Blood or Unholy tankingFollow

Not being a tank, I apologize for the noob question.

Which presence do you have on while tanking? I have always assumed Frost presence, since that seems to be built for tanking, but do all tanks use it or just frost speced tanks?

Thank you.

Blood and Unholy Presence only reduce threat with three points spent in Subversion. I guess most PvE Death Knights have it, though.

Thank you.

Edited, Apr 29th 2009 3:48pm by Vivoliber

Edited, Apr 29th 2009 3:49pm by Vivoliber

Just one last note.

BASICALLY:

Blood = PvE DpS
Frost = PvE tanking
Unholy = PvP

There will always be situations within those environments where another presence may be superior. Like in PvE burst situations, or when you might just need to last another few seconds in PvP for a heal, etc.

This is just what I have heard from DKs that specialize in PvP.

I figure it is because PvP is ruled by burst damage. 15% is nice, but the object is to take a target down 20-30K of Health as fast as possible. Generally, I think this is easier by fitting in more, lower damage abilities.

And, when you can hit for 3-5K each, an additional 450-700 damage per hit isn't as good as fitting another ability in every 3 seconds.

But, because of the rune cooldowns, this only matters in PvE during specific burst scenarios.

Also, because the RP return doesn't change. So, you can get your Garg or DRW up much faster.

[EDIT]

I get the feeling people don't even care about the 15% weapon speed when comparing them. Though getting in another auto-attack isn't bad.

Edited, Apr 29th 2009 5:10pm by idiggory