I'll speak on my own personal experiences here, particularly for as many WoD runs as I've belted. I'm not sure I'm El Supremo Axe Tanker, but every little bit of info helps, non?
MT vs. OT--most of the time I land myself in an OT situation in WoD. Absolutely cool with that. For the most part I do run with Defiance on just in case there's an issue or if I know there's parts of the fight that require me to herd adds, but for some fights I tick Defiance off to help give up more deeps, like against the Five-Headed Dragon, for example. Defiance in OT is largely situational for me, but if there's a fight where one MT and no add herding is needed, then I turn it off.
When I do run on Defiance as OT, I alternate between the Path and Eye rotations to keep up the debuffs and deal out a steady run of damage without generating a lot of threat. I've even fired off Inner Beast shots after I hit five Wrath stacks simply for the sake of personal habits as well as offering up a nice, meaty hit. Plus, I personally just enjoy the animation. XD
MT'ing rotation for me generally looks like Tomahawk>Flash>Overpower>Threat rotation>Flash as my starter if I'm facing a single target, or Infuriate>Tomahawk>Steel Cyclone>Flash>Overpower as my starter if facing a group. Cooldowns tend to be, again, a situational thing, but my most abused tend to be, in order of clicking:
Holmgang and Berserk I hardly ever use unless there's an "Ohshi--" situation. Often I hit the two together if I need to burn things down as fast as possible before I fall over dead...and ideally I'll also have my Convalescence+Bloodbath combo to sort of try and stem the tide.
I don't use Unchained very often if at all...which I think is another thing that makes me a bad Rawrior tanker. Overall, though, I think I'm doing reasonably well. I haven't been directly bitched at, so I assume I'm doing something right. Bear in mind, though, that I also don't have a golden Magitek Armor either...so take that as you will. XD
MT vs. OT--most of the time I land myself in an OT situation in WoD. Absolutely cool with that. For the most part I do run with Defiance on just in case there's an issue or if I know there's parts of the fight that require me to herd adds, but for some fights I tick Defiance off to help give up more deeps, like against the Five-Headed Dragon, for example. Defiance in OT is largely situational for me, but if there's a fight where one MT and no add herding is needed, then I turn it off.
When I do run on Defiance as OT, I alternate between the Path and Eye rotations to keep up the debuffs and deal out a steady run of damage without generating a lot of threat. I've even fired off Inner Beast shots after I hit five Wrath stacks simply for the sake of personal habits as well as offering up a nice, meaty hit. Plus, I personally just enjoy the animation. XD
MT'ing rotation for me generally looks like Tomahawk>Flash>Overpower>Threat rotation>Flash as my starter if I'm facing a single target, or Infuriate>Tomahawk>Steel Cyclone>Flash>Overpower as my starter if facing a group. Cooldowns tend to be, again, a situational thing, but my most abused tend to be, in order of clicking:
- Thrill of Battle
- Foresight
- Vengeance
- Convalescence (usually paired with Bloodbath)
- Awareness
Holmgang and Berserk I hardly ever use unless there's an "Ohshi--" situation. Often I hit the two together if I need to burn things down as fast as possible before I fall over dead...and ideally I'll also have my Convalescence+Bloodbath combo to sort of try and stem the tide.
I don't use Unchained very often if at all...which I think is another thing that makes me a bad Rawrior tanker. Overall, though, I think I'm doing reasonably well. I haven't been directly bitched at, so I assume I'm doing something right. Bear in mind, though, that I also don't have a golden Magitek Armor either...so take that as you will. XD
