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"Urbin" <urbin@invalid.invalid> wrote in message 
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> I noticed a few things
> - pulling without rage is even harder than on my bear, I usually try to
>  first apply a rend for the bleed effect and then a thunder clap to spread
>  the bleed to all mobs (I put the talent points into that). Is this a good
>  starting strategy? Or should I first thunderclap for Aoe snap aggro?

Depends on the group. If they're AoEing and aggroing multiple mobs right at 
the start, Thunderclap first, otherwise, Rend first.

> - after that I mostly Shield Slam, as it uses less rage than Heroic Strike
>  and I am still fighting for rage a bit

Heroic Strike is simply a rage burn ability. If you have excess rage, use 
it, otherwise, it's low priority.

> - I taunt if a mob leaves me and then Shield Slam it when it comes into 
> rage
> - I try to use Victory Rush when available as it doesn't cost rage and
>  causes high threat

It also has a self heal built into it, and hits reasonably hard, so yeah, 
definitely make use of it.

> - Strike seems pretty useless. At 20 rage it costs the same as shield slam
>  but according to DrDamage only does 21 damage (against 142 with Shield
>  Slam). Am I missing something or can I just leave that ability off my
>  bar?

Strike is to give warriors an attack to click up until level 10, after that, 
it will never be used again.

> - Charge is only available out of combat and in Battle Stance. I'd love a
>  macro that puts me into Battle Stance (if not already in it), Charges and
>  then puts me back in Defensive Stance.

FYI, changing stances removes most of your rage, so that might not help 
much. At level 29 you can get Warbringer though, which lets you Charge in 
any stance and in combat, so that will help out a bit there.

> - is there any good way to fronload rage and/or threat when pulling?

Not sure what level you get Battle/Commanding Shout anymore, but casting 
those gives you 20 rage now. One minute CD on them though, which is means 
you might not be able to do it every pull, but it should help a bit if you 
have them.

Sorry I can't go more in depth, as my warrior is Arms(both specs are Arms, 
one is PvE one PvP) so I only know a little bit about warrior tanking plus 
some basic and/or general warrior stuff.