DK tank buildFollow

Last I read Howling Blast was doing more damage to a single target than Obliterate. Then again last I read HB was due for a major nerf, and that was a few days ago.

I was thinking something like this. As above, it's ignoring (Imp) Icy Talons for presumption of a Shaman, since it's two points for them in a tree that's relatively free versus six points for DKs in a tree that's scrambling for points. Then 18 in Blood for Spell Deflection while still making room for both Acclimation and Guile of Gorefiend.

Nerfs to HB or buffs to Obliterate might make Annihilation compulsory, which I can only imagine would mean taking points from Frigid Dreadplate.

The problem with 2 1Handers arises in 2 areas. One, damage comparison. And two, getting parried.

On damage comparison, a lot of the DK's ******* is based around attacks that take the base damage of your MH weapon and amplifying it in some manner. How this works for DW is that it will take the base dmg of your 1 hander in the MH slot, where as with a 2Hander, it will go by the 2H weapon's base damage. I don't know if Blizzard is going to be changing some things so that DW is viable, but currently you won't be doing as much dmg as DPS or threat as a tank if you have 2 1handers.

On getting parried, whenever you fight a boss or any enemy that wields a weapon, they have a chance to parry you with every attack you throw at them. So if you have 2 weapons, you are probably swinging at the guy twice as many times with white damage than you would if you had a 2handed weapon, thus, doubling your chances to get parried. Now, if parries were just straight avoidance like dodge, this wouldn't be an issue. But the way parry works is if someone is parried by an enemy, the enemy's next swing comes 40% faster. This can create large issues with bosses.

If DW is going to be viable for tanking, Blizzard is going to need to make changes so that these 2 restrictions don't hinder the DK.

Ah, thank you both.
I hadnt even thought of being parried, though I think you could get past that what with expertise, and that expertise food buff would make things easier too but I could see how threat would be an issue.