TOC - Anub'arak

[TeaLeaf]

That is a combination of failing to move and failing to set single target MAs to dps stuff down.  You can escape them if they are not enraged and by the time they enrage they should be dead.

[TeaLeaf]

Just to add to this thread.  When you get into P3 we found the below addons absolutely totally invaluable.  They pushed us from the 20% wipes in P3 to a server first 'A Tribute to Skill' kill on Anub last night.

Penetrator
Grid plugin: GridStatusRaidIcons_mod_by_Colraw

1. Make sure all other promoted people are not assigning icons (we just demoted everyone but me)
2. Turn OFF bossmod icon assignment on Penetrating Cold (the new addons will handle it)
3. In Grid go to Grid>Status and RaidTargetIcon:Player - select Enable
4. In Grid go to Grid>Frame>CenterIcon - select RaidTargetIcon:Player

Make sure your LOWEST latency member is the one running this mod.

What the addons do is search for the PC debuff, then assign a raid icon (one of 5 fixed icons) to each member with the PC debuff.  This allows you to assign 5 healers to handle:

- one group in the raid, and
- one specific PC debuff icon

For example last night I looked after group 3 and also healed the orange circle PC victim.  It made the mess that P3 can be significantly easier and I highly recommend it.

Other healers handle the tanks.

[Deminion]

I have been working on a passive unhittable set for tanking adds on Anub, Still missing some parts though.
But that would also require me to specc different, and therefor loose some of my prot-dps, but guess that's the minor thing. Unless i loose my dps specc all over, but that would be a loss overall i guess.
The specc i'm thinking about using is this, with imp. demo shout.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#LVZhicZVItrx0didczsGo:dMizMm

Would like to get some comments on this issue, and what you're thinking about it.

[TeaLeaf]

As far as I am aware our warrior tanks use their standard block & glyph talent build with their block value gear set.  

Latven is our usual OT for Anub and he single tanks the adds, so you can take a peek at his armory for the talent build.  Historically latven has always been more of an avoidance tank than EHP tank, but I do not believe he respecs for Anub, he just equips his block value gear.

When the BV gear is in place the single tank works incredibly well, to the extent that my 8 charge earth shield often has only had to proc & heal once or twice during an entire P1 (pre-burrow).  If it gives any idea of how little healing is needed, Latven is usually healed in Anub25 heroic by a beacon and earth shield only.

Couple of provisos:
-you need to be a little more careful with where the rest of the raid stands when you single tank the adds, healers in particular are common targets for the adds, but if they stand tight up under the back end of Anub then the tank has plentyof time to pick them up before the squishy gets splatted.  MDs from hunters as they spawn and rogues once they get into melee range help massively here obviously.

[Deminion]

only reason really for the respecc, is for better threat on aoe tanking. I am although not completely satisfied with my block kit yet, since i'm only at 89.01%, so currently missing 11% still, to reach the limit, although it helps good on normal, i never see that many big hits coming through