

fading sky
#

Yup

spring magnet
#

What’s wrong w the PvP guys?

grand vale
#

toxic af

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a lot at least

spring magnet
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I’ll wipe my ass with a toxic mf

grand vale
#

well you might but not every raid lead wants to deal with their shit after a hard day's work

spring magnet
#

That’s fair but acountability is a whole separate conversation

grand vale
#

true

spring magnet
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I do think it would give PvP a lot more life

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And the mog sets for PvP are ALWAYS the nicest

grand vale
#

it might for sure

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man i ran into bgs to gear at the start of s1

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we had the quest where you would get that very nice heroic mastery/haste neck for running bgs

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just this season

spring magnet
#

That’s right

grand vale
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i did bgs vs AI, but it was fun still

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i liked bgs, i just don't like to be steamrolled

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and that happens a lot in pvp

spring magnet
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Dude you know what I reeeeeeeally wanna see

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Amani trolls as an allied race

olive wraith
#

Also PvP people might not care about learning fights and stuff

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If it’s just a step to gearing

keen kindle
#

Just as some don't enjoy pve

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Forcing those two groups to meet has historically never gone well

wicked wind
#

Can someone please send me the link to this weeks changes?

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Or is there no change at all?

jolly wind
#

is solarflame a good sub for heart?

icy whale
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yes

jolly wind
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cuz rn i have a 289 solarflame, would a heroic track heart be better tho?

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i dont do mythic raiding so id be stuck with that

icy whale
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i think hc heart with upgrade would be better

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but you can just sim it

jolly wind
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ok but if i upgrade solarflame it would be 298

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heart would be 285

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if i got it

trim umbra
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285 heart sims higher for me than 298 solarflamw

jolly wind
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i dont have heart but thinkign about trying to get it

icy whale
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just sim it

jolly wind
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ok cant be much better tho

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hopefully

icy whale
#

there is no yes no answer, it depends on your gear

thorn hearth
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if rampaging ruin is simming higher for me should i use it? cause i dont see any other warrior using it and it only results in a slight lowering in ST but a pretty marginal difference in multi tar

storm rune
#

Is that cleave?

thorn hearth
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yeah

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makes rampage do a wave atack

storm rune
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Because fuck cleave, I don't play fury to have to aim shit

thorn hearth
olive wraith
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We know what RR is lol

storm rune
#

Well technically I did ask 😅

summer quail
olive wraith
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Kinda defeats the purpose of slayer

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But if you want more aoe and to aim a cone go ahead

thorn hearth
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ok cool

covert coyote
#

you'll need to make a macro to cancel the WW buff on ST in the case you have to WW as a filler gcd

thorn hearth
#

and that would bring backa little of the prio damage?

olive wraith
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If you canceled iww aura

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Rr doesn’t replace ramp

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Rr is only active if you have iww buff

merry scaffold
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I swear Im never gonna parse on this boss. Dream Rift really shouldnt be this hard for for "CE" groups, but its wipe after wipe

storm rune
#

Pugging?

thorn hearth
merry scaffold
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Nah Im the Geoclanker

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and yes sadly pugging

smoky vale
#

i remembering pugging week 1

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@sullen dove babyblu and i vs the world

sullen dove
#

I remember you bringing it up literally every single day possible since it happened 8 weeks ago

sullen dove
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aura

tulip mirage
#

can warrior leap to the platform in skyreach on last boss?

languid willow
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I’ve tried and I’ve never been able to do it

junior oyster
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the windy one?

stiff maple
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Are you talking about the last boss?

