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Forum: Paladins Today, 9:16 AM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood Ok, rewriting the stats section. Its nice in... Ok, rewriting the stats section. Its nice in that its actually a bit simpler now. First cap Hit and Exp. After that, our best survivability stat is Stam, so stack that until you have "enough"...

Forum: Paladins 04/14/13, 6:46 PM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood More than anything it comes down to whether you... More than anything it comes down to whether you do 10s or 25s. For 25s, our 4 piece is likely pretty good but for 10s its less good. As for the value of individual stats, Theck has put out some...

Forum: Paladins 03/22/13, 2:08 PM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood New work from Theck incorporating Sacred Shield... New work from Theck incorporating Sacred Shield into his sim which is really good for Haste (and he doesn't even include the interaction with SoI which is also good for Haste). Is Nothing Sacred? |...

Forum: Paladins 03/20/13, 9:35 AM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood Theck's got an interesting new post up here: ... Theck's got an interesting new post up here: Control Shift En-tier | Sacred Duty (http://sacredduty.net/2013/03/19/control-shift-en-tier/) He looks at a couple interesting things. The bigger one...

Forum: Paladins 03/15/13, 4:49 PM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood Well, there's a couple ways of looking at it. ... Well, there's a couple ways of looking at it. Over on Maintankadin, assuming Hit/Exp capped and 150k Vengeance, Theck puts the difference between Mastery's dps contribution per itemization point...

Forum: Paladins 03/09/13, 3:52 PM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood Mel, yes, absolutely true re: elixir choice. ... Mel, yes, absolutely true re: elixir choice. Actually had that on my list of things to fix but my internet's been out since Tuesday night (just came back a few minutes ago. stupid gigantic...

Forum: Paladins 03/05/13, 3:29 PM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood Yeah, even then I doubt its worth pressing for a... Yeah, even then I doubt its worth pressing for a higher level of Haste. I don't know about you, but I find myself refreshing SS whenever I've got a spare GCD or things look under control, and as a...

Forum: Paladins 03/05/13, 2:02 PM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood Terrific! Thanks for pulling that together,... Terrific! Thanks for pulling that together, Theck! Thoughts on a few things. First, a talent quibble on Clemency. While the fights you list are certainly ones where you *could* use Clemency, I...

Forum: Paladins 03/05/13, 10:27 AM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood Mm, good point. Fixed. Found (in many cases... Mm, good point. Fixed. Found (in many cases thanks to notes from folks) all sorts of horribly inaccurate things which I've clearned up. Perhaps most egregiously, I claimed in at least 4 places...

Forum: Paladins 03/04/13, 4:50 PM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood Indeed they did, I just hadn't gotten to that... Indeed they did, I just hadn't gotten to that part yet but its in now. I've put in a ton of little changes and corrections this afternoon, and really only have GC left to go. I'm hoping I'll get...

Forum: Paladins 03/03/13, 11:14 PM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood Its also time for a new threat since there are a... Its also time for a new threat since there are a decent number of changes coming in 5.2. Plus, I let a pretty decent number of questions and suggested changes back up on me (sorry if I didn't...

Forum: Paladins 03/03/13, 11:10 PM

Replies: 51 [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Views: 58,846 Posted By Wrathblood [Prot] 5.3 - Same Man I was Before Protection Paladin 5.3 Overview - I'll paraphrase Celyndrashad to start: The objective isn't to tell you how to build your character and play (though some of that will sneak in). Only you can do...

Forum: Paladins 03/01/13, 2:44 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Thanks, Theck. One thing that jumps out at me is... Thanks, Theck. One thing that jumps out at me is the step forward the Avoidance strategy makes compared to the Control/Avoidance in terms of spike reduction. It was rather surprising to me and I...

Forum: Paladins 03/01/13, 10:00 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood I've edited my post to add more of the... I've edited my post to add more of the build-specific details (though I left out the Avoidance-Mastery and Mastery-Avoidance builds. Not sure if they're worth detailing or not) but an important...

Forum: Paladins 03/01/13, 8:39 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood In case anyone hasn't already seen it, Theck has... In case anyone hasn't already seen it, Theck has updated his sim for the new GC mechanics (12% proc rate on CS/HotR/Avoids changed from 20% on CS/HotR) and included his usual comprehensive and...

Forum: Paladins 02/14/13, 8:34 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Mostly MMO-champion which is very thorough in... Mostly MMO-champion which is very thorough in data-mining, vacuuming up every bit of officially available information from every source, plus they occasionally come up with leaks and other...

Forum: Paladins 02/12/13, 11:39 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood MMO-Champion is reporting that CS, HotR, Dodge... MMO-Champion is reporting that CS, HotR, Dodge and Parry can now all proc GC at 12% which is a nice way of keeping Paladin OTs from going entirely to sleep (and darn close to the recommendation Theck...

