Tag Archives: warriors

Revenge Combinatorics

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Theck

Since January is apparently “Warrior Month” here at Sacred Duty, I figured I’d share a little side project I’ve been working on. Omega (of DBM fame) and I were having a conversation about warriors on Lei Shi, and what effect … 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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5.1 Warrior Simulations – Part 1 – The Model

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Theck

It’s been quite some time since we last looked at warrior mechanics. While this is primarily a paladin-centric blog, I like to dabble in other classes from time to time, specifically when it seems like there’s something I’m uniquely suited … Continue reading →

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Damage Smoothing for Paladins – Round Three

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Theck

It’s been almost two months since we took a close look at damage smoothing and gearing strategies.  In that post, we definitively concluded that the “control” gearing scheme, which focuses on reaching hit and expertise caps before other stats, was … Continue reading →

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L90 Warrior Mitigation Followup

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Theck

Last week we discussed mitigation stat weights for warriors using a Monte-Carlo simulation.  While the results were interesting, the simulation was very limited, and left a lot to be desired.  Since then, I’ve been having detailed discussions with a number … Continue reading →

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Avoidance Diminishing Returns in MoP – Followup

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Theck

A few days ago, Pauladin, who has taken over the LibStatLogic and TankPoints addons, left a comment indicating that he had a more complete data set that was giving him slightly more accurate coefficients for dodge diminishing returns. He was … Continue reading →

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L90 Mitigation Stat Weights for Warriors

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Theck

<edit> It’s been brought to my attention that, unlike in Cataclysm, the mastery rating to mastery percent conversion factor isn’t the same for all classes anymore. I’ve used the paladin value here (600 mastery rating = 1% mastery), but for … 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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Warrior Block Calculations – Part 4

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Theck

In the last three posts, we’ve built up the equations we need to calculate the survivability stat weights for warriors. In this post, we’re going to summarize the equations we need, and then plug in numbers to see how it … Continue reading →

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