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Post by
sushigaski
... wow, just... wow. What kind of gear does that guy think you need for heroics? You are so insanely over-geared for heroics that it makes me want to cry.
All that stuff up there is just nit-picky. If you're running Blood with the gear you have I'm pretty sure we can all safely assume you know how to tank Blood effectively. Could there be a better weapon for you? Sure, as I understand the Betrayer of Humanity is the best weapon for a DK tank possible. Will your weapon choice at that item level make any noticeable difference in a heroic? Heck no.
That healadin that kicked you is a n00b and you should just be glad you didn't have to run with him.
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Post by
tomgc
How you could fail heroics with 30k unbuffed HP is beyond me.
Hell, how can can fail with 25k unbuffed also happens to pass me by.
Post by
Aris
he was likely referring to your spec.
i know i get a lot of flak, even from my own guild, for being unholy and not frost.
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259957
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Post by
Aadramelekh
What's all this fuss about? So you met an idiot. Out of too many that plague this game. QQ moar. Get used to it, put him on the ignore list and move on. This is not a psichiatry ward.
Oh, wait, what's the point of this topic again?...
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Post by
Wuvlycuddles
Oh, wait, what's the point of this topic again?...
Two possible points:
A) Its a laugh at the moron who kicked me thread
or
B) Its a look at my how swanky my epics are thread
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Post by
Talamare
Oh, wait, what's the point of this topic again?...
B) Its a look at my how swanky my epics are thread
Indeed, this is just someone showing off thier epeen with a anecdote
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Post by
Talamare
100% is the amount its abusing it by, not that he has 100% avoidance...
which means lichborne, unbreakable armor and dreadplate give you the best avoidance's compared to other trees
unholy imo is the worst tank, bone armor lasts like 10 seconds, and even if you chain it its only like 20sec ish, they have no other talents to help their survivability, even blood has a bunch of self heals, VB that lasts 30 secs and will of necro to save thier ass, even spell deflection in all its royal crappiness
if someone says "unholy is more gear dependent" then imagine the same gear but in one of the other 2 specs, im not saying unholy cant tank, just that it isnt as good
like if i had to rate it
Frost 10/10
Blood 9.5/10
Unholy 8/10
for tanking, just a rant
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191097
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Post by
Talamare
just wanted to point this out: DO NOT GEM FOR PARRY!
http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f63/40003-diminishing-returns-avoidance.html
371 dodge and 650 parry is not a good rating balance^^
Agreed it should be
1021 dodge and 0 parry
tho i guess DK cant avoid parry and will end up with around 400 parry from str
Post by
Themongnator
Ive tanked as all 3 specs, and man.. they are all fun as hell. but heres what I noticed
Blood = THE single target tank spec.. Mark of Blood, Vampiric blood, Tap (30 second potion ftw?) (so boss fights.. blood exels amongths the other 2)
Frost = A confortable balance, decent aoe agro, with decent defensive skills, Unbreakable armor, Frigid Dreadplate, Howling blast?..
Unholy = THE aoe spec. Unholy blight to pick things up. then the extra dot from your plague strike, Desecration, Outbreak, Impurity.
My current is blood, because Im running a friends guild through Nax, so I speced blood for the Boss fights.
What I have seen.. having healed many dk's and tanked as all 3 is that Blood just dosnt die, (or they do.,.. but man,, its harder to die in blood then it is to just kill the $%^&), but a lot of the times if the person your running with isnt paying attention, you will see Mobs turn around and start smacking others.
Frost is the inbetween for survibability, and their agro is nice, but only when the mobs are there.. if you have mobs that spawn in waves, it gets harder to pick them up than it would be for a Unholy
And if your tank is Unholy, and your running a dps toon, then close your eyes and pick a random npc, the DK will have no trouble holding it off you.. but the healer has to pay a bit more attention here, as they do tend to spike a lot when bone shield drops..
now ofc this is all if your gear = the dungeon dificulty.. if you Outgear the dungeon, then you will prolly have no problem at all =)
PS : The pally was a fail, only thing that I can think of is he prolly was one of those people who think (ok you can start LoL'ing right about ) "ONLY frost dk's can tank, because frost presence is the only tanking presence" (now)
Themongnator/Louiss of Garona
holy !@#$ that was a long post.... omg I gotta go pick up the wife... she gonna kill me >.<
Post by
Wuvlycuddles
100% is the amount its abusing it by, not that he has 100% avoidance...
which means lichborne, unbreakable armor and dreadplate give you the best avoidance's compared to other trees
unholy imo is the worst tank, bone armor lasts like 10 seconds, and even if you chain it its only like 20sec ish, they have no other talents to help their survivability, even blood has a bunch of self heals, VB that lasts 30 secs and will of necro to save thier ass, even spell deflection in all its royal crappiness
if someone says "unholy is more gear dependent" then imagine the same gear but in one of the other 2 specs, im not saying unholy cant tank, just that it isnt as good
like if i had to rate it
Frost 10/10
Blood 9.5/10
Unholy 8/10
for tanking, just a rant
Just have to point out (as an unholy tank myself), unholy may be somewhat less effective as tanks than frost and we may have less hp/str than blood, however, our dps far outstrips the other death knight tanking specs and i can only speak for myself here, doing more dps than the dps as a tank is incredibly funny. AMZ and Magic suppression may incredibly situational, but undeniably useful in certain encounters.
Frost is the best for all purpose tanking, i'll give you that. But unholy is not as bad as you made out!
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