Multi mob tanking guide helpFollow

here's your multimob tanking guide (cc permitting)...

Keep tclap on cd.

Spam cleave instead of heroic strike in between shield slams, revenges and devastates, depending on how much damage and healing youre taking.

Use demo shout to get snap threat on mobs.

Use concussion blow to buy yourself time if taunt is on cd, or mocking blow in a real pinch.

Mouseover Devastate (or sunder) Macro:

#show Devastate
/cast [target=mouseover, harm, nodead] []Devastate

If you aren't prot specced substitute Sunder Armor for Devastate.

Very handy little macro.
Multi-mob tanking is becoming a lost art for the average warrior. I see this every day on my resto shammy, and it makes the warrior in me sad. Get good at it and you will be popular.

Cheers!
Tiq

What about when you have a bunch of trash mobs? Like in Arc or Bot, where you get groups of 8-10 mobs. Or MgT, before 2nd boss.

My warrior isn't lvl 70 yet, but my healadin is. Whenever I run those instances on my healer, I always get nervous (and make sure my bubble is on CD). I did run into a warrior once who could do it perfectly, and I was so psyched. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to ask him how he did it.

TC, then Challenging Shout to get all of their attention, then tab Devastate? Just some thoughts....but I really have no idea.

With 8 mobs ... there's only so much you can do. TClap, Demo shout ... hopefully they're not elites. If they run off and start chewing on the healer, Challenging Shout.

If there are mixed elite/non-elites (good God, I hope there are in a group of 8), generally burn down the non-elites first. Kill clothies first. Use Stun to hold a mob you don't have aggro on. (For Regular instances) Disarm the mob that's attacking the Rogue. Whittle the # of mobs down as fast as possible. An offtank can help.

My magic # is 6 ... that's about my limit. I prefer no more than 3-4 if possible. Even with 3-4, if DPS are all over the place it's going to cause ulcers.

That being said, other classes can help you out.

Misdirection + Scatter Shot (Hunter) and I believe PoM and Earth Shield help your threat. A mage can freeze the mobs in place for you. Depending on mobs' speed, hunter traps can help. Almost every DPS class has some form of CC (or can off-tank to some degree). Blessing of Salvation is your AoE DPS class's friend.

Least you'll have rage. :-)

Get a shield spike, and stack up that block rating. This is the only time you are allowed to stack block rating. I have a sporeggar shield with a felsteel spike slapped onto it for AoE pulls. It's fun to use, and the threat is nice. Combine that with the fact that I'm from the pre-BC era of tanking when I didn't have TC at my disposal, and I have the mobs stuck to me like glue. What are these pally tanks you speak of?

I have a 70 warrior too, and I need to get better with tanking. One of the reasons I'm here. When I get the chance, I'm going to practice the tab button thing, and see how it works. I think my main problem is the cc is too close to TC, making me try to move while holding multiple mobs, and the dps doesn't burn down the target I'm on, they go after whatever they want. Doesn't help that I still have some 5-man regular instance pieces.

Here's the point: in my opinion, Challenging shout should be used only as a last resort, like when you get a big pull, and the dps'ers/healers pull aggro from you. As for just any pull, or before you really need to, it's a long cooldown to use, when you may need it a little later. Another thing I would recommend, is to have the dps'ers hit the target you are working on. That way your Cleave, TC, etc. will hold them from the healers, while the dps isn't in danger of stealing your mobs. Along those lines, KTM or Omen threat meters are very good things to have.

Sorry so long, but I hope it helps.