Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Your usual marks settup

This post is taken from my "Manic Protection - A guide to the new warrior tanks" that I'm writing at the moment, so you might see it again.

I thought I'd note down the usual marks I put on the targets when I'm doing an instance or raiding, and I realized they are always the same. I highly suggest binding them to F keys, it makes marking so much faster!

F1: Skull (Kill target)
F2: Cookie (Offtank target - this means if you're alone you need to tank both)
F3: Star (Sheep or Shackle target)
F4: Diamond (Sheep or Shackle target 2)
F5: Triangle (Banish target or Offtank target 2)
F6: Square (Frost Trap target)
F7: Moon (Ugly raid mark - doesn't deserve a usage)
F8: Cross (Sap target or Offtank target 3)

- After the marks:
Crowd control is usually done after the pull (unless it's a sap of course). I wouldn't recommend CC-pulling, especially when you have to tank 2-3 mobs, since it will take you some time to get all of em on you, and during that time they could be 1 shotting a DPS. 
As far as kill priority goes, have a look at the type of mobs you have to fight. Get the healers or the casters first (or with annoying abilities such as mind controlling, spawning extra mobs, fearing...). 

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