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Paladin Tanking – A Perspective (aka Caoin's Highly Opinionated Guide to Not Sucking as a Paladin Tank) 1. Preface 2. My Takes on Protection...

Protection Warrior Wrath of the Lich King guide Contents: x1 Version x2 Introduction x3 How The Warriors Have Changed x4 Talents x5...

Updated for 3.3 (formatting update: Table of Contents now contains links to the appropriate sections) For the article version of this write-up...

Because the Shadowmourne quests require you to alter raid strategies a bit in order to be completed, this guide will be discussing what needs to be...

Honor's Code: Leveling a Paladin in World of Warcraft Updated 7/15/2009 - Made updates to the guide which should bring it up to 3.2. Choosing...

Article: Keybinds and You - TankSpot I've seen a lot of threads pop up about keybinds lately so I thought I would put together a guide on using...

At the Top of Your Game (Character Management Through the Eyes of a Healing Priest) The general concepts and much of the information in this...

Fortifications -- Warrior Reference Guide Summary Fortifications -- Warrior Reference Guide This is the Third Edition of the Warrior Reference...

Updated as of 3.3 PTR (Changes in the post below: http://www.tankspot.com/showthread.php?47813-WOTLK-Bear-Threat-Values&p=322965#post322965) ...

Thanks to the built-in threat functions, getting innate values is a whole lot easier for 3.0. I wrote myself a little addon to pop threat numbers up...

Non-Holy Damage Threat Modifiers (Melee Attacks, etc.): No Righteous Fury ==> 1.00 Righteous Fury ==> 1.43 Holy Damage Threat Modifiers:...

*** Note: as of July 2009 I very rarely play WoW and currently have no plans to run new tests as subsequent patches are released. *** Death...

Generating "the threat" Warriors Sections 1 - Keybindings 2 - UI 3 - Gear 4 - Rotation 5 - Buffs 6 - Communication

Preface: This is a guideline for the profession exclusives and utility that each profession currently give to any tank at the current build of...

Cut and paste job from Blizzard Warrior forums. Thanks for the linkage Cider! Is 2H Fury with Improved Slam the best leveling spec? Is DW...

*** Note: as of July 2009 I very rarely play WoW and currently have no plans to run new tests as subsequent patches are released. *** Attack...

The experience of choosing and playing a Warrior is different from any other class. You will never have the tools of escape that other classes do....

Abstract This article presents a survey of how avoidance has been handled by tanking analyses up until now. It further summarizes all of the...

Special thanks to Mordok, Meeks, and Kazaganthi. 1. Leveling 2. Fury 3. Arms 4. Arms Raid DPS 5. Protection 1. Leveling

Introduction: This is just a short discussion on the optimal paladin rotation and its merits. The new thing about paladin tanking is that now every...

First and foremost, this is a guide. It's not a rulebook, but a general rule of thumb for how things will work out the best for you when tanking as a...

I saw the downloader last night grabbing a 3.0 patch which I presume is going to be coming in the next week or two and is the patch with the updated...

The purpose of this guide is to help feral druids prepare for WOTLK. This is written from the point of view of someone who has cleared sunwell, and...

Please Note: This is a bit dated. Check TS news page for more updated information! The community has had shifting moods over the last several...

Hiya, This is a guide for everyone that's interested in tanking and general mechanisms/formulae that apply to tanking. I'm sure it's as flawful...

Talent selection for tanking warriors -- a modular approach A frequent question for those warriors who want to move into a tanking role is how...

Last updated November 30 2007. Credits to Ciderhelm for first demonstrating the potential of Devastate back on the 2.0 PTR (or was it the BC...

My thoughts on talents for prot warriors. This is for dedicated prot warriors (have shield slam), not dps/prot hybrid builds. Essential...