#arms
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Ya I only really have an impression for raid idk much about their health in M+
but playing sub in m+ is so much effort
ye in raid assa is not good
Anything that can't do any dam out of CDs feels kinda bad and I think that's Sub rn
Isn’t there damage amp bosses in this next raid
ye
Yes
Nexus King I know for sure at least
moth boss does
pi on sub?
lol yea that sucks
is it any decent now
screw that
no clue
to pi any rogue spec outside of assa
ye but in df u pi'd assa
then they realzied u can just play sub
and pi someone else
iirc
How low are those valleys
less than 1 mil
around 1 mil
Average of 10mil DPS and 0 DPS is 5mil DPS ah class design
sub is prob the most fun ive had in cds
but no cd
is

@hazy flower sub with invigorating shadowdust on smolderon
when u vanish u gain cdr
and u send 2 sets of cds
MM CD feels really good
I've played a bunch of Assa this xpac but nothing else, and haven't really touched Sub since the end of SL
smolderon was a very good sub boss
Legion Sub was really really fun
but iirc sub was bugged with aug
that tierset was like
idk
or something
i love assa
kinda wondering what dps meta will be
just wish u didnt have to restealth perma
like ur hero talent legit disappears
Yea despite Deathmark's flaws I really like it too
if ur darkest night falls off
assa looking pretty strong
deathstalker got buffed
maybe bleed is the play
double vaniish
shiv giga fucks with set
double shiv double vanish bleed
idk
Think only arcane is safe to say atm
nothing is safe
fdk still looks strong
and u want something immortal
convenience matters
a lot
ye but u would want something to giga fuck funnel
and thats what
arcane assa
sub
3 Fury Warriors, Prot Warrior, Tree, a fifth Warrior in Discord for emotional support
fire ig
I just saw a bluepost that this is actually the only group comp that will be able to get keystones
5 fury
u dont want
too much funnel
ye so u would pick one no
like if its assa arcane
arcane or assa/sub
then u prob go assa for aoe fuck
ye could be the play
maybe with the bleed build
idk we'll see
it does very good aoe
and still fucks funnel so ig pick diff mob idk
hi
frost is
to play
press icy veins and spam ice lance
myrtu can you watch me do key
Just pull 2 lieutenant mobs
honestly i dont think sub will be the play cause that spec is 4000 iq
unless its busted which it isnt
stream on twitch
no point
i swear that spec is just do opener
8m overall or i leave
i only do yt
that works too
fuck up one thing dont align ur cds and 0 dmg
i did some good damuge today on first boss
in #promotion
gotta align for coup 
noober
good
pi goes to boomie
as it should
played a key today got 0 pi's in total
lmao
felt weirdf
guys how cracked am I to think we might have cats in RWF
like how good is tree in raid rn
yeah it is
What is
yes
Make that THD guy play feral
No, you do not want to see survival in raid because a buncha your mm and bm will try to swap
and then a buff before that idk if it was aura or abilities
and it'll be a bad day
If you want Mark from a DPS I feel like you go Feral most of the time rn but idk if that's gonna be a thing
Idk would be cool tho
why u playing kezan in workshop
Ya that's why I asked if Resto was good in raid
i think so
I'm hoping it's a 3 horse race this time
Surv is doing pretty good on ptr
What's the cause of making my Cleave & Mortal Strike have spell activation glow on my actionbars? I cant see any buffs on my buff bar when it goes off so not sure whats prompting it, and sometimes its for <2s
Eb proc
ty!
same for all, but it won't matter in 3 days
the stats one?
the recommended one
is that corruption event going away?
what is the context of this
Something prob wrong with me but why am I having more fun on MOP than retail atm lol. I already did this however many years ago. Classes just feel better, not tracking 80 things etc.
Same as every other class almost lol
Coz retail arms design is dogshit
just a different flavor of problems is all
on ST is it worth when your CDs are resetting between each other overpower and mortal strike, is it best to Overpower > Mortal Strike > Overpower > Mortal Strike, or Overpower > Overpower > Mortal Strike?
on AOE is it worth not mortal striking at all unless both Cleave and Overpower are on CD and it becomes a GCD before moving onto slam, exe, etc
on ST is it worth buffing up your cleave with 1-2 overpowers if you can with your Collateral Damage (I presume this is used in single target-ish; whenever used, I think there is a sweeping proc from something but still haven't checked it)
For St consuming the opportunist buff from slayer over ms otherwise ms on cd then op
you always want to be casting something. MS take priority over everything else.
On aoe depends on which hero tree.
Colossus wants to cleave>ms>op
Slayer wants to
Cleave>op>execute(if marks up)>ms
do we already have builds we are gonna likely to use in 11.2?
idk how many ppl here actually also played siege of daz
Aren't they the same as current?
Yeah


few changes if you are colossus
Fury is no better, same talents, same cap limits.

