Frequently *Answered* Questions - Tankadin quickie basics.

Malygos is the best use I've found for it thus far. I MT'd our progression kill, but hitting bubblewall if DPS is dumb enough to let a spark hit Malygos would save lives, if you were OTing. Bubblewall a vortex if the healers are struggling can save an attempt (I didn't end up doing it on our kill). Bubblewall at some point during P2, just because you can, once your add is dead (my two died first, then I bubbled to help everyone else out, on our kill) Gamebreaking? No. Helpful? Definitely. Worth the two points.

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Meloree of Garona

Q: My stats in "Defenses" in Character Info show "(Before diminishing returns)" in their tooltips.
Does this mean the new (3.0.3) diminishing returns on miss, dodge and parry aren't showing up or does it just indicate the diminishing avoidance due to the difference in level between the mob and me?

In addition speccing -30% duration of fear, disorient and stun is an option.
That would be a 7/58/6 and most likely w/o kings.
While the Holy part would be personal favor, I think the change from 30% chance of stun-resist to 30% stun-duration was a major upgrade.

Best AD data point EVAR!

Did Sapphiron-25 last night, with me badly undergeared to tank it.

One-shot.

AD saved me four times in one fight, and mitigated over 2% of damage taken.

AD rocks for hard content.
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Knaughty of the Nightfall.
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Hello everyone.

Of course, I'm aware that enchants give me def rating mostly, but i was generally curious about what stat i had to socket to get block capped. After reading def vs. dodge thread i got that the best option is to balance my def and dodge ratings.
So is it correct to say that every tankadin should tend to stack defense and dodge ratings in a balanced manner to get block capped after reaching uncrit cap?
For example this is my armory, i'm a bit low on dodge i guess(i'd be glad for any comments on my build etc )
Second q. probably shouldn't be here. Are the req.s for tanking Sartharion or Malygos(normal mode at least) way higher than for tanking Naxx? i have a sense that i should farm naxxramas well before attempting doing other raids right now, at my current level of gear - because now i got ~86% avoidance with HS and tanking feels not so comfortable especially comparing to avoidance i had by the end of TBC.
And....is it beter to keep farming HCs or i can get better upgrades with less effort from nax? for example i'm going to farm AN hc for a stam trinket anyway but i do want to return to raiding as soon as possible

Thanks in advance for any answers)
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Defense is strictly better than dodge for reaching the block cap. The work show in the def v dodge thread is for avoidance only. While we're on the subject, block chance is not considered avoidance, nor mitigation. It is something inbetween and shouldn't be called avoidance.

Given the choice between dodge and defense always pick defense until you reach the block cap. For instance, +16 dodge will lose to +8 dodge and defense when trying to reach the block cap. Defense is 25-33% better than dodge for reaching the block cap.

As to our second question, Sartharion is pretty easy if you kill the drakes before the boss and hellish if you do it with the drakes up. Can't comment on Malygos.
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Malygos hits noticeably harder than Sapphiron in both 10 & 25.

I tanked both this week, after two full Naxx-25 clears, for Malygos I was running at 36k health with double stam trinkets (well, more like 33 in 10-man, was missing some buffs). 10-man was doable with 2 healers, 25 had... 7? Difficulty was not phase one tanking checks (though your healers do have to be paying attention, and druids/priests are OP for 10-man). The encounter is a DPS race and individual responsibility check, with stuff to learn in each phase.

In 25, if he gets the buff, his breath will one-shot you even with 36k health - hit me for 38k one time. Real answers in raid advice forums, go there.
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Knaughty of the Nightfall.
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nm, figured it out.
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Ty.

One more thing i have a q about is http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41101

Do you like it\use it? I have been really admiring 6-7k AS crits for all the time since i got this glyph, it rocks @ solo farming\when you need a good starting burst of aggro\need an accurate pull when other pack of mobs is nearby. But yesterday i got to off-tank Sartharion adds with no drakes up, and it... was hard to catch all of them quick enough. Adds are spawning pretty often and usually pretty far away from previous spawn spot, and it feels like 3-target AS would really help me to handle the aggro on them.

The question is - is it pretty often in current raid content that un-glyphed AS is better than glyphed?
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