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Colossus Smash

Colossus Smash
Melee Range

Instant	20 sec cooldown

Requires Warrior
Requires level 81

Requires Melee Weapon
Requires Battle Stance
Smashes a target for 150% Physical damage and causes your attacks to bypass all of their armor for 6 sec. Bypasses less armor on players. Using this ability in Defensive Stance activates Battle Stance.

Buff

Colossus Smash

Defenses weakened, allowing the Warrior's attacks to bypass 100% of armor.
6 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

6 seconds

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

None

Range

5 yards (Combat)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

20 seconds

GCD

1.5 seconds

Forms

Battle Stance

Effect #1

Normalized Weapon Damage
Value: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Ignore Armor %
Value: 100%

Effect #3

Weapon Damage - %
Value: 150

Effect #4

Dummy
Value: 6
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Comment by Septimus

Could be used in conjunction with some other abilities to give Arms an extremely strong opener in PvP.

Pop Deadly Calm, Charge, Colossus Smash, Mortal Strike (Hopefully critting). This should leave you with enough rage for a Throwdown/Piercing Howl-Bladestorm Combo.

Comment by Bobaloo

Nobody's mentioned this yet?

Deary me...

COLOSSUS SMASH!

Comment by ArMeDSuRvIvOr

ME SMASH! YOU DIE!

Comment by doom1992

Due to the changes of sudden death, this now replaces execute in the rotation of and arms warrior. Execute now is what it should be, and that's an extra, powerful attack usable only to finish off enemies.

Comment by Korbu

According to my math, not considering the procs from Sudden Death, Colossus Smash has about a 33% uptime, which equates to 33% ArP over time (Correct me if i'm missing some equation). Most WotLK DPS Warriors, have more than twice that as Passive ArP, if not hard capped on ArP. Colossus Smash seems to be a poor substitute for the removal of ArP. Especially to the most ArP dependant class in the entire game.

Comment by G00dG4m3

No armor too tough!

EDIT: Too bad they changed the icon, I liked the one before -_-

Comment by DrTaint

I've noticed that my attacks hit nearly twice as hard with this ability while i'm questing, but haven't tested much against player targets. Generally my rotation is charge, rend, CS, MS, OP and I try to throw in a HS if i have the rage to spare. If I get a sudden death proc, I wait until CS fades from the target before reapplying CS unless it would delay a MS or OP.

Comment by Ski187

Finally, I go through tauren paladins like gnomish mages.

Comment by Zelda89

Interestingly enough this is a debuff instead of a buff on the warrior. Id love it to work for all players attacking the target, but i assume it only works for the warrior using the spell.
This ability is what warrior will be based around in arenas.

Comment by cmppayne26542

They remove armor penetration and give a ridiculous buff to it =/

Comment by Amante

Does this make all of your attacks bypass armor for 6 seconds, or just autoattacks?

Comment by doom66

Well i think all your attacks bypass armor not just the autoattacks

Comment by Jmgone

The question everyone should be asking is: Does this bypass enemy bubbles?
I wanna see the face of the enemy.
The last 6 seconds a mage should be worried about living

Comment by bullandrood

REAGAN SMASH
REAGAN SMASH
*not enough rage*
REAGAN...sleepy.

Comment by Johnadams

Wondering if anyone else has noticed it does not show for just the warrior using it in a raid setting with more the one warrior using it it may be possible for warriors to have near 100% upkeep if communicating. Anyone have data to show that?

Comment by Ektasy

I must say that "smashing through their armor" sounds a little brutal on clothies. I can imagine a plate armor being "smashed through" but a simple dress? Auch.

Comment by Merylyan

Warriors, the only class that strips naked its foes before hacking/bashing/cutting them.

Comment by Maelwys

I'm trying to understand why Defensive Stance doesn't have access to this.

"Best defense is a good offense."

Comment by G00dG4m3

I'm trying to understand why Defensive Stance doesn't have access to this.

"Best defense is a good offense."

Tank Destroyer any1?

EDIT: Spelling

Comment by elitearthas

any tanks out there think it is a good idea to use this?
since it hits hard, makes target have 0 armour and can be used immediately after changing stance.

Comment by G00dG4m3

I guess not, even if tank does swim in rage during the fight, it is pretty pointless, as you simply could generate at least 4 times the threat you do w/ this move simply due to not being in def stance.

Comment by Orthis

Lowered to 50% penetration against players, but remains 100% for PVE in patch 4.1
An overnerf in my opinion.

Comment by cuteflower

The difference between CS and ArP is CS doesn't seem to be cap limited, according to some beta testers. 100% ArP really only means a 100% reduction in a portion of a targets armor, which is actually less then the targets total armor. In other words, if you had 100% ArP, the target would still have some quantity of effective armor mitigating your attacks. With CS, it appears to ignore the total armor, meaning there is no residual armor mitigating your attacks during its uptime. So, if this is indeed true, its inaccurate to say 33% CS uptime is equal to 33% static ArP - its actually more valuable then that, depending on target level.

By Necronom on 10/10/2010 (Patch 3.3.5)

ArP will always have a diminishing effect.

when dr≤1/3(A≤C/2)，ARP=arp;
when dr>1/3(A>C/2)，ARP=arp/(dr*3).

DR=A*(1-arp/MAX(dr*3,1))/(A*(1-arp/MAX(dr*3,1))+C).

