Shortly after my last post one of my answer was brought to my attention. It seems that there is some debate as to the wording of one of the questions. Rather than tackle the issue, I’ll make it a non issue by adding a response to the other interpretation of the question.
What tanking class do you enjoy tanking along side the most?
I strongly support the bring the player, not the class mentality. I’d rather bring someone I work well with who has a strong understanding of both game and fight mechanics over the player that has the right button for the encounter.
Assuming all things equal, I’d probably say a warrior tank. This is almost exclusively due to the fact that they have everything I lack. They have access to stuns, shield block mechanics (including spell reflect!), fear immunity and a spell interrupt on short cooldown. Together, it is likely we will have all necessary tools required to make any encounter easier on the raid.
Secondly, a quick addition to a previous answer.
Stamina or Avoidance, and why?
My previous answer to this question was armor. I feel that overall mitigation adds longevity to your tanks lifespan as well as reduces the stress on your healers. However, this isn’t something that can be directly geared for anymore and as such, my response is effectively a non answer.
Given the choice between the two, I’d say stamina. Partially because it scales so amazingly well with my class…but also because I hate putting my faith in a random number generator. Having avoidance is important and in the long-term will reduce the damage I take by a very significant margin. Despite this however, the raid will likely find my insanely high chance to dodge to be of little comfort when an unlucky series of hits downs me before a healer can respond.
