Quote Originally Posted by Hrimfaxi View Post
is it recommended to switch from defiance to deliverance while MT?
Yes you can switch to Deliverance from Defiance as the main tank.

If it is possible, in what kind of situation can you change to deliverance from defiance and when do you change back to defiance?
For main tanking:

You want to switch to Deliverance once you know you have a solid enmity lead over the rest of your team, and it is safe to do more damage in Deliverance. Deliverance lets you do strong attacks such as Fell Cleave, Decimate, and also lets you use TP restoring version of Equilibrium.

You switch back to Defiance to either get more enmity or to be more tanky. Defiance gives you Inner Beast, HP restoring version of Equilibrium, increases the effectiveness of HP restoring spells, and more total HP. You also get a cool ability called Unchained that lets you do a lot of damage in tank stance and generates a whole lot of enmity.

Once you and your team know the encounter very well and you get more gear, you can switch over to Deliverance a lot more often. If you can survive with slightly less HP and slightly less healing received, Deliverance is a good option for more DPS. Typically you try to smooth out the damage your receive in Deliverance by using cooldowns such as Thrill of Battle, Vengeance, Convalescence, Foresight, and Bloodbath. With regard to Bloodbath, doing more damage means more self-healing. Holmgang can be an option as well to tank in Deliverance (for a few seconds at least).

For off tanking (a.k.a. DPS-mode time):

Stay in Deliverance at all times.

Does it cause you to reduce your enemity?
You generate less enmity in Deliverance compared to Defiance.

There are some dungeons which require tank swapping. Mind giving a tip on what should i do?
When you want to switch from off-tank to main-tank on mobs, there are generally two ways. Switch to Defiance. One way is Heavy Swing > Skull Sunder > Provoke > Butcher's Block. The other way is Heavy Swing > Provoke > Skull Sunder > Butcher's Block. Butcher's Block has an animation lag, so some players prefer one method over the other.

When you are trying to switch from main-tank back to off-tank, do not use Butcher's Block combo. Just do Storm's Eye combo or Storm's Path combo. When it is apparent that you are now the off-tank, switch back to Deliverance. Put in a Fracture to be nice to your other tank while they are trying to establish an enmity lead. Generally speaking for off-tanking, resort to Storm's Eye combo > Storm's Eye combo or Storm's Eye combo > Storm's Path combo. You could do Storm's Eye combo > Butcher's Block combo, but if your other tank is out of tank stance, you may eventually overtake them in enmity.


Basically, the higher DPS Warriors try to optimize how often they can stay in Deliverance instead of Defiance. There may be times where it just better to turtle up and be in Defiance, however.