Tanking, this LITERLY means you take damage! If seeing your health bar move scares you then you do NOT want to do this role, period! Now if you can see past this then continue reading.
Tanking Easy Mode: There is no easy mode to tanking. Because tanks are needed so badly, half decent skill will keep you in groups. At lower levels you fight the "im so OP" dps to pull, keep threat, and stay in control. At higher levels you fight for threat while trying to not be one shotted.
Tanking requires threat and survivablity. So before you ever que, learn your CDs and put them on your bars!
Learning Fights: Unlike dps and healers, you need a warm fuzzy about the fights. So to start look up the fights for tanks and look for the 4 basics:
1. Adds--When, where, how many.
2. Taunting--Can you taunt, when do you need to.
3. Survivablity--Whens he going to have a massive attack, when do I need to pop a major CD.
4. Positioning--Where do I need to be, wheres the boss need to be, when does he need moving.
Reading and watching is NOTHING to actually experiencing the fights though. So this wont make you a expert but it will help prevent you from killing the raid!
If still alittle unclear on the fights, ask the group or the other tank! More then likely, they'll help for fear or getting killed!
LFR and raid Tanking Rules:
1. Make sure ya got a warm and fuzzy on the fights.
2. Communicate. Talk to the other tank before the fight, learn whos on what and when your trading off if needed! If your in vent talk to them through out the fight as well. Dont be scared to do things right!
3. Remember, LFR and Normals ARE DIFFERENT. The mechanics are similar but the damage is MAJORLY nerfed in LFR. Be aware of this and talk to your raid about the times to pop CDs.
4. Trust healers to help you. Dont blow all your CDs in the first 2 seconds because you took damage. Boss fights take time and your going to make it worse later on by doing this!
Basic Advice--Dont hit max level and then decide you want to start tanking with a class you've never tanked with. If you have a warm and fuzzy on how to tank, you still shouldnt do it with a class you've never tanked as! Try it as a lower level then practice on your max level by soloing. Pull a range of mobs starting with 1 to learn rotation and then move up to 5 to practice AoE rotation and then 8-15 to test your CDs and survivablity. Hint: Dont do this with elites if your alone, tanks usually take damage better then they deal it.
More advice: Dont cookie cutter and follow other peoples rotations. Tanks have to be flexiable just like healers. You have to learn how to increase and decrease your threat when needed and you have to use CDs when needed. Gem, chant, and play to YOUR style. Be willing to take advice and experiment but dont follow them to the letter. You'll end up hating the character because you dislike how its played. This is your character, its YOUR role, and its YOUR choice how to play it. So play it in a way thats fun and effective!
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This was posted in Cata time so now you have the Proving Grounds to help teach you the role of protecting but its the most basic form, a great starting block!
Elve
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