Post by sillybuns
As a somewhat experienced warrior, my best advice would be to do heroics as dps and roll on tank loot as long as it was ok with your tank.
However, if you want to do it the hard way, you should get the
crafted bracers with defense on them, and pick up at least one of the
stam trinkets (and maybe the
dodge one too) while its still brewfest. Also, try and get the
weighted throwing axe from from a storm peaks
quest line if you don't want to buy the
gun.
Rasing your wyrmrest accord rep would do wonders aswell, they have
numerous rewards which are great for pre-raid tanks, (though this may not be easy without heroics). You need the
crafted legs aswell, they have about 88 defense i believe, which is huge.
Don't socket strength aswell, like your belt has, always try to make sure a gem has stam on it, pure stam for blue sockets, defense/stam for green sockets, expertise/stam for red sockets.
Get rid of that resilience aswell, it looks bad using it in pve because defense is so much better for tanks.
Your rings need replacing, if possible, do gun'drak (normal), which can possibly yield 2 tanking rings,
solid platinum band, which is from a
quest, and
gal'darah's signet which drops from the
last boss.
Once you did afew of those things, you could run trial of the champion on normal mode, its really useful for gearing up people of all specs and sizes,
the black heart being the best example of this.
Enchants wise i think you need the 20 defense on shield for sure, as it is way better then shield spikes for those still under the 'cap' for defense, personally i try not to enchant anything non-epic, so i won't tell you to. If you do the argent tornament dailies often, get the
helmet enchant once you get to revered, its a must have despite being pricey.
Perhaps others will have more to add, i think if you done all those things you'd be well on your way to naxx and futher, good luck.