World of Warcraft

Personally I would have to say
1# Warrrior
2# Druid
3# Paladins
4# Deathknights

What do you guys/gals think?

#1 DK
#2 Druid
#3 Warrior
#4 Paladin

Do we really need two "which is the best tank?" threads at the same time on the front page of the tanking forums?

Best tank = most aware of everything going on, timing cooldowns perfectly and not afraid to reforge/reglyph for specific fights.

Warriors at the bottom. Too much magic damage and not enough magic mitigation from them.

DK (class>gear anyways)
Pala (CTC+class)
Druid(LOL STAMINA)
Warrior(Benefits your raid and other tank, still not great)

Not that its overly important as all tanks can clear the current content but imo:

1. Paladin (Can CTC Cap and cooldowns are amazing)
2. Warrior (Can CTC Cap and cooldowns are decent, Rallying cry and 4 set are fairly good)

DK and Druid cant CTC cap therefore damage is much more spiky, im not saying they take more damage its just not as smooth when they take it and therefore harder to predict/heal.

30/12/2011 17:01Posted by Groax

DK and Druid cant CTC cap therefore damage is much more spiky, im not saying they take more damage its just not as smooth when they take it and therefore harder to predict/heal.

Thing about DS is all the magic dmg and the unavoidable dmg you take, CTC cap isnt much use.
Its actually better to go more stamina then stay on the cap.
Stomp on Morchok, Impale on Madness etc.

Thats why DKs with all their reduce magic dmg taken and druids with the high stamina is perhaps a better choice in many of the HC encounters.
Sadly enough.

depends of the fights and bosses. there's no all just one better class. There are classes that handle some fights easier than others.

Yeah the first 5 fights in DS can be solo'd by a DK if they have good timing on Ultraxion, paladins and warriors do best on loot ship, then both deathwing fights are best tanked by a DK.

This is called balance apparantly.

Yeah the first 5 fights in DS can be solo'd by a DK if they have good timing on Ultraxion, paladins and warriors do best on loot ship, then both deathwing fights are best tanked by a DK.

This is called balance apparantly.

You forgot that first 5 fights can also be solo'ed by other tank classes as well, pretty easily...
I can't also see an advantage of using DK over pala or war on Spine... Think it is even the other way around if You are tanking Amalgamation, as they attack speed increase with each stack and blocking starts to pay off.
On Madness I can one-tank it with no problem and not taking any damage on 4th platform from 2nd impale and elementium bolt hitting simultaneously (platform order: Ysera -> Alexstrasza -> Nozdormu -> Kalecgos). And I am not using any form of damage reduction that comes from other players. Warrior can solo-tank it as well, due to 2 min. CD on Shield Wall ready for every platform.

On normal mode, there is not a single fight that completely favors any other tank over the other. It is heroic modes that starts to show it. For example: on Yor'sahj it is pretty much easy mode tanking as DK.

Word.

1: Dk: AMS...win
2: Druid: Lots of stamina
3: Warrior: Useful cooldowns to buff raidmembers
4: Paladin: Ardent defender, thats about it.

1: Dk: AMS...win
2: Druid: Lots of stamina
3: Warrior: Useful cooldowns to buff raidmembers
4: Paladin: Ardent defender, thats about it.

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol, !%!##!!@*.

to fix deathknights in 25 man, they had to buff them, problem is in 10 man firelands deathknights were fine (still the worst tank, but they had their advantages and disadvantages and were still viable) but in 25 man firelands we were being destroyed, so by buffing us they made us OP in 10 man, and i dont know about 25 man but just because of how mechanics works (hagara heroic we !@#$ over focused assault) (deathwing we can reset the P2 add stacks which is WIN) and most espcially yor'sahj where a DK tank completely breaks one of the core mechanics (yellow blob)

this is all heroic ofc, on normal mode whatever tank is best dosnt really matter

#1 - DK's
They have insane amounts of AOE tauntings (death and decay[long lasting aoe] + bloodboil[no cooldown])and self-heals
They also deal most damage as tanks if played right

#2 - Paladins
They have a decent amount of AOE taunts and survivability moves to keep them alive even though a part of the group may wipe

#3 - Warriors
Worst AOE taunts. Only have thunderclap (with a 6 second cooldown), shockwave (approx 1min cooldown) and cleave (pathetic 2 person hit swipe)
Also have worst survivability when last CDs are popped

#4 - Druids
Better AOE taunts than Warriors, but seem to deal the least damage as tanks
to be honest I'm not too knowledgeable about druid tanking but from what I've seen, its lacking survivablity

depends on the player on the other side of the screen controlling said class all have there pro's and con's there is no outright best tank class .tbh silly thread.

...I'm not too knowledgeable about druid tanking...

Quoted for truth.

05/02/2012 16:32Posted by Karnivor

...I'm not too knowledgeable about druid tanking...

Quoted for truth.

It is obvious that he lacks knowledge of other classes too... even his own...

#3 - WarriorsWorst AOE taunts. Only have thunderclap (with a 6 second cooldown), shockwave (approx 1min cooldown) and cleave (pathetic 2 person hit swipe)Also have worst survivability when last CDs are popped

hmmm dont warriors also have a 3min AOE taunt and also demo shout

so

pull mobs .....

demo shout ....

thunderclap......

cleave ......... hits more then 2 targets if glyphed

shockwave (20 sec cd) if glyphed

and yeah i guess rallying cry,last stand and shield wall are crap are they ? you really dont know your own class Tiq either that or your a fail troll #@!#!@*#@

Haha druid tanks have lowest damage? I do over double the dps of our warrior tank when I am tanking.