Protection Warrior Hero Talent Showdown in The War Within - Colossus vs. Mountain Thane

The War Within Geposted 13.08.2024 um 03:16 von Nomeratur

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Protection Warrior in the War WithinHero Talent Showdown: Mountain Thane vs. Colossus DonnerknallBlitzschlägeAvatar des SturmsDemolierenRache Mountain Thane

Strengths

Weaknesses

SchildschlagDonnerknallAvatarGewaltiger WutausbruchSchildwallZähne zusammenbeißen Colossus

Strengths

Weaknesses

RacheKolossale MachtDominanz des KolossesDemolierenWhat's Changed? Mountain Thane

30% dmg buff to Blitzschläge and a small nerf to Leitender Boden

Colossus

Narbiger Muskelberg changed from 5% to 4% damage increase

Dominanz des Kolosses increases damage dealt up to 20% for protection instead of 10%

And the Winner Is...

Class Fantasy & Visuals: Mountain Thane (Winner)

It is an easy choice to make because of the added lightning effects to Donnerknall and frequent access to it offers beautiful visuals.
Colossus doesn't offer any additional visuals.

Fun & Rewarding Gameplay: Mountain Thane (Winner)

Mountain Thane wins because it further enhances the core principles of Protection Warrior without sacrificing any defensive powers without altering the rotation in uncomfortable ways.
The repeated interactions of Flackernde Himmel, Thorims Macht, Machtschub, Donnerexplosion and Avatar des Sturms are fantastic for Protection Warrior. These 5 Talents can cause an immense feedback loop generating incredible amounts of rage while simultaneously dealing large amounts of Single Target and AoE damage.
Avatar procs Thunder Blast -> Thunder Blast procs Lightning Strikes -> Lightning Strikes can grant 2 Free Resets of Shield Slam allowing for 3 Shield Slams to be used back-to-back-to-back -> these then have a large chance to proc yet another Thunderblast which can start the whole loop from the beginning again!

Colossus falls short because it currently offers no way to increase rage generation and instead incentivizes you to spend rage more on offense rather than defense.

Difficulty: Mountain Thane (Winner)

Mountain Thane Is easier to play as it focuses entirely on Schildschlag and Donnerknall, both of which you want to send as often as you can anyway. Few mistakes can be made when playing this Hero Tree!

Colossus on the other hand punishes rotational mistakes quite heavily as it will quickly leave you without a button to press if you overspend rage on Rache.

Defensiveness & Utility: Mountain Thane (Winner)

Mountain Thane is the clear winner in terms of Defensiveness & Utility as it gets a vastly improved rage generation and the great addition of Sturmschild which can be extremely useful in M+ and Raid alike.

Colossus offers a significant buff to Schockwelle in the form of a choice node between Erderschütterer and Knochenerschütterer.

Leveling: Mountain Thane &Colossus (Tie)

For early levels Colossus will be the better leveling Tree as it offers the immediate dmg gain of Demolieren. Once You're a higher level Mountain Thane will start getting ahead due to its feedback loop between Flackernde Himmel, Thorims Macht, and Machtschub being able to reset each other back and forth!

Mythic+: Mountain Thane (Winner)

Mountain Thane has the Edge in Mythic+ due to increased rage generation, more frequent access to high AoE dmg, and the added utility provided from Sturmschild.

Raid: Mountain Thane&Colossus (Tie)

Both Hero Trees are at a Tie when it comes to raiding as the added benefits of both trees only really shine in AoE encounters. With the small difference that the increased rage generation of Mountain Thane does provide a small defensive benefit, which however is not as impactful in Raid compared to Mythic+.
Offensively both Trees are extremely similar with Mountain Thane getting a strong execute phase because of Thorims Macht and its increased rage generation.Colossus getting a strong execute phase because Hinrichten grants an additional stack of Kolossale Macht which grants higher uptime of Dominanz des Kolosses and frequent usage of Demolieren.

Best Overall: Mountain Thane (Winner)

As already mentioned a plethora of times, the increased rage generation, competitive damage, and added utility Mountain Thane wins practically on all fronts.

Hero Talent Feedback Mountain Thane ColossusbothBase Protection Warrior Gameplay & TalentsSpeer des Champions

Avatar des Sturms and Macht des Champions combined with frequent access to Gewaltiger Wutausbruch can lead to some very satisfying numbers.

Donnerndes GebrüllUnaufhaltbare MachtRache

Demolieren very frequently lines up with Donnerndes Gebrüll because of Aufruhr.

Dominanz des Kolosses then grants the 20% damage increase to Donnerndes Gebrüll aswell as Donnernde Worte empowering our other DoTs at the same time.

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