tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41137405624814272932024-03-23T03:14:17.742-07:00Gladiator's ResolveA World of Warcraft Protection Warrior blog for the shield DPS spec.
Twitter: @Codiak_BearUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-70963077848084320002015-11-22T09:54:00.000-08:002015-11-22T09:54:02.340-08:00Gladiator Stance is being removed in LegionHello Gladiators.<br />
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Today is a sad day. Glad was announced as being removed from the game in the coming (We-Cant-Produce-New-Content-So-Were-Doing-Illidan-All-Over-Again) Legion Expansion. Yes, i'm salty, and yes Legion does look sweet.<br />
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There's a petition that probably won't matter here on the wow forums, and I even ranted a bit.<br />
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http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/19865166411?page=16#301<br />
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Here is the rant :<br />
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This is a gladstance rant. I've been following it closely since the annoucement.<br />
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I was at Blizzcon when Gladiator Stance was announced. I was that guy at beers with everyone else nerding out about the talents that were still a year away.<br />
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I went on to start the gladiators resolve blogspot and interact with the dev's on twitter. This ended up building a twitter following, interacting with the glad community and developing a blog following. All while I did terrible things to try to get into the WoD beta. I can't say that process was fun. I created postcards, photoshop contests, put my personal information in 30 different websites and still didn't get beta. I ended up getting a key from a random dude who got one and didn't give a !@#$ on twitter.<br />
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If you were following the beta and the info on gladstance then you would have noticed that some of the blizzard twitter personalities actually didn't know what the plan was for gladstance. We had to hear it from lead designers about 20 times before people even believed it was going to be competitive with Arms/Fury and to this day there are GMs and players who simply don't believe it ever was. And I don't blame them.<br />
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It was frustrating to have to see someone like Lore on twitter saying gladstance didn't matter because it was just so tanks could do quests and stuff. He didn't know and another dev replied to educate him. That made it especailly painful when he was the guy who offhandedly dismisses gladstance from Legion entirely.<br />
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So, at the beginning and at the end we're dealing with a lot of visible lack fo caring. The same theme continued in the middle as well. Glad was always on a easily tuneable knob with the majority of it's damage being flat % bonuses vs caring about gear. They actually stopped saying it was meant to be competitive or get raid spots a few months into WoD and it was around then all the raiders decided to go fury/arms if they wanted to keep their raid spots. Fury and Arms even ended up doing amazing damage in the end ( lets not get into rotation talk ). So by now I feel like I was in this weird abusive relationship where Blizzard just continually shafted Glad. And while they don't owe me anything, I definitely didn't enjoy that. Hence why the blog is over and I haven't touched glad in half a year.<br />
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Anyway, I hate to be a negative %^- but the uproar over Heroic Strike didn't get it back to us for an entire expansion, so if this petition does anything for us we probably won't see the change until later down the line.<br />
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Cyc Out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-50984765229147048652015-08-25T10:27:00.000-07:002015-08-25T10:27:00.504-07:00Taking a BreakGladiators!<br />
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It is with heavy heart that I have to lay my shield down. Life is getting too busy to commit to raiding anything serious right now, and I know that means I won't be able to maintain the blog either. We've had a great run, and I want to thank all of my readers, haters, shield brothers and sisters. I had never ran a blog before, and didn't really ever use twitter. I think I've gotten a lot better and learned a ton about social networking, which has been a huge boon in my IT career.<br />
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I always come back to this game's serious raiding side, so once I do, if I'm going to blog, I'll be sure to tweet about it a lot. I'll probably be playing some non-serious 10man raiding here and there with RL friends but nothing to blog about :p.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
CyclonusUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-48888198710755214992015-08-20T14:16:00.002-07:002015-08-20T14:16:43.685-07:00Glad Buffs on PTRGladiators!<br />
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We've got a few nice buffs on PTR coming in. I think these are changes in the right direction, but they aren't the difference between going Glad and Fury for progression on Mythic Fel Lord. At least I don't think so. I'll be doing my usual testing in SimC once I either figure out how to do spell.overrides properly or Collision updates our stuff.<br />
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6% Damage increases for:<br />
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Shield Slam<br />
Revenge<br />
Devastate<br />
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I talked on our Glad thread on the wow board about this a bit more at length and did a copy paste incase you don't use them. Someone suggested a buff to gladstance instead, and while that would be more damage overall, I'm happy with the INTENT in these buffs:<br />
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Buffs to the abilities themselves are way better now, than flat shield charge or gladstance buffs. My reasoning is simply that all of the abilities damage comes from our gear ( AP for R/SS ) and ( AP/Weapon Damage for Revenge ). One of the reasons glad looks so good at 700 ilvl is because a lot of our damage comes from nowhere. Putting damage on the abilities that tie to the gear is nice, get better gear > scale better. Just like other DPS classes.<br />
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I also wish HS was included. We already have had a ton of damage put right onto the stance/spec but I welcome this tiny little buff. I did some napkin math and i'm only seeing 3-4% dps increase. But i'm waiting on this being built into simcraft before I did in too deep.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-80075544701825531472015-06-30T12:40:00.000-07:002015-07-06T14:01:53.170-07:00ASKMRROBOT Stat Weights!Hello Gladiators,<br />
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<a href="http://www.askmrrobot.com/" target="_blank">AskMrRobot</a> has always been an extremely useful tool to our community and i'm happy to say that he has requested the input of theorycrafters on getting some of our opinions on stat weights. Check it out!<br />
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That's right, you can use my BIS Stat weights for your toons right on AskMrRobot. I actually subscribe to the site so I often use the weights to do a "best in bags" comparison when I have a lot of options in gear. What I also love is the export to Simcraft capability. So you can import your toon, then export the sim profile to work out your maximum dps very easily.<br />
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I'm working on getting them tweaked to make sure we're hitting that first haste cap ( 13% buffed )<br />
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Cyc Out!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-15627016856510148092015-06-22T14:20:00.000-07:002015-07-06T14:02:05.117-07:00In a Fit of Rage, Part 2Hello Gladiators,<br />
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I did another terrible poem. I thought you might get a kick out of it.<br />
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From the Forums: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/18194052060?page=1#0<br />
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"In a fit of Rage Pt 2"<br />
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Twas the night before Hellfire<br />
All through the WOW boards,<br />
Telling Glad, Go join a choir!<br />
But we want shields with our swords!<br />
<br />
The mythic race is coming!<br />
Glad Buffs nowhere to be found.<br />
Fury damage will be stunning!<br />
Why even keep us around?<br />
<br />
Raid Lead said Fury,<br />
Arms for cleave, or the bench<br />
We're F5'ing in a hurry<br />
Our wrists starts to clench.<br />
<br />
We've been waiting for a year<br />
A Patch where we can race<br />
Shield Maidens and Brothers near<br />
Looking Fury Face to Face<br />
<br />
Glads got the APM of the Gods<br />
Could be dropping Nydus Worms<br />
F5'ing against the Odds<br />
Instead Fury's dishing Burns<br />
<br />
Carpel Tunnel is coming,<br />
That's okay, it's free rage<br />
Lack of Feedback is numbing<br />
Someday we'll have the stage.<br />
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6.3 They'll realize the mistake<br />
After the race is said and done<br />
But our shield wall won't break<br />
Even if nerfs blot out the sun.<br />
<br />
Nerf Patch Buff<br />
Damage PVP Survival<br />
Cry Huff and Puff<br />
This is the warrior cycle.<br />
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In a Fit of Rage Pt 1: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/9573279186<br />
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- Cyc OutUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-67404488332093420712015-06-15T11:38:00.000-07:002015-06-30T12:31:13.805-07:00Slowing Down Until 7.0Hello Gladiators,<br />
