Gearing for Timewalking

[kc102]

Hello all, I'm looking to get some discussion on timewalking to help min/max our gear in prep for Timewalking in 6.2.

I'm unsure of what to aim for, for stat priorities. I'm MS Blood and I believe it's MS/Mast or Mast/Crit depending on what you're looking to do, but bonus armor is best obv. Does Blood want Bonus Armor with these older dungeons or will stats like haste or crit be better? Additionally what are DPS looking for?

As for gemming it looks like Bold Crimson Spinel might be the best option since it doesn't have an item level requirement and gives raw stats. But then again if all our best gear is from this expansion, and depending on stat weights, WoD gems might be better.

This has a list of all enchants and what they get scaled down to. Since this is cross-expansion it means we should be able to enchant just about every slot!

Lastly, for gear, legendaries are probably going to beat out most of everything else. This timewalking guide mentions Shadowmourne probably being BiS, the MoP cape proccing consistently, and the WoD ring possibly being a solid option. The Ashen rings from ICC give a gem slot plus a proc which means they'll be quite nice. MoP legendary meta's work too so if your tier set (almost all are viable options really) has a meta gem slot it's worth picking up.

Trinkets are another big unknown. As a tank it might be better to pick up something with +BA, but there's tons of fun and awesome trinkets available, Deathbringer's Will notably.

Thoughts? Ideas? Theorycrafting? All are appreciated!

[Sunnydee]

are you asking from a "fun" PoV or to actually clear quicker? Timewalking dungeons are a joke as of right now, you can prob run them in full white gear, so at best you save a few minutes per month by using "bis" items.

[Milocow]

For Blood DK

Helm : Helmet of Cyclopean Dread
Neck : Moonjade Necklace
Shoulders : Tusks of Mannoroth
Back : Sentinel's Winter Cloak/Qian-Ying, Fortitude of Niuzao
Chest : Cataclysmic Chestguard
Bracers : Bracers of Destructive Strength
Gloves : Gauntlets of the Kraken ?
Waist : Verdigris Chain Belt
Pants : Pillars of Might
Boots : Treads of Crushed Flesh
Ring 1 : Gormok's Band
Ring 2 : Sanctus, Sigil of the Unbroken
Trinket 1 : Eye of Unmaking
Trinket 2 : ?
Weapon : Shadowmourne

[Stacie]

Going to be fun raiding with 3x legendary items + the MoP meta in a MoP helm.

[Arcanimus]

Going to be fun raiding with 3x legendary items + the MoP meta in a MoP helm.

4x, if the meta works.

[Stacie]

Be cool with that old ICC ring also ashen verdict one. Stats are crappy for us but the proc... Willing to bet AskMrRobot will make a list soon if they have not already got it made.

[Adlian]

Miss the good ol Gurthalak, Voice of the Deeps and stuff like this http://i.imgur.com/qTEqpzE.jpg

[Ladey Gags]

The amount of time to get BIS gear for Timewalking is currently a massive waste considering how faceroll it currently is.

[Zoldor]

all of my soloing of legendaries is becoming relevant. Awesome.

[kc102]

For Blood DK

Helm : Helmet of Cyclopean Dread
Neck : Moonjade Necklace
Shoulders : Tusks of Mannoroth
Back : Sentinel's Winter Cloak/Qian-Ying, Fortitude of Niuzao
Chest : Cataclysmic Chestguard
Bracers : Bracers of Destructive Strength
Gloves : Gauntlets of the Kraken ?
Waist : Verdigris Chain Belt
Pants : Pillars of Might
Boots : Treads of Crushed Flesh
Ring 1 : Gormok's Band
Ring 2 : Sanctus, Sigil of the Unbroken
Trinket 1 : Eye of Unmaking
Trinket 2 : ?
Weapon : Shadowmourne

Is the second trinket unknown, or just whatever I want? Additionally, you don't have any 2/4 piece bonus. Is it negligible versus more strength?

[Milocow]

Is the second trinket unknown, or just whatever I want? Additionally, you don't have any 2/4 piece bonus. Is it negligible versus more strength?

Blood DKs don't really have any strong tier bonuses. I can't think of any 2nd trinket that stands out

[Sonklol]

http://www.wowhead.com/itemset=321/imperial-plate 2piece gives 100 BA

i think you should fit them into your BiS

http://www.wowhead.com/itemset=189/battlegear-of-valor also 2p gives you 200 BA but you would have to find some already in the game

http://www.wowhead.com/itemset=188/lightforge-armor ^ same as that

[Milocow]

http://www.wowhead.com/itemset=321/imperial-plate 2piece gives 100 BA

i think you should fit them into your BiS

http://www.wowhead.com/itemset=189/battlegear-of-valor also 2p gives you 200 BA but you would have to find some already in the game

http://www.wowhead.com/itemset=188/lightforge-armor ^ same as that

I dont think items scale UP to level 70-80 so those items won't be that viable + the lack of gem slots it wont be that good

[Sonklol]

The imperial bracers + boots would beat your listed bracers and boots stat-wise.

Imperial bracers: 9 str, 9 stam +100BA for 2p
Imperial boots: 14 str, 13 stam
Total: 23 str, 22 stam, +100 BA

Treads of Crushed Flesh BC Timewalking: +7 str, +22 stam, +6 crit, +5 mast
Treads of Crushed Flesh WotLK Timewalking: +10 str, +28 stam, +8 crit, +8 mast
Bracers of Destructive Strength BC Timewalking: +3 str, +17 stam, +5 crit, +2 haste
Bracers of Destructive Strength WotLK Timewalking: +6 str, +21 stam, +7 crit, +3 haste
Gems+Bonus: 44 str
Total BC: +54 str, +39 stam, +11crit, +5 mast, +2 haste
Total WotLK: +60 str, +49stam, +13 crit, +8mast, +3 haste

You get less stam and secondary stats but you get way more BA. 1 BA = 1 STR.

[Nayami]

We can probably already solo timewalking dungeons as Blood DKs. If anything, having full BiS timewalking gear will just make the dungeons even more dull. I sincerely hope they will at least double the current difficulty of timewalking dungeons before they hit live.

[kc102]

Blood DKs don't really have any strong tier bonuses. I can't think of any 2nd trinket that stands out

Well, survivability-wise, MoP 4 piece was amazing.

[roahn the warlock]

The amount of time to get BIS gear for Timewalking is currently a massive waste considering how faceroll it currently is.

A lot of the time PTR stuff is faceroll for a reason.

[Raiju]

A lot of the time PTR stuff is faceroll for a reason.

timewalking isnt intended to be solely for mythic level raiders, last I heard. It'll be faceroll.

[gcubeftw]

Would frost possibly use the t14 4pc bonus? Having 5% additional strength on pillar would seem pretty decent in conjunction with all of the strength gems we will be using.

EDIT: The 2pc from ICC seems really good for 2h frost with 10% addition obliterate damage.

[Stacie]

It will always be faceroll and not aimed at mythic raiders. At level 81+ not everyone will have all the talents available to them. For example think about a Blood DK who is level 81 doing a wrath/TBC instance with spells missing.