Trading in the Lammys to help front load Agro

[Lammy]

40 gnome warrior

I'm having a little trouble front loading Agro in some group settings.

In particular shaman slows.

Right now:

2x lammys
Sash of dragon born

I'm considering trading out the weapons and some slots and sacrificing some STR and HP for dex and procing weapons at 46/47.

Sarnak war hammer / kunzar

Any thoughts?

[Motec]

You'll find you'll have more Raw rage per minute with a couple of ykeshas, which proc at 37. Obsidian shards are a low cost alternative.
Other notable weap at that level would be kunzar kujunch.

A rod of lamentation, or other similar 2h will also be more aggro than Lam's and probably more reliable in xp groups when potential aggro is such a valuable source. Your offhand double attack skill is so low that DW is a poor rage generator from raw dps alone.

Rod of lamentation, or the range of 30/40ish 2handers.

[Lammy]

I agree. Until 30-35ish the Lammy's could do the trick in my previous experiences. Now it seems as the casters are coming into their own with more powerful spell lines the DPS alone isn't enough.

Maybe ill pickup a yak and kunzar to play around with for now and see how it goes.

[captnamazing]

yaks tank dragons dude

[Tasslehofp99]

I always thought obsidian shard was like the best aggro weapon pre-epics, but it seems as if on p99 the .1 sec stun portion of yak proc generates insane aggro.

[Motec]

ykesha always was fairly darn good.

[kaev]

Stun agro here seems about same as live was, was always better than obsidian shatter.

To the OP:

Ykeshan Warclub procs at 40 and has better ratio than SSoY. Also, the club is usually a fair bit cheaper to buy than SSoY.

Sarnak Warhammer is v nice at L46+ when it procs. Straight up stun is nearly as much agro as stun + small dd of Ykesha and you do better melee damage to easily make up the diff.

[Strifen]

Yeah grab 2 yak clubs, cheap and effective.

[Lammy]

What's your take on sacrificing some STR/HP for more Dex?

[captnamazing]

Originally Posted by Lammy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What's your take on sacrificing some STR/HP for more Dex?

Since DEX = more procs, and procs is a very important part of warrior aggro, it is worthwhile to have a small exchange of other stats. Arguably, in a good group your DPS shouldn't matter, so STA/HP is more important to be a good tank. A good trade would be Sarnak Hide mask for Grotesque mask. Yes, STR is a very important overall stat for landing hits and dealing more damage, but remember, even if your attack misses you still generate hate.

Even if you only increase your proc rate from once a minute to 1.1 times a minute, over 100 procs that's still 10 more instances where you'll have sticky aggro.

edit: better yet make friends with a shaman and get a dex buff :P