the once and future Spangles

[TheDragoon]

Being that in instances I would either be the main tank or have a reliable one, I wonder if the extra threat would matter.  One would assume that the main tank would be in defensive stance doing sunders and revenges.  Its possible they could have defiance as well.  Would a fury warrior in battle stance (more on stances in a moment) pull aggro using heroic strike?  I don't know the answer to that really, but I would think that if you have a reliable main tank (like the ones we have) that it shouldn't be an issue. 

Actually, I have found that if I do not have the added de-aggro from Salvation, that I invariably pull aggro off of any main tank I have played with by spamming heroic strike. Heck, I've even managed to pull aggro off of some of our tanks (even the very good ones) when I DID have salvation up if I'm not careful about using heroic strike.

You need to remember that a dual wield fury build is going to generate a LOT more rage than a sword & board warrior (regardless of spec) that is trying to tank. Also, that fury warrior is doing damage with his/her off-hand, as well, which brings with it extra threat.

What I generally do is spam bloodthirst whenever its cooldown is up. If that isn't using enough rage, then I throw in a few heroic strikes to help balance my rage output and generation. However, that usually only amounts to a couple heroic strikes every now and then.

So what stance would you spend most of your time in as a fury warrior? 

Berserker all the way, in my opinion. When soloing, I generally charge and swap to Berserker for the rest of the fight. Sometimes I will swap back to battle stance to use Overpower, but only if I'm already almost out of rage so that I don't lose a ton of Rage during the stance swap.

Something that I highly recommend for Fury warriors is to pick up the improved Berserker Rage talent. The extra 10 rage is great for giving you rage at the start of a fight to smooth things out in case you happen to miss several times in a row. Berserker rage is one of my favorite things with the Berserker stance since it gives you that 10 rage boost and then extra rage for any other direct or indirect (can you say "AoE" abilities of things like the giants in the Molten Core?). In addition, it's useful for PvP when someone tries to fear you (which happens every 5 seconds or so). :)