Shadowlands Tank Rankings - Best Tanks for Mythic+ Season 1

Live Publié 15/12/2020 à 00:18 par trellsky

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Hi, I’m Trell. I am a writer for tanks in Mythic+ for Wowhead, and a host of the Titanforge Podcast. I started playing WoW in Legion and have loved it ever since. I have been a top ranked tank player focused on high Mythic+ since the launch of BFA. I enjoy competing for the highest keys possible on live servers, and competed on several MDI teams throughout the BFA seasons. I am a monk player at heart so you can be sure to find lots of Brewmaster-focused content on my Twitter, My Youtube channel or Live on Twitch. Feel free to stop by and say hello!

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Aspect de la tortueGelée jaillissanteGlobgrogOverall Tank Rankings (pros/cons)Front RunnersVengeance Demon Hunter

Pros: Vengeance is in a great spot right now, with very high damage output in dungeons mainly from Décret élyséen and Bombe spirituelle. Vengeance mitigation improved from BFA with the addition of Dévastation gangrenée baseline, which when paired with the Démoniaque talent allows more uptime on meta alongside Marque enflammée and Pointes démoniaques charges as mitigation options. Vengeance is the highest damage tank class and has quite a bit of self healing like usual. Vengeance still has high magic damage reduction built in, with more being available through conduits, something that not every tank has access to. It is a high mobility class that brings a mass silence in the form of Sigil de silence and Sigil de chaînes for grouping as well. Both sigils are strong in mythic+ (Sigil de supplice is also great for stops). Vengeance also brings Marque du chaos, a flat damage increase for the group depending on their damage profiles.

Cons: On the flipside, DH still has gaps in mitigation still, and may need to play a lower damage build with higher mitigation in super high keys (this is usually the case with Vengeance). The combination of Brûlé vif, Flammes déchirantes, and the Âme flamboyante legendary allows a build where fiery brand is active on several mobs in the pull quite often.

Covenant utility: Aside from the popular Décret élyséen for damage and soul generation, Demon Hunter has access to some unique utility in the Venthyr ability Marque immorale. This ability is very interesting and can change the entire spell queue of a boss by slowing its attack and cast speed at the right time. It also can be applied to an entire pack of mobs by entering Métamorphose and could be quite impactful on what is possible to pull without running out of interrupts or stops in my opinion.

Guardian Druid

Pros: Bear is the most sturdy tank in most situations in dungeons currently, especially during major cooldowns. Berserk is now baseline, with the talent Incarnation : Gardien d’Ursoc as an option to make it last longer and more powerful. Bear has several great legendaries and conduits to choose from (some tanks suffer in this area). Druids in general have pretty solid endurance and finesse conduits compared to most classes as well, such as Tête de la meute and Instinct infaillible. New utility can be brought to the group with the return of Cœur de fauve off-healing in Affinité avec la restauration (or damage in Affinité avec l’équilibre). Much of the same utility still exists for bear as well: access to a battle rez with Renaissance, Typhon or Vortex d’Ursol, Rugissement incapacitant, Ruée rugissante, Apaiser, and a poison/curse dispel: Délivrance de la corruption. Guardian is looking to be a very well rounded tank for many dungeons.

Cons: Bear lacks damage outside of Berserk or Incarn. It’s not terrible damage, but it’s not Vengeance levels. As usual, bears are vulnerable going into a pack or boss, but after the first 10 seconds or so of combat they have full resources flowing for Ferpoil uptime and full stacks of Rosser on the targets.

Covenant Utility: Kyrian and Night Fae both give Guardian new and interesting abilities that help the group in different ways. Âmes sœurs can save a party member's life quite often, as well as increasing damage output. Convoquer les esprits is a very flexible ability and can be used for damage or healing in large numbers, and can be cast in different forms to produce different spells.

Brewmaster Monk

Pros: Brewmaster got some good stuff going into Shadowlands. With the addition of Breuvage céleste to the base kit, Monks have a powerful shield to pop once or possibly twice every pull. Monk damage in mythic+ is currently looking above average after a few buffs and changes namely to the Invocation de Niuzao, le Buffle noir ability. Brewmaster now has more tools to attain threat at the start of pulls with the addition of Coup tournoyant de la grue baseline, and the revamped Virevolte playstyle feels great (I’m a little biased). Brewmaster continues to be a very strong utility source with Anneau de paix and Balayement de jambe, as well as bringing Toucher mystique, and a poison/disease dispel in Détoxification. An attempt was made to give Brewmaster a death grip, but unfortunately Fracas is extremely buggy and doesn’t really move the targeted mob far at all. It’s better used as a short mass root on the mobs near the targeted mob.

Cons: Report values are lower in the first season, and will be pretty noticeable until monks are geared around heroic raid item level (210-213ish). Early on, monks will take a lot of damage and might not seem great, but after some time and more stats they will likely flow better defensively and be able to get much better use out of Celestial brew on any given pull.

Covenant Utility: Brewmaster covenant active abilities don’t add a ton of utility, only damage and healing in different forms. When using Breuvage poussière-d’os or Piétinement de ligne faë, try to hit some of your party members as well for some extra group healing.