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I'm going to <strike>take a break from</strike> slow down blogging about Gladstance. The recent Q&A by the Blizz dev's didn't address any of the Gladiator issues, and while I feel like we're not being completely neglected, I'm not happy with the direction. They did buff us recently, and then tune it a few times. But you all know I'm not happy until we're taking part in Mythic progression.<br />
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Right now it looks like if you have the right gear for Glad, and the wrong gear for Fury, you're okay to go Glad for single target in Mythic HFC. MAYBE some of the fights where multidotters shine ( something like Blast Furnace ) would be nice for us as well, since there will be a lot of spread out targets up for a long time, to allow thunderclap and deep wounds to do a lot of work for us. So I'm hopeful we see a few Glad's here an there. But in Heroic Difficulty, go ham. Glad is perfectly fine for Heroic.<br />
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I'll <strike>probably</strike> be back with the 7.0 changes and will always be around on twitter.<br />
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Keep in Touch,<br />
<br />
CycUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-45344389900382191462015-06-03T18:17:00.002-07:002015-07-20T12:00:27.098-07:006.2 Gladiator Guide ( Updated 7/6/2015 )<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<b>6.2 Gladiator Guide</b></h2>
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Recent changes to our spec has resulted in some changes to how we should gear, talents we want, and our rotation.This is meant to be a matter of fact, simple, guide for how to play as Glad in 6.2.<br />
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<b>Stats</b></h2>
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<b>685-715 ilvl</b><br />
Strength > Bonus Armor/Attack Power > Haste to 13% Buffed > Crit > Multistrike > Mastery > Vers > Haste after 13% buffed.<br />
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<b>730 ilvl BIS</b><br />
Wdps > Strength > AP/BonusArmor > Haste to 13% Buffed > Crit > Multistrike > Vers > Mastery > Haste after 13% Buffed.<br />
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<b>Gear</b></h2>
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730ilvl Mythic BIS :<br />
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head=faceguard_of_iron_wrath,id=124334,bonus_id=567<br />
neck=world_enders_gorget,id=124222,bonus_id=567,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike<br />
shoulders=doomcriers_shoulderplates,id=124343,bonus_id=567<br />
back=void_lords_wizened_cloak,id=124147,bonus_id=567,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike<br />
chest=breastplate_of_iron_wrath,id=124319,bonus_id=567<br />
wrists=wristplate_of_the_wretched,id=124352,bonus_id=567<br />
hands=gauntlets_of_iron_wrath,id=124329,bonus_id=567<br />
waist=annihilans_waistplate,id=124349,bonus_id=567<br />
legs=legplates_of_iron_wrath,id=124340,bonus_id=567<br />
feet=treads_of_the_defiler,id=124322,bonus_id=567<br />
finger1=thorasus_the_stone_heart_of_draenor,id=124634,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike<br />
finger2=mannoroths_calcified_eye,id=124204,bonus_id=567,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike<br />
trinket1=anzus_cursed_plume,id=124241,bonus_id=567<br />
trinket2=empty_drinking_horn,id=124238,bonus_id=567<br />
main_hand=fiendsbreath_warmace,id=124374,bonus_id=567,enchant=mark_of_the_thunderlord<br />
off_hand=fallen_defender_of_argus,id=124355,bonus_id=567<br />
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Stat Weights</h2>
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6.2 Gladiator T17/18 @ 700 ilvl. This build is fine all the way to Mythic HFC gear.</div>
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6.2 Gladiator @ 730 ilvl BIS<br />
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Update 7/1/2015!<br />
Note that the trinket you're wearing greatly affects your stat weights. We should shoot for either Anzu and Drinking Horn. Whereas Worldbreakers Class Trinket favors Mastery more than Versatility.<br />
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HFC Talent Guide</h2>
On All Fights: Unyielding Strikes<br />
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Hellfire Assault : Dragon Roar/Bladestorm/Rude Interruptions<br />
Iron Reaver : Dragon Roar/Avatar<br />
Kormrok - Dragon Roar/Bladestorm<br />
High Council - Dragon Roar/Bloodbath<br />
Gorefiend - Stormbolt/Avatar ( I prefer the stormbolt stuns when you're in the stomach )/Rude Interruptions<br />
Socrethar - Dragon Roar/Avatar/Rude Interruptions<br />
Velhari - Dragon Roar / Bloodbath / Rude Interruptions<br />
Fel Lord Zakuun - Dragon Roar / Bloodbath<br />
Xhul'Thorac - Dragon Roar/Bladestorm/Rude Interruptions<br />
Iskar - Dragon Roar/Bladestorm<br />
Mannoroth - Dragon Roar/Bloodbath/Rude Interruptions<br />
Archimonde - Dragon Roar/Avatar/Rude Interruptions<br />
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this is a work in progress!<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-517118492354401802015-05-29T11:30:00.002-07:002015-06-03T10:59:32.648-07:00Patch 6.2 Gladiator ChangesGladiators!<br />
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We have an exciting tier coming around the corner. Along with it are a few changes to the way Gladiators do damage, which happens to be buffs. What's also exciting is I am now in a Mythic raiding guild ( Real Talk on US Kil'Jaeden ) and will be able to actually play this spec if progression allows for it. Unfortunately, we're still not top dog on the meters, but we are definitely an option in 6.2. I don't expect mythic guilds pushing the edge of progression will be using a Glad DPS, but I expect we'll see a lot more play than we did in BRF. Glad continues to be a niche, in that it's behind Fury and Arms. Also, Blizzard continues to be on different sides of the commitment they made, saying " glad should be competitive with fury/arms." I actually tweeted Lore once who didn't even know it was supposed to be a real spec. They said that so many times during Beta, I believed it. I might be a bit salty, but that's just because I'm haven't been in the shield wall enough with my fellow gladiators :)</div>
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6.2 Gladiator Changes ( from wowhead ):</div>
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Hotfixes ( updated June 2nd )</h3>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-position: outside;"><a href="http://ptr.wowhead.com/news=247711/6-2-ptr-patch-notes-updated-5-26-upcoming-live-stream-q-a-on-patch-6-2" style="color: #ffd100; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">May 26, 2015 - 6.2 PTR Patch Notes: Updated 5/26, Upcoming Live Stream Q&A on Patch 6.2</a><ul style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-left: 24px;">
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<a class="icontiny" href="http://ptr.wowhead.com/spell=152276" style="background: 0% 50% no-repeat; color: #ffd100; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><img align="absmiddle" src="http://wow.zamimg.com/images/wow/icons/tiny/spell_warrior_gladiatorstance.gif" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%;" /> <span class="tinyicontxt" style="white-space: normal;">Gladiator's Resolve</span></a> (Protection): <a class="icontiny" href="http://ptr.wowhead.com/spell=156291" style="background: 0% 50% no-repeat; color: #ffd100; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><img align="absmiddle" src="http://wow.zamimg.com/images/wow/icons/tiny/spell_warrior_gladiatorstance.gif" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%;" /> <span class="tinyicontxt" style="white-space: normal;">Gladiator Stance</span></a> now also increases the Warrior's Mastery by 50% <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">30%</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;"> while active. </span></div>
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We've received a buff in the form of a increase in the amount of mastery we receive, from our gear. This is linked to gladiator stance and will definitely help as this is our attuned stat. My own simming however doesn't show it to be our best stat, yet. Note that June 2nd this was increased another 20% to total at 50% more mastery from gear. Time to re-check everything. I'm going to post a Gladiator 6.2 guide soon!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-62035548336886289692015-05-21T09:47:00.001-07:002015-07-22T13:05:06.214-07:00Hellfire Citadel Gladiator BIS List and new GearHello Gladiators,<br />
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I've had the opportunity to start Mythic raiding as dps, and because of the Glad performance difference, I had to do my trial as fury/arms. These are sad times, but things are looking upward in Hellfire Citadel.<br />
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I'm going to be updating this post again ( like I did in T17 ) and please expect the first revision of this gear to change. It's also possible that blizzard might make another change to either our set bonuses or (hopefully) our class trinket. I will provide a trinket comparison by the end of next week. And finally I will update with a Gear Progression from T17 to T18 post. As there are different Ilvl items within HFC. The new <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/19162236/dev-watercooler-itemization-in-62-5-20-2015" target="_blank">Dev Watercooler </a>covers these changes.<br />
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First off I have a Best in Slot list which you can copy/paste into a <a href="http://simulationcraft.org/" target="_blank">SimulationCraft</a> profile.<br />
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<pre class="bbcode_code" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(119, 119, 119) 0px 0px 1px; background: none repeat-x rgb(242, 246, 248); border-radius: 5px; border: 1px inset; color: #222222; direction: ltr; font-size: 13px; height: 234px; line-height: 19.5px; overflow: auto; padding: 6px; word-wrap: normal;">head=faceguard_of_iron_wrath,id=124334,bonus_id=567
