Prot vs. Prot

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Hello! Returning player for 8.3, I usually play a DPS, but am not enjoying all the RNG currently tied to the job, and want to reroll to a tanking class. However I am having difficulty deciding on what class I should play. Top 2 contenders are Prot pally, or warrior (sorry DK, DH, and Monk I like my tanks with a huge shield and full plate)

Just want a general comparison, pros, cons ect. Thanks for the help!

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I’ve been enjoying Prot Pally but I have no experience with Prot Warrior so it’s a toss up. I know warrior is busted in M+ right now so if busted is what you’re looking for there ya go.

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If you’re just doing casual content, I’d pick whatever looks and feels the coolest!

If I was choosing between war vs. pally, I’d go pally personally. I like the utility of being able to perform all 3 roles: tank, heals, dps. I also like pally “looks” more - armor and abilities.

Those are just my personal opinions, so it may not help much lol.

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i like warrior tanks myself, but actually being able to pvp as a prot spec is crazy right now, untill seeing this anytime i saw a prot pally in pvp i just rolled my eyes, but they can delete you right now

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Prot pally.

Prot warrior is terribad right now. I hate it.

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less restrictive public indecency laws, for one

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Prot pally is the flavor of the week now, but prot warrior is more reliable and consistent since…forever.

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I personally like warrior more, too many paladins and also paladin is broken class…
I think you should watch guides for each and then decide .

Or if you do have 110 boost try it out, or ask a friend to let you try it out.

Arms

Fury

Also if you check ranks of 2,3v PVP ranks , Alliance owns it all with Arms warriors. Fury is not much of arena PVP spec now , but you can just swap spec not big deal.

You will also see paladins on top of the rank, If I am not wrong there is one Arms warrior who is in TOP 5 2v arena all the time, holds 1 st place most of the time, I check each month. Paladins usually win against warriors because ( arms doesn’t have any self healing at all ) Fury can win but the shields paladin casts makes it hard for Fury to heal, but in SL we get throw back to take bubble off :slight_smile:

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Yeah need to be able to see more worgen butt.

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Paladins are butt.

Warriors are beards.

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Prot pally.

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I just don’t find anything in 8.3 to be fun in general, but that may just be me. That is regardless of class/spec being played as well. I pulled these off of Icy Veins, it’ll steer you in the right direction but I wouldn’t put 100% trust in it either.

Protection Warrior’s Strengths

  • Excels in situations with high amounts of physical/blockable damage.
  • Smooth damage intake.
  • Has high mobility with [Intercept] and [Heroic Leap]
  • Decent raid and dungeon utility in [Rallying Cry], [Battle Shout], [Shockwave], [Spell Reflection], [Intimidating Shout]
  • Extremely high AoE damage output.

Protection Warrior’s Weaknesses

  • More unforgiving of mistakes or improper play compared to other tanks.
  • Weaker self-sustain compared to some other tank specs. This is only an issue in certain niche situations.
  • Has some difficulty against magical/non-blockable damage.
  • Lacks impactful crowd control (“mob displacement”) dungeon utility when compared to other tank specs.

Protection Paladin Strengths

  • Strong Active Mitigation against physical
  • Good group utility with blessings and ![Hand of the Protector]
  • Strong ability to cheese or avoid mechanics with [Divine Shield]
  • 100% uptime on 50% slow on enemies with [Consecrated Ground]
  • Strong damage and burst with [Seraphim]

Protection Paladin Weaknesses

  • Limited Active mitigation uptime
  • Squishy outside of Active mitigation
  • Limited mobility outside of ![Divine Steed]
  • Proactive mitigation model, easy to die to unforeseen damage
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Male Human Warrior!

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Either class works great in M+ up to 15 and heroic raids, so as long as your not trying for world first your not limited by class.

After that its deciding if you want to choose your class by race, transmog, look of the spells or game play.

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Druid…enough said