Having a blast with my warrior alt

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I’m leveling prot with heirlooms and it is sooo much easier to tank then prot, the sunder/cleave spam is easy as hell with a revenge stuck in there every now and then with thunder clap CD. Shield block is ridiculous with full blocking lol, I get my group to grab like 20 mobs and I just sit there rotating sunders and shield block while they aoe down. Don’t even need to wait for CDs like my pally, if someone pulls an extra add no big deal just add them to the rotation!

Questing is a breeze with shield slam now, between that and revenge mobs last 3 hits most of the time, and if I pull more or have a higher level mob I can easily take it out. Can’t wait for devastate and to pull some BRD runs with adds galore! Getting groups is easy and most people are super nice especially when they see me chain pull super fast.

I’m having tons of fun!

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I main prot warrior and it’s the best honestly. I will be sad when it dies next tier, but I will salute it while I raid on my enhance or hunter with great sadness.

I’ll dust off my warrior after hard mode ulduar is on farm perhaps.

Err anyway ya prot warrior is great

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prot will not die next tier. we are on the last balance patch of the game currently. prot is going to be top tier throughout wrath now.

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So what does that change then other than dks not being the best? Paladins still have a death save and require less skill than warrior.

You can clear all content as war but not without hardship I think, and I’d rather just bench my warrior than make 24 people annoyed with my class because I get 1 shot if I don’t shield wall at key moments.

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i guess you should know the fights? prot is still the best tank due to mobility and threat generation. not hard to pop a defensive in a scripted fight, know the fights.

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You’re doing it wrong.

You should go deep arms + prot until 3rd row stuff u need for 1s Revenge cd, that’s the way to go until Raids.
Even in HC dungs you can smash 7k+ dps on trash just spamming Revenge Cleave.

Instead of using sunders which you do now, you pull 4+ mobs at all times and just spam cleave and revenge.

Unfortunately, warriors are bottom tanks in Wrath when it comes to raids, but they are most fun to play with revenge/cleave spec.
Pala 2nd life and perma 30% block, druid sheer hp pool just make those 2 go-to tanks.

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The worst tank is by far DK…

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Blood DKs do the least amount of damage of any of the tanks, survivability is not as big of a deal now as it once was because healers and other tanks/DPS can use CDs more reliably to keep tanks alive. Threat is a nonissue so DKs spamming Icy Touch for massive threat is irrelevant.

Guilds are looking at increasing damage to clear raids faster, warrior tanks simply are the best tank for that. No one wants to spend 2-3 raid days clearing content like it is 2009, they one night clears, 2-3 hours and there is a lot of trash to get through and bosses that die faster, have less time for people to make mistakes.

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Uhh, not sure exactly how it is in later tiers, but I know pala and druid are go-to tanks, always.

If I remember well, blood had decent hp pool, but smaller than druid, and didn’t have much to deal with hard hitting bosses. Blood strength is selfheals and when u got hpala you want tank who takes less dmg not one who self heals. Their selfheals can’t sustain hard hits in some rougher fights.

Prot warrior is decent in Naxx, but you just don’t see demand compared to druids and paladins, check any server discord, you’ll see guilds only LF protpala and bear, since it’s what’s best simply.

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Warrior is still a good tank if he knows what he is doing. Blood is very squish and relay on CD and death strike and is not reliable like warrior. Paladin still need to drink in a speed run. Anyway, DK is definitely the weakest tank

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Yeah, warriors are decent rn, Ulduar too I think, ToC and ICC they fall off a bit, but still very much useful for clearing the raid. Depends how much guild/raid is min-maxing.

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Your a trash player and a trash person, my warrior is literally level 44, stop being a trash know it all you tool

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The amount of times I’ve seen people say level as UA/revenge spec to someone who isn’t even high enough to get those talents is far too high.

Sunder, slam, revenge, and clap your way to glorious victory friend!

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Yeah level and play as you want, if you enjoy leveling as prot play that. I have a level 40+ prot warrior and it’s real fun!

As for prot warriors not being meta, I’m sure prot warriors will clear all content despite what you might read on these forums. With Wrath Classic we’re not talking about a new game, everything is known and figured out and we’re better players. Even the hardest content in Wrath will probably not pose a real threat to most guilds.

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someone’s having fun with the game

it must be the end of the world

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Same here but with BDK as my alt. Run quests, pull multiples, can do some elites, throw myself into LFG tool and wait for an invite. It’s been fun so far.

Glad you’re having fun too.

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So? Revenge/cleave works anywhere from 20+ to 80, just takes 61 to get UA. You can still hit quite hard with revenge and cleave from 20+.

If you can’t, then you’re playing wrong, I’m assuming pulling mob by mob because you’re scared. Instead of just pulling 3-4 mobs and spamming revenge/cleave. Hp pots cost nothing so you got not downtime either.

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yeah most things are super easy in WOTLK including leveling.

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There is no “doing it wrong” in this case.

They’re using two abilities that allow them to be successful in threat control.

Two abilities, I may add, that don’t rely on mitigation like Revenge. Shield Block has a 50-second downtime.

Additionally, at such a low level (44), you’re not going to have the same level of passive mitigation as a level 80 Warrior will.

No, you should go with whatever build works for YOU.

Sunder Armor is a GREAT choice - it causes threat AND increases overall physical damage (which affects your Revenge, along with your DPS)

You’ve basically told them to replace their Sunder Armor with Revenge - an ability that requires active mitigation. If Revenge procs, absolutely, use it, especially if you have Improved Revenge, but don’t rely on Cleave + Revenge solely.

  • You could be waiting for a LONG time for a Revenge proc, and
  • Cleave is on next-melee attack, which means the slower the weapon, the slower the threat generation (not to mention, if your attack misses, gets dodged, etc.)

Realistically, Thunder Clap is more vital than either of these abilities in the early levels since it’s a pure-AoE ability.

This is one of the most uninformed comments I’ve ever read.

Again, there’s no “playing wrong” here.

Do you try reading at all?

There will ALWAYS be downtime with mass-AoE pulls - not the tank, necessarily, but the other group members will ALWAYS need time.

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