neck=world_enders_gorget,id=124222,bonus_id=567,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike
shoulders=doomcriers_shoulderplates,id=124343,bonus_id=567
back=void_lords_wizened_cloak,id=124147,bonus_id=567,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike
chest=breastplate_of_iron_wrath,id=124319,bonus_id=567
wrists=wristplate_of_the_wretched,id=124352,bonus_id=567
hands=gauntlets_of_iron_wrath,id=124329,bonus_id=567
waist=annihilans_waistplate,id=124349,bonus_id=567
legs=legplates_of_iron_wrath,id=124340,bonus_id=567
feet=treads_of_the_defiler,id=124322,bonus_id=567
finger1=thorasus_the_stone_heart_of_draenor,id=124634,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike
finger2=mannoroths_calcified_eye,id=124204,bonus_id=567,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike
trinket1=anzus_cursed_plume,id=124241,bonus_id=567
trinket2=empty_drinking_horn,id=124238,bonus_id=567
main_hand=fiendsbreath_warmace,id=124374,bonus_id=567,enchant=mark_of_the_thunderlord
off_hand=fallen_defender_of_argus,id=124355,bonus_id=567</pre>
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If you've managed to determine a better combination of gear, please let me know in the comments. I purposefully left out gem slots and warforged to make the testing flat.<br />
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Set Bonuses:<br />
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Battlegear of the Iron Wrath<br />
2 Piece<br />
<a href="http://ptr.wowhead.com/spell=185796" style="background-color: #242424; color: rgb(157, 157, 157) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, 'Open Sans', Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">While in Gladiator Stance, the damage bonus from being Enraged is increased by 20%.</a><br />
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<a href="http://ptr.wowhead.com/spell=185797" style="background-color: #242424; color: rgb(157, 157, 157) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, 'Open Sans', Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Your Shield Charge also causes you to Enrage.</a><br />
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Trinket Comparisons Placeholder. Still coming! I've been basically begging blizz to buff our class trinket.<br />
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Gear Progression, Per Slot Placeholder.<br />
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Stat Weights, these were covered at 695 and BIS gear levels in the latest Gladiator's Resolve post here:<br />
<a href="http://gladiatorsresolve.blogspot.ca/2015/05/patch-62-gladiator-changes.html">http://gladiatorsresolve.blogspot.ca/2015/05/patch-62-gladiator-changes.html</a><br />
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Thanks,<br />
Cyclonus<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-42669575417221258502015-03-25T11:28:00.000-07:002015-03-25T11:45:43.278-07:00Gladstance Representation and SuggestionsGladiator Stance DPS is under represented in Mythic Blackrock Foundry. This makes me sad, I feel like we've been defending the pass for 2 patches and there's only a few guys left standing, stumbling around being stubborn about a switch to Fury/Arms to do 10-20k more damage. Gladiator is not BAD, but it's not keeping up with AOE damage done by Fury and Arms, and it lacks utility that a lot of raids want, like massive execute phases, or defensive raid cooldowns ( rallying cry ). Sure, on a single target fight you can beat the Arms Warrior ( maybe ) but to me, that's not good enough. Gladiator's aren't getting raid spots in Mythic Guilds.<br />
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Constructive feedback has always been a promoted part of the Blizzard communities. I can only name a handful of games that really listen to their player base. Some of my Warrior friends are working on constructive feedback and while I didn't agree with some of their suggestions I thought maybe I would throw my 2 cents on here. I see really good design ideas show up in the forums all the time, and I'm not sure I've ever seen as many "here's how to fix X-spec" than I did with the Beta for WoD. I'm not going to even try to re-design gladiator, but what I believe I am capable of is identifying the problems I see, to lend some weight to a ton of feedback the dev's see every day. Really just pouring water in an ocean of feedback at this point, which is okay. This will probably be a bit therapeutic.<br />
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1. Gear Scaling.<br />
Gladiator's do not scale well with Gear. A lot of our damage relies on passive damage increases from Shield Charge or the 4piece bonus for example. The flipside of this is that at lower gear levels we do pretty well. I would prefer doing less damage with less gear, and the reverse.<br />
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Suggestions:<br />
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<li>Move more damage onto the Damaging Abilities themselves. Move it off of Shield Charge.</li>
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2. Tank Gear<br />
I like the idea of wearing tank gear and doing damage with it. But this creates situations where we need to compete for the same gear the tank does. Most guilds favor their tanks when it comes to gearing strategies and while you could argue Active Mitigation has made gear a bit less relevant, there just simply isn't a guild that's going to risk wipes during progression because the tanks didn't have enough gear. Gladiators would strongly benefit from being able to compete with Arms/Fury for items.<br />
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Suggestions:<br />
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<li>Lower Bonus Armor's damage benefit. Let us get our damage from the other secondaries so we can go in for Crit/Haste cloaks and whatnot.</li>
<li>Allow Gladiators to wield either 1 or 2handed weapons. This means we can go in for weapons and also have the option to switch to Arms/Fury if we preferred it for a fight. Plus, it would be pretty sweet to use a 2handed spear with a shield. </li>
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3. Utility<br />
Mocking Banner is useful in a few situations. Rallying Cry is used every pull. We've been sat because a raid needed another RC for one of the rough damage phases.<br />
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<li>A Melee group specific Raid Defensive. Like AMZ or PW:B. Call it Shield Wall, make it a real shield wall. I've love to see a gladiator blow a defensive during Breath on Kromog and see all the melee huddle into a blade barrier or something. It could be like deterrence but for the melee group.</li>
<li>Execute. This phase should be all about execute, just like Arms and Fury. I don't want to be sat because the 20% burn is the most important part. Right now it's not much of a damage increase to even execute sub 20%, AFTER the buffs.</li>
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That's it. I want the spec to cause less frustration with a raid group by just using normal dps gear/weapons, less reliance on tank equipment, and better scaling and a defensive CD.</div>
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- Cyclonus<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-77367017414614855572015-01-27T01:04:00.000-08:002015-02-16T12:19:47.199-08:00Gladiator's Blackrock Foundry Gear Guide *Updated 2/16/2015*Gladiators!<br />
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We've got a new raid in 1 week. I'm sure you're all scrambling to be ready for the bosses coming and I wanted to try to highlight some of the best gear to go for ( and coin for ) in Blackrock Foundry. </div>
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Blackhand's Battlegear</h2>
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Most important is going to be our new set bonuses shown here on WOWHead.</div>
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<tr><td style="background: none; border: 0px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span class="q" style="color: rgb(255, 209, 0) !important;">Shield Slam has a 8% chance to automatically cast Shield Charge.</span></td></tr>
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Requires Warrior</td></tr>
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Currently we're able to get 50% uptime on Shield Charge in a 5minute Fight ( Mythic Butcher ). This is obviously dps in a vacuum but with our new 2piece bonus we should see at least 10-15% better uptime on Shield Charge. This only increases the importance of our 4piece, now making us do even MORE damage inside the charges. </div>
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Blackrock Foundry BIS Gear</h2>
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I used the latest <a href="http://www.simulationcraft.org/reports/Raid_T17M.html" target="_blank">Simulationcraft</a> result to generate this basic list.I then edited the gear based on what we know about sim weights, and our breakpoints and have increased our results by a few hundred dps. I'll be keeping this post updated throughout BRF in case there is a change in the gear list. This is a Work In Progress.</div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #c1a144; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=113882&bonus=567">gluttons_kerchief,id=113882,bonus_id=567,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #c1a144; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=115581&bonus=567">blackhands_shoulderguards,id=115581,bonus_id=567</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chest<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #c1a144; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=115582&bonus=567">blackhands_chestguard,id=115582,bonus_id=567</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wrists<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #c1a144; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=119331&bonus=567">bracers_of_visceral_force,id=119331,bonus_id=567</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hands<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #c1a144; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=113906&bonus=567">gauntlets_of_dramatic_blows,id=113906,bonus_id=567</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="padding: 1.5pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #c1a144; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=118308&">spellbound_runic_band_of_elemental_invincibility,id=118308,enchant=gift_of_critical_strike</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=113969/vial-of-convulsive-shadows&bonus=567" target="_blank">Vial of Convulsive Shadows</a></div>
