I was doing a low level dungeon yesterday as a feral druid, the tank died during a boss fight so our group wiped, and then the tank and one of the other dps quit. The healer asked me to be the tank for this boss, I told them I had never tanked before but I would try. I switched to guardian spec and quickly put the abilities on the hot bar, I glanced them over to get a general idea what each did and then taunted the boss. It was going well, but I ended up dying when the healer finally ran out of mana. Luckily the boss was low enough health already so her and the mage were able to finish it off. By then the dungeon finder had added a new tank so I switched back to feral, but I thought it was fun being the tank for a change.
This is a great video. Great coverage of what being a tank means. I love the bit about getting into the mindset. It's all spot on. I think I'll point everyone who wants to get into tanking to this video.
I know this is an old video and I know u don't do RUclips anymore but this inspired me to become a a vengeance demon hunter tank A while ago I was so afraid that ppl will hate on me for not tanking well. But just recently I just finished a dungeon and my party mates said I did great
always wanted to get into tanking, made a paladin got it to 100 and got gradually comfortable with dungeon tanking until it was second nature. then I entered a raid and realised it was a whole different level (I already knew it was but I had been on my dps Raiding and just went through the motions) I got in, we got to the first boss and it hit me that I only knew DPS mechanics for the bosses. I got nervous, I freaked out a little, I informed the group I had never tanked a raid before and luckily we had a good main tank and we got through the boss. it was an awful experience tanking a raid with no knowledge of the fight and I never tanked again. But I feel like I have my confidence back, I;m going guardian druid this time for the new expansion and I'm enjoying myself a lot more again with tanking. Your guide definitely helped out as I had the mindset of making sure I protect everyone, the idea of Controlling the fight rather than just being a big moving shield has definitely opened my eyes to better ways of tanking through controling the mobs and your whole section on mob movement helped out aswell due to the fact thats my weakest part of my tanking. thank you so much for this it's helped out so much.
Seriously man, you almost feel like a kindred spirit. Incredibly straight forward, knowledgeable, concise, and informative. I wouldn't change a thing, great job, sub'ed.
You had a very cogent presentation here. What I love is that lot of what you talk about extends far beyond the game, in terms of mindset and how we respond to failure. Overall a well put-together video.
From a mythic tank, and an old TBC raider, this was a lovely video. I really hate the attitude that "tanks are a DPS that moves the boss" - you know, the one that sprung up in MoP thanks to vengeance. The only thing I would add to this video is that even if you are going to keybind (which you should, to be fair) the most important things that every tank should keybind are their taunt, their interrupt, their active mitigation and their cooldowns. Everything else is secondary.
i used to play back in WotLK as a pally tank, i was a horrible noob but i loved the idea of jumping in feet first and literally laughing as the toughest bosses did barely any damage. i just got back into wow after feeling the hype for WoD and it all came flooding back. even so, i learned a lot from this. i was having trouble finding a way to throw off an avengers shield while moving away so the jumping idea was a eureka moment. simply put, awesome tips. they helped a lot and i thank you greatly for them.
10 years of tanking and this is perfect. I actually went through and leveled all the dps classes and specs just to know for my two mains. I recommend this for anyone new tanks. Level spellcasters, ranged and melee dps to 60. It helped so much and now I just flow. Empathy is everything as a tank. Lol, not for mobs though, screw them.
I don't normally leave comments but i watched this tanking guide and wanted to say it was very informative. I have been looking for guides to help with my tanking and what a tanks actual roles entails and this is the best I've found so far. I only wish i had watched this and started tanking when i was first able too instead of putting it off saying to myself "I will wait till i get stronger gear" or "I just cant do this because I'm letting everyone down". So thanks Tuskeh and i look forward to updates with WoD
this video invoked the inner tank in me to come out! allowing me to get the core hound mount on the last day I could get it! the best part was I dident have to lose any sleep! subed, liked and faved, thank you tuskeh
this has been a very helpful guide, now legion's released i used this guide to tank with my demon hunter on mythic dungeons i've noticed its a lot more exciting than doing a dps role in my opinion. i've made some mistakes as normal but i find that since i watched this guide i've improved a lot, i discuss more with my group and generally have more fun doing dungeons, and probably the upcoming raids aswell. you've been a great help, thanks man
As a fellow tank, while watching this I wished you had this guide out a long time ago.. Everything you had mentioned I do already, but it was learned through trial and error.. Anyone looking into tanking should watch and learn from this guide! Would have saved me alot of trial and error back in Wrath haha! Great video! -Fairtech-kil'jaeden
This video seems really helpful to lots of players, And while a lot of these mindset related things come naturally to myself (I've tanked here and there for around 7 years or so) I'd like to say fantastic job on putting this together! It seems like this is a video that will help tons of players going forward.
When he pauses at 1:25 for you to reply and you start feeling like a kids pbs show where the cartoons in the kids show is starting at you waiting for you to respond what color the square shaped block is. lolol love this.
