Game-Changing New Powers

[Mavfin]

Keep in mind that Seiki is in full Tier 2 with at least 2 (if not 3) pieces of Tier 3, with the best tank trinkets, shield and some of the best tank rings in the game. His avoidance is literally through the roof.

That being said I've been tanking in this set up through mana tombs and unless I have more than one mob wailing on me I'm pretty rage starved unless I deliberately avoid using shield block.

I deliberately stay off shield block with Keshi, as I don't need it to get revenge lit, and a lot of stuff doesn't hit over my block amount anyway. I only use shield block on big-hitter bosses (not all bosses). I don't quite have Seiki's avoidance, or Seiki's TF, but I"m generally not rage-starved. 7/8 T2 seems to be a happy medium. Is TF's proc damage yellow, and not generate rage now? I thought it used to...

And, stranger still, I'm a 41+-point prot spec, and I just don't see the rage starvation when tanking, even on trash. No, I don't bother with shield block on trash, unless they're hurting me more than a renew/rejuv can heal, but rage starvation isn't really that much of a problem. The only time I'm rage-starved is when a rogue stuns before the mob gets to me, or some other reason the mob doesn't hit me. One hit usually gets me enough for a quick revenge, and then it's simple to keep a mob. Revenge on one, Shield Slam a 2nd, and work from there for 2 mobs. If I have 3 mobs on me, rage is no problem at all. I do get rage when I block, and I block a lot. I think my Defenses bar says 32%. I don't have Seiki's gear, so my dodge/parry total is only about 38% (from Defenses) and my block amount is only 236 (from SCT), so I do take a few more hits, but I wouldn't think it would generate *that* much more rage.

Of course, I've been prot w/o a TF for forever, so, maybe I'm used to working with less rage. I know I'm used to far less rage than an Arms or Fury-spec warrior was used to in the old WoW. The only times I had a full rage bar was when a big-hitter was beating on me.


Edit: After checking Tal's gearset, yeah, I'm in about the same gear. No Dreadnaught, 3% dodge cloak instead of Cryptfiend, Maladath instead of Quel, a couple small changes, the main diff being spec. I'm a 5/5/x prot spec.