Xeno's Warrior Tanking Guide

[Xenosys]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkUuBQ7VPug

A guide intended for level 50 Warriors. This can also be a good resource for other Warriors leveling to reach endgame content.
Questions, comments and concerns are always welcome!
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Also my Twitch:
http://www.twitch.tv/xenosysvex

[Gildarts]

good guide, thanks

[RyoxSinfar]

Great guide, definitely using this to improve.

When do you normally stream btw?

[Rona]

Good guide. Now I just need the gear to support that.

[Xenosys]

Hey thx guys! much appreciated! Due to a lot of requests I got a monk guide in the works as well that will hopefully be done in a few days. I have updated my Twitch channel http://www.twitch.tv/xenosysvex to reflect my stream and raiding schedule!

[Argyle_Darkheart]

Good guide. I'm glad to see more Warriors moving away from VIT/Parry.

[JerseyPvP]

Absolutely love this play style. Looking for more content from you in the future!

[Synestr]

That was a nice watch. Currently a 41 WAR and I like this way of tanking, it was as I had always thought it should be to tank as a WAR (Main is PLD). I would have to have two tanks that were similar in stat stacking etc. PLD is my VIT tank and WAR is definately my all balls out kickin some azz tank.

Thanks for the tips!

+1

Syn

[DouglasCS]

This is some pretty amazing stuff. I played WAR on and off as a side hobby since launch (most notably the era in which it was completely broken) and up through and after the job's dramatic improvement, but I was never able to find the role as dynamic or as commanding as you have demonstrated with this video.

I know several people that play WAR as their main job, and I would be skeptical if they applied or even knew about some of the finer tricks mentioned regarding how to mitigate case-by-case damage.

In the event that 2.4 does not introduce new crafted jewelry (which I assume to be i110), will the i90 crafted jewelry still be viable? I guess the better question is: would there be any sensible alternative for a DPS WAR?



-vnbr

[Donjo]

I initially questioned the act of replacing bonus VIT with STR and putting on STR accessories at the same time because of the absolutely massive VIT loss, but the existence if i90 accessories now lets Tanks trade 30 VIT for 65 STR, which is the only situation where you gain more than one STR per point of lost VIT.

So, that brings me to my actual question. What is your opinion on the notion of a Paladin speccing for STR via. the use of crafted accessories as you've shown here for WAR? I think that I would be able to attain a very nice balance between mitigation and power by using Topaz instead of Ruby.

Regarding DouglasCS' question: I think that properly melded i90 accessories may still be viable until crafted i110 accessories become a thing. I know that more than a few Tanks took crafted i70 all the way up to T9 and won, so there is currently no reason to think that this tier will be any different.