PLD going WAR instead

[Garnatian]

Differences between them don't amount to much.

The "biggest" difference in how you play is that WAR has 2 combos, while PLD has 1 (Riot combo doesn't get much use outside special circumstance and can easily be replace by a BRD using Ballad for the WHM).

So while a PLD pressing buttons looks something like this:

1-2-3, 1-2-3.

a WAR looks like this:

1-2-3, 1-4-5, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-4-5.

Both are dull and slow.

If you're thinking of levelling a WAR because PLD is boring, then there's a good chance you'll think exactly the same about WAR. One of the only potentially interesting things about WAR is Wrath stacks, but they in no way capitalise on this as using Wrath sucks outside of Infuriate being off-CD is generally stupid.