Why Everyone is Wrong About Protection Warrior Leveling — Transcript

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1. 0:00Most leveling tier lists have warrior
2. 0:02near the bottom in WoW Forever. And if
3. 0:04you level it the way everyone remembers
4. 0:06with a big two-hander and an empty rage
5. 0:08bar, it's easy to see why. So, I'm going
6. 0:11protection with a one-hander and a
7. 0:13shield from 14 all the way to 60. It's
8. 0:16one build, and until 40, you only really
9. 0:18press three buttons. It's all PvE, just
10. 0:21leveling, so nothing about PvP in here.
11. 0:24It works because of where your rage
12. 0:25comes from. Normally, you get it from
13. 0:27swinging and getting hit, and it never
14. 0:29feels like enough. With this build, you
15. 0:31also get it every time you block, dodge,
16. 0:33or parry. So, the more a mob swings at
17. 0:35you, the more you've got to spend.
18. 0:38The first 13 levels are slow whatever
19. 0:40you do, because revenge, the attack this
20. 0:42whole build runs on, doesn't show up
21. 0:44until 14. So, until then, I'm using the
22. 0:46biggest two-hander I can find. You
23. 0:49charge in for a bit of starting rage,
24. 0:51put rend on anything that's going to
25. 0:52live long enough for it to matter, and
26. 0:54mostly let your swings do the work. If
27. 0:56there's two of them, thunderclap comes
28. 0:58at six. I'd stay away from heroic
29. 1:00strike, even though it's the first
30. 1:02button you get, because that swing stops
31. 1:04giving you rage, so you pay for it
32. 1:06twice.
33. 1:07At 10, go see your trainer, because
34. 1:09there's a quest you can't skip. It gives
35. 1:11you defensive stance, and this whole
36. 1:13build lives in that stance. It depends
37. 1:15on your race, so they're all on screen.
38. 1:17I'm a troll, so mine sends me to
39. 1:19Farwatch Post in the Barrens for some
40. 1:21lizard scales, and the follow-up gives
41. 1:23you a free one-hander, which you'll want
42. 1:24once the shield comes out.
43. 1:27Talent points start at 10 as well, and
44. 1:28your first five go into shield
45. 1:30specialization, even though there's no
46. 1:32shield on your arm yet. It does nothing
47. 1:34for a few levels, but you want it ready
48. 1:36for 14.
49. 1:38At 14, you train revenge, and the shield
50. 1:40goes on, and things speed up a lot.
51. 1:42Revenge costs five rage, you can only
52. 1:45use it right after you block, dodge, or
53. 1:47parry, and it got buffed so much in
54. 1:49Forever that it's your main attack.
55. 1:51Levels 15 to 17 go into improved
56. 1:53revenge, which is 60% more damage on
57. 1:56that one button. Stay in defensive
58. 1:58stance from now on. You need it for
59. 2:00revenge and shield block anyway, and
60. 2:02swapping stances throws away all but 10
61. 2:04of your rage, so I only leave it when I
62. 2:06have to.
63. 2:0716 is the level I'd rush to because
64. 2:09that's shield block. It costs 10 rage
65. 2:12and makes you very likely to block the
66. 2:14next two attacks. Shield specialization
67. 2:16gives you five rage for each block, so
68. 2:19you get your 10 rage straight back.
69. 2:20You've taken less damage, and the blocks
70. 2:23just lit up revenge. So, shield block
71. 2:25ends up costing you nothing and you can
72. 2:27press it every 5 seconds. 18 and 19 go
73. 2:30into improved thunderclap, which you
74. 2:32finish at 23 because that's the one
75. 2:34you'll use on packs, and it takes it
76. 2:36from 20 rage down to 14.
77. 2:39You can put block and revenge on one
78. 2:41key, which is why I keep saying three
79. 2:43buttons. It's a two-line macro. /cast
80. 2:46shield block and then /cast revenge.
81. 2:48Shield block doesn't trigger the global
82. 2:50cooldown, so one press does both, and if
83. 2:52revenge isn't lit yet, you just get the
84. 2:54block.