its been a really good expansion for sure
curious if fury thane gets shot or not for prot
yeaaaaa
Like i said in Fury channel yesterday. I'm gonna suffer through this season, and see what Midnight brings. If Midnight doesn't turn things around for Warrior class, I'm just dropping WoW. No point in spending money on it when it's just not fun.
roar is going to be a big point of damage loss for people using it this tier which is awful
i hide in here np
After Max's little tier list, I might get stuck raid tank as well now. 
nah
i honestly think arms will buffed
as copium as it sounds
its not actually had a real tuning pass since the spec hasnt really had any major bugs or issues
yea we'll see 1 more pass
but at end of the day its not solving real problems lol
It needs to be targeted buffs.
im more concerend of the impending nerfs to the thane tier bonus though, protection is making it way to strong, they don't have tier bonuses seperated beween spec, they shoot blast from 100% bonus to 50% and fury might not get conpensated its GG thane fury keys
😟
shot the tier and introduced the MS bug
i wouldnt be supprised if they looked at the week after and went, damage ok not realising the ms buff wasn't being consumed both in prot and arms

yea
only turned the tier from 2 mortal strike crits into like 8 instead 😄
Rework arms
What would they target buff for Arms anyways? More MS?
I think execute needs a massive baseline buff. That might do it.
Colossus tree MS damage, Roar, Bleeds, Execute baseline
buff mountain of muscle and scars from 5->25
targeting MS and OP flat isn't the option, we need everything else to feel good while trying to bring colossus ST up, buffing ms doesn't help close that gap
also this
Playing MoP arms is way better than retail
Been ranting about this being our best talent in the entire game as it could have been used to balance colossus up to slayer but never was
😠
imagine not every button needing 1000000% damage modifiers to do anything
Ain't that the sad truth.
This is for the every spec in the game really
they need to stop with these damage modifiers
Ret Paladins just push the button for aoe and the other for ST. The class does the rest on its own.
could probs argue ret plays pretty close to arms with modifiers
since judgement debuff is MP glroified
Yes, the ST button helps the AoE button. Lol
They can't press the aoe button all the time though, so the ST button has to have some point. 
Come on, if it was even remotely complicated, they wouldn't be able to chew their crayons while playing.
I can't wait to tank pug keys and have one of them throw their aoe button into a pack we don't want to pull.
cant wait for rework
they do
anyday now
so they just decided not to do it concerning warrior
i mean arms even ate overwhelmed nerfs cuz fury aoe was too good
"too good"
They can't have us stealing the mage's pad damage!
Arms has been Fed by what ever hero talents were to strong on other spec
Do you think we will see last minute changes tomorrow? Or do we have to suffer till raid week
Small aura buff doesn't sound unrealistic tbh
Don't think it needs "small aura buff", anywhere from 8% to 10%
No
and fixed the Jugg issue with Fury by making you just press the button more often
fury never had a jug issue
was able to keep it up clean as fuck in s2 without the extra procs
and even if you lose jugg as fury it's not as bad as arms losing jugg
m0 with weekly lookout
yes, make sure to fill the vault with 8 m0 runs and 8 tier 8 delves
then once season starts, we might be able to loot a tier set from the vault 694 ilvl
thank you guys
isnt it daily
Not anymore
Who knows
are we at all hopeful that the PTR isn’t that accurate and/or we get a buff?
but the apm isn't for everyone
I mean thane powerfull
Vs arms aint different rly
Frenzied fury slayer, is a bit faster but its basicly just rb as much as possible once u get 4p
really? interesting. everytime I switch to arms it feels slower. But feeling and being are two different things...
6, tasz is not available for m0 first week
idk, i'll just do the 8 8 delves and whatever m0s anyway. chances are we take socket anyway
according to Kalamazi, we'll do 2 m0s twice
to fill the weekly vault
Y makes sense forgot u can enter just no lewt?
