Dk vs Pally for a 4x Shaman PVE Heroic group??

[Teamshug]

That is the question... hehe


Now i have zero experience playing eigther of these 2 classes and i have never played a tank before. I want the best/most effective but most importantly, the simplest to control(on button tank macro).


i have done some reading and i what i got was: Pally= better 1 button/easy tanker for the group, DK almost as good, cause of an aoe tank style with a spell dmg buff for the shamans, but a bit more pain in the a$$ to control as a tank for the group.


I currently have 5x lvl 80 Shamans (wished i had lvled 4x and a tank lol)

My Dk is lvl 60

My Pally is lvl 1, LOL

The problem is, i really dont wanna have to lvl a pally if i can just keep going with my DK, as long as the Dk will PWN heroics for me and my shamans, but if a pally is better than the DK by a wide.. margin i might lvl the pally.


Pleas shoot me straight on this, i already read some of the nerfs heading the DK's way, but will it make them an incapable tank, or not?

HELP

~Teamshug

[rulemaker]

Well i tried tanking with both on lvl80 and in my opinion pally tanking is much easier (One-Button-Tank). While DK tanking does more damage, it is more complex due to rune system and cooldown mechanics.

Survivability depends on your build (DK) and pally tanking and leveling is really easy, so you should give it a try.

p.s.: *sorry for my bad english*

[shaeman]

If you have RAF then quick level the pally to 60 and beyond.

If not then take the DK and level him to 80 and gear him out.
He'll tank fine.

You will be able to concentrate on tanking with the DK whilst one button spamming the damage from the shaman.

[Marathon]

Pally for the buffs.

[Lyonheart]

I have both a paly tank and a DK.. both geared enough to tank heroics. i also have a geared out druid, So i have a tried 3 different and popular setups. Paly+4shams..DK+4shams..paly+1 moonkin+3 shams. And even though you can crank out a tad more dps with dk+shams or adding a moonkin, Paly+4 shaman is, by far, the easiest.

Also Overall dps for me seems to go up using the paly+ 4 shaman. When i use my DK i have to wait longer before i start spamming dps, or ill lose agro for a sec and have to stop. With the druid, my shaman do more dps but the druid cant keep up.. or is oom more often.

All in all, stick with the paly+4shaman if you want simplicity!

[Jubber]

If you don't feel like leveling your pally then the DK will do great. All tanks will pwn heroics it's just a matter of ease. Obviously as everyone else has indicated a pally tank will make it a snoozefest. A dk tank has a few more cooldowns you need to keep an eye on but not as difficult as people make it out to be. Plus leveling your DK from 60-80 will be over before you know it.

On days where I feel like mindless farming I definately pick up my pally. On days I feel I want to be more of a participant rather than a button masher I pick my DK. On days I wanna go crazy I pick my warrior although alot more hectic as i am still learning the ways of a prot warrior.

[Natch]

In my humble opinion, in this scenario, paladin tanking is so easy (mindless spamming of one macro) it gets really boring after a few weeks @ 80, but maybe that's just me..

[wowphreak]

I would grab a dk for ebon plague bringer 13% increase to yer shammies dps hard to beat.

I finally got my dk geared enough to tank now just debating on whether or not to drop the pali for something else or keep em and go retri on em.

[stoat]

Before 3.2 DK hands down. No reason not to use a paladin now though free cheat death, more mitigation, more hp... unholy continues to be the worst tanking tree - you give up quite a bit to get that 13% dmg.

With the new welfare gear any tank will work for all heroics though, it'll just be a matter of farming the easy ones to gear out first. With 4 semi geared shamans you just steamroll everything anyway.

[Dorffo]

I was sorely tempted to go with the DK for the spell damage boost - but after playing around last nigh with the new argent defender save, I gotta say my love for the Pali tank is back.

I'm probably going to rotate in a boomkin for the 13% instead.