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Leveling an alt warrior
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shadowcast17
lemme just start out by saying that ive always been a DPS class. first main was a mage and now i play a rogue main so im new to the warrior class.
being an alt ive already sent over some heirloom chest and shoulder for nice stat + 20% exp increase and im getting close to the point of worrying about talents. im not sure about warriors but at least for my other classes the best raiding spec has not always been the most ideal for leveling...
the ultimate goal for this toon is a dedicated tank( hence the name "Itankuspank" =D) but im debating wether leveling him with a prot spec will be effective or not. im just looking for some suggestions on what makes the easiest/most efficient leveling spec for a noobie warrior, or if i should just start speccing prot right off the bat and meat sheild my way to 80 hehe. any advice would be appreciated.
Post by
Dugroka
IMHO, leveling as prot is quite a good idea. I leveled one of my warriors (and yes, I love the class so much that I have multiple on different servers) fully as prot from 1 to his current 73, and I love it.
It's sort of slow from 1 to about 40 (when you get Shield Slam for serious damage), however, that is offset by the fact that you can survive most things, as well as get some tanking experience while leveling in lower instances.
Also, being prot allows you to solo most 2-3man group quests, especially 75+ when you get Enraged Regeneration.
As you said, endgame raid specs aren't always the best for leveling classes, and for prot warriors it's much the same in that regard, pick mostly things that will enable you to do more damage, since that is a prot warrior's greatest downfall while leveling. Also, talents such as Puncture and Focused Rage are good for leveling (imo) since they reduce rage costs, and while leveling you certainly aren't in an infinite rage situation unless you're multimob grinding or something.
Anyway, my point is, if you plan on being a tank endgame, I suggest leveling as prot, as it's easy, fairly quick later on, and it will get you some experience on the subject of tanking if you do lowbie instances on your way up (which I greatly suggest).
Welcome to the warrior, I hope you enjoy your stay. :]
Post by
karlusdavius
i just hit 60 with Arms.
I would really recommend getting the two swift trinkets for the health boost but i would also say to get the arcanite reaper with crusader enchant on ASAP.
Why to go Arms?
Your first two talent points increase the damage from your main DoT Rend via
Improved Rend
.
At level 27 you can max out
Improved Overpower
, which allows you insane damage on high level targets since it wont be dodge, parried or blocked.
Of those critical strikes you gain
Deep Wounds
. Even more bleed from another DoT!
Taste for Blood
now allows you to use your most damaging attack after 3 seconds of applying your DoT.
Trauma
give you increased damage form your bleeds!
and thats only half way to 80...
After that, you can start putting 0.5 second slams in between overpowers, targets drop very quickly.
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