PvP’in – The Prot Edition

Unless you’re in like a BT guild, you’re probably going to find yourself doing PvP for PvE upgrades.  And that’s the situation I found myself in on my warrior.  With season 4 approaching, the season 2 shield will switch to just honor, and I’ll need to pick that up.  So rather than respec, I just head into the BGs as prot.  When doing this, you have to understand that you’re not an offensive killing machine, but much more of a defensive player who’s amazing at controlling your opponent.  Think about it, when it comes to melee opponents, they’re going to do hardly any damage to you, while you can keep hamstring on them and stunning when necessary to allow your allies to pick them apart.  But against casters is where you can truly shine.  Throw on a full block value set, and you can really do some damage.  Last night, I ran into a poor little mage who didn’t have any PvP gear at all, and I shield slam crit him for nearly 2500.  But more importantly, you have the ability to interrupt spell casts and spell reflect.  Also, shield slam can remove important buffs like pain suppression and blessings.

Basically, just know your role.  While doing AV late last night, I found myself tanking every NPC in sight.  The cool thing about that is they become your little rage batteries.  I grabbed two or three NPCs and ran into the crowd looking for unsuspecting clothies.  I ended up tanking Vandar and a marshall and we breezed to a 500 bonus honor victory.  But the real surprise came at the end when the scoreboard came up.  Maybe I was wrong… maybe prot warriors can be offensive killing machines: