kurtizzle@kurtizzle Author·
This build is a work in progress.
The intent is to give any Warrior who wants to be able to OT in Raids or Tank Dungeons (even solo) a workable Build that allows for seamless transition between active tanking and DPS as 2H Fury.
The Build contains all of the movement talents, including Improved Berserker Rage and Vanguard, whilst ensuring all of the Rage generation from Block, Parry and Dodge are all online.
The Benefits:
- Fully capped Anticipation will help proc Master of Defence and Shield Specialisation passively (useful for AoE tanking & gearing flexibility).
- Great supporting functionality through Booming Voice, Piecing Howl and Reckless Swings to power your build's Rage requirements. Burn health to fuel Rage and passively heal it back tenfold.
- Self-healing that scales with your Max health through Gore Drinker & Blood Craze.
- Last Stand to multiply your self-healing significantly during burst windows.
- High Threat from Improved Revenge
Cons:
- You are missing Deep Prot Talents that make you a viable Main Tank under the expected META, you are therefore very much playing 'Off-META'.
e.g: No Improved Shield Wall for massive damage reduction every four minutes, but do you need it with your passive healing?
e.g: You do not have Shield Slam, which is the capstone High Threat ability and also acts as a Purge, dispelling effects on the target.
- The build does not function as an optimised Pure DPS build, missing out on things like Deep Wounds and Impale.
Use cases:
If you Raid as PvE DPS Warrior and want a fun Off Spec that is interesting for solo content, PvP (Improved Berserker Rage / Self-Healing) and want to be able to play as the 'Off-Tank' for an entire Raid without having to HS to Org every other boss to reset Talents. This build would allow you to 'Hit it like you mean it'. While you are expiring Tank debuffs, etc on a typical cookie-cutter tank-swap boss fight. This is very similar to what is usually expected of Feral Druids when tanking alongside a Paladin; the Feral goes cat form for 20- 30 seconds and then back into Bear, as there is no requirement to keep up with Threat due to the way that Taunt works.
Racial:
Tauren +5% Max HP interacts with both Gore Drinker and Blood Craze in a positive way.
Undead Touch of the Grave (TotG) heals for 5% of your Max HP on a 15-second ICD. Gore Drinker and Blood Craze also function similarly, meaning that your gearing strategy is aligned and that the Talented healing effects operate between the TotG procs.
Troll health regeneration is based on spirit, meaning that your gearing strategy for this build is misaligned, the effects however do compliment each other in a similar way to TotG, offerign multiple passive healing sources. You cannot self-heal through Gore Drinker while you are stunned, but a Troll has 200 HP5, and there is nothing you can do about it!