Tank Hard!

A bit of a personal post here. After 7 runs through Heroic Mechanar, I finally bagged my [item]The Sun Eater[/item]! In addition, this run also dinged me to exalted with The Sha’tar so I was also able to upgrade my shield to [item]Crest of the Sha’tar[/item] which I socketed with 2 x [item]Solid Star of Elune[/item].

I will now be running some tests to check the threat generation versus [item]Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker[/item]. There is no doubt that The Sun Eater is by far a better defensive weapon, but I’m not convinced as of yet if The Sun Eater can out threat Windfury.

I haven’t decided what enchant to put on The Sun Eater either. [item]Void Crystal[/item]s are not terribly expensive on Destromath so I may go ahead with [item]Formula: Enchant Weapon - Mongoose[/item].

I think it is also worth noting that with Thunderfury, it was not a good idea to use Devastate.  Devastates with Windfury just do not do enough damage (Devastate needs to hit for 200 damage to generate the same amount of threat as Sunder).  However, I noticed that Devastates with Sun Eater are definitely worth it and I have respec’d to include Devastate in my repertoire.

As a tank, we often have to be willing to use every little thing to help us progress. With the exception of bosses that are on ‘farm’ status, tanks should be willing to use any consumable available to ensure the success of a raid.

Here are some typically used raid consumables:

Flask - [item]Flask of Fortification[/item]

OR

Battle Elixir - [item]Elixir of Mastery[/item], [item]Elixir of the Mongoose[/item], [item]Elixir of Major Agility[/item]

Guardian Elixir - [item]Elixir of Major Fortitude[/item]

Food - [item]Fisherman’s Feast[/item], [item]Spicy Crawdad[/item], [item]Talbuk Steak[/item], or [item]Clam Bar[/item]

Weapon Buff - [item]Adamantite Sharpening Stone[/item] or [item]Adamantite Weightstone[/item] and [item]Greater Rune of Shielding[/item] or [item]Lesser Rune of Shielding[/item]

Potions - [item]Super Healing Potion[/item], Major Resist Protection Potions, [item]Ironshield Potion[/item], [item]Heroic Potion[/item], or [item]Rage Potion[/item]

Unfortunately, consumables can end up costing quite a bit. Combined with repair bills tanks often have to continually farm gold in order to afford to raid. Having a helpful and understanding guild can be excellent help!

Thunderfury is still Good beyond 70 - TankingTips.com

Those of us who are fortunate enough to have a [item]Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker[/item] also face a dilemma. When do we put away our Thuderfury for a new weapon?

I must admit, I am still battling with this question myself. I have not been lucky enough to get a [item]King’s Defender[/item] yet. But I have been actively running Heroic Mechanar for a while now in hopes for a [item]The Sun Eater[/item].

I have not really had any issues maintaining aggro using my Thunderfury but I wonder if I could actually generate more threat using a higher damage weapon. I should probably do the quest which grants [item]Grom’tor’s Charge[/item], but I have been sitting on the final step a while and have not been very motivated since I have been really working on getting The Sun Eater.

I expect I will eventually get a Sun Eater, and then a King’s Defender as well, and at that time I will pay closer attention to my TPS and which weapon performs better.

Until then, I will continue to put up with the ‘ZOMG, A THUNDERFURY!’ , as well as the ‘Bizzam, level 60 called and they want their Thunderfury back’ comments until such time that I fondly hang my Thunderfury on the mantle.

In the last post, I showed you an fairly straightforward way to level your cooking skill up to 325. Why 325? Because that’s where you start getting the good stat foods that can offer great tanking food buffs.

As a tank, you have a few choices depending on what stats you wish to target. We can target Strength, Agility or Stamina.

As a an alternative, there is also the following, although I recommend the above for ease of gathering.

If you are a fisher, or have access to these fish, you can actually get these +30 Stamina foods:

• [item]Spicy Crawdad[/item] - Fish [item]Furious Crawdad[/item] from Terrokar Forest
• [item]Fisherman’s Feast[/item] - Fish [item]Huge Spotted Feltail[/item] from Nagrand

Also, as mentioned in the last post, if you get to Honored with the Sha’tari Skyguard, you can buy [item]Skyguard Rations[/item] for 40s for 5 which grant +15 Stamina for 15 minutes.

Be sure to check out our wow cooking guide for a great way to level up your cooking skill!