Topic Improve the Tank above you, Mk. II
Sakkie
Sporeggar
Sakkie
90 Human Warrior
8910
Hey Daniel,

You are missing a belt buckle and your legs and shoulders are unenchanted. Scarlet Fever seems like, something you might want to cap out in the talent tree.
Nikona
Stormscale
Nikona
90 Blood Elf Paladin
6040
Hey Daniel,

You are missing a belt buckle and your legs and shoulders are unenchanted. Scarlet Fever seems like, something you might want to cap out in the talent tree.


You're in arms gear. Can't judge you. :/
Tharc
Zenedar
Tharc
85 Orc Death Knight
7280
Edited by Tharc on 01/05/12 08:43 (BST)
as I am new to the whole tanking game, been only at it for a few days since returning to my DK, and WoW entirely for that matter (been out of it for a year). I can safely say to Nikona, you'd wanna get everything enchanted asap :).

I myself am in the midst of running dungeons and whatever to grab my points and loot to upgrade my gear, and swap out the pieces as soon as I can. I also miss 2 enchants I believe, but I welcome any tips.
Warruprkl
Doomhammer
Warruprkl
90 Human Warrior
15180
Some missing chants on tharc. But if you just came back to wow it isnt that big of a deal.

If someone gonna improve me,i am mainly running heroics as i dont have time or intrest going into the raid finder ;p
Arvin
Aerie Peak
Arvin
90 Blood Elf Paladin
8300
Can't help you out there, your in Fury gear.
Dwov
Argent Dawn
Dwov
85 Dwarf Paladin
2585
You seem like a flawless tank, only thing that could be improven is better gear I think.
Holyprot
Twilight's Hammer
Holyprot
90 Tauren Paladin
7385
Edited by Holyprot on 01/05/12 18:22 (BST)
Looks great !

Only thing you might have to change: Try to keep parry=dodge ( reforge )

9.5/10

For the one improving me: I'm getting therazane exalted so enchant will be there soon.

1 question: Can I start stam stacking ? ( I'm currently at 96.81 % non-buffed )
Dániel
The Maelstrom
Dániel
85 Orc Death Knight
3240
Nothing to improve really, just a few 378 things holding your gear back from shining!
Turo
Earthen Ring
Turo
85 Tauren Druid
5760
Edited by Turo on 04/05/12 02:27 (BST)
Says you have some unenchanted shoulders, still leveling my DK so don't really know what to suggest. sorry

Still getting gear (don't have much monies for enchants and stuff atm), have read a few guides and I don't have a large guild for raiding but any help would be good,
Throrr
Burning Blade
Throrr
90 Worgen Druid
13140
Gear choices are fine, gemming is fine, reforges are fine, talents are fine.

Decent gear for a guy who doesn't raid (out of LFR).

The only flaw is your empty sockets and unenchanted items. But you probably knew that. And with that gear, you can tank what you are tanking currently just fine.

Keep mauling, my good bear.

I don't need advice. I suggest the person below me checks out Dániel, if he/she is knowledgeable in DK tanking.
Treluk
Stormreaver
Treluk
85 Human Death Knight
1795
Says you have some unenchanted shoulders, still leveling my DK so don't really know what to suggest. sorry

Still getting gear (don't have much monies for enchants and stuff atm), have read a few guides and I don't have a large guild for raiding but any help would be good,


Do you have any parry? You need to try to balance parry and dodge.

Anyways, don't mind my gear to much. Still doing heroics for better armour and after that i'll start raiding.
Nattälva
Hellscream
Nattälva
90 Night Elf Death Knight
7560

Do you have any parry? You need to try to balance parry and dodge.

Anyways, don't mind my gear to much. Still doing heroics for better armour and after that i'll start raiding.


No, druids cannot parry.

To be quite honest, your profile makes me cry a bit. You seem to have wasted a lot of gold on epic gems for gear that does not need them. To make matters worse, you have spent it on the wrong epic gems and your reforges are just ... well ... way off. Your first priority before going into raids is stacking mastery and you are reforging out of it (to haste and hit) and not gemming for it properly. Basically - if the socket bonus is worth it, gem mastery in yellow sockets, parry+mastery in red, and mastery+stamina in blue - otherwise just gem pure mastery. Your current mastery rating is - for lack of a better word - horrible. Gemming hit in blue sockets is just a big nono.

