Analysis of Prot Warrior Faction Rewards in MoP

The Step from Dungeon Heroic Gear to Faction Rewards

With a new expansion comes a new set of factions to grind rep with. As a reward for gaining Revered with said factions you will be rewarded with some epic EPIC gear. To review what you can purchase and from which faction please see the link above or click here. 

As you can see from the link there are 4 new factions to obtain gear from. Just briefly glancing through the list of items from each faction it can be very difficult to see what is the biggest stat increase for you and hence difficult to know which faction to grind to Revered first.

Avoidance or Hit?

Because the most useful stats in MoP for a Protection Warrior are still unclear (although I'm not sure it will change too much) each faction will boost your stats depending on what gear you start with. I'm not going to provide you with figures as such here as it really depends on YOUR gear and not how I have calculated this however assuming you are in full heroic dungeon gear and have prioritised Mastery here is your stat increase by faction:

Shadow Pan

Increase: Mastery & Dodge 

Cost Of: Parry & Hit

Golden Lotus 

Increase: Master & Dodge & 1 socket

Cost Of: Parry & Hit

August Celestials

Increase: Parry

Cost Of: Hit & Dodge

Klaxxi

Increase: Hit & Expertise & Parry & 2 sockets

Cost Of: Dodge & Mastery

It is also worth noting that:
- The Shadow Pan's increase to Mastery far out-weighs the Golden Lotus increase by 2 fold.
- The hit gained from the Klaxxi rewards account for about 2%.
- The sockets gained from the Klaxxi are red and blue as opposed to the Yellow from the Golden Lotus (hello Mr Mastery Gem!).
- Although the Klaxxi has a hit increase the strength on the gear drops.
- The best overall Stamina increase can be found on the Shadow Pan gear.

Sooooo...... What Faction Should I Grind Rep With?

Well at the moment that is a difficult question to answer. It honestly depends on your gear. However assuming Mastery will still be our go-to stat and also taking into account the Stamina and Strength on the gear I would advise grinding Shadow Pan first with Klaxxi in a VERY close second due to the hit increase and the extra sockets.

It will become clearer as more information on stats is released - Watch This Space!