Since all the prot warrior abilities are based off AP wouldn't the PvP sword be viable since it has resil and the possibility of another attack proc?
Is there any situation you can think off using battle stance as a prot?
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All the time while not FCing, and having a pockethealer nearby.
Depends if I have or do not have a healer.But then you would stancedance for shield slam, or not!?
Small correction. Also allows Horde to more easily hit-cap versus Night Elves.Races
Alliance:
Nightelf: Smeld, and 2% less of a chance to be hit chance to dodge. (Night Elf is the best race for an Alliance Warrior.)
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Thanks for this thread, Neon!
I don't have specific complaints with the BiS list, but am curious what stat weights you used to determine your picks. This would help to determine what gear to wear while farming honor for the BoA gear.
What value do you assign to dodge on Prot, especially since it only affects attackers they are facing? If dodge has a strictly limited value, might you consider "of the bear" over "of the champion"? How valuable is crit vs str for Arms? What crit value is more useful than 1 point of str? And how do you weigh str vs stam on Arms?
When I play with the item databases, I get some slightly different results from your BiS list and I am curious what numbers you use. What relative values do you give to stam, str, armor, dodge, parry, hit, and resil?
Opinions and insight from any experienced f2p warriors welcome. Thanks!
The prot gear isn't BiS,but the Arms gear is, I just never got around to really finishing it.
Ok then, let's just talk Arms. Why do you think that list is BiS for Arms? What information/data do you use to steer your gear choices?
I love stat weights. I work with tables and formulas in databases every day at work. I know from doing Google searches that wowhead, noxxic, icy-veins, and askmrrobot use stat weights, but they are all tuned for lvl 90 with reforging.
What are the current hit and expertise caps?
How important do you consider expertise? Important enough to wear the foreman's gloves instead of algae/skeletal?
How important do you consider stamina in comparison to dps stats? I notice you chose 5str/3stam silverlaine ring for horde arms over the 7str foul strength ring. So, 3 stam is better than 2 str?
I am not experienced enough to disagree with you, but I want to understand your logic.
As a semi-related question: I was leveling a pair of warriors and I made one Arms and the other Prot to compare builds. With starting zone gear, the Prot warrior's Shield Slam did almost triple the damage of the Arms warrior's Mortal Strike. How does the damage compare at 20?