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Need an Idiots guide to Fury
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Post by
Lorkin
I need some Fury help please! Recently switched spec's (from tanking), and have somewhat decent gear. Using Titansteel Destroyer and Runeblade atm, working on upgrading the rest.
Roughly my stats are:
3300 AP
29% crit
286 Hit Rating
46 Expertise
unbuffed in zerk stance.
Managed to pull 2.2k dps on VoA's boss last night, came in 12th place. Should I be doing better?
Question I have is how much more hit rating (if at all) should I get? The sticky says 168 hit rating but that seems kinda low, since about 35% of my damage is melee white hits. Also whats a good expertise to aim for?
Lastly, is there a better way to determine when
Bloodsurge
procs? I'm now use to Sword and Board procing along with the sound it makes. But I keep forgetting to use slam when Bloodsurge procs. Is there a macro or any other way apart from the icon showing to know when's its active?
Post by
faia
good stat from tank to fury try hold 30% crit rate and expertise bit low
Hit in sticky is just "softcap" for skills to hit not white...white is unreachable atm, but grab hit if you get but not gimp you self over str/crit;)
Eventalert
its just to damn handy! every class and every spec...that got a proc;)
and you title is misleading
Post by
RedShellhead
Hmm... well, VoA isn't a great boss to judge on. If you had a lot of ranged DPS in your party there is a damn good chance you won't be at top. It's just a tricky fight. He has to be moved around a lot due to that damned cloud, and even if you stay on him during that time you may get a couple of parries or dodges as he shuffles back into place. If he isn't moved quickly enough you have to move yourself to avoid the damage. The lunge (tank-swap!) actually leaves a bit of a gap where you can pull aggro if you're not careful, and it plays tricks on the threat as well. The random charge also puts a dent in our DPS because we have to either intercept (expending rage) or run over to him (expending time).
Your stats look good, but with room for improvement. The extra hit should give you some nice rage generation. Expertise is really where you could use a bit more, but I wouldn't worry about it. It'll come with gear. If you have 2/2 Weapon Mastery (and you should) you need 148 expertise rating if you don't have a racial bonus. But again, don't sweat this too much. It's not really worth going nuts about.
As far as Slam! goes... I recommend Power Auras. It provides both an auditory and visual effect to notify you. I've got mine set up in such a way that when it goes off a pair of bright yellow curved borders appear to either side of my character and a sound plays. In between the borders, just over my head, a timer ticks down the seconds/milliseconds left before Slam! expires. Really, people complain about Bloodsurge (and I admit that it's silly that it requires a mod to use effectively) but I've grown rather fond of it since I set it up this way.
Just lock down your attack priorities, time your cooldowns as best you can on Archavon, and you'll be fine.
Post by
Lorkin
Thanks for the suggestion about the Power Auras mod. I ran a regular 10 man VoA last night and it still drove me nuts to have to "look out" for the Bloodsurge icon. I mean, if the default combat display shows when you can execute, I think they should show when bloodsurge procs.
I rearranged my gear, got such items like the Icy Veins Cloak and Mirror of Truth. I lost a bit of hit rating though, for more crit and AP and chance for the mirror trinket to proc. Did well in VoA last night, but the OT died and we ended up wiping. So I had to OT the 2nd attempt. Can someone tell DK's they CAN'T OT if they aren't at least def capped.
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Post by
cosmicguen
Can someone tell DK's they CAN'T OT if they aren't at least def capped.
Nope. Unless they actually know how to play a tanking class before they roll DK it's impossible.
Post by
RedShellhead
Thanks for the suggestion about the Power Auras mod. I ran a regular 10 man VoA last night and it still drove me nuts to have to "look out" for the Bloodsurge icon. I mean, if the default combat display shows when you can execute, I think they should show when bloodsurge procs.
Yes; though possible, using the standard UI for Bloodsurge procs is extremely inefficient, and grows significantly more difficult the more buffs you have. In a 25 man raid it's damned difficult to spot the proc and weave it into a rotation in an effective way during the duration.
There are several different options; Power Auras, SlamAlert, EventAlert. Whatever works for you, but I don't suggest Fury-ing without one. I can't speak for the others, but Power Auras has worked quite nicely for me, and it comes with a small file complete with screenshots showing the basics of setting it up.
Post by
Rubendesmet619
Can someone tell DK's they CAN'T OT if they aren't at least def capped
I tanked heroics with les then 500defence(it's my offspec) without problems. Hey I needed Heroes chest and needed the emblems somhow+I $%^&ing love tanking 5-mens, in raids im a furyguy though.
Defcap is nice but ffs dont pretend like your gone get one-shotted on a damn weak bos that gets solo healed easely on 10-men.
Post by
faia
i did kind a link a addon that easy show you bloodsurge proc(its slam on a icon middle of screen uncustomed)
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Post by
Lorkin
Thanks faia for the suggestion for Eventalert. I decided to try that mod and it works wonderfully. Is there a way to move the icon in the middle of the screen to the top or somewhere else? I think the sound is enough for me to remember to push it.
Bumped my dps by another ~300 this weekend.
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