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Supreme Manual of Dance

Item Level 1
Binds when picked up

Use: Teaches a follower the Dancer trait.
"All a follower needs to know about smooth moves - Johnny Castle"

Max Stack: 20

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Warlords of Draenor
Follower Guide

Warlords of Draenor Garrison
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Comment by tmptfate

This item is obtained from Garrison Missions and is for both factions.

The mission that rewards this item for your followers is The Dance Studio and has a chance of appearing for players starting at level 90.

Mission - The Dance Studio:

Min follower level: 90
Followers Required: 1
Follower "Away" Time: 30 min
Type: Rare

Comment by Karadine

Got this from a 100% success chance mission (so any follower will succeed, no matter level or abilities).

As of beta, this item doesn't do anything, but I'm going to take a guess that this is a stand-in item for something you can use to upgrade a standard follower to rare/epic (sort of like battle pet stones)

Comment by Malvenue

Reportedly the item causes your followers to form a conga line around your garrison however as of right now it does nothing.

Yet.

Comment by TheStatman

When used on a follower, this replaces one of the Traits your follower has.

This give the Dancer trait - "Your lithe moves help you skip out of danger zones a bit more quickly."

Once learned, my follower didn't do anything different out in my garrison, no new ability to dance, no response to /dance emote, nothing new if choosing them to go on patrol.

Comment by blupache

OK, as of the current (12-Oct) beta this is now working.

It randomly replaces one of your traits with Dancer - which counters Danger Zones.

This is notable for two reasons:
1) You've got no control of which trait you lose - use it at your own risk
2) It's a trait, not an ability. So you can use this to create a follower who'll counter 3x threats when they're at level 100 epic, rather than the standard 2x available from abilities.

Note 1: This also means you should probably avoid giving it to a follower who has-or-might-get a Danger Zone counter naturally (i.e. only give it to a rare/epic follower who already has 2 abilities, or to warlock/dk/paladin followers)

Note 2: in the mission interface it'll show that the follower counters Danger Zones, and the Dancer trait mentions "skipping out of danger zones", but the trait's mouseover doesn't (currently) show the Danger Zones icon. Given that it displays properly on wowhead, I expect a future beta build will fix the tooltip. The danger zone icon displays properly on live.

Note 3: The Dancer trait is not as strong as a normal Danger Zone ability counter. I had three epic 100 followers for a level 93 mission which had 35% baseline success. One had Danger Zone (100% chance + 32 xp bonus), one had Dancer (83% chance), one had nothing (59% chance). So their increased success chance was more than +65% (danger zone ability), +48% (dancer) & +24% (nothing). So my best guess is Dancer is somewhere between 2/3rds and 1/2 of a regular counter.

Comment by 00Zee

A reference to the film 'Dirty Dancing' - Johnny Castle was one of the main characters played by Patrick Swayze.

Comment by PositveRoleModel

I submitted a ticket about this issue since I used it on Weaponsmith Na'Shra, replacing her Blacksmithing trait accidentally. Here's the response:

The main issue here is that there is NO warning that it will replace a trait like when you place a new enchant over an existing enchant or you swap out a gem in a socket of you gear. If there was I would not have used it on the only follower obtained through questing in all of Draenor with a specific profession trait. I assumed it would add a Bonus trait in addition to the existing traits, not replace a trait. I know that getting an Inn to level two lets you choose professions traits for a follower. That doesn't lessen the fact that this item and the Hearthstone Strategy Guide replace traits that many people who enjoy professions in WoW seek out on the follower that has them and before they can even upgrade their small profession building in their garrison to level two they have lost the ability to assign the follower to that building.

Comment by magik8ball

I want to use this, but I'm scared that it will replace something important like bodyguard on one of my followers.

Comment by hanco007

Can confirm that this item will replace your one and only trait, was hoping it would add a second, but not to be. So consider yourself warned.

Comment by ZekkDistor

I used this manual on one of my followers, but I think it's currently bugged. When I click on a mission with an enemy who has 'danger zones', the ability does not appear on the follower in the list of followers, and when you hover over the ability, it does not show that it is a counter for danger zones. The text however, does state this.

Comment by Dostovic

My level 94 follower being set to a level 93 mission with Danger Zone only received a 78% chance to complete the mission with the Dancer trait.

Level 96 without counter had a lower chance and a follower with the real Danger Zone counter had usual 100%.

So it seems this will help, but not completely counter Danger Zones.

If anyone else can help to verify numbers that would be great.

Comment by DrunkenHyena

While the trait replaced is random, it seems that it chooses the trait from the current, visible list. This implies that the safest bet is to use it on an Uncommon follower since you'll know which trait will be replaced (only 1 trait is shown). I've only tries the manual once and this worked.

Comment by ilostmahbucket

Only way to get three abilities on a follower. Do not waste this.

Wait to use it until you have an epic follower with three traits all of which are not vital.

However, please note http://imgur.com/IB5d3xG
The ability counter from dancer for danger zones is weaker than another follower's main ability that counters danger zones. But even nerfed this is an awesome follower upgrade.

Comment by mudplayerx

How/where do you use this?

In my garrison, I right click this, but the cursor never ungreys when I hover over a follower.

Comment by Melandroso

As others have stated, this is a trait and not an ability. It is however not quite as strong as the ability.

For instance, I now have a solo lvl 99 mission available (Gronn with the Wind) which has a single opponent with the Danger Zones. While my green lvl 100 follower with a "real" ability to counter it gives the mission a 100% success rate, my lvl 100 dancing Death Knight only gives a 78% success rate.

Comment by Lichiana

It should be noted this is a 100% success mission with no followers assigned, so a good mission to gain xp on low level followers.

Comment by Bethania

For me this manual overwrote the first trait listed and replaced it with Dancer which overcomes Danger Zones. Unfortunately the epic follower I used it on was already able to overcome Danger Zones but after the Dance ability was added he was not able to overcome two instances of Danger Zones on a mission. I am raising a bug to see if this is a fault, or working as intended.

Comment by xpolockx

I noticed that when acquiring this, that my follower felt the need to maul Johnny Castle to get it according to the mission animation. So much for the dance lesson...

Comment by madara666

there I was hoping I could force my followers to dance for me..

Comment by wisedada

Do not use this on Nat Pagle!

He's the only follower in game with fishing as a skill, so hes the only follower that can be assigned to the fishing shack. If you re-roll his traits, he'll lose fishing, and you'll be forever fishermanless!

(credit to Iamcashew from Wowinsider)

Comment by Eillesthis

In my view you should use this on an uncommon (green) follower with a useless single trait, because you know what it will replace. Yes, there is a small chance the follower will learn one of the other counters to Danger Zones as she increases in quality. But there is a greater chance that you won't get any epic (purple) followers with all useless traits. And if you do, you just might want to use Follower Re-training Certificate on them.

Comment by Gambolputty

The following follower classes cannot learn to counter Danger Zones naturally:

All Death Knights
All Paladins
All Warlocks
Resto Druids
Frost Mages
Resto and Elemental Shamans

This means that you can safely use the Supreme Manual of Dance on them at uncommon or rare quality, without fearing that they will also gain the ability to counter Danger Zones when they become epic.

Comment by chexmixultimate

So glad I checked Wowhead first--I was just going to assign it to whichever follower I thought would look the most ridiculous dancing for me.

Comment by NinjaLooterLoveU

An unintended result of this item: Everyone hates Johnny Castle. (even if you didn't even watch the dang movie)

*WARNING* this will REPLACE a trait.

No text will tell you this.
No warning.
No recovering.

Use this on your favorite, rare, only 1 time per quest line follower, and they are a Chico State University Dancer.
Blizzard will not fix this for you.
The GM will not fix this for you.

You are stuck, out of luck.

The only way to even hope to change this is by waiting for months and months and months for the rare mission to pop up that gives you a random trait respect. So you'll have to do follower quests back to back every 2-10 hours for years to hope to get your taunt, or profession trait back. 1.5 years I'm guessing. VERY VERY VERY ANNOYING, and could be easily fixed by adding the text or a warning dialog box. Again, 1.5 years on a patch for this, if ever.

Troll all your friends with this, "Yeah it adds dance," and get promoted to worst friend ever in 2 seconds. :(

Comment by Highone

@Sounder, you have a point in principle but if you apply to a spec/class that CANNOT gain a counter to danger zones, you will know exactly what you get for what you pay ;) (Please see post from Gambolputty for more details)

@DrunkenHyena, having two danger zones counter on same follower will not benefit you at all.

Comment by druunah

After reading and considering all the warning here. I've decided to put these in storage until such time (if any) that Blizzard fixes these to either: {a} Post a warning message before using; or {b} Making them add an extra trait, instead of replacing a random one you may wish to keep.

Comment by darkflow

Dear god, this needs a warning before applying, i just mis-clicked it on my green follower and replaced it's only trait, Scavenger, yep #$%^ me.

Comment by JennyFoxx

But do they dance? o.O

Comment by Aaahead

This seems to never replace the same four guaranteed, apparently permanent traits that Follower Re-training Certificate and Hearthstone Strategy Guide seem to never replace:

1. Bodyguard (on Talonpriest Ishaal, Tormmok, Defender Illona / Aeda Brightdawn, Delvar Ironfist / Vivianne, and Leorajh)
2. Evergreen (on Phylarch the Evergreen)
3. Combat Experience (on Blook)
4. Angler (on Nat Pagle)

Update: I'm not sure if there's a way of verifying this; so far there's just an absence of exceptions in forum posts from people who have tried it, and people confirming that it replaced other traits on these followers. It would be interesting to know what happens if someone tried using Supreme Manual of Dance or Hearthstone Strategy Guide on a green (common) Blook; he's the only follower in the list who can start out common, with only one trait.

Comment by Heif6

This is NOT a fatal problem. I applied this to Olin, not intending to lose his JC ability but ended up losing that trait. You can recruit a new follower at the Inn who has the trait/profession that you lost. New JC recruited: Done! I agree that it needs a tooltip warning or pop up warning, but that won't come until a patch as tool tips apparently can't be hot fixed.

