Forum: Tanking Discussion

Hello, last evening I had to face the fact, that the top dds in my guild had to stop dmg dealing at times, because I was having trouble holding up...

IDK if there is a thread about this or not but from i understand the stat order of importantance for Blood DK's is...

Welcome Tanks! Not sure If I would like to make this a dedicated guide or what, but maybe just a source of reference for people that are gearing up...

Hey i was wondering if http://www.wowhead.com/item=62466/mirror-of-broken-images was Bis for Prot warriors, and if so what fights and instances in...

Will Blood Thunder spread Deep Wounds same as normal Rend? And is Rend really needed in a rotation anymore after obtaining Deep Wounds? Thanks.

Hey guys I wanna know if you guys use different gear sets, like one for avoidance and one for EH. the problem i have is i don't know if i should...

I remember back in the day when this was around and was quite the incentive for tanks to get expertise (other than threat). Does it still exist in...

IIRC Thunderclap/Shockwave are ranged attacks. Does that mean that the Gnomish X-Ray Scope can proc off of Thunderclap and Shockwave? If so. Jawsome.

As the title says, I've been waying these to back pieces for my bear tank. I currently have Cloak of Thredd (http://www.wowhead.com/item=63473)...

So I currently have: http://www.wowhead.com/item=56458 Tomorrow I can get: http://www.wowhead.com/item=62469 And sorry - For TG Trading a...

Hi everyone, I’m a prot pally using SoI most of the time. Yesterday I had a rough time on agro against the DPS of my grp. Basically, I get reached...

I'll apologize right off the bat for my explanation that's doomed to be a bit cumbersome. As I'm understanding things, our chance to critically...

I apologize if this has been discussed before. I did look through several pages and searched for the topic before posting this. As an Orc, I get...

There was a site linked a while ago that would look up your armory info and suggest what gems/enchants would best optimize your gear. Anyone know...

I am working on my tank gear set and I have finally been able to get thru heroic dungeons without too much trouble as long as the group is good. Link...

What cogwheel gems would be best for tanking with this headpiece. Obviously the +208 Parry Rating, but for the second should I go for the +208 Dodge,...

I was playing around with some macro on the weekend for my rogue and wanted a macro that would trigger the pvp on use trinket and then cast Ambush. I...

We have 2 tanks in our 10man and as we work on Nef we are required to have a tank on interrupts for phase 2 which means that their interrupts can...

I have searched lightly for this and found no relevant thread so I figured I'd go ahead and post my small amount of math and thinking I've had going...

Hi all, I'm kinda new in posting on this forum. My English might not be so good because it is not my native Language. Anyway: what I'm here for is...

Currently i put Mending for a "chance to heal". What could be other good options?

I've been looking at upgrades from the Heaving Plates of Protection as we move into heroic raiding content and I keep looking at the Pauldrons of the...

Mending is generally accepted as being the "cheap" tanking enchant. Now let's compare Mendind to Blood Craze. Again, it is generally accepted that...

Hello to all, I need an advice on choosing my dps boots. Actually I've got http://www.wowhead.com/item=56381, and its a very good piece. But now I...

I can not decide which trinket to use. Right now I'm using: http://www.wowhead.com/item=58483 http://www.wowhead.com/item=59515 I was...

Hello. I hope this isn't already a topic somewhere lol. I was wondering if it is a good thing to reforge parry and/or dodge to mastery to get as much...

so,i was readin up on some stuff about the new raid.and i heard there was guilds like paragon benching melee dps because they took to much damage,and...

Tankertots:Babysittin tanks So I'm back in action and saw that no one really picked up the ball on my gear guide, since I'm about to start...

I am totally confused on this... Our best stat outside of Stamina is Mastery. Why do we have a block chance % and then Mastery that says "increases...

Hey so i know there have been numerous threads on whether we need to be hit and exp capped. Initially i thought the conclusion was that since threat...