WotLK Stat priority for prot war

[Ivlarshall]

I started to research which gear is best for PvP prot war. http://puu.sh/mwKDF/1b44279373.jpg Here it goes. It's the best gears i could find by now.

But i have question, which can change all the situation. What if crit is more valuable than AP/strength in this case?

So:

1. Hit cap (164)
2. ArP cap (1400)
3. Strength/AP
4. Crit
5. Expertise
6. Haste

Or:
1. Hit cap (164)
2. ArP cap (1400)
3. Crit
4. Strength/AP
5. Expertise
6. Haste

I know it's can sound insane but when you can reach like over 60% crit with 3 main abilities... It sounds really sweet.

[Urmomdotcom]

I started to research which gear is best for PvP prot war. http://puu.sh/mwKDF/1b44279373.jpg Here it goes. It's the best gears i could find by now.

But i have question, which can change all the situation. What if crit is more valuable than AP/strength in this case?

So:

1. Hit cap (164)
2. ArP cap (1400)
3. Strength/AP
4. Crit
5. Expertise
6. Haste

Or:
1. Hit cap (164)
2. ArP cap (1400)
3. Crit
4. Strength/AP
5. Expertise
6. Haste

I know it's can sound insane but when you can reach like over 60% crit with 3 main abilities... It sounds really sweet.

That's bis setup for having fun in bg and up to 2k mmr. In any serious environment you'll get globaled.

[Jakkre]

Its worth to mention that strength increase ur block value while attack power doesnt so strength is significant stronger because block value increase ur shield slam dmg.
I would say its hit cap>arp cap>strength>crit>ap

[taralej]

So you're basically asking if Str > Crit in regards of PvP Prot...

[Ivlarshall]

That's bis setup for having fun in bg and up to 2k mmr. In any serious environment you'll get globaled.

ATC is pretty good with it. Ofc u can switch to like 400-700 relil but it's another story.

I've made a build with http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=54590 and http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=50343 so i had 47% crit unbuffed. I compared it to my standard build and can say it has more stability in procs (trinkets proc together in 99%) and there is no damned haste in it. So every 45 sec i reached over 7k DPS on dummy. Also in duels there was no ability, which had less 50% crit times! HALE TO THE BIG NUMBAZ! xD And the last cool thing about it is 18% dodge! O_o

[EidolonArk]

After bv soft cap and arp cap, crit is definitely more appealing since you'd want your shield slams to crit often and i believe goes well with glyph of heroic strike. Any bv after softcap doesnt add any noticeable improvement in damage compared to more chances of consecutive crits.

[Ivlarshall]

Idk, actually I don't stack bv coz you waste a lot of stats, when try to reach it and it buffs only one ability. Imo the time of OP SS is gone.

[Jakkre]

One thing that bother me is the fact that all the agility items have attack power instead of strength and therefore dont increase the block value.
Now I dont know how beneficial block value is for dmg purpose but it might make sense to get strength items over agility items in certain circumstances.

[EidolonArk]

One thing that bother me is the fact that all the agility items have attack power instead of strength and therefore dont increase the block value.
Now I dont know how beneficial block value is for dmg purpose but it might make sense to get strength items over agility items in certain circumstances.

Mainly to help reach the 1960 soft cap. You'd want your shield slams and heroic strikes to crit as often as possible.

[Ivlarshall]

Any way you have to equip agil weapon, agil wrists or rings, cloak or you will stack expertise/hit overcap which almost useless.

[rascunho]

Its worth to mention that strength increase ur block value while attack power doesnt so strength is significant stronger because block value increase ur shield slam dmg.
I would say its hit cap>arp cap>strength>crit>ap

What about block value?

let me fix it

hit cap>block value to 90% cap >arp cap>strength>crit>ap

bis helm and legs for prot pvp are t9 hc tank pieces

[dike]

What about block value?
bis helm and legs for prot pvp are t9 hc tank pieces

nah, u can soft cap bv without t9hc tank pieces . u could use them still in some diff gear setup, but if u aim for bg "glass canon" spec u dont need any pieces of gear with bv stat on them, except gun and icc shield