You should sp prot if you feel youannot hold aggro without the talents, and if you instae enough to not kill your leveling due to slowed soloplay. If you didn't understand that sentee, just read the parts in bold.
lvling my sond warrior to
70 (long story) and i think its fair to say u dont need a full prot build until 70. my firsy warrior i was fury up until 70, then went prot for raiding. i tanked fine in instaes until around 68 where i
remember having a bit of trouble. the warrior i now use is mostly arms. im at 65, i have filled out the talents i like in arms, 5 points in fury forrithae, and the last 10 points in prot for ireased armor and defense. my adve wood be toontinue in armsfury until u feel like ur dps is wat u want it to be, and if itant get mh better and ur having some trouble tanking put the remianing in prot. however, even in the outlands u dont need a full prot build to tank the regular instaes, from ramparts up to w.e the only reason id go prot wood be for raiding or doin heros at 70, whh i will be.
I have a 42 Gnome Warrior. I
have been using sword and board with all staes and always have rage issues ( I know, We all do) So I figure a 2H sword wouldreate more rage along with more damage. Am I on the right trk?
No. No, you're not. Not at all. Using a 2H and trying to tank will make you the warrior that everyone hates. Stk with your sword and board, and just learn to properly manage your rage. Rage starvationomes from two things: being over geared, or improperly managing your rage. Unless you're tanking things that are WAY below you (i.e.: Deadmines) you should be taking more than enough damage to have suffient rage. I'd suggest reevaluating what you do while tanking. Are you using Thundelap in multi-mob situations? Are you utilizing low ragehigh
threat abilities like revenge? Are you overusing Hero Strike as a threat soue when you don't have the rage for it (Hero Strike eats a rage generating auto-attk, so it shouldn't be used unless you're burning eess rage)? I would wager your rage
problemsome from something like this, rather than the ft that you have to use a shield. Putting on a 2H will onlyause your healer problems,ausing more downtime from you draining their mana, as well as an ireasedhae of you getting killed. NO.