Forum: Paladins 01/31/13, 6:35 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Sorry this was so slow, I was trying to teach... Sorry this was so slow, I was trying to teach myself how to do Markhov chains to properly address streaks of hits, but it wasn't going very well. It finally occurred to me that if one considers...

Forum: Paladins 01/26/13, 9:02 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Theck's got some interesting thoughts up on... Theck's got some interesting thoughts up on Paladin set bonii on his blog, here: Protection Tier 15 Set Bonuses | Sacred Duty (http://sacredduty.net/2013/01/24/protection-tier-15-set-bonuses/) I'm...

Forum: Paladins 01/14/13, 5:20 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Oh, I hadn't realized all the level-based... Oh, I hadn't realized all the level-based reductions were increased so dramatically. Not sure how I missed that. I'll have to adjust some things. That by itself would make reaching block-cap...

Forum: Paladins 01/14/13, 9:27 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Yeah, the 22k was wrong as well. (I had a few... Yeah, the 22k was wrong as well. (I had a few days in there where my math was just wildly wrong on everything ("The kids can have two Popsicles each. So, we need to buy 6. Wait, how many kids do...

Forum: Paladins 01/11/13, 3:42 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Certainly it could go either way. As I said,... Certainly it could go either way. As I said, lets wait a few iterations and see where they go with it.

Forum: Paladins 01/10/13, 3:40 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood I'd wait until we get closer to live before... I'd wait until we get closer to live before jumping to any assumptions. Also, I did the above math wrong, its more like 22k Mastery to reach block cap and I think that'll be reachable with heroic...

Forum: Paladins 01/09/13, 10:28 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood MMO Champion is reporting set bonuses for t15... MMO Champion is reporting set bonuses for t15 gear on the PTR. At present they're... alarming. MMO-Champion - World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies...

Forum: Paladins 12/11/12, 9:27 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood In the ballpark of being equal at 3, superior at... In the ballpark of being equal at 3, superior at 4 or more. Since we don't have Inquisition to buff HotR.

Forum: Paladins 11/08/12, 9:16 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Huh. I just crunched some numbers. I may be... Huh. I just crunched some numbers. I may be eating some crow. At 10-man damage levels, Colossus appears to beat everything pretty handily in TDR right now. I won't include any haste because it...

Forum: Paladins 11/06/12, 1:31 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Just to add to Theck's comments on Light's... Just to add to Theck's comments on Light's Hammer, since its healing and dps are relatively concentrated time-wise compared to Holy Prism making it more "cooldown"-like than "rotational" if that...

Forum: Paladins 10/26/12, 7:57 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood We see it really differently. Our 2 piece is, if... We see it really differently. Our 2 piece is, if used perfectly, a 2.7% increase in uptime for 20% damage reduction (plus, of course, the no-death thing), while our 4 piece is 10% physical damage...

Forum: Paladins 10/25/12, 4:41 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Hmm, I actually disagree somewhat. I think Feng... Hmm, I actually disagree somewhat. I think Feng is an excellent example of a fight where Mastery shines. Not because its a magic-heavy fight (because, from a tank standpoint, I agree that its not,...

Forum: Paladins 10/19/12, 8:27 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood I checked them out and I'm afraid the Prot tier... I checked them out and I'm afraid the Prot tier is the way to go *for equal ilevel gear*. The problem with your thesis is that while we have preferred stats, Blizz has done a really good job of...

Forum: Paladins 10/18/12, 3:52 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Oh, sure, its not *truly* useless, I was just... Oh, sure, its not *truly* useless, I was just making a point. Burst, particularly in combination with other draws on the healers' attention, doesn't happen in nice binary chunks, its a distribution...

Forum: Paladins 10/15/12, 10:03 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood This is an excellent point on something I've been... This is an excellent point on something I've been remiss on correcting (the list is starting to pile up. Stupid dailies are taking way too much of my time). For the record, Colossus kind of...

Forum: Paladins 10/15/12, 7:36 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Stam is hard to quantify in that you need enough... Stam is hard to quantify in that you need enough to not be burst down, after which its useless. Only you (and your healers) know where that level is. Both are good. Our "core" tanking stats are...

Forum: Paladins 10/08/12, 8:04 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Gearing section totally rewritten. Will be... Gearing section totally rewritten. Will be working on DPS section in a bit. In a nutshell, our stat priority in general goes: Hit (to cap) > Exp (to hard cap) > Mastery = Haste > Avoidance The...

Forum: Paladins 10/04/12, 11:15 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood That's terrific, Theck. I'm starting to write up... That's terrific, Theck. I'm starting to write up a bit on DPS as its pretty clear its going to matter. Pewsey & Charybdis, Oh, certainly. I'm really not a big one for telling people what to...

