http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/-t1.htm Discuss strategies for using tenacity pets to tank raids and instances, solo dungeons or world pve. Share your experiences and acheivements in pet tanking, Post guides to specific encounters to help others. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:11:53 GMT 10 http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/13/79/44/05/forum_10.jpg http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/-t1.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/eyes-of-the-beast-macro-t120.htm Doug
/cast !eyes of the beast

This way you can refresh the effect endlessly as long as you have LoS. I'm not entirely sure if this changes anything about the usefulness of this spell, but I thought I'd mention it anyways.]]> Pet Tanking Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:11:53 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/eyes-of-the-beast-macro-t120.htm#1018 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/eyes-of-the-beast-macro-t120.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/good-better-weapon-for-pet-tanking-t104.htm Kurasu Exactly what it says on the tin: for tanking, I use The Undeath Carrier for its absolutely ginormous stamina boost (+151 stamina). I've yet to find a weapon with a better stamina, aside from PVP and arena weapons, and frankly my skill with arena is... somewhat lacking. OK. It sucks. I've done all of three arena battles, lost every one of them, and decided it really wasn't for me. As a high-level raider, getting *into* places isn't too difficult, but can someone give me a suggestion ... Pet Tanking Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:05:20 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/good-better-weapon-for-pet-tanking-t104.htm#896 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/good-better-weapon-for-pet-tanking-t104.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/hunter-tanking-spec-t112.htm nextone Hi, Can Hunter Tanks post their talent's tree/specs for 3.2.2 ? I tried a PvP Specs that works well with PvP/Frost/Pve mixed Gear. But I'm looking for a real good specs and have many questions ... - I have a Beast/MM spec but does Hunter vs Wild and Survivalist better ? - I have 2 T5 gear, 4 T9 Gear, Frost/PvP Gear what should be the best => 2 T5 good for heal but low stats and need good dps so less hp => 4 T9 should gives +600AP to pet but not really suitable for ... Pet Tanking Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:40:48 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/hunter-tanking-spec-t112.htm#966 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/hunter-tanking-spec-t112.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/game-changers-for-pet-tanking-in-330-t115.htm Kheldul The patch notes look very good for hunter pet tanking. They are patch notes so we won't get them all, but they look nice all the same. Call the pet you need for each encounter you face: Call Stabled Pet: Cooldown reduced from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. Don't stack as much Resilience just to have an un-critable pet: Pet Resilience: All player pets now get 100% of their master’s resilience. Avoid 90% of AoE instead of just 75%: Avoidance: This talent has been replaced by Culling ... Pet Tanking Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:10:00 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/game-changers-for-pet-tanking-in-330-t115.htm#988 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/game-changers-for-pet-tanking-in-330-t115.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/another-challenge-tank-t109.htm Kurasu Anubarak, at 30%, begins to assault the whole raid with a Leeching Swarm. This affects everyone in the raid, and must be healed through to keep them from dying. This includes the tank, who must be spam-healed more than usual lest he get eaten alive by the swarm. Pets are immune to this aura. Discuss. He doesn't hit as hard as some of the brutal bosses hit-per-hit (at least not on 10-man), but those hard hits might be a bit too fast to make it a possibility. He has a three second ... Pet Tanking Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:11:18 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/another-challenge-tank-t109.htm#953 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/another-challenge-tank-t109.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/md-on-ptr-t111.htm Doug Misdirection: Redesigned. Instead of having finite charges, it now begins a 4-second timer when the hunter using Misdirection performs a threat-generating attack, during which all threat generated by the hunter goes to the friendly target. In addition, multiple hunters can now misdirect threat to the same friendly target simultaneously. Beast Mastery I am still in process of figuring out how this might work for threat, but the very idea is exciting. As far as I can tell this is a large ... Pet Tanking Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:30:45 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/md-on-ptr-t111.htm#964 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/md-on-ptr-t111.