Great Guide, very well put together. I like how you sum it up as "control" and confess that you need to know everything about a fight to tank it, it makes me feel relieved that other thanks had to go through the embarrassing wipes i am going through learning. THANKS
this guide is very helpful, still leveling my first tank, but it's tons of fun. the problem is that i'm using dungeon finder, so i occasionally get people of questionable intelligence in my party, such as the ret pally who refused to turn off his tanking aura, or the healer who decides that a boss fight is the perfect time to backtrack to turn in quests. sorry for complaining
This might be the most inspirational tank guide I have ever seen. At the very moment, I am quite insecure in my tanking ability and I have been struggling to get back on track again for quite a while. After watching this video, I can't wait for the raid we have tonight. Awesome videos! (I watched your Paladin tank guide aswell.)
i got the best advice in this video. I am currently a lvl 100 protection paladin, and i found this video very helpful. i just wanted to say thanks for your guide and for all the noobies out there about to clock off of this video, WATCH IT. im an experienced player and even i learned a lot from this guy... you sir, have earned yourself a like!
I never thought about tanking as being a controlling role rather than a meat shield, thanks for the tips. I use to do a lot of tanking in wow, I might get back into it, or go on another mmorpg and tank there.
I'm very new to wow and this is my first time tanking after getting to level 90 as a hunter. All you mention on this video are raids..while I'm nervous about dungeons lol Very helpful video though! especially the parts about the back-peddling and such!
Absolutely awesome video. I've been playing for a couple weeks and the DPS classes can get pretty dull. But being new to the game made me nervous about trying the roll of tank. This video was super informative and encouraging, so I thank you. Keep up the good work!
this is a really good guide u really put in perspective what its like to be a tank being my guilds main tank for many years i still am always looking for ways to make my self hence me stumbling on this video keep up the good work and awesome tips and tricks
I used my level 90 boost on a Protection Pally and I've been kind of nervous about picking up tanking (having always been DPS). I've watched a few guides and yours is (by far) the most helpful and informative. Thanks very much. Sub'd.
Very good (intro) guide and absolutely spot on, even to the point of clicking & back peddling (I can hear DPSers gasping!). However, taunt, stun and interrupt MUST be hotkey keybound. Just one very minor addition - the part where you move the boss back slowly is often called 'pushing'. It was described well but not actually named. I first practiced this move on a mob on the bridge in icecrown (next to Chillwind) and I still take new tanks there to do the same (tanking exercises). (sub'd).
When I tried to tank for first time, I was only dealing damage (I guess that my "Rogue" character is still alive in me XD) and all the mobs were like... EVERYWHERE?! X3 Everyone died and with time, I learned that the point in being a tank is to pull the mobs and make them fight you, and only YOU. Like this, you're giving a chance to the healer to concentrate on everyone and heal them, and the damage dealers are just helping you to kill your enemies. Did I understand the conception of being a tank or no? :) By the way, great job on the video!
I tried a few LFR groups in MoP (as various classes) and the amount of vitriol spewed at the tanks - even when the source of failure wasn't clear - was just gross. It's made me very nervous to tank, even though I really want to, and really enjoy playing my brewmaster. Thus, I really appreciate the 'mindset' and 'confidence' notes in your video. You also raise excellent points about the UI (I've just installed ElvUI and plan on re-doing the proving grounds to make sure I 'have it down').
Threat management + aggro management fears. A group/raid performs better when they know the tank can hold aggro. Who doesn't want to succeed at their role?
Really, really great video man. Personally I knew everything, but the majority of tanks don't and this is precisely what they were lacking. Another important piece of knowledge is to know your healers and dps's. Knowing the cooldown of your healers spells, knowing what spells they have, what cc's, etc. The same goes for dps's, but don't expect them to sacrifice dps to root mobs or cast a shield or dispell. I found tanking a lot easier when I had experience healing and tanking, the same with the other roles. To this day I still want to try have a group in 5man dungeons, where both tank, healer and all 3 dps's cooperate and play as a team, using every little spell and ability, timing everything and helping each other out. I think you can do every dng from 15 to 99 in pretty much one (or few) pulls. So far I have only tried tank, healer and 1 dps to teamwork, guess everyone is too much to ask. :( just a little dream of mine. This got waay too long.. great vid, great info, I'm sure it's helpful. If you did read it all, thank you, have a great day!
+TheMiig1513 Here here! I too dream of the perfect dungeon/raid group, where everyone knows their role and each other. Hard to find, but if you really want to try, look for a raiding guild. Most of them have a set raid team already, but you can find ones that have secondary "training" teams, or guilds that want to build a team (and are serious about it) where you can all learn together. This actually can create astounding raid teams, if everyone is committed to the process. Another way to start is using a 3 person team to run scenarios. This is more difficult, as most scenarios are set up to let 3 dps types succeed fairly easily, but if you all decide to force your roles, it can be a learning experience.
