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Weapon speed effect on dual-wield tanking

Dual-wield frost tanking threat is effected by the weapon speed.

My weapons. I have two: Black Icicle, and I also have two Rimefang’s Claw. They’re not hard to get, just takes [ more...]

Dual-wield, weapon speed and expertise

Frost dual-wield tanking is very popular now. Six months ago, many people were violently against the idea. A year ago, it was so bad I put up a sticky on [ more...]

Why I'm jealous of maintankadins

In order:

[spell]consecration[/spell]
[spell]hammer of the righteous[/spell]
[spell]holy shield[/spell]
[spell]holy wrath[/spell]

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...]

Frost talents by the point

For Frost tanks, what threat values do some of these talents provide?

chill of the grave: +1.6% with Icecrown dodge-nerf radiance, 1.8% outside it (tested by going from 1 to 2 points)
scent [ more...]

Frost is intended to dual-wield

Blizzard have given a unequivocal statement that Frost is designed for dual-wielding. That two-handed Frost will not, and is not intended to, give the same DPS (for raiding) as dual-wield [ more...]

DK spec threat comparison

I have verified some of the threat comparisons using the latest version of Kahorie’s sim. It’s had a few tweaks so I wanted to see if that refinement had led [ more...]

Best tank spec in 3.3

For raids, I’d go with blood or frost.

Here are my posts with much more detail.

Patch
Blood
Frost
Unholy

3.3
blood 3.3
Frost 3.3 spec here or dual-wield
Unholy tanking 3.3

Feb 22, 2010 update: Unholy should not be [ more...]

Frost tank spec in 3.3

Frost tanking has always been and will remain in 3.3 a very solid choice. You can tank with either dual-wield or a two-handed weapon and both are viable. DW is [ more...]

Warriors from the swiss army, DKs from lego

I like warrior tanks, they have so many abilities really they deserve to be called the swiss army knife of tanks. Warriors can intercept and charge, interrupt/silence many ways, cancel [ more...]

What is the frost, unholy or blood rotation?

I get a lot of questions like “what’s the rotation for that spec?” Rotation is like Death Knight basics, and since I write on more advanced tanking questions, it’s not [ more...]

Dreadplate blood hybrid spec, no threat

A poster on dk.info was wondering about this hybrid spec, probably best called Dreadplate Blood, 21/41/5.

It takes a lot of Frost talents, but then goes into blood for some nice [ more...]

3.3 Death Knight dual-wield tanking

Dec 9th, correct for patch 3.3.

Can and should a DK dual-wield as a tank? Patch 3.22 made it possible, with rune strike now being effected by Threat of Thassarian. Patch 3.3 [ more...]

Patch 3.22 site news

I’ve updated all key posts (including my main post) on the three DK tank talents for 3.2.2.

You can refer to my 3.22 index post to find them all.

In 3.22, glyphed [ more...]

These changes mean:

Unholy dps will go back to using Scourge Strike (instead of Unholy Obliterate, [ more...]

Frost tank spec in 3.3 (59 comments)
- Vanyana: Thanks for the reply, I don’t really have a problem with threat so I guess I...
- Instructions: You might also want to make sure you’re pressing the RIGHT attack at the...
- Gravity: DPS is about right for that level, I think, because it is threat that matters more. Do...
- Vanyana: Can’t seem to find much info on this but I am main spec dpswiyh a off spec 2H...

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...
- crankyhealer: I know! I just walked up to that stupid blood elf and pwned her face, while her...

/played (5 comments)
- Instructions: I don’t want to look at this. I think it’d be pathetic to see what...
- Uru: worst console command in game, seriously feels a bit better if you can think at wow like...
- Karatheya: I dread doing that calculation, but since I haven’t done so in a year or more,...
- Brangwen: I loves me some altaholic! I am WAY to scared to look at the little summary at the...

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...
- Gravity: Yeah frustrating eh. I run it under an emulator on my Mac.
- aeura: damn I really wish Rawr worked on macs…

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...

Spamalyzer addon: can identify lag (1 comments)
- Brangwen: Done and Done. SpamFu was wonderful for this, cheers for the heads up on the shinier...

Unholy, threat not so bad? (13 comments)
- noob: Unholy tanking with a pet is fun and i would like to share this spec,...

The class you avoid playing (20 comments)
- Gravity: I just did to L5 on an alt, and it’s definitely much easier than before. Mana...
- Uru: they did a lot of improvements for leveling low chars in wotlk indeed. my paladin in tbc was...
- tadrinth: I’ve started a couple of paladin alts and never gotten past 35 or so. Usually I...
- Lasciell: You know, what you said makes me think that I might have more fun leveling a Mage...

Updated strategies index (1 comments)
- Meloree: Veneretio’s post is something I’ve commented about before over at...

Weapon speed effect on dual-wield tanking

Dual-wield, weapon speed and expertise

Why I'm jealous of maintankadins

Frost talents by the point

Frost is intended to dual-wield

DK spec threat comparison

Best 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?

Dreadplate blood hybrid spec, no threat

3.3 Death Knight dual-wield tanking

Patch 3.22 site news

PTR 3.22 unbreakable armour

Patch 3.22

DK 3.22 talent changes

Threat stats equivalence points for Death Knight tanks

Simulation on Frost Death Knight tank TPS

3.2 Death Knight tank specs

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