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Tanking to be less squishy

DK tanks can feel squishy compared to block-tanks in 5-mans. You can offset a lot of this through skill. We have a pretty impressive arsenal to use.

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Why I'm jealous of maintankadins

In order:

[Consecration]
[Hammer of the Righteous]
[Holy Shield]
[Holy Wrath]

I used to be a pally tank too, so I know what I’m missing when I do Halls of Reflection: no gaps in the [ more...]

Keybinding, do it

A lot has been written about why you should not keyboard turn (it’s too slow), and that you should keybind. I wrote about how PvP improves your raiding too. I’m [ more...]

Unholy tank in 3.3

What is the best Death Knight Unholy tank spec in 3.3? I set out to simulate the various talent choices to find the highest threat unholy DK tank build. Below [ more...]

Unholy has changed: no reaping

Oct 9th: patch 3.3 will change unholy again, back to a spec with reaping, epidemic and a traditional deep unholy build. For Unholy in patch 3.3: read my full analysis.

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Boss tanking in 3.2, any spec bias?

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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)
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The end of loser DKs is nigh! (15 comments)
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Flask market indicates the beginning of the free epics period (19 comments)
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Warriors from the swiss army, DKs from lego (16 comments)
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Tanking to be less squishy

Why I'm jealous of maintankadins

Keybinding, do it

Unholy tank in 3.3

Unholy has changed: no reaping

Boss tanking in 3.2, any spec bias?

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