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Newbie and Heroics, need help !
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Post by
Nemesis1001
Hey guys need a little help, just hit 80 on my deathknight, and i planned on tanking heroics, just wanting to know, what stat requirements are needed to tank heroics, ie hit,dodge,parry,def.
If it helps at all, heres an armoury link :)
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Thaurissan&n=N%C3%BCrgl%C3%AB
In advance sorry if there already is a disscussion up about this ;p
would appreciate any help/tips, as id be new to heroics, cheers ^^
Post by
Vasagi
Get 540 defense. You've got gargoyle on your weapon, but you still need more. Respec for more mitigation. Frost has the most "oh crap" buttons that you'll be relying on.
Post by
red8981
Need more hp, need 20k unbuff.
Spec to get a. Build extended from 5/5/5
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Post by
red8981
Without frost pressure... 20k hp and about 22k frost pressure. Get revered with argent crusder and buy the enchant add 20def rating and 30 sta. I would prefer 545 def. Armor is important too but not as much.
Btw, is agi add armor? I read in some other site...
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Post by
RobCairne
I started off tanking in 10 man naxx as a frost dk with 22k hp unbuffed and about 25k armor.
Post by
red8981
550 def is a bit high. Keep it higher than 545 but close to it.
Is the armor after frost pressure? I don't think it is enough as tank.
Parry and dodge is pretty low, but u get parry by using blood rune and dodge, I think you could put dodge gem instead of def rating into ur gear if it is possible.
Post by
RobCairne
Having a higher defense rating past the uncritable cap isn't that much of a waste anymore since IBF scales with DEF past 540.
Post by
Papercolor
defense is alwasy good regardless....having 540 isint even a questiosn...the more def the more total avoidance u gain.
As for the main post. Look up some times on wowhead that only drop in lvl 80 normal instances.
Typically its all in order
you quest to get the best blues so you can start tanking normal dungeons...you get the best blues you can from normal dungeons...start running heroics....get the best blues/purples from heriocs and badges...then start takning 10mans....get the best purples ....go to 25 mans ......etc.
Post by
GenXCub
I'm fairly new to tanking at heroic level. I got some pieces and badges doing heroics as DPS. I think the only thing that's hurting right now is my hit points. I'm at just over 23k in Frost Presence .
I'm also going to slightly modify my build. Even though people don't use D&D much in a frost tanking rotation, I find that if I'm pugging a heroic, I have to use it to start a pull because the AOE-crazy people and rogues who don't know what a skull means quickly go for another target before I have time to PS, IT, Pest, HB.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Silver+Hand&n=Corannis
You'll notice I'm wearing:
Rep reward Chest, Boots, Weapon, cloak
Gloves from CoT Strat quest
Bracers from Oculus quest
Rings from pre-80 instance quests (And they're not bad!)
Shoulder from Halls of Stone quest
Sigil from Grizzly Hills dailies (which you can get in 1 day, doing 3 of the quests)
Good lord, a trinket from level 60 Hellfire peninsula... I seriously don't know what to put here...
Heroic drop helm and badge belt
A Green neck, but it's pretty nice until you get the badge neck. More STA than most quest rewards
so far, I've done Heroic UK and VH with no problems, as long as your healer is decent and your DPS knows how to hold back. I know that's potentially a problem in groups.
Biggest tip, if you're in a place like H UK, and you're on a fight with 4 targets, and none will be CC'd, blow your IBF early, and UA if you can spare the frost rune. Having low HP makes the first part of fights tough.
Shamans are a DK's best friend because Hex will poly a target, and your diseases won't do enough damage to break it (HB will break it, D&D takes awhile before it breaks it). Don't be afraid to ask for some CC from druids or shamans.
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Post by
fenom
Having a higher defense rating past the uncritable cap isn't that much of a waste anymore since IBF scales with DEF past 540.
Not really, past 540 is still usefull yes, but not as much as the other stats you are missing out on, if you are past the cap you need to start dumping defense for stam, agility parry etc.
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