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<span style="color: #c1a144; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=113893/blast-furnace-door&bonus=567" target="_blank">Blast Furnace Door</a></span></div>
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# Gear Summary</div>
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# gear_strength=3312</div>
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# gear_stamina=4540</div>
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# gear_crit_rating=1323</div>
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# gear_haste_rating=745</div>
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# gear_mastery_rating=893</div>
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# gear_armor=3041</div>
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# gear_bonus_armor=498</div>
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# gear_multistrike_rating=688</div>
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# gear_versatility_rating=490</div>
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Some points to note on the list:</div>
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<ul>
<li>This list is a Work in Progress. Small Tweaks I made right after seeing it have already increased the results by a 1500dps.</li>
<li>The Simcraft list doesn't reach the 700 Haste Breakpoint I recommend, I've re-ran the sims and see a difference of 270dps just by swapping the ring to Seal of Unquenchable Flame, and stilll enchanting crit all around. </li>
<li>The Swap Piece is going to be Gloves this time around. Our Gloves ended up having the worst stats of all the set pieces.</li>
<li>This list is based on Mythic Gear levels, so if you didn't manage to get the Mythic Evergaze you may need to aim for one of the other trinkets first.</li>
<li>Your weapon is still the biggest single upgrade, especially because of all the buffs to devastate. On PTR right now Devastate is sometimes 1st on damage done.</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Trinkets</h2>
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<span style="color: red;">Updated 2/16/2015</span></div>
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Basic Trinket DPS Values with the above BIS list on, and combined with a Mythic Bottle of Infesting Spores ( the least amount of variance ). Updated 1/30/2015<br />
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BIS Trinket Combinations from Blackrock Foundry:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-82454080540613243702015-01-19T14:31:00.001-08:002015-01-20T13:49:43.477-08:00Gladiator Haste Changes and New Stat WeightsGladiators!<br />
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With the recent changes to haste for World of Warcraft, we are now easily hitting the first haste breakpoint with less gear ( 225 instead of 330 ) and should be looking to also get the second. I've updated the original <a href="http://gladiatorsresolve.blogspot.ca/2014/10/gladiator-optimization-stat-priorities.html" target="_blank">Stat Weights</a> post to include this information as well. Here is what Haste looks like for my 667 Glad Warriors Gear. Because of these changes our stat weights are going to be different. I decided to show the entire graph on Cyclonus. From 0 haste on gear, all the way to 700 in 25 haste increments.<br />
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So, from 0 haste, we see the biggest gains between 200 and 225 Haste, and 650 and 675 Haste. Haste is also now a bit more valuable than it used to be, because we get more of it per stat now. From there the two caps are 225 and 675, Accounting for Interface and Network lag, I would recommend 250 and 700 haste for these caps.<br />
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Haste</td><td>STR</td><td>Bonus Arm/AP</td><td>700<br />
Haste</td><td>Crit</td><td>700<br />
<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">Haste+</span></td><td>Multistrike</td><td>Versatility</td><td>Mastery</td></tr>
<tr><td>1.43</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.95</td><td>.90</td><td>.44</td><td>.42</td><td>.41</td><td>.36</td><td>.32</td><td>.30</td></tr>
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Haste</td><td>STR</td><td>Bonus Arm/AP</td><td>700<br />
Haste</td><td>Crit</td><td><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">700</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-6092649471320621292015-01-13T09:11:00.003-08:002015-01-13T09:19:37.646-08:00Gladstance Buffs!Hello Gladiators!<br />
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If you are following the latest patch notes, you will see that we got some serious changes. This is going to be really nice for our AOE damage, and especially nice for our scaling. Look at that haste buff! I will need to do the math's to confirm ( and will update the post ), but I believe this to be the case.<br />
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The Patch Notes from <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/" target="_blank">MMO-C</a> :<br />
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<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0.3em 0px 0px;"><a data-tooltip-href="http://ptr.wowdb.com/spells/23922" href="http://ptr.wowdb.com/spells/23922" style="color: white; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Shield Slam</a>’s damage has been increased by 20%.</li>
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First, I'd like to explain that this was a brilliant design decision by Blizzard. We're seeing a 15% damage nerf to Gladiator Stance, and between 20 and 40% buff to the other abilities here. This means that we're going to scale better with gear ( devastate is based on weapon damage ). What is also important is to note that at the beginning of the tier, when weapons and gear were a lot harder to get, we had that damage passively ( though less of it ) and the original design would have kept us up with our Fury and Arms friends. As I said earlier though, I'm going to be working on the updated simcraft whenever it becomes available to confirm all of this, but I thought i'd get the word out there before I started having to read forum threads saying RIP Gladiator LOL.<br />
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As a side note, I was also seeing a ton of threads popping up by Raid Leaders and new Prot Warriors talking about jumping into Challenge Modes and Raids and getting trucked by the bosses. Most often when they posted logs they weren't even keeping shield slam up, so I did a guide on how to analyze your Tank on <a href="http://www.warcraftlogs.com/" target="_blank">Warcraftlogs</a>. Here is the guide:<br />
<a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1678334-Protection-Tank-Logs-Guide-amp-Analysis-(-Read-OP-First-)">http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1678334-Protection-Tank-Logs-Guide-amp-Analysis-(-Read-OP-First-)</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-437324185797459112014-12-17T11:08:00.001-08:002014-12-17T11:22:06.024-08:00Highmaul Gladiator : Logscraft #2Hello Gladiators!<br />
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The world first race is over, and the champions Paragon made a few really interesting comments in their <a href="http://manaflask.com/en/articles/mythic-highmaul-down-a-world-first-interview-with-paragon" target="_blank">interview on manaflask</a>. Most importantly ( to me ) is that Bear Prime aka Sejta, went Prot Warrior. When asked why Warrior, he said that when a fight has 50% tank time the ideal tank was Prot Warrior, since we're able to have mitigation up whenever we're the active tank. I would call this a win for Prot Warrior, he might not be a Gladiator, but it's nice to see.<br />
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Shortly before the release of Mythic Highmaul we saw buffs come in for Fury, and I heard some serious rioting over twitter and the forums. Basically a lot of people had the misconception that Glad wasn't the best choice in Highmaul. And from the numbers it looks like a lot of the Fury and Arms Warriors were able to do some pretty sick damage. Gladiator however, is up there on some of the fights. Lets take a look at how some of those who did have the constitution to stick to Glad ranked up. Right now it's a good time to look at the Mythic rankings on Warcraftlogs as most of these fights are still too hard to start using cheese/stacking strategies that inevitably ruin the rankings. I've taken a look at the Boss DPS for these examples because on >4 Add fights right now we're going to get ruined by Arms Warriors.<br />
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One of the fights still being hidden is Butcher, a single target, patchwerk style, tunnel vision fight and I hope we see a few gladiators way up there. Looking at the current rankings it's telling in that we a competitive with fury and arms on the 1 or 2 Target fights, but we seem to fall out of the top 10 if the boss has more than 2 targets. Personally I've been stuck tanking and since i'm only in Normal/Heroic I've been keeping my APM up with Unyielding strikes and seeing some decent tank damage.<br />
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I thought it was interesting to see one of us in second place on Ko'Ragh, so I thought i'd take a deeper look at how it was done. Emperorz from the new Nihilium ranked 2nd for all warriors, and 21st worldwide on Mythic Ko'Ragh.<br />
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Using Bloodbath, Unyielding Strikes and Dragon Roar, he was definitely built to burn through Ko'ragh single target. He only used his dragon roar and thunder clap a few times to help with adds.<br />
