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Regional FlagWhat Shall the Prot Nerf Be?Source
avatar Rahn
Now that the cross-hairs are on protection warriors due to arenas (Too much utility, too much damage), what do you think will be nerfed?

More PvE nerfs coming thanks to PvP!

My prediction is that since heroics are serious business, they are going to remove the stuns off concussion blow, or shockwave, or charge, or intercept, or all of them.

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#66 - Jan 8, 10Target Source

In the next content patch the current plan is to change Warbringer a bit so that it no longer allows Charge and Intercept to break roots or snares but Intervene would remain unaffected.

We'll see if any further changes come down the pipeline.

[ Post edited by Bornakk ]


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#111 - Jan 8, 10Target Source

We are also considering some changes to Shield Slam to where it won't affect players in normal tanking gear but it will affect the scaling of block value for those who are stacking it. This isn't guaranteed as we still want to make sure it doesn't have a real negative effect on PvE, but in turn we may have the threat caused by Shield Slam just straight increased. We'll see how this goes as we test it internally.

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#121 - Jan 8, 10Target Source

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It seems like it would make a whole lot more sense to just rework the 2 piece tier 10 set bonus instead of nerfing shield slam damage.

Seriously what is the point of the 2PC T10 it certainly doesn't help you in PVE.



The 2 piece Tier 10 bonus is fine for now. The additional damage for those abilities leads to more threat which helps in PvE content. It's not very common for people who are tanking to be stacking shield block value so it should have a minimal impact on players in normal tanking gear.