WTB DK Tank Spec

[Multibocks]

Isn't it targetted AE? If not I stand corrected, but I swear the one (and only) time I used it I had to pick a ground spot. Anyways I checked out the Elitistjerks thread on corpse explosion and it appears that even after the patch its still no good. Using it to embarass a bunch of pvpers? Yeah its good =)

[xtobbenx]

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jbEGqIIIocMzu0o0xcZcxM

This is my Blood tanking specc which i use atm. In just a few epic and rest blue +defence gearing i am OT in VoA and OS. And heriocs are no problem.

The good thing with this specc is that its setup for both 1h and 2h. Atm i dual wild 2xtanking 1handers. You have all the reduced CDs you will need like Death'n'Decay + Death Grip. You have the tanking abilits in the blood tree like perry, less dmg from magic, more armor at lower life, lots of self healing (i also use the fallen champion i belive its called rune on my wepons, the one that heal you (600-1200), procs all the time when you go dual wild) And i added Dancing Rune Weapon just for some extra dps on bosses etc.

Basicly all tress are setup for tanking if specced right on a DK, its just a mather of play style. Like i enjoy all those small heals on my screen that keeps me going slightly longer before i need healing. And Rune tap actualy crit heal me up to 8k

PS: Glypt of Rune Tap will heal your whole party for 10% of their life which is nice aswell.. it makes me save some party healing now and then.

[blbjtb]

This is what I went with So far so good

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=j0EzoZhZfg0Itcoxco0fsut

[Hachoo]

This is what I went with So far so good

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=j0EzoZhZfg0Itcoxco0fsut

You missed one of (if not the) most important core tanking talents - toughness.

[blbjtb]

I though so as well but the added armor didnt make go OMGWTFBBQ

Here is my reasoning.

With 5 points in toughness I'm @ 65.76% midigation
with out the 5 points im @ 63.94% midigation

(Obviously this is with frost pres up)

That being said with those 5 points I am now able to...
Do more AE dmg = More threat
I can heal my self every min (Plus burns up a bloodrune fast so I can keep Parry rating high)
picked up wandering plague..

Like I said it might not be the best build ever but it seems to be working for me and the extra midigation is kinda a joke
lets just say a mob hits you for 10grand which is obviously a shit ton but this is for simple numbers Im only saving 200 hitpoints....If I cant make it due to 200 hps then obviously the healer isnt doing his job.

Does this make sense or is my logic totally flawed here?

[Hachoo]

Every little bit helps, plus it will give you what, another 100 attack power from bladed armor and it reduces movement slowing effects on you which is better for PvP but in PvE it can help as well. I haven't checked the exact mitigation it gives me but it should be around 3000+ armor for me from that single talent. Personally I'd rather have more defensive talents on my DK and let my shamans worry about doing DPS.

[Kaynin]

AMZ is well imba for some heroic achievements. Now it just needs to be timed better.

[Bigfish]

Like I said it might not be the best build ever but it seems to be working for me and the extra midigation is kinda a joke
lets just say a mob hits you for 10grand which is obviously a shit ton but this is for simple numbers Im only saving 200 hitpoints....If I cant make it due to 200 hps then obviously the healer isnt doing his job.

That 200 HP makes a difference when its your last 200. A number of times its meant the difference between success and failure.

Personally, I'm thinking of running a 13/29/29 build for a while. So far its the only thing that's given me a rotation I can live with for both AOE and Single Target situations. Plus I get a ghoul out of the mix.

[Multibocks]

I though so as well but the added armor didnt make go OMGWTFBBQ

Here is my reasoning.

With 5 points in toughness I'm @ 65.76% midigation
with out the 5 points im @ 63.94% midigation

(Obviously this is with frost pres up)

That being said with those 5 points I am now able to...
Do more AE dmg = More threat
I can heal my self every min (Plus burns up a bloodrune fast so I can keep Parry rating high)
picked up wandering plague..

Like I said it might not be the best build ever but it seems to be working for me and the extra midigation is kinda a joke
lets just say a mob hits you for 10grand which is obviously a shit ton but this is for simple numbers Im only saving 200 hitpoints....If I cant make it due to 200 hps then obviously the healer isnt doing his job.

Does this make sense or is my logic totally flawed here?

Armor doesnt work that way. That 1.82% extra mitigation is more than you think. I will have to find the article on armor, but the gist of it was not how much the % mitigation went up, but how much longer it allows you to live. I suck at explaining it, so I'll look around.

edit: this is lame, but my work computers wont load this page(they block a lot of stuff.) I believe this page is still accurate, so I hope I remembered what it said correctly!

http://evilempireguild.org/guides/mitigation.php

[Bigfish]

Well, in blbjtb's case, he's taking 5.31% more damage, which does decrease his time to live, but how much that factors in depends largely on how often he's in a situation where approaches that point. It does decrease his time to live by 4.8%, if that's what you;re looking for.