Wiredude
07-09-2009, 05:27 AM
Hi, I've been leveling an alt for a while now, with the intent for him to be a tank, and possibly become my main toon as well. I've gotten him basically up to where I'm almost ready to start into Northrend (lvl 67 currently).
Armory Link (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Whisperwind&n=Dreymor)
My question is this basically. Are there certain runs I should focus on to learn tanking techniques? I've done Slave Pens, and Blood Furnace as the tank, and managed to not have any wipes (only lost one terribly under-geared toon 2x in Blood Furnace, I think there was 1 death on the SP run). I feel like I'm doing pretty well, but I also know there's a ton still to learn.
Rotationally I've been using the following,
Single target -- Charge > Shield Slam > Devestate (until 5-stack) > Revenge > Concussive Blow (after Sunder stack) I also try and hit Heroic Strike whenever I have a bunch of excess rage.
Multi target/packs -- Charge > Tunder Clap > take a couple steps back to get everything in front > Shockwave > to the single target rotation tabbing to try and get threat on everything, though I generally sub Cleave(glyphed) for the rage dump with multiple targets. So far I've held agro pretty well, other than having the occasional DK Death-gripping things over my shoulder.
What I'm trying to do is to avoid building bad habits that I'll later have to break. I've become an avid reader over on TankinTips.com, and try and find what I can here as well. Just looking for advice/tips.
Armory Link (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Whisperwind&n=Dreymor)
My question is this basically. Are there certain runs I should focus on to learn tanking techniques? I've done Slave Pens, and Blood Furnace as the tank, and managed to not have any wipes (only lost one terribly under-geared toon 2x in Blood Furnace, I think there was 1 death on the SP run). I feel like I'm doing pretty well, but I also know there's a ton still to learn.
Rotationally I've been using the following,
Single target -- Charge > Shield Slam > Devestate (until 5-stack) > Revenge > Concussive Blow (after Sunder stack) I also try and hit Heroic Strike whenever I have a bunch of excess rage.
Multi target/packs -- Charge > Tunder Clap > take a couple steps back to get everything in front > Shockwave > to the single target rotation tabbing to try and get threat on everything, though I generally sub Cleave(glyphed) for the rage dump with multiple targets. So far I've held agro pretty well, other than having the occasional DK Death-gripping things over my shoulder.
What I'm trying to do is to avoid building bad habits that I'll later have to break. I've become an avid reader over on TankinTips.com, and try and find what I can here as well. Just looking for advice/tips.