85. 2:55Button two is thunderclap on anything
86. 2:58with friends and anything that hits
87. 2:59hard. It works in defensive stance now,
88. 3:01which it didn't in classic. It hits up
89. 3:03to four of them, and it makes them swing
90. 3:05slower. Button three is victory rush,
91. 3:08which you get at 20. It's free, it heals
92. 3:10you for 10% of your health, and you've
93. 3:12got 20 seconds after a kill to use it.
94. 3:14So, I run at the next mob and press it
95. 3:16when I get there. Everything else you
96. 3:18press about once a fight. Battle shout
97. 3:20stays on, demoralizing shout goes out
98. 3:23early if something's hitting hard, and
99. 3:24blood rage gets used whenever it's up,
100. 3:26ideally just before a pull. The one
101. 3:29habit that makes a real difference is
102. 3:31not spending rage on a mob that's nearly
103. 3:33dead. Rage doesn't come back while you
104. 3:35wait, so if that mob's going to die to
105. 3:37your next swing anyway, let it and take
106. 3:39the rage into the next fight.
107. 3:41A normal pull goes like this. Charge in
108. 3:44and swap to defensive stance, which
109. 3:45keeps your rage. As soon as you've got
110. 3:4710, block, then revenge, and thunderclap
111. 3:50if there's more than one. Once the first
112. 3:52one's dead, you run to the next and hit
113. 3:53victory rush when you get there. Keep
114. 3:56them in front of you because you can't
115. 3:57block anything that's behind you. Two or
116. 3:59three at a time is fine once you've got
117. 4:01a decent shield since more swings at you
118. 4:03just means more rage. Try to fight
119. 4:05things a couple of levels below you, but
120. 4:07not further. Warriors miss a lot against
121. 4:10anything higher, and a miss is lost
122. 4:12damage and lost rage, while the
123. 4:14experience drops off quickly on anything
124. 4:16too low.
125. 4:1720 is a busy trip to the trainer. Master
126. 4:20of defense takes your next two points,
127. 4:22and that's five rage on every dodge and
128. 4:24parry as well, as long as you've got a
129. 4:25shield on.
130. 4:27There's also a class quest at 20 that
131. 4:28gives you a free shield. On Horde, it's
132. 4:31Ruga Rage Totem at Camp Taurajo, and on
133. 4:33Alliance, you start with Yorus
134. 4:35Barleybrew in Lakeshire. The rest of the
135. 4:37chain is a chest piece that needs a
136. 4:38Razorfen crawl run, so I just take the
137. 4:41shield. Last stand at 22 is 30% extra
138. 4:44health for 20 seconds on a 3-minute
139. 4:46cooldown. It comes back quickly, so I'd
140. 4:49actually use it.
141. 4:50Two points in improved blood rage are
142. 4:52just more rage, and in between at 25,
143. 4:55you get vanguard, which lets you charge
144. 4:57from defensive stance. Then anticipation
145. 5:00until 30, mostly because you need the
146. 5:01points to get further down. If you're
147. 5:03planning on tanking a lot of dungeons,
148. 5:05put three of them in defiance instead,
149. 5:07because that's more threat.
150. 5:10You'll probably end up tanking anyway,
151. 5:11because this build can do it as it is.
152. 5:13Blizzard raised the threat on defensive
153. 5:15stance from 30% to 80 right before
154. 5:18launch, and the dungeons are where a lot
155. 5:19of your weapons are. So, when someone
156. 5:21asks, just say yes.
157. 5:24You'll hear that a warrior's weapon is
158. 5:25everything, and for a two-hander, that's
159. 5:27true. But revenge and shield slam don't
160. 5:30use your weapon's damage at all. You
161. 5:31still want the highest damage per second
162. 5:33you can get for your swings, but you're
163. 5:35not stuck if nothing drops. The weapons
164. 5:37worth grabbing on the way to 30 are on
165. 5:39screen for both factions, and sharpening
166. 5:41stones are worth keeping on as well,
167. 5:43since that's half an hour of flat damage
168. 5:45on every swing. If you've got a mace,
169. 5:47it's a weight stone instead.
170. 5:49Shields matter more than you'd think. A
171. 5:51better one is a big chunk of armor, and
172. 5:53from 40, it feeds your biggest hit, so I
173. 5:56upgrade it as soon as I can. Those are
174. 5:58on screen, too, and for stats, I just
175. 6:00look for strength, because it gives you
176. 6:02attack power and block value.
