Tag Protection

John Barrymore April 18, 2024 8 minutes
This blog post discusses the class changes for Paladins in Blizzard's War Within update. For Holy Paladins, the changes focus on replacing Light of the Martyr with a passive spell and moving more of their throughput into baseline spells. For Retribution Paladins, the changes aim to make secondary stats more appealing and create more flexibility between single target and AoE builds.
John Barrymore March 19, 2024 2 minutes
The blog post discusses the return of the Dinar currency in Dragonflight Season 4, which serves as a form of bad luck protection for raid loot. While the details of how players will acquire the currency are unknown, it is speculated that it will be earned through a weekly quest. The post also clarifies that the Dinar system was not considered too generous in a previous season of the game.
John Barrymore March 06, 2024 4 minutes
In this blog post, our Protection Warrior guide writer offers an early review of the Colossus Warrior Hero Talents for Protection. While addressing interesting talent interactions, the post also discusses the lack of fulfillment in delivering the fantasy of a tank that strategically uses their strikes to dismantle enemies.
John Barrymore February 22, 2024 3 minutes
This blog post discusses the drop rate and bad luck protection for the legendary weapon Nasz'uro, the Unbound Legacy in World of Warcraft. It provides insights into the drop rate on different difficulties and highlights important conclusions for players seeking to obtain the weapon.
John Barrymore January 25, 2024 4 minutes
In this blog post, the author discusses their thoughts on the design and gameplay of the Protection Paladin in the Dragonflight expansion. They analyze the changes that were made and offer their wishlist for improvements in the upcoming War Within expansion. The author provides personal insights and suggestions for enhancing the gameplay experience of the Protection Paladin spec.
John Barrymore January 04, 2024 4 minutes
This blog post offers an early review of the Mountain Thane Hero Talents for Protection Warriors in the upcoming expansion, The War Within. The talent tree focuses on enhancing Thunder Clap and Avatar abilities, adding more AoE damage, and providing occasional bursts of damage and cooldown reduction. While it lacks defensive benefits, the tree is designed to reinforce the playstyle of Protection Warriors and make tanking more enjoyable.
John Barrymore December 26, 2023 4 minutes
Blizzard's upcoming expansion, The War Within, will introduce the new Lightsmith Paladin Hero Talent Tree, featuring the Holy Armaments ability. However, this blog post suggests that the ability may be too complex, requiring coordination and adding visual clutter to the game. The author provides analysis and suggestions for improvement, highlighting the need for a balance between complexity and player satisfaction.
John Barrymore November 29, 2023 3 minutes
Blizzard has provided details on how players can obtain the Fyr'alath Legendary in the game, explaining the different ways to acquire it and the mechanics of Bad Luck Protection. Players can obtain Fyr'alath through Personal Loot or Mythic Group Loot, with higher chances on higher difficulties. There is also Bad Luck Protection from killing Fyrakk every week, with smaller protection from random bosses on Heroic or Mythic difficulty.
John Barrymore October 03, 2023 4 minutes
In this blog post, we discuss the changes to the Season 3 Tier Set bonus for Protection Warriors in Patch 10.2. We analyze whether the changes are a buff or a nerf and how it affects the tanking class in different types of content, including raids and Mythic+. The post also explores some peculiar interactions and potential optimizations with the new tier set bonus.