Originally Posted by Quigon
I updated the latex to mathtext that these forums are using now. For anyone interested in those equations they should be working now. Plus added a few major updates based on user feedback.
Would anyone here be interested in writing the a "DPS Warrior" tanking section?
Simply the skills and abilities one would use as a DPS warrior in an appropriate tanking rotation - with some explanation to decision making, ideal situations, and perhaps variation based on spec and situation.
If no one bites I'll ultimately do it, but people with more experience tanking as these talent specs would probably do a better job in a practical sense.
If you're going to put a lot of effort into this, post here before you write it, so that multiple people don't waste time doing the same thing.
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I've got a writeup in mind if nobody else has taken this up.
Quick outline:
1. Quick Intro
2. DPS Warrior tanking roles.
- raid tanking, single boss, only tank (usual MT not present, respec prot)
- raid tanking, boss encounter, first mob to die (gear for threat & dps rest of fight - defiance handy)
- raid tanking, boss encounter, mob not first to die, time to bulid aggro (gear for survival - pure dps specs work)
- raid tanking, single boss with multiple tanks (taunt fights, avoidance. 2ndary threat fights, hybrid gear to taste - hybrid builds well suited.)
- raid trash (quick - single mob vs. AoE pulls).
- 5 man MT'ing Heroics (few quick tips).
3. Gear decision tips.
- Making room for threat pieces: crit immunity via resilience. (Do it via
Arena / S3 pieces for ilvl armor/stam considerations).
- What to look for in hybrid threat pieces: armor (ilvl), stam, str/AP, hit (if not capped). Filtered wohead search:
23 DPS tank friendly armor pieces.
- Expertise - Still a great stat.
- Weapon considerations (match arms specialty, fast vs. slow).
4. Talent spec choices
- DPS portion - brief pros and cons of MS vs. Bloodthirst from tanking & non-tanking utility perspectives.
- Dabbler build (tac mastery only)
- Up to Defiance (& last stand optional). Deep arms/fury vs. 31/5 5/31.
- Up to 1h spec.
5. Threat Per Rage and skill rotation decision making.
- Points of inflection and deriving your personal values through WWS/Assessment/Recount/Spreadsheets.
- Low rage vs. High rage considerations.
- Sample numbers. (estimating theoretical TPS with given set of gear.)
Final Words & highlights of feedback/commentary.