I just tanked once with a friend's character, back in WRATH And now im interested in trying it again when I start play again this summer getting ready for Legion, hope I learn something from this and do well when the time comes... x'D
watching this is a breath of fresh air,I have been tanking since BC(healed in classic)I see so much bad information out there.Altho i have learned most of this information i think its great for other tanks to have solid information
The stuff on movement by strafing was useful. The amount of times I used to have trouble positioning mobs and not knowing why - now i know i was strafing too much.
how to tank as a hunter(for temporary purposes): spec your pet to tenacity,Gear yourself so yourself your pet gets more health and dmg(tenacity automatically gives them more health), let the healer know, mend pet is your friend, bring food to immediately refill their health out of combat, move pet is your friend, Learn to control their movements. best tank pets imo:Spiders,Bears,Wolves,Worms,Spirit Beasts,Core hounds,Devilsaurs,Ravagers and Clefthoofs. moths have a 10min cd rez, bring one, core hounds have a haste buff, spirit beasts can heal
my first time going into a dungeon was on a rogue, and lets just say i sucked. so i tried out warlock, and its fun but despite having so many demons at the same time (most of them temporary) i still didnt get high dps. then i tried holy priest, and it was pretty fun being able to bring somebody back from the dead or give them a scare by last minute healing them if they are dps and pull. but i made a paladin recently, and i love tanking with it! i have only had 1 group complain and kick me, and it was for something i didnt do (a monk decided he was gonna pull the entire room because he was tired of waiting for me to loot and see where we needed to go). im level 59 right now and the only person in my family who tanks, so its hard not having somebody to complain to about when the healer decides to take off and get themselves killed because they "dont have time for this". my dad plays healer, so at least we can both talk about how irritating it is when dps pulls and thinks they're invincible because they have a healer. i only ever have to use my self-heals when there is a cocky dps that pulls and i need to take back the aggro and pull the whole instance in the process, causing the healer to run out of mana fast. in case anybody was wondering, the dps class that tries to pull the most is monk...
new player here. Just tanked freehold. Big bosses were easy to tank it was pretty much like mobs in quests. Multi enemies was way more challenging. I didn't have control. Didn't zoom out for example. But the party was great I told them it was my first dungeon. I died once too many pirates being aggroed by pets and stack wipe after 2 bosses. We managed to clear the dungeon tho. Definitely got to improve on crowd control. First off doing it on multiple mobs after I get the basics get in that dungeon :P
This was a great video I just started to tank on my monk in WoD and I am so scared that I haven't even thought about doing normal Highmaul because I know I will mess it up somewhere and then screw up everyones run
Wow great video, especially that bit about the mindset, that's really made me look at it different, I just started tanking today, it is good fun tbh, I was really nervous but as the day went on I was more confident, I still don't think I'm that good but I believe I am getting there, but I feel like people will start complaining if I do smaller pulls, but it's alright to do small pulls isn't it? To start off with at least
I usually do not give a damn about people xD pull them 1 by 1 if you want so. tell them that you've just started and need some time to get some things sorted out. Dont worry mate, smaller pulls are good start. you can focus more :D
"This is what you did wrong, get better" I wish that's what happened to me during my first ever dungeon.. one dude just said "Your a bum ass tank" and proceeded to remove me from the group. This is my first dungeon experience with WoW, I was level 17 with only one aggro ability, no advice was given and I was just instantly kicked despite me not dying and come to think of it nobody in the group died either so I couldn't have been that bad...
well, that was very helpful, thanks! its informative and it encouraged me to be a tank because i love leading people and i think fast. most helpful was ... well, everything, very nice guide!
Thank you for the video. Very useful for a more or less new player like me. (I have some dps and heal characters, but now I have my first tank) You know I play with guys (I'm the only girl among my them) and I was worried about being mocked.But now I know how to start this new role. :D
I had full heirlooms with my Death Knight and I was scared trying to tank. I got confident after my first Sunken Temple instance with ease. Now I'm level 95 and did my first Auchindoun normal mode, I had a party member rage on me for the first time. I didn't see him request mana and he started raging. Once I got to the boss Azzakel, I noticed all these adds started popping out. For some reason, I hesitated in moving all over the area to pick them up. In my mind the dps will get annoyed with me moving the boss all over the place. Then after the fight, I saw tons of damage being dealt to the party. The healer raged and put me in the spot light again. Yes, tanking can be scary if you don't really know what you're doing and new to it.
Last I played was cat, I stopped playing for 7 years and finding it hard to get back in as a tank, mainly because I was a good tank I knew my spec tree I was boss.. now the game is unfamiliar and im like a newb all over again, but at a higher lvl and cant babystep back into it
Hi there I just started a couple of weeks ago and I've found your guide very informative especially the movement part. Was wanting to ask do you have or know any gear guides/videos. Thanks
I like to think myself as a vet tank; but stopped when MoP came out (not because I don't like the theme, but because I wanted good grades in college). I'm curious to know why you skipped over Q and E strafing? I guess it's no different than holding left click and pressing A or D, but it helps clickers (like myself) have access to our abilities. Swell mindset video though! I never really thought about tanking as controlling the encounters. Starting them for sure, but not the entirety of the fight. For myself, I just jumped head first into boss fights, learned as a guild of what works and what doesn't, and used CDs accordingly.
