Whirlwind SW observation

[TheExorcist]

Magroth at Trial 146:
I wonder wat makes the shield slam thing so high? I absolutely have no idea. Just play play play

[TheExorcist]

bf the updating as we all know the most difficult boss for a Battle Rage whirlwind shield warrior is: Kara
I even have to use my DW assistance to beat Kara at 140 so that I could progress further at 141 etc

How bout after the updating: Kara is still a "MF son of a B": but but but 1st & 2nd attempt:

[Turgeon]

Black guard set add 1 charge when youre below 30% health not 50%.

[Kardinaal]

The “real” shield block uptime will be higher than in my calculations ofcourse:

- you start with 3 charges so that’s 15s extra uptime
- blackguards set adds 1 charge per 30s, if you manage to drop below 50% health consistently

So the effects I showed in my earlier posts are bigger in reality. The math however… Too hard .

And blackguards is hard to consistently trigger, especially in the boss stage. Mind you it can be done on most bosses. allthough it takes some pretty ballsy face tanking of dragon flames, timing with Elronds leach thingy, carefully catching meteors (the smaller ones that come in 3’s, take 1 to the face),… The only boss that gives me problems to trigger is Kara, I have to stop using shockwave healing so she can drop me down enough.

Use these tips with caution, I have a huge life pool and shockwave provides a nice ammount of heal.

[TheExorcist]

I'm very happy
With the old build Im stuck with Elban at 143
A few minute ago try my luck with our new updating thing. Thank you tank you tank you the Dev etc

repeat again: timin more better (same trial)

3rd attempt:
well there is no such thing as 4th attempt ( 3 is enough)

[Kardinaal]

those are my stats and trial level.


also: something else. I noticed the 500 block rate the sword and board passive gives, does not show in the character stats. Which means 3100 block from gear would be enough to hit the 195% breakpoint with shield block active.

[Kardinaal]

Did some further checking on the effects of the belt of the whirling storm, just out of curiosity. Numbers are from my fl boardy.

Whirlwind has a 7s cooldown with the belt, meaning I can fit 2 activations of the belt in one 18s cooldown on shield block (- 4 from 2 activations leaves 14s cooldown on Sb).

This would bring Sb uptime to a whooping 35%, for around 3500 average power extra (a gain of 160).

Now there’s another aspect to keep in mind. I have a 4.2 s deadly throw. That would go to roughly 3 seconds with the belt. Which means I can do roughly 25% more deadly Throws, which is the same damage boost the girdle would give me, even a bit more. And at a bit of extra power…

So belt of the whirling storm might be a smidge better compared to girdle of heroism. If you can keep up with the constant deadly throws that is…

[Turgeon]

With the new update without changing anything to my build except charge for BR. I did 142 on first try in less then 6 min
imo SW now top reachable trial will be around 150

[Kardinaal]

Ar is terribly important yes. The more uptime shield block has, the more you have that huge power bonus active.

On my fire Lilly boardy I got 40% cooldown reduction (ar on every piece of gear). To keep it easy, 18s cooldown on shield block, that’s 5 seconds on 12 seconds off, so around 30% uptime.

The ‘regular’ 2000 ar gives you 30% CDR, Sb cooldown is around 20s so around 25% uptime.

That means you can calculate your average power gain (assuming 3600 block rating + 500 + 4000):

30% of 8100 = 2700 average power gain

25% of 8100 = 2025 average power gain



On my fire Lilly boardy I gain way more from that 5% CDR, since I stack way more block rating than the 3600 breakpoint. I have 5534 block, giving me an average power boost of 3340. Add to that another 4760 power from well… power for 8100 total.

[TheExorcist]

I wonder (LB aside)

Related to Trial 142

1. When I put power for all empty slot etc I get 4859 value at the hero attribute. AR is 34% with integralas: And used the 121% CD - 2034 CD Damage all

I fail to beat TBD for months

2. When I discard all power and exchange it for all vitality I get a mere 3800 somethin power ( 1K difference). AR is 1800 with integralas. And used just a mere 93% CD - 2006 CD Damage all

TBD 6 feet underground (RIP)

Wat to observe ehh?

1. Power as an attribute or filling all empty slots not important to a Shield warrior? Just high in block should be fine?

2. AR is very important?????

Am I right or wrong or somethin in between?

Many thanks