Originally Posted by mhr_78
If i hook into this discussion with a funny combat log parse from last nights raid, enjoy:
Thats 22k damage in less than 1.5 seconds from a BT boss, and i've actualls seen gorefiend crush way higher in older parses. Now the thing isnt really an gear issue but it's either the fight is a bit unbalanced when at any time the boss can practically one shot your tank.
Would capping expertise reduce the chance of these hasted crushing blows? As gorefiends attack table always has a chance of sneaking crushing blows through before the shieldblock CD is ready - i'd guess stamina, armor and expertise would be the best mitigation on ridiculous frontload damages for warrior tanks.
It's ridiculous though, i think azgalor has had crushing blows removed from his attack table just for that reason. And to be honest, i'd rather have crushing blows removed as well. It's retarded if the CPU rolls a dice and wipes you.
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Basically, that´s what expertise is about - reducing those unlucky parry-streaks.
Apart from that I´d say that it is known that Teron hits quite hard thus 1,3 seconds without any kind of heal also means that there has to be some part of the guilt on the healers´ part. Fully stacked HoTs and GHs in the pipe could probably have prevented that death, nonetheless sometimes such spikes happen and can´t be countered due to various reasons.
By the way - just to pick up your spark - concerning Azgalor and his incapability of crushing: There is one major difference. Azgalor has a 5 second silence that can´t be countered reliably throughout the whole fight (by the healers). This is not the case with Teron. There is no reason why healers are forced to stop healing the tank (apart from being ghosted, of course) thus crushing blows do not seem very unfair or luck-based in that fight to me. The dice the CPU is rolling can be countered by dedicated healers most times. However, I am speaking from the position of fully BT-geared tanks, which might be a bit unfair considering how early you encounter Teron.