Warrior Builds...

[radner]

so i've traversed over many a warrior talent builds and have not come up with one that i believe i would enjoy. the warrior i wish to play is a groupable sort-more protection than either arms or fury, so with that in mind, has anyone a good talent build for him?

[Myrkris]

so i've traversed over many a warrior talent builds and have not come up with one that i believe i would enjoy. the warrior i wish to play is a groupable sort-more protection than either arms or fury, so with that in mind, has anyone a good talent build for him?

Darkkwing and Jaundice are the most heavily protection specced warriors in HAWC that I'm aware of. I'd be interested in seeing their builds, and hearing their impression of them.

As an alternative that works quite well in practice, Sol has gone with a build that's only maybe 1/3 protection, the rest is mostly Arms IIRC. He uses different gear sets for tanking and is quite effective at it while retaining a lot of punch when he isn't tanking. If he could post his build, that would also be interesting.

[Rehab]

I believe, but i would have to check, that i only have 5 points maybe 6 not in protection.

[radner]

so you are saying that you have nearly all your points in protection??

[Bloodrush]

Radner, unfortunately when surfing your most likely only going to find cookie cutter builds. However with a little info on what your planning your role to be ( or somewhat lean to) would help me give advise easier. I've played a good 4-6 warrior builds, some being cookies, some being home grown. that being said, if your looking to MT all the time, at least 31 in prot is a must imho. You mentioned you havent found one you think will be enjoyable ... in my experience, fun doesnt come along with being meat shield. However useful it is, its not very fun. your damage is low, slow, very non explosive, and forget about pvp..

Current build is 5/11/35.
arms=deflection only ( extra % cant hurt)
fury=cruelty/unbridled wrath/peircing howl ( better rage generation, dazes control runners)
prot=all the stops

If your wanting to be versatile, stick with arms primary, then toss in utilities from prot or fury.
( you can always bring a set of tanking gear along with you if the time calls for it) however it is not easy as a prot warrior to bring along dmg gear, cause our talents dont back it up.

Fury is hella fun, but...well we all know how fury warriors are treated. :(

[radner]

yeah, i think i've fallen into the trap of not trusting fury....so you think 35 into protect and 15 into fury is well rounded?? i have done plenty of pvp (not in this game actually) and need a break from it all....i was thinking 36 protect and the rest arms....what do you think?

[Duerdon]

Diesalot's build is probably a little controversial, but with a pet dr00d in the pocket its worked for me so far. He's got 31 in arms, and 20 in fury...no protection points at all. I like the ability to cause healing effects to be reduced by 50% with Mortal Strike on bosses.

[radner]

well, the thing is, i play in euro time, meaning almost everyone in HAWC will NOT be on....so i guess i really just need a leaning towards meat shield/solo char....but there are so many bloody choices, it is really giving me a headache. i would rather just copy someone elses build. (i know, how unoriginal)

[Bloodrush]

a 31/20 arms/fury build is a maximum dmg build, it hits hard, and is all about big crits. you can hold agro with it by dmg... sort of... but only taunt you have is mocking blow...which well is only every 2 minutes. you can offtank with it yes. but if your not using a slow 2hnd weapon your wasting your points in it. so that being said, a 35/15 build? not sure.. i dont see a point in putting 15 points into fury. i'm in it for utility purposes only. as far as a 36/ rest in arms build, looking at full prot and i guess down to deep wounds, might help out with the dmg problem, so you could definately give it a go.

if you want a solo character, dont go protection. you dont dish out enough, you'll move way to slowly to lvl by yourself.

[Chofunga]

This is my build:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...34100000000000

I'm pretty pleased with it. I feel like Tactical Mastery is a must for any build so you have the flexibility to use all your moves... for instance, you can go from defensive stance to battle stance and retain enough rage to use mocking blow, so you have 2 effective taunts.

You retain most of the damage from the 31/20 cookie cutter build, gain a fair amount of defensive power, and with the iron will points stacked on top of orc hardiness a lot of stunlock rogues get a nasty surprise in pvp. I do wish I had piercing howl for PvP, but... you have to make sacrifices.

I played a build based around protection (11/5/35) until 60, and then changed to this build after BGs came out. Tanking tough instances requires a bit more focus without talents like defiance, but for the most part I've found I can do everything I could as a protection warrior and quite a few things I couldn't.