Welcome to ByBaylor.com a site for Prot and Ret pallies.
Hello and welcome everyone. This site was created for the purpose of sharing less common information about paladin tanking random heroics for the World of Warcraft. It furthermore provides articles for retribution paladins. All information given here is current for the Wrath of the Lich King expansion patch 3.3. Included are articles on different styles of tanking, how to maximize DPS as a ret pally, DPS tanking theorycrafting, an ICC guide for Retribution Paladins, and how to make gold tanking. Please keep comments civil between each other. Helpful suggestions are always appreciated, and will be respectfully considered.
Tanking Articles Archive
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WoW Tanking: Tips and Tricks for Heroic Instances
This is a video which demonstrates several boss skips and a few places where using mounts can help to speed up the time spent in a heroic. -
Pally Tanking: A Glympse into Raiding and Heroic Specs
Because of the various types of styles of playing that tanks must adapt to, it is not adequate to say that one spec will fill everyone’s needs. Spec changes depending on whether on does raids or only heroics, and even in heroics, the spec must change if one is starting out as a tank with [...] -
Pally Tanking Basics
A video on the basics of world of warcraft paladin tanking. Subject matter includes: Prot pally defense rating and defense caps, protection paladin rotations. Variations of the 6969 rotations, Line of sight pulling and using hotkeys to mark targets quickly. -
Pally DPS Tanking: Holy Wrath in Chainpulling
This video demonstrates the various ways and situations that Holy Wrath can be used in. Footage is taken from several instances to demonstrate the medium to extreme uses. -
Pally DPS Tanking: Using Judgements In Chainpulling, Nexus Intro
This is a visual aid to demonstrate the use of Judgements as a subtitution for other paladin abilities to prolong a chain pull. -
Pally DPS Tanking: Chain Pulling tutorial, Utgarde Keep Intro
If one is researching “how to chain pull”, this is a visual aid to help paladin tanks with a strategy used to chain pull by using the beginning of Utgarde Keep. For more detailed information on DPS tanking and chain pulling please read the the tanking articles posted. If you have any questions please post [...] -
Pally Utility Tanking: Beyond the rotation and defense rating
Mastering rotation and spec is only one part of paladin tanking. Quite often, numerous situations occur which present us with agro challenges. Many protection paladins are unaware or have forgotten about some abilities paladins have. Quite often these abilities can be used to help increase our efficiency for damage mitigation, and maintaining threat. This article [...] -
Pally Tanking for Gold in the World of Warcraft
To some people, this concept seems silly, but a good tank with the right professions can make 500 gold in an hour just by tanking heroics. Many tanks are capable of 1000 gold a day just farming heroics. The reason for this is taking advantage of their professions, the badge rewards system, and money that [...] -
Pally DPS Tanking: Rotation breaking for Chain Pulling
Pally DPS tanking has a different priority system than standard pulling. The reason being is that in order to increase dps, the amount of mobs we tank must also increase. Because of this rotation priorities must be re-evaluated to become situational instead of timely. Here is a look at the pros and cons of each [...] -
Pally DPS Tanking: Balancing Gear and Spec for Random Heroics
While it is very possible for a geared healer to heal a tank in DPS gear, there is always the danger that if one pulls too much, the healer will not be able to keep up. The amount of time a whole party would spend running back if the party wipes is not worth the [...]
