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Deep Wounds Is Baseline
I won't use the word 'required' because there are always exceptions to rules for Protection specs. However, 3 points in Deep Wounds is hands down more important than 3 points in Cruelty. Many tanks, including myself, are seeing minimum gains of 6% damage and, in some cases, up to 12% damage. This is true on trash and it's true on single-target raid encounters. Keep in mind that Deep Wounds greatly closes the gap between fast and slow weapons in terms of damage (where fast was unquestionably superior at all times in the past). It is virtually always worth picking up in your spec unless you're specing more than 51 points in Protection for a specific encounter.
DW procs off TC and Dmg Shield... teh ghetto consecrate
Deep Wounds Is Baseline
I won't use the word 'required' because there are always exceptions to rules for Protection specs. However, 3 points in Deep Wounds is hands down more important than 3 points in Cruelty. Many tanks, including myself, are seeing minimum gains of 6% damage and, in some cases, up to 12% damage. This is true on trash and it's true on single-target raid encounters. Keep in mind that Deep Wounds greatly closes the gap between fast and slow weapons in terms of damage (where fast was unquestionably superior at all times in the past). It is virtually always worth picking up in your spec unless you're specing more than 51 points in Protection for a specific encounter.
DW procs off TC and Dmg Shield... teh ghetto consecrate