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well for one your still critable i think you need like 475 deff to be uncritable against lvl 70 mobs so that will help alot.

sadly you have alot of dps gear on. personaly i would put it in bank and just go to ah and pick up some "of the champion" to get your deff up some. you gemed your belt for the bonus of +3 agi when you should have tossed = +12 sta or +9 sta in there for the hp. on your chest you have atk power and sta gems i'm not sure if thats for pvp since sorta looks like it but go for deff and sta or even resil just to get you uncritable untill you can pick up a better tanking chest eather in mech or aldor rep. Can't remember if the scryer has one or not. Same with helm and gloves the parry rateing on gloves is ok i guess but make sure you have some deff gems or sta gems not hit and agi one.

all in all get uncritable #1, then stack hp and armor and dodge and all that good stuff. sorry not more helpfull been awhile since i lvled my pally prot or even played him lol been on my druid past 3 months.

Isn't uncrit for regular mobs 485? And then 490 for raids. Well either way, definitely get that pronto. Then get your health up. You are definitely what I'd consider too low for MgT, not just cause you can be crit, but maybe more importantly because of the massive magical damage in that instance. Follow the gear guide in the sticky up top going through more regular runs and keep improving that gear set to be more tankish. At least hit uncrit before trying MgT again is my recommendation.

EDIT: for I have been corrected :)

Edited, Oct 24th 2008 10:56pm by Maulgak

Make sure people listen to you, they constantly will not listen, but just force them to.


All those caster groups, you have to pull with your shield, then run behind a wall, lay down consecrate on the corner so they run through it, then let the casters run to you. Positioning casters is a pain in the butt, all your DPS will be impatient little sh*ts who don't want to wait (they'll intercept or stunlock before the mobs reach you, but tell them not to be noobs and explain 50 times in the dungeon you are LoSing mobs), and let the casters come to you.

Make use of CC till your gears at the level you just dont care anymore, try not to run with total idiots. It's simple really, you shield pull, they CC, you run around the corner let the rest come to you. It really is amazing how many people are just clueless and impatient, but eventually you'll get enough gear to just AoE tank everything provided you have a decent healer.

My biggest peeve as a tank is those people who do not wait until you LoS the mobs. But it's by far the simplest way to tank everything.

Enough MgT runs under your belt, you'll figure out which mobs do the most damage (those mage type mobs with the stacking haste buff are insane, make sure to kill them fast). Use stuns on casters, remember Lay on Hands is a 20 min cooldown now so don't be afraid to use it a few times in a dungeon if it's a long run.

Scream at people if need be. But when you use your surroundings, and you will do that a lot, they have to attack following a pattern. Even when after I started AoE tanking everything I'd still get annoyed when people decided to start attacking before mobs would get inside my consecrate.

Buy a couple of new items off the AH and have fun tanking XD. A mage is an obvious bonus always, so bring one as often as possible.



That's such a great quote. You made my monday.