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Post by Enix03

Okay, I've been a little confused looking at talent tree's for Deathknight tanking. I'm level 72 and every tree I look at is for level 80, Would anyone mind making me a tree for a level 72? I have no idea what to do. I'd prefer a frost tank if possible, But anything will do. Can someone help?

Post by blademeld

Still in the wrong section imo, try the DK forums, and don't do it all bolded.

This should be sufficient.

Post by Blackboy0

Okay, I've been a little confused looking at talent tree's for Deathknight tanking. I'm level 72 and every tree I look at is for level 80, Would anyone mind making me a tree for a level 72? I have no idea what to do. I'd prefer a frost tank if possible, But anything will do. Can someone help?

Go Unholy. Everybody will hate you, but you'll be able to rape everybody easily :P You can also Tank & Solo really good too... and even if you die, you'll come back alive as a Ghoul and still be able to take down the person/mob that killed you.

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Post by blademeld

I've yet to see a reason for solid survivability build pre-end-game imo

but then maybe DK's take too much damage :P

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Post by Proky

Do not go unholy if you're aiming to tank.

DK can tank with every tree of tallents, it depends on player style, unholy is best to 5-mans, take trash as fast as you can, in my opinion frost is best to tank boss or one person, good burst damage and slowing attack speed is nice too, and blood is some combination of these :)

Post by Enix03

So would anyone agree with the tree that he made?

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Post by Tyar

no not at all.. its got several very useless skills and missing very key ones.

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=j0vZhgxthcdRhR0ssxcg

Ive tanked 25 man naxx with if you want to go frost.
Make sure to glyph your unbreakable armor and obliterate.

This builds great because everything is a timer, but once you've got 50% avoidance approx, trying

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=j0vZhgxthcdRhR0ssxcg

which is the build I have now, and thanks to my avoidance the uptime of bone armor (be sure to get the glyph) is upwards of 70-80% which makes a huuuuuge difference.

Post by Enix03

Tyar, Can you make that for a level 73?

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Post by Enix03

I tank as unholy/frost. frost for lichborne. i pull 4 mobs without breaking a sweat using bone armor and icebound fortitude to keep it easy for my healer. my dps with the exact same build is good also. never bothered clocking it because i have kept up with everyone so far.

came in 5th in a 25 man archavon- thats the only milestone i have at the moment

Can you make me a good tree for tanking as a 73 DK? I'm using the one that the guy up there made for a level 72

Post by Cheek

At 73 myself I run as Unholy/Frost (maybe more like this at 80 if I stay Unholy), but I usually am last to join the group and fill a DPS role rather than play as the Tank (unless the Tank is having trouble, in which case I gladly step up to the plate. My server just has a lot of Tanks these days).

At 80 I plan on MTing as Unholy, but might also consider something like this (modified for a lvl 73 would be more like this) if I decide to go Frost (which I admit is quite tempting indeed).

I realize none of the linked specs are perfect, but all fit my tastes and do more or less what I want them to do...which is AoE damage/threat like none other. Remember (as others have said already), 5/5/5 ^_^

Hope I helped a little.

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