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Dk tanking while levelling (without specc and gear)
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skumbananer
Tanked normal nexus with my lvl71 frost/unholy dw dk. Im in normal quest dps greens from howling fjord and blades edge, all plate. Havent got a single point in any of the tanking talents.
Holding aggro was no problem, frost presence, dnd, blood boil, pestilence and tabbing around various strikes/auto attacks so the dpsers could aoe everything down, didnt have to use dark command once.
But healing me was a real pain, for some parts there where actually 2 healers on me. Except for chugging down super healing potions, and putting strangulate on a caster from time to time, there is really nothing i can do to stay alive at all.
With a warrior (i levelled mine as prot, and had t4/t5 gear so maybe its not really comparable) its much easier to stay alive, without a single prot talent youll have demo shout, thunderclap, disarm, pummel, shield bash, shield block, shield wall. Better avoidance (a third avoidance stat, block.) About the same armor (a shield gives a lot, comparable with frost presence?) and protective skills listed above so, should i just leave the tanking to other classes and stick to dpsing when levelling?
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skumbananer
I have none of those talents, and had forgotten all about Icebound Fortitude (its baseline?) :D I have lots to learn i see :D
I really liked the aggro generation though, mobs stuck like glue even if i took massive damage. But in your opinion, say equally geared (dps plate), no tanking talents, at level 71 whos the better choice for tank, a dk or a dps warr with shield?
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