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“Welcome to the Tanking forum! This forum is here to provide you with a friendly environment where you can discuss all aspects of tanking with your fellow World of Warcraft players. Community forums work best when participants treat their fe…”
10/29/2010
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Last Post by Lylirra (10/29/2010)
Welcome Tanks: Please Read!
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“I take some liberty with the definition of interrupts and CC. Super short term effects are not meant for true CC so much as stopping the mob right now, like Scatter shot and Gouge. I write the majority of this guide from a tank perspective,…”
12/15/2010
11,285 Views / 160 Replies
Last Post by Kiefbox (9/22/2011)
Crowd Control, Interrupts, and your group.
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“Hello, I'm Waniou, and I'm here to give you a somewhat brief guide to how monsters attack you in WoW. Since this is the tank forum, I'm looking at solely things from a tank point of view so I really don't care at all about diminishing retur…”
5/8/2011
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Last Post by Waniou (2/14/2012)
Attack tables, CTC, and diminishing returns!
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““I tank, therefore I am…at least in WoW” – Renee Descartes (or someone like him) I have played this game since launch, and I have played this character since Blackwing Lair was endgame content. I have never been in a server-leading progress…”
12/22/2010
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Last Post by Palimathale (2/14/2012)
The Tao of Tanking
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“So you want to be a tank, do you? Well it won't be easy. I've been at it for about 5 years and I'm constantly learning new tricks, polishing my skills, looking for improvements. It's a never-ending process of self-improvement, which is why …”
1/1/2011
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Last Post by Baleel (2/6/2012)
So You Want To Be A Tank - A Beginner's Guide
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“**edit** updated for 4.3 (as its a "fresh 85" guide i only added a few cheap boe's and lower end jp pieces. New tanks note: you'll get rapid fire upgrades once you start the HoT heroics). Hello my friends. I recently answered a forum post w…”
1/3/2011
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Last Post by Rüin (1/31/2012)
So you just hit 85? A starter tank gear guide
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“I originally intended to test post this on the druid forums because they have felt less hostile in the past, but certain, recent nerfs have changed that for the time being imo. This does mean however that I can post it here, and maybe you w…”
1/20/2011
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Last Post by Stakiyah (12/17/2011)
Going Walkabout: A Tanking Movement Guide
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“Grim Batol: Gen. Umbriss He has malignant troggs that explode on death and enrage the boss for a couple of seconds if he's in range of the explosion. So assign a ranged dps to pick them and kill it away from the group, its fairly easy. No t…”
12/15/2010
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Last Post by Panthas (11/16/2011)
Quick guide of heroic mechanics (+ ZA ZG)
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“Look, we've got too many threads about Blood. We don't need a new thread every time someone comes up with an idea to fix Blood. We don't want to become the new mages or paladins. This thread is here for all of your questions, suggestions an…”
5/18/2011
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Last Post by Grymix (6/9/2011)
The Blood Thread
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“Hi all- I am running into some frustration with pally tanking in general, especially in the realm of heroics. I am experiencing really low damage consistently, and I have a few thoughts on how to fix that but wanted to check in with anyone …”
3 hours, 36 minutes ago
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Last Post by Anuddertank (9 minutes ago)
Pally-heroic raid, DPS issues
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“Welcome to the tank lounge. This thread is a thread for us tanks to get a chance to meet each other and relax. This is the place to post about your adventures in tanking, vent about dps/healers, or just chat. We are all friends here, so if …”
2 days, 11 hours ago
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Last Post by Deathtime (9 minutes ago)
Tank Lounge 25: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Tank
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“Can someone please reply to this that has this item equipped. I just want to ensure it is not a myth!!!! I have never seen it drop. Normal or LFR. It makes me sad :(”
5 days, 6 hours ago
388 Views / 68 Replies
Last Post by Plethora (13 minutes ago)
Blackhorn’s Mighty Bulwark
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“Just got enough gear to queue for LFR but i wanna make sure i can actually tank it and if anyone has some tips on my gearing etc. i plan on getting the valor chest asap but that wont be till next week.”
