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Post by
Lightrain
So, I'm tanking heroic UB with 17k armor, 12k+ hp, 23% dodge, and about 1370 attack power I think with maybe 20 or so hit rating. I'm still a bit squishy for the dual boglord part, but everything else I can handle pretty well, and managed to handle it the first time with a priest with 910+healing(with a few wipes as it's her first 70 and her first heroic).
I can probably off tank pretty well in kara as I'm uncrittable, but I don't think I can main tank kara, or most heroics. I'm going to grind orgri'la for the trinket, and working H UB for the boots. After I get the boots, I'm going to grind H MT for the legs. Hopefully by then I'll have my pvp head, and can get rid of the honor blues. Looks like my armory was taken in kitty gear.... Off the top of my head- merc shoulders, pvp blue head and legs, manimal belt, mgt rogue boots(on the armory link), horrible trinkets(those are on my armory), and I think my chest is a high armor green(harness of something...), I don't have my signet (yet), and one is the ring from ramps(normal, and I think it's the better one of my 2 rings), staff of beasts, idol of the wild, handgrips of assasination, the cloak from mech, and the bracers from the cypher of damnation chain. I put stam patches on, and 30 stam leg patch on my legs(pvp blue is not worth any more gold....).
My question- Should I use my badges on Idol of Terror, or grind out the ring of stalwart protector first? I probably also need a neck with more stam, and a chest piece. Oh, and is the trinket from keepers of time exalted worth it for the extra stam, or should I just wait out moroes lucky pocket watch to go with my badge from ogri'la(once I finally get out there....)? My avoidance is low, but I think my armor and stam is lower atm.... Am I right? Or should I be working on my avoidance? Those bog lords hit me for 2300-2800 at the start of the fight.
Also, which heroics do you think I can handle with this gear? I think MT and UB should be fine, and those are the main ones I need atm....
I'm grinding cenarion still, and have a long ways to go for my earthwarden. I'm going to grind ogri'la for the trink, the 2 heroic drops I stated, and get the hands from the chain line that ends in arcatraz. Of course, run kara every week as well, and hope for a T4 drop, or some useful trash drop.
Post by
Angelyne
I think that you would get more responses if you actually made sure to log out in your tanking gear and provided a link.
Post by
Lightrain
Hehe, I thought I did.... It will be tomorrow tho. Cursed dailies and lack of sleep! =)
I would link it all, but I don't have the time to search it all as this internet is ungodly slow and I'm at work.
What I am mainly asking.
Is the ring of stalwart defender more important than idol of terror?
What should I bump more? Work on getting to 20k armor and above, or try to find more gear for avoidance?
Is there an acquireable chest, or do I need the clefthoof chest?
I'm thinking I can't squeeze much more stam out of this gear(yes, stam patches and blue gems, and I'm not wasting a meta on pvp blue). I think the heroic drops will bump my avoidance themselves along with armor, but are a bit low on stam(probably more than what I have tho).
I'm basically right at the uncrittable cap, just low on gear as he's only a 3 week old 70(a little above uncrittable till I get my S2 head and burn my pvp blues). I don't particularly like the clefthoof set since all it has is armor and stam on it, and my leatherworking still needs work to get there. I prefer to keep my attack power up and make it easier on the healers only having to focus on one target.
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Post by
Lightrain
OK, my armory is right now, but it's glitched. It shows me at 1268 stam and 16k hp.... It's 13k hp with those buffs. I'm probably going to try to get the staff from heroic Bot as well. I'm thinking I'm going to have to grind my LW to get clefthoof chest, but I really don't like that set. I hold aggro against 700dps toons, while 2 druid tanks that tried heroic ramps on the last boss couldn't hold the aggro against them at all until they got a big lead on them(one had 18k hp, and full clefthoof set... 2 pieces of T4). Eh, hopefully I can get the T4 drop in kara this week, then just use the pvp chest instead of the head.