Most people find that 'Q' and 'E' are perfectly located for a re-bind - Close to the movement keys - Using A and D has helped me massively for strafing and tanking
Awesome video! I created a Blood DK towards the end of Mists and have done really well tanking in dungeons. WoD came out before I had a chance to try raid tanking, and now after about 6 months, I am getting back into playing WoW and leveling my DK to 100. I am excited to tank in WoD, but am a little nervous. I don't have a raid guild yet to help me learn to raid tank, so I will probably be starting out in LFR. I understand the basics of tanking and do it well, I was just wondering if anyone had any tips for Raid Tanking (especially in LFR) because I am a little nervous about there being two tanks and so many more people. Thank you in advance!
Ali Cat in Heels the tanking experience in LFR is just awfull. Most of time is just a battle between you and the other tank for aggro, because most LFR tanks dont know what the hell they are doing. so i suggest you try to get a raiding guild as soon as possible, or maybe get into some pug groups first, so you get familiar with the fights and how they are played. ofc pugging is never ideal but its a good way to start. also as a tank you always want to have your consumables, meaning pots, flasks, food and runes, so you never have to depend on others to do your job right. besides all this i think this video pretty much covers the rest. hope it helps, cheers
Healer here. Why do some groups run like clockwork. I can even do a little DPS. And others it seems like I'm spamming flash heal, and I still can't keep tank alive. Tank doesn't seem like he is pulling any more than others. Is it as simple as gear? Or is it the others not doing enough DPS?
+Ballbuster Splinter Hehehe, my nemesis has always been a hunter. They just don't seem to be able to resist :) Still, it's a tank's job to deal with these little challenges. When I have one in the group, I just figure I need to pull a little sooner...
I know how to be a good tank, but is really dificullt if someone else in your gruop have righteous fury (paladin) or blood presence (death knight). This is the problem, because lot of people have this buffs and they are atracting enemy more than you. Do you have any tricks on it?
I'm really interested in tanking, but I keep being scared for various reasons. Recently, I started to play my first tank-a protection paladin-and I've loved playing this character more than any other. Everything was going okay until I started to get past the easy levels-I think it was up about level 40+ I started to run into problems. I don't know how to do anything that you need to know about these levels, Or where to correctly learn them. I don't know how to find out what kind of gear I need or how to tell if it's good for my character. At this point I would be willing to completely remake the character on a different server if there was a guild willing to teach me to tank properly, or even just a cool person who would. I've never even done a raid in my life or gotten to max level, and not being able to play this character properly is holding me back :c
a good site to go on to check out what talents and stats etc etc to go with for your class and roles is Icyveins it always has up to date guides on the different classes based on their roles.
I was doing a low level dungeon yesterday as a feral druid, the tank died during a boss fight so our group wiped, and then the tank and one of the other dps quit. The healer asked me to be the tank for this boss, I told them I had never tanked before but I would try. I switched to guardian spec and quickly put the abilities on the hot bar, I glanced them over to get a general idea what each did and then taunted the boss. It was going well, but I ended up dying when the healer finally ran out of mana. Luckily the boss was low enough health already so her and the mage were able to finish it off. By then the dungeon finder had added a new tank so I switched back to feral, but I thought it was fun being the tank for a change.
This is a great video. Great coverage of what being a tank means. I love the bit about getting into the mindset. It's all spot on. I think I'll point everyone who wants to get into tanking to this video.
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad this guide was helpful.
I know this is an old video and I know u don't do RUclips anymore but this inspired me to become a a vengeance demon hunter tank
A while ago I was so afraid that ppl will hate on me for not tanking well. But just recently I just finished a dungeon and my party mates said I did great
“It’s a trial by fire”
Yeah if you were riding a bike with one wheel uphill while people throw rocks at you lmao
always wanted to get into tanking, made a paladin got it to 100 and got gradually comfortable with dungeon tanking until it was second nature. then I entered a raid and realised it was a whole different level (I already knew it was but I had been on my dps Raiding and just went through the motions) I got in, we got to the first boss and it hit me that I only knew DPS mechanics for the bosses. I got nervous, I freaked out a little, I informed the group I had never tanked a raid before and luckily we had a good main tank and we got through the boss. it was an awful experience tanking a raid with no knowledge of the fight and I never tanked again. But I feel like I have my confidence back, I;m going guardian druid this time for the new expansion and I'm enjoying myself a lot more again with tanking. Your guide definitely helped out as I had the mindset of making sure I protect everyone, the idea of Controlling the fight rather than just being a big moving shield has definitely opened my eyes to better ways of tanking through controling the mobs and your whole section on mob movement helped out aswell due to the fact thats my weakest part of my tanking. thank you so much for this it's helped out so much.
Seriously man, you almost feel like a kindred spirit. Incredibly straight forward, knowledgeable, concise, and informative. I wouldn't change a thing, great job, sub'ed.
You had a very cogent presentation here. What I love is that lot of what you talk about extends far beyond the game, in terms of mindset and how we respond to failure. Overall a well put-together video.
Excellent vid! One of the better vids on tanking, and what a great section on confidence. You don't hear about that too often. Keep up the good work!
