Tanking Quiz!
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Here's my first run answer, before looking at anyone else's answers.

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).

This confuses me. There should be many. Any stat that raises AP, either pure AP or strength, should raise your threat generation by raising your damage. Crit should do the same. Hit should do the same, up to the hit cap. Expertise as well. Shield block value as well. As would +weapon damage. And, of course, the ultra-rare +threat. And haste. And armour penetration. Heck, even mitigation stats can raise your threat by enabling more consistent revenges.

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

12 defense is the overall best for uncritability, and for eliminating spike damage. 12 agility is strong in that it also yields a bit of crit, and thus threat. 12 dodge is the best for pure avoidance, and is what I use. Which is best depends on the boss and the rest of your gear.

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

If expertise is not considered a tanking stat (Tip 'o the hat to Morde for pointing out shield block value; armour is much the same) then the answer is parry. It yields the least % mitigation per item point. But, of course, this is only point-for-point.

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?

Dunno about Teron Gorefiend, but I'm going to presume the right answer is "shield block". If you get spiked hard right off the bat, healers have to spike heal you or you die, which means they pull aggro.

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?

Obviously, there are lots of abilities you don't want to be using, but the one they're probably referring to is heroic strike. Rage efficiency is the most important aspect of an ability when trying to stay 2nd on aggro, so HS is much worse than if you were the MT.

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)

Your taunt will equalize threat with the current aggro target, so if that's a mage with a huge pyro under his belt, then you're up by several thousand threat vs. just pulling him directly.

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?

Very likely the fact that your mitigation is useless when knocked down, and since you just took a huge spike, that puts you in double danger: you're low, and you're extra likely to get whacked for more.

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?

Passive uncrushability. With T6 tanking gear, you can get to the point where you don't need to ever hit shield block to avoid crushes, and if you've got maximally amazing gear, you don't even need to do it on Shear, but since it can't miss, that number is very large indeed.

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

Defensive stance reduces all incoming damage by 10%, a bonus not matched by paladins or druids.

-Jester
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Tanking Quiz! - by Bolty - 04-22-2008, 06:26 PM
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