We calculated (in Pathch 3.3 when ArP still existed) when you had 100% ArP,there was always a 2.026% dr cap (or more,depanding sunder armor, faerie fire and boss level ) .

And CS is "to bypass armour",which is simply to set the target armour = 0.

This is the meaning of the difference mentiioned by Necronom.

Now I am very curious about this 100% to 70% nerf. This nerf would make CS work nearly the same way as Arp----------A*(1-sunder armor)*70%. (nearly: CS has no diminishing effect).

Need some tests to prove I guess.

Comment by Nethris

Well, blizzard did what a lot of people have been waiting (or dreading) for 6 years: Balance a skill differently for pve and pvp with different effects. Whether this trend will continue or whether will it be just a PTR test remains to be seen, but at least I am excited that blizz finally gives in on the fact that some skills just have to be balanced differently for pve/pvp.

Comment by Katalo

FOS RU DAH

Comment by WyvernVJ

Buffs and debuffs map (5.4.2)

Buffs

Stats
Effect: +5% Strength, Agility, and Intellect
Brought by: Any Druid (Mark of the Wild), any Monk (Legacy of the Emperor), and any Paladin (Blessing of Kings).

Stamina
Effect: +10% Stamina
Brought by: Any Priest (Power Word: Fortitude), any Warlock (Dark Intent), and any Warrior (Commanding Shout).

Attack Power
Effect: +10% melee and ranged attack power
Brought by: Any Death Knight (Horn of Winter), any Hunter (Trueshot Aura), and any Warrior (Battle Shout).

Spell Power
Effect: +10% spell power
Brought by: Any Mage (Arcane Brilliance/Dalaran Brilliance), any Shaman (), and any Warlock (Dark Intent).

Haste
Effect: +10% melee and ranged haste
Brought by: Frost and Unholy Death Knights (Unholy Aura), any Rogue (Swiftblade's Cunning), and Enhancement Shamans ().

Spell Haste
Effect: +5% spell haste
Brought by: Balance Druids (Moonkin Aura), Shadow Priest (Shadowform), and Elemental Shamans ().

Critical Strike
Effect: +5% ranged, melee, and spell critical chance
Brought by: Guardian and Feral Druids (Leader of the Pack), windwalker Monks (Legacy of the White Tiger) and any Mage (Arcane Brilliance/Dalaran Brilliance).

Mastery
Effect: +3000 mastery
Brought by: Any Paladin (Blessing of Might), and any Shaman (Grace of Air).

Debuffs

Weakened Armor
Effect: -12% armor
Brought by: Any Druid (Faerie Fire), any Rogue (), and any Warrior ().

Physical Vulnerability
Effect: +4% physical damage taken
Brought by: Frost and Unholy Death Knights ( and Ebon Plaguebringer), Retribution Paladins (), and Arms and Fury Warriors (Colossus Smash).

Magic Vulnerability
Effect: +5% spell damage taken
Brought by: Any Rogue (), and any Warlock ().

Weakened Blows
Effect: -10% physical damage done.
Brought by: Blood Death Knights (), Feral and Guardian Druids (Thrash and Thrash), Brewmaster Monks (Keg Smash), Protection or Retribution Paladins (Hammer of the Righteous), any Shaman (Earth Shock), any Warlock (), and any Warrior (Thunder Clap).

Slow Casting
Effect: -50% casting speed (-25% on players)
Brought by: Any Death Knight (), Arcane Mages (Slow), any Rogue (), and any Warlock ().

Mortal Wounds
Effect: -25% healing received
Brought by: Arms or Fury Warriors (Mortal Strike and Wild Strike), any Rogue (Wound Poison), any Hunter (), and Windwalker Monks (Rising Sun Kick).

Note: Buffs and debuffs provided by pets, profession perks, items and any other NPC are left out on purpose.

Comment by rayquaza11

A more in-depth guide to Colossus Smashing than the Spellbook...

This ability is the most important part of an arms warrior's rotation. Armor is a stat that decreases physical damage done to a unit, and since warriors only do physical damage, this armor-removing debuff is essentially a direct buff to all the warrior's damaging abilities. From what I've seen from theorycrafting sources, the percent increase in damage done in PvE is approximately 35% — a massive bonus to your dps.

Tip #1: Always use this ability first in your rotation when available (but not until Mists releases and warriors lose their t13 bonus, which sometimes applies the CS debuff with Mortal Strike and Bloodthirst) so all the subsequent abilities benefit from the CS debuff.

Tip #2: Your passive ability Sudden Death will sometimes reset the cooldown of Colossus Smash while the CS debuff is still on the target. Always wait until the debuff expires or is about to expire to use Colossus Smash again, this way you'll maximize the amount of time the CS debuff will be on the target. Don't pay attention to the shiny spinning glow around the CS icon!

Comment by idhauntthat

The tooltip says "bypasses less armor on players". Good ole' vague blizz tooltips strike again! Does anyone know exactly how much less armor is bypassed against players after using this ability? What is the % against players?

Comment by predatorpain

So will using this with shattering throw bring the enemy armor to -20%?

Comment by Zarac

Debuffs that share the same effect: +4% physical damage taken

Death Knight Frost | Unholy
| Ebon Plaguebringer

Druid
Faerie Fire

Paladin Retribution

Warrior Arms / Fury
Colossus Smash

Hunter
Bird of Prey - Boar - Porcupine - Ravager - Rhino - Worm

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