Comments on: Threat generation in WoW: A Paladin How To Guide

By: lightshammer

lightshammer — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:06:55 +0000

These articles have helped me tank from level 15 to 78 so far. I’ve tanked all the instances and just idle through PvE.
Tanking can be fun but its also a lot of work in 5-mans, especially if the healers are just learning their trade.

By: Prot Spells and Talents for the Paladin Tank Rotation » Dominate Your Server

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:08:54 +0000

[...] Part 4 – Hit Table and Threat Generation [...]

By: Agorg

Agorg — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:48:10 +0000

I’m glad that these posts are useful to you, that is after all what they were designed to do

After patch week I’ll be releasing an update to the talent build as well as an updte to the glyphs. In the mean time you can just go back to the first article in the series and open the link to “My preferred build” and if you look at the bottom right if the page you should see the glyphs as well.

Hope that helps a but while we all wait for the patch to be released,

By: Tazzelhoff

Tazzelhoff — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:32:11 +0000

I am a fairly new tanking pally. I got the idea to create a tank after reading one of the posts on dominate your server about how to tank effectively. I decided I wanted to try it. I created a Ret. Pally and lvled him to 60 before going Prot and Ret.
I have done several instances since hitting lvl 60 and have had both kinds of feedback on my tanking skills. I notice now that I get a lot more possitive feedback and I owe that to the posts on this site.
I do have a question. What kind of glyphs should a tanking pally be using? I don’t think I have read that in any of your posts yet. I am pretty sure I am got at least one or two of my glyphs wrong.
Thanks for all the hard work you guys do on this site.
Keep it up!!
Tazzelhoff {Burrfoot}

By: Agorg

Agorg — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:14:03 +0000

I was referring to
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=53407
lol

By: James M

James M — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:42:22 +0000

I read the spell as melee attack speed….

http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=53696

is the game not correct?

By: Agorg

Agorg — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:41:50 +0000

This is very true, but read the spell description carefully

Unleashes the energy of a Seal spell to judge an enemy for 20 sec, preventing them from fleeing and limiting their movement speed.

It only affects Movement Speed … not attack speed, so yes it could be a viable option if you are kiting a boss and need more time (Anub’Rekhan).

It can also be seen as a replacement for PoJ to a certain extent: slow down the mob instead of running faster but it does nothing for attack speed.

By: chpicker

chpicker — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:43:37 +0000

Don’t forget about Judgement of Justice. This may seem silly since it has no practical effect on bosses, but in a properly stacked raid environment, it’s what the tank should be using.

Judgement is important for a tank to keep up thanks to Judgements of the Just (20% slow on the boss). However, you must be using a different Judgement than anyone else, otherwise someone else will overwrite yours and the slowing effect will be lost until you refresh it.

Paladins of all specs use Judgement as part of their rotation. Ret pallies should be judging Light because their Light heals more than the others. Holy pallies typically judge Wisdom. That only leaves Justice.

As pointed out above, confirm this with the other pallies in your group/raid to make sure your judgement is the only one of its kind.

By: James M

James M — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:10:42 +0000

druids are a unique bunch. Because your are defense capped with talents and can’t wield a shield, there are very specific gear your get to go for, and the tanking rotation is just a few abilities.

The hard part with druid tanks is more that they are heavy but steady damage taking tanks.

By: James M

James M — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:03:26 +0000

id love to write articles, its just every time i think about something to write about, i question whether its already been done or whether my perspective is actually viable. I have one of every class and have tried most specs. As a tank, ive also had to learn what other classes can do so that i can plan out each encounter to the fullest.

For example, i am a big fan of discipline priests over holy. Mitigation>bomb/crit gambling in PVE IMO.

I enjoy the arcane spec over both fire and frost.

So there are many things i could cover class-wise that are very subjective. Even here under the prot heading we’ve discussed back and forth different methods of tanking, almost every class, and even inside of every talent tree there are very subjective choices that actually will change your play style and abilities dramatically.

I could write about many achievements considering i have a lot for what i consider casual playing. The thing with achievements is that i feel that they are pretty self descriptive, although now that i think about it, since they closed the gaps in the Glory of the Hero exploits, some of those are pretty tough.

In wow, every little thing counts. Thats why i critique articles in here, just a slightly different rotation/talent setup or anything could make a lot of difference. A friend of mine in my guild switched from BM to survival as 3.1 launched. They saw no dps improvement, even after getting help with their rotation and talking with high dps hunters about what they were doing. Turns out a few weeks later they found out they forgot to train Explosive Shot up from rank 1, now they see a nice jump in dps. Tiny things make all the difference.