Solo Delves: Tank vs DPS

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Just curious what spec you run when doing solo Delves.

I have been running them as Ret since the start, but last night I gave Prot a go. It felt like I turned down the difficulty drastically.

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Dps is faster so long as you don’t die , tanking is chill mode

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If I’m running with tank spec available class, then I run as tank.

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Been running 8s as fury and the more gear I get the smoother it becomes. I just hit 80 on my lock this morning so I’ll be trying out demo this week.

Don’t get me wrong, I like prot warrior but fury is just SO MUCH fun.

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Tank mode. Easy chill never in danger. DPS if you want to do it faster but take more damage.

Also what’s up with the under water delves! Who’s bright idea to create an under water devles when we hate under water mechanics.

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There’s potions and a fishing pole that gives underwater breathing. Highly recommend.

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I always go Prot.

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will try that! Thanks! Also there are some dead spot in that delves. I got knockback too far into this area where I can’t jump out or walk out had to heartout and can’t finish it.

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Templar prot is fun and great in delves, imo.

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Doing rep right now.

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Guardian.

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Last time I tried to go in as a prot pally, I got killed faster than I did as a ret so I haven’t bothered with it again since. Though this was before they fixed the tank damage issue. But I’m able to breeze through delves as ret so I don’t really see any reason to try prot again at this point.

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I feel like a Blood DK basically would never die, but it’d be a slow clear time to compensate for that.

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I just run with my 5 man.

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I don’t care about cleat time. That’s one reason I love Delves no need to rush.

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i have been running BM hunter. mainly just do 8s but i have completed 9’s to see. might try a 10 tonight as im a little better geared now. ranged mobs hurt but brann is healer so as long as i lock down the casters im ok.

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What ilvl are you?

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I’m not a great player, sometimes I’m good and sometimes I’m terrible so I usually play tank spec because I tend to live longer but when I do, I have to prepare myself to be patient because ret can take down fast what prot takes seemingly forever to take down.

Except for monk, seems to be like that for all tank specs.
Brewmaster seems to be fairly fast compared to the other tanks but I haven’t done a delve on my BM Monk yet.

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For me it’s weird. On my Mage I’ll spec frost and just go to town. I’ve really only been doing 7s so maybe that’s why. But the same 7 on my Bear……seems a lot harder. I know it takes longer, obviously but I also die more on my bear than my mage. And I know I shouldn’t really die with all the self healing and what it.

But maybe I’m still stuck in WoD days of tanking as that’s when I stopped playing. And this is the first expansion I’ve ever had a chance to main as a DPS, so maybe learning a new class/spec with current gameplay is the cause of that. Idk maybe I just need to retrain my brain on this new style of tanking as a bear.

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Main tank but switched to Unholy as its just faster. You won’t die as long as you have bran set up for healer mode and you eat potions

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