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Andrise · 04/22/07, 6:41 AM

It also means you get no rage. But more to the point, dodge and parry are nice enough, but they certainly are nothing to depend on, whereas on any fight that matters, you'll have 100% uptime on Shield Block, so block value is taking damage off of every single hit (and boosting your TPS too). When I'm specced Prot, my gearing preference is obviously Stamina over everything, but then armor and block value, more so than avoidance. Tanking as Arms, Fury, or Fury/Prot, avoidance becomes more useful, since block value is marginalized. For example, as prot spec I'll use Styleen's/ Auto-Blocker for trinkets on most fights, but as Fury/Prot, I use Adamantine Figurine / Moroes Pocket Watch. A big reason for this is that in my usual Fury/Prot build, I lack Imp Shield Block, so block value loses most of it's benefit, but also, boosting my avoidance means I'm less likely to have my one shield block charge eaten on a boss, and I will be crushed less.

04/22/07, 6:41 AM	#7
Andrise Piston Honda Davia Human Warrior <Might> Turalyon	It also means you get no rage. But more to the point, dodge and parry are nice enough, but they certainly are nothing to depend on, whereas on any fight that matters, you'll have 100% uptime on Shield Block, so block value is taking damage off of every single hit (and boosting your TPS too). When I'm specced Prot, my gearing preference is obviously Stamina over everything, but then armor and block value, more so than avoidance. Tanking as Arms, Fury, or Fury/Prot, avoidance becomes more useful, since block value is marginalized. For example, as prot spec I'll use Styleen's/ Auto-Blocker for trinkets on most fights, but as Fury/Prot, I use Adamantine Figurine / Moroes Pocket Watch. A big reason for this is that in my usual Fury/Prot build, I lack Imp Shield Block, so block value loses most of it's benefit, but also, boosting my avoidance means I'm less likely to have my one shield block charge eaten on a boss, and I will be crushed less.