Thread: WAR 2.1 Patch Notes

Originally Posted by Garnatian

I don't think it's quite fair comparing Rampart to IB/Storm's Path mostly because you aren't going to use the ability guaranteed as soon as it comes off CD, while there is no reason not to use IB/Storm's Path whenever available. That and it's use will not differ from fight to fight, while things like Block/Parry will depending on what abilities the mob uses.

You aren't using Inner Beast to take on one autoattack before a Landslide swing, either. That would be a waste. You're using Inner Beast right before the Mountain Buster, so that you take out a significant amount of damage from the attack. Hell, you never used Inner Beast on cooldown -- you just used it after the attack instead of before.

Originally Posted by PiedPiper

As you can see, using numbers that, while rounded, are actually rather accurate to current raid conditions, defiance and shield oath are nearly equal. Shield oath has a very minor advantage (0.8%).

You could just as well say the damage is 7499, and that PLD is therefore 4.16% ahead. Neither are a meaningful result. A healing bonus will not allow your tank to survive a big hit, and neither bonus is relevant to that. The more accurate comparison is that Shield Oath reduces the amount of healing required by 20% while Defiance reduces it by 16.667%. Natively, a healer has to spend 4.16% more time and MP healing. You could then include other aspects, such as blocking, self-healing, and the net effect of mitigation abilities. Again, there's a lot to it.

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Originally Posted by whiskeybravo

Does Holmgang (as of this moment) have any real use?

Right now, not much. You can lock down the second WP boss with it when it runs off. It's pretty blah right now.