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How To Tank In WoW As a Warrior

Your Step-by-Step Guide To Tanking In World Of Warcraft As a Warrior



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Table Of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 : FUNDAMENTAL BEST PRACTICES

Tank Mobs Facing Away from the Party

Know the Benefits of Keeping Mobs tightly Grouped

Mob Gathering Strategies

Anticipate that Party Members will Always Aggro Things When They Walk

Keep Pulls Moving Along, but Watch Everyone's Mana

Worry About Threat, not Damage per Second

CHAPTER 2 :MANIPULATING AND CONTROLLING MOBS

Know How to Tank Crowd-Controlled Mobs

Pulling Strategies

Tank Gets Aggro, then Crowd-Control

Applicability for Both Strategies

Religiously Employ Line-of-Site Pulls

Pull Big Mobs with Demoralizing Shout

Use the Charge-Tap Trick to Pull Aloof Casters Back

CHAPTER 3 : MISCELANEOUS BEST PRACTICES

Keep Disarm and Concussion Blow on Cooldown

Religiously Interrupt Casts

Intimidating Shout as an Interrupt

Pummel

Do Not Neglect Intimidating Shout

Have your Oh-Shit! Button Ready

Be the Tank that Uses Intervene

Using the Intervene Macro

Using Intervene as a Pivot

Handling Fears

Races with Racial, Fear-Breaking Abilities

Heroic Leap like a Pro

Always Use Victory Rush when it Procs

CHAPTER 4 :TALENT POINTS FOR TANKING

Blood and Thunder

Impending Victory

Thunderstruck

Other Essential Protection Talents

War Academy

Field Dressing

Blitz

Conclusion

CHAPTER 5 : USEFUL TANKING GLYPHS

Protection Tree Glyphs

Glyph of Spell Reflection

Glyph of Blocking

Glyph of Shockwave

Glyph of Revenge

Glyph of Devastate

Glyph of Sunder Armor

Glyph of Taunt

Glyph of Shield Wall

Glyph of Vigilance


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