10-16-2006, 10:23 PM
Some interesting changes, and I'm definitely glad to see Improved Bloodrage at the beginning of the Protection tree (allowing you to scoop up TM for the full 25 for your first five points, instead of Anticipation which is largely useless in PvP.) Some other minor tweaks to the Protection tree, though I'm still flabbergasted at why Improved Shield Wall still hasn't been improved, especially in light of Improved Disciplines in the Arms tree (which is superior in every possible way.)
That said, I'm still sticking fairly close to my projected PvP build, though I'm now taking Vitality instead of other talents, since it now conveys a hefty 10% boost to Strength along with the 5% boost to Stamina (though I'd rather it be the other way around, being a cow; +10% STA on top of +5% TotalHP would be just plain sick), which will serve to increase staying power, melee attack power, and Shield Slam damage (since the STR bonus would increase Block value by a small amount.) Something tells me it's going to be quite lovely to chain together a couple of 9 Rage Sunders followed by a dazing, silencing 7 Rage Shield Bash followed up by a 9 Rage Heroic Strike:)
This, of course, assumes that the Improvement talents for the various attack abilities will stack with Focused Rage, which I'd think is an extremely potent combination. If they do stack (like I'd assume they will), it may well be an effective solution to the Protection build's problem of generating sufficient Rage in PvP (when not being pounded on by several people at once, at any rate.)
That said, I'm still sticking fairly close to my projected PvP build, though I'm now taking Vitality instead of other talents, since it now conveys a hefty 10% boost to Strength along with the 5% boost to Stamina (though I'd rather it be the other way around, being a cow; +10% STA on top of +5% TotalHP would be just plain sick), which will serve to increase staying power, melee attack power, and Shield Slam damage (since the STR bonus would increase Block value by a small amount.) Something tells me it's going to be quite lovely to chain together a couple of 9 Rage Sunders followed by a dazing, silencing 7 Rage Shield Bash followed up by a 9 Rage Heroic Strike:)
This, of course, assumes that the Improvement talents for the various attack abilities will stack with Focused Rage, which I'd think is an extremely potent combination. If they do stack (like I'd assume they will), it may well be an effective solution to the Protection build's problem of generating sufficient Rage in PvP (when not being pounded on by several people at once, at any rate.)
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