{NOOBS}{Guide} How to make a great tank

[brandonrulz1]

Some of this is common sence. A very good guide, well I think it is anyway.
I don't take credit for making it though.


To be a good tank, you first need to know how to handle your character in a fight. From the beginning of your toon to the end, you should know your best fighting tactics and you should be able to pick out the main mob to go for in a fight. During your training, you should be able to pick up weapons that will cause a lot of damage to a mob you are fighting and you should practice with it a lot to ensure that you know how to handle yourself when it comes to being in an instance. Gather all the training that you can, all the spells and abilities, and any enchantments or special armor that will help you during your fighting.

When you are invited to be in a group, and you have the time to run the instance, you should go. It doesn't matter if you have run that particular instance before or not, the more experience that you have with any instance, the better you can do overall in the game. If you aren't familiar with that particular instance, ask your friends or guild members who have been there for any tips or advice that they can give you. You can also check with some of the World of Warcraft websites that show quest information and give advice on different areas of the game.

Meet with your party and greet them all warmly, after all, they will be covering your behind while you are in the middle of the mobs. Ask politely for any buffs that will help you, or anything else that your group members can do or provide (such as potions or enchantments) that will allow you to be a better tank. Make sure that you make friends with the group healer, as they can be the difference in your run from a graveyard or a resurrection if you die.

Remember that you are the rock of the group. Others in the group will include a mix of healers, warlocks, hunters, rogues, and so on, and most will be casters.

Casters are usually physically weaker than warriors or hunters, and you should try your best to protect them by keeping the mobs on you, while they pick them off from a distance. Some group members, such as warlocks and hunters, will have minions or pets that will help tank. This can be great, especially if you are charging a large group of mobs and you know that you will be overwhelmed alone.


Mark the targets with different symbols for each different minion or pet, so your group members will know which ones to attack. If you aren't the group leader, ask them to do it for you so all of the tanks know where to go.

Once you are in the instance, you should be in the lead. If you don't know where you are going, and someone else does, let them lead, but stay right with them. When you see a mob, pause and make sure that everyone is ready, especially if it is a large group of mobs. Choose the highest level mob and mark it, as that is the one that you need to go for. Let the group know that you are ready, and then head in for your kill.

Use all your skills and abilities as a tank to kill the most powerful mob there. The others in your group will start picking off the others, or helping you with the one you have chosen. Once you slay that mob, move on to any others that are left standing. Make sure that you help to slay any mobs that are left so they don't hurt your other group members too much.

If an item comes up that is green, blue, or purple, and is one that you either need for a quest or that you can use or wear, it is always polite to ask if you can “need” the item instead of just doing it. More than likely, it won't be a problem, but there are always those few that will gripe about people needing. If you don't win it on a roll, it gives you the chance to go back to the instance with another group and regain the xp that you get from each instance until you gain the item you need to finish your quest.

Being a good tank is more than just knowing how to handle yourself in a fight, it takes a constant sense of where you are, what your strengths are, and how you can use them to become a great tank and to ensure that your group will make it through.

I hope this helped you learning tankz!

[~Keric Vi Britannia~]

THE COLOUR. IT BUUURNSSS. /Off-topic

But anyways, most people *If not all* know about this, as it is "Common Knowledge". BUT, There are some who may have stumbled upon this site, before making a WoW account, then stumbled upon this guide. ^^ Kind of old, but useful to some people these days. ^^ No rep, sorry, but a Happy and positive comment for you, sir, for trying to contribute.

[JoeBiden]

I'm sorry, but the person who wrote this has never had a tank in his life.

[~Keric Vi Britannia~]

I'm sorry, but the person who wrote this has never had a tank in his life.

True, he may have not, but then again, atleast he's TRYING to do something for the community. xP We should atleast be able to see that, in the least, Joe.

[brandonrulz1]

Well guys, I didn't think much of it. But this is more of a noob guild lol. Thnx Keric

[Roller]

why do you have to cause pain to the readers? like lower it normal size and give it a nice color like orange or something


couldn't even read the first 2 words without twitching my eyes

[Skunk5]

Its just like saying: IF YOU WANTZ A DPS YOU DO DAMAGEZZZ

[brandonrulz1]

lol skunk, just trying to be good
and ill change the colors

[brandonrulz1]

that any better?

[DarthSmoke]

seems it might help some ... ppl

[EcHoEs]

Use all your skills and abilities as a tank to kill the most powerful mob there. The others in your group will start picking off the others, or helping you with the one you have chosen. Once you slay that mob, move on to any others that are left standing. Make sure that you help to slay any mobs that are left so they don't hurt your other group members too much.

Wat.

(fillarz)

[StolenLegacy]

or anything else that your group members can do or provide (such as potions or enchantments) that will allow you to be a better tank.

im in ur grp enchant meh wepn 4 free plx!
/sarcasm off

The others in your group will start picking off the others, or helping you with the one you have chosen. Once you slay that mob, move on to any others that are left standing. Make sure that you help to slay any mobs that are left so they don't hurt your other group members too much.

OR you could just use marks? kill skull, then X, anyone?
Oh well...

If an item comes up that is green, blue, or purple, and is one that you either need for a quest or that you can use or wear, it is always polite to ask if you can “need” the item instead of just doing it.

And you surely think everyone will do so, huh?

I hope this helped you learning tankz!

You helped them become the kind of tanks that annoy healers in Wailing Caverns by telling teh rogues to pick their own targets because they do want to do damage by killing a mob on their own...

/sarcasm off

[The G-Man]

Like it says in the title... NOOB GUIDE! Tanks are easyest to play with!

[AngshumanSSJV]

Rep For Trying To Contribute

[brandonrulz1]

Stolen...when you do /sarcasm off.....keep it off lol