Blackheart the Inciter

I tanked all the way through Shadow Labyrinth last night, my first time in there. We had a warrior but she wanted to DPS and I wanted to tank.

Next time I'll gently insist that the warrior take this guy, unless I have some kind of strategic revelation. Every time the mass mind-control came down I'd spam Consecration and then usually stand there healing myself; relatively harmless to my buddies but it meant I had about 500 mana to work with when the MC dropped.

Righteous Defense + SoR + Judgement + SoR costs more than 500 mana, as I was repeatedly reminded as I tried to pry Blackheart off the healer.

Does anyone have tricks to keep the chaos effect from OOM-ing you? Or is this one of those fights that simply sucks for tankadins?
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Scarlet Crusade - 0/49/12

Also make sure to position him with your back to the wall so that the knockback hurls people meleeing a tiny distance. If all the people meleeing (including you) are repeatedly getting hurled away, then your DPS is suffering badly, and you're going to take too long to kill him and then have mana troubles.

One other thing is that his hits are not very strong.
I use at most times a little more of mana/5 to tank him.
Hadn't ever a problem to kill him.

Greetings Torald
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Torald - 70 Paladin, Blackmoore
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Similarly to keeping rank 1 holy shield and rank 1 consecration on your bar, keep a stack or the lvl 41 mana potions (superior, I think) in your bag and on a bar somewhere. I haven't tanked Blackheart yet, but often times I mitigate enough damage tanking that I am not receiving enough healing to keep my mana up. Popping one of these gives you ~1k mana, enough to taunt, seal, judge, re-seal and holy shield, and they're pretty cheap for a level 70.

A unified strategy for this guy probably would help for when I have to tank him on heroic. As of now, in normal mode, I kinda just wing it. I open with Avenger's Shield and Judgement of Wisdom, then follow up with SoR and JoR, keeping my back against a wall whenever possible. When I come out of mind control, I Avenger's Shield or JoR and try to get him back under control... inevitably I run out of mana, so I pot and hope for the best. I also try to save my LoH for the latter part of the fight, for the big heal and the extra mana.
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Baelor the Blessed
The Shield of Stormwind
Spec: 20/41/0
Server: Runetotem
GM of <Adaptation>

Don't use Avengers Shield to pull him after Mind Control. It is a great waste of mana in this situation
Just tell your buddies to get to a specific point after MC. He will go to your group and you can pull him on you with a simple JOR.

Greetings Torald
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Torald - 70 Paladin, Blackmoore
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Killed Blackheart last night with three paladins, holy priestess and a hunter. Took just over eleven minutes.

Very minor tip - spam rank 1 Consecration. That way it's on cooldown when you get mind controlled, and the AI has a bit less time to blow your mana.
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Scarlet Crusade - 0/49/12

This is one of the few bosses that you might consider Blessing of wisdom for over kings. He doesn't hit that hard really.