So tried some prot pvp with a disc priest in 2v2.
Since nearly all 2v2 is melee healer, you can spec bodyguard.
Also with demo shout and shield slam 15% dmg talent, your healer is never taking any dmg.
So your healer takes approx 60% less dmg.
I do same dps as the opponents dps, due to the dmg reduction on my healer and
i toyed with using a dagger and devestator, so shield slam, procs even more!
Their healer ran oom, before my healer.
Also i got 25k shield slam crits.
So if your bored, try it out.
Prot is a major threat when used properly with both offensive and defensive (bodyguard) styles of play
Extends from arena to bgs
This is not the first time I have seen a suggestion of dagger and devistator. All daggers to the best of my knowledge are agility. Is it really worth giving up strength for a quick weapon?
Also most talents that proc based on attacks scale based on that attack speed. So isnt devistator doing less with a dagger anyway?
I totally understand just how strong prot can be I am very specifically curious about this point because I know you are not the first to say it in the forums.
I don’t ever go devestator do to the face of loosing booming voice, the rage generation is just too valuable
That’s why I was asking what I did. Because purely from a rage generation stance the two are very close. The problem with devistator is that you double proc and you risk losing out on it. Plus the damage increase from booming voice is sexy.
My question was simply for pvp damage out put. Does an agi dagger hold the same proc rate as a significantly slower weapon? If it is still 20% instead of a PPM mechanic then you would actually be looking at more rage and that many more shield slams could open up a shield slam based build.
Its a different idea that I have read at least twice on these forums in the last week or two. For pve I would never consider anything really other than booming voice.
I might try this
Spec devestator
Go to training hall
In a one minute timer count procs for ss when…
Dagger equpt
Sword equip
Then in 3 min timer
Then in 5
Data
Also note that you are loosing str
Which is a for sure thing. If I wasnt on a brutal stretch of shifts this week I would go in and test it all myself. If it does proc more often I might try a good old fashion shield slam build. Throw everything o can at shield slam and take it for a spin against a dummy at well. The pve group content build shouldn’t be threatened by this at all however if it’s a super shield slamie spam fest it could be a ton of fun for open world or even some easier purely single target fights.
Then again you need a friend who is a rogue and willing g to fork over a precious dagger drop.