10 boxing - group theorycrafting thread

[Drizzit]

however multiple target tanking sux ass

That might change come WotLK

[Sarduci]

Why 3 paladins? 2 prot 1 holy ?

1 Prot tank
1 Ret off tank (easier to generate aggro when you are the OT and has better DPS when not tanking)
1 Holy off-off-tank in a pinch (still wearing plate and will probably be high on the threat chart)

3 seals, 3 blessings, 3 auras, 3 bubbles

I'd just be amazed with the +21% to hit with ToW.......

[Drizzit]

If wrath does stack would it be wise to do 9 shams and a pally? Drop down 9 wraths, when pally needs heal you can 4 x healing wave. You'll have 4 fire/earth elementals. With the 9 totems you have a 27% chance to crit/hit just on totems alone and including armor bonus. You never know they also might give us a better totem later on. With gear you should be able to pull like almost 60% crit/hit rate. You'll hit everything and crit everything lol. That is just crazy.

[Stabface]

I don't think dropping to a single tank is feasible, because there will be fights where having 2 tanks is absolutely required at any sort of obtainable gear level. Just look at Bear boss in ZA as an example, while it is (probably) possible to single-tank him you will need the healers and tank to have probably T6/Sunwell loots to do so.

[Suvega]

however multiple target tanking sux ass

That might change come WotLK

Everything might change come WotLK, hell my Circle of Imba has a CD

However, warriors "Niche" is powerful single target tanking with great threat and decent avoid/ mit.
Bears have great mitigaiton, and good 3 target threat.
Pallies can AoE tank like it's no prob
and DK can Spellcaster tank.


I doubt they'll change these paradigms, as it would affect the other 3 tank classes.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

If wrath does stack would it be wise to do 9 shams and a pally? Drop down 9 wraths, when pally needs heal you can 4 x healing wave. You'll have 4 fire/earth elementals. With the 9 totems you have a 27% chance to crit/hit just on totems alone and including armor bonus. You never know they also might give us a better totem later on. With gear you should be able to pull like almost 60% crit/hit rate. You'll hit everything and crit everything lol. That is just crazy.

Be careful what you wish for. :P

[-silencer-]

I wouldn't be suprised at all if they take out the stacking of Totem of Wrath in WotLK.

[Lyonheart]

I wouldn't be suprised at all if they take out the stacking of Totem of Wrath in WotLK.

Only reason they would is if they think most guilds will want more than 5 shaman in a raid. I dont think they will nerf totems based on the fact that multiboxers play multi shaman. But they might, I hope not!

[noir]

On Retadins....

Feral Druids can OT w/o respeccing.
Arms Warriors can OT w/o respeccing.
Ret Pallies cannot OT, period.

Holy Shield is too deep into Prot, and w/o Holy Shield, you just can't tank effectively -- and that deep into Prot prevents you from getting Crusader Strike, your bread and butter instant ret attack.

If you want a silence-immune tank, you want a druid, as they can still multitank, unlike wars which rely on micromanagement.

And yeah, if you're 10-boxing, just say no to CC. That will never happen reliably.

[Suvega]

Arms Warriors can OT w/o respeccing.
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And yeah, if you're 10-boxing, just say no to CC. That will never happen reliably.

LOL Wut?

A) my war as arms builds no threat tanking, almost unusable.

B) Hate to tell ya, but UNLESS your tank is OVERGEARED for a 10 man, you will NEVER be able to do it w/o CC.

CC is COMPLETLY viable, I do it daily. L2focus :P