Also he chose to use the Rude Interruption glyph as you have to deal with Mind Controlled teammates on this fight. You can also see from his Heroic Strike damage that he was using the cleave glyph as they were keeping volatile anomalies near the boss until they were low enough to put in a suppression circle and kill. Looking at rage usage, you can also see that he wasn't using the extra rage glyph. Emperorz wasted 360 rage, which is pretty good considering the kind of situations you can get in at 4+ stacks of Unyielding and SS coming off cooldown.<br />
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- CycUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-69271138235392383542014-12-05T11:42:00.001-08:002014-12-05T15:17:52.681-08:00Highmaul Gladiator : Logscraft #1Gladiators!<br />
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After having been required to tank for my guild this week, suffice to say I'm a bit sad to see everyone else shield charging without me. However, Prot Tanking itself has been a blast and not all is grim. I know I'm always 1 GCD away from Gladstance. Today's topic will be some advice on what talents/configurations are working best for Gladiators in Highmaul Heroic. This will be a series and as of next week I'll start digging into Mythic kills instead :). What I've done is review the top parsers on Warcraftlogs to look for any tricks/common themes.<br />
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Remember that your raid leaders strategy may not allow for these recommendations.<br />
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<b><u>Kargath Bladefist</u></b><br />
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Reviewing the top Gladiator's on Kargath shows that there are two route to go here. You can either focus Kargath the entire time, or help with adds. We've got Bladestorm and Dragon Roar which is decent, but in this instance I think it's our best bet to forgo the adds for some pretty amazing single target damage. If you wanted to focus adds for your raid, I would recommend you go Arms!<br />
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In the top 10 Gladiator parses we're seeing between 23 and 25k DPS. The top parse is also the top damage done to Kargath himself by <a href="https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/cBk8t9N3dAjLFq4y#fight=8&type=damage-done&source=9&by=target" target="_blank">Intrepid</a> ( <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/black-dragonflight/Intrepid/simple" target="_blank">Armory</a> ). Dropping a staggering 8.6M Damage on Kargath in a 22man raid.<br />
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If you take a look at the above picture, you can see a great uptime on Unyielding Strikes. 91.36% is a great uptime. Just having US up is half the game though, you need to make sure you don't let it drop early, and take advantage of it at top stacks. Below you can see that Intrepid only ONCE let US drop at 5 stacks. And It looks like he decided to start executing sub 20% and stopped keeping US going. This was actually a DPS Loss, as you can see that he dropped to 23k DPS from a Solid 25k before that.<br />
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<b>Lining up CD's. </b><br />
One of the most important factors is to look at how he lined up use of his Scabbard ( Sword Technique ) with his other Trinket ( Strength of Steel ), Potion and Bloodbath proc's.<br />
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This really shows the power of a right click trinket being used effectively!<br />
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Tracking these sorts of Proc's is a UI Issue, and while I plan to do a comprehensive post for gladiator UI soon, I think what you will want to do is either have an addon that automatically shows you when proc's like "Strength of Steel" are active, and even the internal cooldown of that trinket to know when to save a right click trinket like the scabbard. With the RPPM trinkets, is very important to know when the trinket CAN'T proc. Look at the mountains of DPS when all of that lined up.<br />
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- Cyc<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-56251752357936464802014-12-03T11:27:00.001-08:002014-12-03T11:38:35.957-08:00Gladiator's First Night in HighmaulGladiators!<br />
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Heroic Highmaul has been released, and I am happy to say we're doing extremely well. Just browsing <a href="http://www.warcraftlogs.com/" target="_blank">Warcraftlogs</a> you can see that the top parses for <u>Warriors</u> in Heroic Highmaul are almost all Gladiators.<br />
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Rankings:<br />
<a href="https://www.warcraftlogs.com/rankings/6#difficulty=4&metric=dps&class=Warrior">https://www.warcraftlogs.com/rankings/6#difficulty=4&metric=dps&class=Warrior</a><br />
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Looking at the first two bosses we did extremely well. The Arms warrior who beat us on Kargath only did 11K DPS to Kargath himself ( with glads bringing in 22k ). Arms is for killing adds, and this is expected.<br />
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<u><b>Kargath</b></u><br />
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The top ranked Formality has a glad and arms warrior at around 18k dps.<br />
Near the bottom of their raid. <a href="https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/v4H8WLwC39jqhxRm#fight=2&type=damage-done" target="_blank">Link</a><br />
Enigma had a Glad doing 22k dps <a href="https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/ngTyfLB9mMpKC8Da#fight=1&type=damage-done" target="_blank">here</a>. Middle of the pack.<br />
Consolium at 21k DPS <a href="https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/TRf7bNXkDt36wygC#fight=2&type=damage-done" target="_blank">here</a>. Also middle of the pack.<br />
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Kargath is an easy fight with only a few short windows to do aoe burst ( the coliseum adds ) so unless the Glad is going up there, and planning for that burst it's going to fall behind Boomkin, Ret, and of course Arms. Rest assured though, planning for burst that inconsequential is padding ( anyone remember Mythic Immerseus? ).<br />
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<b>Butcher</b><br />
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A fight more in our favor would be the Butcher. Basically Patchwerk, and depending on strat, you really shouldn't lose more than a second or two on the boss ( when he knocks us back ).<br />
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<a href="https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/bKG8kxaH7gYrzXJq#fight=2&type=damage-done" target="_blank">Hard in the Paint</a> - Jin with a respectable 21k DPS, Ranking 6th in his raid.<br />
<a href="https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/aH1WYAwFzXGNfZ7V#fight=9&type=damage-done" target="_blank">Reckless</a> - Rigge in 5th at nearly 23k DPS. Ranking 5th.<br />
<a href="https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/ngTyfLB9mMpKC8Da#fight=5&type=damage-done" target="_blank">Enigma</a> - Tartarus at 22.1k DPS. Ranking 4th.<br />
<a href="https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/Vr4KdcLjJmfXtDYz#fight=9&type=damage-done" target="_blank">Adapt</a> - With TWO Gladiators at 3rd and 6th.<br />
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So we're not topping the meters, but the difference between us and the top class is within a thousand or two dps. NOT TOO BAD Gladiators. I can't wait to see how we do in Mythic, once we've had a week to gear up.<br />
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One other note is the Hotfixed Trinket Changes make <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=112319&bonus=525" target="_blank">Knight's Badge</a> extremely desirable for Gladiator's now. Far outshining the Skull of War.<br />
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- CycUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-90030792397124754032014-11-24T15:25:00.001-08:002014-11-24T21:10:44.614-08:00Gladiator Warriors : To Execute or Not to ExecuteGladiator's<br />
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The latest simcraft results have been posted for the different ilvl groups and we're doing extremely well! Glad is a top parsing spec currently, and I'm sure you've all heard the hype that seems to only build every day since WoD launch. </div>
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Remember though, that Simcraft results are dps in a vaccuum, with 0 movement and no mechanics, or a Patchwerk style fight. They simulate encounters and should always be taken with a grain of salt. Just because a spec might be low on simcraft doesn't mean that the spec is worthless either. I'm sure everyone had those moments in 5.4 when a Boomkin or Arcane mage destroyed the meters, and the fury warriors cried WHAAAT? It can happen, and to be fair, 5.4 was a large minigame of using trinket proc's effectively once you were done gearing.</div>
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<b>Execute is viable. But Optional.</b></div>
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What I found the most interesting was that Execute was re-introduced to the gladiator warrior rotation! Sub 20% it is a DPS increase, a small one ( only a few hundred dps ) to execute under a few conditions. So because this change is only a few hundred dps, this is an <u><b>optional</b></u> rotation.</div>
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<b>BASIC</b> Rotation ( about 200 dps increase seen in current simC doing this )<br />
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BB+SC+SS > Revenge > Execute > Devastate<br />
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<b>ADVANCED</b> Execute Rotation :<br />
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BB+SC+SS > Revenge > Devastate > Execute if SS CD is 1.5-2s remaining<br />
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Only use Execute when Shield Slam is about to come off CD, and resetting via Devastate won't speed it up.<br />
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Example:<br />
You are sub 20%, Revenge has 5s left, Shield Slam has 2-1.5s left, you're above 60 Rage, and might or might not be inside a Shield Charge. Then you Execute.</div>
