Warrior Double Legendaries in 9.2: Combinations for Arms, Fury and Protection

PTR 由 Jaydaa 发表于 2022/01/31，07:00

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The timeline and acquisition of Double Legendaries has changed on the 9.2 Eternity's End PTR. Check out our post below to learn how and when you'll be able equip two legendaries.

Double Legendary Acquisition in Patch 9.2

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Best Arms Warrior Double Legendaries for Sepulcher of the First Ones

持久挥砍 & Covenant Legendary: 极乐伟力 / 荣耀 / 自然之怒 / 罪孽冲动

Arms Warriors have it very easy when it comes to double legendaries as there's really aren't a lot of options, that don't change regardless of covenant. 持久挥砍 is the go-to legendary for all single target and low-target cleave content, providing greatly increased uptime on 巨人打击, which synergizes extremely well with the newly reworked tier set.

Unfortunately, this doesn't leave a whole lot of room for customization, as Enduring Blow is so strong that virtually all Arms Warriors in Sanctum of Domination used it over any other legendary (barring the few multitarget circumstances). although covenant legendaries are being added on top, there really aren't any particular synergies or coordination between them - their effects are almost entirely independent, especially since Colossus Smash is generally timed to align with covenant abilities in the first place. That said, Arms Warriors of all covenants should gain +5-6% when adding their covenant legendary on top of Enduring Blow (which should be prioritized over covenant legendaries until the ability to equip two is unlocked).

As far as combinations go, little has changed from Sanctum of Domination, as Night Fae continues to be very slightly ahead of Kyrian, while Venthyr is left behind since the 判罪 nerfs in Patch 9.1. Necrolord continues to be somewhere in the middle, technically strong when considering the group buff, but personally behind to a point where few Warriors would want to make the trade unless strictly required to.

痛苦之王的印章 & Covenant Legendary: 极乐伟力 / 荣耀 / 自然之怒 / 罪孽冲动

For raid encounters that feature heavy AoE, 痛苦之王的印章 may be used in place of Enduring Blow, although this is usually overkill in raid encounters and mainly prioritized for parsing purposes. There are two main ways to use the legendary - combining 天神下凡 and 剑刃风暴 together in order to maximize cooldown procs in one sequence of burst damage, or desyncing the two in order to gamble on proccing an extra Bladestorm when targets are available more frequently than once every 1.5 minutes. As this is the only viable legendary for big burst or sustained multitarget damage, it's a rather automatic choice in situations which feature it.

Best Arms Warrior Double Legendaries for Mythic+

痛苦之王的印章 & Covenant Legendary: 极乐伟力 / 荣耀 / 自然之怒 / 罪孽冲动

Similar to raid content, Arms really only has one choice with a heavy multitarget focus, and that's 痛苦之王的印章. There is a slightly better argument to be made for Arms focusing on single target damage than other specializations, since Enduring Blow has strong interactions with 横扫攻击 and several dungeons feature low-target cleave bosses and important trash packs, though Signet remains the best choice for raw multitarget damage and speed clearing in Mythic+.

On the plus side, Signet has great synergy with the covenant legendaries, as they all generally make covenant ability player buffs or damage last longer. Because Signet is capable of chaining cooldowns, this allows Arms to stack multiple casts of 鲁莽, 天神下凡, 剑刃风暴, on top of 晋升堡垒之矛, 征服者战旗, 上古余震, or 判罪, for an extended period of time beyond what was possible before the ability to equip double legendaries.

As far as combinations go, Kyrian and Night Fae are the go-to for burst AoE damage and are effectively interchangeable, although Kyrian has an edge in very large pulls due to 上古余震 being capped to 5 targets. Necrolord is stronger than before, since the addition of 荣耀 buffs the majority of the party, but leaves Arms without much to use in multitarget, while Venthyr continues to be left behind due to not having any reliable way to cleave 判罪 outside of Sweeping Strikes.

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Best Fury Warrior Double Legendaries for Sepulcher of the First Ones

致死者 & Covenant Legendary: 极乐伟力 / 荣耀 / 自然之怒 / 罪孽冲动

Fury Warriors have it very easy when it comes to double legendaries as there's really aren't a lot of options, that don't change regardless of covenant. 致死者 is the go-to legendary for all single target and low-target cleave content, providing a passive but fairly frequent damage increasing debuff which pairs quite nicely with the tier set's Recklessness procs. While they may not always overlap, the two combined give very good coverage on a moderate damage increase.

Unfortunately, Deathmaker is the default best simply because the majority of Fury legendaries are gimmicky if not outright undertuned, as evidenced by Fury Warriors in Sanctum of Domination prioritizing their covenant legendary over the original ones. With that covenant legendary becoming standardized as the de facto "second legendary," this leaves Fury with few options other than Deathmaker, though that isn't to say it's a bad one. In general, Fury Warriors of all covenants should gain +7-8% when adding Deathmaker on top of their covenant legendary (which should be prioritized over Deathmaker until the ability to equip two legendaries is unlocked).