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/how-can-i-determine-my-pets-avoidence-t99.htm xTheDron Topic, I dont know what it is. Pet Tanking Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:15:33 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/how-can-i-determine-my-pets-avoidence-t99.htm#862 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/how-can-i-determine-my-pets-avoidence-t99.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/crit-immunity-suit-t95.htm Kurasu Part of it is so I can be proud, yes. But part of it is also to give people who come here an idea of what they can wear to get their appropriate crit immunity using resilience. I have mentioned only the resilience in the note, so you can add and subtract if you have other pieces. Other stats are important in their own way, but for this posting, it's the resilience I was focusing on. Please note: the only PVP I do is Wintergrasp. None of my outfits are from battlegrounds or from arena. I ... Pet Tanking Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:44:07 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/crit-immunity-suit-t95.htm#829 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/crit-immunity-suit-t95.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/gief-whatever-next-t88.htm Bear behind Unless my slow old lumbering mind is loosing its touch... I am pretty sure they have buffed the concept of Hunter tanks for 3 patches on the trot - with no real visible nerfings *touch wood* 3 saw the new talent trees and host of new abilities for Tenacity pets. 3.1 saw Thunderstomp going across all pets and the massive buffs that were wild hunt and Glyph of mending. 3.2 has thrown in Crit immunity and a number of other little threat increasing buffs like Catlike reflexes. The ... Pet Tanking Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:51:02 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/gief-whatever-next-t88.htm#782 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/gief-whatever-next-t88.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/the-ultimate-tanking-outfit-t87.htm Kurasu So now, with the new changes to 'Resilience scales to pet', obviously people are going to be moving on toward PVP gear to get their pet crit-immune. The question I've got here, though: what suit should we be considering? See, the way I see it, you can haphazardly grab PVP gear and get your pet crit-immune, but you'll be risking your threat generation at some point. As my old fear goes, PVP gear isn't much for +hit for the most part, or for +AP, which our pet needs for scaling Growl. At ... Pet Tanking Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:39:07 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/the-ultimate-tanking-outfit-t87.htm#773 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/the-ultimate-tanking-outfit-t87.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/bis-tanking-gear-t50.htm rico I've been a reader of BRR for quite a while now...a little over a year perhaps. Although my hunter is not my main I do enjoy him a great deal. I roll a druid resto/tank who is exceptionally geared (all ilvl213+) but my hunter isn't too far behind (complete ilvl213 except two trinkets and my waist). Well, seeing as I don't like to raid with more than 1 toon - it's important to focus DKP in order to keep with the curve - I have decided to go primarily PvP with my hunter. I'm currently ... Pet Tanking Fri, 08 May 2009 14:21:19 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/bis-tanking-gear-t50.htm#436 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/bis-tanking-gear-t50.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pet-tanking-for-solo-instance-many-questions-t74.htm nextone Hi, Since few weeks I'm trying to make a Tank Build, first for soloing instance. Then may be later tanking in wotlk heroics. But I have many questions and issues I can't really solve. 1. Hunter Build Here is my [url=http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Confrérie+du+Thorium&cn=Veldrinvelve&gn=Mirage]Armory[/url]: Question: - Should I put 1pt or 2pt in "Go for the Throat" ? A Survival hunter should put 1 because of many Crits but a BM ? 2. ... Pet Tanking Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:30:27 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pet-tanking-for-solo-instance-many-questions-t74.htm#639 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pet-tanking-for-solo-instance-many-questions-t74.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/mimiron-phase-1-4-t68.htm Nordh Those of you who's been at Mimiron knows that the most dangerous parts of this fight for the tank involves Phase 1. This is due to 2 abilities, Plasma Blast and Shock Blast. Shock Blast - Every 30 seconds, Mimiron will cast a spell called Shock Blast. The cast takes 4 seconds and cannot be interrupted. The spell deals 100,000 nature damage to any player caught within 15 yards of Mimiron. All players, including the MT, need to run out of range for this ability, making sure to avoid Proximity ... Pet Tanking Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:04:32 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/mimiron-phase-1-4-t68.htm#577 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/mimiron-phase-1-4-t68.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/you-cant-tank-t37.htm Bear behind Argh - I'm so sick of hearing this! Everyone just looks at you like they've just wiped you off of their shoe. How did you guys ever convince people to give you a shot? Yesterday we dropped naxx early cos we did not have enough tanks to run a third tank on Gluth (for the zombies) and my suggestion of using the pet was pretty much sneered at. Now - am i mising something, i would have throught this to be an idea pet tank moment: The zombies dont require any threat held on ... Pet Tanking Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:37:33 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/you-cant-tank-t37.htm#275 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/you-cant-tank-t37.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/tip-when-mding-to-your-pet-t62.htm Kheldul
