Hi guys, I'm currently leveling a protection warrior in the mid 20s. Without asking, I have had people tell me two things: don't use rend, and always use sunder armor. I have looked them up, and I still don't understand.
My rotation is shoot/charge, revenge/shield block, repeat 50 times. If there are multiple mobs, I use demoralizing shout and maybe stance dance to thunderclap if things are hairy. When I have excess rage, I either battle shout, rend, or sunder armor. Never heroic strike.
1. Why is rend considered so bad? Rend does 45 damage/10 rage vs Heroic Strike's 20-25 damage/19 rage. Even having rend tick 3/5 times does more damage. These are low level 5 man dungeons, so the debuff limit is never reached. Despite this, everywhere I go says that rend is a waste of rage, yet it's never coupled with an explanation.
2. Why so much emphasis on sunder armor? I know that it generates threat and reduces armor, but these levels it's hardly necessary. I never lose aggro on my main target, and bosses are the only things that live long enough to get more than 2 stacks.
