What is the best lvl to switch to tank spec as a warrior

[Mastodon2090]

How far can I go as arms spec? Also, do I need +defense gear for high lvl dungeons?

Thanks

[TOVAR]

It's similar to the shadow priest: when people start complaining how you suck at your job--> respec time
Some decent swap gear can prolong the period of 'grace' a bit.

[magmcbride]

In actual vanilla, my guild led server first progression as a horde guild without salv. Our tanks were arms (31/20/0) through all of MC/Ony and we never had much issue. Broodlord was the first time that TPS became problematic, so most of our tanks respecced to (31/5/15) including our MT. That got us through all of BWL without much trouble. By the time Naxx came out we had enough gold in our gbank to pay our tanks to spec between prot and fury as needed on different fights. During Naxx farm I was re-speccing four to six times a lockout between Fury and prot.

I can't really speak to the private server community, but it seems people here believe in min/maxxing far more. Also, if all you want to do is tank PvE content, consider that it's a lot less hassle to tank as prot spec.

That's my $0.02, enjoy your warrior!

[Oyani]

It's similar to the shadow priest: when people start complaining how you suck at your job--> respec time
Some decent swap gear can prolong the period of 'grace' a bit.

Yeah and that should be at level 60 when you need to do stuff like Stratholme and UBRS. But all the way up until BRD should be fine.

[BoxerBriefly]

Yeah and that should be at level 60 when you need to do stuff like Stratholme and UBRS. But all the way up until BRD should be fine.

Agreed.

[Problazer]

You will not have any trouble tanking 5-10 man instances as Arms or Fury. However if you want a tank position in a raid expect to go Prot. You don't even need Prot spec for MC/Ony but most people demand it and it does make your life slightly easier.

[JCarrill0]

How far can I go as arms spec? Also, do I need +defense gear for high lvl dungeons?

Thanks

Best bet is to move this to Warrior Discussion.

Arms can tank even level 60 dungeons if you have the gear, I recommend farming BRD at high level.

as for Def Cap, 420 is Soft cap (level 60 mobs) & 440 is hard cap (uncritable vs level 63 mobs)

[ElGran]

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[Ziphr]

How far can I go as arms spec? Also, do I need +defense gear for high lvl dungeons?

Thanks

Best bet is to move this to Warrior Discussion.

Arms can tank even level 60 dungeons if you have the gear, I recommend farming BRD at high level.

as for Def Cap, 420 is Soft cap (level 60 mobs) & 440 is hard cap (uncritable vs level 63 mobs)

I was under the impression there is no such thing as a hard defense cap, as defense continues giving acceptable returns on dodge/parry/chance to be missed and I believe block

[JCarrill0]

Welcome to Vanilla wow.