How To Get Comfortable Tanking... 5 Tips for New Tank Players | Dragonflight

For me the biggest thing that stops me is that I don’t know the pathing

The problem with being a new comer to Tanking is the amount of pressure from the group alone, the expectations are high and knowing the mechanics of every encounter are vital. Honestly its not easy it takes time but hopefully people are less judgmental in the new expansion and learn together rather than judge the player, remember its not only tanks but there are also people moving away from DPS into healing too.

Instant sub. I haven't mythic tanked since WoD and want to do it again, but it feels like a brand new role to me even though I did it well back in the day. Thanks so much for this! Prot warrior all the way!

If you were wondering whether or not you can just queue up for normals and just go for it, you absolutely can. I did that and everyone was very understanding

Man that was a fast reaction from when I suggested it 😂 great vid man, good tips. It's always great to make it easier to welcome new tanks to the ranks. I remember when I just got started, it was a BIG step for me to be a tank. Took last of vids, guides and such. I would add to talk with friends/guildies that you are friendly with and try out some dungeons with the class you are comfortable with. Just the pugging in itself is hard for some people.

Starting tank here after 6 years away from WoW. Great channel, you earned my sub 👍🏽

i started tanking in wotlk as a paladin. i had a core group wanting to get all the cheevo's for the red protodrake. i became very confident, learned every dungeon, knew when to pop cds, etc. coming back to wow i feel like a fish out of water. i want to tank but my lifestyle does not allow me to just brute force learn because i no longer have a team support me. even dungeons where there is nothing on the line i get shat on trying to learn how to pull properly, using my cds to get threat back on me, but even losing threat for a second i am clowned on. feels like shit and just makes me want to roll dps tbh man

Thanks for taking the time to put this vid together & share it with us! :)

Got pushed into tanking a +5 shadow moon burial ground as my first mythic dungeon of the season yesterday... felt like a wet tissue in some packs and relying on others for the path was stressful needed more information, I now have more information. Thanks

Side note, there are weakauras that will put an arrow above mobs heads that are included in the route contained in MDT.

As a new tank as of Season 3, I was extremely nervous when I started. A few wobbly pops helped but that wasn’t going to last as I’d have to do it sober eventually 😅. I worked my way to KSM on my tank in S3. When I first started out, I did quests in tank spec to get a feel for the rotation, worked my way up to heroics (super nervous the first few times) and eventually I began doing M+. Believe me, once your comfortable with you class, know the routes (via practise as mentioned) the nerves go away. Having tried all 3 rolls, tanking is by far the most rewarding. You can also put in the description “new tank, learning routes” or something so the players go in knowing you’re learning. Or just go as DPS first and watch what the tank does 😂 Sha mentioned getting flamed as a tank for making a mistake but I didn’t really have that problem. We didn’t time every key I did, groups fell apart but never did I get flamed. In the end, tanking is great fun, rewarding and who doesn’t like an instant invite to almost every group?

One little side note. You shouldn't care about deplets, out of times and intimes. Try your best and you will do it at some point! Also, You can record your runs and watch back the parts that you are unsure why did you die OR why didn't you die. 🐼 Have a nice!

I wasn't going to make any alts this time... I'm now levelling a "Protection Warrior Bluffwatcher" and your videos have been insightful, being new to the class. I'm having a blast levelling up and greatly looking forward to DF. Thanks for the videos. Subscribed!

I'd like to highly recommend Tactyks as one of your listed tank streamers too. Streams on twitch under that name, but also puts out YouTube vids also by that name. Really helpful guy with them, and is currently putting out a YouTube guide to each of the DF season 1 dungeons followed by a more tank specific one, includes links to his routes, details on tank busters, etc.

Great video! I am happy to learn and practise, but my challenge is that I am over sensitive to other's comment when things go wrong

The bonus advice is probably the most important :D Sometimes i help the tanks pulling the correct mobs when i am not tanking. Many appreciated that. Also read chat. So many times tanks just pull way to less or way to much. In lower content most people are understanding, but if you keep refusing to listen for advice or keep on making the same mistakes thats where the toxicity will roll in. So also be open minded for advice from the other members of the group. You're not the god of the dungeon right away and some people might know more than you do. Once you get the hang of it it's the most fun wow has to offer imo

Glad to see Darkmech made it on the list, he’s been doing tank content for who knows how long

Appreciate the content thank you did a pretty good job. I just switched from Druid healer to a paladin tank I will say I think it’s the most fun I’ve ever had

I want to get back into tanking this expansion. I tanked a heroic guild in Mist of Pandaria, back when that was the hardest content, and I really enjoyed it. But I had stopped playing when Mythic Plus became a thing. However I really enjoyed the ridiculously overtuned Cataclysm heroic dungeons, so I've always felt M+ would be fun for me. I think I can do it!

Fantastic video. Been tanking for awhile but still glad i watched