3 hours, 27 minutes ago
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Last Post by Skyfiredraco (1 hour, 5 minutes ago)
Advice on first time LFR gearing.
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“Sorry if this has been answered on the forums before, but I've searched for over an hour and haven't seen anything pertaining to this: Has anyone done the math on which is better for a bear? My guild is getting ready to start Heroic DS so I…”
1 day, 2 hours ago
174 Views / 32 Replies
Last Post by Reesi (1 hour, 7 minutes ago)
Windwalk vs 130 agil
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“Too often I fall into the mentality that I am the problem when a wipe happens. I think "what could I have done to make that attempt better". In Well of Eternity I interrupt the 2nd boss' MC even though I'm the tank. I've gotten to the point…”
1 hour, 19 minutes ago
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I need to increase my tanking DPS.
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“Alright, I've only really tanked since Firelands, and my guild is more of a casual raiding guild than a raiding guild (expect average dps, even worse healers, and the other tanking choices barely know where their keys are bound to or have n…”
4 hours, 10 minutes ago
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Last Post by Nyxolem (1 hour, 21 minutes ago)
Prot Warrior seeking advice on Heroic content
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“Why is it that Death Knights are still the only class that actively cuts in their survival for AoE threat and applying debuffs? Blood Plague is going to cost you half a DS with Outbreak being on a 60 second CD whereas Hammer of the Righteou…”
11 hours, 22 minutes ago
114 Views / 85 Replies
Last Post by Razia (1 hour, 39 minutes ago)
Blood dk aoe - Aggro or Survive?
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“What does your main tank's statistics page say? And i know it is probably not an accurate representation of "how experenced" you are as a tank. I was just curious. pls post on your mains if your willing to be looked at. The information is f…”
1 day, 13 hours ago
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Last Post by Arcdeek (1 hour, 42 minutes ago)
Are you an experienced tank?
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“Dear Blizzard, My offtank just quit the game after we killed Heroic Madness of Deathwing and I am finding it extremely difficult to recruit a new tank, because when they ask about how much raid time they will see I have to explain to them t…”
3 days, 5 hours ago
490 Views / 57 Replies
Last Post by Vear (2 hours, 52 minutes ago)
Dear Blizzard, Stop making 1 tank fights.
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“Warning: lolmaths ahead So I've spent most of today getting ready for another mathjuggernaut thread thing. Basically, my Hold the Line thread but with what we currently know about MoP mechanics. I've got my MATLAB function ready to start cr…”
2 days, 4 hours ago
176 Views / 38 Replies
Last Post by Sceilence (2 hours, 53 minutes ago)
I need some maths checked.
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“Is hit rating important now for tanking with a paladin? I hardly see any tanking gear with hit rating on them. Just making sure that I gem my paladin correctly and what to make sure that is high in rating to make a successful tank such as p…”
2 days, 10 hours ago
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Last Post by Celyndrashad (3 hours, 2 minutes ago)
Advice for Paladin Tanking
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“I'm sorry if this has been discussed a lot already, but I'd like to get a conversation going about the new "Active Mitigation" model that will be coming with Mists of Pandaria. Personally I'm leaning towards the "not looking forward to it" …”
6 days, 12 hours ago
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Last Post by Slashlove (3 hours, 43 minutes ago)
Active Mitigation
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“Why can't we block/parry/dodge Focused Assault? Blood Dks still have their block equavilent in effect for use against it. If their shields and heals work why shouldn't the other tanking mechanics work?”
1/28/2012
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Last Post by Plethora (4 hours, 16 minutes ago)
Heroic Hagara: WTH
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“Worst tanks? Lowest Threat. Takes the most damage. Lowest amount of CD's. Long CD's. Overall not liked by healers.”
8 hours, 49 minutes ago
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Last Post by Slashlove (4 hours, 58 minutes ago)
Warriors.
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“based mainly on appearance on a scale of 1-10 I haven't seen this thread in the tank forums yet, but if it has appeared let me know. I'm 1st up I suppose.”
12/11/2011
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Last Post by Skullo (5 hours, 52 minutes ago)
Rate the Transmoged set above you...