Comment by nitrous

There are 12 easily recruitable followers with a guaranteed profession trait. With a level 3 Garrison, you will need at most 5 followers with a profession trait - Mining, Herbalism, Skinning (Barn), 2x profession buildings. Everything else would be useless to you, unless you plan on changing professions and you don't want to build an Inn/Tavern.
Therefore, it looks like that the guaranteed way to remove an unneeded trait from a follower is while its quality is uncommon.
That way it has only 1 trait to replace, giving you 100% chance of applying Dancer. Raising the quality to rare and epic gives you respectively 50% / 33% chance to replace the bad one and 50% / 67% chance to lose a good one.
Of course, nothing stops the follower from getting a profession trait while upgrading, but the chance is low.

Correct me if I'm wrong, this is untested and is solely based on logic.

Comment by Leilameda

Can be used twice on the same follower if you have it 2 times. BUT it will replace itself, can't be learnd twince! Here is a video of me wasting it: http://www.twitch.tv/soulre4ver/b/603403988

Comment by gimolos

The danger zone counter from this item appears to be bugged. I used a follower(Blook) and used this on a blue version of him, replacing a garbage trait and keeping his combat experience. However when using him to counter danger zones, it did not get me to 100% success as it did when I put a different follower into the mission who had an ability to counter that naturally, even though that follower had no other + to success modifiers like the one Blook comes with. In other words, at least the tooltip is not showing the proper success chances(too low) when this trait is used to counter danger zones.

I hit 95% on a mission with all threats countered + combat experience, when swapping out to a different follower I got the expected 100%. I ran it with Blook anyway because I want him epic and the mission succeeded.

Comment by tregi

Dont use it on a follower with SCAVENGER!

Comment by Aaahead

I think this never replaces the same four guaranteed, apparently permanent traits that Follower Re-training Certificate and Hearthstone Strategy Guide seem to never replace:

1. Bodyguard (on Talonpriest Ishaal, Tormmok, Defender Illona / Aeda Brightdawn, Delvar Ironfist / Vivianne, and Leorajh)
2. Evergreen (on Phylarch the Evergreen)
3. Combat Experience (on Blook)
4. Angler (on Nat Pagle)

I'm not sure if there's a way of verifying this; so far there's just an absence of exceptions in forum posts from people who have tried it. It would be interesting to know what happens if someone tried using Supreme Manual of Dance or Hearthstone Strategy Guide on a green (common) Blook; he's the only follower in the list who can start out common, with only one trait.

Comment by Punie

This item replaces a trait into Dancer

Before using the item: http://i.imgur.com/v5Uue0X.jpg?1

After the item has been used: http://i.imgur.com/bquPrhO.jpg?1

Result: http://i.imgur.com/2Z4XOFo.jpg?1 → http://i.imgur.com/ohDvYDN.jpg?1

Keep in mind that the trait's danger zone counter is weaker than the actual danger zone counter ability.

Comment by Connus

First comment ever on Wowhead after 8 years of being a reader -- so cut me some slack here!

Alright, I never got this mission on my Main, go figure, but I just got it on my Alt and its awesome. You guys know how Blook Blook has Combat Experience (which increases his success chance of every mission), I was wondering if any of you have any first hand experience of giving epic Blook (with 2 main traits and 3 sub traits) this Dance trait. I ask because a character with 2 main traits, the subtrait of combat experience and subtrait of dance would be the world's best follower. However, since combat experience is such a good sub trait I don't want to risk losing that for Dancer, but wouldn't give a crap if say he lost an alchemy subtrait or something.

Any opinions?

Comment by Unrelatedto

Does anyone know if multiple instances of the trait on different followers help counter 1 danger zones?

For example you have a mission at 90%, you replace a trait off one of those followers that won't change the % chance of the mission with the dancer trait, that brings it to 97%, you do the same for another follower in the mission will that make that 100% asuming no other bonuses are lost?

Comment by skip029

Does not ADD trait, it replaces. Even if you have 1 or 2 traits, it will replace one of those.

Comment by Razzleberrie

I applied 2 Supreme Manuals of Dance to the same follower. He now seems to have a full Danger Zones counter. (i.e., swapping him into a mission with Danger Zones gives me the same percent chance of success as swapping a different lvl 100 follower with a Danger Zones counter.)

Comment by goreb

I just confirmed on Greatmother Geyah that having two active dancer traits functions with the same strength as one danger zone ability.

On a mission with Ulna Thresher:
A natural danger zones ability gave me a 87% chance

Greatmother with (x1) dancer gave me 60ish%
Applying the second dancer to give me (x2) total dancer gave me a 87% chance.

Comment by Eillesthis

Abilities counter threats and do not stack. If one of the bosses has Danger Zones, and one of your followers has a counter ability, adding another follower to the party with another counter does not increase mission success chance.

Traits, while weaker, increase your chance of success under certain conditions, and do stack. If you're fighting in the jungle, the more followers with Guerilla Fighter, the more buffs you get, and the higher the chance of success

This trait is thus great, even if you already have a counter to Danger Zones, as it can help help you compensate for missing another threat counter, or being under geared, or any other reason you're not at 100%. Certainly more missions have Danger Zones than are fought in a jungle.

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