I enjoy tanking alot as a warrior in classic. I never got a chance to play TBC but I heard druids and paladins have significant improvements in feral/protection trees. I’m wondering which tanking class is the most fun to play in TBC? And most effective in dungeons and raids? Thanks.
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They all have their place, and can all hold their own really.
Paladins really shine in 5 man’s, but are also very welcomed in raid groups.
I remember having an easier time gearing my Warrior than my Druid, but don’t take that as gospel.
This time around I’ll probably be focusing more on Pally tanking as my primary.
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All have their own perks. Do you prefer to aoe tank, main tank, flex dps/tank? All three specs have pros and cons.
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Pally AoE tank looks hella fun. Sorry, what do you mean by flex dps/tank? As in druid shapeshifting bear into cat and vice versa?
Don’t be fooled by people saying, “this class is good at tanking 5 mans while this class is good at tanking this other niche”. When it comes to WoW raiding, the most important thing is single target dps/tanking because you only fight one boss at a time. You want the class that generates the most single target threat so that nobody else can surpass them, making warriors the best option. None of the top raiding guilds will be tanking with a paladin or druid.
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It’s amazing how you can fit so much garbage into one paragraph.
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Finish this sentence for me.
Best to stay silent and have…
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Let’s archive this post until TBC and we’ll see if you don’t delete your post.
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pie a la mode for dessert.
This topic really needs it’s own thread
For pure fun? I would def have to say paladin. They just straight up own in tbc especially early on
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Idk if this even warrants a response…
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You can almost smell the desperation of wanting to stay the only relevant tanking class
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it’s not desperation. It’s facts. We are knee deep in min/max culture. Why bring a class that’s inherently gimped (jack of all trades master of none) when you can bring a dedicated class that’s just better? You guys seem to forget what happened with classic. Warriors also have heroic strike queueing which will drastically shake up the meta compared to private servers. At the push of a button warriors can eliminate a 28% miss chance. How do you think that will affect overall dps and threat generation? How do you think warriors in classic are pushing over 2k dps? Numbers unheard of in private servers.
I successfully tanked TBC as Paladin and a Druid. I was too busy murdering on my Warrior to see how fun Warrior tanking was.
We’re more knowledgeable now, you can play whatever the hell you want.
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Druid is the most fun. Paladin is the best tank.
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All three work fine for both raid and 5 man. I had a blast playing my warrior and druid. In TBC. The difference between Pala, Druid, and Warrior is smaller than the Variance you’ll see fight to fight that can be attributed to RNG. Mathematically its there if you care, but in practice, they are all about equal.
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You have no clue what you’re talking about in any way shape or form.
- Warriors generate the least threat between the three tanks in Burning Crusade.
- Effective HP is far more important in BC than it ever was in Classic.
- Single target threat generation is BY FAR the least important thing about a tank in Burning Crusade due to how Earth Shield, Misdirect, Tranquility Totem, and Blessing of Salvation interact with each other.
- Warriors are one of the worst DPS in Burning Crusade. The only reason Warrior DPS is even relevant in Classic is because of world buffs. Warriors have literally no chance of ever competing against Warlocks and Hunters in BC.
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Get crushed son lol.
To answer your question “How do you think warriors in classic are pushing over 2k dps?” World buffs. World buffs that you won’t have in TBC.
But by all means, dual wield tank Tidewalker or Brutallus. Show us what you got.
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Most fun? That’s pretty subjective but all three are easy enough.
Most effective? That’s easy:
- 5-mans and AoE scenarios, Paladins, without fail (both for survival and threat)
- Big nasty single target bosses, Druids, without fail (both for survival and threat)
Warriors unfortunately only get their gimmick of Spell Reflect which is useful for Kael’thas (if you’re slow on DPS) and Reliquary of Souls (also a DPS thing). You could very easily go Druid/Paladin as the MT duo and cover everything but those two situations. Paladins are exceptionally sturdy in TBC, gaining a fair hunk of scaling Stamina (far more than Warriors, but less than Druids) and damage reduction from all sources (less than Warriors, but more than Druids).
I think people slept on Paladin MTs too much in TBC until way later. They make Hyjal and later a breeze compared to trying it with Druids and Warriors.
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We had one in TBC and one thing was certain, the paladin tank needs to bring a second shield because they block so frequently when AE tanking that it can break mid pack.
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