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Also I've updated the rotation/stat priorities post to include execute and linked it to this post as well.<br />
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One other caveat in the use of Execute within your rotation ( sub 20% ) is that it changes the APM required for the spec, so you end up pressing less buttons. I know most of you will want to do the most dps so you'll already be wearing out hands/mice/keyboards spamming heroic strike with unyielding strikes, so this might be a nice change if you're looking to slow it down a little without costing too much dps.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-77616907017867338322014-10-06T01:42:00.000-07:002015-01-20T13:53:22.934-08:00Gladiator Optimization : Stat Priorities and Rotation * Updated Jan 20,2015*Hello Gladiators!<br />
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Now that we are getting closer to the end of Beta, and actual release of the new stance, I'm happy to provide some of the basics that should hopefully be our bread and butter when we ding 100 and equip our shield again. Blizzard has addressed quite a few of the concerns I've had for Gladstance and it is definitely nice to be heard. They've buffed Execute, given PVP Gear Bonus Armor and delivered on a very fun spec to play.<br />
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This is just basic information I've collected through use of Simcraft and actual play in Beta, and it's very possible that changes in tuning might skewer these steps. Be warned that I may be editing this post :)<br />
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<b><u>Stat Priority and Weights</u></b><br />
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With the 6.0.3 Changes. I've updated the scale factors. It still holds true that you need a bit of haste to get that extra GCDs inside Shield Charges. <u>This factors in that you have the 5% haste buff as well</u>. But going forward into Heroic and Mythic gear the values change a bit. I've detailed this below.<br />
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The basic stat priority is when gearing up to raid Highmaul :<br />
250 Haste > STR > Bonus Armor > Haste to 700 > Crit > Haste after 700 > Multistrike > Versatility > Mastery ><br />
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Here are the new stat weights:<br />
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<b><u><br /></u></b><span style="background-color: red;">630 ilvl</span><br />
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<tr><td>WDPS</td><td>250<br />
Haste</td><td>STR</td><td>Bonus Arm/AP</td><td>700<br />
Haste</td><td>Crit</td><td><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">700</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">Haste+</span></td><td>Multistrike</td><td>Versatility</td><td>Mastery</td></tr>
<tr><td>1.43</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.95</td><td>.90</td><td>.44</td><td>.42</td><td>.41</td><td>.36</td><td>.32</td><td>.30</td></tr>
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<b><u><br /></u></b><span style="background-color: red;">665 ilvl</span><br />
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<tr><td>WDPS</td><td>250<br />
Haste</td><td>STR</td><td>Bonus Arm/AP</td><td>700<br />
Haste</td><td>Crit</td><td><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">700</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">Haste+</span></td><td>Multistrike</td><td>Versatility</td><td>Mastery</td></tr>
<tr><td>1.32</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.95</td><td>.90</td><td>.60</td><td>.53</td><td>.49</td><td>.48</td><td>.41</td><td>.38</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: red;">695 ilvl</span><br />
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<tr><td>WDPS</td><td>250<br />
Haste</td><td>STR</td><td>Bonus Arm/AP</td><td>700<br />
Haste</td><td>Crit</td><td><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">700</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">Haste+</span></td><td>Multistrike</td><td>Versatility</td><td>Mastery</td></tr>
<tr><td>1.26</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.95</td><td>.90</td><td>.62</td><td>.62</td><td>.58</td><td>.55</td><td>.48</td><td>.45<br />
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<span style="background-color: red;">Importable</span> for Ask Mr Robot(edit depending on ilvl):<br />
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If you can Reach 7% Haste:<br />
MainHandDps 1.32<br />
Strength 1.00<br />
AttackPower 0.94<br />
BonusArmor 0.94<br />
Haste < 7% 0.60<br />
CriticalStrike 0.53<br />
Haste 7% + 0.49<br />
Multistrike 0.48<br />
Versatility 0.41<br />
Mastery 0.38<br />
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What this means for us when we hit 100 is the following:<br />
1. Use the Draenic Armor Potion, this is because you get a lot more stat then you would with a strength potion.<br />
2. Use Crit enchants on cloak/neck/rings. This is assuming you made that <span style="background-color: red;">700</span> haste breakpoint with your gear.<br />
3. Get Bonus Armor gear on your Neck, Rings, Cloak and Trinkets, otherwise use the stat priority for the rest of your gear.<br />
4. Mark of the Thunderlord is your best bet for DPS. The Mark of Blackrock looks like it could be competitive, but you don't want to be trying to drop to 50% hp to set it off.<br />
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<u><b>Talents</b></u><br />
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<b>Level 15</b> : Juggernaut / Double Time / Warbringer<br />
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This is definitely just your preference. I like the mobility of Double Time so I usually choose that.<br />
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<b>Level 30</b> : Enraged Regen / Second Wind / Impending Victory<br />
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Impending is a DPS loss, Second Wind isn't as powerful as it used to be, and Enraged seems to be the best with my own testing thus far. I'd still go with Second Wind if I was soloing old content or fights where I was low on health for long periods.<br />
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<b>Level 45:</b> Heavy Repercussions / Sudden Death / <b>Unyielding Strikes</b><br />
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US is currently going to net you the most dps. You should try out heavy repercussions, sudden death and unyielding strikes to choose here. They greatly affect how the rotation feels and if I had to choose, I would do the following:<br />
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HR/SD for PVP where burst is needed.<br />
Otherwise, US with the Cleave Glyph.<br />
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<b>Level 60</b> : Storm Bolt / Shockwave / <b>Dragon Roar</b><br />
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The DPS Difference is enough that I would recommend Dragon Roar. Especially if using Bloodbath below.<br />
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<b>Level 75</b> : Mass Spell Reflection / Safeguard / Vigilance<br />
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I've used MSR all through levelling and dungeons, it's been awesome. But in raids I'd go with safeguard. It's hard to top the 20% damage reduction all the time on your tanks/comrades.<br />
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<b>Level 90</b> : Avatar / <b>Bloodbath</b> / Bladestorm<br />
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Bloodbath unless you have waves of 3+ adds every minute. Avatar if you overgear the fight so bad you won't see a second CD needed or the raid needed some intense dps burn every 3mins.<br />
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<b>Level 100 : GLADIATOR STANCE!!!!!</b><br />
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<b><u>Rotation</u></b><br />
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The Glad rotation will primarily be the similar to the one Protection Warriors have been using all through 5.4. However with the addition of shield charge, it is better to pool rage until you are within a Shield Charge. <br />
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Unyielding Strikes Rotation:<br />
Devastate if under 6 stacks of US and US is about to Fall Off > Bloodbath + Shield Slam + Shield Charge > Revenge > Dragon Roar > Devastate<br />
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Heavy Repercussions Rotation:<br />
Bloodbath + Shield Slam + Shield Charge > Revenge > Dragon Roar > Devastate<br />
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Sudden Death Rotation:<br />
SD Execute > Bloodbath + Shield Slam + Shield Charge > Revenge > Dragon Roar > Devastate<br />
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Optional Execute Rotation:<br />
Simply <b>Execute (Sub 20%)</b> before Devastate at the end of each rotation. Adding in Execute is optional and I cover reasons for and against in another post <a href="http://gladiatorsresolve.blogspot.ca/2014/11/gladiator-warriors-to-execute-or-not-to.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
Example:<br />
Bloodbath + Shield Slam + Shield Charge > Revenge > Dragon Roar > <b>Execute (Sub 20%)</b> Devastate<br />
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For All Rotations Use<b> Heroic Strike</b> to prevent capping rage, or when you get Ultimatum Proc's. Unyielding Strikes users will be using Heroic Strike a lot. Be sure to dump your rage during Shield Charge using Heroic Strike.<br />
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Note: Remember that you can hit Shield Charge and Slam at the same time, and should. You can delay a Shield Charge for 1 Second to allow for an extra Slam inside the charge, but should NEVER Delay Shield Slam.<br />
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<b><u>The Perfect Pull</u></b><br />
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Charge<br />
Bloodbath+Berserker Rage+Shield Charge+Shield Slam<br />
Heroic Strike + Revenge<br />
Heroic Strike + Dragon Roar<br />
Heroic Strike + Devastate<br />
