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Stat priorities for levelling prot pre-60?
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atomicvampire
I'm currently retribution specced, but will be respeccing prot at 35. I've got my spec and my MH all picked out, but I'm unsure of how to prioritize stats, other than stacking stamina. I'll have a holy priest with me at all times, so mana won't be a huge issue. Other than stamina and intelligence...agility for avoidance? Strength for block? Or is it pretty much a non-issue until I get to Outlands and start getting real tanking gear? :P
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Coww
I am somewhat wondering the exact same thing right now. =) hope you get some good feedback so i can leech off of it. Tehe
/Moo
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blademeld
the thing about tanking is you want contant aggro generation
faster weapons accomplish that better than slow weapons
and saying that 1.8 speed weapon does not make full use of a reckoning proc is not always true
if you get reckoning at the beginning of your swing timer you make full use out of reckoning whereas you'll actually miss a swing with a 2.7 speed weapon
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blademeld
Btw @ Blademeld haven't you changed your picture?
you need to edit your quotes, and i change my pic everyday
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atomicvampire
Thanks for the responses!
Yeah, as mentioned earlier, I am looking primarily for tanking gear. We've added a mage to the mix, so even while questing I'm trying to find ways to build as much threat and surivivability as possible to enable the largest possible AoE pulls. I did go back and read the part I missed in the FAQ, so with that and what I've seen here, it looks like pre-60 I'm going to priortize sta > str > int and go for a fast one-hander. Luckily I got the sword off of the elite basilisk in Shimmering Flats, so that should do nicely until the Sword of Omen.
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Persen
I leveled my paladin as prot (from lvl 10 :P) and I put most of my effort in finding agility (you get a fair amount of +dodge and higher crit chance is always nice), strength and stamina gear. Shadow or Frost oil gave a nice boost to otherwise slow killing, and
Plated Fist of Hakoo
with AP enchant lasted until hellfire peninsula. For weapons I used Sword of Omen, then Hanzo Sword, both with crusader (really worth it imo) and Aegis of the Scarlet Commander with 15 stamina worked until I got a Aegis of Stormwind (I couldn't get my hands on
Gizlock's Hypertech Buckler
in 8 runs, so I got the Aegis instead)
By the way, this was before 2.3 so items were a bit different.
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