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New warrior need some tips for tanking
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Post by
Killingsoul
hello,
i have just create a warrior and at the moment i m lvl 24, and i ll try to tank some dungeons, but i have no idea how to keep aggro on mobs. usualy i just charge, then thunderclap and after that rend or heroic strike mobs. but i still loose some agrro, dunno if it was my rotation or something else.
1 other question. when i m dps (fury) i have some rage problem, since sometimes i have to wait till a get some rage to use a skill. is it normal? should i wait till i get some rage or i just spent it when i have enough to use a skill? usualy i charge than i use rend, thunderclap, BT. everytime i get some rage i use in BT. should i change this?
TY for your help
your noobie warrior ->me
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Post by
Kelborn
First of all, if you want to tank... spec for it. Make sure you're a Protection spec. You
can
do it as other specs if need be (like the actual tank d/cs or dies and there's no one else), but because of the new "signature" spec abilities and passives, it's a hell of a lot easier / more effective to actually be a tank spec.
Basic tips for low lvl tanking: Spec Blood and Thunder. Keep up Shield Block as much as you can. Save your taunt for mobs going for the healer.
At your level until 40 tanking will be pretty boring, but simple. Your threat comes from Shield Slam, Rend, Thunder Clap, Heroic Strike, Cleave, and Sunder Armor. Make sure you glyph at least the Glyph of Cleaving. The glyph allows Cleave to hit three targets instead of two. It's also a nice glyph to have in your book for dps specs.
To start a pull, run in after using Battle Shout (to gain rage) or charge (once you get the Warbringer talent). If there's one or two mobs, use Rend then Thunder Clap. Shield Slam the first mob, then switch your target to the other mob and hit it with a Heroic Strike (if there's two mobs). After that Cleave and Thunder Clap should be good for threat.
If there's three or more mobs, you want to Thunder Clap and hit as many as you can immediately. Then Cleave, followed by Rend and another Thunder Clap. With the Blood and Thunder talent your Rend is applied to all mobs hit by TC if one of the mobs hit by TC already has Rend on it. Very nice for AoE threat. In those large pulls, you wanna make sure you use Shield Block once you get it and just spam Thunder Clap and Cleave.
For bosses, it's even simpler. Run in, Rend, Shield Slam, Thunder Clap, and stack Sunder Armor. Shield Slam whenever it's off cd, use Thunder Clap whenever Rend is about to expire, keep Sunder Armor from falling off, and use Heroic Strike whenever you have 60 or more rage. Boss fights are really easy as low lvl prot, since it's mainly just keeping up debuffs and using Shield Slam when its off cd.
Post by
Killingsoul
thank you for your help. i ll try it
ty
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