I'm not asking for the 12k formula, but - in Excel I can't even get over 6k or so w/o taking talents you cant have at the same time like enrage and Death Wish.

Here's what I (think) I know:

* Shield Mastery means my 500 block (armory) means a 650 SBV (in game). So there's the 1.3.
* The shield slam ability adds 420-440 base damage (let's call it 430 shall we?)
* Impale would mean a crit is 2.2 instead of 2.0.
* 1h specialization...

thugthedum

(From March 19th)

Not just any shield mind you, but the Merciless Gladiator’s Shield Wall. While wearing 600 SBV and a decent amount of crit. I know what you’re thinking… “Thug forgot to respec” and you’d be right.

But, dear reader, let me tell you how wonderful it is to have an attack that does 1000 damage easily and crits for 2k all while hiding behind a shield and adding a 5% block chance to the combat table. And did I mention that it now has a 100% chance to dispel...

thugthedum

(From March 14th)

I don’t mind swinging gigantic swords at people!

It turns out, while Mortal Strike’s sustained DPS output is worse than what I could do as a protection warrior dual wielding, you can lay down a shitload of burst damage, own a field with enhanced mobility, and crush your opponents ability to escape with hamstring and piercing howl. My early foray in to PVP as a hard core tank is going well. I can gib! Even with my somewhat survival focused spec, I...

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(I've been away for a while, here's my personal blog posts for the past month re-posted here for posterity. )

March 7th

I’m a tank in the World of Warcraft. 95 days /played, 47 this level, and probably 98% of that I spent as a protection warrior that did nothing but solo grind as a dual wielder, pvp as a dual wielder, or tank behind a board. I got Despair a few months back, and I took it since noone else wanted it. About that time our guild hit a recruiting / vacation...

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Just checking if i can actually write something in here. My name is Diego, i'm from Chile (english is not my first language, so bare with me :3), and i've been playing WoW for almost 2 years now i think. I have a 70 warrior and a... hmm... i guess that's pretty much it. Don't Get me wrong, i have alts, just that they're not higher than level 25.

I have fun playing my warrior (sometimes). I've pvp'd Fury spec'ed pre-bc (The "Before the storm" patch was a kick in the nuts...

Ukyo