Post by sushigaski
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Mok'Nathal&n=SefirotThere is my armory. I've been tanking for a while and am one of the better tanks in my guild. I've gone through 10 man OS, 10 and 25 man VoA, and much of 10 man Naxxramas, and I've tanked all that without a problem. Why, then, am I having so much trouble downing Skadi the Ruthless in UP?
When I first hit 80 and my guild needed a tank, I started working hard to get the gear so that I could step up. The first instance I tanked was regular UP, and we wiped at Skadi six or seven times before giving up. It was so frustrating that I almost quit the idea of tanking entirely, but eventually after trying some other dungeons I decided I really liked it.
But, ever since then every time I've tried to go into UP I've gotten stuck right there, at that same spot. I've never completed it on Heroic, because I can never get past that stupid hallway, I can never keep the healer alive through that stupid whirlwind, and I just can't seem to beat that stupid boss to save my life.
I'm writing here not really to rant but to see if anyone else has had this kind of trouble here. I almost feel like there isn't anything I can do to get by it except DPS for a battle while I let a Paladin tank it. The only time I ever completed this dungeon on Normal was when we had two tanks in the party, and I basically just DPS'd him while the Paladin tanked it. What am I doing wrong, and why is it only causing a problem in this one specific instance and not in any of the other raids / etc?
I've tried with various healers and various DPS with utterly the same result, so I don't think its the group I'm with, but you can never be sure of things like that when you PUG.