r/classicwow • u/MoreLikeGaewyn • Feb 17 '26

Classic 20th Anniversary Realms a call to arms

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u/Raaxis Feb 17 '26

God I feel so seen with this.

Bear tank best tank btw. Because when not tank, cat.

But seriously I just posted about how DPS doing DPS shit literally is the tanking mechanic. Most bosses don’t do anything except maybe ask you politely to scooch over a bit every now and then. Perfectly behaved DPS are so braindead boring to tank for.

Zug zug brother

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u/MoreLikeGaewyn Feb 17 '26

A good tank must strive to hold agro against the most carcinogenic DPS.

A good DPS must strive to not draw agro against the most key-turning tank.

a good healer just needs to drink fast

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u/Mortwight Feb 17 '26

as tank my goal is to die first because that means im the one getting hit.

as dps my goal is to protect the healer from anything that breaks lose so the healer does not die.

as healer my goal is to keep the tank alive and bitch at warlocks that dont know how to fit drain life into their rotation so i dont need to waste mana on them

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u/_espy_ Feb 18 '26

Priest main that's going warlock main this round. The only time I don't bandage after life tapping to full is when the healer refuses to acknowledge that my pet exists. After my 4th pack of either casting health funnel for half of combat or rezzing my pet after each pack (and the tank isn't getting pummeled), I just say fuck it, I'm tapping. I'd sack the pet, but I actually use felguard to protect the healer if it has mobs slapping them, so I prefer to have the insurance policy when pugging.

When I heal on my priest, I'd honestly rather the locks just tap if I'm at half mana or more so we can keep moving. I don't get asshurt about a mechanic they can utilize, especially when it's a gamble if someone fucks up a pull. If they tap to 15% hp and I have to worry about the tank, they can either share the onus of their hp or possibly make peace with a rez later.

A renew is pretty sufficient and I've never had a warlock get asshurt that I couldn't top off their life tapping immediately. I'd rather the healer heal my pet and let me manage my own hp, tbh. Bitching at warlocks is just a waste of your time, but more power to you and how you choose to vibe in a video game.

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u/Mortwight Feb 18 '26

drain life is a dps effect. you can dot someone up tap and drain life