When the Wrath of the Lich King expansion comes out, I plan to raid 10 mans with my brother (who is a Warrior) and one of his friends (a druid Healer). I currently have a 70 Shaman. However, on my server there is a severe lack of healers and tanks, especially tanks that know how to play.
Being that I now have some free time now that I am working, I have gone out to roll a Tauren Druid and Blood Elf Palidan, in desires to reach 70 for both. The reasoning behind these two classes is that they have the flexibility to tank and to heal in raids and instances.
As I understand, Palidans are the best for AOE tanking, as in taking out all of the trash mobs in instances so that the group can get to the boss. Druids are good for off-tanking and taking one 2-3 mobs, although I am not fully aware of their tanking abilities, however my Druid currently is able to take a lot of damage at level 27.
Based on the amount of information we have about Wrath of the Lich King, what sort of advice would one suggest on the kind of tank to have for the release to be ready to level? Based on the blue post, I was a little worried not hearing a mention of Druids in the expansion, so this is why I am leveling my palidan too.
Thanks.
- Forums
- World of Warcraft
- Class Discussion
- Druid or Palidan or both?
Druid or Palidan or both?Follow
7 posts
Well feral druids really cant tank and heals in raids as effectively as a prot pally, and even a prot pally isn't that great of an off healer, that would mostly depend on the offset items they have for healing, but if I had a feral druid in a raid I would want them to dps when they aren't tanking.
Your right about pallys they are AOE Tanks, kings of trash, gods in hyjal.
For all your prot pally needs I suggest http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/ for all your prot pally questions, it is an amazing forum for prot pally information and theorycrafting.
As far as druids go, I'm not to well versed in their methods of tanking. Ironically I have a 28 pally and 32 druid, I'm leveling the druid though since Feral is easymode and the pally is prot which is hard till later on.
Your right about pallys they are AOE Tanks, kings of trash, gods in hyjal.
For all your prot pally needs I suggest http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/ for all your prot pally questions, it is an amazing forum for prot pally information and theorycrafting.
As far as druids go, I'm not to well versed in their methods of tanking. Ironically I have a 28 pally and 32 druid, I'm leveling the druid though since Feral is easymode and the pally is prot which is hard till later on.
Quote:
Well feral druids really cant tank and heals in raids as effectively as a prot pally, and even a prot pally isn't that great of an off healer, that would mostly depend on the offset items they have for healing, but if I had a feral druid in a raid I would want them to dps when they aren't tanking.
Well, I would hope the OP is talking about the fact that both classes are hybrids. With a proper spec and gear, they are capable of Healing and Tanking. It would be next to impossible to main tank as a druid while healing (Caster = Squishy!).
Quote:
As I understand, Palidans are the best for AOE tanking, as in taking out all of the trash mobs in instances so that the group can get to the boss. Druids are good for off-tanking and taking one 2-3 mobs, although I am not fully aware of their tanking abilities, however my Druid currently is able to take a lot of damage at level 27.
Unlike other tanking classes druid bears basically... dodge and absorb damage. We are a rock (a fuzzy, adorable rock!)
They also take a second longer then Warriors / Paladin's to grab hate. Just remember each tanking class functions differently, and this is just how we work. ^^ With the right raid set up, gear, and player skill; I don't believe there is a boss a (enter tanking class here) cannot take down.
Quote:
Based on the blue post, I was a little worried not hearing a mention of Druids in the expansion, so this is why I am leveling my palidan too.
I wouldn't worry to much about that, if I recall correctly the post you mention was a question about Warriors, Paladin, and Death Knights. So the answer only concerned those three classes. Blizzard has also openly talked about the supposed "Tank Shortage" they wouldn't add a tanking class and remove another. WotLK is still an Alpha so quite a bit can change from now till it's release.
Quote:
Druid or Palidan or both?
Honestly the answer is, which do you enjoy more? Both are capable of what you want. Heck if you really have the time, do both. What can it hurt to have the options?
Edited, Jun 3rd 2008 1:18am by GryphonStalker
Remember, though, that we don't know 100% of what will be with the expansion. It might switch rolls a little, so who knows. You might also get a large amount of tanks coming into the game with death knights coming out, so that is another possibility.
As for healing, having healed on both, I like druid heals better. they have 2 decent oh shoot heals (natures swiftness and one that eats a hot), you have hots you have to keep up, and battle rez, innervate, etc. As a pally healer, I seem to only cast one, maybe two spells, and it gets boring faster.
As for healing, having healed on both, I like druid heals better. they have 2 decent oh shoot heals (natures swiftness and one that eats a hot), you have hots you have to keep up, and battle rez, innervate, etc. As a pally healer, I seem to only cast one, maybe two spells, and it gets boring faster.
Recent Visitors: 77
All times are in CST
Anonymous Guests (77)
- Forums
- World of Warcraft
- Class Discussion
- Druid or Palidan or both?
© 2024 Fanbyte LLC