Think this is the best guide I've seen so far on any wow-class in 10 years of World of Warcraft. You don't just say "use HoTR>CS>LOL>AS>SoTR>BBQ>AFK>OMG = WIN" You actually explain the skills, abilities, mechanics and your reasoning. And, you use the full names along with the tooltips instead of just a long line of obscure abbreviations that means nothing to a new, or like me, recently returning player. 10/10
Kevin Butler It's not 100% vital that you hit the 50% mark. 43% should be more than enough to comfortably tank heroic Siege (I only recently hit 50%). I'm sure as you continue to get more gear, you'll inch closer to that breakpoint. If you have stats like Dodge, Parry, or Crit (and maybe even Mastery), and you haven't reforged it to Haste, you could do that as well. Also, if you have access to elixirs, the Haste elixir should be a nice way to get you some extra haste.
Great guide... I like how you explain your choices rather than just saying do this and do that... I also like how you explain how things improve with gear... Good job
Thanks, man! You have no idea how happy your comment makes me. :D I'm fairly new to this whole tanking thing and it was frustrating when all I found was, "Do XYZ because I said so" without any explanation. I wanted to provide something for people who were new to the class/spec that gave reasoning behind decisions so that they could think for themselves and eventually try different stuff out.
Brandon - For some reason I can't Reply to your comment, but I'm glad that the video has been helpful. As for your question...unfortunately, there's not too much you can do at lower item levels. Once you get a better feel for the rotation and push out more damage, that will certainly help. In the mean time, keep in mind that Reckoning (your taunt) increases threat that you generate on that target for 3 seconds. You can use that to your advantage and taunt a target for additional threat even if it already has aggro on you.
Thanks for the awesome guide Fifty Strat! I've been struggling the past few days since I've boosted my Paladin Tank. This video is helping me alot to figure out my rotation and things like that. There is a lot of DPS that out gear me though so it's always hard to keep aggro. Any suggestions on that? Fifty Strat
Thank you, sir! I actually came across your guide as well when I was doing "market research" to see what other paladin guides were out there. I give your video a shout out in my written guide (under "Thanks and References").
Nice guide mate! As a fellow prot pally switching to main tanking heroic progression I'm looking up to improving my ui (which is does the job but looks awful) I've been too lazy to do my own weak auras. Could you direct me to a place where i can copy paste your weak auras? Also what's that text above eternal flame ("rebuff xxx") i guess its something like affdots.
Thanks! The EF thing is from a Weakaura string made by Theck. I'm currently using TMW, but I think Theck has a full setup that you can find here: www.sacredduty.net/weakauras-strings/
Vlad Albert That one came with a UI add-on I use called "gUI". I would suggest using "NugComboBar" - it's pretty customizable and I used it for a long time.
Hi i recently started playing wow again, and i dont know witch addons are the best for the best UI,can you please tell me witch addons you use for the timers and health bars etc , i would apreciate plus very very good guide about the class and mechanics helped me a lot.
hey man, very nice guide! Appreciate the time you put into this :D (also like the fact that I don't need to get all of my ret gear replaced to start tanking). I have one little question. I read your in-depth guide (wich is wonderful aswel), but didn't find the addon name that says which raid member has what cooldown left or used. It's very handy for raid-leading and could come in handy tanking! Thanks in advance!
Great video guide :), thank you for making this. One question, are you sitting in your bathroom or something, there is a strange sort of echo thing when you speak, it sounds as if your in a very large empty room.. hence the bathroom question :D
Hahaha - sorry about that echo. I was recording in a room with horrible acoustics. I recently moved so any future videos should sound much less echoy. I promise that no part of this video was done in a bathroom though. That would be very......crappy. 8)
Hey! My primary UI add-on is gUI (Goldpaw's UI). I use a mix of TMW and WeakAuras for the notifications/timers and then the usuals like Grid, Skada, VEM. I go a little more in-depth in my written guide although a lot of these add-ons broke post-6.0.
it might be a little much to ask but would you consider doing a tutorial/uploading your UI if you already did please send me a link i would be very grateful :)
Hey there! The UI that I use is called gUI. The abilities that you see in the center are a combination of both WeakAuras and TellMeWhen. You can find my TellMeWhen string in the written guide (in the video description).
It really depends on a handful of situations: 1. 10m or 25m? 2. Boss 3. Strat used for boss You can get a general feel for where people are at by looking at World of Logs or Warcraft Logs...although at this point in the expansion, I would assume a lot of those parses are people cheesing the fight for extra DPS/better ranks.
Thank you for making such a complete an accurate guide. This is such a fun spec to play, and master! Hope to see more videos from you man! #HDremix1941 anyone feel free to add me.
Think this is the best guide I've seen so far on any wow-class in 10 years of World of Warcraft.
You don't just say "use HoTR>CS>LOL>AS>SoTR>BBQ>AFK>OMG = WIN"
You actually explain the skills, abilities, mechanics and your reasoning.
And, you use the full names along with the tooltips instead of just a long line of obscure abbreviations that means nothing to a new, or like me, recently returning player.
10/10
As a fellow old, classic WoW vet, this comment made my night. Cheers! :)
Awesome guide, by far the best I've seen for 5.4. Please keep up the great work ^_^
Great guide. It has helped me with my tanking tremendously and given me the confidence to tank this upcoming week on heroics.Keep up the great work
Thanks for the encouragement! Great to hear about your progress. If you have any questions, please reach out :D
i just have one. im currently at 43% haste unbuffed. should i try to achieve the 50%? is there a significant benefit to getting to that?
