01-05-2005, 12:38 PM
Seems like a good start. One correction, though -- much to my dismay, despite having different recharge times, shield bash and pummel have linked timers, and cannot be used consecutively.
Talent suggestions: swap 2 points of Improved Shield Block over to Improved Tactical Mastery. After the first point, Imp Shield Block only extends the duration of the skill, not the number of times it increases your block percentage for. You may want to play around with using Defiance, as well, since this is primarily a defensive stance build. I can't comment on the relative usefulness of Improved Bloodrage (I'm way too timid with the Bloodrage button, alas) and Last Stand, since I don't have them, but Last Stand doesn't strike me as all that useful. In situations where I'm low enough on HP for that extra 30% to mean anything, my healer is already eating dirt. It may have some solo utility, but I remain skeptical. Maybe I'll pick it up and play around with it.
Your stat priorty should be stamina, but not to the point of neglecting strength. It's hard enough to hold mobs against a blinged up rogue when you have good gear if they start spamming their specials too early (getting peeled at the start of a fight is a pain, since not getting hit means even less rage gain, not to mention less aggro build and less stuns from revenge), if you're not doing at least decent baseline damage, things will get bad, quickly. Something that may be worth looking at are items that add to your defense skill, as this is what your block and parry statistics are derived from.
Your proposed talent order is good, though, especially because you plan to whore stuns, which are (in groups) better than, or (solo) at least nicely supplement a snare effect. Hamstring is also cheap enough to fall in under the tactical mastery points you've got laid out, which is good enough, given how fast stance switching is.
Talent suggestions: swap 2 points of Improved Shield Block over to Improved Tactical Mastery. After the first point, Imp Shield Block only extends the duration of the skill, not the number of times it increases your block percentage for. You may want to play around with using Defiance, as well, since this is primarily a defensive stance build. I can't comment on the relative usefulness of Improved Bloodrage (I'm way too timid with the Bloodrage button, alas) and Last Stand, since I don't have them, but Last Stand doesn't strike me as all that useful. In situations where I'm low enough on HP for that extra 30% to mean anything, my healer is already eating dirt. It may have some solo utility, but I remain skeptical. Maybe I'll pick it up and play around with it.
Your stat priorty should be stamina, but not to the point of neglecting strength. It's hard enough to hold mobs against a blinged up rogue when you have good gear if they start spamming their specials too early (getting peeled at the start of a fight is a pain, since not getting hit means even less rage gain, not to mention less aggro build and less stuns from revenge), if you're not doing at least decent baseline damage, things will get bad, quickly. Something that may be worth looking at are items that add to your defense skill, as this is what your block and parry statistics are derived from.
Your proposed talent order is good, though, especially because you plan to whore stuns, which are (in groups) better than, or (solo) at least nicely supplement a snare effect. Hamstring is also cheap enough to fall in under the tactical mastery points you've got laid out, which is good enough, given how fast stance switching is.