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Tanking

Death Knight tanking	Tanking in general
Notes on killing Lich King, for DK tanks Bone shield has 2s cooldown Interaction of rune strike with melee haste Unbreakable armour, damage reduction Tanking to be less squishy Weapon speed effect on dual-wield threat Dual-wield, weapon speed and expertise Unholy, threat not so bad? On Improved Icy Talons: melee haste buff Frost talents by the point Two blood tank extremes Frost is intended to dual-wield DK tank spec threat comparison and Blood by the point Best DK tank spec in 3.3 Blood tank spec in 3.3 Frost tank spec in 3.3 Warriors from the swiss army, DKs from lego What is the frost, unholy or blood rotation? Unholy tank in 3.3 Rawr, tank DK updated Dreadplate blood hybrid spec, no threat Where to point the last few blood tank talent points Kahorie simulator for DKs Unholy has changed: no reaping 3.3 Death Knight dual-wield tanking	Is threat fun? The taunt game Parry-haste confirmed to be mostly off in Icecrown Citadel Parry-haste doesn't seem to exist in ICC Why I'm jealous of maintankadins New TankTotals includes new effective health Misdirect a volley Pro-tip: plan ahead Tanks just want to tank, plus supply-demand Recent GC post on tank balance Are DK tanks being benched? Keybinding, do it The 'How do I tank' survey Which race for tanking, now you can change? Offtank fights: your role as OT (Ulduar & ToC guide) DPS DKs: What happens when your raid needs another Tank? Worst GUI ever Ratio of tanks to the rest Why do you love tanking? Cataclysm tanking and healing will be more strategic Which is best racial for tanks? Warrior 3.2 tank spec, and no more badge gear Boss tanking in 3.2, any spec bias? World of Logs: buffs gained Lightweight macro for avoidance
Gear, stats and addons	Heroic 5-mans
Upgrades for tanking you might not have considered 4-piece in Rawr Tier-gear or not, for strict 10-man tanks PvP weapons for tanking Tanking weapons in 3.3 Best gems for tanking, socket bonus considered Collection of good reading New tank gear in 3.3 The "total EH": beyond physical damage Theckhd, maths guru, delivers Icecrown answers List of raid gear without raiding Avoidance value of expertise Threat stats equivalence points for Death Knight tanks Best tank food for buffs Death Knight tanking weapons Dodge 3.2	Shield-tanks vs DKs in heroics Blood tank in heroics, tested 3.2 woohoo fun New 'heroic' items Violet Hold heroic: ugly bosses Lots of 5-mans to tank Emblem changes: explained

Raid leadership

Analysis	Interviews
Acclimation, analysis with world of logs What gear is required for a raid World of Logs: buffs gained World of Logs: graphic analytics	Leadership interview: Spike Flail Leadership interview: Numen Leadership interview: Wrath PhD in WoW
Leadership in general	Observe, orient, decide, act
My one-night raid guild kills Blood Princes Independent film: the Raid Stupid people don't even realise it Raid mentor Number of tanks required, a game design issue Raid classification and losing What gear is required for a raid Ulduar cleared in blues, not epics How to raid fast On leadership: guest Satorri Learning to raid lead Burnout is inevitable Raid calendar management EPGP loot system Loot systems	Mumble and murmur: voice comms Mimiron 10 OODA, military theory applied to WoW KT in a pug: testing leader addons Raid debuff tracking: addon reviews Raid buff checking addon, with taunt failure warnings: RaidBuffStatus Awareness and control for raid leaders

More pwnwear topics

Guild management	Guides
Relationships in-game Why do you play? Motivations assessment Ratio of tanks to the rest How to destroy a guild Guild income and repairs Three-day transfers change recruitment forever wowraid.com: news site and raider recruitment Burnout is inevitable EPGP loot system	A hack that can bypass your authenticator! Parry-haste confirmed to be mostly off in Icecrown Citadel Enjoying your tanking PvP weapons for tanking Tanking weapons in 3.3 Which abilities require the GCD or facing opponent Guides to Icecrown Citadel Best gems for tanking, socket bonus considered Tanking to be less squishy Dual-wield, weapon speed and expertise Unholy, threat not so bad? On Improved Icy Talons: melee haste buff Frost talents by the point Two blood tank extremes DK tank spec threat comparison and Blood by the point New tank gear in 3.3 Best DK tank spec in 3.3 Blood tank spec in 3.3 The "total EH": beyond physical damage Pro-tip: plan ahead Jewelcrafting: Profit! Frost tank spec in 3.3 Warriors from the swiss army, DKs from lego Keybinding, do it What is the frost, unholy or blood rotation?
Playing better	Addons, tools and macros
A hack that can bypass your authenticator! Enjoying your tanking Which abilities require the GCD or facing opponent Tanking to be less squishy Jewelcrafting: Profit! Levelling enchanting DK levelling in Unholy no-epidemic, plus a few addons You don't have space to track any more objectives: error solved Death Knight levelling specs Ulduar cleared in blues, not epics How to raid fast Converting wipes to knowledge: guest Satorri Mimiron 10 PvP to improve raiding Learning styles differ	/played Spamalyzer addon: can identify lag RankWatch: addon TidyPlates: name plates addon Boss Notes: useful addon Acclimation, analysis with world of logs New TankTotals includes new effective health TankTotals knows new effective health Rawr.TankDK: guest post from the lead developer Review: lowerping.com SexyMap and GatherMate addons How to use Rawr, for dps Kahorie simulator for DKs DK levelling in Unholy no-epidemic, plus a few addons TankTotals addon updated Addon: Boss Notes TankPoints and TankTotals Dominos and Bartender Improving latency: lowerping Addon UI recommendation site: Vranx Guild bank and inventory Raid leader: Matt's UI analysed wowraid.com: news site and raider recruitment Improving FPS: updated Improving FPS and latency

