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Tanking as dps, what content is possible?
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skumbananer
In heroic VH, the tank left before we even started. The few tanking pieces i own on my dk i had left in my bank. I asked the healer if it was ok that i tried to tank so we didnt have to wait, dpsspecced in dps gear and all. healer said that he would like the challenge.
Some 24k unbuffed hp, a little ressilience (4 pieces of my dps gear i obtained from pvp, far from being uncrittable), no defense, no defensive talents, just baseline abilities and frost presence.
It went very well, aggro was easy to hold (high crit, high damage and frost presence ftw), and i used the few defensive cds i had as well as lifeblood. Only died once when healer was out of range.
Ok, the healer was in full t9, disc specced and the dpsers pulled of insane dps, even the tank (me) did decent dps so mobs went down very fast.
So, heroic VH and probably many other heroics is fully possible without a proper tank, just someone the healer can focus heals on is enough. On my warrior, me arms specced, a fury warrior and 3 ret paladins did hos heroic, no healer, no tank, just dps and a few instant healing spells, so, for heroics you dont need anything really besides high dps. Lots of eating pauses though.
How far in the current content you think could be possible without a proper tank? Would OS10 be possible? Some naxx10 bosses?
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Monday
In heroic VH, the tank left before we even started. The few tanking pieces i own on my dk i had left in my bank. I asked the healer if it was ok that i tried to tank so we didnt have to wait, dpsspecced in dps gear and all. healer said that he would like the challenge.
Some 24k unbuffed hp, a little ressilience (4 pieces of my dps gear i obtained from pvp, far from being uncrittable), no defense, no defensive talents, just baseline abilities and frost presence.
It went very well, aggro was easy to hold (high crit, high damage and frost presence ftw), and i used the few defensive cds i had as well as lifeblood. Only died once when healer was out of range.
Ok, the healer was in full t9, disc specced and the dpsers pulled of insane dps, even the tank (me) did decent dps so mobs went down very fast.
So, heroic VH and probably many other heroics is fully possible without a proper tank, just someone the healer can focus heals on is enough. On my warrior, me arms specced, a fury warrior and 3 ret paladins did hos heroic, no healer, no tank, just dps and a few instant healing spells, so, for heroics you dont need anything really besides high dps. Lots of eating pauses though.
How far in the current content you think could be possible without a proper tank? Would OS10 be possible? Some naxx10 bosses?
No. Defense capped=required for raids, or you will be hit to death before the healers have time to say "WT-".
And If i remember right Heroic VH has been soloed before, so I'm not sure if its really, really a big deal. (Sorry for my mean post, its just how the topic is though).
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Rubendesmet619
I personaly tank heroics in DPS gear with guild healers. Talking about stuf like VH/UK/Nexus(shield for last bos)
Realisticly speaking, any TBC dungeon can be tanked by a DPS, from the moment you enter Northrend it gets a lot harder.
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