Comments on: Unbreakable armour, damage reduction

By: Gravity

Gravity — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:03:46 +0000

That’s possible, but wouldn’t make much sense since normally all ranged attacks use the spell-hit table. But maybe you’re right, even though it’d be a really weird exception.

By: Süffer

Süffer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:07:48 +0000

Hey Grav, been a bit since I posted but I was lookin through some older topics and talking to one of my current guilds dk tanks (I don’t tank any more, still have a completely current set though), and stumbled across this one as he and I’d been discussing frost tanking. With your death grip hit discussion. One thing to take note of is I do believe deathgrip qualifies as a physical ability, so the hit needed to make it not miss is grossly lower then dark command which goes off our spell hitcap. That alone would explain the much lower miss chances you and others are noticing, 8% vs 16% before hit rating >.< pretty big difference.

By: Lasciell

Lasciell — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:14:41 +0000

Well that saves me the time to test, I didn’t get to it last night. So it is a taunt, and it can miss. Having a second taunt as backup will make me less worried about a missed taunt, but I think I’ll still maintain hit cap
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By: Gravity

Gravity — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:17:44 +0000

OK I tested it on some Elites. Death Grip is a taunt. I've had another person verify it can miss, though.

By: Lasciell

Lasciell — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:53:13 +0000

I think why most people have reported Death Grip not missing is mostly due to the odds of missing being so darn low in the first place. If you only use Death Grip say, half a dozen times in a run – your pool of attempts is small enough that you might just luck out and not miss with it. I’ll try to verify whether or not Death Grip is a fixate or a taunt tonight.
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By: Gravity

Gravity — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:41:57 +0000

Damn that sucks ass.
Test I thought of for taunt. Get a mate, go find the elites on the bridges north of Dalaran (you can solo them); have him get agro, then death grip it to see if you get proper taunted threat or fixate.

By: Lasciell

Lasciell — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:13:19 +0000

Ok, did some more testing with Death Grip. It can definitely miss. Also, it looks to act more like a fixate instead of a true blue taunt.
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By: Scripts

Scripts — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:38:34 +0000

Best “proc tracker” I’ve found for my DK and my hunter is an addon called Power Aura. I use it for VB/IBF duration, Rime/KM procs for my DPS set, Disease timers, etc. It’ll show you any buffs/debuffs/whatever you want it to show you on the screen in a visual fashion, in any color you want to set it to. I use a Red design for KM, and then a Blue Design that overlays on the KM design for Rime. It takes some getting used to and a fair amount of configuration, but once you get it where you want it, its a wonderful thing.I’ve heard Mik’s Scrolling Text is another good one.

By: keLston

keLston — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:50:03 +0000

I had always imagined DG was our equivalent of Mocking Blow.Though backpedaling a bit, any recommendations on getting better at keeping on top of KM/Rimes? I’ve always been terrible at it and i’m not sure if it’s a function of not having the proper “HEY RIME PROCCED” addon warning or what ;x

By: Gravity

Gravity — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:34:29 +0000

I just tried it in a few heroic runs and I’m not convinced it’s actually a taunt anymore, either. Going to test further.