The Ultimate M+ Pug Tanking Guide Dragonflight Season 4

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This guide is very dense, I'll be watching the comments closely in case anyone needs any help or has any questions. Also would like feedback on this style of video, I think I made it super dense with tips/information, and tried to keep it under 20 minutes. Let me know if I missed anything, if this info is useless, or if there's anything else you all want to know. Might also do spec-specific tank guides especially now that we're mid patch and a meta is starting to develop, but unsure if anyone would watch those.
00:00 Background
01:46 Tanking M+ as a Beginner
02:23 Learn Your Spec
02:58 Play With Yourself
05:20 You NEED to Watch Others
07:18 Play Around Yourself
09:07 Pings!
09:37 Ethical Blame Avoidance
11:11 Tanking Accountability
12:07 UI Tools to Help You Learn
14:10 The Pug Reality as Tank
15:50 The Final Note
OMNI CD PROFILE: pastes.io/vpoogjdtu0
Previous Tanking Guide: • The Ultimate Mythic+ T...
Music is from Grizzly Hills in Northrend.
This video is a guide on how to push mythic plus keys as a tank in WoW Dragonflight Season 3. A lot of people seem to struggle with tanking anxiety (tankxiety/tanxiety) and are afraid that the responsibility of tanking and being the de facto group lead will make it unfun or too stressul. Hopefully the things I share in this video can alleviate that fear and get more tanks into the game.
#worldofwarcraft #mythicplus #tanking

[@notSachy]

How do we feel about VDH/ProtPala/BDK guides 👀 is the guide market oversaturated? I see 80% of you VDHs running objectively bad talents so idk

[@Buiscit1738]

Yes pls. I feel like I want to go more offensive talents but then whenever I do I end up eventually hitting a pull I normally do with my defensive setup and getting deleted.

[@johnmassey2632]

I’d watch a VDH vid! I main brewmaster, but I’m working on my VDH because eventually I think it’ll be an easier time in the 25+ range to get groups. I do 18-20’s on him right now and do fine, but it’s easy when the class is strong. I know I don’t 100% know what I’m doing

[@johnwarner4178]

I think for guides, specifically talents, it’s really good to specify what level it’s for. Pugging a 15 vs pugging a 25 vs a coordinated group 25 all can use different setups

[@IamJericho07]

Yes please, sir!

[@notSachy]

Cheers for the replies friends I’ll get workin on the VDH guide 😄

[@tropicmephisto]

The failure/success valley leading to assholery and cluelessness is a very good topic that ive wished people would focus on more than tank anxiety. Seems to peak in mid level content when it comes to tanks. I love being a silent observer to them flaming a heroic pug raid full of people struggling with a mechanic, hitting them with the "guys this is not hard" while their perspective of the fight is pressing the taunt key once every 45 seconds and just not dying. Really enjoy your content, feels like you are consistently ahead of the curve on mindset/player psych side of improvement

[@dberry6257]

Depends, cause some fights its actually frustrating with a heroic PUG, especially on fights like Smolderon when it's literally just soak, dodge tornados, dodge rings. From tank perspective though there is things I'm looking at to not get people killed by changing what I do but sometimes DPS and Heals just turn off their brain and expect a carry. But yeah, alot of times for raids it is kinda just standing there and taunting off, like the first two

[@paulmay5119]

What a superb guide and great philosophy on a very nuanced and misunderstood role within WOW. Thanks so much for making this guide, it’s definitely given me a fresh sense of what the ethos of a tank really is and the mindset that should be adopted whilst tanking. We should be having fun after all!

[@amirmesica8667]

thanks. i really needed this. came back to wow after about 5 years. never did mythic+ biggest fear is also my greatest love of the rule of tank learning something together, getting bettter, knowing my rule proper. and ---communication-- this is what i fear the most. trying to communicate basic things and just getting the "get on with it, we dont care" response.

[@tokra2222]

I came back after almost 8 years and yes, tanking these days is fun if people in the group are "normal"

[@LeoSpaceman2012]

Very good video. As a healer i am envious of tanks because they are not as instantaneously blamed for everything like a healer is. Even when a tank pulls way too much or pulls piles of mobs into a boss encounter, i get blamed because i cant heal everyone through it. But on the other hand i dont have to lead or set the pace and route, so its a give and take.

[@brice9013]

Its been different in my experience. Healer is usually never at fault unless its an obvious dispel or mechanic being played wrong. Its brutally apparent when a tank has no clue whats going on tho.

