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Tanking with a 2-hander!
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Porcell
This made me think, with the trend of customization Blizz seems to be leaning towards, would it be possible to create a 2 hand Warrior tanking spec that would include higher dps than an equivalently geared Prot Warr, without losing threat and sacrificing minimal survivability?
No, it is not possible.
I don't really want to get into it, but the Overpower talents are worthless since Overpower can not be used in Defensive stance.
Your build doesn't make sense in other places. 2 points in Gag Order? For what, a silence on Heroic Throw? The other 2 parts of the talent (silence on Shield Bash, and Shield Slam damage) would be pointless.
If anything,
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#LAMczfht0bbRzGzbZhbZMItbx0z
would be a better build. Dumps the 5 points wasted on Overpower that you have in the Arms tree and moves them to Trauma, Anger Management, and Blood Frenzy. Also takes the two points in Gag Order and puts them in Cruelty.
Still, the only redeeming part of a build like this is the ability to Revenge spam. The downside of that is Revenge is based solely on Attack Power, so you aren't gaining anything by using a two hander over taking the same build and using a Sword/Shield. That you do gain is a hard hitting Mortal Strike, at the expense of an equally hard hitting Shield Slam, as well as giving up the armor of the shield, the blocking of the shield, and all of your lovely deep Prot talents.
Can you tank with this build? Sure. I can tank in PvP gear and 0/0/0 spec if I wanted to; it doesn't mean you should.
"without losing threat and sacrificing minimal survivability?" No, you can not.
Post by
Zakkhar
Reroll DK imo. Ot at least make one and see how it is.
I got two tanking classes a warrior and a DK (though DK is more dps oriented, better gear for dps spec).
Post by
Rubendesmet619
For the none ToC/ICC heroics you can just equip a lot of DPS trinkets, rings etc.
Tanked Oculus, UK, UP, VH and Nexus so far as a 26k hp furywarrior. Healers never went below 90% mana and were happy they had somthing to do, my overal DPS at the end was between 5k(no buffs) to over 7k(<3 enh shamans).
Fast runs garantied :p.
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Post by
skumbananer
A standard arms specc, and some stance dancing skills (no need for whats the talent called that saves rage when swap stances, youll be hit so much that your rage bar will always be overflowing) to utilize your sweeping strike ability, full pvp gear (uncrittable by mobs and loads of health) battlemasters accuracy trinkets (and some hit pvp pieces) to achieve 8% hit, gemmed and enchanted for expertise.
That is the best and most viable 2h tanking style i can think of. Very much inferior to prot.
Post by
TheTempest
Well, seeing how warriors are simple, non-magical creatures the thought is that they definitievly need a shield to survive.
Somehow it seems tempting to specc so you get Titan's grip then put the rest in prott, then you wield a two-hander and a shield :P
But it would never work though, unless you had a kind of server that is non-blizz supported.
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Fatcatlol
No, never.
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