Had some fun this morning while drinking my coffee. Almost spit it out when I one shot this Rogue that was gearing back to back. He shouldn’t of come back for more.
Did you take Shield Charge? That whole side of the tree feels like a trap.
he takes shield charge and the two capstone talents but doesnt dip into that side at all. i wasnt a fan of not taking intervene or rally and bounding stride so i edited his talents to a preference of mine. the damage is pretty stupid tho
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You have to in order to synergize other talents from Class and Prot tree. I skipped that side for now and went down the middle and over though cause you need almost everything in the middle atm.
Shield Charge is one of the best abilities in the game with the sub talents that allow for really fast attack speed. Also Shield Charge claps over 100k when crits.
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I can’t take those in the current build cause I need points for very important passive synergies. Furious blows and Wild strikes are super important. When I get more Crit I’d like to go 2/2 of Wild strikes the synergy is crazy with Shield Charge and other talents.
Shield Charge feels gimmicky being on a 45 sec CD, with the center of the tree feeling really solid. Also feels impossible to get both considering the other talents you’d have to give up to possibly get there.
Well for a huge instant damage button that stuns for 4 sec it should be on a 45 sec CD. Also sometimes comes in handy for people trying to escape or another short range gap closer. It’s good cause it has no minimum range unlike Charge.
The main benefit though (which everyone overlooks) is what comes after Shield Charge as that is the biggest boost to rage and single target damage. It increases Auto attack speed and damage by 20% which synergize with furious blows and wild strikes. So you can get upto 45% attack speed.
It also gives you a free Revenge, Shield Block and generates Rage. Allowing you to stack very long uptime on Shield Blocks for bigger Shield Slam damage/physical mitigation.
Now with your super speedy attacks you take Instigate since Devastator is attached to Auto attacks. Which means steady flow of rage and more damage. So casting Shield Charge the increase attack speed will help reset Shield Slam frequently.
Shield Charge just synergizes with so many talents allowing for far better rotation on big abilities and excess Rage to dump into IP. This brings back up Avatar and Shield Wall faster. (I can get Shield wall down under 2 min CD)
My brother in tank pvp you have given me something to think about. My main is still Blood, but I just wrapped up the honor grind with him and I will probably pick up my Prot Warrior over my Guardian as an alt due to not having used him for the last two expansions.
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1% haste and 5% auto attack speed probably dont really matter in the grand scheme of things compared to another defensive cooldown and intervene for the mobiltiy and utility it provides. but you do you
How delightful to imagine a tank player willing to peel or play their defensive/supportive role in general.
i mean i do but abom pays 15$ a month to do what he wants to do. i still did 300k in 3 globals, its pretty stupid
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It’s 35% auto attack speed and those auto attack’s do 60% more damage in the “Grand Scheme of Things” - 1/2 Wild strikes is 10%, Furious is 5%, Battering Ram is 20%.
You Demo for 20% dmg and Avatar = 40% damage. Then shield charge 20% dmg = (60%)
The 35% auto attack speed means your Devastator is ripping since it’s “Attached” to auto attack. Which means frequent Shield Slam resets. You should be casting Shield Slam almost every other global.
Since Impenetrable wall makes Shield Slam take 5 sec off Shield Wall with Anger Management you can get Shield Wall CD down too 1min 40 sec range.
Instigate talent also means Devastator does 10% more dmg and generates rage. So the increase in Auto attack speed is really what pulls the build together. It’s just significantly more Rage generated per min. Which translates to more damage and faster CDs on big defensives/avatar.
This build is focused on Single target damage while still putting out solid Aoe.
Of course this is just the build for now I need to get to different Crit/Haste/Mastery breakpoints to swap out some talents latter for more damage.
This isn’t a Tank thread. This is a Glad Stance thread. This thread focuses on Glad stance which is a Dps role. Obviously you can take intervene but the focus is on Dps.