Shield-tanks vs DKs in heroics

Jan 6th: ha ! I knew I was right. See this Blue post.

Original post follows.

I’d like to do some analysis on how a shield-tank feels less squishy in heriocs, because [ more...]

Blood tank in heroics, tested

Hi all,

I had a few readers tell me they had no troubles as Blood tank heroics, so I went and tested it more thoroughly.

Result is I’ve changed my view, and [ more...]

3.2 woohoo fun

I bet we all had a great day today. I got on for just a few hours.

Respec’d into Unholy tank, not sure how to do my PvP spec yet. Mailed [ more...]

New 'heroic' items

I like how the new heroic raids will drop upgraded items of those that drop in normal.

Faction Champions, for example, has the Justicebringer two-handed sword on 25-man (ilevel 245) and [ more...]

Violet Hold heroic: ugly bosses

You’ll be doing VH heroic a lot in 3.2. There are two bosses people have trouble with:

Ethereal boss Xevozz
Void elemental boss Zuramat

Xevozz requires continual kiting. Here’s the path you should [ more...]

Lots of 5-mans to tank

Improved LFG interface

I like 5-man heroics.

I like trying to do them as quick as possible and enjoy a bit of good old fashioned AOE tanking. With 3.2, everyone will be [ more...]

Emblem changes: explained

Currently in 3.1

Ulduar 25 gives Conquest Emblem
Naxx 25 and Ulduar 10 gives Valor Emblem
Naxx 10 and 5-man heroics give Heroism Emblem

Change in 3.2

Naxx 25 & 10, and Heroic [ more...]