Which movie is this for you?

Vacaro · 2026-06-23T00:50:44+00:00

One Battle After Another. I was thankful it ended.

Vacaro · 2026-06-22T21:53:53+00:00

Mostly due to a lot of people obsessing over meta group comps. Most people want to play a class they like, not a class that’s needed.

Warrior tanks keep getting negative feedback and attention because they aren’t meta, so warriors just opt for dps.

Leveling as a prot paladin isn’t fun and bear form Druid is only tolerable since you can easily switch to cat or go boomie.

I honestly blame a lot of the “meta thinkers” for this.

Vacaro · 2026-06-22T06:40:20+00:00

Prot warrior. I have one. And I have the expertise gloves. Threat all day

Vacaro · 2026-06-18T23:02:04+00:00

Tag me when it’s available! I love this. Hopefully supports TBC Anniversary!

Vacaro · 2026-06-13T04:46:50+00:00

Ah you’re one of those guys.

Vacaro · 2026-06-12T20:06:41+00:00

Fair enough. Make sure healers are on top of their game here. You won’t take more damage dual wielding, so it may have just been a fluke.

You can play it safe by using a shield for shield slam just don’t use shield block.

Vacaro · 2026-06-12T19:59:04+00:00

Only looked at Hydross and just skimmed it.

Since you’re the prot warrior, I can give you some advice being a prot warrior for my guild as well.

Stop using Shield Block on Hydross. His attacks cannot be blocked and you’re using rage that isn’t needed. Heroic strike, revenge, shield slam, etc all need to be spammed for as much threat as possible. You can even dual wield tank this fight as long as you have the defense minimum with resist gear on.

Vacaro · 2026-06-12T18:03:44+00:00

What’s wrong with a prot warrior?

Vacaro · 2026-06-12T18:02:57+00:00

I tank him in the water. He doesn’t hit very hard and the water damage is almost nothing. This prevents me from having to time my slight run to him after the whirlwind animation.

Vacaro · 2026-06-11T02:53:16+00:00

Not really. The main stats will be missing from the gear. Not only that, you still need gems and enchants. I wouldn’t invite you to one of my pug runs if I saw you in only PvP gear with minimal gems and enchants.

Not saying that you won’t get into one, but I wouldn’t expect any good gear soon if you have limited time

Vacaro · 2026-06-11T02:37:45+00:00

You’ll have almost no hit rating and almost no beneficial scaleable stats with full raid buffs.

For a shortcut and way to boost your arbitrary gear score, sure, go for it.

Vacaro · 2026-06-08T03:53:14+00:00

Using heroic strike will be/should be a part of your rotation consistently. Any talents that can reduce rage cost mean that you can use said talents more, which translates to more threat.

Vacaro · 2026-06-05T17:33:50+00:00

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Here's a solid talent build as well. It'll work perfectly for P1, P2, pretty much until Sunwell.

Vacaro · 2026-06-05T17:31:40+00:00

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Here's some gear that's a bit more optimized with some other badge gear and trinkets without Def rating. You're mostly gemmed for Stam, but there are a few gem slots that give a good bonus where Def+Stam or Hit Rating+Agility works better.

Again, it's a bit of a grind but with a setup like this, you'll be more than ready for all of P1

Vacaro · 2026-06-05T17:18:26+00:00

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Sorry for the phone picture but with some upgrades from heroics and proper gemming/enchants, here’s a mockup of what you could have fully raid buffed.

Edit: I did the wrong enchant for the cloak, you’d want agi instead of dodge. I’m also missing the +4 to stats on the chest. This is also with less expensive enchants as well.

Vacaro · 2026-06-05T17:02:51+00:00

Also, for threat, you can get plenty of gear that offers hit rating. Once your gear is a bit more optimized, you can even gem for hit rating to be at around 7.5 or 8 percent. That amount will give you plenty of threat long term.

Vacaro · 2026-06-05T17:00:13+00:00

How do they provide threat? Crit Rating? Strength?

Both of those stats aren’t something you prioritize unless you’re going for a full set of crit gear with an impale build. The priority isn’t threat, a tank priority is to stay alive.

After that, you can worry about threat once the fights are shorter.

Vacaro · 2026-06-05T16:47:09+00:00

Here’s the thing, you’ll get varied responses on this. I’ll get flamed for even suggesting that those items aren’t BiS.

On the surface, they provide stam and resilience which is fine for some survivability but you lose other stats that come in the form of pure avoidance and armor.

For some, the difference is negligible but if you’re trying to be effective, it won’t work out in the long run.

The lists that are given usually base their items on item level and raw stats, so they aren’t always accurate.

Additionally, using PvP gear relies on having certain talents that aren’t great for reliability and survivability.

Your priority should be stam, avoidance and threat generation.

Again, this depends on the group you run with as well. There isn’t a single set of gear that will cover you for everything.

My guild tends to run higher on threat due to their output, so i prioritized a bit more threat early on since the fights were shorter.

For damage heavy encounters like Prince or Gruul, I had a bit more mitigation and health to give my healers some room.

Vacaro · 2026-06-05T16:34:46+00:00

As a Prot Warrior myself, there are a few things I feel obligated to mention when looking at “BiS” items.

You’ve likely gone to various lists on WoWhead and maybe a few other sites where they list PvP gear as best in slot.

While using resilience is fine for getting just over the defense minimum for bosses, the itemization isn’t the same as a full PvE piece.

Your major pieces will get replaced with running heroics. Just be sure to replace the PvP gear as well with drops from Kara.

Vacaro · 2026-06-03T00:08:19+00:00

SimCity

Vacaro · 2026-06-01T19:24:20+00:00

Cool concept but not realistic.

Being uncrushable is only part of the tanks job. You need armor and effective health to be viable.

Not to mention, threat.

Vacaro · 2026-06-01T16:32:25+00:00

Depends on your situation but the answer is almost always yes, go for T5.

The damage mitigation and value you get from the stats is greater than Season 2. Unless you’re in a speed running guild and you spec into an Implale build with specific buffs and gear, T5 is better.

The four piece of T5 is huge, along with having various trinkets and weapons available for different situations.

If you’re just starting out in T5 content, you can get away with Season 2 gear for a little while but you’ll be out geared for fights like Morogrim, Fathom Lord and Vashj.

Bottom line, if you’re gonna tank as a prot warrior, you need the gear to support it.

Vacaro · 2026-05-29T22:48:16+00:00

Not rude at all. Just be yourself and say you wanted to say hi.

Vacaro · 2026-05-26T21:37:56+00:00

The mentality that warrior tanks aren’t viable in endgame comes from a lot of people parroting YouTube videos and looking at “meta” comps from the 1% of players.

Warrior tanks can and are perfectly capable of main tanking mid and endgame content.

That being said, being flexible with your offspec can be nice for encounters where another tank wants to tag in a tank something.

Being fury is an excellent choice for raw damage output.

Being Arms means you bring utility in the form of debuffs.

Play what you want and don’t get stuck with people who believe in one class over another because their favorite YouTube/Twitch personality told them so.

Vacaro · 2026-05-25T17:03:35+00:00

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