ElementalsFollow

I was initially fury spec but respec'd to protection, so I never really used shield block. I'm 52 atm, and in un'goro crator at the Fire Plume Quest list, but the elementals really took me down fast, wasn't sure why they were so tough other than the fact that they have a few levels on me. So I went back and did a few quests I've missed in Feralas ... one of which also involved fighting sea elementals. While doing so I noticed shield block had no effect and in fact it didn't look like my shield did anything at all. I also have a Talisman of Arathor (limited immunity to physical attacks) and this was also totally worthless against the elementals. On top of that, they are immune to rend and its subsequent effects so an arms build would seem even more worthless against elementals. Has anyone else noticed these 'glitches', it seems completely unfair and seriously nerfs the warrior class against these types of creatures.

elementals attack with elemental damage

ie , fire , frost , nature , shadow etc

even when they "melee"

so a shield really does no good besides give u stam if u have stam on it
armor doesn't reduce the damage taken
sheild block wont block anything either

the only way to counter elemental damage is by increase your stamina and your resistance that that particular resistance

LOL




DUDE u have alot to learn ... before BC came out, a tanking raid warrior would literally have atleast 3 sets of armor in thier bags ... melee tanking , fire resist and nature resist
very late end game would eventually mean u need a frost resistance set as well ...

each one of these sets would be FULL sets of armor, from helm to boots .. :)
and each one of these sets would cost thousands of gold, and mostly would be sponsored by guilds to thier main tanks

in BC currently, i havent seen very much with respect to heavy resistance fights
, cept maybe for arcane resist

i'm thinking the black temple raid would most likely have heavy shadow damage though , which sucks cause shadow resist is very limited at present ... :(
but im sure there will be sets available sooner or later

Just make a protection potion or two, they are cheap. I won't bother with resist gear since a set of resist gear is much more costly then a few potions. (You won't be fighting the elementals all that much since you aren't farming raids). Also, think about that poor fire mage against a fire elemental. We aren't affected that badly at all.

By the way, I think your problem might be simply because you spec protection. I have no trouble with those fire elementals in un'goro with arms, with no fire protection potion. Protection warriors are known to be low dps, and your armor isn't helping against non-physical attacks. Even my bursty dps is better in this situation. And by the way, why are you protection specced at level 52?

Edited, Apr 18th 2007 12:01pm by LittleHamster

I agree, don't go nuts trying to get different sets of armor. Just get a couple of potions and bring some food to get your health back between fights.

I am lvl 62 warrior and hate fighting elementals and some mechanicals.

I always charge and throw down as many thunder claps as I can and execute if it is close at the end.

...why in the world would you ever use Arcane Resistance for Aran? Curator I can almost see for the Hateful Bolt tank... but Aran?