Archives for Death Knight category
Posted on 2009 under Death Knight, Dedbitt, Tanking |
2
Jan
With holiday and raid schedules lining up together I’ve been doing more tanking in our guild raids. Enough so that I’ve been dealing more with tank gear than DPS gear. This has lead me to reading more in depth about tanking theorycraft. Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt |
29
Dec
It appears that melee hit cap for single weapons and special attacks is currently at 8% (use to be 9% against mobs +3 levels, i.e. bosses). It is uncertain whether this was a deliberate change with the expansion or a bug that will eventually get fixed. There is a thread on Elitist Jerks going over this matter and the testing done seems to be pretty consistent. Paladins are having some odd results and Titan’s Grip for warriors uses it’s own caps, but for single weapon users (feral druids, hunters, and of course two-handed death knights) the results all point to an 8% hit cap. Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt, Tanking |
22
Dec
It looks like with patch 3.0.8, currently on the public test realms, we’re getting real tank weapon options. The bad news is this really hurts our position when we make fun of warriors and paladins for being a bunch of shield using wussies. Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt, Tanking |
18
Dec
Continuing from gemming and enchanting for DPS here are my gem and enchant suggestions for your tanking gear. Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt |
17
Dec
Where consumables are usually seen as a raid only thing, gems and enchants for your gear is universal. Whether you raid, do heroics, or just solo these will help your PvE play and, being permanent (at least until that next gear upgrade), don’t have the same weekly cost. Here are my gem and enchant suggestions for your DPS gear. Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt |
15
Dec
Raiding is under way for some, others are looking at raiding starting up soon. Among other things that means it is time to start farming up consumables. And lucky us, on top of learning about all new consumables available this expansion we also get to learn about what is best for our new class. So here’s a list to help you out of the top items for both tanking and DPSing death knights in raids. Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt |
11
Dec
Looks like I posted just a tad early. Patch 3.0.8 notes are now available. The notes list less that what we’ve seen, but the real point is testing should begin “soon” and since this isn’t a content patch testing won’t take as long.
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt |
11
Dec
Blizzard announced some of the upcoming death knight changes in detail yesterday. These should show up in patch 3.1, which isn’t even out for testing yet so we’ve got a while. You can see the original post here, however MMO Champion has a nicely laid out version. Read more… »
The last couple of weeks has been tank intense for myself and this blog. On my end I tanked through about half the heroics out there and a 10-man raid in the last week. I only got to just DPS in a group once or twice. Definitely a tank shortage out there so you definitely want to gear up if you want in on lots of heroics, though in my guild we have an even more severe healer shortage at the moment. Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt, Tanking |
8
Dec
To everyone who complained I was too small to keep track of as a tank, how about this screen shot? I’m breaking my poor mount for you people, geez.
Nothing like some experience and better gear to make your play more enjoyable. Since my first heroic tanking, um, attempt last week things have improved. Since then I’ve respecced, completed my tank gear shopping list, and have tanked several successful heroics. Read more… »
