Warrior Tanks: Maximizing DPS Output

[zdub303]

Good post, I may have missed it but one thing to consider.

A warrior with unchained and infuriate up is technically higher dps than with defiance off due to the crit b us on wrath. So depending on the timing of tank swaps you can stay in defiance and maintain pretty high dps as well and then be ready for the swap with defiance still up. For any sustained dps situation though, then you would want defiance off for max dps.

[bokchoykn]

Good post, I may have missed it but one thing to consider.

A warrior with unchained and infuriate up is technically higher dps than with defiance off due to the crit b us on wrath. So depending on the timing of tank swaps you can stay in defiance and maintain pretty high dps as well and then be ready for the swap with defiance still up. For any sustained dps situation though, then you would want defiance off for max dps.

You're right that Unchained + 5 Wrath stacks does more damage than dropping Defiance, but I wouldn't recommend using it this way. Instead of remaining in Defiance while not tanking and DPSing with Unchained on, why not use Unchained when you ARE tanking so you can drop Defiance when you are NOT tanking. Using Unchained to DPS when not tanking is an enormous waste of your single best cooldown for damage output and enmity generation.

Suppose each tank is tanking for 30 seconds at a time.

What you are proposing:

30 seconds of tanking, Defiance on
20 seconds of not-tanking, Defiance on, Unchained on.
10 seconds of not-tanking, Defiance off

Total time with Defiance penalty: 30 seconds

What you should be doing:

20 seconds of tanking, Defiance on, Unchained on
10 seconds of tanking, Defiance on, Unchained off
30 seconds of not-tanking, Defiance off

Total time with Defiance penalty: 10 seconds
Not to mention the insane enmity you built.