Forum: Tanking Discussion

Hi everyone. I'm trying to figure out exactly how the combat table ( Miss->Dodge->Parry->Block->Critical->Ordinary Hit ) works. I understand...

Hello, over the past few days I've been working on a spreadsheet for myself for fun to compare which T12 offpiece I wanted, and at which point (ie....

While at Blizzcon 2011, I got first hand experience of the current alpha build of both the Pandaren starting area as well as the Monk class. For this...

This is my first toon that I level up this high. Sitting at 70 right now just got my d3 set so I can join pugs and try to get my t6 set. Is it worth...

Small question regarding prot pally cd mechanics. I was reading around some forum (forgot which) the other day and came by a guy stating that Argent...

Anyone else concerned with the complete lack of anything at blizzcon about the new active mitigation models they have been talking about? I would...

So was taken a look at back enchants and was thinking about using 20 fire resist over the 250 armor. was wondering your thoughts ...

Currently 6/7 normal mode inFL prob gonna be 7/7 with the nerf this week. I'm SMF spec and was curious whats the best trinket combo. I...

I'm a lvl 85 Prot Paladin with 11.77% avoidance rating beyond the 102.4% hard cap for mastery. As I understand it: Dodge (14.58%) +Parry...

Welcome Tanks and All! In Progress In this Post, I list the BiS gear for all plate using tanks, Yes that means Death Knights as well! If...

Hi everyone, I quite WoW just after clearing all the Cata Heroics and obtaining pretty much starting raiding gear. I have now come back and I am...

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3229376031 "Warrior Protection, 2P -- Your Revenge ability now also grants a physical absorption shield...

Hello all. I am having a ton of trouble deciding what my gear plan should be. I am currently a 85 prot warrior, and geared w/ 4/5 tier 12 (helm...

I'm in a small dilemma! I don't know which class to choose.. I wanna have a blast tanking heroics and raids.. like I did in WotLK I just don't...

I've been thinking of ways to get some use out of the damage and mobility of Heroic Leap as a prot warrior beyond just getting out of fires recently....

Exactly as the title says, really; Heroic Strike, when married with the talent Incite, is still far too important to performance as a Protection...

What's the general opinion on the Avenger's of Hyjal trinkets? My Pally got to revered last night and I was looking at the healing trinket which is...

For a late-coming protection paladin, should the dodge/parry or hit/mastery bracers be used? Given that the hit can be reforged to either dodge or...

so im lvl 81 and i have 158 item lvl.someones been buggin me lately about runnin dungeons with him but my item lvls to low to run any of the cata...

Hi all With the new added threat changes, I was considering changes to some points. Before this increased threat change, Incite and Heroic...

Here's a little further discussion from a blue post on the T13 drops. They at least acknowledge that RNG will, in so many words, screw some players....

Probably hoax, but who knows. Some weird CTC behavior certainly happened in this tier. Copying from EJ: Any thoughts?

Okay - I know the difference in gemming is pretty minimal - but I'm really thinking after downing Shannox and seeing the incoming damage that until I...

hi all. sorry if this has been explained over and over...but im perhaps confused. im at 14.00 dodge, 16.10 parry and 53.12 block without shield...

Hello, Been reading the posts and discussions here in the forums, about reforging and enchanting and what stats we "warriors" should have as...

Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3300854 Massive wall-of-text about changes to one of the most fundamental aspects of tanking - threat....

Hello! I'm a long time lurker and even longer time tank who has recently returned from about a year and change game vacation. I tanked a lot...

So I have been looking at a lot of top warrior tanks for their gear/reforge/gem selection and I use it as a sanity check to make sure that my...