Originally Posted by
Nairobi
Prot PVP is an adventure in frustration and futility. The lack of any vengeance scaling means that aside from having negligble damage, we have our main sources of survival nerfed as well. We have very poor mobility compared to ProtWar, Guardian, and BrM. We have poor self heals compared to Prot War, Guardian, and even BDK. We have terrible control, perhaps the lowest of all tank classes. We have little to no CC, are incredibly weak versus disarm, silence, stun and fear, and our biggest survival options drop the flag.
If your aim is arena, go Holy. If you hate Holy, go Ret, but don't expect to do fantastic or get many willing partners.
If your aim is RBGs, go Holy. If you hate Holy, choose a diff class.
Ret and Prot gear is interchangeable, in both PVE and PVP.