Buffing Shield Wall: The Whole > The Parts

Posted by MichelButeyko on 07 3rd, 2009

Categories: Tanking & Cooldown Rotation Tips | no responses

Shield Wall is easily the most powerful Defensive cooldown in a Warrior’s arsenal. There are 2 ways to buff it:

Does only 40% make it bad?

3 minute mini-wall vs 5 minute big-wall. Hmm… meh.

Is 1 minute less on shield wall good?

…not really.

A 3 minute, 40% Shield Wall isn’t really that amazing for a highly praised Major Glyph slot. A 4 minute, 60% Shield Wall isn’t really worth 2 talent points, at all.

What about Together?

Before: 5 minute cooldown, 60% reduction
After: 2 minute cooldown, 40% reduction

After sounds really, really good.

Which is my Point

Glyph of Shield Wall is really bad without 2 points in Improved Disciplines. Improved Disciplines is a waste of talent points without the Glyph of Shield Wall. The whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts applies here. So, if you’re sporting one without the other either respec or take a trip to the Auction House and rectify the situation.

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Wait… so does this mean I have to buff Shield Wall!?

Absolutely not. It only means that when you’re going to do it that you should go the whole way or not at all. There are still plenty of acceptable specs without Improved Disciplines that utilize other Major Glyphs instead of Glyph of Shield Wall.

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