yes
I though dungeons would just be gone?
I love the comment sections
Mm needs 20% more dmg than any "utility" spec
20% ??😅🥰
Just play the new frost DK
Man, that guy is smoking some Crack.
Lust, push back, knock up, ranged interrupt, immunity, agro drop/self cleanse.
Did I miss something?
soothe
Right! God such lack of utility.
Aoe stun
very big for certain mobs. soothe makes or breaks certain pulls
Lol
Rather slap myself in the nuts than play fury
Well... unless there is some emergency buffs for Arms, you may be left out.
Then play col in keys
And accept being ok
In aoe
Not saying it can't do heroic and most mythic, but I doubt you'll have a good time.
yeah hunter comments are something else. "they see how well hunter did in actual content instead of looking at the sims" crazy statement
LFG for M+ is gonna be nothing but Paladins and DKs. Lol
Pally strong after buff?
Just a brain dead class that's super popular for some reason.
not particularly. it's just by far the most played spec in the game
People like hyperbole
Paladin isn’t an intricate class for sure but the skill expression is in the utility usage.
Which the average paladin doesn't know they have.
I’ve played every version of frost DK since wrath as an alt and this latest iteration is the most enjoyable imo, being simple doesn’t make it bad
2h?
I prefer 2h but there was a time we were forced to DW and had no access to 2h legion to SL IIRC?
Frostmourne is a 2h
I think this the first time both DW and 2h have been viable at the same time?
Sure but the blades of the fallen prince were dw
I get it
But fury is kind of boring to me
And grips are fun, you basically have 3 kicks/stops with it
It really does
Yeah, I extrapolated your intent
I’ve always thought they could add sated style debuff and then let rally be 10% hp and second wind together
So you get upfront mitigation and provide a small heal over time as a warrior
And the sated debuff prevents warrior stacking
But it just having a bigger impact would be nice
Not a bad idea either
Does anyone have a weakaura to remind exectue and don't slam when boss sub 35%?
check load conditions to work in new raids
now there's a /r/wow post these ops are ridiculous
I posted it there 😂
I made the meme for the lols
I am sure it will be full of productive conversation (I am talking about me, I will be unproductive)
It is r/wow you go there for the entertainment factor of reading silly replies by somewhat unhinged people. It’s still better than the forums though.
Shudder.
I haven't used official forums in so long. I'm still hurt from when they deleted everything (going into Cata, I think?). My server's forum had some bangers.
Man execute isnt a thing anymore.. Our m+ build barely press it. Dont get me wrong, i love arms and demolish feels amazing but i miss our execute phase
when the execute specs execute is filler and has no execute in aoe
I renember using execute a lot in s1 with slayer
unfortunately exe has no aoe value
For raid we do use execute like always right?
Well i have to face the reality.. I cant wait for legión classic
it owns next patch
Really? I would try that.. Mountain or slayer? M+
mountain thane for m+
True
Same old story, low AOE damage, no utility.
Not for sure.
a nerf will come to tier purely because of prot
You got it backwards, 40% buff to thane 
its around 40% damage incrase right now for protection :yikes:
its not op but yeah prot thane has some good easy numbers
and will the the reason why if thane anything gets a nerf
Yeah both Fury and Prot thriving with Thane is pretty bad
They overnerfed Col Prot a lot
that bug was great
both specs
fixed colossus St issue 
thats why they shot prot
Yup
So they bugfixed that and still nerfed the tier? lol
So
Crazy decision making
Yes
They couldnt even get proper data with that bug
which one of you cooked up the no rend slayer
and why does it look viable
Me

They nerfed the tier and it introduced a new stronger bug
colossus needs god man that ST diff is pretty fucking bad
then they fixed the tier like 2 weeks later
dan is living proof that the no rend build works and also @latent moss
Is arms that cooked?
yeah im def gonna play around with that a bit when I get bored of Thane
no rend slayer

