Waiting for a job to come, she moved off around the Hinterlands mining and exploring. A call went out ... 'LF tank ST' ... her heart stopped and she thought ... well I do have a quest there ... It is grey ... ah I'll have a go'. A quick check on the caller showed her to be a 48 warrior. The feral druid explained that she'd like to have a go, but as it would be her first go as tank, she'd understand if people gave advice or booted her if she made too much of a mess. The warrior assured her that they would not yell and promptly invited her to a the group.
The group was made up of the warrior and the feral druid, a level 56 hunter and shaman and a 58 pally resplendent in his cloth robes to heal us where needed. The feral druid worried that she would not maintain the attention of the monsters ... holding agro ... was the term she'd heard whispered in the garden dells of Darnassus and a thing that was, apparently, difficult to do.
The run ended, they dusted their hands wiping sweat down their leggings and turned and smiled. There had not been a single death on the journey nor a single instance where they had even looked like collapsing. The feral had known that was in part due to the work of the whole group and that they were at the higher end of the experience level for the area, however, she was secretly pleased with how she had worked. When others had picked up agro, she'd had no trouble at picking them off the warrior, pally, hunter or shaman with a quick swipe or growl.
It was, all in all, a wonderful experience where she discovered that she could bear it with the best of them.
Gratz.. you've made your first transition from resto to OMFG-lookitme!BearTank :)
ReplyDeleteSo, as a welcome pressie of sorts. Here's my Top 5 bear tips.
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Tip 1) When you got a big fan base, swipe is your best friend.
Tip 2) When you are with your (tip 1 ) best friend, Barkskin is also your best friend.
Tip 3) You know that kitty crit gear that you've been collecting? Yup.. gives you best friend number 3 : Savage Defense. That, and self heals from Improved Leader of the pack.
Tip 4) Don't be afraid to blow cooldowns. Dead tank is no tank. In fact, you can manage cooldowns such that they are 1 min apart.
Tip 5) On single boss fights, mangle, lacerate to 5 stacks, rinse repeat. Maul and faerie fire when you got a spare GCD and rage to spare. Yes, faerie fire as part of a rotation gap filler. It does damage too.
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PS: Pick up a good tanking weapon, and put Lifeward on it.
umm ... I love faerie fire
ReplyDeleteI consider it one of my spam buttons
Can I cast barkskin in bear form??? cooool ...
:) improved leader of the pack is also nice. I also went with the improved mangle ... I know you disagree ... I just like the idea of seeing the buff for infecting them ... that and the infection slows their movement which i figure while I'm learning is NOT a bad thing.
... I tried spamming those bbf buttons you suggested ...
ReplyDeleteI died
Lag sux