Prot Warrior

[talpax]

I'm planning to start my group with a protection warrior as tank but i have a lot of issue with this
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Doomhammer&cn=Peste&gn=The+Guild+of+Freedom

I did just some test in solo in the low instance like nexus.

Fighting the first trash mob in the very beginning my health drop to 50% before i can kill it..:confused: and i'm talking in NORMAL mode :eek:

The gear level is around 226 with some 232 and other 213 and these are my stats:

Head Wrynn's Greathelm of Conquest
Neck Fossilized Ammonite Choker
Shoulders Shoulderplates of Frozen Blood
Chest Conqueror's Siegebreaker Breastplate
Waist Girdle of the Pallid Knight
Legs Wyrmguard Legplates
Feet Inexorable Sabatons
Wrist Bracers of Dalaran's Parapets
Hands Valorous Dreadnaught Handguards
Finger1 Titanium Earthguard Ring
Finger2 Signet of the Accord
Trinket1 Needle-Encrusted Scorpion
Trinket2 Mark of Supremacy
Back Eerie Runeblade Polisher
MainHand Rimefang's Claw
OffHand Titansteel Shield Wall
Ranged Papa's Brand New Knife
Tabard Tabard of the Argent Crusade
Character: peste@EU-doomhammer
Race: Human
Health: 28191
Strength: 1218
Agility: 193
Stamina: 2025
Armor: 23565
Defense: 541
Dodge: 20.12%
Parry: 19.62%
Block: 20.71%
Miss: 8.71%
Block Value: 2007
Guaranteed Reduction: 62.76%
Avoidance: 48.45% (+Block 69.16%)
Total Mitigation: 81.32%
Attacker Speed: 2.00s
Damage Taken: 7471.4 DPS
Resilience: 0
Chance to be Crit: 0.00%
Nature Resist: 0
Arcane Resist: 0
Frost Resist: 0
Fire Resist: 0
Shadow Resist: 0
Nature Survival: 33322.7
Frost Survival: 33322.7
Fire Survival: 33322.7
Shadow Survival: 33322.7
Arcane Survival: 33322.7
Weapon Speed: 1.69
Attack Power: 3534
Hit: 5.49%
Expertise: 22
Haste: 0.70%
Armor Penetration: 5.62%
Crit: 9.75%
Missed Attacks: 11.92%
Total Damage/sec: 1746.3
Total Threat/sec: 5271.8
Ranking Mode: Mitigation Scale
Survival Points: 75696
Overall Points: 931085
Mitigation Points: 813214
Threat Points: 42175

I'm not testing with any macro but with manual rotation.
Any suggestion ?

Ty

[Manben]

Dumb question but have to ask. Did you have defensive stance up?

[universal]

isn't the first mob in nexus a caster mob? what about simply healing your tank? what classes are you running with?

[talpax]

Dumb question but have to ask. Did you have defensive stance up?

Yep defensive :)

[talpax]

isn't the first mob in nexus a caster mob? what about simply healing your tank? what classes are you running with?


The first nexus should be a melee....not really sure about that

I'm doing the test in solo because have seen all blue gear tank working well with low healing help.

[Manben]

Can't imagine the poroblem you are having my Warrior isn't geared much better. I am running 3 elemental shammys and 1 desto warlock and I don't even have to heal except on bosses and an occasional chain heal every so often. You can check my guys out in my signature.

[mmmbox]

1st mob to the left when you enter is a Caster.

I doesnt really matter what gear you have when trying to kill a caster mob since their dmg simply ignore anything but resistance or dmg reduction talents.

and nexxus mobs are of sufficient lvl to give you a hard time since they are elite dungeon mobs, so dont worry your gear is enough, but also since you are a warrior, use kick etc to interupt it.

[Fursphere]

What "rotation" are you manually doing?

What does the rest of your team look like? What's your avg group DPS?

[quote], but also since you are a warrior, use kick etc to interupt it./quote]

When did Warriors get kick? Last I checked that was a Rogue ability. (Ithinkyoumeanshieldbashorpummelsilly)

[coglistings]

Warriors have an interupt though Idk the bliz tag for it either

[Xcon]

make sure you use all the warrior tools you have, many stunns and spell reflect are great ways to remove alot of incoming damage, allso shield bash for interups

[Manben]

I did just some test in solo in the low instance like nexus

Think we all missed the finer point in that he tested it solo. I am assuming your prot warrior puts out around 1200dps or so and with no healing or anything dropping 50% of your health solo does not seem so bad.

[Fursphere]

Think we all missed the finer point in that he tested it solo. I am assuming your prot warrior puts out around 1200dps or so and with no healing or anything dropping 50% of your health solo does not seem so bad.

This was exactly what I was thinking, but I wanted the OP to clarify his post.

[Starbuck_Jones]

Use items to your advantage. Get a healing proc for your weapon, lifeward or blood draining. Buff up or use runescrolls, paladin/druid drums, Food buffs. Gem/enchant your armor for solo play. Change your attack rotation from a smashing aggro setup that works fine while boxing to one that focuses on killing things and stunning them.