Being target capped makes me want to kill myself lol
Cheers
its running jugg but whatever its M+ who cares
Who cares if it fucks
Guys im lvl 66 i should keep leveling in dungeon que or i could solo a dungeon for faster exp? Thanks
Q BFA timewalking dungeons
just a few more weeks until our buffs
player diff 
How behind is slayer build for m+ from colossus? On m+? 5% 10%?
depends what you value
Colossus does more aoe
Slayer does more boss dam
Kinda evenish in s3
Damn that’s looking rough
If you vibe with one version more just play it anyways, arms be lookin like a unicorn next patch
you could argue we have reached our peak with viable no rend
Unicorn?
Fr if you actually gonna play arms play whatever
I mean i love execute and being good at single target but also i want a decent dmg on big big pulls
Ye i got that
I think overall demo is way better for the aoe
And that is 2m on 8 targets.. Think about 15 20
Not gonna change at 15 or 20 cuz we are target capped wjajajajja
love my cleave 5t softcap
Can you share your build please?
Which one

guys arms warrior is gonna be so good in 12.0, dont worry about the now
Shiiiit
Won’t take much for arms to close the gap
I’m coping
But seriously, won’t take much
surely we'll get buff
real
at least we have spiteful serenity
Arms will get it's day when patch 12.3 is live
Can't wait for all the "13.0 rework for sure" posting we'll have for the next two years.
12.0
We will get a 12.0 rework as soon as our bar shows up as pink on details
Those coffin boys gonna be out of work when arms gets buffed
max said tuning on friday (very high chance) and tuning tommorow and next monday (low chance) 
Damn. Came here expecting to see some hope for people looking to play arms… see these gifs instead
can’t wait for arms to get over buffed and it instantly turns into an arms tier 3 days before the raid releases
Guess it’s back to carpel tunnel on mid tier fury
3% aura
both kinda gigantic haste
Arms is for sure slower feeling than fury
How much more apm do you think fury has?
ye maybe if spec had gameplay and tuning
Idk, never measured. I just know my wrist had no trouble with arms and fury feels like rolling my face on keyboard to hit all 5 CDs and lighting up nonsense attacks
Fury is the least coordinated spec aside from rogue’s pre-reworked bs they have going on
Arms at least had a rhythm and felt slower and more purposeful last I played it, but that was a year or two ago.
When’s the last time you played fury
Last season
thane isnt that fast (powerful enrage)
I guess idk what you mean by “least coordinated”
So we’re praying for a buff to arms on Tuesday? Is that the vibe in here?
hectic ig
Or did most of you reroll?
play fury
I’m swapping back to fury
or prot
prot gonna kill dps warriors
arms isnt that hot right now but its not bad enough you cant do the content you wanna do. If its fun for you and you dont like your other options just play it. More tuning will happen throughout the season
Hell yeah
the issue is public perception though
I’m gonna try it. May end up loving it. May also have a prot off spec lol
Iughh dude?
Prot is a great off spec
Fun, high damage, big survivability
not much you can do about that pugging is always gonna be a nightmare which is why it should be recommended for anyone who wants to just play what they want to make friends
the infamous F word
?
or just roll the most meta class and get to play the game and the content you want
Oh I was making a joke
also a valid option something a lot of people already do
Meta is boring if you’re rerolling
Truth
If suddenly fury/arms was meta we’d be having a blast
We just want to play Arms without getting buttfucked by Blizzard, somehow that's asking too much
while VDH will still sit at the top yup
This is one of the issues with hero trees honestly
Like arms caught strays cause prot was huge
I don't think this is a hero tree issue
Hahaha
its not
They could, and have the ability to, tune separately despite the hero trees
They're just lazy or unwilling to do so
Exactly
It’s cause they forgot arms was real
I mean they are the big boys
They’re still top dog if not really close even after all the nerfs
I went Ret last season, which was a blast. But everyone is a ret paladin. Haven’t tried DK in years
Plus two 1H’s sounds fun and fast
Only junk part is the loot table still gives you access to 2h I think
I don’t like DKs play
Same
Fdk could be the best spec that ever existed on the damage meters. I don’t give a shit. It’s boring (to me).
And how the only way they’re relevant is either a grippable add or absurd damage
And every raid?
If there are no grippable adds and the dps isn’t broken, you don’t need to bring any dk
I like the build choices we have next season for arms. Fury Slayer and Mountain Thane.

