Warrior tanking builds

[Taelas]

My understanding is that there is no Warrior build out there that would be better without Cruelty than with. +5% crit increases Rage and threat generation, and that's probably going to be more useful than other marginal upgrades found in the five points you were going to sink into Protection. If you're really dead-set against not having Cruelty, then I'd take three of the points and put them into Improved Heroic Strike.

Improved Heroic Strike? What for?

If you check the build I linked to, I have already spent all my points on a 8/0/53 build. It's not that I am deadset against Cruelty, it's that I don't see the point. Why take it in the first place? Sure it's more threat and more rage, but it's only a 5% crit increase. Yes, it's considerable, especially as it'd double my crit range, but critting twice in twenty hits instead of once isn't really that much of an improvement.

I could dump Improved Sunder Armor and Improved Taunt and scavenge a point off One-Hand Weapon Specialization for more threat and rage, and it wouldn't affect my playstyle too much, but I still don't see the point.