Tag Archives: buffs

Control Shift En-tier

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Theck

About a week ago, Wrathblood asked me to take a more thorough look at the Tier 15 2-piece bonus. The earlier simulations I ran were based on a lower-ilvl gear set (496) which was more constrained in its itemization, and … Continue reading →

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Protection Tier 15 Set Bonuses

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Theck

Earlier this month, the set bonuses for T15 were revealed, followed by a few clarifications from Ghostcrawler.  To summarize what we know: T15 2-piece: Casting Word of Glory or Eternal Flame also grants you 40% (additive, not affected by DR) … Continue reading →

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5.1 Warrior Simulations – Part 3 – Stat Priorities

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Theck

In case you missed the previous entries, in part one we detailed the model and analyzed a few basic queues that used either Shield Block or Shield Barrier exclusively.  In part two, we analyzed a number of other queues that … Continue reading →

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5.1 Warrior Simulations – Part 2 – Rotations

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Theck

Last time, we went over the model we’ll be using to evaluate different rotations and looked at some basic queues.  We decided that we’d use the SB and SBr* queues (“Spam Shield Block” and “Spam Shield Barrier,” more or less) … Continue reading →

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Tankadin Weapon Enchants

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Theck

There’s been quite a bit of discussion about weapon enchants, and which ones are the best for tanks. There are some enchants that are obviously intended to be tanking choices: River’s Song gives us dodge rating, while Colossus gives us … Continue reading →

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Tankadin WeakAuras String – 5.0.4 update

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Theck

<edit4> Updated 9/18/2012 with minor tweaks/bugfixes. <edit3> On several people’s suggestion, I moved the “ding” sound for SotR to 5 holy power, from 3.  That even started to irritate me in LFR tonight. <edit2> One more minor update – I … Continue reading →

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Patch 5.0.4 Round-Up

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Theck

With patch 5.0.4 arriving on live servers tomorrow, and many of the fundamentals of our class turning upside-down and inside-out, I’ve been getting a lot of questions. It seemed like a good idea to post a quick summary of up-to-date … Continue reading →

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We Didn’t Need Pants Anyhow

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Theck

The recently-announced Vengeance revamp gives me a chance to revisit one of my favorite rants.  Vengeance isn’t exactly a new topic for us, as you may already know.  I’ve covered it in this blog post, and this one, and Mel’s … Continue reading →

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Mists of Pandaria Buffs/Debuffs Matrix

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Theck

Yesterday, Ghostcrawler gave us a peek at the plan for buff and debuff distribution in MoP.  However, the blog format makes it tough to get a clear picture of who’s bringing what, and how evenly the buffs and debuffs are … Continue reading →

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