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Post by
Acil
I have done research on elitistjerks for spec which I am blood and have looked at rotations and bound rune strike to my attacks tho I am still not holding aggro that great. I think my gear is good, if u know gearscore I have a 4795 tho I am still not sure why my aggro sucks maybe its my rotations.
Any help is appreciated
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Post by
Acil
so I should go frost? As I will just mainly be tanking heroics and non ToC raids, maybe 10man but thats it as its my offspec
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Post by
Acil
here is my armory
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Tichondrius&n=Corb%C3%ADn
I logged out in tank gear
Post by
frmorrison
For best threat in blood, pick up a bit of armor pen, without a sunder in your group it will affect how hard you hit.
Good luck
Getting Sunder is a good idea, but wearing arp gear is a bad idea. As a tank you should be wearing tank items.
Spam blood boil as a blood tank to get AoE threat, also tab target to cast those single target attacks.
Post by
Zxian
I've got Frost as my tanking spec on my DK, simply because I find it more versatile than a blood spec. Sure, you
can
tank multiple targets as Blood, but Frost just makes it FAR easier.
If you're ever going to do any sort of trash pulls again, replace the Glyph of Frost Strike with Glyph of Howling Blast. Walk into a group, drop HB-BB-DnD, and you'll have to have insanely crazy DPS (or someone with multiple crits in a row) to pull off you.
Post by
wizdro
I've never had any problems tanking in Blood, and have been doing it since release.
Pull with DnD, lay on IT and PS then Pestilence to smear those plagues around. Heartstrike and Deathstrike spammage until you need to renew plagues, then Pestilence them around again.
If you are getting one or two things pulled off of you, which is highly unlikely, then just Taunt them back and hit them with a few strikes. That is what taunts are for.
Post by
Acil
but for some1 that hasnt tanked much as I collect tank gear but dont tank much at all and would like to start really tanking would frost be easier for a beginner tank or should I go blood?
also here is me in my tank gear
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Tichondrius&n=Corb%C3%ADn
Post by
wizdro
but for some1 that hasnt tanked much as I collect tank gear but dont tank much at all and would like to start really tanking would frost be easier for a beginner tank or should I go blood?
also here is me in my tank gear
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Tichondrius&n=Corb%C3%ADn
That comes down to what spec and rotation you are most familiar with. If you are just starting tanking, the rotations and your limitations as a tank are part of the learning experience.
Blood works well on small groups of mobs and on bosses and has a great deal of survivability. AoE trick is DnD often and Pestilence + Blood Boil. Frost has some of the easiest situational threat generation in the game, AoE and single target. Unholy's threat is balanced between AoE and single-target.
Ultimately, knowing your spec is what counts. Practice makes perfect.
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