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Zakkhar
Q1- i saw a guildy dk using dual wield tanking and he says that its pretty good, better than 2 hand.
Does he have any serious experience in 2h tanking to say so? I doubt. DW tanking is a little different than 2h tanking, i wouldnt say better.
and i met some saying that dual wield dk tank is bad. might as well put a shammy to tank. what are your oppions and could someone really break it down for me. also the builds for this would be nice.
The problem with dw tanks is that most of them are complete noobs and have no clue what to do and what kind of weapon they should use. I keep seeing DW tanks with 2 fast tank weapons. They cant keep threat, nor survive the beating.
Q2- what is the best pre-raid gear (dps and tank) and what should i spend my frosites on? i would like to dps in raids but tanking gear is also nice. and is it worth it to max gem and enchant 245 and 232 gear.
Check the stickies, there is plenty of info for you.
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Longtiem
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Actually, this is of interest of me. I read in another thread on here that 2 fast tank weapons are the way to go.
In response to OP,
It seems to me that threat from DW tanking is more constant, as in less burst-y. 2h threat pops up and down in big bursts. Neither is better/worse than the other, if you can't hold threat in frost presence it is not because of your weapon choice, you are doing something else very wrong.
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I keep seeing DW tanks with 2 fast tank weapons. They cant keep threat, nor survive the beating.
It's not just the 2 fast tank weapons that contribute to their beating or threat issues. Even if a trash mob can parry haste, they're just hitting one mob. There are clearly many other problems if that is happening (though the two I just mentioned do contribute to it).
Still, I'd say slow / slow works best... just wish Blizz would make 2.6 speed weapons with tank stats mainstream drops in raids, it's not like it would hurt warriors or pallies in any way (considering that pally's HotR scales with weapon dps and not speed as well as 5 stack SoV dealing % of weapon damage, also this would do nothing but HELP warriors since Devastate deals a % of weapon damage now, and it's not like Heroic Strike would be gimped by this change).
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(Many dual wielding DKs use their Rune of the Nerubian Carapace on both MH and OH instead of Mongoose/Blade Ward, but some do use Mongoose/Blade Ward so I added it in)
Mongoose/Bladeward are PPM, therefore speed of the weapon doesnt matter.
Using Mongoose over Swordshattering/breaking is kinda fail.
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