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Best Paladin Tank Build Patch 4.0.3a

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Almost all of the Paladins talents will remain in the Protection Tree and there are very few choices, as always, between tanking builds. The choices typically come down to, do I want more damage or more survivability, and depending on that choice is how I determine whether or not the build is for AoE Tanking or Raid Tanking.

Paladin AoE Tanking

Best Death Knight Tank Build Patch 4.0.3a

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Since patch 4.0.3a and the new talents being implemented, Death Knights will primarily tank out of the Blood Tree, and that is now only the feasible option.

Death Knight Raid Tanking

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Best Druid Tank Build Patch 4.0.3a

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Best Warrior Tank Build Patch 4.0.3a

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Cataclysm Tank Gems

Here is a table of the new tanking gems coming in Cataclysm.

Color Name Stats
Blue Solid Ocean Sapphire 60 Stamina
Blue Solid Chimera's Eye (Jewelcrafter 500 Skill Required) 101 Stamina
Green Puissant Dream Emerald 20 Master Rating, 30 Stamina
Green

Cataclysm Tank Enchants

Here is a table of all of the new Tanking Enchants in Cataclysm.

Slot Name Stats
Head Arcanum of the Earthen Ring 90 Stamina, 35 Dodge Rating
Shoulders Greater Inscription of Unbreakable Quartz 75 Stamina, 25 Dodge Rating
Back Enchant Cloak - Protection 250 Armor

Best Enchants for Druid Tank Patch 3.3

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This guide will cover what the best enchants for your Druid by slot. This guide assumes that you have survival of the fittest at 3/3 making you immune to crits, if not you will need to worry about defense and it may have a bigger bearing on what order to rank these in.

Best Enchants for Paladin Tank Patch 3.3

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This guide will cover what the best enchants for your Paladin by slot. This guide assumes that you are defense capped at 540 defense, if you are not, then you may want to take any defense enchants that may have not made their way to the #1 slot.

Best Enchants for Warrior Tank Patch 3.3

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There are minor things that change from tank to tank so there isn't a standard "These are the best enchants for a tank" it's really dependent on the tanking class as you will see if you compare these enchants to the Death Knight enchants. Some stats are just more important than others depending on the tank.

Best Enchants for Death Knight Tank Patch 3.3

If you are low on gold or struggling to get by with enough gold take a look at this Gold Guide for some of the best gold making information out there.

This guide will cover what the best enchants for your Death Knight per slot. This guide assumes that you are defense capped at 540 defense, if you are not, then you may want to take any defense enchants that may have not made their way to the #1 slot.

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