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Oh

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You said that

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You cannot leap to last boss if you get carried off. You can leap past all the tornados after 3rd boss

tulip mirage
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Ye what i thought was just told some1 has seen warriors do it

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so just needed to make sure

stiff maple
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Maybe theres some tech im behind on but I havent seen a warrior do it

spring needle
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I see some tier lists placing fury in the same tier as arms. Is this just because physical comp is amazing? Because everywhere I look says arms gaps fury in dps

radiant plank
#

vagueposting

past pivot
spring needle
past pivot
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They are close enough for spec and build to play what you enjoy the most

olive wraith
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Arms is def ahead atm

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Though I hear complaints of it being clunky

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Or rage starved at times

merry scaffold
spare flame
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while fury feels amazing

gentle badge
bitter palm
gentle badge
bitter palm
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i dont understand ur sentence

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arms gaps everyone in phys comp

gentle badge
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incorrect

bitter palm
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arms is the reason phys comp is viable

gentle badge
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battle shout yes

bitter palm
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xdddd

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22 seat

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"incorrect"

gentle badge
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cool so we're cherry picking?

bitter palm
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😭

gentle badge
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lets look at one of the literal best arms in the worl

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how about look at an lfg team

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and then see who performs better on average fury or arms

steady swan
#

Could I have someone review a log for me tell me why I suck? haha

bitter palm
#

that has 0 correlation with what u said

gentle badge
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arms has way higher potential yes, but if someone has to ask fury or arms, they should just default to fury

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its literally what i said

bitter palm
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phys comp is played around arms

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phys comp is played because of arms

gentle badge
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ok youre not understanding np

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just because you play the comp

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doesnt mean people do it

gentle badge
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are you eu or na?

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19-20s na lfg doesnt care

bitter palm
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yeah obviously but thats not the point

gentle badge
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lmfao

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yes it is

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thats the point im making

bitter palm
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u never mentioned pugs in ur original statement

gentle badge
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comp plays around arms comp doesnt play around arms

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i didnt say lfg

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but if youre not playing around arms

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its the same as lfg

bitter palm
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ohh

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yeah mb

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a lot of doomers here so i assumed u were dooming too

gentle badge
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no im a fan of arms

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im not a fan of playing arms in lfg and i ask for funnel and they say "we cant get funnel here"

bitter palm
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yeah

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generally need premade for m+

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for pushing that is

gentle badge
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yeah, thats why i default to fury for lfg spamming lol

bitter palm
#

a lot of people been saying the only reason u bring warrior is battle shout so i got kinda tilted ngl

gentle badge
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no no lol

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i dont agree with tha

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that*

bitter palm
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when the reality is u bring everyone else to buff arms xd

gentle badge
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warriors are currently owning, especially arms

bitter palm
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all 4 are good

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i dont remember the last time all4 dps warriors were playable

dense elbow
#

No idea what you lads are discussing, I just want to input:
||Arms bad, go back to #arms arms troll, boo!||

gentle badge
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🤣

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we mentioned fury

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at least once or something

bitter palm
dense elbow
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So they all say, before they convert to my world view. Flat is boring, burst is justice! Odyn's Fury 51% buff when?!

bitter palm
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bro lowkey

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can they just give us

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i forgot the name

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ramp casts ww

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during reck

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the n1 thing i dislike about fury is having to press ww

gentle badge
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what about SL fury warrior when you pressed reck and you either got reck or bladestorm at less effectiveness, if you get bs then you play conduit mass execution or w/e its called for next 5 seconds your WW is insanely buffed and it was spam WW in aoe until enraged was falling off then you rampage back to spamming WW

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hows that for not liking WW

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in df there was a talent where OF casted WW which was kind of nice to save 1 global pressing a mini cd

bitter palm
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they added the auto enrage

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but not the auto ww part

gentle badge
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kinda weird with philosophy of midnight having less buttons to press

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would have been perfect

modest condor
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it's a cool effect but also like

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remove the one difference between our st and our aoe rotation

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oh wait i was responding to cone, not the OF thing

bitter palm
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ww "halts" the rotation

gentle badge
#

tbh i just want funnel somehow lol for either arms or fury thats not as reliant on tank (for arms) like what if we got something for rend being consumed by pressing "x button" on a ST and that mob takes the remaining damage of rend or something

icy whale
#

its so hard to get into high keys as fury...

