Rogue Tanks Shahraz
saedo — Mon, 05/05/2008 - 10:38
Video: http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=73639#
Go go for rogue tanks! We need more crimson spinels for this! ;p
Post:
This video is the product of my efforts to build a very specific rogue
gearset: to pass the avoidance cap and be completely unhittable by a
raid boss without relying on procs or cooldowns like evasion.
Mother Shahraz was my first test due to the nature of the fight... with
the raid in shadow resist gear, I had a good chance of holding aggro.
Fortunately I held 900-1000 TPS during most of the fight.
Warning: I know that tanking videos from any class can be boring to
watch. Nonetheless I tried to show most of the fight for authenticity,
with a few cutscenes from other perspectives. (pssst I also put in a
clip of tanking Illidan)
So far as I know, something like this hasn't been accomplished yet
(tell me if I'm wrong), hopefully I'm bringing up something new.
My stats while raid buffed?
76.31% dodge
12.16% parry
14.16% to be missed
1250 agility
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Ill
idan&n=Gaeowyn
Breaking the cap was the easy part. Fitting as much expertise rating as
I possibly could (for tps and dps) while staying above the cap was more
tricky, and was ultimately the goal of this project. I would have liked
to finish off a 19x delicate crimson spinel set to upgrade a few other
slots, but this does alright for now.
I know this won't work in Sunwell, but I have plans for similar videos... at least until they nerf this.
Special thanks go out to:
All the terrible, unreliable, and/or emo tanks my guild has gone through that gave me the idea to do it myself.
Kaoz for proposing and pushing the idea, and my guild for going along with it.
And Tarranus for recording some of the clips.
FAQ:
Q. No heightened senses or enveloping shadows for reducing spell damage on your armory build?
A. I only have 1 talent point to spare for either enveloping shadows,
master of subtlety, or heightened senses. I went with increased damage
after breaking stealth for the next boss I'm doing (5-man gruul).
Otherwise, I rate heightened senses above enveloping shadows.
Q. Buff/Debuff list?
A. Grilled Mudfish, Scroll of Agility V, Elixir of Major Agility, Imp
MOTW, Imp GoA, Blessing of Kings, NE Racial (1% dodge), Scorpid Sting,
Insect Swarm, 5% base miss for a boss.
This is a really cool vid,
Vulk — Tue, 05/06/2008 - 08:53This is a really cool vid, first one that has compelled me to download it in a long time
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Its possible to be unhitable
Nuitarin — Tue, 05/06/2008 - 07:18Its possible to be unhitable and totally avoid damage. Druid tanks have been kicking this idea around for a long time. Blizzard made Sunwell Radiance so that it wouldnt be possible to avoidance tank in SWP. Its not possible curently to reach enough avoidance without having a shaman, druid, pally, hunter ect there to buff you or debuff the boss, so you cant really do it solo. Check out this post on the EJ forums.
Well yea, against boss level
saedo — Tue, 05/06/2008 - 09:52Well yea, against boss level mobs, level 73s, can't solo. But... The level 70-72s inside the 5 mans.
I think the title of this
Tankard — Mon, 05/05/2008 - 11:50I think the title of this thread should be "Saedo's Delusional Fantasies". ;-)
Heh, well the vid is of some
saedo — Mon, 05/05/2008 - 12:02Heh, well the vid is of some other rogue doing it.
I did do some checking of what gear I had banked and stuff and even with a respec I'd only get 81.92% avoidance. Still 20.48% short of total avoidablility! One day! Unless it gets nerfed by then. lol
I tanked the first boss of
Ewiges — Mon, 05/05/2008 - 12:10I tanked the first boss of heroic mana tombs without taking any damage. I'm tempted to try it solo but too bored to do it. Go for it Saedo.
Ewiges - Absorbing the stupidity of the world for over 20 years.
Well out of curiosity I went
saedo — Mon, 05/05/2008 - 16:06Well out of curiosity I went in solo. The problem was though, pulling him aggros the whole room. So clearing to him is gonna be hard solo. Well, might try again if I ever do manage to build and avoidance set so none of those mobs can even touch me. lol
Ya but that's for a max out
saedo — Mon, 05/05/2008 - 12:34Ya but that's for a max out SR resist everything fight. For Shahraz, the MT doesn't use SR. The raid as a whole will be doing less dps/threat due to them using SR. It's a full out dodge/miss/parry every hit including saber lash which is a bit harder to gear for. lol
And theoretically with that gear can tank any melee based boss, though threat is the issue then.