MD has a 30sec cooldown and a 30sec duration. And it starts not when a shot is fired, but when it's applied.]]> Pet Tanking Wed, 27 May 2009 19:44:50 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/tip-when-mding-to-your-pet-t62.htm#531 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/tip-when-mding-to-your-pet-t62.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/potential-ulduar-tanking-ignis-adds-t61.htm Kurasu For those of you who haven't been into Ulduar yet and don't want to know details about one of the early bosses, stop here. Don't read any further. I didn't think there'd be that many. Anyhow, I was talking to one of our main pallytanks in my guild about Ignis adds. According to him, the adds themselves don't hit all that hard. Around 3-4K on plate. This means that on most hunter pets, they'd be hitting for around, say, 6-7K. As we have discussed, this is child's play to heal on a ... Pet Tanking Tue, 26 May 2009 22:47:45 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/potential-ulduar-tanking-ignis-adds-t61.htm#530 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/potential-ulduar-tanking-ignis-adds-t61.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/general-tanking-how-to-t63.htm Kurasu A video I came across on YouTube gives a very solid idea for the different types of tank. Now, as pet tanks, we don't have the sort of fine manipulation as the PC tanks, but that doesn't mean that the lessons involved in this video (and probably others) aren't extremely handy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf1pWQhJdhQ We may never get an official corner of TankSpot, but knowing the hows and wheres and whats of tanking is still important. Especially if you're serious about doing it ... Pet Tanking Wed, 27 May 2009 20:08:08 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/general-tanking-how-to-t63.htm#533 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/general-tanking-how-to-t63.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pet-positioning-tricks-t60.htm Ground-DH This thread is for tricks that can help get your pet where you want him when tanking. I'm sure there are a lot that I haven't used yet and I'm looking forward to trying some new methods. Here's one to start things off: Positioning for tanking groups It is desirable when tanking lots of mobs to have your pet on Defensive so that he will not just stop attacking during the first. However, when you misdirect, he will immediately take off. The solution is obvious, but requires the ... Pet Tanking Sat, 23 May 2009 22:03:59 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pet-positioning-tricks-t60.htm#521 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pet-positioning-tricks-t60.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/alert-addon-t41.htm Ihlos
Does anyone know of an addon that will allow us to do this? or perhaps someone is really savvy with the config files so this could just be changed?

Obviously its the kind of thing we would only want on during tanking, so it would make sense to be able to switch it on and off.

Anyone know of something like this?]]> Pet Tanking Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:09:38 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/alert-addon-t41.htm#320 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/alert-addon-t41.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/new-tanker-basic-tips-roundup-t53.htm Kurasu People have been giving all sorts of great tips for 'how to pet tank' for the more advanced players. However, a lot of people who are coming here might be just starting out on the path of pet tanking. I figured that maybe a 'hint dump' posting might help out for those people to get a foot in the door. This isn't necessarily 'How to tank heroics' or 'advanced tactics for Naxxramus'. This is 'Hey! How do I become a tank as a hunter?' And who knows? Some of the hints that pop up here might be a ... Pet Tanking Tue, 12 May 2009 19:49:57 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/new-tanker-basic-tips-roundup-t53.htm#481 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/new-tanker-basic-tips-roundup-t53.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/easy-feat-t51.htm rico
Off tanking Razorscale. We always designate a player to tank the sentinels off to the side. Is there a reason why this wouldn't be the best use of a hunter pet? The reduced aoe damage would make it pretty easy. The only problem I can see is trying to use the pet in the tanking rotation of phase 2. Having to constantly kite Razorscale around would be very difficult to do as a hunter.