[@chystassia2170]

I find mistweaving im rarely blamed even when im super drunk not doing my job right 😂

[@LeoSpaceman2012]

@@chystassia2170 as a HPal, if I don't spread glimmer well enough, some players call me out. Why didn't you bop me on CD bro? WTF, You use Flash of Light? If you don't give me blessing of summer right now I'm going to kick your dog! How is everyone a healing expert? Some people are crazy.

[@TheCineroo]

Couldn't agree more. Had an EB fortified bursting where at the start the tank pulled 4 groups, we had 7 stacks of bursting when the mobs died and most of the group died. The response was "wtf healer".

[@techlabb]

Wow, this was exceptionally informative and well done. Thank you for sharing

[@Matrakisness]

Great video, playing a different role helps alot, I find playing DPS for awhile helps me alot with my tanking.

[@lukluz80]

Great video! As a veteran tank with zero M+ experience, this was super helpful. Still getting my feet wet by learning the ropes in DPS first, but this definitely gave me a boost to start tanking even M+

[@davidsoveges3838]

you have got a rare talent to make such vids, informative and entertaining at the same time and it feels like you are not even trying it comes naturally. Looking forward to see more tank (DH) content in the future, or anything you fancy. :) keep it up

[@WhatLurksBeneath]

VDH/Prot Pally here, one thing that I think is incredibly helpful that I'm surprised you didn't mention is to MAKE YOUR OWN WEAK AURAS! take the time to learn how to use WA, make your own from scratch so you get very comfortable with having your own UI. This can drastically improve your performance. Even things like alerts for cleansing yourself, full holy power or souls. Etc.

[@voraciousvlad]

Nice content and perceptive analysis on human nature as it applies to tanking.

[@vegaobscurax23]

Absolutely awesome vid

[@Healsallday]

Thanks for the video! Im going to try to get over the tank anxiety and start tanking on my Paladin.

[@notSachy]

nows the best time, end of expansion chill :D best of luck!

[@rng2190]

I just queued for tank this whole day and this helped a lot actually. I was having the anxiety of playing Blood knight but queueing dps because I was scared to be blamed if I fuck up the role, but I manned up and played tank regardless. This actually really help clear my mind. Thanks.

[@DaveAltDelete]

Good stuff! I'd love it if you could you make a video talking about group compositions. As someone who doesn't make alts much, I don't really get to learn what all the CDs of other classes that I should care about are. I'd really appreciate it (as I'm sure others would as well) if you could cover what CDs are best to track. Also, stuff such as what classes have lots of kicks vs hardly any, which classes benefit from additional mobs (like I recently heard Shamans and Pallys may like it if you spawn raptors during Rezan)... all those kinds of tricks. I guess call it, an "Advanced M+ PuG Guide". ;) Thanks again!

[@notSachy]

I like these ideas, gonna try to cook up a group composition/LFG picking video, tyvm!

[@DaveAltDelete]

@@notSachyYou da man! Looking forward to it!!

[@avndoon]

Very good vid. I tank as prot pala in around 22s-23s. Would like to see u explaining tanking as a pally as a reference :)

[@notSachy]

I’m working on both pala and VDH guides but I’m letting myself cook a little more on both specs cuz I want it to be good 😄

[@avndoon]

@@notSachy lookin forward to it :)

[@Erosin]

I randomly came across with this video and i really like it right now im doint 26s trying yo get into the 27 and most of the times tanks have a huge ego saying that even if they did a huge ass pull and they survvied qnd everyone else died its groups fault not his, something that i as a dps player struggle a lot is with tanks not using their utility like prot paladins having spell warding off cd all key, or in my case i as a monk pull a lot of threat even if its tanks main target and i get called stuff like bad player among others Anywsys i really liked your video

[@notSachy]

Glad you liked! I’m actually surprised a lot of people are commenting who are pushing 26+ are getting value from this. So far really happy with the impact of the video and thanks for sharing your experiences, yea that sucks, it’s super rough when the tank is being cringe :-((

[@jamesslack7332]

thanks for the really interesting video. I only play WOTLK classic as I tried retail once in BFA and I didn't like grouping but your video was really good and I'd say its more just about tank theory as everything applied to classic tanking as well. Classic tanking obviously seems alot easier then what you are doing but I recognised all the aspects you were talking about and I'll apply what youve said, cheers

[@lolwhatever7307]

classic tank is npt nearly as heavy on self damage mitigation and self healing. only blood dk looks somewhat "modern"

[@chrisdarbo2073]

Spot on with so much of your advice in this! Communication is key! Own your screw ups and don’t be a dick and you’ll win with your group so much more often .

[@AirBnBrush]

Love your ui. 😍

[@Manylimes]

It’s Naowh’s then he just personalized it.

[@ianunderwood1678]

Amazing video!

[@bunnings_snag]

Thanks for the guide I'm starting to learn tanking, starting with the DH tank. So basically you use the silence and fear sigil as kicks correct?

[@notSachy]

the fear is commonly used as kick, or you can even use to buy you 0.2 seconds to run away or like if mobs are fixated on someone. Think of it like a stun that can last 0.2s. The fear sigil can be used to skip too, you can fear mobs, run thru them then shadowmeld similar to how a hunter can trap then feign (i'll go over this more in my upcoming VDH guide). You can even use fear sigil to stop a patrol, or just hold mobs in a location for a bit if you don't want someone to body pull (the fear won't necessarily break if someone hits it once or twice) but keep in mind it does put the mobs in combat so bolstering will still apply to them. The silence can be used as a kick, but you can also use it preemptively to of course silence mobs and prevent their casting however usually as soon as the silence drops off they will instantly start casting. Some mods that are immune to silences, like certain level 71 lieutenant type mobs, cannot be silenced however some can be 'kicked' by the silence sigil hitting, and it'll work like a normal kick. the one i use this on the most is Lady Waycrest in waycrest manor, the 2nd to last boss, you can double jump to be over the barrier and throw your silence sigil to interrupt her cast. This doesn't work for all lieutenant mobs tho, its super inconsistent by blizzard how mobs are flagged. Hope these paragraphs help, working on the vengeance guide, will go up any day now :D

[@bunnings_snag]

@@notSachy wow thanks for the detailed response! Greatly appreciated! Learned a lot from that Subscribed now, eagerly awaiting that demon hunter guide now, I feel inspired now 😁

[@notSachy]

heyo just replying to let you know the vengenace guide is up :D

[@bunnings_snag]

@notSachy thanks mate just watched it, very informative 😁 Went from being nervous only doing +2s, now up to doing 9s haha Slowly improving and getting the hang of it, a couple more weeks I'll be breezing through 20s 😁

[@mr.pinguin1069]

Can you maybe share your addons and config ? The guide helped a ton and also think it would help out, keep up the great content!

[@Jhalborg]

Awesome vid, mate! Thank you 😊 What’s the addon you use at 7:45 - is it some omni CD setup? PS: Good luck on the 1% title :D

[@notSachy]

That’s omni CD! It’s just an extra bar you can add, profile is in the description 😄 scroll down paste bin link

[@akelastale]

Great video! :)

[@escalan9409]

Damn man, the way you explain things is very suiting. I like learning about tanking, but I enjoyed more your voice and the way you talk.

[@notSachy]

I appreciate the kind words! Lots of consideration went into my writing/audio so happy its working well. You might like the vengeance video i just put up too, its 30 minutes of straight yapping xD

[@escalan9409]

@@notSachy haah it's the effort is showing. I will check that video too then

[@Paath]

as someone who's coming over from a different mmo where i pushed many wrs/wfs, the wow community is pretty refreshing with how forgiving they are to tanks in pugs. I'm only 30 hours in so far but have been grinding out keys and learning as i go along, wipes that happen because of me pulling too much or not knowing a boss mechanic never cause voiced frustration from teammates which I think is a good thing for anyone that has tank anxiety. Majority of pugs seem to be willing to help

[@weshiatt6324]

That's crazy, I've had the exact opposite experience...

[@Frindleeguy]

I'm with op. But then I'm not toxic to begin with I think that goes a long way. ​@@weshiatt6324

[@MrChrisshoe]

@@weshiatt6324he said he’s only 30 hours in lol that explains it

[@meurumtrain4747]

@@weshiatt6324in my experience people only get mad if you screw up multiple times

[@nuffsed1459]

Let’s just say you were lucky we got The worst community by far

[@dannyd806]

As a 2600 prot pally here I appreciate this video! I’m always playing tank because trying to get in a group or put a group together on my BM Hunter just takes so long. I don’t get the chance to see other routes. Even watching you pull the lashers into the last pack before first boss in EB was something I’d never thought of. They put that stacking debuff on you and slow you down, I can’t leap away to safety so pulling lots of those ends up deleting me. I could bubble the debuff off I suppose.

[@notSachy]

Yea that’s one of my fav pulls, I also do it into boss if I have any class on the group that can giga funnel. And yea the CDR they give on bubble means we use it liberally now. Hell sometimes I use it on gathering just cuz I cba 😂

[@dannyd806]

@@notSachy I may give that a shot. That’s also things we have to think of as tanks. Bolstering week I don’t think pulling mobs into the boss is ideal lol I love the AoE taunt bubble provides, it’s a nice “oh shit” button when divine toll is on CD.

[@notSachy]

Bolstering doesn't apply to bosses anymore ^.^ this was changed i think s1 or s2 of dragonflight. they bolster each other but the boss doesn't get any stacks.

[@dannyd806]

@@notSachy you serious?! Would have been good to know last week 🤣 I don’t read patch notes, just a filthy casual.

[@Marenjok]

You can freedom the debuff aswell

[@djin81]

Really great video, nothing to add just commenting so the youtube algorithm likes you better.

[@Lauscus]

I ran into a tanking wall back in BFA where I got good enough on Prot Warrior where I felt like all I was doing was babysitting DPS as tanking was becoming less fun. I think as I get deeper into the M+ scene, I'm seeing where there are some new horizons to explore as tank, so may find myself doing it again as I have definitely become super rusty.

[@philippuppenberger6679]

Well after this vid i think I‘m gonna start tanking to try it out. Main Havoc but Ven is always fun when i get the chance to tank.

[@notSachy]

Vengeance is turbo fun and turbo easy, working on a guide for it tho as if i look at logs, people are using absurdly incorrect talents I need to fix that 😆

[@davidyoung6437]

I just switched from havoc to vengeance. Really fun. Feels like a new game. 1st time tanking. Man the insta ques are fun.

[@philippuppenberger6679]

@@notSachy looking forward to it. Thx my guy!🫶🏻

[@mantasplioplys2484]

Could you release the tank guide for each m+ in s3? I loved your Rise and Fall videos and they helped a lot. Would be great to study the rest.

[@mantasplioplys2484]

I almost exclusively pug on my VDH and there are some things i use from your vids like Glob debuff strat from GF. I have a macro that explains key parts. Makes it super easy. “P1 pass debuff to tank. P2 (name) pass debuff to tank then take it back and pass to tank again” etc

[@notSachy]

Videos just like this but for the remainder of the dungeons? Hmm yea I can try

[@zee6666]

i play Venge dh my self and this video just blew my mind how good they can be.. Also you're 6 ilvl lower than me in this video and can't think to be like this. I will for sure try what you have said trough the video and improve on it ! Could you share the addons / WA you are using here, UI looks clean to track. -Flashers-Draenor

[@crazyjbub]

Needing to watch others is so true! I queue tank only and I just recently boosted a char to 70 and am trying DPS. I ran AD last night and this tank had this perfect route that got exactly 100% for enemy force percentage and I will now be using the route every single time when I tank !

[@Dandoeejr305]

very helpful

[@adamhughes5678]

Can you share your plater setting? I like how you have it set up.

[@filipepaivazoega3669]

I wish more people could see your vids. As someone thats going for 3400 at least (almost there tbh), the amount of people on 25s+ that you see not even knowing where to stand.. Is amazing. Sadly, that high of a key, you can't simply "solo", or do all the saves, it becomes a team effort.

[@notSachy]

Yep, they lived in the failure valley until its now too late sadge. and yea, once the spriest/shaman/boomkin/priests start getting one shot, the solo tactic falls off HARD. Very kind words tho ty! My goal/motivation is to try to get more people into the 18-23 range, since I think that is when mythic plus feels the best even when player super casually. It's absurd how low % of the population plays until even the 20s

[@filipepaivazoega3669]

@@notSachy totally agree, and I truly wish people had the nerve to at least do some research, there's a lot of good content (like yours) out there to improve and be better. Thanks for sharing, and keep it up, bro!

[@RatnavelSubramanian]

I am going to try tanking again after Mists season1. with a VDH. Can you please share what are the mods that show your party's CCs and CDs? Is that all Omni CC?

[@notSachy]

Yea that’s all “Omni CD” it’s pretty easy to set up just a bunch of checkboxes for what you want to track

[@flashyhooves1710]

I am currently struggling quite hard to just get aggro. How do you get your group wait till you actually have used a gcd out of moonfire? I also do not seem to have any big aoe damage button, so getting aggro on multiple mobs is very hard 🤔

[@notSachy]

What spec are you playing?

[@flashyhooves1710]

Bear it is this season :) Got also some records. Something like this the first pull it seems even impossible to get aggro on 3 mobs. (forgot to record the real first pull) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3fLfnihpbqbr6M

[@notSachy]

ok so I have played no bear this szn, its the only tank i ignored. the highest scoring bear i found that streams is twitch.tv/haleyhr they also have vods up so you can see what they do. hope this helps!

