Warriors want to tank with 2H - WTF??

#0 - July 17, 2009, 3 a.m.

From the warrior Q&A:

Q u o t e:
There is a desire among some players and designers to see Arms tank with a two-hander while Prot tanks with a shield.

I have one simple question....where the hell did you get that little gem from? This is the first time I have ever heard that warriors want to tank with a 2H.

Ghostcrawler

#9 - July 17, 2009, 4:51 a.m.

Yeah, it has come up from time to time.

The discussion basically goes like this: Is Prot a tanking tree or a shield tree? If you go with a DK-like design, where all the trees can tank, then you end up where Arms tanks with a two-hander and Prot does dps with a shield. It's pretty easy to see how you could do both, considering DKs can tank with two-handers now.

The problem with that line of thinking is you hit a bump pretty quickly. Can Ret tank? How about Holy and Balance?