Forum: Paladins 10/04/12, 11:55 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood The Censure hot fix went in yesterday, so its... The Censure hot fix went in yesterday, so its already fix. Censure is back down where its supposed to be. As an update, I've been thinking about Theck's big new stuff on Exp/Mastery/Haste, and its...

Forum: Paladins 10/03/12, 4:13 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood I wondered what was going on last night. We were... I wondered what was going on last night. We were doing Stone Guards and my co-tank was having incredible problems hanging onto the dog he taunted off me. My eyes just about bugged out when I saw...

Forum: Paladins 10/02/12, 9:04 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Exemplar, Yes, that's exactly how my... Exemplar, Yes, that's exactly how my understanding works as well, though I admit that I'd also never tested it until the abbreviated one I ran last night. The first 7.5% of Expertise removes the...

Forum: Paladins 10/01/12, 8:58 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Well, its possible things changed, but a while... Well, its possible things changed, but a while back GC posted in a Dev Watercooler than it would be 7.5% miss/parry/dodge/block Dev Watercooler – Mists of Pandaria Stat Changes - World of Warcraft...

Forum: Paladins 10/01/12, 7:53 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood I'm not Theck and can't speak for him, but I can... I'm not Theck and can't speak for him, but I can take a stab at a quick and dirty answer. First off, very roughly speaking, per point, Haste will reduce damage taken by about 10% more than Exp. Why...

Forum: Paladins 09/25/12, 2:31 AM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood I'm back in town. Also, Theck has an interesting... I'm back in town. Also, Theck has an interesting new post at Avoidance, Mitigation, and Damage Smoothing | Sacred Duty...

Forum: Paladins 09/24/12, 12:26 PM

Replies: 633 [Ret 5.2 MoP] Retribution Concordance (RetCon) - Who ordered the Mogu'gai Panda? Views: 543,686 Posted By Wrathblood Great stuff. I noticed one thing, though. Arent... Great stuff. I noticed one thing, though. Arent gems +100% itemization for secondary stats, rather than 50%? If so, would suggest gemmingforhit is optimal, then STR after cap, then reforging for...

Forum: Paladins 09/20/12, 2:08 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Hmm, ok, if those version of the macros are more... Hmm, ok, if those version of the macros are more space efficient then I can substitute them into the OP instead. Kinda funny, the Cleanse macro was actually supplied by someone in the last thread...

Forum: Paladins 09/19/12, 9:03 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood Thank you. As an aside, I'm personally very... Thank you. As an aside, I'm personally very happy with how prot pallies play after these changes. I think our current play is the most interesting and engaging in the entire time I've played a...

Forum: Paladins 09/19/12, 5:44 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood I'm about to be out of town for a few days... I'm about to be out of town for a few days (really unfortunate timing), so I figured I'd put this up now. I've added a few final changes people had suggested that I hadn't gotten around to yet and...

Forum: Paladins 09/19/12, 5:41 PM

Replies: 202 [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Views: 221,997 Posted By Wrathblood [Prot] 5.0 - I'm Sexy and I Know it Protection Paladin 5.0 Overview - I'll paraphrase Celyndrashad to start. The objective isn't to tell you how to build your character and play (though some of that will sneak in). Only you can do...

Forum: Paladins 09/18/12, 7:25 PM

Replies: 58 [Prot] 5.0.4 - Somebody that I used to know Views: 99,088 Posted By Wrathblood Still haven't gotten to check what I did in... Still haven't gotten to check what I did in Excel, but I'm at least sitting now. With perfect play, over the course of the 12 GCDs of HA, with a little luck, you should be able to fit in something...

Forum: Paladins 09/18/12, 2:51 PM

Replies: 58 [Prot] 5.0.4 - Somebody that I used to know Views: 99,088 Posted By Wrathblood I did indeed assume the +3 seconds rather than... I did indeed assume the +3 seconds rather than overwriting. I don't have my spreadsheet here, but I believe I worked out that you'd be able to average... hmm, either 5.5 or 6, I forget which, ShoRs...

Forum: Paladins 09/10/12, 7:26 PM

Replies: 58 [Prot] 5.0.4 - Somebody that I used to know Views: 99,088 Posted By Wrathblood Decided that I wasn't nearly clear enough that... Decided that I wasn't nearly clear enough that the stat weights were based on my own gear and that people should really work out their own. Plus, I couldn't get a combo of readability and usefulness...

Forum: Paladins 09/08/12, 10:49 PM

Replies: 58 [Prot] 5.0.4 - Somebody that I used to know Views: 99,088 Posted By Wrathblood Theck, Good points as usual. First off, SS. ... Theck, Good points as usual. First off, SS. Am I crazy or is this ability borderline (or possibly not so borderline) OP when looking at how it scales with Vengeance? I'm a little disappointed...

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