The Defense Warrior in PvP

[Xanthix]

And that's the whole thing about defensive warrior in PvP.  A protection/defensive warrior is all about managing mobs and aggro.  Guess what?  It means *nothing* in PvP.  So, all your best tricks are useless, except maybe to keep the guards off your buddies....and I bet that doesn't get you any points.[right][snapback]76264[/snapback][/right]

On the one hand, I agree with you - my friend is our warrior and has pointed out how many of their skills and talents are useless in PvP. It's totally true that you are not going to get as many contribution points with Shield Discipline as you will with Mortal Strike or Sweeping Strikes.

But on the other hand, I am in a similar situation as a holy-spec priest, and I think we can at least be decently effective in PvP (especially battlegrounds) if we stick together. Yeah, the defensive warrior can't be the whirling death machine that an arms/fury guy is. But they can still use Shield Bash, Disarm, and numerous stun effects to their advantage, and with healing backup they should have a much greater life expectancy than a fury warrior.

Neither of us is going to get the contribution points that a mage can get by walking into a battlefield and spamming AOE, but we can at least have fun. And given how bad warriors have had it at the mercy of the nerf bat, having fun is a major step forward!