I have a 21 warrior, should I make an SK instead?

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Originally Posted by Sethius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Taunt is not how you build threat as a warrior, it's all about weapon procs. Go get two obsidian shards, they proc at lvl 16, and then you should be ok... some dex never hurt either. It will never be easy mode spam disease cloud, but it should be better and playing a warrior will pay off in the end.

This.

All taunt does is place you at the top of the hate list on success. It's really for pulling things off of people once they rip aggro off of you because they didn't wait a bloody second before DPSing.

Weapon procs are all warriors are about later on. Start with shards, move on to Ykesha, etc. If you're in a bind, grab two FS short/longswords (forget which). A pair of these simple weapons on a properly buffed and hasted warrior will produce more steady aggro-producing dps than some weapon combinations.*

The one advantage hybrids (and specifically SKs) have over Warriors is that warriors are better at single target aggro, but have a little trouble (pre 50's) holding multiple targets. You need to some skills to hold aggro on a double or triple pull as a warrior.




*don't quote me on this, this was some old math that I heard once from an experienced chanter on live. May or may not apply here.