New tank here, have some random questions.

[Ryphen]

idk maybe im dumb ): i know i've had several moments where i keep using cooldowns in anticiapation of it only for it to never come, then i have nothing when it does hit lmao

I've done the same thing. I usually get the first one but by the time the second one comes around, I've stopped paying attention and just kind of guess. Unless I'm dying consistently to an attack of that type, my brain chooses to ignore keeping track of its timing and just worries about the things with a cast bar or obvious visual tell.