Best leveling spec for warrior?

[inf3cted]

Btw guys, what about lvl 60 prot PvP? As far as i know in vanilla only shields got BV. Will that impact prot vs caster situations alot?

[Nerbeleth]

Who says arms is better obviously was sleeping or never exped a warrior on prot. Nothing can stop you after you get improved revenge, that skill is just plain op as it is. Hitting two targets like a truck, able to solo Stockade as a lvl 28 prot on the test realm... and outside xp is killing mobs in packs of 5 or more. You block the full damage or avoid it completely so you don´t need healing at all. Sorry to crush your manmode arms hype guys, its just a joke comparing it to a prot, who can dish out 3 times your damage until you reach lvl 80.

-prot has the highest damage output from all in an instance (until lvl 60+) , just check dps meter
Oh and try to kill a prot war with any kind of meele in pvp.
- inf3cted : you can´t stop a good geared prot war on lvl 60 not even with casters, it is just simply overpowered like hell, you can´t use pets cuz if revenge proccs you are oneshotted, either way the will charge you and kill you with shield slam and devastate.

[Panofsky]

Who says arms is better obviously was sleeping or never exped a warrior on prot. Nothing can stop you after you get improved revenge, that skill is just plain op as it is. Hitting two targets like a truck, able to solo Stockade as a lvl 28 prot on the test realm... and outside xp is killing mobs in packs of 5 or more. You block the full damage or avoid it completely so you don´t need healing at all. Sorry to crush your manmode arms hype guys, its just a joke comparing it to a prot, who can dish out 3 times your damage until you reach lvl 80.

Oh and try to kill a prot war with any kind of meele in pvp.
- you can´t stop a good geared prot war on lvl 60 not even with casters, it is just simply overpowered like hell.

You are basing your opinion on the skill of every single player, which is not a good argument. A good arms warrior is almost unstoppable as much as a prot one. Obviously an arms warrior can't solo a dungeon or some elite mobs because the lack of defensive stats and cooldowns but you have to be a really bad player if you can't manage more then one mob as an arms warrior (hello, my good friend Sweeping Strikes). Those who can't lvl up properly as an arms warrior usually cry about the fact they take too much damage from the mobs, because they don't know how to stance dance, how to use their defensive cooldowns or how to switch from a two handed weapon to one hand+shield combo with a proper macro. Speaking about low lvl pvp, sure prot is stronger but at lvl 80 well geared arms warrior, if he is not brain dead, will never loose to a prot one.

[Nerbeleth]

Your only skill is overpower which can hit a prot others will me blocked, dodged or parried. It is not being about brain dead or not, if you hit him you kill yourself right away thanks to op revenge. You probably never met a prot warrior comp in the arena.
And even a braindead warrior should know how to use stance-dance macros and other stuff, Im not counting this, because its a basic standard thing

[Panofsky]

Your only skill is overpower which can hit a prot others will me blocked, dodged or parried. It is not being about brain dead or not, if you hit him you kill yourself right away thanks to op revenge. You probably never met a prot warrior comp in the arena.

I was talking about a duel situation and yes, I've met a prot warrior comp in arena. Please don't tell me that prot is more avaible than arms in arena at lvl 80 becasue I'm about to laugh so much. Arms/Holy and Arms/Disc is one of the best rank 1 comp in the 2vs2 bracket. Speaking about 3vs3, the only prot warrior comp which can be considered op is the AFC. And just becasue you have some defensive stats doesn't mean that all the damaging abilities, aside from Overpower, will be parried, dodged or blocked. There is a thing in pvp called kiting and there are those things called Charge and Intercept Stun. I'm giving you a hint...

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........you can't dodge, parry or block while you are stunned.....

[Nerbeleth]

Yeap, stunned? Tell me how many stuns does a prot have comparing to arms. Go agains a full block geared prot paladin and prot warrior in the arena, ofc armor pen for maximum hate and block caped. I will be damn curious about that.

[Panofsky]

Prot paladins are a different subject. Don't throw in the discussion something which doesn't fit it. They have something called Hand of Freedom, which a prot war hasn't got, which help them a lot against the arms warriors (aka, you can't kite them properly). And the silence effect of Avenger Shield prevents us from spamming Piercing Howl.

Btw, if you really think to enter in the arena and oneshot an arms warrior with your classic Recklessness+Shield Block+Shield Slam combination, you are going to have a bad day my friend.

[Nerbeleth]

Im not going to argue with you , we will meet in the arena.

[Panofsky]

Im not going to argue with you , we will meet in the arena.

So scared.

FITE ME IRL!

[Radvo]

We're talking about leveling, not level 80 arenas.

While leveling, until 70, prot is the best leveling spec. Arms comes close, but in the end, flops where prot shines best: Packs of mobs. Yes, arms can lolstorm and clear a pack of mobs, but then has to wait for the long-*** cd to get another group, while prot just tears through packs of mobs with revenge and shield slam.

If you really dislike tanking, arms is a viable spec to level, especially post level 70.

[Panofsky]

We're talking about leveling, not level 80 arenas.

While leveling, until 70, prot is the best leveling spec. Arms comes close, but in the end, flops where prot shines best: Packs of mobs. Yes, arms can lolstorm and clear a pack of mobs, but then has to wait for the long-*** cd to get another group, while prot just tears through packs of mobs with revenge and shield slam.

If you really dislike tanking, arms is a viable spec to level, especially post level 70.

Do I need to quote myself again? What if I told you that I've tanked low lvl dungeons as arms warrior after our tank has dced or left the party? We are talking about low lvls dung, where you will hardly find items which give you defensive stats. And the bladestorm cd is only 1,5 minute long.

[Nerbeleth]

I don´t think that it will be a problem to find a healer to xp with, especially at the beginning.

[Moddy]

Considering the fact that you will not be alone at all on this realm, I recommend you chose protection for leveling, because you will receive more invites for dungeons, taunt 5-6 mobs at once(with blacksmithing gear or better) and slay them before others even get the chance to see them, and the most important, as you like it or not, you will take part to world PvP, and most of the times it's not fair at all, as a couple consisting of a hunter and a mage want to kill you, but after level 50, when a protection warrior gets the talent which lets you use charge, intercept and intervene in any stance, regardless if you are in combat or not, you will turn the tables in your favor, even against multiple enemies at once.
I consider all the facts I've mentioned above, good enough to convince you that protection is the steadiest of all three specs in terms of leveling and Pvping until 80.

Spec for pvp, que for pvp, gear for pvp, wait around for pvp ques... /Lordaeron