Tankcast

Dayani joins us to talk about the healer perspective of the announced tanking and healing design changes. Plus maybe some Mythic Archimonde. 01:30 - Mythic Archimonde20:45 - Healing Tanks in Legion

Sunnier and Arielle talk about Mythic Mannoroth, Vengeance, Guardians, and tank design in Legion. 01:30 - Mythic Mannoroth16:30 - Legion Tank Design Goals46:00 - Vengeance Demon Hunter57:45 - Guardian

Sunnier and Arielle talk about the mob mentality of gudie writing and this expansion's Challenge Modes. 02:45 - "Cookie Cutter" and Choice for Tanks24:15 - Challenge Modes46:30 - 2015 Retro

Sunnier and Arielle talk about Brewmaster and Guardian datamining, and finish off discussing the binary nature of tanking. 01:45 - Tanking News11:00 - Brewmaster Datamining30:00 - Guardian Datamining54:30 - Binary Tanking Performance1:09:00 - Q and A

Sunnier and Arielle discuss reactions to the Druid, Monk, and Warrior blogs with a little Mythic Xhul for flavour.

Sunnier and Arielle talk about Blizzcon 2015, with a little Velhari on the side. 06:00 - Artifacts18:25 - Active Mitigation25:15 - Multistrike28:00 - Rotational Complexity30:30 - Guardian Changes36:15 - Blood DKs46:45 - General Tanking Changes57:45 - Mythic Velhari

Sunnier and Arielle talk about Iskar, Zakuun, Velhari, and make Blizzcon predictions. 01:15 - Tanking News07:15 - Mythic Iskar15:00 - Mythic Zakuun28:00 - Mythic Velhari39:30 - Blizzcon Predictions

Sunnier and Arielle talk about a couple of new Mythic encounters, and how to measure tanks. 01:45 - Mythic Gorefiend08:45 - Mythic Socrethar27:15 - Analyzing Tank Death34:25 - Resource Management39:00 - Active Mitigation45:30 - Incoming Healing51:30 - Look at Other People55:15 - Potions58:30 - Trading Resource for Damage1:00:30 - Tank "Meters" and KRSI

Sunnier and Arielle chat with Grafarion and Slootbag from Midwinter about tanking Mythic HFC, WoD as a whole, and hopes and dreams for Legion!

Sunnier and Arielle talk about the latest tanking news, Class Fantasy, Endgame, and Mythic bosses! 01:00 - Tanking News04:30 - Demon Hunter Fantasy09:05 - Protection Warrior Fantasy13:05 - Protection Paladin Fantasy18:20 - Blood Death Knight Fantasy24:20 - Brewmaster Monk Fantasy29:40 - Guardian Druid Fantasy37:30 - Endgame as a Tank59:15 - Mythic Council1:07:15 - Mythic Kilrogg

Sunnier and Arielle provide some feedback about how tanking felt in Warlords. 00:50 - Demon Hunters08:50 - Mythic HFA12:00 - Mythic Iron Reaver17:50 - Mythic Kormrok25:00 - Feedback - Movement28:30 - Feedback - DPS and Survival Tradeoffs32:40 - Feedback - Stat Variances38:10 - Feedback - Tuning45:45 - Feedback - Passive Mitigation50:30 - Feedback - External Cooldowns55:30 - Feedback - 2 Tank Mechanics1:16:30 - Questions

Sunnier and Arielle talk about Proving Grounds in Warlords of Draenor. 01:00 - Intro03:30 - Proving Grounds 10107:30 - Tanking Bronze13:15 - Tanking Silver23:00 - Tanking Gold31:00 - What Proving Grounds Are Not41:30 - Other Learning Activities54:15 - Questions

Sunnier and Arielle talk about the last few bosses in HFC. 00:55 - News12:40 - Tank Mentality (DPS vs Survival)16:30 - Mannoroth20:50 - Archimonde33:15 - Questions

Sunnier and Arielle talk about tanking Heroic Xhul'horac, Velhari, and Socrethar 2.0. 00:40 - Tanking News03:30 - Socrethar 2.006:00 - Xhul'horac09:50 - Mannoroth13:35 - Tyrant Velhari31:15 - Questions

Sunnier and Arielle talk about tanking the first 9 bosses in Heroic Hellfire Citadel. 00:55 - Intro02:20 - Hellfire Assault05:25 - Iron Reaver11:10 - Kormrok16:15 - Council19:05 - Kilrogg24:35 - Gorefiend29:20 - Socrethar (Old)35:45 - Iskar42:25 - Zakuun51:30 - Questions

Special guests Kaleri, Khaelyn, and Callimonk join Sunnier to talk about tanking as a woman in Warlords of Draenor. 00:40 - Intro08:00 - Misceonceptions of Female Tanks14:00 - What can GM/RLs/Raiders do to Welcome Women29:50 - What's Everyone Doing in 6.2?36:25 - Impressions of HFC39:45 - Quick Recap of Monk/Druid Changes47:30 - Questions Slootbag's HFC "Tank Powow": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLXbLBewPhM Callimonk's Blizzard Watch Column: http://blizzardwatch.com/category/world-of-warcraft/wow-monk/ Kaleri's Selfie Guide: http://www.wowhead.com/guides/s-e-l-f-i-e-camera Twitter: Callimonk: @Callimonk Khaelyn: @Khaelyna Kaleri: @Kaleri_

Sunnier and Arielle do a retrospective on T17, and how Warlords has felt so far in terms of tanking. 00:50 - Intro02:10 - Hit/Expertise Removal03:15 - Versatility06:45 - Reforging13:30 - Vengeance/Resolve14:30 - Highmaul32:30 - Blackrock Foundry57:20 - Tank Balance in T171:07:00 - Tertiary Stats1:10:00 - Questions

Slootbag and Grafarion join Arielle to talk about world-first tanking, BRF, and what to expect in 6.2. 01:10 - Intro03:00 - Tanking in Mists vs Warlords08:45 - Mob Movement11:45 - What is "fun" at the World First level?21:30 - BRF Retrospective26:45 - Does PTR ruin the fun?30:15 - How "fun" was BRF for tanks?33:00 - Set Bonuses and Trinkets48:30 - What bosses look fun as a tank in HFC?51:15 - Questions

Sunnier and Arielle talk about the latest 6.2 changes, and DPS/Survival Tradeoffs. 00:40 - Prot Warrior T18 Set Bonus Change02:20 - Mythic Thogar02:45 - Mythic Maidens06:50 - Split Tank/DPS Specs - A History15:50 - Gladiator / Protection Warriors19:00 - Where are we now?26:00 - Secondary Stats29:40 - Chi-Explosion33:45 - Are DPS / Survival Tradeoffs Good?40:15 - Negative Effects43:00 - Ideal Solution49:30 - Talents vs Resource Dumps57:45 - Questions Troxism's Feedback Post: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NFWCisTeIjwQM_OSCKVonGw5cLg1eF5dTw8Z63QOAAM/edit

Sunnier and Arielle talk about the latest 6.2 changes, Mythic Thogar, and what the word "New" means to tanks. 00:55 - Legendary Ring Change05:15 - Set Bonus Updates14:55 - Guardian of Elune Buff17:00 - Mythic Thogar27:00 - Tanking in a New Guild30:30 - Getting a New Tank33:45 - Tanking with Randoms38:45 - Tanking with the "3rd" Tank49:25 - Questions