Good 5/10 man tank spec

[Demoncrash]

My Dk is part of a strict 10 man only guild and i am wondering what a good 5/10 man tank spec would be for him. I used to run as 2 hand blood and 2 hand frost but it's been a while since i've tanked and these days i am having a lot of trouble holding agro in groups (esp 5 mans)

I have heard good things about DW Frost with 2 slow dps 1 handers. Is it viable in 10 mans in terms survivability?

[mhp]

It is. Also check the tanking sticky, please.

[dreadrune]

yes, it certainly is viable

also what is your current spec if you have problems holding agro? i'm guessing it'll be blood which isnt as good on trash mob pulls/heroics as frost dualwielding

[JebJoya]

DW slow/slow frost is damned good for tanking 5-mans, especially when using a 1-disease rotation with the HB glyph to pop the Ice disease on (see tankspot.com for a really interesting and in-depth guide around that). The reason for the 1-disease rotation is simply that stuff dies too fast in hcs these days, and you don't have time to build up 2 diseases and keep threat generally (you certainly can't trust a DPS to hold back in a 5-man :P ). In terms of snap aggro rotation, I go with HB, BB, BB, OB whilst tabbing around to spread my rune strikes. For bosses (assuming no adds), just go with a normal 2 disease rotation (IT,PS,OB,BS,BS) and you'll be A-OK.

For 10-mans, survivability is fine (my crappy tank, see sig, has tanked Sarth10, ToC10 and solo tanked the ICC10 trash for rep in a pug without issues). The only thing I might suggest is a change of glyph from HB if you're doing raids regularly...

Jeb

[Zao]

As someone already said: please check the sticky.
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