To kick or not to kick?

Philistine · #1 04-13-2022, 01:59 PM

Hi folks!

Quick question: while main tanking a raid or raid-esque mob (ie, Vindi), do you kick? My baby warrior is (kinda sorta) approaching Level 60, and I'm curious for your input on whether kicking is worth the risk of a big riposte? To me it seems like it wouldn't be?

Thanks all!

Jimjam · #2 04-13-2022, 02:07 PM

I generally try to avoid kicking when tanking 55+ mobs, also giants and dragonkins generally (basically stun immune things that can hit hard).

The exception is if a terrible spell is being cast, as I believe kick has a better chance to interrupt on hit than a normal hit (and defiantly better than not kicking at all!)

TBH I haven't given it a terrible amount of thought and look forward to seeing other posters responses.

Loadsamoney · #3 04-13-2022, 02:29 PM

Isn't Kick just free damage? Unless you're using it as a spell interrupt, why wouldn't you burn it at all times the second it comes off of cooldown?

Jimjam · #4 04-13-2022, 02:48 PM

Because some of the mobs you fight as a 60 warrior can riposte it for 700 damage.

Jibartik · #5 04-13-2022, 04:02 PM

This fuckn game amiright?

enjchanter · #6 04-13-2022, 04:12 PM

The alternative is you can stand there with your hands off the keyboard auto attacking so why not

Philistine · #7 04-13-2022, 04:32 PM

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Because some of the mobs you fight as a 60 warrior can riposte it for 700 damage.

Yes! This is exactly my concern. I haven't parsed it but I guestimate kick is worth 1-3ish dps , which is nothing to sneeze at considering the lengths we go to to upgrade our weapons by a similar amount.

On the one hand, I want all the white damage (aka threat) I can muster, but on the other hand I don't want to introduce an additional opportunity for Mr. Vindi to thwack my squishy self for another 700.

bobjonesp99 · #8 04-13-2022, 04:42 PM

kick is nowhere near 3 dps. its like 0.3 dps.

Philistine · #9 04-13-2022, 05:01 PM

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kick is nowhere near 3 dps. its like 0.3 dps.

Good to know, thanks! I had figured 10-20 per kick per cooldown plus some misses, but I was probably under estimating the number of misses.

Do you kick while raid tanking?

bobjonesp99 · #10 04-13-2022, 07:31 PM

generally i dont; but i checked for logs where i have and i had no joke 0.3 dps. kicks do like 10 damage when they land and are on like a 6 second cooldown.