Comments on: A Death Knight’s Great Debate

By: ivanstang

ivanstang — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:31:11 +0000

I am not level 80 yeat but I tank just fine in DPS gear at level 76 in Halls of Stone regular specced as frost.

By: Budlitenite

Budlitenite — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:21:59 +0000

To Dread – First off, if your healers are fail, then your probably going to die anyways. Second off, im not sure how much you tanked Naxx when it was THE end game content ( patch 3.0 ) but avoid was valued as much or the same as hp was during naxx. As the content progressed it became almost necessary to stack stamina, and now with ICC, it is becoming necessary to balance both now with gemming and enchanting.

By: Dread

Dread — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:09:47 +0000

Dead wrong on one point= Patchwerk. Avoidance means nothing at all if your healers are failing. Even with low avoidance levels you’re avoiding many attacks anyway, you’re still way better off stacking stam.

By: Budlitenite

Budlitenite — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:47:13 +0000

In my personal experience, I have never seen an Unholy DK tank in a serious raiding guild. Most are frost, with the top end guilds having all their DK’s as blood for the massive HP pools they can reach.

By: Kurtosis

Kurtosis — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:51:18 +0000

I hear that once you reach a certain level of avoidance, bone shield makes UH the best tank spec. Bones only disappear when you’re hit, and the also have an internal cooldown. I don’t recall the specifics, but with enough avoidance reducing the amount of times you are hit, you can keep BS up for almost 45s or so, for 20% mitigation that whole time. Check tankspot.com for the details. Alot of Ulduar tanks use UH for that reason.