gentle badge
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apply arms > swap fury at 5 seconds on countdown

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its on them to kick you or not after key goes in lol

bitter palm
gentle badge
#

well now more i think about it

modest condor
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you cant funnel if there are no extra mobs

gentle badge
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i guess yeah it kinda is

bitter palm
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ye but ret funnels nowhere near arms

modest condor
#

it's up to the tank to bring extra mobs onto the boss

bitter palm
#

wowzers 2 mil es

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thats like 4 cleaves

gentle badge
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ok to save myself, at least ret can pull for the tank then bubble the aggro lol

olive wraith
#

Wouldn’t ramp reaps technically be funnel

modest condor
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if it didnt require pressing whirlwind yes

bitter palm
#

if ure casting ww at 0 loss yeah

modest condor
#

we're actually neutral on prio damage between st and aoe

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because of the reap procs

olive wraith
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Ww is a gain over rb at 4 targets right?

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So all we need is 4t

modest condor
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i mean it's a gain on 4 targets, not on your prio target

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doing more damage to the other 3 mobs isnt funnel

olive wraith
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Ah fair

gentle badge
#

honest question, why does arms sim lower than fury? but in practice arms has higher potential? is it because sims may not account for funnel if we sim lets 3 targets

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at least for me arms sims lower than fury

bitter palm
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arms beats fury by a lot on prio dmg

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on sims

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m+ is impossible to sim

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properly

gentle badge
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like my 1 boss sim 4 mins slarms is about 71k, colo about 61k, MT fury about 73k and slfury about 81k

bitter palm
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arms is a lot burstier

gentle badge
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only using b shout as buff

lilac osprey
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packs only die as fast as the highest hp target so having high prio damage is very important

bitter palm
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yeah i mean ure simming without skyfury

gentle badge
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yeah figured its because in m+ you cant really sim

bitter palm
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as arms ure just losing 10% dps

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on aoe and st

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as colo no skyfury is like 12% loss on st

gentle badge
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im gonna try simming with SF for all 4 again

keen kindle
bitter palm
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joining a raid pug

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and praying to god it has an enha shaman

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then begging the leader to put u into the group

brazen island
#

im seeing lots of top m+ fury players playing slayer. do the buffs make thane better in high keys? or is the burst you get from slayer still better

gentle badge
#

ok i just ran 1 boss 4 mins and 10 bosses 1.5 mins to simulate mass aoe in m+ and pure ST here are my results with bshout and SF: SLfury aoe = 379k st = 85k MTfury aoe = 424k st = 80k SLarms aoe = 332k st = 76k Coloarms aoe = 399k st = 63k

summer quail
#

do you guys get 2 cd sets in 1 egg on belo?

cloud viper
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Not unless good proc

fickle stirrup
#

Are you doomed to a meh parse on Myth Imperator if others are nuking the adds? lol

cloud viper
#

hm, i feel like it's you that nuke the adds as a warrior atm, you just go all in slayer

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you just keep the bs for a bit but it ended up being guuud for the adds anw

fickle stirrup
#

Feel like by the time the adds got semi grouped up for me to BS they are almost dead

gentle badge
#

bs has big range

worn yoke
gentle badge
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you can use it before they grouped

fickle stirrup
#

I'll run it back next week then!

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did 75 parse so eh

gentle badge
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yeah test it on dummies, bs range is longer than your standard melee range

cloud viper
#

you dont wait for them to be all packed, i usually just full send it whern there are like 3-4 , the others just get in the bs as it goes on

worn yoke
fickle stirrup
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Rough 😔

worn yoke
#

even getting 1 buffed up bladestorm off or a few tblasts in CDs on many adds isnt enough because the adds are already dead by the end of it and fury's profile has good AOE sustain but relatively weak burst compared to many (im looking at you, DDH)

fickle stirrup
#

Ill try to BS a little sooner next week then!
Do we pot on pull or first add?

cloud viper
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i mean

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that is from like, this week i think?