Middle of the PackProtection Paladin

Pros: Prot Paladin was changed to use holy power again, and in doing so gave much higher uptime on Bouclier du vertueux (SOTR). Prot pally remains similar to BFA otherwise but the big change is that instead of having gaps in mitigation by default, the paladin can choose whether to drop SOTR to use more casts of Mot de gloire (WOG), or to keep SOTR rolling and only use the free WOG from every 5 SOTR casts. I think Pally is in a great spot rotationally, and brings a lot of utility to the group like usual. Every Paladin spec now has Aura de dévotion (and other auras) as well. Bénédiction de protection, Bénédiction de sacrifice, and Bénédiction de liberté remain powerful tools, as well as having a personal immunity to solve some dungeon mechanics: Bouclier divin. Paladin excels in many dungeons with more interrupts than the average tank because of Bouclier du vengeur, brings a disease/poison dispel with Purification des toxines, and currently does quite a lot of damage during cooldowns as well.

Cons: The downside of Paladin is the base mitigation. Even though is up almost full time now, the armor it gives is fairly low in the grand scheme of things. Paladin received an armor nerf a few weeks back and I think that will cause it a struggle to survive higher level keys.

Covenant Utility: Glas divin is a very flexible active ability, and can be used as a mass silence on several caster mobs. This is pretty big for Paladin to have access to for mythic+. The Night Fae ability Bénédiction de l’automne may be pretty impactful by giving cooldown reduction to a party member. If there is another situation where one DPS spec is extremely powerful (late-BFA fire mage) in high mythic+, this has potential to be very good when paired with that specialization.

The OthersBlood Death Knight

Pros: DK continues to be the most self sufficient tank in terms of self healing, but at the cost of low armor. Going into Shadowlands, DK was given Connexion runique baseline and easier access to Drain sanglant to help with extra mitigation windows and some on-demand rune generation. Zone anti-magie is also a welcome addition and will be quite impactful in many heavy group damage situations. DK utility has always been top notch, having Poigne de la mort and Emprise de Fielsang as great grouping tools. DK brings a battle rez in Réanimation d'un allié, immunity to certain kinds of debuffs through Carapace anti-magie, Asservir un mort-vivant and Asphyxier. DK also has a conduit that may scale well eventually to do some great group healing: Lien du sang

Cons: DK is liable to get one-shot by high amounts of physical damage through Bouclier d’os. This has been true for the last few patches and will continue in high keys due to the nature of how the tank spec is designed. It is very hard to balance blood dk to a point where it is sturdy enough to live tons of damage, but not too overpowered because of having an enormous amount of self healing through the synergies of Frappe de mort and cooldowns like Sang vampirique. DK lacks quite a bit of damage currently, especially burst AOE damage, and struggles to get threat on pull against experienced or well-geared DPS players. DK could use some love for dungeons! Until damage or threat is buffed DK's are mostly forced into running all offensive talents and options, such as Tempête d’os and Brume écrasante.

Covenant Utility: Membre abominable is definitely an interesting ability for mythic+ as it gives DK’s even more grouping utility. While it’s a little unreliable, it could be great for dealing with mobs that constantly jump away (example: half of the mobs in Spires of Ascension).

Protection Warrior

Pros: Shadowlands Prot warrior continues to have the highest base armor, and when Maîtrise du blocage is up has the highest physical mitigation by far. Warrior is quite a bit different now with the many talent changes coming out of BFA but still brings the unique and powerful Reflet de sort. Recent data has come out indicating that this no longer damages bosses in mythic+, but it will still allow warriors to ignore certain mechanics on bosses, and reflecting trash mob abilities is still very impactful as well. Warrior doesn’t do a ton of damage currently, but it does have some decent burst with Ravageur, Rugissement de dragon and covenant abilities. Warrior still has access to much of the same utility from BFA: Onde de choc, Éclair de tempête, Cri d’intimidation, and Intervention to protect party members from some physical attacks. Lancer fracassant was added baseline in Shadowlands - use it on the Nalthor le Lieur-de-Givre fight to shatter his shield).

Cons: Warrior talents were completely changed around, ending the era of Maîtrise de la rage cycling with Renforcement to give nearly 100% uptime on shield block. This means that shield block has many more gaps in uptime now and it is very dangerous for the warrior when it’s not up. This will cause big problems in high keys, similar to the issues with Vengeance mitigation uptime. Avatar is no longer a strong defensive ability without the synergy of the azerite trait Bastion de puissance. Some threat issues now also exist for warrior because the playstyle is so different, but Cri de défi was added at least to solve threat issues on some pulls.

Covenant Utility: Warrior has some unique covenant abilities that add damage and good utility. Réplique des anciens can stop many casts back to back if there are casters all grouped in the effect. Lance du Bastion is similar to Vortex d’Ursol and allows the warrior more freedom of kiting, as well as adding good burst damage. Bannière du conquérant can also help the group a bit by adding some HP to 2 other party members to help survive a one-shot.