I'm looking for what you guys use for dk tanking? I know it's not as good as normal rotations but a mindless spam button for multiboxing would be nice. I've got my druids to 60 and now I want to stick a dk in to tank with. Any suggestions?
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I'm looking for what you guys use for dk tanking? I know it's not as good as normal rotations but a mindless spam button for multiboxing would be nice. I've got my druids to 60 and now I want to stick a dk in to tank with. Any suggestions?
i am not a supporter of mindless spam, but here's a few guidlines i'd like to give. tho, this is coming from an Unholy Tank, not frost, not blood.
1. Always keep your runic dumps and your rune-attacks on different macros. if an attack is not going off bc youre waiting on a rune to cooldown, you just have to wait a sec, or more. if an attack is not going off bc youre waiting on more runic power, you lose.
2. set petautocast for leap off when you pull, and turn it on after your first hit or two. this is especially useful if you pull with a deathgrip, cos deathgrip+leap is a bit of a waste.
3. if you start with a DnD, you only have half your runes left. the thing i do is IT, PS, then Pest to spread. the remaining is up to you.
4. use up your red runes always for blade barrier.
5. add runstrike to every macro. do not put it in the castsequence as it is on an "on next attack" timer. you get runestrike at level 66 i believe.
6. try this thread: http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=15963
7. i cant type more. my boss is out of her meeting. gtg act like im working!
You could just use /pet passive or whatever the command is called for your deathgrip hotkey, that eliminates the micromanagement of leap. Ofcourse you have to use /pet defensive or whatever for your attack macros after that.Quote:
2. set petautocast for leap off when you pull, and turn it on after your first hit or two. this is especially useful if you pull with a deathgrip, cos deathgrip+leap is a bit of a waste.
or tell your pet to do something else. sometimes with big pulls i purposely make my pet leap then run back to me as a form of pulling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eggy
but that was when i played with a pet. nowadays, i find pets are just extra and dont really offer much mitigation. but an emergency raise dead with dark pact will sometimes be necessary. i use my pet for that now. just an emergency summon/heal.
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/Cast !Rune Strike
/castsequence reset=combat Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Pestilence, Blood Strike, Death Strike, Death Strike, Blood Strike, Pestilence, Death Strike, Death Strike, Blood Strike, Blood Strike, Death strike
/castrandom Death Strike
is what I use, open with dnd, if diseases fall off for some reason (extended stuck in combat on multiple enemies) refresh manually. I'm lazy so I use it on bosses too but clearly there are wasted runes, it's designed for heroic trash. My dk ends up with more far more healing than my shamans (totems excluded) and I can just zerg dps except for hard hitting packs.
Far from optimal but works pretty swell for me.
Thanks that what i was looking for. What spec you running? I'm having a hard time deciding what to run with. 3.2 seem to have changed somethings and most posts aren't up to date. I was thinking a AE tank build. Is unholy still king there? I noticed they changed UB a lot in this patch.
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I wrote this guide a couple weeks ago on my guild's forums. I've been our MT since Wrath dropped, I started out as Unholy and now I'm Blood offspec Frost both tank specs.
You can check my armor for talent specs
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...dscalp&n=Khaas
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Originally Posted by rahven32
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-t...&cn=Convection
Should probably pickup reaping so you can get an extra death strike in, but I like making sure I keep diseases up on everything.
Unholy is the worst tanking tree by far, but I'm not going to give up a flat dmg increase for all my shaman.