This deserves more views. Very spot on guide for anyone looking to try or improve on tanking. The mindset is key. Well done!
I've been tanking since mid-Cata, and I found this guide to be insanely helpful even now. Thanks :D
From a mythic tank, and an old TBC raider, this was a lovely video. I really hate the attitude that "tanks are a DPS that moves the boss" - you know, the one that sprung up in MoP thanks to vengeance. The only thing I would add to this video is that even if you are going to keybind (which you should, to be fair) the most important things that every tank should keybind are their taunt, their interrupt, their active mitigation and their cooldowns. Everything else is secondary.
i used to play back in WotLK as a pally tank, i was a horrible noob but i loved the idea of jumping in feet first and literally laughing as the toughest bosses did barely any damage. i just got back into wow after feeling the hype for WoD and it all came flooding back. even so, i learned a lot from this. i was having trouble finding a way to throw off an avengers shield while moving away so the jumping idea was a eureka moment.
simply put, awesome tips. they helped a lot and i thank you greatly for them.
This video really helped me.
I thought that the role was like : Okay, pull, good, oh shit i died .-. HEALER!
xD
almost shed a tear at last part bout group not kicking you lol the feels. great video i learned alot!
10 years of tanking and this is perfect. I actually went through and leveled all the dps classes and specs just to know for my two mains. I recommend this for anyone new tanks. Level spellcasters, ranged and melee dps to 60. It helped so much and now I just flow. Empathy is everything as a tank. Lol, not for mobs though, screw them.
What a great video brother! Very much appreciated your first raiding story. Thank you for the positivity, and encouragement 😄👊
I don't normally leave comments but i watched this tanking guide and wanted to say it was very informative. I have been looking for guides to help with my tanking and what a tanks actual roles entails and this is the best I've found so far. I only wish i had watched this and started tanking when i was first able too instead of putting it off saying to myself "I will wait till i get stronger gear" or "I just cant do this because I'm letting everyone down".
So thanks Tuskeh and i look forward to updates with WoD
Thank you for your kind words - I'm glad this video was helpful!
this video invoked the inner tank in me to come out! allowing me to get the core hound mount on the last day I could get it! the best part was I dident have to lose any sleep! subed, liked and faved, thank you tuskeh
this has been a very helpful guide, now legion's released i used this guide to tank with my demon hunter on mythic dungeons
i've noticed its a lot more exciting than doing a dps role in my opinion. i've made some mistakes as normal but i find that since i watched this guide i've improved a lot, i discuss more with my group and generally have more fun doing dungeons, and probably the upcoming raids aswell. you've been a great help, thanks man
As a fellow tank, while watching this I wished you had this guide out a long time ago.. Everything you had mentioned I do already, but it was learned through trial and error.. Anyone looking into tanking should watch and learn from this guide! Would have saved me alot of trial and error back in Wrath haha! Great video! -Fairtech-kil'jaeden
This video seems really helpful to lots of players, And while a lot of these mindset related things come naturally to myself (I've tanked here and there for around 7 years or so)
I'd like to say fantastic job on putting this together! It seems like this is a video that will help tons of players going forward.
Mooniara Thank you very much!
+Fallerup Well said
When he pauses at 1:25 for you to reply and you start feeling like a kids pbs show where the cartoons in the kids show is starting at you waiting for you to respond what color the square shaped block is. lolol love this.
what a great speaker and proberly the best guy ive seen do a guide, even in 2017, earned a sub :)
Great Guide, very well put together. I like how you sum it up as "control" and confess that you need to know everything about a fight to tank it, it makes me feel relieved that other thanks had to go through the embarrassing wipes i am going through learning. THANKS
this guide is very helpful, still leveling my first tank, but it's tons of fun. the problem is that i'm using dungeon finder, so i occasionally get people of questionable intelligence in my party, such as the ret pally who refused to turn off his tanking aura, or the healer who decides that a boss fight is the perfect time to backtrack to turn in quests. sorry for complaining
Just got back into WoW and am looking at getting back in to raiding and dungeons and this video helped a lot!
This might be the most inspirational tank guide I have ever seen.
At the very moment, I am quite insecure in my tanking ability and I have been struggling to get back on track again for quite a while.
After watching this video, I can't wait for the raid we have tonight.
Awesome videos! (I watched your Paladin tank guide aswell.)
i got the best advice in this video. I am currently a lvl 100 protection paladin, and i found this video very helpful. i just wanted to say thanks for your guide and for all the noobies out there about to clock off of this video, WATCH IT. im an experienced player and even i learned a lot from this guy... you sir, have earned yourself a like!
2016 this is still a great motivation for us starters.
TY for guide I have played dps/heal for like 4-5 years and I needed this for power-lvling dungeons
I never thought about tanking as being a controlling role rather than a meat shield, thanks for the tips. I use to do a lot of tanking in wow, I might get back into it, or go on another mmorpg and tank there.
I'm very new to wow and this is my first time tanking after getting to level 90 as a hunter. All you mention on this video are raids..while I'm nervous about dungeons lol Very helpful video though! especially the parts about the back-peddling and such!
