Can you people stop claiming Prot Wars are OP? Specially you guys in any keys lower than 12’s… Prot War has been crap for the last 3 expacs for keys or 3rd place at the very best.
I was in a lot of 2’s spam cause I was farming off spec equips to lvl up with valor later and most of the time dps go “war op big dps” “war needs nerf” healers going “I’ll swap dps”…
Had one crap bag go “im gonna go make a post to nerf warriors forever” meanwhile he’s playing a damn demon hunter… S tier in both tanking and dps right now… I told him to go check his class on tier and he went “oh damn my bad”.
So please before you go wanting nerfs for prot wars then go check yourself first before we have another tank shortage or tanks struggling to survive or do damage in higher keys.
I’ve been a prot paly for 9 years and a brewmaster for only a couple months in shadowlands when they were good. Now I’m gonna main a prot war because I like it, played it during pre patch for DF. My first ever character was a warrior back in lich king and in DF it’s just as if not better than it was back then at least for prot. Don’t kill it again just because you guys wanna meme.
Check my io all you want too… Idc if I do 12’s or low SBG 14’s etc… It’s fun. I’ll do my 16 COS or SBG for the week and do low keys to chill lol
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i just have this to say “nerf warriors” 
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Iono, im doing alright for my self, next week ill be over 2200+ and ill be taking the back burner after that.
Switching to fury spec cause bored and ill tell you… when people tell you ur a bad tank…
Then go do a 15 ruby as dps…
I wonder how some people even get into these keys lol. Especially tanks.
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Yep… DPS telling tanks they are bad but when they attempt the same key they talked crap to a tank for and wipe several times they learn quick. DPS/Healers are what wipe groups for the most part in DF so far.
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Amen, its why i try to see both sides, tank for a while and then switch and watch the chaos.
It really makes you think why ur the one being called bad omg lol.
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Prot war is at the top of the food chain. It is the go-to tank for high end keys and MDI will consolidate prot warrior as the current top tank.
No one will nerf prot warrior right now because many guilds invested a lot on their tanks and if they have a warrior on their mythic progression this can even break a guild, Blizzard has stated in the past they wouldn’t do such a thing.
Will they balance the tanks again for next patch? I don’t know. I just don’t feel like they are nerfing Prot warrior to the ground for season 2 or even changing the meta as they didn’t on Shadowlands.
the important part is making sure other tanks are viable, even though they’re not meta (SL season 1 you wouldn’t join a public key unless you were a VDH).
I’ve been a Prot Warrior since BC. I can confirm and say that since Wrath, Prot Warrior have been butchered and nerfed to the point where no one wanted to play or run with a Prot Warrior. In SL, I mained my guardian druid. In DF, I am so glad and so amazed that they buffed Prot Warriors to the point where they are “back on top”.
Yes, people love pallies. I have a Prot Pally. Truthfully, I prefer my warrior. Nothing against pallies, I just have been a Prot Warrior for so long that I know them inside and out. I would love to see more self-heals on a Prot Warrior and a possible battle rez. I find it annoying and aggravating Warriors are 1 of 3? or 4? classes that don’t have a brez.
Make it cost 50 rage. I don’t care. I love the survivability of my Prot Warrior. I love my rotation. I love my “toolkit” to have me as one of the last survivors of a raid.
Everyone hates on Prot Warriors now saying “they’re too OP” or “all they do is rage dump”. I, for one, don’t just dump all my rage into Ignore Pain. Shield Block is my “go-to” spell. Ignore Pain is used IN ADDITION to Shield Block. Those who don’t play the class assume.
Having never played a Prot Pally, I thought it too easy to pick it up and take off with it. They were no mechanics or rotation to it. Warriors, you actually have to think and use your rage wisely. Prot Pallies are simple: oh, crap, I’m dying, let me Lay on Hands or Word of Glory to heal myself. Prot Warriors run into trouble, and yes, we have a couple of options, but it boils down to we have Improved Victory Rush for a heal then Last Stand or Rallying Cry as a temporary heal before we lose the additional health, and if our healers are dead, we’re dead. Prot Pallies aren’t so healer dependent. I remember back in BC and Wrath, we had Commanding Shout, which increased our health compared Rallying Cry, which is temporary. Be nice if they brought it back since we have fury or arms warriors that can cast battle shout. We can’t heal ourselves like Pallies. Say what you will, but I’d take my Prot Warrior than a brain dead pally any day.
Icy-veins and Wowhead disagree with the OP.
Prot warriors are OP if you compare it to the rest of the tanks, but i don’t think warriors should be nerfed. The rest of the tanks needs to be buffed to the same level.
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Prot war was top dog in BfA.
They only struggled in SL because Blizzard moved around their talents, making the actual good combinations impossible to get.
Idk how you play prot in 10-14 keys but I dont die even if healer is dead on those…
I really enjoy prot warrior, both the aesthetic of smash thing with shield and the gameplay of smash thing with shield, not looking forward to blizzard “fixing” them 
I imagine the rez would be a “shout” and it would go something like 'Why the F are you dead??!!?! Get up and fight!" I can get behind this.
The meta is different for lower keys than higher ones. Most of the time in low keys, the meta player is whoever actually knows how to play their class.
No? They were awesome in BFA seasons 3 and 4.
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Are they OP? I dunno
Are they the best tank currently? YES. Definitely yes.
Tank! How did you do that?
Do what?
Your health was in the red. Now it is in the orange. How!!!
I used WoG cause my health was kinda low. / shrug
Mother of god. This guy is AMAZING!
Wait last 3 expansions? Do you seriously not remenber bfa?
Prot warrior in bfa was the best by far. Even at the very begining prot was doing insane dmg.
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What tier list has VDH S tier? We are 4th place in tanking hence the buffs coming today.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with having a Meta. The issue is that Warriors are clearly overtuned compared to the other tanks that they double the representation of the number 2 seed, DK, and nearly quadruple representation of the number 3 and 4 seed, PPal and DH.
Keys +20 and up:
Warrior: 43.7%
DK: 20.6%
DH: 12.7%
Paladin: 12%
Druid: 6.5%
Monk: 4.5%
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Do you want us to lie to you then?
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