So, although this is mostly a holy paladin blog, I do have a lvl 80 warrior and DK, both of whom are tank/dps dual-specced. I used to lvoe DK tanking, it was interesting, unique, fun, and pretty intuitive. Since 3.2 I have enjoyed it less and less. My DK seems to ahve very little health comapred to tanks in his gear range, he has less armor than he used to, avoidance is a big issue, and I’ve never been good with cooldowns, which are becoming the basis of DK tanking. So, when given the choice between the two, I have foudn myself re-discovering the joy of warrior tanking, which I hadn’t done since runnign Strath at lvl back in classic.
So, here is my response to the Tank version of Miss Medicina‘s healer meme I answered a few posts ago. This one I saw on Achtung Panzercow.
What is the name, class, and spec of your primary tank?
Llothran, Warrior, using the “new black” as Panzer calls it; 15/3/53. I like it, I find it to be good on threat and survivability.
What is your usual tanking environment?
5-mans mostly, as he is a relatively fresh tank. I hope to get him into Ulduar next weekend. I have tanked Ulduar, Ony and the first encounter in ToCr on my DK.
What is your favorite encounter to tank, and why?
So far I would say Grobbulus. I personally think Kiting is one of my strong points as a tank, and Grobbulus is overall a fun fight, even though he was the bane of my guild while we were working through Naxx.
What is your least favorite encounter to tank, and why?
Thorim arena. I find it very difficult to get aggro on all of the mobs spawning from various sides of the room. Plus having my healers occasionally stunned/spell locked does NOT help.
What do you think is the biggest strength of your class, and why?
I lol’d so hard when I read Panzer say ” Also, all warriors automatically spec 5/5 Improved Badass and 3/3 Irresistable Sexeh, which are talents not available to any other tank class.” So I’ll leave it at that. But yah, single target threat and pretty nice assist abilities are cool.
What do you think is the biggest weakness of your class, and why?
AoE. Hands down.
In a 25 man raiding environment, what do you feel is the best tanking assignment for you?
/cower in the corner. I don’t like 25mans at all, our guild largely avoids them as when we ahve tried them it has lead to nothing but drama and aggrivation.
What tanking class do you enjoy tanking with the most?
I’ll say druids simply because my favorite tank in our guild is a druid, and she is awesome and I would stand in fire w/o a second guess if she told me it would help the raid 
What tanking class do you enjoy tanking with the least?
Anyone who has an OCD complex when it comes to threat, particularly a certain OTHER prot warrior in my guild.
What is your worst habit as a tank?
Not using my cooldowns at the proper time. This and when a tank, I always place raid wipes on myself, where as, when I am a healer, I always think it was someone else’s fault
What is your biggest pet peeve in a group environment while tanking?
OCD taunt’s from the other tank. And Knockbacks. Just ask my GM or Coccinelle how I feel about knockbacks.
Do you feel your class/spec is balanced with respect to the other tanking classes?
I think we have amazing survivability, (good) warriors can gen as much threat as any of the other classes.
What tools do you use to evaluate your own performance as a tank?
Omen, recount. If my dps are able to go full burn w/o pulling the boss off me, I’m doing my job. If they can’t full burn w/o risk of pulling off me, I ain’t doing my job.
What do you think is the biggest misconception that people have with your tanking class?
That we can’t gen threat as well as the other 3. While we do require more skill to gen and keep threat up, we are just as capable, if not more so, than the other three (on a single target or 2. 3 or more targets and we fail).
What do you think is the toughest thing for new players of your class to learn about tanking?
Panzer said it perfectly, so I’m jsut gonna stick his answer in quotes: “The priority system that you have to use to maximize DPS and threat. Warriors are, as far as I can tell, far and away the most complicated and active of the four tank classes. We have a veritable metric assload of abilities that we use, and we don’t have a fixed rune rotation like DKs or a “969″ setup like paladins. We have to make split-second decisions based on what’s off cooldown and what’s lit up. It’s not hard to learn, but it takes some work for it to become second nature.”
If someone were to evaluate your tanking ability via tools like fraps, recount, and World of Logs, what tendencies would they notice?
Um….ugh….well I like to take advantage of my groups CC when I can…when mobs get lose you’ll see me flying across the room with reckless abandon.
Stamina or Avoidance, and why?
Right now I have gemmed/chanted almost entirely for def, so for now, while I am still gearing up, I’ll say avoidance. Once I start getting my hands on some Ulduar/badge gear I’ll work to put a lil more padding on my green bar.
Which tanking class do you understand the least?
Druids. My paladin was a tank all through BC and up till he started doing heroics in Wrath. My DK was/is a tank and has been as far in Ulduar as Thorim. My poor druid is still lvl 74 and not getting any higher any time soon.
What addons or macros do you currently use to aid you in tanking?
Omen, Recount, Xperl frames, healbot (allows me to put vigilance or to intervene a friendly with the click of a button and w/o switching target) tankmastery (tells me and anyone in /say range if another tank has taunted off me or if a dps has used a knockback) DBM, Parrot.
Do you strive for a balance in tanking stats, or do you stack some higher than others, and why?
Wearign mostly ToCh 5man heroic gear, I’d say I’m pretty balanced. Once I start getting some Ulduar/badge/t9 stuff I’ll probly have room to gem for more Stamina.
