WowHeroes.com and Be.Imba.hu are two of the best known gear rating sights for level eighty characters. I believe these web sites can offer a good estimation of the quality of gear and where the character should perform well. These sights are far from perfect and IMO, they were not designed with paladin tanks in mind. Lets take a look at the suggested enchants section.
When looking through gear you may notice that your enchants do not get a +15 enchant for WowHeroes or a “proper enchant” in Beimba, that is if you think for yourself and stray from the typical enchants. Lets take a look at what is a proper enchant for a pally tank sword according to these web sites:
Most if not all Paladin tanks I see are using the Titanium Weapon Chain. I must ask WHY? Have these people read what benifit the item gives? Does disarm reduction and hit rating really matter for us pally tanks? Not really, if you are relying on white damage to hold agro you will fail. We hold agro via spell damage. So do we need the agility enchants, attack power enchants, or measly lifeward? If you feel like wasting an enchantable slot yes, if you desire to be win, then no.
As I mentioned above pally tanks hold agro via spell damage. So lets think about what will help us hold agro better. Think spell power! I use Exceptional Spellpower on my Red Sword of Courage. This increases all my spells damage by +50! Will agility or weapons chains give you 50 more spell damage? Hell no, they are worthless to a pally. Does BeImba or WowHeroes recognize spellpower as a viable enchant for any pally tank gear? No, they suggest re-enchating your gear to something useless! Now, I reviewed one handed tanking sword enchants but what about my biggest peeve the gloves.
They suggest:
Do we need agility? AP? 2% increased threat? The only viable enchant in this list is Armsman. 2% of a 1k hit is +20 threat, 2% of a 10k hit is +200 threat. So is there a viable option outside of Armsman? Yes, all those healers are running around with it Exceptional Spellpower! This will increase your consecration ticks, judgments, all spell damage abilities by +28. Does this mean Armsman is not an acceptable enchant? Not at all, for a paladin, Armsman, Exceptional Spellpower, and Heavy Borean Armor Kit (18 Stam) are the only three good glove enchants.
So what am I trying to express to you pally tanks out there? Don’t just go with the flow. Look at your recount data, figure out what does the most damage for you and buff that ability! That is the essence of tanking in LK, more damage! Keep an open mind and explore what is best for you.
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