WoW, this was a huge nerf. I’m getting crits on Thunderstomp for 1.1K with BW active now. Pre-patch it was hitting for 1.8K. AoE aggro is severly nerfed. Tried some farming, but pulled aggro all the time with volley. Never happened pre-patch while BW was active.

Guess we should have learned by now that when Blizzard states they are changing how it works, but that the damage should still be about the same, they are lying.

I’ve updated the Tanking Naxx articles with pictures as promised. Feedback and suggestions is as always appreciated.

I’m going to publish a few articles about tactics when tanking with a hunter in Naxx. I’m starting off with the spider wing, as I find that to be the easiest wing to tank as a hunter, in theory. The first boss out is Anub’Rekhan. Feel free to come with feed back, good or bad. And if you’ve used any of my strategies, or modified it to get a kill, please do brag about it! =)

If you have a tanking article, or simply basic pointers, for a fight I have yet to cover, feel free to send it to me at spam(at)nightcrew.se. An example, hint hint, would be Durante writing about how he did the incredibly feat of tanking Sapphiron. I’d even dare say, it was quite the opposite of being vacuous.

• Thunderstomp (Gorilla) has been removed as a pet skill and replaced by Pummel - Pummel the target, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec. (20 Focus, 5 yd range, Instant, 10 sec cooldown)
• Thunderstomp is now a pet talent available to any Tenacity pet. Now your bears, crocs or ESPECIALLY CRABS can join in the AE tanking fun.

So, now that all tenacity pets will be able to get Thunderstomp (which, if my sources are correct, will replace Intervene as a talent unfortunately), what pet is the best tank to use? The way I’m looking at it we have 3 candidates.

Gorilla: The new ability that gorillas get, a 4 second school specific silence is awesome. The cooldown however is not set yet. The 10 second cooldown is just a placeholder from Thunderstomp. Being able to silence mobs is very nice for a tank. However, most bosses are immune to such tactics, so the question is, will Pummel be worth it to bring this pet along for?

Crocolisk: The croc will be the obvious AoE-threat holder. Run in, stomp, snapback. If you thought the gorilla was good at AoE aggro, the croc will be awesome. This might even be one of the best aggroholders for single target due to the snap back ability.

Turtle: The turtle will most likely be the best main tanking pet as I see it. Shell shield will make this pet last a lot longer than any other pet. However, it will not excel in AoE nor single target threat like the Crocolisk, and depending on the cooldown of Pummel, it may not be as effective towards casters as the Gorilla.

I know one thing for sure though, Gannjala, my turtle, will not be left at 77 for much longer.

Roar of Sacrifice can be used on the hunter only.

Wow, I really didn’t see that one coming. That was the main reason the guild thought a BM tank spec might be a good idea. That is basically the same thing as saying Tenacity pets should be used for PvP.

Still no new words on the new tier of the Pet Talent tree. I sure hope they make up for that one.