Heroic tanking requirements?Follow

My question is this:
What are the mimimum stats I need for tanking heroics?

I am going to be gathering gear on off spec rolls as I heal unitl I have enough gear to tank them.

To enter a Heroic Instance – I suggest:

535 Def (540, as stated above is for RAID tanking... 535 = Uncritable aka "Def-Cap" in Heroic instances.)
Armor = Who cares – If you have 535 Def, you have the armor stats needed by default.
HP 24,000 for UK, Nex, CoS (non-Timed) 26k for Others, 27+ for some of the harder Achievements or “Lame Groups”

Generally speaking this means Nearly all Blues with a few Epics. The BS Helm, Shield, and Boots go a long way. Put the Def Enchant on your Chest. Get the proper Head/Shoulder enchants as well. Socket your Belt. (Socket your Bracers/Gloves if you are a BS) Get the “Armsman” enchant as soon as you get a set of Epic gloves. While you are using cheap gear – Put the armor “enchants” you get from Leather workers – I think one of them has a very respectable STA buff for your gear. Put the Stamina or Def buff on your shield – depending on what you need. Try to get the Red-Sword of courage. It will last you forever.

If possibly avoid using Gem sockets for Def if Possible. I personally like the cheap Blue gems for 24 STA. Also – Meta – There are two that count. One is for + Shield block value and one is for +Armor. Fancy math will prove that they are about equal I think, but as you progress further and further into end game – I think the Block one gets better. When you first start and your Block sucks – the +Armor might have a miniscule advantage. Pick whichever you like – for Heroics – It doesn’t REALLY matter.

Disregard the need to stack threat until you are Block Cap’d (102.4 Total Avoidance w/ Shield up) You do not need to worry about threat until Ulduar quality DPS are in your group. Heroic DPS = 1.5k to 2.5k DPS… Threat for a paly SHOULD not be a problem.

Glyphs – hmmm – The Devine Plea one might still be expensive… Get anything you want. I like the RD one. Avoid the one that causes your shield to hit only 1 mob – it’s meant for specific Off-Tanking issues…