Absolutely awesome video. I've been playing for a couple weeks and the DPS classes can get pretty dull. But being new to the game made me nervous about trying the roll of tank. This video was super informative and encouraging, so I thank you. Keep up the good work!
Wow! Your first point really opened my eyes :). About the whole "controlling the fight" thing. Thanks I really needed that revolation.
I agree
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this is a really good guide u really put in perspective what its like to be a tank being my guilds main tank for many years i still am always looking for ways to make my self hence me stumbling on this video keep up the good work and awesome tips and tricks
I used my level 90 boost on a Protection Pally and I've been kind of nervous about picking up tanking (having always been DPS). I've watched a few guides and yours is (by far) the most helpful and informative. Thanks very much. Sub'd.
Very good (intro) guide and absolutely spot on, even to the point of clicking & back peddling (I can hear DPSers gasping!). However, taunt, stun and interrupt MUST be hotkey keybound. Just one very minor addition - the part where you move the boss back slowly is often called 'pushing'. It was described well but not actually named. I first practiced this move on a mob on the bridge in icecrown (next to Chillwind) and I still take new tanks there to do the same (tanking exercises). (sub'd).
I've been tanking for years and learned a couple things from this GREAT video! Well done :)
I like your guides Tuskeh. Good advice and good pep talk in the end =) All the best!
When I tried to tank for first time, I was only dealing damage (I guess that my "Rogue" character is still alive in me XD) and all the mobs were like... EVERYWHERE?! X3 Everyone died and with time, I learned that the point in being a tank is to pull the mobs and make them fight you, and only YOU. Like this, you're giving a chance to the healer to concentrate on everyone and heal them, and the damage dealers are just helping you to kill your enemies. Did I understand the conception of being a tank or no? :) By the way, great job on the video!
thanks for the video man. i've always been dps and wanted to tank AND raid but fear of pressure always kept me from it.
Nerves about tanking can always be an issue. It's important that you try to work past them and be confident in your abilities!
I tried a few LFR groups in MoP (as various classes) and the amount of vitriol spewed at the tanks - even when the source of failure wasn't clear - was just gross. It's made me very nervous to tank, even though I really want to, and really enjoy playing my brewmaster. Thus, I really appreciate the 'mindset' and 'confidence' notes in your video. You also raise excellent points about the UI (I've just installed ElvUI and plan on re-doing the proving grounds to make sure I 'have it down').
Threat management + aggro management fears. A group/raid performs better when they know the tank can hold aggro. Who doesn't want to succeed at their role?
Really, really great video man. Personally I knew everything, but the majority of tanks don't and this is precisely what they were lacking. Another important piece of knowledge is to know your healers and dps's. Knowing the cooldown of your healers spells, knowing what spells they have, what cc's, etc. The same goes for dps's, but don't expect them to sacrifice dps to root mobs or cast a shield or dispell. I found tanking a lot easier when I had experience healing and tanking, the same with the other roles.
To this day I still want to try have a group in 5man dungeons, where both tank, healer and all 3 dps's cooperate and play as a team, using every little spell and ability, timing everything and helping each other out. I think you can do every dng from 15 to 99 in pretty much one (or few) pulls.
So far I have only tried tank, healer and 1 dps to teamwork, guess everyone is too much to ask. :( just a little dream of mine.
This got waay too long.. great vid, great info, I'm sure it's helpful.
If you did read it all, thank you, have a great day!
+TheMiig1513 Here here! I too dream of the perfect dungeon/raid group, where everyone knows their role and each other. Hard to find, but if you really want to try, look for a raiding guild. Most of them have a set raid team already, but you can find ones that have secondary "training" teams, or guilds that want to build a team (and are serious about it) where you can all learn together. This actually can create astounding raid teams, if everyone is committed to the process. Another way to start is using a 3 person team to run scenarios. This is more difficult, as most scenarios are set up to let 3 dps types succeed fairly easily, but if you all decide to force your roles, it can be a learning experience.
that sounds awesome, if you want and you play on EU servers, please add me: Ulbaek99#2908
I love when you say, "You can get better." Thank you.
At last! A video that explains 'how' to tank. Brilliant!
After watching this video, I feel tanking is not for me. I'll still to DPS and healing.
I just tanked once with a friend's character, back in WRATH
And now im interested in trying it again when I start play again this summer getting ready for Legion, hope I learn something from this and do well when the time comes... x'D
Great video! The information about movement was very information. Following the changes to Fury and Arms in Legion, I want to make Prot my main spec!
watching this is a breath of fresh air,I have been tanking since BC(healed in classic)I see so much bad information out there.Altho i have learned most of this information i think its great for other tanks to have solid information
The stuff on movement by strafing was useful. The amount of times I used to have trouble positioning mobs and not knowing why - now i know i was strafing too much.
