Weapon Enchants for Tanks

In the last patch Blizzard toyed with adding an excellent weapon enchant for tanking. In the end they pulled the plug and no new weapon enchant was introduced. But what does that leave those of us who aren’t Death Knights?* Below I have detailed what is, in my opinion, the top three tanking enchants and a bit of detail as to why. There are other options (when isn’t there really) but based on my research these are you best bet.

Titanium Weapon Chain
My current choice and also the cheapest of the three, this is a blacksmith created weapon enchant which improves your hit rating and reduces weapon disarm time. In terms of threat, hit is a great stat for tanks and although not stunning a reduction in weapon disarm time is handy. I prefer this enchant because it is cheap, easily acquirable and effective. If you min/max your character this probably isn’t the tank enchant for you.

Accuracy
Similar to the weapon chain, Accuracy provides hit rating but it also provides some critical strike rating as well. This enchant is usable by a lot of classes and is probably thought of most as a DPS enchant. However for a tanking warrior the hit and critical strike rating do translate to increased threat. The downside is the cost, this enchant is quite expensive. In fact if you had to buy all the materials and then tip your enchanter this could run at almost 1000 gold. If you can afford this and you aren’t low on mitigation then it is well worth the cost.

Mongoose
Mongoose was the tanking enchant of choice in Burning Crusade. It gives the weapon a chance to provide you with 120 agility and a slightly increased attack speed for 10 seconds. For a level 80 warrior this translates to approximately 1.3% extra dodge (based off these calculations) as well a slightly increased critical strike rating. If your low on mitigation then this may be well worth it as apparently it activates pretty often but the previous two enchants are still superior in terms of stat allocation and thus result.

*Death Knights can place runes on their weapons which function as powerful enchants. For tanking DKS, these runes help to mitigate the face they don’t have a shield (like warriors and paladins) or an extensive health pool (as with druids).
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Entry Level Tanking Gear

I have chatted to a few people in Children of Stormwind about getting starter tanking gear. Most people know they need to get 490 defense etc but are not sure where to go for good gear upgrades. Therefore I have created a post which gives you some examples of easily obtainable tanking gear. You will need to mix and match carefully to ensure you are uncritable and uncrushable while trying to maintain a high level of armor. As this blog is powered by wowhead you should be able to mouse over linked items to get details, if you want more information click the item and you will be taken to the wowhead site which gives excellent detail about where and how to get the item.

Head
Felsteel Helm - Crafted by a blacksmith
Myrmidon's Headdress - reward from the quest The Warlord's Hideout

Neck
Mark of the Ravenguard - Reward from the quest Brother Against Brother

Shoulders
Shoulder Guards of the Bold - Drops in Shadow Labyrinth off Murmur
Warchief's Mantle - Reward from the quest Return to Andormu

Back
Cloak of Eternity - Crafter by a Tailor

Chest
Breastplate of the Warbringer - Reward from the quest Forge Camp: Annihilated
Jade-Skull Breastplate - Drops in The Mechanar from Nethermancer Sepethrea
Vindicator's Hauberk - Purchased from Quartermaster Endarin when revered with The Aldor

Wrist
Sha'tari Wrought Armguards - Reward from the quest The Soul Devices

Hands
Thatia's Self-Correcting Gauntlets - Drops in The Arcatraz from Dalliah the Doomsayer
Felsteel Gloves - Crafted by a blacksmith

Waist
Sha'tari Vindicator's Waistguard - Reward from the quest How to Break Into the Arcatraz

Legs
Timewarden's Leggings - Purchased from Alurmi when reverd with The Keepers of Time
Felsteel Leggings - Crafted by a balcksmith

Boots
Sha'tari Wrought Greaves - Reward from the quest Into the Heart of the Labyrinth

Rings
Andormu's Tear - Reward from the quest Hero of the Brood
Iron Band of the Unbreakable - Drops in Old Hillsbrad Foothills from Lieutenant Drake

Trinkets
Adamantine Figurine - Drops in Drops in Shadow Labyrinth off Blackheart the Inciter
Regal Protectorate - Reward from the quest Overlord
Darkmoon Card: Vengeance - Reward from the quest Darkmoon Furies Deck (Note this is an expensive quest to complete)

Weapons
Honor's Call - Purchase from Logistics Officer Ulrike when exalted with Honor Hold
Grom'tor's Charge - Quest reward from The Cipher of Damnation
Crystalline Kopesh - Quest reward from Wanted: Durn the Hungerer

Shields
Dawnforged Defender - Purchase from Eldara Dawnrunner when exalted with The Shattered Sun Offensive
Netherwing Protector's Shield - Reward from the quest Ally of the Netherwing
Merciless Gladiator's Shield Wall - Purchasable for Arena points but in the future will be available for honor
Platinum Shield of the Valorous - Drops in Shadow Labyrinth off Ambassador Hellmaw

Ranged Weapons
Melmorta's Twilight Longbow - Drops in The Black Morass from Chrono Lord Deja
Gyro-Balanced Khorium Destroyer - Crafted by an engineer

Some Less Known of Enchants
Nethercleft Leg Armor(crafted) - Legs
Greater Inscription of Warding(Aldor Reputation)/Greater Inscription of the Knight(Scryer Reputation) - Shoulder
Glyph of the Defender(Keepers of Time Reputation) - Head

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