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for the first add set

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i always pot on pull cuz there is the bl tho

fickle stirrup
#

How do you use your CDs on adds? Reck > BS > Odyns?

worn yoke
#

where do you get friends like that? the ones that focus boss damage 🤣

cloud viper
#

eh, more like Reck - charge - rampage - bs - odyns

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just to get that extra % dmg with the stack from rampage for the bs

fickle stirrup
#

Ty for the knowledge!

cloud viper
#

now tho i'm not sure if odyn - bs is better than bs - odyn , but it just feels smoother to me, has it tend to have a bit of delay before the bs going off after using odyn with the gcd

sour pollen
#

is slayer better in high keys now or no

fickle stirrup
#

I tend to leave Odyns last just cause it feels like it does nothing in AoE compared to BS

cloud viper
#

would say it all depend on if you're doing pug or group with vocals to prepare pulls ahead and so having the opportunity to set up

olive wraith
cloud viper
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is it tho? dont think the 0.5s that the charge takes you really means anything that much

olive wraith
#

Why would you need to rek before charge though

cloud viper
#

doesn't it double your rage intake ? or has it change ? not sure if just charing then rek does cap you ragewise making it so that with the autos waving in you can pretty much triple rampage instantly

olive wraith
#

+50% rage

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Also reduces rage cost

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Of ramp

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So you don’t really need to do that

cloud viper
#

well there a big diff between being a 100 rage or 130 tho

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sure you can only cast 2 rampages, but as said the autos weaving during the 2 rampages makes it you have a third one right after

olive wraith
#

You’ll have rage cap after bs

cloud viper
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sure, but before if you can get a bit more stack to incrase your dmg i do try to maximise them,

olive wraith
#

You’re not casting 3 ramp before bs

cloud viper
#

you're absolutly able to cast at the very least 2 and def can squeeze a third one

olive wraith
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Why would you though lol

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You’re missing of and bs cooldown

sharp valve
#

In what type of state will slayer fury be after reset? I mean i play only slayer fury, got 19 resi with it, not sure how „big“ of a difference thane will be, thane just feels so bad to play imo

olive wraith
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Then keep playing slayer

sharp valve
#

I love st/prio from slayer tbh

fickle stirrup
#

Even then it doesn't have much more than Thane right?

sharp valve
#

Thane just feels super slow compared imo

olive wraith
#

Howso

sour pollen
#

is 2x eyes of eagle on rings best ?

olive wraith
sour pollen
#

tried to find to regem entire gear but its difficult

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together with enchant

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need to do seperate ig

spare flame
#

how to properly play skyreach's first boss? when he targets you with that shit that knocks you back

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im feeling like im gambling that shit

grand vale
dawn vector
dawn vector
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back towrds the wall

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and ur good

spare flame
#

what if your tank is there

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most my tanks are there in 18s

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it feels so sketchy whe the tornadoes are up and you get it

dawn vector
grand vale
#

oh this is the fury channel sry

spare flame
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one shot if you mess up

clever berry
#

Does anyone got suggestions for Fury Rotations?

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Can't seem to understand what to prioritize..

olive wraith
languid willow
#

Idk if the wowhead is updated but prioritize execute over bt in slayer now other than that the wowhead guide will tell you everything you need to know

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Wowhead guide is updated just read that and hit dummies for 40 minutes

clever berry
#

Many thanks. Will need to practice many hours to figure this damn thing out.

languid willow
#

The best practice is just to fuck it up a million times until its natural

lilac plinth
grand vale
#

as wowhead is dying and archim is maintaining icy veins and wowhead at the same time i'll just stick to iv now

grand vale
#

i read that somewhere today

warm crag
#

ic

grand vale
#

and those people are moving away to other sites, like iv for example

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For prot warriors wowhead was discontinued for a while now already

winter shoal
#

"I read that somewhere" is quite the citation

grand vale
#

Hell yeah

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let me look it up

warm crag
winter shoal
#

me when chadgpt tells me fury warrior needs to stack crit and prio RB

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funny matrix said so

grand vale
# winter shoal "I read that somewhere" is quite the citation
World of Warcraft Forums

