#7
by Plus3
Strength is useless on a tank. Also health is much less desirable than vit because skills scale with vit not health. You keep aggro with taunt, war cry and bash not autos. Lots of damage the tank takes is skill hits for which def does nothing. The 1000 defense is equivalent to 250 because it's 15 sec on 45 off. 200 permanent unless the boss has a big mele burst is nearly the same as 1000 for 15 sec.
Overall the first ammy is a better all around ammy. The strength helps you train and boss not as a tank but as hybrid or dps. The second one is better for tanking, but not by a huge margin.
personally I keep my lvl199 warrior as a tank because it's so useful and I'm never in a group smaller than 5. It lets you go buck wild on mage, ranger and Druid aoe without taking aggro or needing excessive health or defense skills.
Member of Aeon - Taranis - 24 boxer
220+ toons
Ravenleaf druid - Silverstring ranger
Stormsong warrior - Nwerb Mage - Eventide Rogue
Toon histogram:
Level_____|200+|150-199|100-149|50-99|20-49|1-19|
# of toons|_5__|___16___|____3___|__11__|__21_|407|