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hung wrote:I honestly never considered downgrading that far. My intuition tells me it'd be a big loss, but health really doesn't matter too much for soloing old content (only regeneration >= incoming dmg). And Wrath level avoidance is probably fine for running around BC raids. It's a clever idea.

However, i would compare 4T10 set bonus to the 2T13. I think 2T13 is nearly equal (superior for stats, obv.) for the following reason: smaller shields, but more often. Revenging on cooldown, I get a 2k shield every 5 secs, vs 4T10 shield (20~30k?) every 30/60 secs. 2T13 would be 12k every 30 and 24k every 60. So they're about equal in throughput if you're not spec'd into booming voice.

Even if you are though: i'm not certain you get to use the entire shield of 4T10, since it only lasts 10 secs. To get full benefit from that shield, you need to be receiving at least 2~3K DPS. Which ironically, i'm not sure is the case for T5 content if you're wearing ilvl 380. 2T13 though, I'm pretty sure gets used up.

Final argument for 2T13, hitting Revenge would be a preferred use of a GCD over Shouting.

All those points are assuming running Prot spec'd in defensive stance (which I do). Running Fury spec probably gives you more DPS, even with 4T10 (prot) pieces. The real question is: are you willing to take that much of a dps hit for that shield.

hung wrote:I can tell you that the souldrinker proc makes a stupid big difference in your ability to solo old bosses. I was barely able to solo A'lar last tier. I haven't tried him again since, but SSC was really easy in comparison.

I will also note that str DPS roles DO get the role bonus when rolling on souldrinker in LFR. That and tanks do get the role bonus when rolling on gurthalak.

All that to say: good luck on getting yours :).