35-58: ST/Zolo. Yes, I said 58 =)

When I hit 52, I took my hunter and my shaman to Strat. My plan was to stay in there until 60. Oh...my...god. I can't remember the last time I was that frustrated. I've AoE farmed Strat plenty of times but never on the Baron side. My first experience over there wasn't pretty. Those damn necros were a pain in my Pally ass. They would either kill me after they drained all my mana, or, when I finally realized the soul top could be dispelled, it would take 15 minutes to kill ONE trash mob. I never made it to Baron before I gave up. I think it will be better when I have more than one 70 helping clear to Baron so I'll go back next round of alts but I just wasn't taking it with a single prot pally. So I headed back to ST for some uber lazy(albeit, slow) XP.

Both my hunter and my shaman dinged 58. (57-58 took a little over an hour, so it wasn't that bad). No xp at level 59 so it's off to Outlands.

Quick note: I had my highest block rating and block value gear and took ZERO damage from the skeletons. I was able to push normal hits off the combat table by grabbing all my best Block Rating gear I had sitting in the bank. I never needed my figurine. Zolo would occasionally sneak in a lighting bolt for 200 but that was usually it. The only other times I took damage was when I wasn't quick enough to change out shields or my position wasn't perfect and a skeleton would hit me from the side.

ST = :thumbsup: