[Cru]

So I tried tanking a normal HoL run and found myself badly needing a new system to help me on multi-tanking.

I tried experimenting with some basic macros and even looked on that Warrior macro sticky, but I'm at loss for what I should try out.

I decided to tryout a mod to keybind my spells and its working great so far, but I've got so many keybinds I can't press'em all when I need to.

Basically, I am asking if anyone can point a few simple multi-tanking and single tanking macros I could utilize.

Cru

[loquatious]

Try

/targetenemy
/startattack
/castrandom Devastate, Revenge,Thunder Clap,
/cast !Cleave

Positioning is key - if you are pointing towards another group then /targetenemy will light them up - so ideally face back towards your group.

Your big ability is shockwave obviously you want to use that manually

I bind it to my mousewheel which helps with mobility.

Note: It's probably obvious but you have to spam this like the dickens to get it to work.

A better solution to multimob tanking is getting Aloft and configuring it so you can see which mob in a group you have low threat on and pop that bad boy with a shield slam

[Sandal]

Try to optimize your keybinds, use mouse buttons (thumb buttons available?, wheel click) and train your fingers

You don't need any macros except "/startattack" for your main skills and "/cast !{x}" for hs and cleave.

Using castrandom macros is poor gameplay and will waste many of your GCDs.

[Cru]

Ah, okies! Thanks for the responses!

I'll give it a try tonight.

Yeah, this uh, multi-tanking thing + keybinds will be an interesting adventure

I'm practicing in lowbie instances. Hopefully from these practices they will shine in an actual run. I'm in dire need of wanting to Tank professionally. >.< (Sick of DPSing at the moment.)

[Nimbal]

I like to have macros that use single-threat abilities normally and AoE threat when I hold shift, for example:

/cast [mod:shift] !Cleave, !Heroic Strike

To make that a bit more useful and save you another action bar slot:

/startattack
/cast Revenge
/cast [mod:shift] !Cleave; !Heroic Strike

This way, you mostly click / press the same buttons all the time. If you tank groups, just hold shift.

Similarly for Taunt and Challenging Shout:

/cast [mod:shift] Challenging Shout; Taunt

Your mileage may vary depending on your preferred input method (clicking, keyboard, N52 and similar).

[Cru]

Ah, thanks a lot!