People often panic in the face of confusion. Or on a bad day it may even scatter our villagers within. Is he standing in a different realm? This confusion represents another element of fear. There’s not enough room in this world for his giant legs. Even with the mountains behind him, no cliff is that steep. Take a closer look at The Colossus and the origin of danger isn’t the only mystery. Rather than run he stands to face fear head on. Our giant, though, reveals the powerful part. The frenetic figures below show panic and chaos as well. This clenched hand represents the painting’s emotional core. He’s facing off with someone or something that requires full attention. That’s in large part because he has his back to them and us. In many ways the giant looks like a defender of Spain. That’s because neither of them shielded the Spanish from danger. If we choose to see The Colossus figure as one of these leaders, he’s not playing the protector. They were also aggressive a lot like this ready-to-punch giant. Fernando and Napolean both had colossal egos. These were the major players wreaking devastation on Spain at the time of this work. So, many think El Gigante is the incompetent Fernando VII of Spain or Napolean. Spanish painter Francisco de Goya created The Colossus during Napoleon’s siege of Spain. He’s solid and sure, the opposite of Spain’s frantic figures below.Ĭlick below for the podcast version of this post. But he grounds the otherwise dynamic composition. The giant also hovers over the scene like a cloud himself. He’s naked, as fear itself is often described. But even more important, they bring his meaning into question.ĭoes he protect the people below? Or is he what they fear? It could be both. Clouds tickle the looming giant and disguise details. That’s because even though we know a lot about this historic work, mastery lies in its subtle imagery. Get defense to 490 then focus on stamina, AC and avoidance.An eerie mystery permeates The Colossus by Francisco de Goya. Shield block rating is not good for warrior tanks. Parry (parry% is too expensive in terms of rating)īlock rating (almost irrelevant whie tanking progression content)īlock value (amount blocked by your shield) is nice to have for increasing shield slam threat gen if nothing else What does this mean for choosing items/gems as a warrior tank? What is not immediately obvious is that parry, dodge and miss are actually good for avoiding crushings in situation 1, because by increasing the percentage of attacks you avoid, you increase the chance that your two shield block charges are enough to last you through the cooldown of shield block. Shield block rating is utterly useless here, because 85% total dodge/parry/block/miss is not attainable, so all you do is push normal hits off the table. unbalancing strike in aq40, almost never applies). ![]() Boss hitting more than twice during the cooldown of shield block. A warrior who spams shield block gets crushed in two situations:ġ. The need for 25% block is wrong (until someone comes up with a combat log to the contrary, and no one has). What does this mean? 25% total parry, dodge, block and miss is enough to prevent crushing blows for a warrior with shield block active. When shield block is active, parry, dodge and miss appear to take precendence over block. Block, together with parry, dodge and miss, do indeed push crush off the combat table, but hit gets pushed off before crush, so at values lower than 85% of total avoidance/mitigation, block does not affect chance to be crushed at all. ![]() The evidence so far points to crush being a possible outcome on a combat table including crit, crush, hit, dodge, parry, miss. At 490 defense crits should not come into it. A level 73 mob/ skull boss does indeed have a base 15% chance to crush you but this does 150% damage (not same as crit as stated above). Comment by ThottbotThe above comments about the mechanics of crushing blows, and the value of block rating to warrior tanks, are completely wrong.įirst, the theorycraft.
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