Warrior in arena battle...

[theidealist]

I have a protect spec that i use for tanking and with my pvp gear for Battlegrounds, and my fury spec for dps. do i necessarily have to switch to arms to be more competitive in arena?
I have used fury to pvp and i die way too fast.
In protect i survive longer and set other people's kills.
Do i have to give up one of my specs for pvp, and switch to arms?

p.s can i pvp in my tanking gear or should i use my pvp gear?

tks.

[Bloodwraith]

I would suggest going Arms. It's pretty much the only viable spec for competitive arena. The usual 57/14 or 60/11 specs should work fine. You should also be using PvP gear.

[Kininye]

I'd like a definition for 'competitive' first.

If you want to go all the way and be one of the top teams then Arms is the only way to go.

I believe you can still get plenty far with a prot spec, but though a tanking spec and a prot PvP spec are similar the talents that separate them make a world of difference in PvP. Some even moreso in Arenas, like Improved Spell Reflect and Safeguard.

Though there are plenty opinions on how to gear, I personally think gearing like an Arms warrior even with a Prot spec is a good way to go. In other words, PvP gear plus as much Armor Penetration as you can stand.

[Bloodwraith]

You could maybe hit 2k if you're good and your team is built around having a prot specced warrior. But as Kininye said you'd have to use a different spec than the standard PvE tanking spec if you want to be competitive.

[theidealist]

tks very much for the help.
i have to definitely improve my pvp skills, and ill probably switch my fury spec for arms (pvp), and start working on my skills.