Just looked at tanking T9 and...Follow

...it kinda sucks. :/

Conquest, that is. I was looking at it to see what kind of upgrades it has. 2 are SLIGHT upgrades, the others were side grades and one was a downgrade. And my average ilvl is like 214 or something (I REALLY need to upgrade my boots).

Totals:

Strength: 433
Stamina: 703
Armor: 9624
Defense Rating: 299
Dodge: 243
Parry: 209
Hit: 82

1 meta, 3 red, 2 yellow, 2 blue

And "meh" 2 and 4 piece bonuses, especially for non-Blood tanks.

My gear (same slots), which is all triumph-emblem, down, and drops? From Heroics, that is.

What do I gain from replacing all of it, which takes hundreds of emblems?



Pretty mediocre. I'll probably get the 2-piece set, but I'm not sure what to do after that. My pc isn't really suited to raiding (at least not in a tanking capacity). I'm not really interested in DpS. There's no upgrades, really, in the 5-mans. :/

Kinda feel like the expansion just ended for my DK.

I still maintain that that trinket kicks ***, because the math more than supports it.

Lol, I'll never be able to raid on my current computer.

Well, I MIGHT be able to do 10-mans, but not as a main tank. :(

Yeah, I was amazed by Unholy's TpS. And I find Anti-Magic Zone to be insanely useful.

Here's my armory. I may lose some strength for Virulence, though.

When I finally respec, I will be getting rid of UB. I forgot to mention that. My DCs crit for 3K. That's a mediocre DoT, especially when I won't be keeping it up all the time, so it won't be rolling. It really is just a waste of a point. Will I ever use CE? Dunno. I may take that, or I may go for 1% hit or str.

If you take the Pest glyph, CE would probably work out, as it won't ***** with your rotation too bad. As it stands, I think I'd stick with the Scourge Strike. Just because CE loses effectiveness every time something dies, but you can't use it UNTIL something dies. It could be worth it, but I don't like having to rely on that. Too often things die at the same time, leaving one mob standing or something. And, if you are at your point in the rotation where you need to re-place DnD and spread diseases, you won't be CEing for another 10 seconds, and something (or many) will probably die in that time.

I've been debating WP. Basically, it comes down to whether or not 160 AP is better or worse than it. I haven't thought much about it--I will when I respec. My crit is only 10%, so I don't see *many* procs. But I definitely wouldn't criticize a build with it maxed.

I actually hate Desecration (but that's a style thing). It would be useful for packs, sure, but I know it would annoy the hell out of me for Bosses, if you need to kite them. If you are fine with that, go for it.

And I've been meaning to get rid of the Glyph of HoW for a long time now. My buff never goes under 2 minutes, since I use it on free GCDs in combat, for the RP.

I think your build should work just fine. The most important part is to see how you like it, and adjust accordingly. I've been meaning to do that for a while, and it would look a lot like yours (no Desecration of CE).

Actually, maybe I'll try out CE. I may love it in practice, who knows. I'll report back.

[EDIT]

Lol, forgot that CE was 40 RP, not an Unholy rune. So discard the Pest comment.

It also gets 10.5% of your AP. General 5 man buffs can make me go over 4K. So that's 900 damage to the remaining mobs.

The thing is, I only have threat problems at the start of a fight. Diseases+DnD as unholy is such ludicrous threat, that you need some really trigger happy DpS to lose it after a few rotations.

But, it may be useful. I'll test it sometime this week.

Edited, Dec 21st 2009 11:32am by idiggory

I know you can cast in on a perma-ghoul. Just don't know about the temp ghoul.

Either way, I like to hold on to my ghoul for a sac, in case of Healer DCs.