02-01-2007, 08:14 PM
I've heard people say that you can get most of protection's utilities with 15 points. I'm not a big-time warrior enthusiast but I've gotten one to 60 and tanked Hakkar with her. She's currently 5 arms/5 fury/41 protection.
My suspicion is that you could do a build like this: 5 arms, 35 fury, 15 protection at level 64 (just put your remaining points in precision until you hit that level) ... Might be decent enough for levelling.
Personally though, I really enjoyed having these later protection talents: Concussion Blow (great utility for interrupting a caster about to heal himself), Improved Shield Bash (100% silence; useful for pulls where there's a caster you need to drag back), Shield Slam (the dispel came in very handy when tanking Lor'khan, to remove his Lightning Shield), Focused Rage (you really notice the 3 rage reduction on all your skills), and Devastate provides actual DPS when you're done sundering an enemy you're tanking.
My suspicion is that you could do a build like this: 5 arms, 35 fury, 15 protection at level 64 (just put your remaining points in precision until you hit that level) ... Might be decent enough for levelling.
Personally though, I really enjoyed having these later protection talents: Concussion Blow (great utility for interrupting a caster about to heal himself), Improved Shield Bash (100% silence; useful for pulls where there's a caster you need to drag back), Shield Slam (the dispel came in very handy when tanking Lor'khan, to remove his Lightning Shield), Focused Rage (you really notice the 3 rage reduction on all your skills), and Devastate provides actual DPS when you're done sundering an enemy you're tanking.