[@KirTyun]

Very nice Video! I play WoW since 2008 and most of my time as tank. But up to this day, this tank anxiety is still there. Especially right now. I stopped playing it for a while (about 2 months) and wanting to go back into M+ tanking. I know my class and in my guild I have the reputation to be unkillable. I only get oneshotted by enrage boss mechanics. But my issue is the pathing. Where to go, what to pull. For me it seems like there is one route and if I dont follow that route, people are like "tf you doing?!". Thats my only issue with tanking. Otherwise I love to tank.

[@RatnavelSubramanian]

Love your videos.. subscribed..

[@notSachy]

Thank you! Kinda afk until season 4 but more to come 😁

[@rickybigdam8127]

Also helps that VDH can solo cc an entire dungeon and this makes pug tanking way easier

[@robinpimpin190]

Tanking to me always felt natural. If you're a decent tank with a little brain, it's easily the easiest role. My advice is very similar as described in the video: know your class/spec, and if you're also a DPS, learn how (good) tank pulls groups/bosses. Then, if you start tanking, even if you're overgeared for low keys, start on lower keys than you usually go for to get a feel for the packs and bosses, and slowly do higher keys if you're feeling uncertain about your tanking. That way you can climb slowly but steadily.

[@elizabethswitzer4598]

For kicks I’ll post in chat from details how many kicks everyone has it seems to get the point across

[@lucasburgardt6897]

What ui are u using? feels so clean to tank, could u share it?

[@notSachy]

This is like 85% Naowh's UI. you can sub to him on twitch to get it (or pateron i think). I moved a lot of things out of the way/more to the edges cuz I play on a 32inch 4k display so I want the exact center to just have weakauras/mechanics and clear space so I can see. The only super cool thing about Naowh's UI is the weakauras, everything else you can easily copy yourself visually in a few minutes. But there are like thousands of really good weakauras that are not high resource-sucking and work very well.

[@Fizbini1]

I find if things don't go well... as a tank players blame you as the tank. Yet if u have good addons u can see who is good and who isn't. For example, interrupt counters damage meters. Avoidable damage taken ect.

[@Baezu]

Can you link your nameplates?

[@wtfenc0reenix]

Maybe i missed it, but on the point "you NEED to watch others" is the best to watch videos who people play with pugs instead of high key group play. any pug group will no play coordinated like a group and cant handle the pulls like them. If you are are playing with 4 others, watch it together to learn where people using there cds, cc, and more.

[@MrManultra]

Due to my main being WW monk and BM being the most difficult to play, I will probably never do this... But if you watch a 16 minute guide, that sends you watching hours of gameplay and streams ... You know it won't be easy.

[@Moonwired]

Got a link for me for that aoe cc weakaura?

[@notSachy]

It’s all omni CD, link in description

[@prOozax]

i pugged myself to 3149 9/9hc in 4 week on a fresh levelled prot pally char with a lot of knowledge about dungeons routes and other classes.

[@notSachy]

Legend!

[@notSachy]

I don’t know why but I never mentioned blood DK at all. I have over 220 keys done on my DK compared to the 140~ on DH and 88~ on pala but I forgot I had a dk for this entire video that’s crazy. Also btw all the tanks are good play what you want, I leaned into VDH for my analogies cuz it was the most played tank at the time of writing. Prot war is a little reliant on healing income same with brew cuz of their celestial fortune.

[@Laptican]

It's actually quiet funny how easy it is to tank this season. I began starting two weeks ago after taking a 5+ years break for tanking and i'm already doing 25-26's without even knowing what to interrupt, cc etc. I also don't even have "proper" routes because i rather just do my own than copy someone elses. Good guide btw, it's definitely gonna help me alot!

[@notSachy]

I love these dungeons for making custom routes, especially with DH’s fear sigil skip. Welcome back!

[@robertt4116]

2:58 done

[@MrOrangeonion]

Please include with the DPS that your sole job is not DPSing but also as a team, to interrupt major casts, with either general interrupt or actual CC, and to learn which need interrupting. DPS role is literally not just DPSing, i fall behind often with DPS but generally only against ppl higher ilv by a small margin, yet i have 22 interrupts at the end just from general interrupts and who knows what CC count, whilst they have 7 or below, sometimes ppl have 12 most. and stopping your time to CC instead of DPS obviously puts you behind, but you have to sometimes interrupt a mob thats out of the cleave in order to get it into the group. Sometimes to stop major casts like the Buff the cultivator gives on EVERBLOOM. He buffs attack speed by 50% and damage by 10% AOE, and tanks dont interrupt it often since they dont know whats making it difficult. Ofcourse i learned by being a tank and having the addons to be able to check what creature does what ability. But yea, DPS job is not to just, press damage buttons.

