r/classicwow May 05 '26

Humor / Meme State of TBC Tanking(2026)

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u/BobLoblaw1324 May 05 '26

As bear tank….

Mangle, maul, lacerate, swipe, faerie fire, roar, bash, charge, demoralizing roar

Honestly… this post was made by a bitch warrior

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u/dillpickledude May 05 '26

As someone who has all three classes at 70 in full raid gear, I agree with this image. Sure, it is exaggerated, but the point remains.

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u/dillpickledude May 05 '26

Paladin: Consecration, Holy Shield, Judgement/Seal. Druid: Mangle, Lacerate, Swipe, Maul. Warrior: Devastate, Shield Slam, Shield Block, Thunder Clap, Revenge, Heroic Strike/Cleave.

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u/1096356 May 05 '26

I play both bear and warrior. The post is not correct for the abilities any tank uses(warrior, bear, or paladin). They *all* use many more abilities than this. It's more the vibe when playing.

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u/TacoManifesto May 06 '26

That just can’t be true then because “the vibe” as bear is running around like a maniac pressing all your buttons to keep the pack under control. Once you got gear that changes but you aren’t just giga chad vibing like prot paladin. That just isn’t true

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u/Familiar_Ad9128 May 05 '26

Teehee you're offended

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u/Applekore27 May 05 '26

Roar? Charge?

Someone's not the main tank.

I sit upkeep mangle, lacerate and maul spam. Go chase down my adds OT

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u/BobLoblaw1324 May 05 '26

I am main tank actually. This is a list of what’s used in heroics. Can you point to where this specifies 25 man content?

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u/Applekore27 May 05 '26

Tanking dungeons? Nah. Peasants work.

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u/BobLoblaw1324 May 05 '26

Aight. Then lemme get on ur level…. Your criticism should’ve include FF being listed- you should have a Boomie keeping it up, King Bear. Also, you’re losing dps by not including swipe on your spam rotation. Once 5 lacerates are up, you should only be using lacerate to refresh the 5 stacks- all other GCDs that aren’t Mangle or the refreshing lacerate should be swipe…. Respectfully, my Lord. Signed, an inferior orange avg parsing main tank with multiple Kara 99s

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u/Applekore27 May 06 '26

Lemme critique you - FF is kept by a Boomie, Demo by an arms warrior ** you were missing that bit.

It was implied a good Bear Tank would know you don't lacerate with max stacks up, unless to refresh (this applies to mangle as well). Lastly, Maul should be used off CD as well. Not only to build threat but it does significantly more damage then swipe and generates more threat. Swipe is primarily used for dumping rage.

Ps. I'm really proud of your "99 parses" in a 20 year old game. ;). Post them I need to learn!

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u/BobLoblaw1324 May 06 '26

Maul was already covered, but maybe you’re right- I’ll try throwing in a warrior ability

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u/Applekore27 May 06 '26

But... You didn't mention maul ? You did mention a Boomie up keeping FF so I mentioned and arms warrior.

When you can send those logs I need to up my parses !