PvE protection warrior is very viable as PvP main

[Ken]

Recently I started levelling a new character on a newly created 5th account: A protection warrior.
This character was created to make more PvE content more accessible. He has a mitigation protection build and 9770HP unbuffed at level 66 (which is 1500 more than my level 70 shamans with a few epic gear'ed items).
When I started running some Alterac Valley battlegrounds yesterday with that tank and my 4 level 70 shamans, I found out that this PvE character is VERY handy for PvP too. That's why I thought it would be a good thing to share these experiences on the forum:

Anybody who has encountered a multiboxer before knows that there is a main character that is followed by the others in that multibox team. This means that most people will attack this 'leader'. Having a protection warrior in place solves that problem greatly. My level 66 protection warrior can handle that amount of damage while my shamans finish off the enemie(s). In fact, this tank is only level 66 and he can survive better than the level 70 shamans. (I can't wait till he's 70 too!)

A second benefit is that your warrior has quite a few crowd-control features. He can stun, disarm and he can even fear people away from your shamans. Giving any melee DPS class a stun followed by a disarm will render them completely useless. The stun also prevents any class from running behind your characters, which makes casting for the shamans easier.

Another benefit is that you can taunt people so they are forced to attack the warrior instead of your shamans. This is [s]not[/s] only handy against the AV NPCs[s], but also against regular melee opponents.[/s] and PvP pets.

I have only played this new setup in Alterac Valley though and I've only played 5 matches or so, so I might add more information in the future.

[Ajuga]

Another benefit is that you can taunt people so they are forced to attack the warrior instead of your shamans. This is not only handy against the AV NPCs, but also against regular melee opponents.

You can only taunt NPCs (including player pets).

Interesting strategy though

[Naysayer]

Another benefit is that you can taunt people so they are forced to attack the warrior instead of your shamans. This is not only handy against the AV NPCs, but also against regular melee opponents.

You can only taunt NPCs (including player pets).

Interesting strategy though

Who knows, maybe the enemy players were like "WTF why is he taunting me?" and that gave him time to kill the enemy player.

[merujo]

Another benefit is that you can taunt people so they are forced to attack the warrior instead of your shamans. This is not only handy against the AV NPCs, but also against regular melee opponents.

ahahah this is so epic!

[gobtol]

Are hunter pets tauntable?

[Dominian]

Are hunter pets tauntable?

Only by aoe taunt i belive..

[Ken]

I stand corrected. Taunt and Intimidating Shout only work against NPCs and player pets.

[Ellay]

Intimidating Shout works in PvP, just not taunt ;/

[Mac]

maybe the enemy players were like "WTF why is he taunting me?" and that gave him time to kill the enemy player.

:thumbsup:

[cepheus]

You damn shaman multiboxer dont know squat about other classes than shamans :cursing:

jk

Warrior aoe taunt is named Challenging shout.

Intimitating shout is the thing we boxers dont like, namely the aoe fear