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

[zmandude24]

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

they are both soft caps, there is no def hard cap. but to a point theres no reason to stack more of it, and health becomes more valueable.

Def is your best stat by FAR when you are below 440 def, but it is still a good stat after 440. For example, I have mostly blues and a couple epics from MC and I am at 440 def exactly. I use the blue leggings from BRD (+22 def) and pass on the T1 leggings (+7 def) because the T1 legs has pitiful def, but if I had 460 def, I would use those T1 leggings since I wouldn't be pushed below the def cap.

As for switching to prot, I'd say if you want to be one of the core tanks in your guild, I'd switch to prot in the late 50s and farm BRD to get to 60.

[Undertanker]

You cant just stack def, stam is important as well. Def isnt gonna help against hard hitting non physical damage and breaths and debuffs. You have A LOT of heals coming at you at once.

If your hp is low cause too much def not enough hp, then much of the heals mana/heals and globalls are used on overhealing. Then when you do take spike damage, you will go from full to nothing and risk death a lot more than you would with 4,700 hp unbuffed but 440 def.

just cause you dont have 440 doesnt mean you will be crit, shield block is there for a reason and will also avoid crushing blows which are WAY more frequent and preventable with shield block as well.