tanks
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Discussion
What do you think about tanking, and what sort of class design would get you to try it?
We currently have six classes capable of tanking — Warriors, Paladins, Druids, Death Knights, Monks, and Demon Hunters all have a tank spec. And while there…
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WoW
Taunt, threat, and the inevitability of a tanking disaster
I have been pretty up front since the Battle for Azeroth alpha/beta tests that I didn’t like the way tank design was going. And I think a…
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Heroic Antorus was cleared by an all-tank group and my withered heart grew three sizes
So, you say you want to clear Heroic Antorus with a full tank group? Well, Rextroy talked to Wowhead about doing just that. He’s also led…
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Battle for Azeroth threat changes will make tanking a lot tougher
In Battle for Azeroth, tanking is going to be harder. There’s really no other way to put it: baseline threat generation is being nerfed by an astonishing amount.…
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The Queue
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WoW
The Warrior’s Charge: Tanking nerfs and Prot Warrior DPS
By now we’ve all seen that Blizzard is going to nerf tank damage across the board. I’ll just flat out say it: Warrior AOE is pretty…
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Watcher provides a class balance update
During last week’s Legion Q&A, Ion “Watcher” Hazzikostas mentioned a number of balance hotfixes would be coming down the pipe this week, but most of those…
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The Warrior’s Charge: Tanking Design in the Legion beta
I’m writing this column purely from a Warrior standpoint, and purely as someone who has tanked on a Warrior and Death Knight. I will say that…
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News
Tanking and Healing changes in the Legion alpha
If you’re paying attention to the Legion alpha, you probably already know that there have been some changes to how Active Mitigation tanking works. Essentially, the…
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The Warrior’s Charge: How class balance changes
When we first got the news about Legion, I wrote this post and I said in it that Demon Hunters weren’t taking our jobs. And that…
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