This Shield used alongside Silent Fang (https://classicdb.ch/item=19192) WTF Powns against casters. Not only do you get the 5% chance to silence for 3secs from the Shield but you also get a CoH, which procs regularly, to silence them for a further 6secs fron Silent Fang.
if a warrior use a 1h and shield he can just use shield bash, go to zerker stance and switch to 2h and use pummel when needed. havent tried it but it should work. then its just to kill the caster. if a mage blinks away u just use intercept to stun him. <3 instant attacks like mortal strike.
I am a protection arms warrior, and i solo 58 elites. So i don't know what you are talking about with regards to protection warriors not being able to solo elites.
Im thinking more along the lines of a shaman (pally) for this shield. Not only do shamans get ALOT of attention in PvP (lol Pallys too) but its probably one of the better shields with + blocking on it. I notice alot of the warrior end game shields kick the *!@# out of this one, and I highly doubt a shaman could get a hold of one of them due to the fact that they are that damn good. Id love this shield as an Elemental shaman, lots of block lots of armor never hurts when people are banging on you, plus the chance to silence casters coupled with Earth shocks would have casters screaming for another shaman fix. I like the look of it too!
i owned a 39 horde lock the other day with my alliance warrior 36:) kicked his srry ass around. than killed a rogue 39 horde right after, easy as can be :) locks suck against me for some reason even in WSG or BG's also dont forget if you are a warrior u have imunity to fear with some talents and also if u have this and are a defense spec warrior u should have the ability 100% on hit with shield bash you silence the target :D so there you go
I am a warrior and i have alot of respect for locks. If u want to fight one on one u have to know what u r doing. If u don't know how to play it right you'll get raped. Even with this shield it would be hard to beat one. Although u would have a better chance with duel weapons than a 1h and shield or 2h.
Does anybody know if this is open to all blacksmiths or is it resticted to armorsmiths (since a shield is considered armor)?
I'm just glad to see Blizzard finally has a plan for a shield that a blacksmith can craft. It's about freakin' time. Now, I gotta wait for patch 1.11+ to get a new epic axesmith plan that's actually worth it's crafting cost in WoW gold.
I'll admit, mages can be hard, only because they can one shot you on a crit, and teleport away, but locks are cake for a warrior. With sheild bash stun and pummel, as soo as you get into meelee range they are toast.
true, if u are an unskilled nub warrior u might not even have a chance to hit the caster. just allways equip ya pvp trinket when doing pvp and stay in zerker stance... works for me. mostly when a lock fears me, i use beserker rage, i charge (stunned for 3 secs) and mostly there halfway down there life. pummel them when casting, fear there pet get them to 20% and execute them... really clothies are kinda easy if u think about it... sumtimes they just even stress if u break fear or charge them... the problem with mages is, the GDMN sheeping. warriors have a pvp trinket that dispels: slowing, imob, and stun affects... and not polymorf etc like rogues etc. but just get near enough and when u can hit them sumtimes the might freeze ya so they bandage or sumthing. only use ya trinket then. dont use it earlyer... disrupt there bandage when there actually doing it. it will have a 1min CD like u know. and priest, i dont even wanna talk about then... pfff ^^ (well shadow might hit hard tho... ow wait, nvm :P)
and dont come to me with U ARE AN UNSKILLED NUB AND STFU... im only giving sum advise, and u have any reason to counter it :) have fun warriors :D
yeah, i DO play more chars then only warr :)
---------------------------------------- the way of the warrior.
Its true casters do own us... but iam currently a protection spec as i have to tank :( any who my point is this is a perfect shield for those of us who are prot spec and like to pvp a bit as all i do in a battleground is charge around and pummel and stun or shield bash no kills for me :( but yeah.. as far as beating a well accomplished mage or lock or any caster for that matter... i will have to say.. very hard.
so in conclusion there are good points and bad points but for a pvp spec warr ... dont use this... its *!@#ing useless, cause a warrs main trait is to get as much damg in the 3 sec stun provided by the intercept (hence instant attacks). any extra damg u can produce on the mage or lock is a bonus... (there are ways to do mroe damg but u're looking to damg the most in those 3 secs so he's down then you can intimidating shout or something like that.) at least in my opinion, so use a higher damg weap.
im talking abt 1v1 btw, since thats what ur referrring to in earlier posts.
Dpriest69 you noob, warriors get owned by casters in pvp.
I run with a half might arms warrior and I can barely kill a good mage or lock. esp in a 1 vs 1 you will get chopped. half that fact is that locks and mages and shamans need a nerf.
if you got a healer you can melee down a mage/lock no worries
u cant use charge when you are in combat already maybe u meant intercept, but theres no real stun effect there EDIT: sry there is a 3 sec stun effect, but yea cant use charge anyway
A skilled caster at equal stuff will /rofl at a warrior exept you crit him every time you hit! A fury warior could at least face a caster and win sometimes. A arms warior can be lucky... If you're a tanker just don't forget: Boys don't cry! And for those who think a warior was meant to wear a shield in pvp, I just LMAO! You couldn't even solo a lvl 55 elite in less then two minutes being stuffed with a full epic gear! Beating up skilled caster with a shield? You're so damn right! Kill him as soon as he used all his mana on you! (don't forget to disarm him when he strikes you with his staff!) Cheers! PS: Shield bash and pummel is the same cool down!
i am a warrior and i do alot of pvping and i get messed up by casters . i would love to use this and a good 1h and switch to my 2h  after it proc's....
what the hell is that guy talking about?shield slam-shield bash -stun -and spell reflection--these are the tools of a protect tank--by the time i'm done wish those and the hits i'm giving(possibly your alt?)warlock that u seem to have a hard on for i don't need disarm or fury--no need to even get upset---it's dead---and i don't even need a band-aid