Guide: Trinity Comp (Tank/3x BM Hunter/Healer

[nodoze]

The 66% nerf hurts the spirit mend a bit but it’s still going to be very useful. This may change the healer you want (though resto shaman is looking strong still).
The reason BM hunter is so good is fast every single ability they use can be done while moving. Marksman is a stationary turret almost and moving causes a decent drop in dps.

Because I want to main a Resto Druid I am still sticking with Resto Druid + 3 Night Elf Hunters as my initial focus though I am still torn on the ideal tank. There has been lots of balancing on the Tank side and it sounds like they are all getting to be closer in rankings each with their pros/cons. I was shocked to see at least one ranker suddenly put Blood DK at the bottom because with the changes they were dying in high Mythics in one global before they could heal back up (though this may not be a problem in low to mid level Mythics).

One thing I am concerned with is that it seems like they are limiting many AoE abilities to be capped at X targets (often I am seeing 5 but sometimes 3, 8, etc) and a little concerned that a tank with a target cap limit may have some bad interaction with hunter target cap limits... For example if there were 10 mobs in a pack then I am concerned that 5 random ones will go to the tank and other sets of 5 will result in random mob aggro to each hunter/pet... If Misdirection indeed lasts 8 seconds and has a 30 second cooldown does this make this a non-issue for this team? If that is going to be a regular issue maybe the nod will go to a tank that has solid aggo on unlimited targets (like maybe from Paladin Concecration?).

Of all the Tanks BrewMaster Monk's stagger's more flat/consistent incoming damage seems to fit perfectly with HoTs from Spirit Beast and Resto Druid... BrewMaster's personal damage does seem to be considered relatively low compared to the other tanks (especially Vengeance & Paladin) but with this complement that may be partially offset by the +5% buff to the parties Physical Damage. A little concerned that BrewMaster may have issues with aggro on more than 5 targets so just don't know how big of a problem that might be.

With the above in mind, how big of a problem are AoE target caps looking to be for Multiboxed teams? Should I dismiss my concerns because it is a non-issue for most teams and/or in particular this team because of Misdirection? Does target caps tip the scales toward certain tanks for multiboxed teams in general or in particular for our complement (3BM Hunters+Healer)?

Have you or anyone else had a chance to do any recent testing or have any updated thoughts on how you would rank the tanks after all the balancing changes?

[Jabberie]

There has been lots of balancing on the Tank side and it sounds like they are all getting to be closer in rankings each with their pros/cons. I was shocked to see at least one ranker suddenly put Blood DK at the bottom because with the changes they were dying in high Mythics in one global before they could heal back up (though this may not be a problem in low to mid level Mythics).

in any list, someone has to be last. Also we could be looking at a reset of what Blizz think is a "high" key.

[Slats]

So something to consider. I initially thought I could use Resto Druid to throw out Wild Growths at my Tank and because it heals up to 6 Targets it would hit the Pets as they are closest. However it never will heal Pets only other Players unless you cast the initial cast on a pet and then the other heals will still goto players.

Chain Heal on the other hand will happily heal pets and it will heal the ones that have taken damage. All the Totems seems to also heal the Pets as well as your whole group.

While it sucks the initial heal of Spirit Mend got nerfed the real benefit to us I think is the rolliing HoT always on your Tank with 100% uptime by stacking three hunters. Taking a bit of the pressure off while moving or using a more 'group/raid' focused healer like a Shaman as their biggest complaint seems to be tank healing.