The Ultimate WoW M+ Pug Tanking Guide

[@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 😄

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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".

[@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

[@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!

[@davidplayswow]

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

[@MinorSpiffy]

This is actually something I have recently got into. I am been a pure DPSer my entire time playing since late BC. Exactly 5 days ago I decided to level up my Demon Hunter and I'm only allowed to tank. I was soo nervous going into it because you have to as the tank have the best knowledge of the dungeon and you aren't just taking the damage you are also leading the group and most of the success of tanking I have found is carrying silences and interrupts but more importantly adapting to people. If folk get overwealmed easy then smaller pulls. if things are dying very easy then start pulling more and see where the sweet spot is. Communicating with your healing is important. Checking mana, pull sizes ect.. Also communcating what route you will be doing before you put the key in so in FALL saying at the start. "Skipping first packs to first boss then skipping dragon after 2nd boss." Lets people know what to expect and if they are prepared with invis pot. The main thing I have curtainly learnt it COMMUNICATION is LAW. Personally, I have learnt so much tanking that I can curtainly use when I DPS on other characters, overall dungeon knowledge. Also understanding the role but more importantly OTHER peoples roles from their perspective is really important. How your tanking is going to effect other people. I find as tanking you can be your own echo chamber sometimes. Dunno thats just a few things i've learnt. :)

[@JwHighlights]

glad I found ur channel! Great content, love the background music at the end haha

[@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+

[@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.

[@johnmassey2632]

Thanks for this vid. I’m a 3k io tank but a lot of this was humbling and helped me keep my momentum, as I often get burned out when groups aren’t jiving and keys are getting bricked

[@notSachy]

Happy to help! Remember to take a break, if you stop doing keys for 2-3 days or even a week to recoup, you won’t fall as far behind as you might think. Especially if you’re already into 3k this early.

[@oakenverse]

Great video, I've been DPS and nothing else, but have starting tanking some lower m+ this season here and there. It is the role I would prefer to play. Doing dungeons solo is a good shout - I will definitely start doing this. Since my guild has unfortunately become quite inactive, I have been learning by pugging mainly so far. Still get anxious each time I run a key but thinking about it, more often than not it goes fine - we just remember negative experiences more than positive ones! Anyway thanks for the advice!

[@techlabb]

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

[@RichardFureyRich]

This was a great guide with alot of useful information and tips and really appreciate the effort you put into this video. That being said the left/right strafing constantly and causing the screen to shake was really driving me crazy and detracting from your gameplay. I ended up minimizing the screen so I could hear your advice without having watching my the screen shake constantly.

[@calebknight8540]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets anxious about tanking great video thank you

[@notSachy]

Thanks for watching!

[@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 !

[@Spcwes1]

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

[@xIvysongx]

Good video, came back for Dragonflight as a Tank this time, and I appreciate the tips and thoughts! =)

[@notSachy]

Welcome back!

[@voraciousvlad]

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

[@Matrakisness]

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

[@Copiumgold]

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

[@notSachy]

Good luck!

[@Steav_00]

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.

[@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 :)

[@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

[@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!

[@mendicant1981]

This is absolute gold. Thanks!

[@notSachy]

Glad you enjoyed it! Happy new year!

[@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

[@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

[@CybreSmee]

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

[@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"

[@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.

[@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 .

[@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!!

[@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 :-((

[@Homievegetable]

Came into this with negative expectations tho you really knocked it out of the park with this one. As a DPS player (3,2k) only having dabbled in tanking, I learned a lot from this, I've never seen anyone address the tank ego paradox as well as you do in this video :D A thing I would add is to make sure to have mythic dungeon tools installed and make sure that everyone has a look at it before you start the dungeon. it really cuts down on the amount of communication needed during the dung. Tho you should always be prepared to improvise

[@martinmeslo9279]

Really nice guide! Do you have any good macros to recommend for the class?

[@djin81]

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

[@DerNesor]

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

[@DerNesor]

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

[@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!

[@vegaobscurax23]

Absolutely awesome vid

[@doctorangel1494]

Hey, loved watching this but will it be possible to re-upload your OmniCD profile? It appears that it's no longer available :(

[@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

[@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.

[@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 🤷‍♂️

[@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 😁

[@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!

[@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

[@aod_fan]

What is the addon/WA at 7:45 , and im not talking about Omni CD?