Decent prio damage I guess
Ya that’s rough
What I was thinking to until I try hard then switch to mt
Arms Slayer (to me) is the most enjoyable spec even though it’s dominated by a wa. I fucking love it.
It’s funny how Thanes ionizing strikes was like .3% damage at first and now it’ll do like 10% on st
no rend
makes it 100% better
100x*
I’ve kept my head in the sand
what
I haven’t watched any videos or read anything lol
just team dentge cooking too hard
We’ll get another 5% damage buff in 11.2.5
it will have its fun in the smaller dungeons
they didnt do any changes in 11.1.5 so im not expecting anything this time
This team for reals
love my post progress buffs 
post prog buffs own
you can not care at all
slayer no rend owns
a little bit worse aoe
much much better st
sd wa > cleave > opport > ms > exe > op
Slayer doesnt have bleed amp tier list or a bleed node in hero tree
it owns
bleeds arent that big for slayer
Ya I guess that’s true. It just sounds weird lol
I can see that build please?
I mean thunderous words would be borderline trash as a talent point with no rend
CcEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAghZmZmxMGWmtllZmBAAAYw0wYWmZGGLjZmxiZmhZwwAAAAAAAwDwsMzMDYLMW2GYBMgZYCZgNA
ye
but i havent tried 2x cruel
so idk
sims dont mean much
cause when u drop
rend
u can drop bloodletting
and both bloodbornes
and u can talent into jugg/ep/ct
we were looking for more st
colo cant squeeze more st
also no rend is just much nicer to play
especially no sks
Ya it seems like the old jugg m+ build
whats based about dropping rend is that u are not dropping cleave
mbg/blademasters/collat
all there
last time we play jugg bleeds carried the aoe now bleeds are dead and its all cleave and reap
puack banned
Did he really get banned
free pummel
Ravager or BS for m+ in S3?
its legit
how do you guys feel about arms being a piece of shit according to ptr tierlists
Its another Friday Like any other tbh
the aoe is actually good, but the single target from what i experienced in ptr is absolutely terrible.
Slayer Is MOST likely a soft spot between an acceptable aoe and a much more solid ST
Col takes ravager. Slayer takes bs
aoe is not that good
its behind quite a bit compared to others
and st is absolutely dogshit
colo needs god fast
slayer is better for sure
i kept up better as slayer than as colo
on bosses im competitive
colo is behind by a bit then is behind by a lot after a boss
alright i havent tried slayer in m+ yet but thats kind of wild that colussus getting beaten by slayer on aoe i may have to try it and see
its not getting beaten in aoe
its just getting obliterated on st
while not being much ahead at all on aoe
- arms has no real upsides damage profile in general
slayer helps there
gives u better prio/2t
its absolutely WILD
that colossus is losing to slayer on 2t
how is that ever legal
colo needs god fast
practiced strikes needs like a 20% increase
just 20% on ms and cleave fuck it we ball
go to the moon
im not sure if that would even save it ngl
probably would
i lowkey would wish slayer and colossus switch place, so slayer is the m+ spec and colossus the st
idk the only reason slayer is alive in m+
is cause of reap
u cleave and proc reap
99% of the time
and reap is a good 30% of ur damage
Yeah for me its about gameplay flow, i think the slayer aoe profile is more fun to play
for context
1 minute 8t
3 minute st
colossus should still do better in mass aoe but it wont be by anything crazy
Isn't arms in general due a buff? Ret Pala was in a horrible spot as well a couple of weeks ago, but its looking alright now
very much in need of a buff
I'd want them to make execute strong again,
30s 8t
colo is not convincing
this is where it should absolutely destroy slayer
they'll revert the monk aura nerf back to 8%
and aura nerf us for 3%
what I pretty much imagined
gotta make it aoe for arms
fury doesnt have this issue cause fury has 5t
we have 2
our exe cant hit more than 2
thane nerf, rend buff
so it just completely loses all value
initial hit from rend buff even better
remove rend
rend can be forgotten ty
fuck rend genueinly
No boo
Yeah aoe execute could be dope. But i also think in general it just doesn't hit hard enough. Like when i think of warrior execute and charge are their signature abilities, but execute is a noodle just used for upkeep or rage dump instead of being the "fun" time.
2x excecute damage
execute should do no dmg and summon a warlock for the remainder of the fight to dps for you
new warrior buff, Execute now heals the target
they're going to nerf execute by 10% because prot dmg is too strong
I’m gonna play this shit spec regardless
I’m going to play it and no one can stop me
This is single target right
Violation of rule 2
Arms warrior is going to be excellent
Best melee dps class. Why? Because we’re playing it and we’re enjoying it.
You said slayer was winning
those SS show colo ahead almost always
And the only time slayer is ahead it’s by a butt hair’s width

