Ok, so I’m officially spooked. I’ve been to Naxx, did some spot off-tanking. So I knew I could tank heroic HoL. What I didn’t know is how easy it would be. I know, I know, it’s just a 5M heroic. Kid’s stuff compared to current endgame content. But how many of us originally thought hunters [...]
Archive for the ‘Pet Tanking’ Category
My Thursday night began as many others do. With no raid scheduled, I logged on to do some dailies, a battleground or two, and maybe tweak my Power Auras. What I got was much different: “Arth, we need an off-tank for Nax 10. You in?” After giddily accepting, I quickly put on my game face. [...]
So maybe we aren’t the best raid tanks. Or heroic instance tanks. Or… But what are we good at in raids? DPS. And what are hunter tanks better at than regular tanks, by a fair margin? DPS. So it’s possible for us to be more useful than normal tanks. We just need to find places [...]
Just a quick note that Arth mentioned in the comments, but want to make sure everyone sees. The Brewfest is on and the Brefest Boss in BRD drops two trinkets that are great for pet tanking and extreme soloing, as each has 170 stamina on it! Bubbling Brightbrew Charm and Bitter Balebrew Charm both drop [...]
So apparently I’m not great under pressure. Knowing that this video would end up on the WHU if we were successful, my hands were literally shaking as we started the first pull. This same nervousness resulted in a few sloppy pulls, though luckily the nerves calmed by about the first boss. So in advance, while [...]
The following are the best gem choices and gear enchants for a Beastmaster tanking build. Our primary focus is attack power and stamina. Hit gems can also be used to reach the hit cap, which is 7% for Northrend heroic instances. The suggestions below assume that you are hit capped. If not, feel free to [...]
The latest in my series on pet tanking, this one covers gear and glyph choices. I keep a separate “tank set” of gear, and while it includes many pieces from my dps gear, I switch out about half of my gear since what is best for dps will not always be best for tanking. Also, [...]
Hey all, Arth again with more of the WHU’s ongoing pet tanking guide. This time we’re covering an ideal tanking spec. Remember that in our Hunter Pet Tanking Talent Spec we’re interested in pet damage and health, not hunter damage. Dps, for a change, isn’t our concern. If it doesn’t help our pet, it has no [...]
Hey all, Arth again. Time for Round 2 of the WHU’s ongoing pet tanking guide. For pet tanking we need a tenacity pet for the damage mitigation talents and thunderstomp; however, we also need a pet that is going to generate the maximum amount of threat to the targets that it’s tanking. That means we [...]
Hi everyone. Arthemystia here, a devoted dues-payer and follower of the WHU. I came to Frost recently with an offer to collect data on pet tanking for him, since I do a fair amount of tanking. He graciously accepted, and also allowed me to write some guest articles. This will be the first of several [...]
A bit ago I posted about what kinds of new guides you guys would like to see, now that we have most of the basics out of the way. I’ve been tossing up an extreme soloing guide here and there as I get around to it, and still plan on getting around to addons one [...]
My Thursday night began as many others do. With no raid scheduled, I logged on to do some dailies, a battleground or two, and maybe tweak my Power Auras. What I got was much different: “Arth, we need an off-tank for Nax 10. You in?” After giddily accepting, I quickly put on my game face. [...]
So maybe we aren’t the best raid tanks. Or heroic instance tanks. Or… But what are we good at in raids? DPS. And what are hunter tanks better at than regular tanks, by a fair margin? DPS. So it’s possible for us to be more useful than normal tanks. We just need to find places [...]
Just a quick note that Arth mentioned in the comments, but want to make sure everyone sees. The Brewfest is on and the Brefest Boss in BRD drops two trinkets that are great for pet tanking and extreme soloing, as each has 170 stamina on it! Bubbling Brightbrew Charm and Bitter Balebrew Charm both drop [...]
So apparently I’m not great under pressure. Knowing that this video would end up on the WHU if we were successful, my hands were literally shaking as we started the first pull. This same nervousness resulted in a few sloppy pulls, though luckily the nerves calmed by about the first boss. So in advance, while [...]
The following are the best gem choices and gear enchants for a Beastmaster tanking build. Our primary focus is attack power and stamina. Hit gems can also be used to reach the hit cap, which is 7% for Northrend heroic instances. The suggestions below assume that you are hit capped. If not, feel free to [...]
The latest in my series on pet tanking, this one covers gear and glyph choices. I keep a separate “tank set” of gear, and while it includes many pieces from my dps gear, I switch out about half of my gear since what is best for dps will not always be best for tanking. Also, [...]
Hey all, Arth again with more of the WHU’s ongoing pet tanking guide. This time we’re covering an ideal tanking spec. Remember that in our Hunter Pet Tanking Talent Spec we’re interested in pet damage and health, not hunter damage. Dps, for a change, isn’t our concern. If it doesn’t help our pet, it has no [...]
Hey all, Arth again. Time for Round 2 of the WHU’s ongoing pet tanking guide. For pet tanking we need a tenacity pet for the damage mitigation talents and thunderstomp; however, we also need a pet that is going to generate the maximum amount of threat to the targets that it’s tanking. That means we [...]
Hi everyone. Arthemystia here, a devoted dues-payer and follower of the WHU. I came to Frost recently with an offer to collect data on pet tanking for him, since I do a fair amount of tanking. He graciously accepted, and also allowed me to write some guest articles. This will be the first of several [...]
A bit ago I posted about what kinds of new guides you guys would like to see, now that we have most of the basics out of the way. I’ve been tossing up an extreme soloing guide here and there as I get around to it, and still plan on getting around to addons one [...]
