Key-J wrote:
Hey Guys,
So. I've been tanking Naxx 10 and 25 without problems. Mainly OTing, but MTing at times as well, there seems to be no problems there, as we down them with ease, i mean we even do Ulduar and no problems normally. However i came across an interesting problem. In heroics i just cant seem to keep Aggro.
I keep getting threat taken away from me, and i don't know why. I have good gear as you can see
Here. Now, is it my rotation? Am i doing something wrong? Any advice would be much appreciated.
Furthermore, if you could suggest a good Tanking UI/Addon, it would be greatly appreciated.
~Key-J
Well, for heroics you need to realize that, you take no where near the damage you do in raids. Im willing to bet most of the time your clicking abilities you can afford and waiting for them to light up.
Also remember, in a 5 man you don't have anywhere near the raid buffs that you do in a raid.
If your gear is really good, do like me for 5 mans and wear 3-4 DPS items. Doesnt matter anymore if im not defense capped, it would take a mac truck to kill me anyway. Plus I get to say catchy things on vent like "Oooh he crit me good" I wear my darkmoon crusade card, a strength elixir, and keep battle shout up for the attack power.
Then I choose 3 or so DPS items to put on with it. Dont swap out tank gear that has +hit or +exp unless the dps item does too. Its important to note that the current "full BiS" tanking set has like 70 hit and 5 expertise on it total and thats actually close to "full terrible agro" rather than BiS.
(BTW, is your hit near 250-290 and expertise at 25? these are huge factors.)
Remember, TClap and Shockwave all scale now with your AP; as well as most your other tanking abilities. Beef those up and you'll see a difference. It helps too if you have classes like ret pally (kings+shout) or a DPS DK or enh shammy that compliment your tanking DPS.
Also, be smart about zerker rage. If your low on rage mid pull, use it. It will refill the bar.
Rotation? LOL most of us faceroll 5 mans like this:
Charge.
Tclap.
Back up to get em in a ball anddddddddd
Shockwave.
Throw some cleaves, or shield slam.
Wait for shockwaves stun to wear off, and now...
Pop shield block for 100% blocks with double returns on damage shield
Don't pop it while there still stunned, obviously that does nothing.
Tclap moar.
Some cleave spam (do you glyph for 3 targets?)
And of course, if your deep wounds spec. deep wounds procs off every move you have; tclap shockwave cleave DAMAGE SHIELD dev rev sslam blah blah blah.
As far as AOE threat, your far less off than a DK or paladin but if you use this facerolling strat and your first into the pack with the clap, shockwave, popping block you'll often keep ALL of them from those pesky OP classes.
As far as actual raid bosses, if your not sustaining 5-8K then, thats another story