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This guide is more for Instances, such as Uldaman and up all the way to The Mechanar. The information here is from personal experience, and in no way is designed to be the ultimate tanking guide. All this is, just a simple way to tank if you have been Arms/Fury/Ret. This Guide is designed more for Warriors, but Paladins and Druid may benefit. Please leave a comment for feedback on this.

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Steps

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    Must have a shield and 1h(One Hand) weapon.
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    If you're going to tank any instance in Outland's, you must be in Protection spec unless you have amazing skill and gear and know what you're doing, then you could tank as fury/MS.
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    Make sure there's a healer in group!
    • Healer must be Holy/Resto Spec.
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    If you're not a leader of a party, ask for it.
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    lvl 60 Warrior(Prot), lvl 60 Priest(Holy), lvl 60 Rogue, lvl 60 Hunter, lvl 60 Mage. Pretending this is your group, before starting to fight Mobs, assign different Target Icons to people in your group.
    • Skull = All dps Star = Rogue Stun Square= Hunter Freeze X=Mage Poly
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    When you come up to a mob of 3-4 different people the first thing to do is mark targets, Normally the guy closest to you gets the Stun from your rogue. The one middle distance is the one YOU the tank pulls. The one furthest in the back is always the one hunter pulls and freezes.
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    After you do all this PULL the skull and let the Hunter do his thing; then have him join the fight to drop the Skull target. Do not charge, pull its the safest way. Soon as you're guys drop the Skull go for the Square since the Freeze effect wears off faster than the Rogues stun. Then move on to your last target.
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    Every time you hit a mob, hit them with one of your taunt abilities, and begin to stack up sunders. (Remember it is not your job to kill them! Just to make sure they only hit you)
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    Once mobs are dead do not go crazy and go forward, wait 4-5 seconds, make sure your Priest has Mana.
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    Every time you go into a fight use Blood Rage and cast your Battle Shout.
    • Thunder Clap is useless unless it's for countless Mobs, in which case you should allow your mage to do the job.
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    When tanking a guy always stand on the opposite side of your healer If you lose anger instead of running to mob, quickly switch to Berserker and intercept them, as soon as you have intercepted them switch back to Defensive and cast your Taunt.
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    You pull first! Do not let anyone else pull. If someone keeps doing it, kick them from group and replace them.
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    Let everyone know you need them to listen to you, that you are capable but just don't want to wipe.
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    Don't let anyone die! They will keep inviting you as tanks are extremely needed, congratulations on picking the right class!
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    Last thing: Remember as long as you're Healer, is alive, you're still alive. Don't try to save your own butt by running, because 9 out of 10 times they catch up to you and kill you anyway. Protect the healer at all costs, and he will keep healing you regardless of how extreme the situation is.
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Warnings

  • Make sure your gear is 100% before entering an instance.

Things You'll Need

  • Shield, Sword, Your attention.
  • Also common sense when reading these really old and useless guides that speak nothing of what you wanted to hear =D

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