Don't level up a tank because you have to be a tank , level up a tank because you like tanking .

You need to be a certain kind of person to play a tank . For years I played a healer in most games because I enjoyed keeping people alive especially in those rare wtfshithit the fan moments when a bad healer would mean wipe .

To be a tank you have to have situational awareness, know all the mechanics of a fight . You have to know how to hold agro , how to regain agro if you lose it .

You have to know your healers / groups limit on how much to pull and for pugs this means you need to know very quickly .

You need to beable to position bosses correctly so DPS can kill without being killed .

Need to know when to pop cooldowns and not blow them at the wrong time causing wipe.


Yep screw being a tank , I levelled from 15 to 50 2 tanks in dungeons . Expert at tanking .