Blizzard are back with more changes to Prot Warrior. The changes to Shield Slam resets are being reverted, and the reset chance will be set at 25% in the next PTR build.
Hello! We’ve continued to monitor feedback and PTR data, and we want to provide an update on Protection Warrior development.
As noted previously, our goal with the Protection Warrior changes is to bring the APM requirement of the spec down to reduce the performance gap the high APM creates.
We initially made significant adjustments to both burst and sustained Rage generation, as well as Shield Slam resets via Devastator and Strategist. We’ve since made adjustments as we fix bugs and evaluate the actual outcome of the changes versus our expectations.
Now that most of the dust has settled, we feel that we overshot the initial nerf to Shield Slam reset chance. In next week’s PTR build, it will be increased to 25%. After playing with this change, we feel that this gets Protection Warrior to where we want it to be– an active and engaging playstyle without the rotation being dominated by too-frequent Shield Slam resets.
Thank you for your helpful feedback.
We’ll continue make tuning adjustments as needed.
