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How much DEF to tank at 74?
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Post by
Syntaxis
Currently my Warrior is level 74 and has gathered some protection gear. His stats on the character panel are as follows:
Defense: 434
Dodge: 15.59%
Parry: 13.15%
Block: 12.56%
Resilience: 0%
Will this make me able to tank instances such as Utgarde Keep and Drak'Tharon Keep?
I guess he's not crit immune, but I'm not even certain if that's necessary at this level.. Any tips are most welcome =)
Edit: His profile:
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Skullcrusher&n=Tonha
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Post by
sky3union
Crit immunity only matters at level 80 and only in Heroics and Raid. Heroics need 535 defense and raids need 540.
Until Heroics you can adequately tank 5 mans in DPS gear
, although tanking gear and high stam gear will improve your survivability.
No, you can't : /
Starting from Northrend instance you need to have proper gear for tanking. Spec matters less, but def gear, you must have.
Post by
skumbananer
Crit immunity only matters at level 80 and only in Heroics and Raid. Heroics need 535 defense and raids need 540.
Until Heroics you can adequately tank 5 mans in DPS gear
, although tanking gear and high stam gear will improve your survivability.
No, you can't : /
Starting from Northrend instance you need to have proper gear for tanking. Spec matters less, but def gear, you must have.
Bad avoidance and low health can easily be compensated for with a good healer. if healer is dps specced in levellin greens and tank is dps specced in levelling greens you might have a problem though.
Remember first run to utgarde keep, tanked in kara/boj/za gear and t6/swp healer got so bored i got ordered to put on my dps-gear.
Post by
Shiverlynn
To answer the OP's question, if you really want to be uncrittable at level X, it can be achieved by adding 135 (for level+2 mobs) or 140 (for level+3 mobs) to your current level's maximum defense skill (!not rating!).
At level 74 you should have 370 defense skill, so you'll need 505 defense to be uncrittable against mobs 2 level higher than you and 510 against mobs 3 levels higher.
In Utgarde Keep bosses are level 72 if Wowhead displays it correctly, so you'll need 495 defense skill to be uncrittable against them. (I fail at maths, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)
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Rubendesmet619
To answer the OP's question, if you really want to be uncrittable at level X, it can be achieved by adding 135 (for level+2 mobs) or 140 (for level+3 mobs) to your current level's maximum defense skill (!not rating!).
At level 74 you should have 370 defense skill, so you'll need 505 defense to be uncrittable against mobs 2 level higher than you and 510 against mobs 3 levels higher.
In Utgarde Keep bosses are level 72 if Wowhead displays it correctly, so you'll need 495 defense skill to be uncrittable against them. (I fail at maths, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)
your math is correct(lv 73(raidbosses) required 490 and every lv=+5defence)
also, with 495 defence you are immume to crit IF THE OTHER MOB is lv 74.
your defence is one thing, its the level of the mob your fighting thats the most importent, not your level.
Post by
SeaOfHoles
At 73, my stats are similar and I have tanked UK and Nexus fairly easily. It's not like we are invincible. Still need a healer that is paying attention
AP: 1611 (unbuffed)
Hit Rating: 95
Expertise: 18
Armor: 14009
HP: 14105
Defense: 433
Dodge: 15.65%
Parry: 12.68%
Block: 13.94%
Resilience: 0%
Post by
Syntaxis
Thanks, all :-) Gonna go and try tank some instances tonight, just to get a hang of tanking. Sounds like an interesting job!
Post by
Porcell
Look, if you are going to tank, just drop the gold on a full Cobalt set and you'll be pretty much good to go. It takes only 41 Cobalt Bars to craft the 8 items and the shield.
If you are already in the mid 70s, grab the tempered Saronite set. It's 20 cobalt bars and 74 saronite bars.
All this talk about "getting by" in DPS gear and expecting healers to compensate is junk. Get the gear you are supposed to be in, it's not that hard. The stuff is cheap and Blacksmiths are all over. I'm sure you'd expect your DPS and Healers to be in the proper gear; why shouldn't you?
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