[@jeffreypenkoff6178]

How do I get past the fact that I get LOST in every damn dungeon? I can never remember my way around no matter how many times I do it as a dps or healer. This is really the only thing that keeps me from diving into tanking atm

[@notSachy]

Download the addon Mythic Dungeon Tools - MDT. You can view a dungeon and pre-plan your routes and it's also able to be opened in combat to get you a quick glance at %, or to get your navigation in order :D The addon also has the functionality of importing/exporting routes so you can use it in conjuction with a website like keystone.guru

[@piliface7920]

I ruined my Neltharus key start of S4 because I forgot that the second boss DoT stacks instead of refreshes after every chain and I just speedran those. Then I was wondering why the healer can't keep people alive

[@merker7297]

huge

[@notSachy]

LOG ON TO THE GAME

[@spraypaintedhamster7773]

my tanking anxiety disappeared when I taught myself to just simply not give a fuck. if they dont think im good enough then they can just re-queue

[@veo16]

.1% is really just an accomplishment for premades. doesn’t mean they’re better players. if group play didn’t have anything going for it, that entire demographic would feel bad. Once you’re in +20s you can relax and just do what still feels fun. If playing solo you have four less keys (attempts). And most of your time is spent waiting to form parties.

[@Terrezio]

I’m gonna play with myself and get back to you🤣🤣🤣

[@notSachy]

Sir this is a Wendy’s

[@Frindleeguy]

"Play with yourself" lol. Also, blood says... But what if you just never die?

[@federicocapriotti2180]

ui download :)?

[@jorgeinojosa8792]

Hard to use the contents of this guide, most pugs won't let me thank unless I have top tier raiding gear (But still in full epics)

[@bikeomatic8005]

S3 is easier than S2 as was S2 compared to S1. So the 3k rio you have now is not necessarily a result of your improvement in tanking skill. Simply blizz lowered the bar a bit which I think was right thing to do.

[@notSachy]

While I agree it’s feels much easier now, the key levels I’m doing now are not much diff than the key levels I was doing in the past. I was into the 20s in bfa and into the 23s in shadowlands - healer main tho so score was cosmetic my role wasn’t real. The main thing is I would NEVER pug before, I’d play with friends or not play at all because of a few bad pug experiences. There’s less bullshit in the dungeons now but difficulty-wise since they deleted half the affixes I don’t see a big jump this season personally when we had freehold, underrot, VP last season and those keys were free (after nerfs). Also we had neltharus legit clearing itself with chains.

[@bikeomatic8005]

@@notSachyI mainly pug and only got into m+ in df, in s1 I dont think I timed a 20, maybe one if any, in s2 I timed a few, now I timed all of them with few on 21, it feels easier, yes I gained some knowledge but I know my personal limits and I didnt improve that much since s1 but have a better results in s3 by a mile compared to the previous 2.

[@notSachy]

oh yea if we're keeping the comparison within dragonflight its MUCH easier you're absolutely correct. It must have been crazy good feeling going from playing thundering in your first season, compared to now I wish I didn't have to live through beguiling in BFA man I still have ptsd.

[@rosing2110]

Can you share your talents?

[@notSachy]

Heyo, I’m working on a vengeance guide it should be up as early as today, as late as tomorrow. Shot for a quality guide so it’s taking longer than I’d have guessed. It’ll answer dozens if not all talent related stuff trust

[@jb0222]

in my opinion dps is the easiest roll, then tank is 2nd easiest and hardest is healer do to they have baby sit pp health and when comes to higher and higher keys healers job get way harder on scale then tanks & dps

[@enzoshink7597]

Extra tip: if someone pulls agro while u gather a pack, dont die trying to save them. Your death is way worse than their death.

[@juanpablosarmiento8106]

*You should not start as a tank* proceeds as start as a tank o777

[@piccilos]

Learning all the mechanics is the hard part, you are actively incentivized to run different dungeons instead of the same one repeatedly.

[@judasblewit]

Im too scared.

[@daviduk1692]

this season is so easy to get 3k

[@notSachy]

100%, easiest of all the DF seasons so far by a long shot. However the # of people proportionally hitting 3k hasn’t gone up, it was around top 2% last season also.

[@creamsoddaaa]

Roll a dh, gotcha

[@Manylimes]

Skill issue

[@notSachy]

You can hit 3k as any tank this season without much braincells. I will pivot away from DH to DK once I get legendary. I’d also really like to play brew but I can’t handle gearing 4 toons

[@creamsoddaaa]

@@Manylimes whats your io mines 3085 on paladonk

[@creamsoddaaa]

@@notSachy in regards to braincells, easiest by far for me was dh, I find brew the hardest !

