I need some help to decide what to play in TBC classic. I have already decided to play a tank since I enjoy tanking and have limited time for dungeons and thus can find groups quickly. But I have a hard time to decide whether to play pally, warrior or druid. Which is most fun? Least repetetive? etc
I played a palatank in TBC and raided up to SWP so I know the class but I would have to level a new toon since I am horde atm and will stay that. I have tried a warrior up to lv 55 but afraid the lack of aoe (especially compared to paladins I was used to) will annoy me. Playing a druid would also require leveling a new toon but at least I could start that now and not have to hurry too much.
Any input would be appriciated.
If you decide to tank as Ppala or Pwarrior its kinda what you gona do unless spend 50g on respec, as Feral druid yuo can tank dps and PvP in 1 build
If you argue that ferals can tank/DPS/pvp with the same spec you can tank and heal as a prot pally.
All tanks are viable but has different niches.
Prot warrrior for single target/maintanking.
Prot pala for aoe tanking/dungeons etc.
Feral as a good offtank that can also dps very well in cat form so as an optional tank.
But all three can do all the different roles perfectly fine.
I still like prot warrior as a tank, and prot pala is a lot of fun with shield. Matter of your own taste.
Feral dps and tank share most of the same talents. So it is viable.
Your example on the other hand is really silly.
i for myself love palatank, but this mostly because i like 5 man content and pala is a beast in dungeons. On top ppala has cery good grindingpotentional in older instances, so good for making BIG bank ^^
free mount at 30 is not so bat eather right ^^
But this is just me. Pala will be 1 out of two chars i plan to plan mainly.
Ok first off, start ignoring people saying Warriors are locked in as Main Tanks. They’re not, at all.
Paladins and Ferals can tank EVERY FIGHT IN GAME in TBC, without exception. Arguably even Paladin is better for Illidan than a Warrior which is the usual selling point for Warrior tanks.
Ferals do WAY more threat than Warriors and have much more freedom with gear (To compete on threat, Warriors will need to be taking some DPS pieces, which will annoy your physical DPSers).
Paladins are fun, first off they’re mega useful in the rep grind. Secondly, they might be the best grind spec in the entire game (Seriously, level skinning and just spend your time in Black Morass pulling the entire zone in 1 pull for crazy amounts of knothide leather).
Fun wise, Warriors are hardest with smallest reward and highest potential for benching.
Ferals are the highest threat, but probably not the most engaging playstyle, but they play a lot more like a DPS than a tank with the high crit rates…
Paladins are complex to gear properly, but their playstyle is pretty fun as you’ll need to be engaged on every pull.
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Out of curiosity, how do ferals handle Kael’thas?
They don’t, but a Paladin sure can.
Prot paladin, TBC/Wotlk prot paladin is a pretty fun iteration of the class, and unlike warrior/druid where you have to build up rage, you have resource straight on the start of the fight.
Makes it more… comfortable.
Thanks for the input everyone. Think I will start leveling a druid now, and depending on when and how long before TBC release the prepatch hits, I will level a pala as well if there is time for me to hit 58 on it. Think I still have the macros for the palatank taunt somewhere in retail
That is a good choice, very versatile. Have fun in tbc ^^
I’d just go PPaladin just to dab on Hyjal and be the raid’s hero, sure you won’t tank Illidan, but at least it’s not a Spam Sunder Armor fest gameplay wise.
Early game protection warriors will be the best tank as they have the best on demand mitigation abilities. Druids lack the dodge at the beginning and can’t block and paladins are the weakest early game due to lack of stamina or on demand mitigation and spell power(due to trying hit defence cap early)
This changes as the tanks get geared once druids get geared they have insane dodge/health/armor and threat output making them amazing offtanks they only lack good mitigation abilites and can’t block so damage can be spiky.
Paladins become god tier late game As they scale incredibly well with the combat expertise talent and the fact that they have uncapped aoe makes them great for dungeons and mount hyjal they can block alot and with ardent defender which will now have a higher chance to proc when low since due to your stamina being alot higher.
Protection warriors do well all stages of the game good mitigation abilities means they are always good to main tank
Honestly, I think all 3 tank options are fun to play.
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I’ll say the truth.
If you roll Warrior tank odds are in a speedrun/speedkill meta, you’re gonna end up benched.
Fun varies a lot.
For me bear tank is the most fun in single target: mangle on cooldown, lacerate up to 5 stacks then maintain, maul and swipe to avoid capping rage, kinda the same in single target, and maintain two debuffs all the time (there’s more, like hot-ing yourself before pulling, and a couple cds, but that’s the gist of it).
Prot warrior is also quite fun to play no doubt, but it’s definitely harder to manage imo. It’s a top tier spec, but not that easy.
For aoe protection paladin just feels super awesome, you’ll see little numbers popping everywhere, it’s really good. I don’t like it that much in single target though, I don’t know.
So yeah, imo bear tanks and prot warriors are more fun in single target, but prot paladins are more fun in aoe.
“Fun” is subjective, but I think prot warriors have the most diverse tanking gameplay. Ferals on the other hand have the most diverse gameplay “in general”, as they can swap between tanking and DPSing encounter-to-encounter.
What kind of speedrunner would make a thread titled “What tank to play as in TBC (fun wise)”?
Most “normal” guilds will run 1 of each, or a 1-2 combination of some kind (though having at least 1 tankadin in your roster is strongly recommended)