Ack! Yes she did. I thought she had deactivated that account long ago but she did post a few hours ago. Ok then, confirmed that Perc was laid off from Wowhead. rascally gardener perc @perculia On Friday, ZAM Network issued layoffs. Unfortunately, I was impacted by the layoffs along with several other talented colleagues. I am so pr...

winter shoal
#

misinformation machine go br

grand vale
#

This

warm crag
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i cant remember what i ragebaited myself into

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found it

grand vale
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There's not really a reason to keep going to wowhead now with archim maintaining the iv guide and mwahi doing the iv prot guide

warm crag
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idk ive not looked at the new icyveins design but id rather go to the dogshit slop bloat ragebait article printer website than one that uses ai articles

grand vale
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yeah well i don't read the other articles, and i hope the guides aren't written by ai

warm crag
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still affects who the ad money goes to

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either way we're both not the target audience anyways

hexed cedar
#

Does anyone know where I can find current information on how to play slayer fury warrior in m+? All the highest are playing slayer on murlok.io but I can't find any content on it at all? Thanks

winter shoal
#

also keep in mind that thane is being buffed slightly on reset and slayer is not

clever berry
#

I'm at average 65k DpS doing my opener and rotation. I feel like that's too low....

clever berry
dawn vector
#

did u sim your character?

dawn vector
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in sims i got 73k and i have 288

hardy cargo
#

uh as an opener? with like lust and everything

clever berry
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without lust

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Just standard opener

dawn vector
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but wait

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how long

clever berry
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3-4ms

dawn vector
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thats good then

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go sim ur char

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do quick sim 1 target training dummy 3 mins

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thats what i usually do

clever berry
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Yeah, Sims run just about the same things.

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64K

sullen dove
lapis halo
#

I swear there was a discussion about using double 298 weapons and moving the weapon embellishment somewhere. Is this still a thing or did I misread this?

sullen dove
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It might be neutral or like 50 dps better at best can try to sim and make it work out but it’d prolly have to be 2 pretty good statted weapons

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hunt embell doesn’t scale with Ilvl and arcanoweave does so even if it’s basically irrelevant now it might be more true in future seasons

earnest canyon
lapis halo
#

I'll sim. Weapons are Liferippers Cutlass and Algeth'ar Hedgecleaver (both at 298), vs crafted OH.

modest condor
#

wait, arcanoweave scales with ilvl? i thought none of the embels did

sullen dove
#

myesh

modest condor
#

damn

earnest canyon
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why cant i put arcanoweave on my weapons then

modest condor
#

because blizzard hates you

lapis halo
#

If that's the case, sounds like crafted bracers/crafted cloak would be BiS and drop Hunt from weapon and grab 2x 298 weapons.

summer quail
lapis halo
#

Quick sim shows the crafted weapon is -slightly- ahead.

rich void
#

whats the gap between slayer and thane in keys rn?

near pasture
#

Also want to know answer above but fury vs arms in keys

rich void
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arms is superior if you have a shaman

olive wraith
#

Then add 4% to thane aoe

rain sierra
#

when do you stop using thuiderclap? after avatar ends or when less than 8 targets or when?

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my overall on logs seems so low compared to high io wars

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for thunder clap

spare flame
rain sierra
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whats the rotation for cd pull big pack, and then whats its with cds on a 5 pack

spare flame
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yeah you weave in thunderclap every other gcd during avatar and in 5-6+ targets(?)

rain sierra
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so not necissarily spamming rampage, weave in bloodbath?