[@notSachy]

this season yea dh is the easiest. hardest for me is prot war this season, lots of big scary magic damage getting ripped out to the group. especially in a high tyrannical rise

[@Venox4x]

demon hunter tank should be nerfed to the earth core... mass pull, self heals dad, silence, double jump....

[@gerardminor5001]

no bra we have follower dungeons go tank them don't use lfr as practice you suck to start so don't go in thinking your anything and above all you are just glorified BAIT.you are there because your team needs a punching bag for bosses otherwise you aren't the top of the food chain i learned to save dungeons as dps by finishing the fights when the tank dies.keep that in mind and stay humble period.i have off specs so we aren't dependant on you as much as you think.

[@mornepretorius7329]

Nice video, I am really trying to get into tanking. My biggest "fear" is not knowing the routes for every dungeon. Everyone says to use Method Dungeon tools, but I am unsure how it works. It would be great if you could do a video about that

[@notSachy]

You really wanna identify the mobs that require dedicated interrupts or have very dangerous mechanics, and not pull too many of those at once unless you have a dedicated plan. I'll try to think of a way to make this topic an interesting video tho, currently cooking my vengeance DH guide.

[@TheCineroo]

I'd also recommend a plater profile that highlights the dangerous mobs, it makes the whole thing a lot easier. e.g. Quazii's plater profile colours the mobs for interrupts needed or has frontals if it's ok to call out another content creator. I'm sure there are many others.

[@assil9175]

You are amazing, Can you provide names of ui addons i want my ui to be like yours please

[@notSachy]

Most common elements are elvui, things in the middle are Naowh weakauras, anything with a cooldown that isnt mine is Omni CD. nameplates are naowh's plater. WarpDeplete is the keystone timer, bigwigs for timers/mechanics etc (combined with more weakauras). And I think that's basically it :D

[@assil9175]

@@notSachy thank you so much

[@stevenrosario3178]

My dude, that part that you said “As a tank, we’re basically playing $15 a month so others can play the game” is so true. That really hit when you said that.

[@Copiumgold]

Very good advice thanks. I've loved tanking and never pushed high keys, going to give it a chance now

[@notSachy]

Good luck!

[@MrCeltius]

I wouldn’t say the dps meter is the end all be all for dps performance. IMO kicks and stops from dps contributing so the healer doesn’t have to spend CDs is what I feel makes a key go smooth. Of course, all that to say, having a tank that is comfortable attempting big pulls and controlling them well is a much bigger contribution to dps than dps playing their rotation. I’ve tanked a 12 Atal’Dazar this season with all three dps at 455ish item level at 225k overall by the end because of good efficient pulls. I main fire mage and don’t typically get 200k overall in 19s with pugs because they usually only end up pulling like 5 at a time. 😢

[@JL-ik3gf]

i've been trying to learn how to tank recently. you tip of going into a M0 solo and pulling a pack to practice the CD rotation is by far the best advice i have ever received. thank you for putting this guide out.

[@CrisisCore99]

Hi, can I know what is ur weak aura of addon for multiple adds cast bar colored in the mid of the screen ? See all cast fastly seems interesting, many thx

[@notSachy]

hey its part of Naowh's dungeon weakaura pack, its not one weakaura but literally hundreds. each cast bar is its own weakaura

[@disadadi8958]

12:30 wouldn't it be just better to combatlog it and check the logs? They don't tend to crash like some of these addons do

[@notSachy]

This could be better yea, I just figured the barrier to entry of that was too high that people just wouldn’t do it, however I felt like downloading an addon that’s set and forget is easy. To be fair tho death note hasn’t crashed in months, I just have ptsd from shadowlands when it would crash like 4-6 times per day so I threw in the disclaimer

[@disadadi8958]

2:59 so if I fiddle with a certain appendage I can get better at the game?

[@notSachy]

Well it won’t make you worse 🤷‍♂️

[@samcook9542]

What UI are you using?

