Leveling Prot: Warrior Way of the Shield Part 2

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Leveling as a Protection Warrior Pt 2

Here we are at level 40. This is when the leveling picks up a bit! Let’s delve in, shall we?

Part 3: Leveling 41-60

Talents at Level 60

At this point we have the amazingly fun Shield Slam. This attack is just plain awesome. I don’t know a single warrior who would disagree.

We’re moving along now! At this point I like to fill in One-Handed Weapon Specialization.  The thing to remember about this talent is in the wording. “Increases physical damage you deal when a one-handed melee weapon is equipped by 10%” This means ALL physical damage. This is a great threat building and damage dealing talent to take.  I like to finish out Improved Defensive Stance for the additional 10% damage increase it offers as well.

I fill out Focused Rage, which is great for leveling and as soon as I can I add on some additional survivability and damage in the form of Vitality.  Now it gets good. We can now access Warbringer. This talent is insanely fun and speeds up leveling like mad. Take this talent ASAP, you’ll thank me later. Devastate is a staple skill for tanks and at its current state it provides decent damage as well. The real trick to Devastate however, is proccing Sword and Board. Shield Slam is your friend. Smash things with it frequently for bonus points in fun!

Fill in Damage Shield and Critical Block for extra AoE funtimes, and finish up with the extremely satisfying Shockwave.

You are officially a foe smashing machine.

Part 4: Leveling 61-80

Talents at Level 80

By now we’re in Outland and our protection tree is pretty much as filled as its going to be until we hit level 80.  This is the point where I like to branch off into the fury tree.

I like to spec 5 points into Cruelty. The additional crit chance is great. It compliments our Incite nicely.  I then usually like to spec into Armored to the Teeth for the attack power, and Booming Voice for utility. I put 5 points into Commanding Presence for an additional attack power boost as well. At this point your Shield Slam should be hitting some ridiculous crits and you should pretty much be unstoppable.

We’re at level 75 now and leveling is coming to an end. At this point I think its pretty up in the air about what kind of talents you’ll want. Some people like Improved Cleave and some like to fill out the rest of the protection tree.  Your call!

I went down the Cleave/Improved Spell Reflection route.

Try leveling Protection, you may be surprised how easy it is nowadays.