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Vigilance has to be the ability I have grown the most to love of those given to us in Wrath of the Lich King. It was so looked down upon at the onset of the expansion, so shunned and yet, it’s turned out to be one of the most multi-functional abilities in our arsenal. There’s a Disney movie in there somewhere albeit probably one that’ll go straight to DVD, but a Disney movie nonetheless.

Riddle Me This

Most of the time, it’s fairly obvious that a DPSer should be Vigilanced or that a Tank should be either for the Threat reduction or for the Damage reduction. Occasionally though, it’s not quite so straight forward which is where things get interesting.

In the past, we’ve looked at the relationship between Defense and Resilience in order to cheat the Defensive minimum (currently 540 defense) however, this practice has largely fallen out of flavour as the accessibility of PvP oriented gear that’s superior to PvE oriented gear just isn’t unbalanced anymore. That doesn’t mean though that we should ignore the PvP enchants though…

The Quest for even more Stamina

A while back, we looked at Defense and how we could maximize our health when hovering around the 540 minimum, but what I missed was this enchant:

30 Stamina and 15 Resilience

I often chat with you, my readers, and I make this assumption. I assume you’re in a guild and amazingly, some of you aren’t.

But then, it isn’t amazing now, is it?

But, it sure feels that way

If there’s one thing I take for granted, it’s being a part of a guild and not just being a part of one, but having this established place in that guild. In the end, finding your place matters more than just about any other aspect of tanking. It’s what makes you confident and what makes you confident is what makes you great.

Selecting a target to tank is probably the skill most taken for granted when it comes to tanking yet, it’s one of the most notable differences between an average and a skilled player. There’s 4 ways to accomplish the task of targeting:

• Clicking on Targets
• Tabbing to Targets
• Using a Macro to Target
• Focus Targeting

It’s funny how WoW mirrors life so often. As much as you and I love to look around for this great deal or that great deal eventually we can’t kid ourselves. The expensive stuff is the good stuff. Ulduar recently added 2 such pieces that truly embody this reality.

1. Indestructible Plate Girdle

While Shieldwarder Girdle is a solid threat piece, (if you’ve even got access to that many Emblems of Conquest) it doesn’t hold a candle to the raw overall survival gain you’ll get from this crafted belt that you can get for the not so low price of: