Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Protection Warrior Starter Gear for Heroics

Here's my guide to gearing up your Protection Warrior for heroic Dungeons as efficiently as possible. There's no drops on the list (aside from a trinket), so as you are gearing up, this guide should help you spend your time and energy outside of those dungeons for maximum return.

Some of the craftable items are extremely expensive. Some are clearly worth the cost, and others are extortionate (where running a normal or heroic dungeon for an equivalent drop is a better use of your time). Items with an asterisk (*) have at least one [Chaos Orb] and at the time of writing these are BoP. I'm not sure why the Devs chose to do this as it seems to be arbitrarily punishing players without armor crafting professions at a time when they tell us they want to even things out.

Items marked with two asterisks (**) are PvP gear. I have included these items where they are generally much better than any alternatives which are easier to get than the items higher up on the list.

On the trinket front, unfortunately the best Darkmoon Card for tanking is Volcano because mastery is just that much better than dodge. The use of Earthquake, with Last Stand could provide a pretty large health pool for a while, so time will tell.

Any questions comments, item suggestions are most welcome so do leave a comment!


SlotItemSource
Head[Crown of Wings]Revered - Wildhammer Clan
[Helm of the Proud]2200 Justice Points
Shoulders[Pauldrons of Edward the Odd]BoE
[Sunburnt Pauldrons]1650 Justice Points
[Pharoah's Burial Spaulders]Quest - Uldum
Neck[The Lustrous Eye]1250 Justice Points
[Elementium Guardian]Jewelcrafting - Materials
[Mountain's Mouth]Honored - Guardians of Hyjal
Back[Wrap of the Great Turtle]Exalted - Guardians of Hyjal
[Twilight Dragonscale Cloak]Leatherworking - Materials*
[Cloak of War]Leatherworking - Materials
Chest[Hardened Elementium Hauberk]Blacksmithing - Materials*
[Chestplate of the Steadfast]2200 Justice Points
[Breastplate of the Witness]Quest - Grim Batol
Wrist[Sandguard Bracers]Exalted - Ramkahen
[Terborus's Rotating Bands] BoE - Rare Elite Deepholm
[Bloodied Pyrium Bracers]**Blacksmithing - Materials
Hands[Numbing Handguards]1650 Justice Points
[Gloves of Gnomebliteration]Quest - Uldum
Belt[Hardened Elementium Girdle]Blacksmithing - Materials
[Girdle of the Mountains]1650 Justice Points
[Belt of Guardianship]BOE - World Drop
[Bloodied Pyrium Belt]**Blacksmithing - Materials
Leg[Greaves of Splendor]2200 Justice Points
[Stone-Wrapped Greaves]Honored - Earthen Ring
Boots[Gryphon Rider's Boots]Exalted - Wildhammer Clan
[Ramkahen Front Boots]Quest - Lost City of the Tol'vir
Ring[Elementium Moebius Band]Jewelcrafting - Materials
[Felsen's Ring of Resolve]Revered - Therazane
[Red Rock Band] Revered - Ramkahen
[Temple Band] BOE
TrinketStamina
[Za'brok's Lucky Tooth]Quest - Twilight Highlands
[Leaden Despair]Dungeon - The Stonecore
Mastery
[Darkmoon Card: Volcano]Inscription - Materials + RNG!
[Impatience of Youth]Exalted - Baradin's Wardens
[Baradin Footman's Tags]Honored - Baradin's Wardens
[Impetuous Query]BoE - Lost City of the Tol'vir
Avoidance
[Darkmoon Card: Earthquake] Inscription - Materials + RNG!
[Insignia of Diplomacy]Quest - Deepholm
[Binding Promise]BoE
Shield[Elementium Earthguard]*Blacksmithing - Materials*
[Shield of the Four Grey Towers]950 Justice Points
[Truthbreaker Shield]Quest - Entry to Highlands chain
Ranged[Sky Piercer]Revered - Baradin's Wardens
[Kickback 5000]Engineering - Materials
[Volatile Thunderstick]Engineering - Materials
[Abatement Cannon]BoE
Weapon[Ravening Slicer]Revered - Baradin's Wardens
[Dragonscorn Mace]Quest - Twilight Higlands

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