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“Edit: Throwing the guide up top (credit to BaneofTruth, post #4): Either way, the best thing for him to do is send a tell to the other tank in the raid and ask him/her for direction. A simple "hey I'm new to this encounter, could you tell m…”
12/15/2011
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Last Post by Piñata (6 hours, 15 minutes ago)
Anyone have a quick LFR tanking guide?
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“I'm actually an alt (my main's a healer), but I was just curious to see some of the responses after seeing the "Why do you heal?" thread on the healing forum. For me, I made a prot paladin because none of the other friends I played with tan…”
11/21/2010
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Last Post by Brailiem (6 hours, 52 minutes ago)
Why do you tank?
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“Not sure how or why, but I VERY occasionally seem to get crit (most recently was a meelee hit from Murozond). I'm in blood presence and am using the spec linked in the dk blood tank faq. Any thoughts on how or why this would happen? My init…”
8 hours, 8 minutes ago
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Last Post by Persephon (7 hours, 52 minutes ago)
I got crit...
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“http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/igjg4p2rznjzp96s/sum/damageTaken/?s=2199&e=2538 I can't get into details about what led to this situation occurring, because I'm not going to call people out on the forums. But here's a log showing me on m…”
10 hours, 18 minutes ago
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Last Post by Cryotube (8 hours, 1 minute ago)
LFR Warlord - Fury Tanking FTW
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“I'm a bit curious as to what UI setup my fellow tanks are using and besides that I think the thread title speaks for itself”
3 days, 6 hours ago
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Last Post by Bravehearth (8 hours, 4 minutes ago)
Show off your GUI
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4 days, 13 hours ago
467 Views / 61 Replies
Last Post by Nìkolus (8 hours, 25 minutes ago)
@tanks and their egos
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“So in the coming weeks I'm going to be Tanking this boss solo and i need to know the best time to use Ams on the void bolts but any help in general would help me a lot. Also could someone tell me if anything wrong with gear. i know I'm not …”
2 days, 14 hours ago
78 Views / 10 Replies
Last Post by Kiillswiitch (9 hours ago)
Heroic Yor'sahj Dk tank help
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“What makes the difference? some people don't really know and its a lot of things those who think they're good and the people who are I've been tanking since vanilla and recently healed our guilds alt group with my pally... i have seen 20+ t…”
2 days, 9 hours ago
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Last Post by Bravehearth (9 hours, 48 minutes ago)
Bad tanks and good tanks.
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“I totally forgot I was in frost gear when I got into a WoE at the 2nd boss. Hardly took no damage though and was top damage sadly. I swapped to tank gear after the boss though since I got pulled into a in progress one lol. Makes me miss dua…”
2/15/2012
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Last Post by Nitelf (10 hours, 24 minutes ago)
So yea, just tanked WoE dual weilding =/
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“Why did you have to take that away? Why not place Threat of Thessarian on the bottom tier of Frost so Blood DKs could have their right to weapons with tanking stats? If we could have the option of getting Threat of Thessarian and Nerves of …”
5 days, 8 hours ago
240 Views / 59 Replies
Last Post by Euliat (11 hours, 37 minutes ago)
Dual Weilding DK Tanks... Why abolish them?
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“First of all, I came from an 85 Hunter. No, not a huntard, a hunter. I think you can read.. as long as I'm not another fool with a strength ring and cloth britches, I am obviously doing something right when my ilvl is 2x more than your IQ. …”
5 days, 8 hours ago
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Last Post by Padreoleary (12 hours, 11 minutes ago)
My tanking SUCKS now.
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“Hey, i am fairley new i guess you should say, i had vanille wow b4 bc and started playing again with a friend that suggested i should, so its been a while and i just want to know what a good dps amount should a lvl 45-48 pally tank should b…”
1 day, 4 hours ago
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Last Post by Ratatoskr (16 hours, 26 minutes ago)
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“Let's hear your stories. What do you do when you get into LFR and the other less skilled, usually less geared tank uses taunt on cooldown? I let them tank everything until they die, using them as a human shield.”