Shield Slam<br />
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Also one side tidbit I found funny with some other Warriors on Twitter was that because some races perform pretty visual jumps, twirls, flips etc on heroic strikes you might be able to look fairly hilarious playing as glad :)<br />
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- Cyc out :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com90tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-53175376265027368852014-08-22T11:39:00.003-07:002014-08-22T11:40:50.787-07:00Gladiator Stance is a GOGladiators!<br />
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I am happy to announce that through some crafty keyword trapping on twitter, I managed to get myself a WoD Beta Key. I've probably entered 40 contests so I'm pretty happy with myself. This guy on twitter asked if anyone wanted a key, and I happened to be on twitter at 10am on a Sunday morning. I responded immediately, opened up my code redemption page in case he responded with the key out loud, and he sure did. I had the fasted copy/paste that day.<br />
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My experiences on Beta as Gladiator have so far been pretty much amazing. Here is why:<br />
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1. Gladiator Stance does good damage. We compete extremely well in single target, and right now with current AOE tuning I can say we're slightly behind. The lack of Ravager at level 100 hurts but there has been mention that current AOE Damage tuning is still being worked on.<br />
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2. Gladiator Stance is extremely fun to play. We have next to NO downtime in our rotation because we have a filler ability that doesn't cost us anything ( devastate ). We also have Heroic Strike, so I expect we hit more buttons than a lot of our DPS comrades.<br />
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3. Some of our concerns have been addressed! While the Blues haven't done a lot of tweeting about us lately, the biggest bug on the Beta was that Heavy Repercussions wasn't actually giving our shield slams that sweet 50% bonus after a shield charge.<br />
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4. Unyielding Strikes is actually good! Sudden Death not so much. Right now Execute hits like a wet noodle (we're missing the execute perk), so you won't want to use Sudden Death. But the damage output between US and Heavy Repercussions is pretty close, so you're able to play an even MORE spammy playstyle if you are missing that burn in your wrist =P.<br />
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5. Survivability. With Shield Barrier, you can very much help the healer out a ton. There have been a few boss situations where it was just me, the tank, and the healer left, and I was having to do my damndest to stay alive. Barrier will put a bubble on you to allow your Blood Craze healing to catch up. Between this and the levels of Resolve you can get with your defensives ( shield wall and demo shout ), you can do a very nice amount of healing.<br />
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Current Issues that still stick out for Glad on Beta:<br />
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- We can't shield charge a Boss that we can't walk up to. Think of Ultraxion. The Shield Charge thankfully doesn't just run you off the cliff haha. It just doesn't work. There is a new Boss in UBRS like this. You fight it on a Bridge.<br />
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I actually recorded a stream of the Beta I played last night. I tanked a dungeon with a Blue! And then I went and killed Bashiok in PVP. To be fair, both Bashiok and myself are PVE Allstars, so that probably helped :).<br />
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Then I also ran the new UBRS as Gladiator! This one is a pretty good example of some bad play at times.. but I had a ton of fun. The only person I was really competing with on the meters was the Tank!<br />
<a href="http://www.twitch.tv/cyclonus_wow/b/560678452">http://www.twitch.tv/cyclonus_wow/b/560678452</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-80650897259722435042014-08-11T12:52:00.002-07:002014-08-12T11:41:18.325-07:0010 Years of Warcraft<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">Alternative Blog has Asked us to answer these questions in an effort to try to get a handle on the WoW collective consciousness, I think it's a great opportunity as we're at the 10 year Anniversary of Warcraft. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">While this is a new Blog, I'm definitely not a new player. Just new to contributing back to this amazing community. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">1. Why did you start playing Warcraft? Having Raided a bit ( as Warrior ) in Everquest, and spending the majority of my teenage years tinkering with an learning computers, so that I could play EQ @ Home.. I was excited for the genre. I saw WoW as the natural next step in MMO Progression. At the time of WOW Launch, I had quit playing EQ in Favour of competitive Counter-Strike and it wasn't until a friend of mine declared WoW a success that I purchased the game and we then LAN'd that entire weekend. He was an Undead Holy Priest, and I was a Tauren Warrior. We cleared Blackfathom Deeps and I can still remember him yelling "HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS" as he got cornered and ruined by about 10 Elementals I spawned when I lit all of the candles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">2. What was the first ever character you rolled?</span><br />
A Tauren Warrior named Kaerthon. This used to be my handle in Counter-Strike and EQ. I levelled him to about 45 before taking a break due to some RL Mixup, and then creating the Tauren Warrior Cyclonus I play today on Mannoroth US. I chose the Tauren because I'm a Taurus, Year of the Ox, and it's a freaking Minotaur.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">3. Which factors determined your faction choice in game? I didn't even question this one as Minotaurs were an option for Horde. And I always played Orcs in Warcraft II. Since then I've played Horde right up until they made it easy to boost characters with the Refer-A-Friend System, and I think I've got a few 60-80 Alliance all over the place now. I have recently payed to Boost a second Warrior ( with the same name ) on Alliance, and have been having a blast challenging Flex runs in Timeless Gear, and pulling it off as Prot. Good knowledge of when to shield barrier goes a loooong way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">4. What has been your most memorable moment in Warcraft and why? Definitely this one right here: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Z7TPlFHII So Proud!. Moofur is my girlfriend and this is just one of those moments. She had started out as a clicker and very frustrated player. She'd had a rough time with Trolls and once we met, and decided to play again, it didn't take long to get her into shape. We now run a 3 year old guild that's nearly done the current tier in Heroics playing only with people we like and we only run 2 nights a week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">5. What is your favourite aspect of the game and has this always been the case? By far the social aspect of the game. Whenever I play, I can make friends, some of which have resulted in decade long lasting friendships. In 40man Raiding I think I spent most of my time chatting with all the people I liked in the raid, and now days I run my own raids, and find myself getting extremely attached :).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">6. Do you have an area in game that you always return to? </span><br />
Blackrock Depths. I always make sure to do this dungeon on my way up when levelling. It's a better dungeon than it used to be, and we're definitely a lot more powerful than we used to be, but it's hard to not be reminded of that candle scenario I mentioned earlier.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">7. How long have you /played and has that been continuous? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"> I've played off and on since October the year of release. I missed out on most of BC Raiding, and End of Wrath Raiding. Just ICC and Everything after Karazhan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">Total Time Played Across All Toons is > 440 Days. Cyclonus being my only major character until Wrath @ 340 Days played.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">8. Admit it: do you read quest text or not? I do now. It wasn't until MoP that I really got into the quests. Before that I'd click through them as fast as they would let me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">9. Are there any regrets from your time in game? Well, I didn't get a Beta invite for WoD. So definitely that I unsubbed... ever. And delete/vendoring all of my gear after Vanilla. I WISH I could have recovered some of that Dreadnaught I had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">10. What effect has Warcraft had on your life outside gaming? It's definitely helped in becoming confident as a leader. I'm a Manager at work and have become very comfortable leading the team. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">I've also made a few friends that have lasted the entirety of the game. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I'm in a 3 year long relationship where my first message to her was Taunt ( not joking ). </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I've been to Blizzcon and am going this year as well, with a lot of friends meeting me there. The way that is going, I think we'll be one of those guilds renting a house soon :).</span><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-85527873303294345092014-07-29T09:59:00.003-07:002014-07-29T10:12:39.738-07:00New Level 45 TalentsHello Gladiator's,<br />
