Kivol, 60 lvl warrior - Valhalla

kivol · Poor

Kivol, 60 lvl warrior

Grakhh · Epic

Think you have managed to get all the tanking gear available pre-raid. And thats good.
And Afaik its not so easy to get so much more fr gear without going into MC and get the needed items for DI parts.

Would be nice if you could make a profile with your fr gear so we can see what items you got.

kivol · Poor

Vexxen · Rare

Seems a nice mature application. Some enchants on items and quite reasonable FR and NR shows commitment which is good:)

Talents have been spent in a way that shows you know whats required for tanking... although Id recommend if I may:).. getting rid of improved sunder revenge and improved shield bash as nearly all mobs in end game raids are immune to those effects. Also improved sunder isnt as useful as youd think.. However.. gief 5 points in cruetly^^ extra crit = extra white damage which = extra aggro.

BAd news is that I believe the warrior situation is still under discussion. Weve turned down better geared applicants just recently, and my personal view on any more tanks would be hybrid warriors, which ofc applicants could respec for. In the past weve gotten away with some of our imba dps warriors stepping in when required on certain encounters, which has always worked quite well for us. But you might get lucky, and be invited as a investment:)

Anyway GL on your application. And just one last quick question.. you say you've been playing wow for quite a impressive amount of time... you dont have any other lvl 60's or have you taken extended breaks in the past from the game?

/Vote nuetral

Ashibala · Hekate´s Bitch

/vote yes (since one of our other tanks have recently left us)

Grakhh · Epic

/vote yes for trial

adeban · Epic

voting yes

Is he as fun as thorim then we will have a blast of a time during the raids.

apoptygma · Epic

Voting yes as well as a tank is welcomed. However, one very interesting build 10/0/39 for a lvl 60 char or Allakhazam is bugged again.

Apop

Pizzker · Rare

not the best FR, but as Urghuk is saying, it's pretty hard to get more gimped with FR before going into MC. He seems like a guy we want.

/vote yes for trial!

iliopsoas · Artifact

You seem like an ambitious guy. What abilities do you use when tanking and about in what proportions?

kivol · Poor

1-2 Sunder Armor (use Blood Rage to get good Rage rate from the begin), next Demoralizing Shout and Battle Shout, next Sunder Armor up to 5 in stack, by this time Revenge and Shield Bash if allowed or needed, sometimes Rend. When Sunders are stacked 5 time, i'm doing Thunderclap and start spaming Shield Slam (to get realy huge agro and be sure that mob stay on me).

If mob doesn't have immune for stun i'm doing Conclussion Blow as well as Disarm.

If I lose agro (no option, but.. xDD ), Taunt if CD macro for Mocking Blow, if needen macro for fast Intercept and Taunt/Mocking Blow ;]

Sometimes in other rotation, but i'm trying to do it in this way :)

-- Edited by kivol at 17:36, 2006-09-27

iliopsoas · Artifact

Good answer.

I have never specced more than 17 in prot, but before 1.11 shield slam was not rage-effecient, but now I think it is, but I don't know any reference confirming this.

In for example MC, you will take so much damage so you almost have unlimited rage. This rage can be spent by (between sunders) doing shield-block+revenge combos, and some heroic strikes here and there. But it is pretty tiring.

Damericus · Epic

Tiring or not if he does it he's got my vote. And if Ili say it's a "good answer"...I vote /yes

kivol · Poor

God :) forgot to include shield-block, i'm using this skill too, very often anyway, it lowers dmg which mobs doing to me, talents are improved this effect, when i'm tanking the last phase looks in this way spaming shield slam (generate rage, dispell one benefit spell from enamy target, cost only 20 poinst, only 5 more then heroic strike and i even thing that doing more dmg :P )/revenge/shield block remember about time which is going down on sunders armor ect. (to provide that this effect go out and start stack from one :P )

Szambonurek · Epic

/vote yes for imba polish warrior :)

Vexxen · Rare

Agree ok answer:)

The usual approach to tanking.. say in MC is after a hunter pull with distracting shot, the tank taunts the target, which transfers 2 sunders worth of aggro to you.. and the raid starts dps immediately. Once 5 sunders are up, yep its cool to tank with revenge, shield block (to proc revenge, and stop mob's criting you) HS and other white damage abilities. Thunderclap is usually buffed by another tank as it would require you too switch into battle stance, although stance dancing into beserker mode for beserker rage is handy as well not just for upcoming fears and the like. Although with your gear it would be unlikely that you will be MT'ing sometime soon in MC. Disarm concussive blow and shield bash of very limited to no use in MC and above. Even shield slam which has been accused of not well improving with a players gear isnt that handy... although I like it as its a instant cast I can use when all other abilities are on CD, and it creates some white damage unlike further sunders.

Hekate · The big kahuna

I trust our warriors, vote yes!

smygelfh · Artifact

Accepted for trial. Contact me or an officer to get invited. Welcome to Valhalla.

EDIT

After what you wrote in your application to Delusions when you realized you didnt get in we have decided not to invite you. We dont want immature and unfriendly players in our society,

-- Edited by Damericus at 00:26, 2006-09-30