07-22-2010, 11:52 PM
In light of what Kretol decided to do, I also decided to post up my ideal spec for raiding when Cataclysm is out. I will also be posting a Prot build for my tank off-spec.
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This is all *potential* of course. Right now, I see no reason to pay attention to rage. I gain so much of it so quickly, it makes no difference to me. However, Blizzard said they would be making it so warriors will have to focus on their rage and actually pay attention to when certain abilities can be executed. Picking up talents like Deadly Calm and Battle Trance may be something I take later. For now, this is what I will be sticking with.
Playing around with the Prot tree, however, there are a lot of interesting things to take in.
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Once again, because I don't know how rage will work, I didn't put points into Battle Trance. I took Armored to the Teeth, but debated on skipping that and throwing points into Blitz in the Arms tree instead. Having that ability to stun another target as you charge can be really helpful. Another thing I noted is the Blood and Thunder talent. I thought I read that Rend would be usable in all stances, but perhaps I am wrong there. Regardless, it sounds like Prot warriors may have a good reason to use it now.
Charge > Rend > Thunder Clap+Thunderstruck = A great way to hold aggro on groups
I'm glad to see Blizzard is understanding how rough AE tanking is for warriors and how having a "Consecrate"-like ability is going to help. I hope much of this makes it to the actual expansion. However, nothing is really set-in-stone for the moment, so we shall see.
Feel free to discuss.
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This is all *potential* of course. Right now, I see no reason to pay attention to rage. I gain so much of it so quickly, it makes no difference to me. However, Blizzard said they would be making it so warriors will have to focus on their rage and actually pay attention to when certain abilities can be executed. Picking up talents like Deadly Calm and Battle Trance may be something I take later. For now, this is what I will be sticking with.
Playing around with the Prot tree, however, there are a lot of interesting things to take in.
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Once again, because I don't know how rage will work, I didn't put points into Battle Trance. I took Armored to the Teeth, but debated on skipping that and throwing points into Blitz in the Arms tree instead. Having that ability to stun another target as you charge can be really helpful. Another thing I noted is the Blood and Thunder talent. I thought I read that Rend would be usable in all stances, but perhaps I am wrong there. Regardless, it sounds like Prot warriors may have a good reason to use it now.
Charge > Rend > Thunder Clap+Thunderstruck = A great way to hold aggro on groups
I'm glad to see Blizzard is understanding how rough AE tanking is for warriors and how having a "Consecrate"-like ability is going to help. I hope much of this makes it to the actual expansion. However, nothing is really set-in-stone for the moment, so we shall see.
Feel free to discuss.