5 ways to keep your tank happy in 5-man heroics

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I recently wrote a similar post about how to keep your healers happy — now I don’t want it to sound like I’m hating on you tanks. See how this is a nice, predictable series? Can you guess what’s coming next? I just need to think of another three ways to keep your DPSers happy in 5-man heroics — but don’t worry, I’ll run some more heroics and I’ll get there. My first and still allegedly main character is a paladin tank, and I’ve run a few dungeons in my time. There are some simple things everyone can do to make sure their tank is a happy meaty meat shield rather than a disgruntled defender. 5. Watch your aggro. Remember this from the “How to keep your healer happy” post? Yeah, much as that helps your healer, it also helps your tank. Playing as a paladin, I have one of the easiest AoE tanking rotations out there — but still, if a DPSer front-loads all their damage into something that isn’t my primary target before I’ve had one GCD to hit the darn thing, even with the new aggro buff, it may well be after you. As a paladin, I can pre-bubble you with Hand of Salvation to decrease the likelihood of this happening (or even a Hand of Protection on a caster) or on a melee player to troll them. I also have an arsenal of taunts. However, other tanking classes don’t have it so easy — just give the tank a moment to gain aggro, then attack the thing that they’re attacking. Continue reading 5 ways to keep your tank happy in 5-man heroics Filed under: Analysis / Opinion 5 ways to keep your tank happy in 5-man heroics originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink