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Bllets
My Spec:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#jcEGVh0IcbobssxhxZ0gh:diGMmV
I wouldn't use GoD as a tank, one of the strength of GoD as dps is that you can have insane diseases rolling through an entire fight, by applying them while greatness/FS/etc. is up and keeping these strengthen diseases with GoD.
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Bllets
GoD is useful at times, so that's why I have it for my tank. Although I do occasionally reapply them the normal way.
I wouldn't recommend 3/3 SoB, 2/3 at most. 1/3 for my Blood DK is enough to keep his RP high pretty much all the time. I really wouldn't take WotN either, since it's nerfed into the ground and almost does nothing now.
Saved my ass against IC hardmode in Uld10. :)
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Post by
Bonurmum
WotN has always been and still is the top performing Tank talent in any tree, never pass it up, its only inferior to the paladains equivlent which was boosted last patch, we arent paladins, its all we have and a pivotal talent to take.
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Post by
hashmel
bind rune strike to pretty much everything (well a bit of an exaggeration) while tanking, if your DK so much as farts he'd better have a rune strike going with it.
it's as simple as (replace said ability with the appropriate macro on your bars)
/cast Death Strike (Rank 5)
/cast Rune Strike
/cast Heart Strike (Rank 6)
/cast Rune Strike
etc....
once you've spread your diseases and have 4 death runes on the way be ready to unload some blood boils for some very nice aoe snap aggro
single target threat should never be a problem so long as you remember the #1 tanking rule
rune strike Rune Strike RUNE STRIKE
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Bonurmum
It hasnt changed, at all. Just that Paladin's have had their "mirror" talent boosted to the point of almost OP (guardian spirit heal FTL), read the tooltip of the talent and try to compare 1 DK tank ability blood has thats any better, VB comes barely close, Unless its heroic tanking WotN
will
save your life on several occasions, dont pass it up, you will be wasting points elswhere if you do.
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Tonkatuff
This is the spec I use
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#jcERVh0IsbobssxhxZ0gh0o:GdiVM0
Your main problem, which has been stated before, is that you need to use rune strike constantly. I have it bound to all my moves. Hysteria is a good talent because you can throw it on your top dps to increase their damage, and if you keep your diseases up you shouldn't need rune tap because your death strikes should be enough to heal you, I know mine heal me for 5.8k give or take. Glyph of blood tap is important because you don't have to worry about the hp loss and you should use blood tap often. Once you have def cap without stoneskin gargoyle switch to swordshattering for the parry because avoidance is always important.
my armory for the gear I use
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Bleeding+Hollow&n=Tonkatuff
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Thror
I am new to blood tanking. I have always been a frost tank, but am starting to see the light. I was able to tank 10-ToC just fine, but in Heroic mode the equally geared pally tank survived with 5 stacks on him and I die with 3. Even switching healers did not adjust this. From what I am told blood is easier to heal with a higher survivability. I saw this spec on a well geared tank (40k unbuffed health) from a major guild on my server.
Blood Spec
I dont understand the thinking behind it, and is it a reasonable one to use?
That build is absolutely bad and stupid as hell. Rolling blood without Death Rune Mastery is like rolling Feral without Survival of the Fittest.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#jcEGVh0ccbofssxhxZ0gh
This. A cookie cutter Blood tanking build without any personal preference applied.
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Thror
Ah &*!@, yes i know. I did a mistake when clicking the build :V Sorry. It was supposed to be this:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#jcEGVh0IcbobssxhxZ0gh
Look, i use it.
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Drak%27thul&cn=Thr%C3%B3r&gn=Iron+Guards
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