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bwtween thunderclap

spare flame
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rampage tc rampage tc rampage tc

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if low rage, bloodbath instead

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idk if that changes tomorrow with the thunder blast dmg buff

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we'll see

rain sierra
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so once avatar on cd, go back to normal thunder clap, 4 ST abilities htne thunder clap

spare flame
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correct

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also im pretty sure thunder clap>raging blow

rain sierra
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what about bloodbath procs/bloodthirst procs? do that take prio over rempage?

spare flame
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even in low targets

rain sierra
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okay

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puhsing 19s so i gotta find what im doing wrong

spare flame
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thane is getting stronger tomorrow (NA) or wednesday for EU

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so there is that

knotty crag
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Do y'all always take mastery buff in AA?

olive wraith
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I do

rain sierra
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assume stat dpendant

olive wraith
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Haste is also probably fine

candid falcon
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i take haste but idk if thats the best one to take

spare flame
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i usually get vers cause i got plenty of mastery

olive wraith
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Vers is a solid argument as you get bigger keys

candid falcon
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vers is probably a smart move

spare flame
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crit if im feeling spicy

silk wharf
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The answer is probably versatility, nearly universally. Since the buff is a percent and not rating, the versatility is worth more effective rating (which is usually what makes vers not as good as other stats).

summer quail
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^

silk wharf
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And you also get some tagged on dr.

summer quail
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No reason to take mastery. It's just worse vers

vague copper
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Is there a list witch dungeon favor slayer over mt or is it just to dig down on WCL?

crystal prism
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Hey guys, I desperatly need some good advice on what to play 😅
Fury or Arms for keys, mostly 10-12? We want to go furter on 14s in a physical comb. Slayer fury seems great on Noxivs vids. Colossus is hard for me. Slayer Arms seems fun.
What is the best spec to go?

marble pilot
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10-12 just play what you prefer or are better at

olive wraith
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Ye anything is good up till like 18-19 then you may wanna revisit

olive wraith
covert coyote
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yeah preference. I tend to run slayer for anything below a 15 since mobs die too fast for MT to be good. only dungeon I specifically thing I like slayer > MT is AA

crystal prism
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Thx 🤙 gonna stay Slayer 🫡

lapis rose
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Guys should I change spell q from default? I feel like not smooth on slayer now

spare flame
lapis rose
spare flame
lapis rose
red flax
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my personal opinion: no, 98% of people should leave it at 400

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and more than 400 isnt possible

lethal drum
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Does this help with times when you have very high haste during Bloodlust or something?

earnest canyon
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400 means you need to be pressing an ability more than 2.5 times a second to "mess up" the queue. 200 means you are pressing a key 5 times a second. Id never go below 300, even on fury or outlaw.

timid tide
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Looking at logs, CPM are casts per minute, right?
On mythic dream I had the second highest

burnt oxide
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Normal for fury to have high cpm

sour jungle
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what are you rocking in AA slayer or thane?

hushed ocean
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slayer

peak plaza
dense elbow
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Slayer, bosses got so much HP danderson

timid tide
dusky cipher
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What sort of single target DPS are you guys managing with Slayer/Thane

sand sand
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is thane better now for atleast m+ or whats up

undone flower
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But I think it doesn’t change for fury, I know ret has their auto attacks counted as casts

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(They are not an action)

fossil orbit
earnest canyon
dim spindle
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Under 6 targets

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Just to be totally clear to anyone reading (I think that's what you were getting at)

sullen dove
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@dapper goblet good clip

timid tide
undone flower
timid tide
undone flower
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Last time I simmed my char I was at 69-70

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Yes prot war mog everyone

quasi fractal
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Half the kit off the gcd

timid tide
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67.4 CPM , Ret did 76.4

undone flower
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You need to substract their melees

frigid sinew
quasi fractal
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I just noob it up in 10s at max and macro half my buttons together

undone flower
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Crusading strikes ? Is that the name ?

quasi fractal
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Wouldnt fly in high keys but 10s are snooze enough to get by with a shield block macro