[@notSachy]

Can you be more specific? The crowd controls are omni cd it’s just an additional bar you can add

[@aod_fan]

@@notSachy @7:45 it just some squares with CCs countdowns. If that is Omni where is that option to show that, all I see are the bars.

[@aod_fan]

@@notSachyAlso, your Omni profile on pastebin is no longer there, it looks like it was pulled

[@notSachy]

Extra Bars setting, and you can go under the 1,2,3,4 etc. and select the type of crowd control.

[@notSachy]

Thanks, juist put a new link should be working now

[@rickybigdam8127]

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

[@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

[@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!🫶🏻

[@adamhughes5678]

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

[@Pingwinho]

Kind of an unrelated question, but what texture do you use for your bars (unit frames, nameplates) in this video? (First minute)

[@notSachy]

Hey, I this texture is part of ttv/Naowh 's ui package. im unsure what the original source was but in his profile its "Naowh Left"

[@ianunderwood1678]

Amazing video!

[@Vepler]

Very informative video! TY :)

[@notSachy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Persuasion94]

I wish you had time to talk to the group in mythic +, but people get pissed off if you just stand still for 2 sec to check the surroundings.

[@AirBnBrush]

Love your ui. 😍

[@Manylimes]

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

[@KUBmen4]

Hey, great vid! Also, is there a chance for your ElvUI profile? ^^

[@notSachy]

hey, theres a bunch of custom fonts/textures and theres no simple way to share those. I recommend just getting Naowh's UI or Atrocity's UI - both streamers, you have to prime sub to get it. I modified mine a decent bit from his to make it fit my screen but their base ui import is still very good.

[@elizabethswitzer4598]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@ShepperdTv]

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

[@flake2093]

would you mind sharing you ui? looks super clean

[@notSachy]

It’s almost entirely NaowhUI, which is a sub perk from twitch.tv/Naowh, if u have prime that’s what I use to get access to it 😄 I just moved some things around and had to adapt it to fit to 4K res

[@amunkvold]

Hey man, what plater profile is this and where can i find it? Thanks!

[@JustGuitarded]

Heyo! What addon are you using to see the key timer like it is when you explain about still being able to time with 20+ deaths?:D

[@notSachy]

WarpDeplete!

[@JustGuitarded]

@@notSachy thank you so much!😁 also learned a lot from your video! New to tanking and this really helped!😁

[@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

[@joeybroers2875]

Thanks for the awesome guide, 2850 rio now and trying to push to 3k. I've been struggling a lot with my UI. Trying to find a clean UI like yours but since I'm on a widescreen everything I import is overlapping. Do you have any tips or guides to install it like yours?

[@notSachy]

Honestly just get a good weakaura pack, and make sure its front and center. Nothing else really matters imo. I run a 4k 32inch display and even tho Naowh's UI is made for 1080p i had no problems scaling it to fit for me

[@ujiora]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@PiliFace]

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

[@DerNesor]

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.

[@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.

[@PlayPEMinecraft]

Can u put ur plater pls it is really helpful with interrupt target

[@notSachy]

My plater and basically my entire UI is from twitch.tv/Naowh, its a sub perk, if u have amazon prime its a good prime sub. I can't even share it cuz theres many custom files etc. to make it work

[@PlayPEMinecraft]

@@notSachy talking about playing m+ with random ppl i just played 2 dung one of them was very smooth except one mistake and the other one the healer left before the first boss 😂😂

[@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.

[@Baezu]

Can you link your nameplates?

[@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!

[@Dandoeejr305]

very helpful

[@metalmach1ne748]

Prot warrior > rest

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@davidw789]

As a healer, I can tell when the tank made a mistake usually, but yeah, the dps probably won't notice really

[@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

[@Moonwired]

Got a link for me for that aoe cc weakaura?

[@notSachy]

It’s all omni CD, link in description

[@shimapan7718]

I didn't even know you could do mythic solo

[@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.

[@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.

[@isaaclalnunzira6981]

can i get your plater profile ?

[@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. 😢

[@shobruno]

So i came back less than a week ago(last played was Mist). And i have seen my fair share of tanks the one that go in and just steamroll the dungeon, and the ones that do it “old school” one pull at a time, while i feel i belong to the second team, i feel the sherr toxicity of some people make it problematic and makes me want to skip

[@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

[@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.

[@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