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Glyph choices for a lvl 70 Frost Tank
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Post by
totemmunkey
Right now, I'm currently Blood for leveling and I absolutely love it. Once I reach Northrend and hit level 70 I plan on getting the dual-spec specialization and going Frost Tank with
this build
. I need some help deciding between a few glyphs. At level 70, you only have two major glyph slots and obviously
Glyph of Howling Blast
will be one of them. For the other one, I'm undecided between the following:
Glyph of Icebound Fortitude
Combined with Guile of Gorefiend, this would help reduce more damage taken at a longer time. As a leveling tank, not sure how much defense gear would be available to me just yet.
Glyph of Unbreakable Armor
Helps reduce damage taken on a 2 min cooldown.
Glyph of Obliterate
With Obliterate being our main multi-rune attack, dealing more damage would in-turn generate more threat.
I haven't had a chance to test them all yet and would rather get opinions from players who already have. Which one of the glyphs listed above are more useful for a leveling Frost Tank? Thanks.
EDIT: Keep in mind, I'm looking for glyphs that would be more useful for tanking since I will be keeping my Blood leveling spec via Dual-Spec Specialization.
Post by
Aleanos
Your speccs looks good, you're apparently a Glyph of HB fan so go nuts :P
I'd definitely reccomend glyph of Oblit, it should help greatly at bosses.
I'd say the Glyph of IBF is better (than UA) since you'll be able to use/have a good IBF usage/uptime.
Without seeing your gear I'd say that you should pick IBF (as your third glyph), but this can change depending on your gear.
However, should you be grouping with great healers and you already have decent tanking gear I'd suggest you get the Glyph of Frost strike if you need more tps (or when you hit level 80).
Edit: Sorry I didn't consider that you'd only have 2 major glyph spots open at 70, post edited to reflect my true thoughts/ideas :)
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Post by
totemmunkey
I'll go with Obliterate then. Seems like the smart choice. It's more useful since it's something I'll be using constantly, rather than an Emergency button like the other two.
Some great advice. Thanks a lot.
Post by
tomgc
I'd take Glyph of Frost Strike over all 3 of those glyphs if I was coupling it with the HB Glyph.
No idea if the glyph is
technically
better than the Oblit glyph - I haven't checked. But anything that lets me use Frost Strike more is a winner in my book.
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