Great video, was just about to reroll a toon but now going to keep at it and try tanking again great vid will be watching others that you have made.
how to tank as a hunter(for temporary purposes): spec your pet to tenacity,Gear yourself so yourself your pet gets more health and dmg(tenacity automatically gives them more health), let the healer know, mend pet is your friend, bring food to immediately refill their health out of combat, move pet is your friend, Learn to control their movements.
best tank pets imo:Spiders,Bears,Wolves,Worms,Spirit Beasts,Core hounds,Devilsaurs,Ravagers and Clefthoofs.
moths have a 10min cd rez, bring one, core hounds have a haste buff, spirit beasts can heal
This was a great video. I've just gotten into tanking and this gave me the confidence I needed. Thank you
I agree on the "Control" part of a Tank's responsibility/role.
I have always been an Arms Warrior, thats going to change when WoD hits. You inspired me to roll Protection, and Im going to nail it! :D
Awesome! I wish you the best of luck. Thank you for your kind words.
my first time going into a dungeon was on a rogue, and lets just say i sucked. so i tried out warlock, and its fun but despite having so many demons at the same time (most of them temporary) i still didnt get high dps. then i tried holy priest, and it was pretty fun being able to bring somebody back from the dead or give them a scare by last minute healing them if they are dps and pull. but i made a paladin recently, and i love tanking with it! i have only had 1 group complain and kick me, and it was for something i didnt do (a monk decided he was gonna pull the entire room because he was tired of waiting for me to loot and see where we needed to go). im level 59 right now and the only person in my family who tanks, so its hard not having somebody to complain to about when the healer decides to take off and get themselves killed because they "dont have time for this". my dad plays healer, so at least we can both talk about how irritating it is when dps pulls and thinks they're invincible because they have a healer. i only ever have to use my self-heals when there is a cocky dps that pulls and i need to take back the aggro and pull the whole instance in the process, causing the healer to run out of mana fast. in case anybody was wondering, the dps class that tries to pull the most is monk...
new player here. Just tanked freehold. Big bosses were easy to tank it was pretty much like mobs in quests. Multi enemies was way more challenging. I didn't have control. Didn't zoom out for example. But the party was great I told them it was my first dungeon. I died once too many pirates being aggroed by pets and stack wipe after 2 bosses. We managed to clear the dungeon tho. Definitely got to improve on crowd control. First off doing it on multiple mobs after I get the basics get in that dungeon :P
Druid tanking atm, thanks for the tips, mindset part is really cool. video is 100% right.
This was a great video I just started to tank on my monk in WoD and I am so scared that I haven't even thought about doing normal Highmaul because I know I will mess it up somewhere and then screw up everyones run
This was a great video I've been tanking for awhile and you have some really good tip thank you very much
Wow great video, especially that bit about the mindset, that's really made me look at it different, I just started tanking today, it is good fun tbh, I was really nervous but as the day went on I was more confident, I still don't think I'm that good but I believe I am getting there, but I feel like people will start complaining if I do smaller pulls, but it's alright to do small pulls isn't it? To start off with at least
I usually do not give a damn about people xD pull them 1 by 1 if you want so. tell them that you've just started and need some time to get some things sorted out. Dont worry mate, smaller pulls are good start. you can focus more :D
This is actually very motivating. Thanks for that!
Absolutely amazing video. I just started tanking and this video was a tremendous help and really inspired me. Thank you very much for the guide (:
I'm really impressed with this video. Honestly, so great. Thank you for the tips!
Nice video man helps a lot, think I'm going for a tank now.
"This is what you did wrong, get better" I wish that's what happened to me during my first ever dungeon.. one dude just said "Your a bum ass tank" and proceeded to remove me from the group. This is my first dungeon experience with WoW, I was level 17 with only one aggro ability, no advice was given and I was just instantly kicked despite me not dying and come to think of it nobody in the group died either so I couldn't have been that bad...
2021 and this guide is still dope
great guide man, this taught me a few new things that i will have to practice on.
well, that was very helpful, thanks! its informative and it encouraged me to be a tank because i love leading people and i think fast.
most helpful was ... well, everything, very nice guide!
Thank you for the video. Very useful for a more or less new player like me. (I have some dps and heal characters, but now I have my first tank) You know I play with guys (I'm the only girl among my them) and I was worried about being mocked.But now I know how to start this new role. :D
you make many fine points and illustrate eloquently why I hate Hunters
Thanks for the video and the tips. Very good work!
I had full heirlooms with my Death Knight and I was scared trying to tank. I got confident after my first Sunken Temple instance with ease.
Now I'm level 95 and did my first Auchindoun normal mode, I had a party member rage on me for the first time. I didn't see him request mana and he started raging. Once I got to the boss Azzakel, I noticed all these adds started popping out. For some reason, I hesitated in moving all over the area to pick them up. In my mind the dps will get annoyed with me moving the boss all over the place. Then after the fight, I saw tons of damage being dealt to the party. The healer raged and put me in the spot light again.
Yes, tanking can be scary if you don't really know what you're doing and new to it.
