Unholy DW Tanking - doable?
While there is plenty of discussion on DW frost tanking, I have seen no discussion of DW Unholy tanking, and would like input.
Due to familiarity, better mitigation of magic damage, and better AoE threat, some may prefer Unholy to Frost or Blood tanking. A DW build offers an interesting extra - while going deep enough into frost for Nerves of Cold Steel, Lichborne is readily available, giving a little extra utility.
Here's a spec I worked out, based on the standard Unholy tanking spec. 3 points are taken from Blood (1 in bladed armor & 2 in 2H weapon specialization), and 1 is taken from the Unholy tree (from wandering plague) in order to fill the requisite frost talents:
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deat...P,Yp3eO-,10676
Any input on the viability of this spec?
I've also considered the following spec as well for 3.3:
Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft
Given the changes in 3.3 to AoD, it could be nice to have NotD talented, for a 6 min CD. This also allows for a perma-ghoul to have ready for sacrifice, instead of having to time your ghoul's CD. Dropping unholy blight might make sense given the halving of its damage and therefore its threat in 3.3.
This build gives up on the threat generated by SS, putting those points into BCB/NotD. For a DW build, melee makes up the highest portion of your threat, and SS is already weaker than on a 2H build, so the loss isn't as significant. This plays to the strength of a DW build, while building extra utility into the spec.
This spec for 3.3 builds in 3 utility tools that a standard Unholy build doesn't bring - Lichborne, AoD, and easy ghoul sacrifice, while still maintaining the excellent AoE threat, raid buff, and damage mitigation of Unholy. My primary concern is whether this build is too weak on single target threat - any thoughts?
EDIT: Reposted in the DW Tanking thread