Infraction for Neith: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.

Kaubel · 09/23/09, 1:16 AM

Post: Suno's Fireside Chat - DK Endgame Tanking (Updated)
User: Neith
Infraction: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

Anyone manage not to read the sticky about which boss fights are allowed to be discussed?

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Goldengiff

Tay: I have just over 50K raid buffed HP, and I go to about 1K when he gets a melee + impale + DoT tick if not outright dead. It's not something you can control and I'd be very surprised if that druid could live through those 3 all coming within 1 sec of each other. It's a limitation of game mechanics and we have to live with it. If you want advice, once his stacking +dmg buff gets to like 2 each tank should be using saves when they are tanking.

There is no reason whatsoever you should be dying on this. Impale is very predictable and has a clear timer in DBM or any other boss mod. Impale comes off every 10 seconds. Every tank in HM Beasts should be taking only 2 impales before swapping to the next tank. After the boss gets to 4 charges you need to use your cooldowns for the Impales. For the first two impales you're taking after 4 charges use your Vamp Blood. For the second two impales after 4 charges that you are taking use IBF. The trick is to time it right - IBF will eat two of those charges if you use it at the right moment. Having that - your healers will have very easy time keeping you up.

Did anyone manage to tank Heroic Anub's adds on a DK yet? After attempts this week - man... blizzard GGfied us - the preferred tank for heroic anub is a bear, the tanks for the adds have to be shield tanks (unless they fixed it up in 3.2.2 any info?). Every dps phase you get 2 sets of 4 adds (2 adds per tank), using a trink + vamp blood on the first one and trink + IBF on the second one while having indest pot buff as well, with 52k raid buffed HP i get gimped by the 2 adds in 0.7 seconds.... at the same time the shield wielding warr with unhittable set... is taking exactly ZERO damage the whole time he tanks the adds... thanks blizz, unless there's a solution to DKs tanking this encounter the DK tanks aren't going to see T9.75 or heroic chest drops.

For this specific encounter the new 1 min CD bone shield could be an awesome solution. However, was there any changes to the ICD of the bone shield? I know the talk is 2-2.5 seconds ICD on it, Anyone tried it out in 3.2.2 yet? With 2 adds beating on you and given a 75% avoidance your shield still isn't going to stay up long enough for the adds, unless you use bone shield + IBF and then bone shield + Pain Supp / Guardian Spirit. With indest pots and trinkets being up at the same time you MAY be able to survive handling the adds... seriously...