- Author: Nevermore
- Date: June 3, 2021
- Expansion: WotLK Classic
As stats go we will want to focus on the following:
- Defense
- Expertise and Hit Rating
- Stamina
- Block
- Dodge
- Parry
540 Defense Skill is the cap that you will want to achieve, anything other than that puts you at risk of being called a “Paper Tank”. Paper tank meaning that you run the risk of being one-shot by certain boss mechanics, such as Lord Marrowgar’s Cleave or Professor Putricide’s last phase.
Hit rating just like any other melee class will be 8% which means 263 Hit rating. When we are thinking about expertise, we should remember that Combat Expertise helps us cap it along with Glyph of Seal of Vengeance like we mentioned earlier. The Expertise cap is 26, just like every other melee class.
Being a tank means that you have to stack stamina, which is pretty much self explanatory, and that is why we chose to stack stamina gems in the first place.
The Block Value offers us great damage mitigation, when it comes to the damage mitigation tools in the game, block value will be your greatest aid on your path of “shielding” your allies.
Apart from the ICC raid, in which our dodge rating is automatically reduced, dodge rating will help you further mitigate incoming damage. Parry rating will be the last stat due to the fact that it does not bring in as much avoidance as the dodge stat, especially when considering diminishing returns of stacking the stats.
Block value should be above anything, defense is good if you don’t want to be one shoted but Block value buffs your Holy Shield which also increase block value and gives damage in return.
Reaching Def Cap for raiding is a must. Block value is the least of your concerns when tanking.
Block value is important there is no denying it, although it will not suffice if you do not have your defense rating cap. When we look at block value it is way more efficient and in demand for raids such as Trial of the Crusader, respectively Anub’Arak.