My DK/ 4 ret exp...

[Zappy]

Zapp I was looking @ skippys armory not really understanding your Current build bro. Your missing out on a TON of extra healing. Improved DS Vamp Blood why spell deflection? And your first spec that makes more sense. Hows Hungering Cold working out for ya?

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...n=Casti%C3%A8l this is my current one tell me what you think. LOL dont look @ unholy its fail boat and I really need to change it lol!

My primary spec is my pvp arena spec. Hungering cold is in my build strictly for additional CC. The secondary spec is what I've been messing around with PVE. When I first started heroics, I was having a hell of time keeping aggro when d&d was on cd, so I created this off spec to where I could plant d&d more often and put in corpse explosion for an aoe runic dump. Healing is rarely an issue, as almost anytime I wipe, it's usually due to one of my paladins. They'll either pull aggro and I have a hell of time in combat trying to figure out which mob to taunt back, or else one of the paladins gets stupid and runs off and grabs more mobs, with the latter being more common. It's definitely not your normal tanking build, but I wanted something that I could pve and world pvp with that still had the strengths of the pvp build.

One thing I love with this build though is the decrease DG time. Nothing better than pulling people out of the sky, killing them, and then using corpse explosion to blow them up.

I need to read up on good tanking builds, as I'll probably respec either deep blood, or deep frost. Deep frost looks a lot better for AOE tanking with howling blast, but I'm also at the point to where heroics is about all I'll do on these guys for pve.

[Zappy]

1DK4Pal is a good team, but Ive found it hard when there is a lot of close range AoE. Here are the places i had trouble with at first. All can be passed, just takes some time.

HoR - This place is just a pain overall
ToC Black knight phase transition 2-3 hurts if all the ghouls are piled up on you.
PoS last boss hurts when that damn rat with wings targets your tank and blows everyone up.
Last boss in HoS -> lightning of death
1st boss in HoL -> whirlwind of death
Skaldi in UP->whirlwind of death
Anub'arak -> pound of death
Vh - Xevozz if your tank still has click to move on

Generally speaking here, when fighting bosses, my paladins are almost never on follow.

HoR - Haven't completed in heroic yet
ToC - Strafe out of the way! You have a good 4-5 seconds to move when he starts to cast corpse explosion. If you're still having a tough time, simple pop your bubble on all your paladins.
PoS - no clue what you are talking about on this one. I just did this one last night, and my tank got hit with it at least 2-3 times, and I wasn't even close to wiping. This may be a gear check though, as all my guys are full T9.
HoS - When he casts lightning ring (it's channeled), move away from him.
1st boss in HoL - when fighting him, be aware of which stance he is in. if it's not berserker, go all out dps, when he switches to berserker, be prepared to run your tank away and taunt him off your paladins.
Skaldi in UP - same strategy - as soon as he whirlwinds, taunt him, and run away from group. you usually have to taunt (dg) him a second time as he'll switch back to paladins about 2-3 seconds into the whirlwind.
Anub'arak -- one of the easiest fights. as soon as it starts, IWT on all your guys so they are all in front of him dpsing. As soon as you see pound, run through him, and continue dpsing like normal.
Vh - Xevozz - I've only gotten him once, and he facerolled me hard.

Without a question, gear makes all the difference in the world. I remember the first week of attempting heroics and was thinking there would be no way in hell to complete these, and after only a few upgrades, the differences were very noticeable. Most of the fights listed above, i can straight up dps through them now without having to move.