I would like to see what people are running for DK tanks now. Appreciate the help. Thanks.
I would like to see what people are running for DK tanks now. Appreciate the help. Thanks.
I'd list my armory, but for some reason the it isn't listing my spec correctly... 8|
This is the spec I'm running for my DK tank:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#j0EZ0xZfghhx0dgIoocRux
Main difference from 3.0 - now taking Magic Suppression (now a 3 point talent, down from 5) and AMZ. Still got Ebon Plaguebringer for the extra damage from the Shammies. Might take one point from Wandering Plague and put it into Ghoul Frenzy, but other than that, I'm settled on this spec.
Cheers,
S.
Thank you very much Stealth....sincerely appreciate the post.
I would take a point out of that and put it in the gargoyle. Those things do nice dps on boss fights. Not like the 1 point in wandering plague will do the dps that flying bat will do.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Stealthy',index.php?page=Thread&postID=195747#pos t195747
You also have to consider the damage and threat that you lose from the RP lost by casting gargoyle. That's a lot of rune strikes you're losing.
Consider taking the points out of the ghoul stuff and putting them in outbreak if you have threat issues.
I decided to try something odd and took a lot of blood with my mostly unholy spec:
http://www.wowarmory.com/talent-calc...30101013103000
Adds a bunch of self healing with Rune Tap and Mark of Blood and gets as many mitigation and HP buffs as I could fit, while trying to grab all the AoE threat I could too.
Not sure if there is something I should sacrifice to get the extra point of Toughness, it's only 3% armor value.
click the silverpain link in my signature and you see my armoury profile.
got one frost for raid tanking an unholy for multiboxign tanking
I went with a Blood spec focusing on picking up an extra mitigation talent (Lich in Frost)
Here's my spec
There are a few points that could be moved around but this is what I am trying for now.
I actually am trying something interesting, went 12/0/59 as unholy DPS spec (basically no tank abilities), and glyph dark death/scourge strike/ghoul. This is my DK dps spec and is supposed to be pretty good with 2h. I am going to multibox tank with this spec today a heroic or two and see how it works.
My second spec is frost tank spec, 12/54/5. glyph'd obliterate, rune strike, howling blast (last glyph cost me 300g, yikes). This will be my raid/tank spec, I did a quick OS10 pug last night and it worked ok - howling blast is nice at picking up aggro. Obviously the downside is that death grip is on longer c/d, and D&D doesn't pack as good a punch as unholy spec, and of course no ebon plaguebringer for extra 13% caster dmg --- but in raids, usually there will be a boomkin or another unholy DK to provide that buff anyways.
The problem always I had with unholy is that single target threat is fairly weak, while AOE threat is great. I figure I can AOE tank trash with the unholy DPS spec (wearing tank gear), and switch to frost spec when tanking bosses. I can multibox tank with the unholy DPS spec, and if I need to raid as DPS I can just put on my DPS gear and not have to switch any specs. I'm hoping to join a EoE pug as a DK dps tonight and see how unholy pure DPS spec does (I have good DPS gear, 4/5 t7 and around 4k ap).
As far as an "ease of use spec" for a DK multi-box tank, I've found that THIS is a very friendly spec. The single target threat is quite good, and it does not suffer in the AoE threat department either. I've respec'ed my DK over 35 times and have tried just about every combination you can imagine. This spec is very solid and also extremely flexible. Glyphing properly and using a good rotation is key however. The rotations can be complicated, but I can give you those if you need.
My mixed-group tank is a Death Knight and here's what I'm using right now.
Unholy Tank Build
Basically, I took what I wanted for AoE tanking out ofthe Unholy tree and then added in the helpers and other little toys from Blood and Frost. Truth be told, I've yet to test this build out very well in Northrend, but something similar to it ROCKED in Outlands.