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I've never heard of someone recommending another Warrior to tank using a 2h and Berserker stance. Oy, sometimes I wish there were a ignore button.
Heh. I have.
Not that one should, but one can tank with a 2h in 'zerker stance.
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Raids.
Tanking anywhere else is about gear and smart dps. The majority of the prot tree is about threat gen not mitigation.
Exactly, defiance, shield slam, one handed weapon spec...
But it has a bit of mitigation too, 5% more sta 10% more str is both in one, albeit str is a very low tps increase.
Anticipation, toughness and last stand are pretty useful, mitigation and 'survival tool'.
Shield mastery is tps and mitigation (once you get enough shield block, you can as prot grind many mobs without taking a single point of damage).
Imp def stance is mitigation.
Devastate should be more threat... We'll probably see an increase to devastate tps once we get to 80, but I have a sneaky suspicion that bliz will make it less useful; ie. how sunder got gimped (nerfed) post 60 for tanking when BC came out. it is a tps talent, but it's tps scales very poorly.
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Plus, spamming improved shield block has saved me more than once on a hard-hitting boss the healer can barely keep up with.
Yeah, once you get to raiding, you'll have shield block up 100% (or as close to as possible) on boss fights.
Crushing blows hurt a lot, and pushing them off that hit table is really really important.
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On a side note, conc blow is very useful for tanking, combined with imp revenge and imp shield bash, you can keep caster mobs from doing some nasty things.