My enjoyment of Sword and Board Ret

I appreciate the response and concern Varx, and while I understand this set up is not optimal, I do state in my post that there is a lot that I lose, but it does well for what I want it for. I tell anyone who asks that this is absolutely not the brightest thing to do, because of the severe damage/utility loss from BoJ, Temp, Divine Storm and the loss of the entire healing row. But I also tell them it’s not as bad as even I first anticipated, and I am extremely comfortable with its performance in pvp so far, for pve it would be wonderful to at least have BoJ and Divine Storm to aid in JV build up, but i’m pretty ok with what I have right now and looking to make it work.

Glad wars wouldn’t satisfy this feeling I have unless it came with some respectable survivability.

@Dalles Thank you for the reply and I also understand your concern. I do not plan to influence people to switch to this unless they have had the same issue I am having. As stated before by no means is this optimal, it is a challenge to play like this but extremely satisfying to pvp with. In PvE there are struggles due to the lack of Divine Punisher, BoJ, Divine Storm etc.

To insinuate that I am attempting to influence players back for the free weekend is pretty insulting and I really do not appreciate that, but this is your view and I can respect it. Let me clear the air on that and say no, my intention is not to do so. I have found a version of a spec I admired that has really brought new life into the enjoyment for me and I wanted to share that. I have every other class at 120 and nothing is sticking, but this is, it is fun for me and I have stated it as such.

@MbThank you for your response! i find it very fun to play this way.
My azerite traits currently are as follows

x3 Indominable Justice
x2 Avenger’s Might
x2 Elemental Whirl
x1 Tradewinds
x1 Earthlink

Aside from Indomitable and Avengers Might I tend to try and pump as much mastery into my traits as possible so anything that gives you that I would say is favored in my opinion.

My stats are Mastery and Versatility, but I learn more versatility with gems and enchants due to the massive amounts of mastery I can get from traits.

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