I've been researching it for so long but I can't find it anywhere.
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I've been researching it for so long but I can't find it anywhere.
What do you mean actually? Each role has a differently specified list of things to look out for.
For example DPS don't give a **** on saurfang but you gotta look out for the **** he casts on the other tank to taunt it back. On fester you gotta check the other tank's stacks to taunt it before he hits 10, same on PP P3 but taunt before 4 stacks. BPC don't mow down your own orbs, dont face shamblings to the raid.
There are specifics, but if you know your part as a DPS or, even better, a healer, you'll manage as a tank too.
Also: nicely timed CDs are a great help to healers, some tanks just don't know about that and have periods of super high dmg and super low dmg, it's worse than constant high dmg...
lord marrowgar - dont face boss towards raid and stay in front only with another tank (to reduce dmg from cleave), you can help raid out with healing/damage reduction/damage on spikes (heroic only) during bone storm
lady deathwhisper - pick up cult fanatics, deformed fanatics, do not face them to the raid ever since they have nasty cleave and it deals a lot of damage, when boss loses her mana shield either pick up lady deathwhisper with a taunt (taunt like 1-2s before shield fades) or try to generate threat on boss and generate threat
if you're main tank on lady deathwshiper when her mana shield is down, make sure you generate as much threat before insignificance stacks reach up to 5, make sure to interrupt frostbolt if you can
if you're off tank on lady deathwhisper when her mana shield is down, make sure you generate some threat when you have nothing to do, when adds spawn make sure to pick them up, you can help with frostbolt interrupts too.
gunship battle - if you're jumping onto the enemy ship, make sure to taunt the boss only, you can somewhat ignore the other adds on enemy ship
if you're staying on friendly ship, make sure to keep aggro on adds that will teleport onto the friendly ship
deathbringer saurfang - make sure to taunt boss when another tank gets debuff called "Rune of Blood", if you can, stun the adds when they spawn, you can also try and taunt them if they're far away and are slowed so it takes time for the beast to get to you
when boss gains more blood power (his secondary resource - values from 0 to 100), he does more damage, make sure to use a defensive ability to reduce damage taken
when boss is below 30%, he will gain bonus attack speed, make sure to be extra careful and be ready to use a cooldown
festergut - if you're a main tank, make sure to simply hold aggro on boss, (heroic only: dodge green goo marked by green spots if you can), when boss gets more stacks of inhaled blight (stacks can go from 0 to 3), make sure to pay attention to your health and use defensive abilities to reduce damage taken
if you're an off tank, make sure to help main tank take less damage if you can (for example hand of sacrifice as a paladin, intervene as a warrior) and when main tank reaches 8 or 9 stacks of debuff (its called gastric bloat), taunt the boss.
rotface - if you're a main tank just make sure to keep boss in place and keep aggro on it, help raid to take less damage if you can
if you're an off tank, be ready to taunt big ooze when it spawns. big ooze will spawn if 2 little oozes get close to each other. make sure to taunt big ooze as soon as possible and run around the room with it, do not try to tank it because it deals insane amounts of damage, try to stay away from the boss with big ooze at all times to make sure raid takes lower damage
professor putricide - if you're a main tank, make sure to move boss from slime puddle (green thing on floor, constantly growing if not taken care of), be ready to move boss from chocking gas bomb, be ready to use defensive abilities when boss transforms into big daddy on the last phase (when he is below 35%)
if you're an off tank, you can watch this video to understand how abomination works. basically, you run up to the table when professor is pulled, right click and wait for transformation. when that happens, you have 3 abilities to use:
1 - drink slime pool when you stand in the center of green goo, it gives you 8 energy points per cast
2 - apply a DoT effect and slow enemy down, costs 45 energy points
3 - do damage to the enemy, you can also right click on the target to activate your auto attack (make sure to right click every time you switch target)
make sure to keep enough energy points to slow oozes (green or red) which will spawn during the fight, you can leave 1 green goo pool up at all times to make sure you have enough energy points, or if not, you can always farm more energy points from the pool
blood prince council - if you're a main tank, you will usually tank 2 bosses - prince valanar and prince taldaram. they deal heavy amounts of physical damage, make sure to face prince taldaram away from the raid, watch out and dont be too far away from the raid or you will die quickly
if you're an off tank, you will tank prince keleseth, make sure to move boss a bit further from valanar/taldaram. prince keleseth doesnt use melee attacks but instead uses shadow lance. to take less damage from shadow lance, make sure to taunt and do some damage on dark nucleus which will spawn near prince keleseth every once in a while. if you have enough dark nuclei when prince keleseth gets empowered, try to keep dark nucleus on yourself by damaging it once in a while, otherwise you will take heavy damage and die. make sure to use defensive abilities if you lose all dark nuclei
blood-queen lana'thel - if you're a main tank, make sure to stay near another tank to keep blood link between yourself and the other tank, keep threat on boss and help raid when everyone takes a lot of damage if you can (but dont move away from the position you are while boss is hitting you)
if you're an off tank, make sure to stay near main tank, help raid take less damage, do damage on the boss
valithria dreamwalker - try to keep aggro on adds that spawn during fight, stun blazing skeleton when he starts casting lay waste, interrupt risen archmage frostbolt volley if you can
sindragosa - if you're a main tank, keep aggro on the boss, do not face boss to the raid, but do not turn back side to the raid too (make sure raid is on the left/right side of the raid, be ready to use defensive abilities when you are about to take a lot of damage (from blistering cold/frost breath). if you want more details, watch this video to see how to position, what to do during fight as a main tank
if you're an off tank, make sure to help raid take less damage, when boss is below 35% health make sure to taunt-switch with main tank every 20-30 seconds (do not face boss to the raid while taunting her). you can watch this video as an additional detail to understand how to play during last phase when boss is below 35% health
the lich king - it's a lot to explain, i recommend watching tankspot lich king 10 normal strategy as it is explained pretty well what to do during the fight. if you want a heroic version, you can watch either my video, without commentary, on 25 heroic lich king or tankspot guide. sadly, it isnt tank PoV so you wont get too much information from it, but it is still decent
i tried to add basics, without going too much into advanced techniques, try to look through them if you want and ask if you are still unsure about something or something isnt explained clear enough.