Hello! I’m not new to WoW but I am new to M+ tanking. I’ve tanked a lot in the past before legion and a little m+ in legion but I thought I would hit DF with tank being my main role in M+. I’m having a blast but I’ve hit a snag deciding on what trinkets I should use. So I got lucky and got a 411 ilvl heroic Raz trinket from the heroic chest weekly. It has a tonne of strength (431) but is it primarily a dps trinket? Other trinkets I have:
Primal ritual Shell at 385 ilvl that gives me a 91k shield. (339 Str)
Battle scarred shield trinket at 378 ilvl (320 str)
Blazing Essence 382 ilvl (329 Str, 149 Crit, 298 Haste)
I understand for the most part the prio of stats and what I’m looking for. But in the trinket department I’m kinda lost. Do I go for 2 builds depending on Key level. One being more defensive/mit orientated trinkets for heavy incoming damage and the other being dps if damage i’m taking less damage in lower keys?
Any help from experienced m+ tanks much appreciated <3
(I play prot warrior)
The above is what Icy veins tells you to aim for but with how experinced you are you probs read that already.
There is a couple good warrior tanks on the forum hopefully they will spot this thread.
As you said, tank trinket choice depends on situation, if you want more damage or survival.
If you need more survival, go for defensive trinket. If not, go for offensive trinket all the way.
“Primal ritual Shell” is undoubtedly one of the best trinkets in DF, because it is so versatile. It is extremely useful under all situation. And I would use the air buff for mastery in most situations instead of the earth buff shield you mentioned.
I have no idea what content you do and how confident you are but, random shield rarely save you. Yes it can happen, but more often it procs to block dmg that would either u or your healer outheal. But, it can happen that you are saved by that rng proc, chances are small and are still there, however if 90k rng shield proc is what saved you there were far bigger issues than trinket choice.
First important thing to note is that most tank trinket sux for like past 7years , nobody knows why thats simply it .
From what you have blazzing essence is a nice stat stick.
Shell isnt bad but like mentioned above i personaly wouldnt chose shield on it , either stat proc or fire dmg , neither of those will make or break a key or boss , your choice realy .
Battle scared shield or whatever is the name is probably the most useles trinket ever , its basicly a str with proc that does nothing . I would not use that at all .
U got lucky and got 411trinket which isnt exactly best but it has hugh str which is good for you and since we got tyra week it might see some uses . Ill use that one for now.
So conclusion - go with storm spite and then either shell(whatever bonus u like realy) or essence ( ill personaly chose essence ) .
Blazing essence is a nice stat stick on its own, and the bonus of being able to run slightly faster when you start moving can be interesting. Will never be game changing but always helps a bit.
As said above, the ritual shell is worth keeping for sure as it can essentially be 3 different trinkets depending on what you want at any given time.
Raszageth’s trinket isn’t particularily good for m+, but it still might be the best trinket you have for pure single target DPS thanks to its high ilvl and strength
Not familiar with the other trinket tho.
A few options I’d suggest would be :
-Spiteful Storm+Fire shell for maximum single target damage (good for tyrannical keys where you don’t feel like you need to worry about dying maybe)
-Spiteful Storm+Wind shell is probably a decent hybrid with a bit of both types of damage, as well as some potential extra survivability from the mastery
-Blazing Essence+Wind shell is likely the best for pure aoe damage, though it falls behind on single target for bosses. Both trinkets should contribute to your survivability too
-Blazing Essence+Earth shell is the best option for survivability, at the cost of damage as the earth shell doesn’t hurts enemies whatsoever. If you’re going to do something difficult enough that staying alive is a genuine worry, use this.
This is all personal opinion drawn from my experience, so don’t take it as the sole and perfect truth of course, but it seems to make sense at least
Hey, thanks everyone for the info!
So I think after looking at links and what was suggested. I’ll run with that high ilvl Raz trinket due to the strength on it. The 2nd trinket i’m using the shell but I swapped it to wind for the mastery proc instead as that’s good defensively and offensively. I think I’ll wait and hope I can gather some better trinkets from the raid or M+ in the vault this Wednesday. Thanks for the info !
I would personally go with the Rasza trinket for one for certain.
The turtle shell is a really decent single target damage source for you, in case you need a single target damage source for Tyrannical.
I am not sure on the Battle Scarred scale. It is worth taking it for a low-ish dungeon like a 10 and check how much damage it does (the defensive portion is a nice bonus on its own).
I think it is safe to go with an offensive option when it comes to trinkets if you feel confident in your tanking abilities. If you aren’t going with a moderate defensive/offensive option is a good alternative. That said warriors are pretty strong defensively, so you likely can forgo defensive options entirely unless you do not have enough experience/you are unsure of the capabilities of your healer.
As a sidenote I recommend looking into farming out the Cobalt Assembly reputation, as the tank ring you can get from there gives an absurd amount of damage absorption (1.27m damage absorbed for me in a 5 minute fight duration).
EDIT: The tanking trinket from the first boss is also a really good alternative to pick up.