Can a Frost build Tank?

[Dagraboot-darkspear]

So I last played a DK back during WOTLK and after having an awful time with blood, I found Frost complimented my playstyle and ended up sticking with that for the odd expansion after.

So I’ve returned back to the game after quite a while & after getting bored on my other characters decided to Fire up another DK. Frost build, a complete mess, stats & gear all over the place - but seems to survive most things & I’ve purposely kept the rotation (and abilities) as streamlined as possible.

As you can imagine, my Skill tree is not what the Pros would could “optimised”!!

So I’ve levelled a new one back to 80 and currently on an ilvl of around 670 (mostly junk Warband gear). I’ve already been in a few dungeons (Timewalking & Normal so far) where the MT has died (for whatever daft reason) and have taken up the slack to finish “whatever” off.

Obviously I see some massive “spikes” with my health dropping but with a Healer keeping things real, I’ve not really struggled compared to classes I’ve played in the past.

After doing numerous searches Online, I can’t find anything about whether a Frost Tank build is a viable option to be able to survive High end content or if it’s even possible! Everything just points to a DPS build!

Is this not a thing anymore & have I just been lucky & somehow managed to “Fluke” myself to where I am now?

And if it’s not an option, Why not???

Cheers in advance for any replies or insight..

Peace out o/

[Belatrexia-turalyon]

Apologies as I forgot to swap characters before posting!! Hey, It’s been a long time ok? Ahahaha.

Anyway, you can see the current “Mess” I’m using for your entertainment & Eye-rolling exercises

[Lycosidae-doomhammer]

Uhhh… I’m gonna keep it short and say that only tanks can be actual tanks…

If you don’t like blood, try waiting a month for a pre-patch, where the spec overhauls will be shipped, maybe it will smooth out the rough edges.

[Macespec-outland]

In pvp yes. Frost can sustain 3+ people for more than 10 seconds and turn the table into his favor.

[Draghonek-drakthul]

Basically not possible for serious endgame because Frost is designed as DPS spec. If trying to tank in it, it means the game maths itself goes against you by design:

• you will lack passives that you can’t receive critical hit (all tank specs have it)
• you will lack the threat modifier (all tanks have it) and it is currently some hundreds and hundreds of % so even with top of the top gear, mid-geared prot paladin will take aggro almost immediately
• There is not really any tank mechanic that would allow you to manage the oppressive damage at high end content for Frost DK.

So as a result, compared to Blood spec - you would have 0 threat and aggro, 0 mitigation, non-existent self-healing, 0 damage when trying to death strike as Frost.