Swordmaster and Black Orc Parry/Block Channel
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:37 pm
Hi Team,
Hoping to see WODS returning with no cooldown like before -- as well as for the Black Orc with Can't Hit Me. It has made frontline tanking in ORVR more difficult, especially when interrupted vs abilities that are not necessarily avoided by immunities. 2H tanking for a warband is already extremely gear dependant yet the SM has the ability with WODS to do so, which now has the 5 second cooldown. Black orc's block channel had it increased also and it's cd reducer moved to Blackguards, a class that also has a block channel (although with a much longer cooldown).
As a 2h SM I find myself standing behind melee dps to channel it so it is not interrupted and doesn't look like a class that should be leading the frontline as the mirror to black orcs.
Much appreciated.
Hoping to see WODS returning with no cooldown like before -- as well as for the Black Orc with Can't Hit Me. It has made frontline tanking in ORVR more difficult, especially when interrupted vs abilities that are not necessarily avoided by immunities. 2H tanking for a warband is already extremely gear dependant yet the SM has the ability with WODS to do so, which now has the 5 second cooldown. Black orc's block channel had it increased also and it's cd reducer moved to Blackguards, a class that also has a block channel (although with a much longer cooldown).
As a 2h SM I find myself standing behind melee dps to channel it so it is not interrupted and doesn't look like a class that should be leading the frontline as the mirror to black orcs.
Much appreciated.