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| Shield Specialization
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| Increases your chance to block attacks with a shield by X% and has a Y% chance to generate 1 rage when a block occurs.
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| Usable by
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| Class
| Warrior
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| Properties
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| Location
| Protection, Tier 2
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| Affects
| Blocking with a shield
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| Ranks
| 5
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| Requirements
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| Points required
| 5
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| Talent required
| None
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- "Many warriors use the shield in battle, but many consider it to be a last resort, and they put all their trust in their weapon. Those warriors don't make it off the battlefield often. The ones who survive are the ones who put the hunk of metal to use."
- For other uses see Shield Specialization.
Functionality
Shield Specialization increases your chance to Block with your shield and generates extra Rage when blocks occur.
Rank table
| Rank | Block chance increase | Rage generation chance
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| 1 | 1% | 20%
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| 2 | 2% | 40%
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| 3 | 3% | 60%
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| 4 | 4% | 80%
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| 5 | 5% | 100%
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Notes
If you are a protection warrior casually tanking in low/medium/high-level instances, but not a Main Tank or Assistant Main Tank for your guild in Zul'Gurub and higher instances, you'll want to skip this and invest your talents in something else.
However, if you believe you'll find yourself in situation while you tank/offtank some boss or other tough cratures while the rest of the raid is focusing on killing other creatures, you might want to invest on Shield Specialization. The reason is that Improved Shield Block allows for a Shield Block - Revenge combo, which results in less damage taken for you and efficient aggro holding.
