Member of WoW Warrior class discusses Shield Mastery
On World of Warcraft‘s official forum site for Europe, one user named Borodin posted this:
Shield Mastery helps to make Block a stronger source of overall damage mitigation but don’t overlook the benefit to Shield Slam damage and threat: with current endgame Tanking gear being loaded with +Block Value, if you have Shield Slam you really should also take 3/3 Shield Mastery.
Now, why did Borodin did this? Just for fun? Hell no! It seems to him the Warriors are so busy asking Blizzard for tweaks and upgrades that they haven’t even mastered their current skills. Borodin pointed out Shield Mastery specifically and listed some of its key features. Blizzard’s Crezax gave it a thumbs up and then blue tagged the post.
Shield Mastery
- Your total Shield Block Value is the Block Value of your Shield + all items or abilities which “increases the Block Value of your Shield by n” + Strength/20 (will edit if I can be shown it’s Strength/21or22). This is the amount of Physical damage you absorb on a successful Block, not a change in the ShieldÂ’s Armour.
- If you take Shield Mastery you then gain 10/20/30 % increase to that total value. This therefore includes all items with a +Block Value component not just the value inherent to your Shield. In essence all sources and terms are combined into one simple value: Block Value and Shield Mastery increases that final value.
- Your total Shield Block Value does apply fully to Shield Slam damage. Note that Shield Slam gains your total shield block value as damage not just a proportion of it for being an “instant cast spell”. Frankly I think Shield Slam should be reworded to make it clear that you get your total Shield Block Value as a modifier and it should even dynamically display that damage as Bloodthirst does.
On World of Warcraft‘s official forum site for Europe, one user named Borodin posted this:
Shield Mastery helps to make Block a stronger source of overall damage mitigation but don’t overlook the benefit to Shield Slam damage and threat: with current endgame Tanking gear being loaded with +Block Value, if you have Shield Slam you really should also take 3/3 Shield Mastery.
Now, why did Borodin did this? Just for fun? Hell no! It seems to him the Warriors are so busy asking Blizzard for tweaks and upgrades that they haven’t even mastered their current skills. Borodin pointed out Shield Mastery specifically and listed some of its key features. Blizzard’s Crezax gave it a thumbs up and then blue tagged the post.
Shield Mastery
- Your total Shield Block Value is the Block Value of your Shield + all items or abilities which “increases the Block Value of your Shield by n” + Strength/20 (will edit if I can be shown it’s Strength/21or22). This is the amount of Physical damage you absorb on a successful Block, not a change in the ShieldÂ’s Armour.
- If you take Shield Mastery you then gain 10/20/30 % increase to that total value. This therefore includes all items with a +Block Value component not just the value inherent to your Shield. In essence all sources and terms are combined into one simple value: Block Value and Shield Mastery increases that final value.
- Your total Shield Block Value does apply fully to Shield Slam damage. Note that Shield Slam gains your total shield block value as damage not just a proportion of it for being an “instant cast spell”. Frankly I think Shield Slam should be reworded to make it clear that you get your total Shield Block Value as a modifier and it should even dynamically display that damage as Bloodthirst does.
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