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Old 02/20/11, 3:53 AM   #24886
Rastamage
 
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Troll Mage
 
Shattered Hand
This might be crazy!

Has anyone tried setting up a shaman for tanking?

I know he couldn't be a traditional tank, but what about stacking large amounts of dodge? With dual rockbiter enhancements a shamans damage reduction would be in the ball park of other tanks. Threat also wouldn't be an issue with this enhance.

As long as the shaman was expertise and hit capped single target threat would be easy. With the expertise capped wouldn't that also prevent the parry insta-gib. (or was that taken out?)

As for talents maybe a spec something like this? Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft

I know this might sound crazy but i wanted to know if anyone has actually tried it out. I'm still new to shaman and was curious.

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Old 02/20/11, 5:09 AM   #24887
Grguch
 
Orc Death Knight
 
Proudmoore
I ask one question and they call it pestering. What a bunch of virgin losers these EJ guys are!

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Old 02/20/11, 7:14 AM   #24888
Fauh
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Pandaren Monk
 
Tarren Mill (EU)
Originally Posted by Rastamage View Post
Has anyone tried setting up a shaman for tanking?

I know he couldn't be a traditional tank, but what about stacking large amounts of dodge? With dual rockbiter enhancements a shamans damage reduction would be in the ball park of other tanks. Threat also wouldn't be an issue with this enhance.

As long as the shaman was expertise and hit capped single target threat would be easy. With the expertise capped wouldn't that also prevent the parry insta-gib. (or was that taken out?)

As for talents maybe a spec something like this? Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft

I know this might sound crazy but i wanted to know if anyone has actually tried it out. I'm still new to shaman and was curious.
I've been wondering this aswell, however my thoughts have initially always been using a shield but dual rockbiter might be fun to roll with. Is there any viable loot you can get (apart from tanking maces, trinkets, neck and cloak) in the current expansion that would help tanking?

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Old 02/20/11, 7:29 AM   #24889
Snipeheals
Glass Joe
 
Blood Elf Priest
 
Boulderfist
Indulgence

How much mana is 540 spirit x 10 secs Indulgence of the Penitent buff? It costs ~10k mana to proc it Im just curious how much priority juggling and monitoring the buff should be.

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Old 02/20/11, 8:20 AM   #24890
Tshiana
 
Night Elf Rogue
 
Drek'Thar (EU)
hi, a update for this tool with correct value EP for combat rogue ?

ps: my english is too bad for good message, sorry

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Old 02/20/11, 8:37 AM   #24891
Tmender
Glass Joe
 
Human Warrior
 
Garona
Originally Posted by Grimtass View Post
Hello. I've seen the glyph choices written in the first post, but I didn't see anything about Glyph of Shield Wall. Is it worth it or it's such a no brainer that no one writes about it?

I have another doubt. There are 4 major glyphs I like: Shield Wall, Cleaving, Thunder Clap and Shockwave. Which 3 between those are "better"? I am using Thunder Clap, Shield Wall and Shockwave right now.


Thanks a lot in advance.
I've found at least when we were on progression bosses that the SW glyph wasn't as favorable due to the fact that I needed SW more often, but ymmv.

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Old 02/20/11, 8:52 AM   #24892
Fantastisk
 
Orc Death Knight
 
Anachronos (EU)
Now when they have nerfed our ghoul with around 40%, would that make Gobil a superior race to Orc?

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Old 02/20/11, 10:06 AM   #24893
Poundstone
 
Orc Warrior
 
Jaedenar (EU)
Hey there i have a question for you guys. I play TG now and my rotation is CS,BT,RB,BT and maybe slam.
If i respecc SMF shall i use the same rotation?

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Old 02/20/11, 10:54 AM   #24894
TrlstanC
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Gnome Warlock
 
No WoW Account
Edit: Useless post

Last edited by TrlstanC : 02/24/11 at 5:01 PM.

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Old 02/20/11, 12:54 PM   #24895
GundamSeph
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Night Elf Hunter
 
Lightninghoof
SparkDKTank, you are discussing blood shield numbers while not even mentioning avoidance, while your gear is fully stacked towards avoidance (with some stam stacking, not sure why). Does this not seem a bit strange to you? Additionally (I cannot access the paladin's armory page for some reason) the warrior is completely stacked for mastery (~21 mastery, and 24% avoidance, vs your 14.67 mastery and 31% avoidance. So yes, if you stack for avoidance and the warrior stacks for mitigation, he will mitigate more damage. I am still, apparently, missing the point of your post.

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Old 02/20/11, 12:56 PM   #24896
GundamSeph
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Night Elf Hunter
 
Lightninghoof
I've read here and other boards, when KM is up waiting for Oblit is best over consuming the proc on a FS. However if BT is on CD how long is too long to wait? Is it better to just use frost strike if you know it is going to take a few seconds for runes to come off CD for Oblit use?

I'm sure most people have itchy trigger fingers and some KM frost strikes sneak out, so it seems important to me to know what to use KM on in this case.

If there is any empirical data out there to show that waiting for oblit is better then using FS when KM is up?

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Old 02/20/11, 12:56 PM   #24897
Lowangel
Glass Joe
 
Human Paladin
 
Lightbringer
Thanks Mr. Red, as always very thankful for your data here.

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Old 02/20/11, 12:57 PM   #24898
GundamSeph
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Night Elf Hunter
 
Lightninghoof
Hunter focus bar is a decent focus bar addon, which also tracks important buffs, such as ISS duration, frenzy stacks, and lock n load. Shift click to reposition, /hfb config to change settings such as height and width.

I do however find myself still staring at my character portrait to track focus, despite having a nice central bar to track it I personally still use Power Auras also, its flexibility is brilliant, allowing you to track almost anything with visuals, sounds, and timers.

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Old 02/20/11, 12:58 PM   #24899
GundamSeph
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Night Elf Hunter
 
Lightninghoof
Thanks Wallace42, i'll give it a shot

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Old 02/20/11, 12:59 PM   #24900
GundamSeph
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Night Elf Hunter
 
Lightninghoof
Does anyone know how to change the vertical/horizontal configuration of individual groups in a raid?

i.e. I want groups 1 and 2 vertical to the left of my avatar, group 3 horizontal underneath it and groups 4 and 5 vertical to the right.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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