News

Discussing WoW news	Pwnwear site updates
The streamlined newbie experience Updated strategies index Many interesting Blue posts Flask market indicates the beginning of the free epics period Patch 3.33 for DK tanks is goodness Woo more stamina for us! The spoon-fed era What I like about 3.3 Rune strike is soooo threatening! Theckhd, maths guru, delivers Icecrown answers Icecrown pwns you for 20%, and healing in Cataclysm New LFG is win Mucho news Turbulent times for unholy DKs Frost is for dual-wield tanking in 3.3 Installer patch notes 3.2.2 PTR 3.22 unbreakable armour Patch 3.22 DK 3.22 talent changes Anub'arak, Koralon and Vezax hard-mode video News Cross-server PUG dungeons: Blizzcon IGN history of Warcraft, and news Warrior 3.2 tank spec, and no more badge gear Hiya Whitetooth, TankPoints on 3.2?	Forums at pwnwear Wordpress 2.91 More site speed Happy new year! Settled Moving Mobile readers Disabled SEO comments and more New sidebar navigation Tweaked sidebar Too much pwnage Long weekend Index page fixed Scheduled maintenance and other changes Sideblog for news Site news Patch 3.22 site news Site news pwnwear news, and reading from a mobile or iphone Blizzard gets social engineering, and my RSS changes
General chat from me	About me and pwnwear
The class you avoid playing Saronite grenades Sad elitism and my own disclaimer How to debate badly Things that made me smile Enjoying a Random HoR Collection of good reading Goals If you couldn't tank, what role would you take? Married to WoW, or do you date other games? Paid name change: making names available Five months of pwnwear, 200 blogs since The 'How do I tank' survey Loot, progress and other good reads Next phase of my re-roll Epic cogs Design quality and humour European hello and switchers Blizzard gets social engineering, and my RSS changes wowbash Blood tank in heroics, tested Dual Voldrethar, now that's pwnwear 3.2 woohoo fun Argh wowraid.com: news site and raider recruitment	Who the hell is crazy enough to invest all this time in a blog anyhow
Guides (not really news but saves me a new header)
Death Knight spec index Crusader’s Coliseum Ulduar 10 vs 25 guide TankPoints user manual

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Tanking weapons in 3.3 (39 comments)
- Gravity: I didn’t actually analyse that. Looking at the strike values, you can see that a...
- Tarragon: When do the 25 man weapons become better then the 10 man ones? Or are all the 25 man...

Frost tank spec in 3.3 (61 comments)
- Gravity: yah, never compare your threat to that of a pally. They own threat.
- Instructions: I missed that part! I’m sorry! I think we can totally conclude the following:...
- Vanyana: Thanks for the reply, I don’t really have a problem with threat so I guess I...

Forums at pwnwear (4 comments)
- Gravity: Thanks guys, and it’s going well so far. Quite fun! Aye Rhidach, I’ve been...
- Dril: It’s a real shame about DK.info, I used to troll there, normally as a guest, but...
- Rhidach: I was originally going to comment that forums might be a bad idea, but then you...

Blood tank spec in 3.3 (32 comments)
- Drunknite: Wouldnt GoD be a threat increase? Just thinking about it (haven’t tested) but...

3.3 Death Knight dual-wield tanking (93 comments)
- tiny dk: Im speccing do Frost purely for aoe with main spec blood for raids and was wondering if...
- Jerad: Falrics Wrist Chopper is an itemized no no. Shield block for a DK does nothing.

The streamlined newbie experience (6 comments)
- AJ: Much appreciated.
- Gravity: The obvious visuals are from Shadowed Unit Frames plus Dominos, both of which are the...
- AJ: Gravity, this is probably an annoying question, but i have to ask. What UI is that? Now to...

/played (5 comments)
- Instructions: I don’t want to look at this. I think it’d be pathetic to see what...

The end of loser DKs is nigh! (15 comments)
- Wraithwail(caelsetraz): to be quite honest i am tired of nooby people playing the deathknight....

Flask market indicates the beginning of the free epics period (19 comments)
- Gravity: mr robot seems pretty good for deeps, but I managed to crash it the few times I...
- Instructions: Problem 1) Coding in .net = bad Problem 2) Microsoft = bad Sidenote: has anyone...

Warriors from the swiss army, DKs from lego (16 comments)
- xorellion: So many people are caught up with counting their DPS, not realizing that there’s...
- xorellion: Nothing stings worse than a healer saying “Great.. A DK tank” and leaving...