177. 6:04Don't train everything, either. Revenge,
178. 6:07Thunder Clap, Battle Shout, and
179. 6:08Demoralizing Shout get a trip to the
180. 6:10trainer every time, but ranks of things
181. 6:12like Hamstring and Heroic Strike can
182. 6:14wait because training the whole class
183. 6:16costs over 200 gold by 60.
184. 6:19At 30, the trainer sends you to Fray
185. 6:21Island near Ratchet for Berserker
186. 6:23Stance. You fight a few challengers in
187. 6:25an arena, and I'd do it whenever you're
188. 6:27passing because you'll barely use that
189. 6:29stance. The next quest after that is the
190. 6:31famous whirlwind axe, and you can skip
191. 6:34it. It's a long chain that ends on a
192. 6:35level 40 elite, and the reward's a
193. 6:37two-hander, which you're not going to
194. 6:39equip with a shield on your arm.
195. 6:41Concussion Blow at 30 is a 5-second stun
196. 6:44for when you need a breather. Then,
197. 6:46Focused Rage takes three rage off every
198. 6:48attack, which puts Revenge at two rage
199. 6:51and Thunder Clap at 11. Bastion is 35 to
200. 6:5439. 10% more damage as long as you've
201. 6:57got a shield. Defensive Stance takes 10%
202. 6:59off your damage, so this pretty much
203. 7:01gets it back.
204. 7:03Then you hit 40, and the numbers get
205. 7:05big. Shield Slam hits for over 400 at
206. 7:08rank one, plus your block value for 17
207. 7:11rage on a 6-second cooldown, and it gets
208. 7:14its own button. Press it whenever it's
209. 7:16up, and if you're short on rage, Revenge
210. 7:18goes first because it's so cheap. 40's
211. 7:21also when you get plate, your mount, and
212. 7:23dual spec, and people start asking
213. 7:25whether to swap to fury. I'm staying
214. 7:27because I've just got my best button,
215. 7:28and if you want to try fury, that's what
216. 7:30dual spec is for.
217. 7:32The last 20 points go into fury and then
218. 7:34arms. Five in cruelty for crit because
219. 7:37crits give double rage on your swings,
220. 7:39and five in Unbridled Wrath, which is
221. 7:41more rage again. Five in Enrage, which
222. 7:43gives you a 30% chance of 10% more
223. 7:46damage whenever you get hit, and you get
224. 7:48hit all day long. The last five go in
225. 7:50deflection because every parry is five
226. 7:53more rage.
227. 7:55If you've got all five ranks of talented
228. 7:57in your legacy points, your talent
229. 7:59points arrive five levels early, and
230. 8:01Thrill of Adventure is the other one I'd
231. 8:02want on a warrior because every kill out
232. 8:04in the world gives you some health back.
233. 8:07Where this build struggles is casters
234. 8:09and most elementals because you can't
235. 8:11block what they throw at you. So,
236. 8:13revenge stays dark and there's not much
237. 8:14rage coming in. Don't waste shield block
238. 8:17on them. Charge in and use shield bash,
239. 8:19which locks the spell for 6 seconds and
240. 8:21once it's swinging at you, the whole
241. 8:23thing gets going again. If a pull goes
242. 8:25really wrong, demoralizing shout first,
243. 8:28then last stand and from 28, shield wall
244. 8:30takes 60% off everything for 12 seconds.
245. 8:34I'm skipping cinder armor on anything
246. 8:36that isn't an elite or a boss and
247. 8:38reckless swings, which costs you a
248. 8:39quarter of your base health. Race barely
249. 8:42matters for this. The sims have them all
250. 8:44within about 2% so pick what you like
251. 8:46the look of. I went troll and the usual
252. 8:48picks are on screen. Take first aid no
253. 8:51matter what since bandages cover the
254. 8:53gaps between fights and in forever it
255. 8:55makes healing potions, too. I'd take
256. 8:57mining and blacksmithing for the stones.
257. 9:00So, which way are you going at 40?
258. 9:02Staying with the shield or going fury?
259. 9:04Tell me below and subscribe if you want
260. 9:06the rest of the classes.