Tanking Quiz!

[TheDragoon]

Sad that this is so oriented toward warriors. It'd be fun to see a paladin or druid equivalent. :)

1) There are 3 stats that improve a warrior tank's threat generation. Which are those stats. (bonus if in order from better to worse).

Three? There's certainly more than three. I would think expertise, hit rating, shield block value, attack power (or strength), crit rating (or agility). There might be even more than that. To try to fit them into three stats, I would have to go with the following:
1. Threat modifiers (defensive stance, threat enchant, defiance)
2. Things that give the warrior more rage
3. Things that make the warrior hit harder (partly contributes to #2)

2) What Cloak enchant is better for a warrior tank? 12 defense, 12 agi or 12 dodge? (bonus if in order)

Dodge for pure avoidance, defense for passive uncrushability, agility is cheap.

3) What is the worst tanking stat an item could have while aiming for uncrushability, and why?

Bonus armor? Block value? Block rating contributes the greatest non-crush per point, but is also the least effective as far as damage mitigation (block vs. avoiding an attack completely).

If you're talking between defense, dodge, parry and block ratings, it would go:
Parry < Dodge < Defense < Block

4) You are tanking Teron Gorefiend, you pop bloodrage and run in. What is the first ability you need to use when you run in?

I'm not familiar with the fight, but I would assume that he probably has some sort of crushing blow mechanic so that shield block is what you'd want to use as you run in. If the fight is aggro-sensitive on the pull, then you'd probably want to unload when you get to the boss, ASAP or use a shout to make sure it's up and to get initial aggro (even if it's almost nothing).

EDIT: Shield Reflect might be it if there's some massive spell damage component to this fight. Since I don't know the fight, not sure if this is it or not. :)

5) On an untauntable mob, you have the job of building second aggro. What ability you do not want to be using under normal circumstances when building second aggro as a warrior, and why?

Shield block? Unless the boss has some sort of "hit secondary aggro" move that could crush, then you'd probably want it up.

6) Normally on many heroic bosses, when running with one of our mages, the Warrior tank would ask him to pull the boss with a Pyroblast with all he's got. Why would I do this? (tip: no, its not to get him killed lol)

To taunt and give the rest of the party more threat margin at the start. I generally try to avoid this, however, since taunts can miss.

7) In Sunwell Plateau, the first boss fight has a demon that performs an ability called Corrupting Strike. This ability deals a vast amount of damage and also knocks the tank down. What makes this ability so dangerous, and why?

When you're knocked down, you can't avoid anything, so you're going to be relying on your armor and health total to keep you up rather than being able to potentially mitigate it via avoidance.

8) Illidan Stormrage performs an ability called Shear, which greatly reduces your health, turning any hit in a posible one shot on the tank. As a warrior you avoid this ability by timing your shield block. But since you need to time your shield block, you cant use it freely, so: How do you avoid Illidan crushing you?

Either get passive uncrushability or time it for when Shear is about to land. The former would be more powerful (consistent), but more difficult to achieve.

9) Warriors are normally the best tanks against elemental type of mobs (like Ragnaros or Hydross). Why is this?

There are a couple of reasons:
1. Epic plate gear is usually available with lots of stamina and resistance.
2. (Improved) Defensive stance mitigates elemental damage more effectively than comparable druid (spell miss) or paladin (some lesser mitigation and some avoidance) talents.
3. It is very easy to be uncrushable/uncritable with a warrior via shield block while a paladin would have to work much harder to be uncrushable and a druid to be uncrittable.


Lots of kind of misleading questions in there. But kind of fun to think through. :)