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How to off tank as a tankadin for another tankadin

Majiben
Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:34 pm

How to off tank as a tankadin for another tankadin

I've seen many topics on how to work with druids and warriors but i can;t recall seeing one on how to off tank for another tankadin so here's my take on it.

Avengers shield is okay to use. Yes I did just say that using a multi-target high threat move is okay, here's why: If you throw your shield right after the maintankadin does you will have almost the same amount of threat on your target as they do. A quick JoR will put you over the 110%you need to pull off your friend and you can begin to tank the mob as normal.

The advantage to having both pallies use their AS is that it allows your dps to open up sooner than if you both ran in and judged.

Consecration? How needs that mana hog: You don't need to keep up a full threat cycle on the second target most of the time and can save your mana if needed by just using SoR until the dps start on your target

Why stay on X when skull look so appealing?: On some fights like Illhoof and Lynx you don't actually need to be targeting the mob you're off tanking. Just attack the main target ( After you have established aggro) and keep consecration up to make sure the mob doesn't decide it wants to gank your healers

The advantage is you can help keep up JoCr or JoW while providing some extra dps (useful for squeezing out a bear mount in the last minute of ZA)
Dobbelsteen
Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:54 am
What I do when I offtank lynx for the other prot pallie, is throw a shield at him, judge once and then just keep HS up and consecrate while keeping the judgement up on the boss. Never lost aggro that way.
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Meatydog
Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:03 am
What i have found to be very helpful is when the tanks work together. They dont do any AOE etc stuff till the OT has their mark, once that happens we both start doing as much threat as possible.
If i cant pull somethin off the tank then i just dps. and if i happen to pull something then thats cool.
But i never dps his target. just something else thats hitting him.
If that doesnt work just dps the target like you was tanking him, without using HS. just keeps the real dps from pulling aggro as easy
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Majiben
Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:04 am
A very important point mentioned by Nika that I forgot to write up, never trust a consecraton tick to pick up the lynx spirit. The off tank should always establish aggro before going back to the main target.

JoR + consecration is a must.