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GenXCub
1) If you're comparing the 3 points in subversion to the 3 points in Ravenous dead, then Subversion wins, IMO, but the difference is marginal. If you have 1000 STR at about the ilvl 226, that Ravenous Dead is getting you 30 STR, which just means 7 parry rating and 60 AP. Not a good return on 3 talent points, IMO. Though to be even more opinionated, if you're running 5-mans at all for badge gearing, I'd take one of those subversion points and go for Corpse Explosion. CE, pretty much worthless in raids, but point-for-point, 1 point in that way beats out 1 point in ravenous dead or subversion for threat generation during trash fights. It's also fun.
2) Sudden Doom is better for blood dps specs because they're using more heart strikes. While tanking, you'll use more death strikes and blood boils, and fewer heart strikes. I'd never call it bad, but if it's between SD and Morbidity, Morbidity wins.
3) Yes.
4) If your choice is between Dark Death and Rune Strike, and you can only have 1, I'd put the rune strike glyph above DD. You're talking about glyphs that increase your threat from runic power, and RS will be a bigger threat gain since it has a bigger multiplier, and you're using way more RS's than DC's. RS you use all the time since it's a next-swing ability. You're not waiting for your Dump portion of the rotation to take advantage of it.
5) Imp BP is one of those "where else would I put those points?" kind of talents. I don't find it terribly useful, but when you're that far down in the tree, you have to put 2 points into either IBP, Sudden Doom, Abom's Might, or bloodworms. It works out much better in 5-man content. I have it, but I could do without it and not miss it.
TL;DR - Blood tanking is very flexible, moreso than Frost or Unholy. I think it's tough to screw things up, even if you add certain things and take others out.
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Wolfsfury
and the first itme a healer say "you drop too easy" I'm going back to frost. lol
You know I heard that once and I told the healer to heal more, the difference between blood and frost tank is more hp VS about 3% more mitigation.
I have been a blood tank since day one and I will never change. I have more oh sh*t buttons that I rarely use that when I need them I can stand up to some of the worst abuse (9 stacks of impale from gormock in toc 25 man using VB and ice bound). Don't be taken away by the fact you take just alittle more damage, you heal that nine times out of ten long before a healer needs to worry about the little extra damage. Its nice to see death strike healing for 6-7k easy when im fully raid buffed.
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