DK Tanks, where are you on damage meters?

Post by skribs

Just a fun thread, but where are you tanks on damage meters in heroics or in raids (please say raid size, and how far down the tank hierarchy you are). Technically, we should be 4th in heroics and in raids be below the DPS, but above the other tanks and the healers (except maybe feral druids or DK's, especially if you do more tanking and less DPS).
While this thread may be great for bragging, try not to do it in a way that bashes the other DK's that post here (e.g. "you're only 5th? I was 4th!") as we're here to make fun of the other DPS in our groups, not the other DK's here. At least I'm not.

However...doing Naxx 10 last night as the OT, I ended up 3rd on the damage meter. In fact, we had previously assigned 1 DPS to help the OT on the second boss in spider quarter (I was just a DPS then, not crit immune) and we had to pull that DPS onto the boss because we were killing them too quick.

Then there's the heroic nexus run where I'm second on damage....pulling 200 DPS over either of the others (and dying from whirlwinds less...how does a ranged die from WW, anyway?).

Post by visas

it really depends on the instance or raid. In culling of stratholme (both reg and heroic), I'm generally first or second for damage, simply because I do a hell of a lot of aoe =P

Generally though, if I'm in a run with decent DPSers, I'm either third or fourth for damage give or take. I did a heroic utgard keep today and ended up second for damage, simply because we had no aoe damage dealers and I was aoe tanking every pull in the instance.

In raids, my dps is on the low end, mostly because the single target damage dealers can keep ahead of me with relative ease when there's little to no aoe involved, and most targets live a fairly long time so my burst damage doesnt keep me competetive.

Then again... I am a tank, I'm not taken to an instance for damage =P

Most DK's, when tanking, should be well above all of the other tanking classes (even feral druids) for damage output, though.

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Post by anywherenotes

I'm usually above all other tanks, including druids, but not by much.
I have about 1200 dps while tanking and about 1400 when not tanking, since I don't switch my gear in case MT drops.

Normally our top dps is over 3k .... so I'm not catching up to them by a long shot.

Post by Xyphion

Haven't reached heroics yet as I'm only level 73. I'm usually coming in first or second for DPS every single time as the main tank.

You can see my gear and my spec in my armory link below.

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Post by Caesura

Consistently in the top 3 with a PvP frost spec. Upwards of 6k dps on AoE trash in 25's, 3k dps on maintained dps on single target fights.

Except for patchwerk who always hateful strikes me despite my best efforts to stay below half-health all the time. :(

I get out dps'd marginally (100-300 or so) on AoE pulls by a similarly geared Unhly DK but I out dps him by 100-300 on single target fights.

DK Tanks, where are you on damage meters?

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