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Originally Posted by Faendalimas  Paladin tanks have not been given the tools to tank effectively, they can do it, and this will depend alot on the ability of the player, but have limited ability to pull with no significant range attack and have a very hard time re-aquiring agro if it goes wrong. Hence I do not consider them good tanks.
The shape-shifting should not be an issue while the druid is tanking as in Bear form the druid should go in and stay that way, if they have to shape-shift while tanking they usually die and this is the job of the healer to prevent this need. The druid does have one self-heal while in bear form once the feral tree is well set up in general that has been enough for me. With 22k armor unbuffed and 500 def as well as a resilience over 120 I find I am usually not in need of switching while fighting. The druid should never have to shape-shift while tanking as it is not your job to do so. Your job when tanking is get agro, keep agro and take a lot of hits. That is all.
Cheers, Faen |
Pala tanks are crush immune, very useful against bosses like Prince where prot warrios are reliant on block and parry, and feral tanks reliant on high damage mitigation, lots of dodge and imba healers during phase 2. Palas also have good aggro gain, but need mana to maintain it.
500 defense is way OTT for bear, you could drop a lot of this in favour of stamina/agility gear/gems/enchants (agility improves dodge too and is boosted nicely by Kings, being a base stat) Agi is also very useful for feral dps increasing crit chance. Druids only need 415 defense to be crit immune. My end game PVE druid has 406 def and 50 (something) resilience and is crit immune. She also has 15K HP and 26K armour unbuffed and doesn't need to shapeshift during battle, this would wipe the raid
Raid buffed she has 28K armour and 21K HP.
I also have (very nearly) level 70 resto shaman, she is a very effective party healer as well as a competent soloist. Her earthshield gives the tank approx 1000 heal every other time he is hit. From a healers point of view, my experience has found pala tanks easier to take care of than feral or warrior
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