tanking
Death Knight Changes in Patch 3.2
Friday, June 19th, 2009 - 62 Comments
In the upcoming patch, death knights will be the only class to receive a talent point refund because, once again, they are getting an overhaul. Some of these changes are nerfs, some are buffs and others are redesigns of how the spells and abilities function. ... More
Dual Spec Is Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 - 46 Comments
I’ll admit that Dual Spec is going to be a game changing mechanic. There is no denying that. The ability to trivially change from one layout to another, glyphs, button layout and talents all together, is an exciting idea for most classes. While appealing to ... More
Tanking 101: Stats Part 3: Mitigation
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 - 18 Comments
Welcome to part three of my tanking stats overview for Tanking 101. So far we have covered maxing out our defense and talked a bit about avoidance. So we know how to make critical hits impossible, and we know how to avoid hits altogether. Today ... More
Allakhazam Interviews Lylelovett
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 - 8 Comments
Allakhazam continues its interview series with with the Project Lore crew this week by conducting an interview with Lylelovett, Project Lore’s protection warrior tank, AKA Joshua Brentano. When he isn’t busy tanking for Project Lore, Joshua is also the Executive Producer of the hit G4 ... More
Rogues Can Tank Too!
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 - 13 Comments
Bastosa has been writing an eloquent series of articles on Tanking stats this past week, and the latest post on Avoidance perked my interest. Before I ruin his credibility by agreeing with him while having a Rogue as my main, I assure you I ... More
Tanking 101: Stats Part 1: Defense
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 - 45 Comments
I got into a bit of an argument with Death knight tank in a PUG raid the other day that make me realize that tanking stats are often misunderstood. This particular tank was convinced that Stamina was the end all be all of tanking stats ... More
Ghostcrawler Had A Busy Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 - 16 Comments
Yesterday I mentioned that most of my Thanksgiving was spent trying to convince people to join me in Azeroth, rather than playing myself. It isn’t that I didn’t want to play, I did my best to find the time, but living far away from ... More
Will All Tanks Be The Same?
Monday, October 13th, 2008 - 37 Comments
Blizzard has made it no secret that there are some big tanking changes on the horizon in Wrath. On the surface this has all seemed really exciting. There are tons of new spells, abilities, and mechanics all around. They have stated they want all of ... More