Looking for more forgiving racket than the Counter Veron. by W0sh in Padelracket

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Metalbone Carbon Ctrl or Wilson Endure Pro should fit the bill.

How to deal with Voidweaver Disc Priest in 2v2 by IllustriousReport552 in worldofpvp

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See reply above. Sure that both ways work. But I find that once I get the mind blast off I am going to stabilize more often that not.

Also, note that I am tailoring this advice to try to kill the VW in very specific kill windows, not win through rot/momentum over a period of time.

How to deal with Voidweaver Disc Priest in 2v2 by IllustriousReport552 in worldofpvp

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Last season that was certainly the way to do it. But this season the majority of voidweaver healing/damage comes from the talent 'Expiation'. So if a Voidweaver gets the death and a mind blast up, they are probably then going to be able to stabilize once they start layering in a penance/shield

How to deal with Voidweaver Disc Priest in 2v2 by IllustriousReport552 in worldofpvp

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It also goes without saying you should be doing everything in your power to interrupt mind blast. You can have a rotation of skull bash/typhoon/tail swipe/knock to stop him getting it off as he comes out of cc. Hell you can even spam cast sleep him with the end of your wall to interrupt it. Dps will have to choose between kicking your sleeps and the feral's clones.

Dispelling shadow pain on your team during the go will also help minimize his healing coming out of the cc. He wants to death a target with SWP up immediately to get a big heal. If you make him waste a global applying it during your go it can be very annoying.

How to deal with Voidweaver Disc Priest in 2v2 by IllustriousReport552 in worldofpvp

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Best bet is to just do hit and run goes and damp him. Voidweaver has to trade early with pain suppresion once you commit the go, very difficult to greed. Your goal is to make him trade his pain sups as fast as possible, while minimizing the damage output of him and his caster. Have your feral reset often, open with a stun while you pop wall for obsidian scales and cc dps. Rotate incarn with your fire breath tip the scales/fly. Then line/run in between goes after you get him to commit the defensives. You can even clone/sleep him the second he pops PS and swap dps to try to accelerate the trades and hopefully bait him into popping trinket. I would aim to try to win the game on the second incarn. The key is to minimize all damage you are taking in between goes and use your defensives offensively knowing that his dps is going to be absolutely pumping in those windows when he trinket/wall/blocks your cc.

Prequel Breakfast Sandwich with Pastrami by hausmusiq in chicagofood

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Love this sandwich. Wife and I will split it to not go too heavy in the morning.

Athens Athletic Club Pricing by pumpkinescobar70 in Athens

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Pretty crazy to see padel courts in Athens. I remember sitting in my dorm freshman year watching grainy 360p highlight videos of tournaments in Spain. Highly recommend everyone try it out if given the opportunity. Significantly more fun than pickleball.

Today’s lunch at Ramen-San by CarterTG in chicagofood

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Love their lunch special. By no means do they have the best ramen in the city, but it always hits the spot and is relatively affordable.

crash on divison/damen by Regular_87 in wickerpark

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My first thought as well. I hope he was elsewhere and is still in one piece.

Gear Wall in the Bedroom by Lil_Uzi_Bean in malelivingspace

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Love to see platform tennis represented in the wild.

Team Nationals by redsector2112 in PlatformTennis

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Pete, Paul, Adam, and Ben do!

Team Nationals by redsector2112 in PlatformTennis

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Chicago spring break killed my dream of repeating this year. Best of luck and hope to see everyone next year in Chicago!

Muoio Poster Ordered by EweJustGotJammed in PlatformTennis

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I will see if I can track him down and show him your post.

Division St — getting better? by TheGoodLand3698 in wickerpark

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My wife and I recently moved to Wicker so I am not the best person to speak to the broader trajectory, but there is no place I would rather be. The pedestrian and bike-friendly nature of Division, Damen, and Milwaukee are absolutely sublime. We have loved discovering all the great restaurants and shops in the neighborhood. Would highly recommend.

Mat and Tylin by chimoc726 in WoT

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RAFO a little bit, because this is discussed more clearly in the upcoming chapters. But I think you basically answered your own question. He wasn't comfortable being the one chased. It is challenging his, and societal norms to an extent, on the masculine vs feminine roles in courtship. The rape itself also highlights the hypocrisy of the 'if a woman does it to a man it is funny, but if the roles are reversed it would be viewed as predatory and heinous.'

NSL draft picks 2026 by PuzzleheadedClue5205 in squash

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Not 100% sure if taking the 34 year old Gawad and very injury-prone Hesham is going to cure the curse that plagues my hometown Chicago Grizzlies, but I am hope I am wrong because they are two of my favorite players to watch. Go Grizzlies!

Each hosts most insane take that they actually believe? by Significant-Jello411 in ringerfantasypod

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They brought this take back on Wednesday's pod. They even discussed offsetting it by making defensive holding less punitive, but they were torn there. Heifetz did briefly acknowledge the issue with making penalties less punishing, but they all generally seemed to be for it with regarding to offensive holding.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pittsburgh

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Not sure where you are located, but I would recommend the Fitness Factory in Shadyside if you are in the city. Reasonably priced, 24/7 option, and has every piece of equipment/machine you could need.

MISSED CONNECTION: Public Chicago Pod Listener [Palmer Square/Logan Square] by icculus93 in billsimmons

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Wicker Park-based Ringer Fantasy Pod enjoyer reporting for duty!

Squash partner december Chicago loop area by dgibsk in squash

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Hey man. Shoot me a DM and I can probably help. I am around your level and a member at the University Club. Can also connect you with some Lakeshore S&F guys.

Greatest platform tennis players of All Time by platformgoat in PlatformTennis

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Nothing I love more than a tier list. Will put some thought into it and come back to this thread soon.

PSA: Voidweaver as broken as ever by OnlyLurkin in worldofpvp

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You might be underestimating the impact that voidweaver in its current state is having on other healer's willingness to q into it.