2/4/2012
525 Views / 71 Replies
Last Post by Nacho (17 hours, 18 minutes ago)
LFR Taunt Doods
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“I will be getting the valor 397 cape later on today also. Should I be stacking for stamina now that I'm defence capped (102.5%) or should I still look into mastery for the critical block.”
2 days, 5 hours ago
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Last Post by Tezca (18 hours, 18 minutes ago)
Am I geared for DS?
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“I am tankin DS reg 10 man.. I know hit isnt that important, I think im at like 3% or lower right now, but thinking about upgrading a piece that will drop my hit even lower. Threat is never a problem for me. Just want to know how low is too …”
1 day, 12 hours ago
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Last Post by Frankydrood (1 day, 1 hour ago)
How much hit is not enough ( bear )
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“I took a couple minutes searching through the forums looking for an answer to this question, but since the date stamps on the posts were nowhere near now... I'm posting this one. Maybe I'm labouring under a delusion here, but for some reaso…”
2/14/2012
339 Views / 39 Replies
Last Post by Boozebgood (1 day, 6 hours ago)
Dodge and Parry for DK Tanks
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“That is the question! I am new to the tanking game but I find even through a couple of lower-level instances that is seems like a lot of pressure and a lot of 'attitude' to deal with. Does it stay this way? Is it always a lot of grief from …”
6 days, 7 hours ago
139 Views / 15 Replies
Last Post by Nìkolus (1 day, 8 hours ago)
To Tank or Not To Tank
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“Ok so im a lvl 60 Dk blood tank. I think i do pretty well for someone who has tanked in 2 instances. I would like to know what you guys suggest as rotations for kill monsters,Mobs,Bosses. Also whats best way to keep aggro? Is it Bloodboil a…”
2 days, 11 hours ago
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Last Post by Muspel (1 day, 8 hours ago)
Just looking for help
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“What are you tanking plans for tomorrow/next week? I'm praying for a HM Chok kill and leather shoulders, and a Madness polearm. Both sometime this week maybe? :D”
3 days, 1 hour ago
150 Views / 34 Replies
Last Post by Fuzzybutt (1 day, 9 hours ago)
Mah fellow tanks!
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“ok ive been searching and reading these forums, and what the world is ctc? and what is the cap? and best way to reach those caps? sorry just returned after being gone since before firelands, and am trying to be raid ready. any advice on ref…”
12/27/2011
203 Views / 10 Replies
Last Post by Serannous (1 day, 11 hours ago)
Best way to reach ctc cap? what is it?
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“Mine is a custom look need to change weapon for maladath but its just wont drop.”
12/23/2011
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Last Post by Aelical (1 day, 11 hours ago)
Rate the Transmog above you
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“Since all I do is run 5-mans I wanted a Transmog that was appropriate. Hearkening back to vanilla, the highest gear a person could get from a 5-man dungeon was the Dungeon 2 (Tier .5). So here it is. Also, I don't think people can get this …”
2/15/2012
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Last Post by Knievel (1 day, 12 hours ago)
Transmog for a Vanilla Dungeoneer
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“So I just did some thinking after reading an MMO champ post about there being a need for a Tank Legendary. Paladin Mastery, despite scaling much higher than Warrior, is probably the weakest of the four Masteries in the long run. Once you hi…”
5 days, 4 hours ago
298 Views / 27 Replies
Last Post by Hitauragone (1 day, 13 hours ago)
Paladin Mastery vs Others Masteries
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“...And I just need a little advice, First time doing it on Hmode. I know there's a point when AMS becomes paramount for the DK tank for this fight, and I haven't found out which point that is yet. I'm still searching the web for it :/ Any d…”
1/17/2012
477 Views / 52 Replies
Last Post by Drayen (1 day, 14 hours ago)
Going to be tanking Heroic Yor'sahj today,...
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“A guild member of mine (not going to name any names) insists that I, as a warrior tank, need to expertise cap. He says that when I am parried, the boss's swing timer is reset and i get hit again for full damage, assuming its not blocked ect…”
3 days, 22 hours ago
259 Views / 28 Replies
Last Post by Drayen (1 day, 14 hours ago)
Could someone resolve an arguement?
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