Prot & PVP build can it be done?Follow

Prot in PvP is about as useful as tits on a bull.

If you're a tank, have 1 set of gear (and spec) for tanking, have a different set of gear (and spec) for PvP. To be any good in arena you almost have to heal. Even the extremely few good ret paladins in arenas spend half their time healing (which is what makes them good).

I have zero arena experience, so can't comment on that.

But for BGs I found out the only way to be useful is to put on a few (or more if you have it) pieces of plate healing gear. Don't expect to full heal a warrior (even with a crit) but spamming FoL and Cleanse pulls alot of attention...

...which is where the prot build comes in handy. You can last a long time & they normally don't pick-up on that before the DPS you were just healing start taking them down quickly. Ardent Defender + Imp Righteous Fury ftw. How I love those times when I last well over a minute while 3-5 opposing players beat on me. That's BG "CC" to me. kama-kazy, but what else can a prot pally do in PVP?

Other times it's handy to sit in the back healing the ranged & other "true" healers, but you'll still need healing gear to pull that off or you're OOM very quickly.

So to answer the question: if you're spec'ing prot, spec 100% for PVE and don't talk big in PVP.

PVE: wowhead;0/46/10 put the last 5 where you want them.

Precision helps reduce parry's from bosses (which decreases incoming damage) and increases out-going damage/threat.

PoJ helps with our worst enemy - spells. Plus can be fun for those times your group is poking fun at you & you decide to take Crusader Aura off. Plus helps keeping you from getting stuck when on auto-follow :P

Imp Judgement can increase DPS and threat (at the cost of mana), but it's more useful function is to reduce the times judgements not up when you want to Judge/threat spike a MOB (i.e. just went for squishy w/ taunt down, came out of CC, 2 MOBs left and Conc. seems to expensive, ect...).


Kz


Edited, Jan 24th 2008 10:50pm by Killzon

It's fun at low levels because you are unkillable, but you will be pathetic in higher level places (spoken from others, who I kill, experiences)

I found there is somewhat of a niche with prot pallies and warriors in holding nodes in arathi and EotS. When I hit 70 I went and pvped for a while as prot just for fun and found this to be quite useful where you can hold nodes by yourself long enough for allies to come help.

I think arenawise though there would be no point at all unless you were lucky enough to keep getting rogue teams. That is the best part of pvp when those melee characters sit there attacking you and wonder why the hell there health goes down but not yours. Unfortunately most wont keep doing that after the second or third time =(