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I've put off this post while I wrapped up doing about 25 different entries for Warlords Beta keys. I've created my own hearthstone card, created Draenor postcards? You name it. However, through use of new media coming from sites like Wowhead and MMO Champ, I will continue to provide this blog as a repository for Gladiator Warrior information aggregated from those sites. Should I end up getting into the Beta, I'll be sure to start generating some video's to go along with these posts.<br />
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Today's topic is our new level 45 Talent row. This a replacement for the removal of Staggering and Disrupting shout, as well as Piercing Howl. What they've done to provide us with a ranged snare is to add the snare to Thunderclap.<br />
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The new Talents:<br />
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<b>Heavy Repercussions - Shield Slam deals 50% additional damage while Shield Block is active.</b><br />
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Previously, a glyph, this should be the more commonly used Talent with our Stance. I expect most Glad's will want to use this as Shield Block gets replaced by Shield Charge, and that will end up giving us a huge bonus to Shield Slam. 30% damage from Shield Charge and 50% from HR.<br />
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<b>Sudden Death - Your autoattack hits have a 10% chance to make your next Execute cost no initial Rage and be usable on any target, regardless of health level.</b><br />
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Previously available as a baseline talent to Arms Warriors, this one should be rarely used as execute hits like a wet noodle for protection, since we don't have the Perk for Execute ( missing 20% damage ) and we're not going to be Executing that much as it is.<br />
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<b>Unyielding Strikes - Devastate reduces the Rage cost of Heroic Strike by 6 for 6 sec, stacking up to 5 times. Once this effect reaches 5 applications, its duration will no longer refresh.</b><br />
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Really the only viable alternative to Heavy Repercussions, this should result in a ton of damage from Heroic Strike. Current Parses were showing that you can actually end up doing slightly more damage with US vs HR as a talent, but remember tuning is not yet done. I'd be interested to see if we end up capping on rage using this talent.<br />
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Overall this is a pretty cool tier of choices as it will greatly affect our rotation, for not only Glad, but all of our spec's.<br />
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- CycUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-31362224574687207482014-07-07T16:37:00.001-07:002014-07-29T10:11:43.493-07:00Defensive Toolkit QuestionsHello Gladiator's,<br />
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I know you're probably staring at that animated gladstance gif ( made by Archimtiros ) and getting pretty excited, but stay with me for a moment.<br />
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Right now the Alpha patch notes appear to have restricted many abilities to defensive stance only. A lot of the raid utility abilities that Fury/Arms get ( like rallying cry ) require you to stancedance to defensive stance prior to being able to cast your rally. The same sort of revision on abilities was seen on some of the Prot Only utility, like mocking banner, and spell reflection. Now, knowing that Gladiator's Resolve replaces defensive stance, raises the question:<br />
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Do we lose out on Prot Only utility when going Gladstance?<br />
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The answer is not perfectly clear.. yet.<br />
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But what I did manage to find out is that their intent is clear in that, you can expect abilities that work for Protection to work for Gladiator.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/Cyclonus_WOW">@Cyclonus_WOW</a> Gladiator Stance is for DPS, but restricted from swapping, so will likely count as both Battle and Defensive.<br />
— Celestalon (@Celestalon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Celestalon/statuses/484954216536891392">July 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Now obviously this doesn't give us the clarity we'd like. But it's definitely a positive response. So if you're concerned, just give the dev's time, they will update patch notes, they will address these questions. In the meantime, did you see the new gladstance animation? It's just below in gif form.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;">Update 7/11/2014</span></span><br />
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We've been given the clarity we requested as seen below, I hope my lucky Beta Gladiator's are wrecking it in there. I plan to do a followup post on our new Talents once the iteration appears to slow down a little.<br />
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hamstring now requires Battle Stance or Gladiator Stance.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Intervene now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mass Spell Reflection now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mocking Banner now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Revenge now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Safeguard now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shield Slam now requires Defensive stance or Gladiator Stance.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Spell Reflection now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Thunder Clap now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.</li>
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- CycUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-44012840405192754492014-06-26T10:55:00.000-07:002014-07-29T10:11:07.133-07:00Just a little post about our new Gladiator Stance Animation<br />
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Gladiator's, the Hype is REAL.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-20279720139970861122014-06-18T10:35:00.001-07:002014-07-29T10:10:41.924-07:00Quick LinkHello Gladiator's.<br />
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Just a quick link to another blog that's focusing more heavily on the theorycrafting:<br />
http://warriordpr.blogspot.com/<br />
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And from said blog comes a pretty sweet video of the new 6.0 fury showing off Headlong Rush ( which has probably already changed ). I'm not sure if you guys like this kind of stuff, but i'm getting really excited for WOD!<br />
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rORmST6sdTc<br />
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- CycUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113740562481427293.post-13540275930629855352014-05-29T14:14:00.003-07:002014-05-29T14:17:58.074-07:00Gladiator's Resolve FAQHello Gladiator's<br />
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A lot of us are too busy defeating dragons, and slaying our enemies to read long-winded super technical blog posts. But, we do care about the Warrior class, and we definitely want to know what the plans are going to be for Warlord of Draenor. Warrior representation was all over the map during MoP in raids, and don't even get me started on pvp. I wanted to compile a list of the most common questions that I see asked, all the time, when it comes to the Gladstance talent for Prot Spec.<br />
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<b>Q Will Gladstance be viable DPS?</b></h3>
A Yes, confirmed over twitter by Celestalon ( and covered in a post below ). We are going to be meant to not only viable, but competitive with Arms and Fury.<br />
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<b>Q Can I tank in Gladstance?</b></h3>
A No, you cannot tank in gladstance, and if you somehow figure out a way to do it, they will fix it. Blizz devs have confirmed the intent is to be a DPS in tank spec. Fulfilling the fantasy of playing a DPS while still wearing a shield.<br />
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<b>Q Can I switch stances to tank?</b></h3>
A Yes, but only once out of combat.<br />
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<b>Q Do I wear Tank Gear or DPS Gear for Gladstance?</b></h3>
A Tank Gear all the way. Remember though, with dodge/parry gone from gear, everyone will be hunting for Bonus Armor, Mastery, Crit, Haste, etc.<br />
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<b>Q Do I care about Bonus Armor as a stat?</b></h3>
A Yes, it was confirmed that it would be an "above-par" stat compared to crit/mastery/haste. You can expect to be in actual tank gear for doing dps in Glad Stance.<br />
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<b>Q Why don't we get Rallying Cry or Demo Banner if we're DPS?</b></h3>
A This is intentional, you get other utility, like shield barrier, shield wall, did I mention the shield and probably excellent parry rating? Oh and the ability to literally hit 1 button ( out of combat ) and become a 3rd tank.<br />
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<b>Q Will I be too Overpowered in Battlegrounds?</b></h3>
A This is blizzard, if you're too overpowered, that's the plan. Everyone will be Overpowered! But seriously, running a flag in BG's will be the same. You'll still want to get into defensive stance ( out of combat ) before you start taking a ton of damage.<br />
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<b>Q Does this mean I can do Blood DPS, Shaman Tank, Warlock Tank, Prot Paladin DPS, or Holy Paladin DPS?</b></h3>
A No. But this IS an experiment, so if you're interested in this experiment, talk about it on twitter, the forums, everywhere, let Blizzard know this is an awesome idea, and let them know what works/doesn't so we can hopefully see this on live. If the experiment went well, of course they'd consider those other classes! They probably talk about it all the time :)<br />
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Once again, the amazing painting is by Miguel Coimbra from http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/myblog/folio.phpUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0