Kevin Butler
It's not 100% vital that you hit the 50% mark. 43% should be more than enough to comfortably tank heroic Siege (I only recently hit 50%). I'm sure as you continue to get more gear, you'll inch closer to that breakpoint.
If you have stats like Dodge, Parry, or Crit (and maybe even Mastery), and you haven't reforged it to Haste, you could do that as well. Also, if you have access to elixirs, the Haste elixir should be a nice way to get you some extra haste.
okay great ill recheck my gear and min max better.
Great guide... I like how you explain your choices rather than just saying do this and do that... I also like how you explain how things improve with gear... Good job
Thanks, man! You have no idea how happy your comment makes me. :D
I'm fairly new to this whole tanking thing and it was frustrating when all I found was, "Do XYZ because I said so" without any explanation. I wanted to provide something for people who were new to the class/spec that gave reasoning behind decisions so that they could think for themselves and eventually try different stuff out.
thankyou ive just gotten back into wow and this helped me up out heaps :)
Brandon - For some reason I can't Reply to your comment, but I'm glad that the video has been helpful. As for your question...unfortunately, there's not too much you can do at lower item levels. Once you get a better feel for the rotation and push out more damage, that will certainly help. In the mean time, keep in mind that Reckoning (your taunt) increases threat that you generate on that target for 3 seconds. You can use that to your advantage and taunt a target for additional threat even if it already has aggro on you.
Thanks for the awesome guide Fifty Strat! I've been struggling the past few days since I've boosted my Paladin Tank. This video is helping me alot to figure out my rotation and things like that. There is a lot of DPS that out gear me though so it's always hard to keep aggro. Any suggestions on that? Fifty Strat
Great guide! I like your UI too, I'm gonna try and set up buttons like that in my WeakAuras setup.
Thank you, sir! I actually came across your guide as well when I was doing "market research" to see what other paladin guides were out there. I give your video a shout out in my written guide (under "Thanks and References").
Great vid. Thanks!
Nice guide mate! As a fellow prot pally switching to main tanking heroic progression I'm looking up to improving my ui (which is does the job but looks awful) I've been too lazy to do my own weak auras. Could you direct me to a place where i can copy paste your weak auras? Also what's that text above eternal flame ("rebuff xxx") i guess its something like affdots.
Thanks! The EF thing is from a Weakaura string made by Theck. I'm currently using TMW, but I think Theck has a full setup that you can find here: www.sacredduty.net/weakauras-strings/
Fifty Strat Can't find a Holy Power Bar like yours anywhere. Can you please share that?:D
Vlad Albert That one came with a UI add-on I use called "gUI". I would suggest using "NugComboBar" - it's pretty customizable and I used it for a long time.
Good video.. but how have u config yours tell me when to get the eternal flame to show yours stack and same on shield of the righteous?
Hi i recently started playing wow again, and i dont know witch addons are the best for the best UI,can you please tell me witch addons you use for the timers and health bars etc , i would apreciate plus very very good guide about the class and mechanics helped me a lot.
hey man, very nice guide! Appreciate the time you put into this :D (also like the fact that I don't need to get all of my ret gear replaced to start tanking). I have one little question. I read your in-depth guide (wich is wonderful aswel), but didn't find the addon name that says which raid member has what cooldown left or used. It's very handy for raid-leading and could come in handy tanking! Thanks in advance!
Thanks, man! That add-on is called "Hermes".
Great video guide :), thank you for making this. One question, are you sitting in your bathroom or something, there is a strange sort of echo thing when you speak, it sounds as if your in a very large empty room.. hence the bathroom question :D
Hahaha - sorry about that echo. I was recording in a room with horrible acoustics. I recently moved so any future videos should sound much less echoy. I promise that no part of this video was done in a bathroom though. That would be very......crappy. 8)
what gems do i pick?
Hey man. I love your UI. What addons are you using? I hoped to find a video on your channel, but you dont have one :(
Hey! My primary UI add-on is gUI (Goldpaw's UI). I use a mix of TMW and WeakAuras for the notifications/timers and then the usuals like Grid, Skada, VEM. I go a little more in-depth in my written guide although a lot of these add-ons broke post-6.0.
how do you have your main moves near the center of your screen like that?
It's an add-on called TellMeWhen.
it might be a little much to ask but would you consider doing a tutorial/uploading your UI if you already did please send me a link i would be very grateful :)
love the vid btw ;) rly good job
Hey there! The UI that I use is called gUI. The abilities that you see in the center are a combination of both WeakAuras and TellMeWhen. You can find my TellMeWhen string in the written guide (in the video description).
oh thx i got it alrdy tho :D
Hi, what kind of dps are you doing in raids?
It really depends on a handful of situations:
1. 10m or 25m?
2. Boss
3. Strat used for boss
You can get a general feel for where people are at by looking at World of Logs or Warcraft Logs...although at this point in the expansion, I would assume a lot of those parses are people cheesing the fight for extra DPS/better ranks.
Thank you for making such a complete an accurate guide. This is such a fun spec to play, and master! Hope to see more videos from you man! #HDremix1941 anyone feel free to add me.
Eres de argentina? no entendí xd
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Great guide man. Thank you!