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Post by
ruleofthumb
Get Earthwarden as soon as humanly possible. Its the best tanking weapon a Druid can use until later in the 25-man content. And my suggestion is to get Idol of Terror first. Its only 25 badges and will probable stay with you for a very long time.
As for a the Heavy Clefthoof set? Definately. Stack them with +12 gems and you're golden. Just remember, don't stack too much on defense rating. You only need 415 (with Survival of the Fittest) to be uncritable.
\I'd say that you should worry on getting your armor up right now. When you gem/enchant your gear, you should be focusing on stam and agi only. Unless you may need to get a few more points of defense rating. Agi gives you armor, increases TPS (from crits), and increases dodge.
Post by
Lightrain
Ya, right now I'm at 14.8k hp with fort, 20.2k armor in bear. I got lucky and picked up the t4 hands in kara this week. Almost picked up the t4 head too, but the other druid needed it. I'm saving for the sso 100 badge chest. I want to pick up the mana tombs legs the most just because they should be easy to get and will get me out of the honor blue set. Then the ub boots. I'm also grinding for the pvp head, and the head and shoulders with signet should make me uncrittable, if not I have a resil neck that isn't horrible, and can chant the chest for resil. I've been trying to grind heroic ub and slavepens(normal or heroic) but it's hard as hell to get a group unless it's the daily heroic. I did heroic bot twice, but didn't get the staff there out of it. My main goal is to get outa the honor blues. PVP head and ub legs, I should be around 23k or more armor(25-26k with sso chest), with a bit more stam since I will meta the pvp head, and it adds 31 stam to the pvp blue. As soon as I can find a group for steamvaults to grind it, I will. I could grind it heroic for more honor too.
IMO, I have a hard enough time keeping up with heroic dps. The normal dps I can find for heroics pushes 700-1.2k dps, and having clefthoof will gimp my aggro even over the green
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31443
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http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30942
I'm currently sporting. Everyone in heroic sees them and usually leaves not even giving me a chance... I can easily tank most heroics since 90% of the healers we have on our realm are in t5-t6 content, sporting 1800-2100+healing, and I only really need 1500-1600 unless I have no cc. If I'm doing the daily, I can easily get a healer with those stats. If I'm doing an off heroic, I have to suffer thru wipes cause of a healer sporting 1k-1.4k+heals that doesn't have much experience.
Another quick question, how much armor and stam should I look for? When should I stop stacking stam, and stack more agil?
Post by
Ja2on888
Another quick question, how much armor and stam should I look for? When should I stop stacking stam, and stack more agil?
Well you should be asking yourself which raids you wanna shoot for before looking at where to stop stacking x stat. So it would help if you let a range of where you'd like to tank =)
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Post by
Lightrain
Ya, I was thinking about belt of natural power. Currently, I'm 1 week away from getting the s3 helm, and 26 or so badges from the sso chest piece. Those will get me out of this crappy pvp blue, and give me a generous stam and armor boost gear alone, let alone descent gems and enchants. After that, I'll be farming badges for the ring of the stalwart protector, and I'm almost high enough in rep for the sso QM neck piece with a generous stam and expertise boost. I just picked up the clefthoof boots, the ring from mgt normal, and the leg drop from heroic MT. Sitting at 22.5k armor now, with a bit more stam(my armory is resto atm. Trying to grind some honor for arena resto since I've been neglecting it, and I only have one piece of dragonhide left to get).
IDK how far I will get tanking. I can't raid much, so kara and heroics will probably be close to my limit. Maybe get into some higher content with this guy, t5 will probably be my max, but you never know. I'll have to pick up the badge of tenacity, and moroe's pocket watch or the tank trink from priestess, and get some rep for CE and get my earthwarden. Then I'll be pretty much set. Maybe I can call in a favor from some of my t5/t6 friends to get the belt of natural power made... I'm still not holding my breath there either tho.
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