Ulduar Tanking

Hi everyone, here we goes with the first post about pally tanking in Ulduar.

There is a big difference between Naxx 25 and Ulduar 10 and 25 tanking.
We are now getting some mega-hit by most of the bosses (25k hit) are now more than common.

Here goes a list of bosses with some characteristics and hints about tanking them as a pally.

• Flame Leviathan : No real tank, wear your best Ilvl items (boost you vehicule stats) and have fun. This guy is free loot with one tower up its always two emblems of conquests.
  
  
• Razorscale : Since he got nerfed to dust in one of the patch, its now a kinda free loot in both 10 and 25 men. Just avoid the flame on the ground and kill the big vykrul add first. On phase 2 call who is tanking and dont forget to swap after some debuffs.
  
  
• Ignis : Ignis you got one of the two role MT or Add tank but honestly you should be add tank in block gear to make it trivial. Get your max zoom out to spot the add as soon as they spawn, when they get 10 debuff in the fire you need to retaunt them to bring them to the water to get killed.
  
  
• XT002 : Then again you have two choice MT or Add tank. As a MT you do nothing (Meatshield boss). As add tank you get the big adds on heart phase and just tank them until the boss die.
  
  
• Iron council : Iron council is a fun figth for the tanks, you can be tanking Steelbreaker, he hits hard and you can cleanse yourself every Fusion punch(and oviously you dont have the choice of not doing it) You can tank Molgreim, again meatshield and help cleansing if the other tank is not a pally. Be sure that the boss is never on a rune of power (30k+ hit from steelbreaker is bad). The last little boss is tanked by a rogue or dk in our run with a healer healing him in between heal on tanks.
  
  
• Kologarn : since the last nerf you dont need to tank swap anymore, so if you MT stay on him (dont click one of the arm it can bug and activate breath : that will wipe the raid) if your on add duty just gather them far from melee since they explode. It's a pretty easy figth. Oh yeah if you get add tanking be sure to move if he targets you with eyes.
  
  
• Auriaya : MT you tank her, be sure she faces everyone and yell for healing :) Add tank you gather the little panther and you tank them, they need to die fast and then it becomes free loot boss.
  
  
• Thorim : another fun figth. Tunnel group tank, watch out for the fire explosion (look at the arm that glow with fire at end of tunnel in front of you). MT in arena will be tanking lots of Adds A DAMN LOTS OF THEM :) Phase 2 just tank swap every debuff to avoid getting crit.
  
  
• Hodir : 10 men version, I solo tank in frost resist gear with frost aura. Move on top of snow mound when needed, avoid icicle and stay near beam to buff your friends dps :) The only thing that can wipe you is ppl not moving and dying from aura of frost damage, or ppl getting pawned by icycle.
  
  
• Freya : 4 badges for this :) Freya is more complex need ajustment on first phase depending of what adds you get. Little exploding ones you gather them in middle everyone fall on you dps to 10 % then stun them or nova and get out then area them to death with no one in range. The big one get under the mushroom and dps it fast. The other 3 need to be killed at same time, so split your dps (dont tank snaplasher that is a bad idea). on phase 2 moove out of the little green bomb. During all that figth when a tree spawn kil it fast.
  
  
• Mirmiron : We are stuck here since way to long , ill be updating as soon as we down him, we are hitting less than 25% on phase 4 but damn its an hard figth.
  
  

Thats it for today , first post first blog ill keep in touch soon.

Orcal, 80 pally from Protest the hero on Durotan.