Guides

This is where I’ll list all the various guides I have written about different aspects of the Paladin class, or WoW in general.

The Basics

• 5 ways to boost your threat

• Tankadin levelling 1-50: the early years
• Tankadin levelling 51-80: coming of age

The Four Characteristics of a Great Tank

1. A sense of ownership
2. Situational awareness
3. The art of the pull
4. Herding mobs like a pro

Consumables

• The cooldown you can chug — Why I <3 Indestructible Potion.

Gear

• What to spend your Emblems of Triumph on
• Coliseum best-in-slot list
• Ulduar tankadin best-in-slot+2 gear list
  • Ulduar 10man BiS+2 list
• The everyman tankadin’s best-in-slot list (pre-3.1)

Gems and Enchants

• How to gem, via a flowchart — The updated version with epic gems.
• Should I gem with a Nightmare Tear? — No.
• PVP vs PVE shoulder enchants — Gladiator > Pinnacle.
• Metagemming your tankadin
• Laughing best and how to enchant said laughing — A little outdated, but the short of it is Accuracy is the best threat enchant.

Raids

• How to tank Putricide in Phase 3
• Tips for Festergut and Rotface
• Tanking the adds in the Dreamwalker encounter
• Heroic-10 Marrowgar and Festergut strategies
• When to use Divine Sacrifice in ICC
• The Dethroning — Normal 10 strategy for the Lich King

• How to defeat Heroic 10man Trial of the Crusader
• How to tank Nerubian Burrowers like a pro

Specs

• How I specced in 3.2

Tradeskills

• Choosing professions for your tankadin