How To Get Comfortable Tanking... 5 Tips for New Tank Players | Dragonflight

I feel like the solution to this is so simple. A solo instance with no rewards or exp where your health is buffed and enemies die very easily. Players can learn the layout of the dungeon and boss mechanics before joining public groups. It doesn’t have to be exactly this but I’m demonstrating how simple it would be to let people learn how to play before they get flamed and kicked for hours on end.

Ive always madey own route its always betweem 1and 2+ deoends on how high key is
Except a 20. For that id copy a route and play it that way and learn it in low level keys

Fantastic video. Been tanking for awhile but still glad i watched

The bonus advice is probably the most important :D Sometimes i help the tanks pulling the correct mobs when i am not tanking. Many appreciated that. Also read chat. So many times tanks just pull way to less or way to much. In lower content most people are understanding, but if you keep refusing to listen for advice or keep on making the same mistakes thats where the toxicity will roll in. So also be open minded for advice from the other members of the group. You're not the god of the dungeon right away and some people might know more than you do. Once you get the hang of it it's the most fun wow has to offer imo

i dont even feel like playing after watching this

You do realize that it was a lot harder to keep aggro in OG Vanilla than it is today, right? Like.... a lot harder. We disn't just stand there and take damage, we had to move the mobs around, just like we do today. The differences is today there is a giant red marker telegraphing what is coming, and even a bell, and text on the screen, which was a rarity before.

I want to try tanking for quite some time, but i was always "too scared" and nervous so i never tried

decided to resub. read a few guides like this and now I just don't want to play anymore. It's not fun spending forever on your UI or WA's just to have to information play at a high level. The complexity is no longer fun, it is just obnoxious.

Biggest part of tanking pugs is pugs pulling to boost dps numbers u pull u tank😊

I don’t remember tanking being this many steps to tanking lmao

I started as a holy priest, but in 2006 I started tanking with a warrior. Until 2017. I love tanking especially with a warrior. I really enjoyed the early vanilla days, all the best tanks come from that era. Today’s tank rely too much in adding, we didn’t have that until later.

Naowh is literally one of the best tanks in the world.

Great vid explainjng that theres so much more to tanking than walking backwards. Take a 👍🏼 and a 🔔 . I would add a clean IU with just what you need, yours is a great example, and keybinds that you practice over and over so its reflex.

What tank is the best at pulling multiple Enemies towards Themselves and keeping Them focused on Themselves? In my eyes a true tank is selfless being a shield for Their Allies having the Enemies focused on attacking Them and taking on the pain and punishment so Their Allies don't get hurt and I want the tank that best reflects that.

I can speak to the play the tank you enjoy take... I've been a tank since I started playing have tried them all I played brew s2 and s3 got really good at it but brew didn't look great coming into season 1 so I played warrior cause I pug and wanted to get into groups I hit my wall at 2700 and hit it hard and just didn't enjoy playing it I picked monk back up after the buffs and far surpassed my warrior within 2 weeks and haven't looked back sense

I watch Darkmech and Nerftanktv a lot for tips and tricks

“Either unknown or hated.” 😂😭 Factual information.

Thing is if you start playing late, you can't really learn by just doing normals and heroics since everyone is so freaking overgeared.

Tip 6: Just max gear your character and go solo

Starting tank here after 6 years away from WoW.
Great channel, you earned my sub 👍🏽

Thanks for taking the time to put this vid together & share it with us! :)

Tip 1: pull everything and blame the caster
Tip 2: die and blame the healer

you should start leaving a list of your add ons, im sure im not the only one who would really appreciate it. thanks for the tips homie

I feel like no one is answering the simple question. How to hold aggro, threat & enmity. You guys seem to always jump into high level stuff like "mythic+" like i know what that is...my highest-level class is 30. I just want to know how to grab aggro and keep it.

After this week, WoW content creators are the most convoluted streamers, I see why the community is so isolated. You guys have such a wealth of knowledge but are terrible at explaining it. so people are forced to literally study small things about this game like it's college exam.


Like I've played FF14 for 8 years are there abilities to grab threat? Are there AoE threat abilities, if so what are they? If there aren't then how do I hold the aggro of an entire mob?

Less talking about dont worry about toxicity and bla bla, if someone is playing this game in 2023 they are familiar with MMOs, I dont need help not being snow flake I need help on how to tank in this game -__-

I’ve experienced a lot less toxicity in this expansion when it comes to making mistakes/wiping in groups.

Hopefully y’all get this too so don’t be afraid to try tanking out :)

For anyone scared about pathing and what mobs to pull.
A small trick I do is I (as an rdps main and tank alt) record my m+ runs and then I save on a different folder the runs where the tank performed really well and I study and memorize his path.
Then when I log into my alt to tank I just copy his path and it works well

I tank because when I’m soloing and leveling alts tanks access all content instantly and are constantly needed. I don’t really enjoy tanking but to get the gear I’ll do it. I always tell groups I’m a novice and if anyone has the audacity to kick up a fuss I always just tell em have fun waiting another 20 minutes for some other random and potentially worse tank to turn up

It’s always the rogue and mage that has something to say….but the nail on the head for sure

yet i get yelled at in a m2 even tho i was tanking with max damage and died once and kicked

I actually like to tank, but I dont like to lead. Tanking feels too much like a second job now. Cant jump in, have to study resources, memorize routes, do research, responsible for leading, marking pulls etc etc. Blech.

Darkmech is a good tank-alcoholic, he plays all of them well and has good info/tips

Ouch Sha! That hit to Arcane mage really hurt! LMAO. Seriously, great vid as always!

i started tanking in wotlk as a paladin. i had a core group wanting to get all the cheevo's for the red protodrake. i became very confident, learned every dungeon, knew when to pop cds, etc. coming back to wow i feel like a fish out of water. i want to tank but my lifestyle does not allow me to just brute force learn because i no longer have a team support me. even dungeons where there is nothing on the line i get shat on trying to learn how to pull properly, using my cds to get threat back on me, but even losing threat for a second i am clowned on. feels like shit and just makes me want to roll dps tbh man

I have one tip: use your CDs early and often.

Lmao. That arcane mage jab was hilarious.

Got pushed into tanking a +5 shadow moon burial ground as my first mythic dungeon of the season yesterday... felt like a wet tissue in some packs and relying on others for the path was stressful needed more information, I now have more information. Thanks

great video but idk how you didn't have in tank list best in world tank Asmongold

U say it! Track mana of your healer😍

In my case torgast was my training ground. Seems it worked. Only wrong decision i made is that i was a Blood DK 😅

How do you feel about Naguura? Is she more than just a pretty face?

I would say start with easier difficulties, so you get the hang of it. Then greadually increase the difficulty at your leassure.

What about the last two guides for m+ dongeons?

Should be renamed to "how to tank M+"

I’d add Naowh to the list of tanks to watch. (Tank for Echo)

Who would be a good Guardian Druid to watch on Twitch?

ilvl350 Pally. should I start normal, heroic or what ya think?

Can’t wait to get into tanking again! What’s the link for your weak auras please?

Nah, fuck that. Too much work.

while these are great tips, sadly the playerbase is so toxic anyone who stuffs up even once is abused. Can see why the tank situation is so bad and the players only have themselves to blame