Originally Posted by seminarca
Is Kael's magic shield usually down by the 2nd pyroblast? The 3rd? Do Warriors routinely eat a pyroblast?
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Warriors routinely eat a pyroblast that they take no damage from thanks to the legendary shield's use effect.
Back before they nerfed the HP of the shock barrier, taking a second pyro was not uncommon, and survivable due to Improved Defensive Stance plus stuff like Nightmare Seeds/Fire Prot pots/Last Stand plus PW:S. These days you should only take a pyroblast if you've got bad things going on (e.g. bad phoenix timing, mind control, advisors up, or dead raiders leading to reduced DPS). But bad things do happen.
While you should be able to heal your tank up to full between pyroblasts, PW:S and fire prot will only take the edge off one of the two pyroblasts you could potentially take, and Nightmare Seed has a 3 minute cooldown. Barkskin will help obviously but it will be close if you take a pyroblast at the upper end of the damage range.
If you can guarantee interrupting before the second pyroblast then tanking Kael is very doable but it's really suboptimal unless Kael's legitimately on farm.
[NB: If you're taking a third Pyro then your interrupters suck because the shock barrier only lasts for 10 seconds, and pyroblast has a 4 second cast time.]