In m+ if colo is taking the lead in AOE in every single situation and only slightly behind in single target, sounds like colo is the better. At least, that’s what your screenshots seem to show, lmk if that wasn’t the conclusion you were drawing
Aoe isnt the only important thing in M+
its not slightly behind in st xd
everything is a trade off
and currently massively ahead ST compared to minimally behind AOE
Thissss
Plus slayer sounds amazing
And reap the storm is fun
Spin Spin Spin
we should make one of these for enhance
i cant believe they ll let it go through like this....
wrong discord
it'll get buffed no worres, im just hoping they dont buff bleeds
rend buffed to compensate for colo nerf
I'm betting they just get yet another aura buff and they slap another 15% dam on bladestorm
I mean, that's pointless enough that it might actually happen. lol

1 5% execute, 20 mortal strike, 20% blade storm will help
Sks buff
I mean fury is way worst than us
not true next patch
Yes but I agree only in preference, if fury was top 1 dps and arms was bottom 1, I would still play arms, specifically the colossus tree
An ability called "Skull Spliter" that doesn't actually split skulls is garbage.
pov khadgar
True but it still fits well with Col tier


sks could probably just be baked into cs or smth
but also scrap the whole thing and start over anyway
It should be just baked into cs/wb
Daily reminder that forced movement is cringe
what is the best stance to run for arms? for mop
Wrong discord go check out fight club
fdk or havoc ??
Really screw playing DK though , so slow 
Pretty sure DB is stronger no ?
It's honestly probably a good thing arms is in last place right now because when they do changes in the next couple weeks arms should be the first to get buffed
Better than both specs just sitting b tier
Cause they usually don't touch the b tier classes
we might get the mop charge range change and a pat on the back
bro im getting gaslighted
theyre telling me reflecting arching void in rook makes it go back to someone on the party
can i get smart warrior guy
to confirm or deny
if you are near someone it still hits them
if they are in the circle right?
ya
but otherwise no?
if you are far it shouldnt
I'll take 100% inc bladestorm damage thanks
I'm out anyway 
Yeah I know 2hs stronger but man rider is brain-dead
Idw frakking play rider FDk 
Buff warrior
Buff warrior
The gif is the only way
Buff warrior
It's ok blizz wants us to RP anduin
, surely he will pop off and then we get buffs no ? 
give it to me straight doc, are we playing Fury next tier, so far?
I think fdks kit and playstyle is updated enough for it to be smart
Hopefully we get a big buff to col st and arms overall
Coz with amp phases i wanna send demos
Pretty much - yes. But even then it's going to be bottom mid-tier.
thats what they rated it
its not bad hopefully we can make the most of the burst phases
im coping it would be nice for a big buff to arms and little one to fury
but we will still probs be aight
Fury dont need buff dmg wise
Its a bad dmg profile for this raid
Happens
Would need to buff of + roar + bladestorm decently
I mean if amp is in last 35% or 21 second 2 target
We got a chance
To be not deadlast if we get a 10/15% % buff
🤣

Damn fury better than arms in 11.2? Welp it was fun while it last
its not over yet
?
tuning tonight (maybe)
tuning on friday (for sure)
tuning next monday (maybe)
U think it would go up to a B or A/A+ tier dps?
worst case scenario, they do nothing but nerf thane tier set because of prot and then we'll all play fury in raid, mashing our heads on SD procs/rampage/raging blow

Best case
I hope we get a good buff for M+ because if arms and fury sucks ass I’ll just main ele shaman next patch I rather not because warrior is my main but I’m not gonna be in a waiting list for 4 hours to get into an M+ run
They buff of roar spear reckless abandon
Prot migt be the solution for queue just like resto sham is
Is what it is, dps queue is always longet
Yeah I rather not play an important role like tank or healer I just feel like I’m at that lvl of skill yet
Well tanking is easier
Than anything
Unless
U are pushing
Id say esp if we play thane🤣
Just clapediclap
I’ll think about it but never tanked M+ before