Tanking

[aphrodite33]

So we need a secondary tank in my guild; and I volunteered to finish leveling my DK to help out when needed

Comments

[redrosebeetle]

If you are interested in learning Blood tanking, do it. If that's where your interest lies, that tends to make up for a precieved complexity. Tanking is going to be complex no matter which class you choose to do it on, because it's the first time (in a long while) you've chosen to learn it.

Now, as someone who leveled a druid healer to help healing "as needed," be careful that your guild doesn't fall into the trap of "Oh, well, we have aphrodite33. We don't need to recruit for an off tank."

[aphrodite33]

Yes, it's where my interest lies, between that and bear tanking. I've always loved both!

But I am going to stick with the DK for now, and get my guildies to help out, by running dungeons with me as I have pug phobia. Been that way since I got cussed at more than once by someone way back after they introduced LFD.

Thankfully, I will be the off tank as we have a main tank already, who is more than willing to help me gear and get what I need going. I am sure he is ready for a break being the only tank in the guild at the moment. LOL

[midnightsteel]

Personally I've always found DK to be one of the more forgiving tank classes as a tanking newbie. Your threat generation is fairly straightforward, and your survivability should be quite good from the get-go, so long as you keep up the death striking and try to weave in your cooldowns as you go

[salmastryon]

Blood Tanking isn't nearly as complex as it use to be. Dunno how current the guide you were reading was. The basic abilities(aka rotation) is fairly straight forward. Keep one blood rune full, use it right before the other fills. use death strike to generate your blood shield and use up the death runes, rune strike often. Then you add into that your cool downs and all tanks have cool downs. Gaming your runes is a more advance skill and honestly most tanking situations starting off you won't need to

[janplayswow]

i've been working on my blood dk and would be grateful to hear your take on talents and cool down usage please. :)

[aphrodite33]

Yes, this please!

I am following Noxxic, but looking at other players talents it seems different.

Like I prefer rolling blood compared to plague leech, and I use Purgatory instead of Lichborne.

Right now my biggest issues are cool downs, and what to pop when. But I guess that will come as I get more experience.

[salmastryon]

Sure I'll put something together tomorrow.