+Chris Brown This. I'm new to tanking and fairly new to WoW and I have been raged at so many times as tank.
im bad tank or healer because of my computer (lag). What i learned from this video is that i need to get a *BETTER* computer. thanks for help
Last I played was cat, I stopped playing for 7 years and finding it hard to get back in as a tank, mainly because I was a good tank I knew my spec tree I was boss.. now the game is unfamiliar and im like a newb all over again, but at a higher lvl and cant babystep back into it
godlike mindset, love it.
Just a tip when you tank with a sheld you never turn your back to the boss. Also never bring a enemy to a ranged dps
Trial of the Crusader music. Nice.
Great video- alot of it is still relevant 4 years later. some advice, don't be a clicker.
Jesus christ this is such a good guide
Thanks man it's a wonderful video and excellent advice
2016, playing wotlk and this guide suits it too. tho there's not such thing as mobs taking a step back xD Thanks, helped a lot
Thnx for the tips im working on my tank 👍👍
Yeah. I'm gonna try out the Druid tank in WoD :)
Awesome vid.
Tuskeh Great Video! Good tips!!!
Hi there I just started a couple of weeks ago and I've found your guide very informative especially the movement part. Was wanting to ask do you have or know any gear guides/videos. Thanks
i loved everything about this.
fucking love your video man this is the most hyped fun video i ever watched and trust me i watch a shit ton ;) GZ!
I like to think myself as a vet tank; but stopped when MoP came out (not because I don't like the theme, but because I wanted good grades in college). I'm curious to know why you skipped over Q and E strafing? I guess it's no different than holding left click and pressing A or D, but it helps clickers (like myself) have access to our abilities.
Swell mindset video though! I never really thought about tanking as controlling the encounters. Starting them for sure, but not the entirety of the fight. For myself, I just jumped head first into boss fights, learned as a guild of what works and what doesn't, and used CDs accordingly.
Most people find that 'Q' and 'E' are perfectly located for a re-bind - Close to the movement keys - Using A and D has helped me massively for strafing and tanking
XxHikidashixX Most tanks bind Q and E to interrupt, taunt or AOE stun. Most good tanks don't click their spells :p
Samuel Crook
It improves tanking performance, not necessarily makes them any better. :P
Thanks. This really helped.
Awesome video!
I created a Blood DK towards the end of Mists and have done really well tanking in dungeons. WoD came out before I had a chance to try raid tanking, and now after about 6 months, I am getting back into playing WoW and leveling my DK to 100. I am excited to tank in WoD, but am a little nervous. I don't have a raid guild yet to help me learn to raid tank, so I will probably be starting out in LFR. I understand the basics of tanking and do it well, I was just wondering if anyone had any tips for Raid Tanking (especially in LFR) because I am a little nervous about there being two tanks and so many more people. Thank you in advance!
Ali Cat in Heels the tanking experience in LFR is just awfull. Most of time is just a battle between you and the other tank for aggro, because most LFR tanks dont know what the hell they are doing. so i suggest you try to get a raiding guild as soon as possible, or maybe get into some pug groups first, so you get familiar with the fights and how they are played. ofc pugging is never ideal but its a good way to start. also as a tank you always want to have your consumables, meaning pots, flasks, food and runes, so you never have to depend on others to do your job right. besides all this i think this video pretty much covers the rest. hope it helps, cheers
Very helpful video! Thanks
Healer here. Why do some groups run like clockwork. I can even do a little DPS. And others it seems like I'm spamming flash heal, and I still can't keep tank alive. Tank doesn't seem like he is pulling any more than others. Is it as simple as gear? Or is it the others not doing enough DPS?
Hi lovely guide. I just wonder how your rotation looks like and if you use some macros ?
I just started tanking and wonder if you have dungeon guide such as we're boss fights are and paths to get to them
You are awsome person. i really like your video. it was so true and honest.
This is great, thanks man!
i find tanking harder whenever there is a rogue or druid in the group, they will ALWAYS try to pull for you, something i as a tank don't appreciate
+Ballbuster Splinter Hehehe, my nemesis has always been a hunter. They just don't seem to be able to resist :) Still, it's a tank's job to deal with these little challenges. When I have one in the group, I just figure I need to pull a little sooner...
Great video
I know how to be a good tank, but is really dificullt if someone else in your gruop have righteous fury (paladin) or blood presence (death knight). This is the problem, because lot of people have this buffs and they are atracting enemy more than you. Do you have any tricks on it?
In the case of a warrior or pally tank, should you use a faster 1h or a slower 1h? And whats the reasoning behind it?
I'm really interested in tanking, but I keep being scared for various reasons. Recently, I started to play my first tank-a protection paladin-and I've loved playing this character more than any other.
Everything was going okay until I started to get past the easy levels-I think it was up about level 40+ I started to run into problems.
I don't know how to do anything that you need to know about these levels, Or where to correctly learn them. I don't know how to find out what kind of gear I need or how to tell if it's good for my character.
At this point I would be willing to completely remake the character on a different server if there was a guild willing to teach me to tank properly, or even just a cool person who would. I've never even done a raid in my life or gotten to max level, and not being able to play this character properly is holding me back :c
a good site to go on to check out what talents and stats etc etc to go with for your class and roles is Icyveins it always has up to date guides on the different classes based on their roles.