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Evasion Tanking on Baleroc (i.imgur.com)

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[–]napoleondance 4 points5 points ago

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Anderson Silva is hard mode. Like, stupidly hardmode.

[–]phus 9 points10 points ago

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Oh good I'm not alone....my guild has a running joke that we do everything so wrong it ends up right:

so the first time we took down Balm, both tanks had about 10 stacks of the debuff (me and a dk) and we were randomly taunting off each other at random points (like in the middle of blade strikes). To be honest I don't know if the healers were doing what they were supposed to do, I do know the dps were doing their part pretty well.

So after the phat lootz was passed out I whisper the other tank and say "dude we did that so damn wrong" he responded "nah, we won didn't we?". I talked to him the next day and said "holy fuck, we were doing that wrong"

[–]dave_casa 5 points6 points ago

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Both... tanks? What on earth are you doing!?

[–]phus 1 point2 points ago

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it completely wrong it ends up right. It is an impressive sight to be honest.

as a side note: this is post nerf and they have not been able to down bal when I wasn't able to go to the raid that night.

[–]faythe 1 point2 points ago

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this is post nerf

Lol, that's why. Pre-nerf this would've been damn near impossible. It's a great fight to heal though with three strikes to a decimation blade and a shorter time in between. Now it's possible to kill Bale with only one decimation blade coming up. No need for cooldowns anymore. We single tank now and if it's a dk the magic absorp is just op'ed.

[–]nbcaffeine 0 points1 point ago

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We solo tanked it pre nerf because with 2 tanks, we hit the enrage. Instead, we just let our hpriest or hpally get like 70-80 stacks from the spriest right off the bat, and take care of the tank, having another come in on decimation blade.

We 2 heal it now on normal, it's such a stupid faceroll.

[–]faythe 0 points1 point ago

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We solo tanked it pre nerf because with 2 tanks, we hit the enrage

Pre-nerf we either solo or 2 tanked it depending on the dps we brought too. I'm actually kinda sad they nerfed it. We were only able to down him once before the nerf and it was such a rush healing it. Like decimation blade I'd be swearing non stop under my breath trying to get him back up to >90%. <3 disc shield

[–]nbcaffeine 0 points1 point ago

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I'd burn through half or more of my mana getting 70-85 stacks off of the spriest at the begining, and making that last for the rest of the fight was sometimes rough, but awesome when the boss drops, you're at 0% mana and out of tricks.

Now I just spam holy light on the tank for 2.5 mins and baleroc pukes up purples.

[–]TheUsualChaos 0 points1 point ago

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pre-nerf there was a strat that involved using 2 tanks. The second tank would get enough of the hp buff to not die outright and would eat the decimation strikes, giving the healer a much easier time to cap him off since it's a percentage-based strike.

We never needed to use it since bloodtanking is OP for it...but that's the gist

[–]dave_casa 0 points1 point ago

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But then your MT has less HP for the fire blade, and damage in general. I guess it makes sense if you're using too many healers and they can't get their stacks high enough. But then you're down 2 DPS... 1 extra healer, 1 extra tank.

[–]TheUsualChaos 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not saying it's the most effective way of doing it....we never used that strat; just that it is viable

[–]theycallmeX 0 points1 point ago

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I am that DK tank.

[–]TimesWasting 3 points4 points ago

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Silva's a beast

[–]TheUsualChaos 2 points3 points ago

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Dancing Rune Weapon + Dodge trink ftw

[–]tallavery 1 point2 points ago

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This was an epiphany for me. I'd tanked Bal a couple times, and it went okay. Joined a new raid group with my DK, they made me solo tank it, and one of the other toons whispered me to just use Dancing Rune Weapon for the Decimation Blade. I'd already been using my Dodge trink, and rotating through my other defensive CDs, but that was a miracle.

Never dropped below 60 percent health the entire fight and learned a BUNCH about managing my runes to ensure my essential defensive spells are available.

[–]Catbert321 0 points1 point ago

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Hell yeah, getting to over 2/3 chance to not be hit at all really does nerf the Decimation Blade skill, though I'll still get some unlucky RNG and he'll bring out the purple swords before even my DRW is off CD.

[–]TheUsualChaos 0 points1 point ago

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that's happened I think once for me and I nearly shit myself. I just have to make sure not to pop DRW unless it's a decimation phase

[–]LordCupcakeIX 0 points1 point ago

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Not that big of an issue; pool runes and get two clean Death Strikes off. (Or one if everyone else is doing their job so the healers have stacks.) The major jump in self-healing (also the gigantic Blood Shield) is more than enough to help get you up to 90% HP faster than other tanks can pull off. VB is also a gamechanger and will always be up for every Decimation set.

DKs are just ridiculous at the fight, everything about the class works perfectly in their favor on it. AMS through Inferno, Death Strike self healing, VB increased healing, already an avoidance-based tank (even with focus on mastery), ERW as an emergency double-Death Strike, Death Pact for immediate healing when nothing else is available (or synergize it with VB).

And then I went in with my DK and tanked it for the first time, probably around 50% avoidance with DRW and dodge trinket popped... Ate every single blade. I was raging.

[–]XcrossNK 2 points3 points ago

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Lol, this is me when I tank him on my druid. 1st set of Decimation Blades, pop Brawlers trinket, puts me at 46% dodge. Next Decimation Blades, pop Moonwell Phial, Dodge up to roughly 46% again. By the next one my brawler trinket is off CD. COME AT ME BAELROC! :D

[–]Grimsterr 1 point2 points ago

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As a healer, I love when the tanks manage their cooldowns and trinkets properly and dodge every one of the big attacks he does. Allows me to keep building stacks of the healing buff so I can wave my e-peen when I have more stacks than the other healers.

[–]weapons 1 point2 points ago

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I don't even get hit by the decimation blade anymore... I think for the past 3 or 4 weeks. Kind of an ongoing joke in the raid, "Guess you can AFK for this one" or placing bets to see if this is the week I'll get hit.

[–]dave_casa 1 point2 points ago

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With the nerfs to his HP and attack speed during decimation blade, there's generally only 2 blades -> 4 swings per week. I tend to take all of them, or none.

[–]jsz -1 points0 points ago

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You're usually dead long before someone needs to tank Baleroc til our tank is rezzed. BOOM ROASTED.

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