Since parry is always going to be higher than dodge, your reforging strategy should be the following:
1. Get as much mastery as possible.
2. Get more dodge.
Prioritize reforging away from dps/threat stats such as hit, expertise, haste, and crit and after that reforge away parry (to mastery or dodge).

As for your weapon: Change your rune to either stoneskin gargoyle or swordshattering, whichever you prefer. Fallen crusader does nothing for survivability save for a small amount of extra parry on proc.

Spec-wise: You are speccing hard into AoE threat. If you are serious about going into raids, AoE threat is a non-issue. Drop Crimson Scourge, Virulence and Morbidity. I would suggest spending those points on getting Lichborne and Improved Blood Tap - or Abominations Might if you happen to find a raiding guild that does not get the buff from elsewhere.

For your glyphs, you definitely should glyph Blood Tap. You should also replace your Icy Touch glyph (with Death Coil if you go Lichborne). Your Major glyphs should include Rune Tap and most people would go with Bone Shield as well as Vampiric Blood or AMS.
Guki
Twisting Nether
Guki
85 Orc Warrior
13360
Can't really rate you Nattälva as you are currently Unholy, but your blood spec + Glyphs look good.
Akuja
Outland
Akuja
90 Human Warrior
3640
Looks good i just prefer to have 4 set bonus
Glenys
Kazzak
Glenys
85 Blood Elf Paladin
8215
I like your transmog. Your stats seem pretty well balanced too.
Asriél
Steamwheedle Cartel
Asriél
90 Human Paladin
9630
Edited by Asriél on 09/05/12 10:15 (BST)
Lots to work on first of all enchants on MH and head slot, try to balance out your parry so its equal to your dodge. secondly only go for socket bonus if they are 15+ otherwise socket for pure mastery. don't ever reforge for anything but mastery til your capped.

you can run this script in game to see what your current level is at the cap is 102,4

/script dr=function(x)return 1/(1/16+0.9560/x)end;DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Need 102.4 combat table coverage. Currently at: "..string.format("%.2f", GetDodgeChance()+GetBlockChance()+GetParryChance()+5+dr(GetCombatRating(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)/122.962)))

Also leaving you with this guide where you can find usefull info about everything regarding tanking.

http://www.noxxic.com/wow/pve/paladin/protection

-As
Katrii
Magtheridon
Katrii
85 Human Paladin
3910
About all I can really say is Swap the reforge on Cracked Obsidian Stompers from Exp to mastery instead to dodge to mastery and you should be CTC capped, other than that 9/10!

I know im not enchanted, poor atm and all my money is going into my main spec (Holy)
Jínks
Eonar
Jínks
85 Worgen Death Knight
7485
8 Missing enchants.
2 missing gem sockets.
Holdo
Frostmane
Holdo
90 Human Death Knight
12485
Edited by Holdo on 10/05/12 07:39 (BST)
looks good.

for whoever may rate me, i know you might not like stamina gems but since i'm comfortable with the level of mastery i have, i wanted a bit more hps for impales on madness in case i go derp, lol; im still going full mastery in yellows, just 75stam in blues and prismatic (will change helm/gloves when i get 410s). vamp blood is unglyphed for madness, glyphed for everything else
Glenys
Kazzak
Glenys
85 Blood Elf Paladin
8215
Lots to work on first of all enchants on MH and head slot, try to balance out your parry so its equal to your dodge. secondly only go for socket bonus if they are 15+ otherwise socket for pure mastery. don't ever reforge for anything but mastery til your capped.

you can run this script in game to see what your current level is at the cap is 102,4

/script dr=function(x)return 1/(1/16+0.9560/x)end;DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Need 102.4 combat table coverage. Currently at: "..string.format("%.2f", GetDodgeChance()+GetBlockChance()+GetParryChance()+5+dr(GetCombatRating(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)/122.962)))

Also leaving you with this guide where you can find usefull info about everything regarding tanking.

http://www.noxxic.com/wow/pve/paladin/protection

-As


Thanks Asriel, I really appreciate your suggestions.

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