As far as combinations go, Venthyr is technically the strongest, but reliant on sustainable 判罪 phases which aren't always feasible. The real up and comer in patch 9.2 is Necrolord, which synergizes amazingly well with the new tier bonus to the point that it is on par with Venthyr, while also providing a strong buff to three allies - though it too is subject to downtime, albeit somewhat more in your control rather than strict phases of boss health. Kyrian and Night Fae continue to be solid choices for players (or content) with a greater multitarget focus.

痛苦之王的印章 & Covenant Legendary: 极乐伟力 / 荣耀 / 自然之怒 / 罪孽冲动

For raid encounters that feature heavy AoE, 痛苦之王的印章 may be used in place of Deathmaker, although this is usually overkill in raid encounters and mainly prioritized for parsing purposes. There are two main ways to use the legendary - combining 鲁莽 and 剑刃风暴 together in order to maximize cooldown procs in one sequence of burst damage, or desyncing the two in order to gamble on proccing an extra Bladestorm when targets are available more frequently than once per minute. As this is the only viable legendary for big burst or sustained multitarget damage, it's a rather automatic choice in situations which feature it.

Best Fury Warrior Double Legendaries for Mythic+

痛苦之王的印章 & Covenant Legendary: 极乐伟力 / 荣耀 / 自然之怒 / 罪孽冲动

Similar to raid content, Fury really only has one choice with a heavy multitarget focus, and that's 痛苦之王的印章. While there is an argument to be made for a single target focus on 残暴 weeks, it has been frequently proven that a greater focus on AoE damage to clear trash packs quicker gains more time than increased single target damage (especially when considering the only moderate gain that Fury's single target legendary provides), making Signet an almost absolute choice.

On the plus side, Signet has great synergy with the covenant legendaries, as they all generally make covenant ability player buffs or damage last longer. Because Signet is capable of chaining cooldowns, this allows Fury to stack multiple casts of 鲁莽, 天神下凡, 剑刃风暴, on top of 晋升堡垒之矛, 征服者战旗, 上古余震, or 判罪, for an extended period of time beyond what was possible before the ability to equip double legendaries.

As far as combinations go, Kyrian and Night Fae are the go-to for burst AoE damage and are effectively interchangeable, although Kyrian has an edge in very large pulls due to 上古余震 being capped to 5 targets, and in ease of use thanks to 晋升堡垒之矛 better aligning with Recklessness and Bladestorm. That said, Necrolord is very strong with the new tier bonus, and though it lacks the raw burst damage that the other covenants put out in a short period of time, 荣耀 extends 征服者战旗 from 3 to 4 members of the party and the buff can be chained between trash packs, so long as the pulls are tight enough... though eliminating this downtime may be tricky in practice. Venthyr is unfortunately left behind, as 判罪 windows simply do not last long enough to reliably extend the duration of Recklessness to any meaningful degree, even when pulling quickly.

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Best Protection Warrior Double Legendaries for Sepulcher of the First Ones

Kyrian: 极乐伟力 & 复仇心切

Kyrian has been the default Protection Warrior setup throughout Shadowlands because it’s simple and effective. It’s not always the strongest, but it usually is, and it’s always competitive in every situation.

Adding 极乐伟力 onto the base value of Kyrian Warrior’s kit is great. It doesn’t really offer much in raids except more damage, but that has been one of Protection Warrior’s biggest weaknesses throughout the expansion. The potential to tether adds for 8 seconds can be interesting on some bosses, but will probably be more useful in Mythic+.

Now for the downsides, 极乐伟力 does not synergize with the tier set in a meaningful way, it doesn’t provide Rage generation or any defensive benefit, and it doesn’t really have any rotational impact. It just gives you a bigger, longer damage window, but that’s about it. This is the safe choice and probably will remain the most popular setup, at least initially in Patch 9.2, but there is a rising contender: Necrolord.

Necrolord: 荣耀 & 复仇心切

Necrolord has had a couple of interesting moments during PTR’s in Shadowlands, but it has remained a relatively unpopular pick that offers moderate group utility at the expense of personal damage. Up to this point, it has generally just not offered enough value to justify the sacrifice for most players, and it hasn’t really felt fun to play.

荣耀 is a great Legendary, but having to sacrifice 复仇心切 for it is hard to justify. Now that wearing both is an option, Necrolord Protection Warrior is significantly improved. When 征服者战旗 is combined with 愤怒掌控 and the Rage generation from the upcoming tier set, Protection Warrior goes from being able to generate roughly 10-12 Rage per second in Sanctum of Domination to 17-18 Rage per second in Sepulcher of the First Ones.

Maintaining 100% uptime on 征服者战旗 with 荣耀 requires 17.5 Rage per second, which means that Necrolord Protection Warrior wearing two Legendaries and full tier can usually maintain full uptime on 征服者战旗.

Necrolord still has some weaknesses. If a boss forces you out of melee range for more than a few seconds, you will probably struggle to keep 征服者战旗 going permanently. Using 征服者战旗 doesn’t offer a large chunk of Rage like Kyrian or Night Fae, and it doesn’t directly deal big bursts of damage the way they do, either.