[@notSachy]

Mostly just Naowh UI, you can get it from his twitch/patreon. I did alter mine a bit especially cuz the UI is for 1080p/1440p but I play on 4K, I also added a handful of QoL addons

[@alexistaylor969]

Firstly, just practice and don't stress so much, people that don't belong in +3's, have +17 to +23 keys because of big boys joining their keys to farm quests and dps being so bursty. If you can't stop stressing, Step 1) Mythic + is rated content, Don't go into rated content without knowing what you are doing. Step 2) If ignoring step 1, stay in lower keys by pushing and resetting your own key until it starts to get hard, this will teach you your class. Step 3) Download Mythic Dungeon Tools addon, it will let you plan your route, and if you right click a mob it will tell you all their abilities and CC that works on them. Step 4) Know everything about the dungeon and line of sight your pulls and plan for idiots. Your role as the tank is to know everything, and pull for pacing, and %, and plan your pulls to prevent people from fucking up or have a plan if they do (example: a butt pull or bad tab target.) Step 5) There is like 20 videos for every dungeon, including tank guides, both in depth for everything and just 2-5 minute quick guides. Step 6) Download a dungeon marking Weakaura each Season, most are premarked for CC and you can edit it how you want to auto mark certain mobs on mouse over for dps to focus for killing or CC/interrupts. Just remember, if you don't know the dungeon you shouldn't be in anything above a +10. People get really pissy about it.

[@yeti2057]

What’s your ui?

[@notSachy]

Mostly from Naowh UI, you can get it from his twitch/patreon. I did alter mine a bit especially cuz the UI is for 1080p/1440p but I play on 4K

[@Harrvell]

Your playstyle looks familiar to me. I was trying to see if I've done a dudgeon with you. However it seems you are changing your char name like every several days :D

[@notSachy]

LOL yea, so it was one of Skillgap, Meleehealer, Stupidity, Plskick, Sachy, Notsachy. I’ve finally settled on naming my 2 toons every patch Sachy and Notsachy to align with me :D so shouldn’t be as annoying anymore to track lmao

[@tokra2222]

The biggest problem in tanking these days is that people are so "use" to certain things that when a new tank comes along...They trash that player and in the long run wonder why nobody wants to tank

[@shimapan7718]

I didn't even know you could do mythic solo

[@yourDaddyStudmuffin]

Closing on 3k on my prot pal, and 2.5 on my VDH and just learned a few things from watching you play, nice video! Looking forward to more uploads!

[@notSachy]

Cheers! If there’s anything you’d like to see lemme know!

[@KJab21512]

I play all 3 roles heavily. Mainly healer. Whenever I tank. I'm always making comments about interrupts when I realize the level of hell my healer must be experiencing. Its not about me, or someone dying. Its about knowing that guy is going 300+ APM to keep the squad alive.

[@Pancakes832]

i was tanking once in a dungeon, and this hunter pulled and aggro a mob and instead of running them to me he ran all the way back to the entrance and died. Complained that i was a bad tank for letting him die. It was fun.

[@isaaclalnunzira6981]

can i get your plater profile ?

[@CybreSmee]

Wow, man. Awesome video, it helped me a lot. Keep it up!

[@Spcwes1]

Amazing guide dude and a lot of great info which needed to be said out loud. Thanks!

[@derryberry7991]

24 dawn fall fort week, I explicitly said “we are gonna invis to bottom of the ramp, I’m gonna pull the 2 rippers at the top of the ramp down to the other mobs and we will lust”. The hunter in the group pulls the boss, we full wipe and then goes “tank why didn’t you pull boss? I always pull boss with these mobs in every key I do and it’s a waste of time if we don’t” I love how he blamed me and says it was a waste of time not pulling boss as he bricked the key in the first 30 seconds

[@ujiora]

Great advices ty. Can u share plater profile? its very good thx a lot

[@eXpr3s]

As Someone that has played al roles u can se often the sifference between good and bad players, and u often se dps die and Always blame the healer or the tank, when they are not themself using cooldowns and defensives and interrupts, i often se especialy dps not using anything but dps cooldowns, never use defensives and interrupts and then saying i need to pump so i cant use anything else other then dps 🤣 and Thats when keys dies, its a 5 man group but most dps belive its a 4 man group that has to do eveeything and that one dps only needs to dps, and when everyone has that mentality it often goes belly up 🤣

[@MrManultra]

It's so funny! After watching this I started paying attention to what tanks are doing. I started my first M+ this expansion with a +7 waycrest manor. The tank literally stood in his consec, passively losing aggro and when he got smashed by the 4 elites he pulled, he waited and used lay on hands as the first spell. I think I could do better. I tried going into M0 and do big pulls but it is hard for me to judge what I am supposed to be able to survive and what not.

[@notSachy]

You should be able to live indefinitely on M0, as long as you don't have like 420 ilvl. Ofc not thru one shots, or not thru certain mobs getting their cast stacks up to like 20+ like AD wildfire, or BRH Arcane dude. But within reason, u should be able to live forever on a 0 edit: actually u cant do AD or BRH on 0 anyways so nvm haha

[@MrManultra]

@@notSachy well then I suck because I died pulling 30 ish mobs with ilvl 456