]]> Pet Tanking Fri, 08 May 2009 16:12:01 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/easy-feat-t51.htm#437 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/easy-feat-t51.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/tanking-gear-t13.htm Nordh What gear are you all running with when tanking? Currently I'm using: Head: Hyaline Helm of the Sniper (24 Sta gem) (Will gem with Stamina/Armor meta and Argent Crusade Def/Sta helm enchant when I have some time to spare) Neck: Pendant of the Dragonsworn (24 Sta gem) Shoulder: Rift Stalker Mantle (104AP, 15 Crit enchant / 2 x 24 stamina gems) Chest: Valorous Cryptstalker Tunic (DPS chest, 32 AP, 16 AP, 12 Stamina gems / +10 to stats enchant) Wrist: Slime Stream Bands (DPS wrist, ... Pet Tanking Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:55:49 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/tanking-gear-t13.htm#56 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/tanking-gear-t13.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/the-ultimate-test-malygos-t3.htm Kurasu So I got curious and brought my pet into a Malygos 10-man with a single healer, just to see how he'd hold up. It was pretty bad; he took three melee hits and went down. But I'm not yet fully 'tanked out', nor was my pet massively buffed or not. So while this might belong in the theorycraft area, I can't help but wonder: anyone have some suggestions for just how to make this tanking a possibility? Obviously, 'more buffs' is an obvious one, but what about types? Should I focus more on extra ... Pet Tanking Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:21:48 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/the-ultimate-test-malygos-t3.htm#5 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/the-ultimate-test-malygos-t3.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/too-many-macros-t35.htm bigfootzz So I have been playing with the idea of a Hunter Tank from WoW beta. Ive always been bm and have tried tanking were ever I could. As of LK its become alot easier and now with 3.1 its even better! That and the fact I found this site! Anyway back to the point. I have created macros for everything you can think of. All my pets moved are controlled by macros I click for his moves but I also added shots in like steady shot, arcane, scropion sting and rapid fire. So I am doing dps as well as tanking. I ... Pet Tanking Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:14:39 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/too-many-macros-t35.htm#256 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/too-many-macros-t35.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pet-and-player-tanking-t20.htm Jamb Does anyone else Pet-tank and Player-tank? What I mean is that I've been pet-tanking with my 3-person hunter team in Burning Crusade, but I've also rolled up a new alt and I've been player-tanking with my new Paladin in a 4-person team in the first few Classic dungeons. The main difference I see is the point-of-view from the camera angle. As a hunter-pet-tank, I get to stand back on the edge of the fight where I can see the big-picture of the fight. It's easy for me to keep track of ... Pet Tanking Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:54:47 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pet-and-player-tanking-t20.htm#99 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pet-and-player-tanking-t20.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/tanking-naxx-a-hunter-perspective-t4.htm Nordh While I'm currently a bit slow writing it all down, I would like to promote and ask for help regarding my Naxx tanking strategy guide that can be found here. If you have suggestions for bosses, or want to write an article yourself (Durante for Sapphiron perhaps? ) feel free to do so. Make a comment here, or at my blog. If you want to make the tactic-images yourself, give me a howl and I can give you the legend as a PSD. Pet Tanking Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:53:24 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/tanking-naxx-a-hunter-perspective-t4.htm#11 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/tanking-naxx-a-hunter-perspective-t4.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/positioning-strategy-stay-t21.htm Kurasu Now, the obvious use for 'stay' in most cases is to put your pet somewhere and misdirect a mob down onto it. However, I did a couple of tests on a pet, and discovered that 'stay' can be useful for a lot of other things. I have known for a while that if a pet on 'passive' has its target die (or become untargetable/CCed), it will return not to your side, but the 'stay' position. So I got curious. A pet put on 'stay', commanded to attack something, and then with /petpassive' activated will ... Pet Tanking Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:59:41 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/positioning-strategy-stay-t21.htm#104 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/positioning-strategy-stay-t21.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pets-hp-and-ac-t17.htm jfragment
Oh and bonus question. What does your mend pet tick for?

Thanks!]]> Pet Tanking Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:03:05 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pets-hp-and-ac-t17.htm#75 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/pets-hp-and-ac-t17.htm