It adds a lot more Rage generation than any other Covenant, though, and that’s really important from both a defensive and offensive perspective. Your raid’s damage-dealers are going to love the damage gain they get from 征服者战旗. It creates a much more intense playstyle than the standard Kyrian setup, which might be fun and new for a lot of players, but potentially overwhelming for others.

Tl;dr version: Necrolord Warrior is extremely strong now. Is it the best? It looks that way in some cases, but it’s less forgiving than Kyrian. Time will tell.

Night Fae: 自然之怒 & 复仇心切

Night Fae is the third and final Covenant option for Protection Warriors in Sepulcher of the First Ones (Venthyr as Protection = No).

自然之怒 is functionally comparable to the Kyrian Warrior Legendary 极乐伟力. 自然之怒 technically adds a bit of Rage generation, but not much. Aside from that, both Legendaries basically just add more damage onto their respective Warrior Covenant ability, and they don’t really have a lot of synergy with the kit.

The reasons Night Fae deserves mention alongside Kyrian are simple:

They’re close in damage – Night Fae is slightly weaker, but not by all that much.
灵魂变形 is exceptionally strong.

Gaining an extra mobility cooldown from 灵魂变形 is great. There aren't as many encounters in Sepulcher of the First Ones where it can be a lifesaver as there were in Sanctum of Domination, but every bit of utility is helpful. If there’s a situation where you need 灵魂变形, Night Fae is still a strong Covenant choice for Protection Warriors. Kyrian is usually more consistent for damage output, but it doesn’t offer quite as much utility.

What About 磐固壁垒?

磐固壁垒 is still fine. It has been a step down in value compared to 复仇心切 for a while, and 复仇心切 is generally a little easier to use in Sepulcher of the First Ones than it was in Sanctum of Domination. In terms of overall value, 复仇心切 should still be the go-to. 磐固壁垒 can offer decent Rage generation and works well if you're feeling overwhelmed by 复仇心切, but the design of the new tier set makes maximizing Rage generation very important. 磐固壁垒 is not the best Rage generation option, so it's simply not the best overall choice.

Best Protection Warrior Double Legendaries for Mythic+

Kyrian: 极乐伟力 & 复仇心切

Kyrian has been the default Protection Warrior setup throughout Shadowlands because it’s simple and effective. It’s not always the strongest, but it usually is, and it’s always competitive in every situation.

Kyrian Warrior is stronger in Mythic+ than raids due to the excellent value of Mikanikos’ end-tree trait 溢流心能加速器 in pulls with 5+ adds (compared to single-target boss encounters). Adding 极乐伟力 onto the base value of Kyrian Warrior’s kit is great. The added damage is extremely valuable, and being able to tether adds to a single spot for 8 seconds is extremely strong. Think about how good that is for locking down the adds in the opening pulls of Mists of Tirna Scithe or Necrotic Wake. Oh yeah. Nice.

Necrolord is a rising contender, at least potentially, but Kyrian remains incredibly consistent and should still be an excellent choice for Protection Warriors heading into Mythic+ Season 3 of Shadowlands.

Necrolord: 荣耀 & 复仇心切

Necrolord Protection Warrior has one main problem in Patch 9.2: Consistency. Mythic+ dungeons exacerbate this, both for good and bad.

All of the Rage generation numbers from the section on Necrolord Warriors in raids was based off the premise of tanking a single enemy. When tanking multiple enemies – as you do in Mythic+ – Rage generation is slightly higher and a lot more consistent.

In terms of personal value, being Necrolord in Mythic+ is very appealing. It's very fun and frantic in the best possible way. The constant Rage generation is outstanding for fueling your 复仇 and 无视苦痛 casts, a constant 400 Mastery buff adds about 18% more Critical Block chance, 6% more regular Block chance, and 12% more Attack Power. It’s pretty nice, and the synergy with the new tier set is amazing.

There are two main concerns. First, some dungeons have pathing that disrupts 征服者战旗 uptime, and there’s just nothing you can do about that. Even when you’re trying your hardest to chain-pull mobs, Theater of Pain, Plaguefall, and De Other Side all have large spaces where you’re simply going to be running through hallways, not in combat. There’s no way to maintain 征服者战旗 through those sections.

Second, and arguably more important: going Necrolord means you lose the burst damage (and burst threat) provided by being Kyrian. Given that Kyrian Protection Warriors already have threat issues in Mythic+, dropping a burst damage ability in place of a cooldown that grants your group even more damage could be problematic. You will probably need to construct your Mythic+ groups to account for your reduced burst damage, and include damage-dealers who can make effective use of the Mastery bonus from your 征服者战旗 (Havoc Demon Hunters need not apply!). This will add a lot more intricacy into group-planning and route-planning.

Necrolord Warrior is much better in Patch 9.2 than it has been thus far, and it’s appealing both on paper and in testing, but it’s also a lot more effort than simply running Kyrian. How popular opinion winds up being affected by Patch 9.2’s systems remains to be seen.

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