Quote Originally Posted by Miste View Post
If a tank dies within a few seconds it is a failure on the tank's part. As for large pulls it is best when queuing as healer to just be as ready as possible for it if there is no communication in chat. Just prepare for the first pull to be big and try your best to not let the tank die.
I wouldn't necessarily pin that on the tank. I would generally agree that most of the time it's going to be the tanks fault if they sprinted off w/o the healer, no protect up, no cds used aaaaand wipe. (This is the most common reason a tank would die within the first few seconds of a pull.) Beyond that, if the tank is using cds; has given the healer time to get protect up (pet and aetherflow too with sch), the next most common reasons a tank dies in the first few seconds of a pull are:

Tank has really low gear for the content.
Healer has really low gear for the content.
Tank has never handled a large pull/the specific pull with either of the above.
Healer has never handled a large pull/the specific pull with either of the above.
Tank just don't give a f.
Healer just don't give a f.
Tank is incompetent.
Healer is incompetent.