Would you [DREAM Paragon] Ever use a Death Knight Tank?

[Adam]

Hi, I am just wondering if you guys would ever use a Death Knight tank for progression. I see you always use Paladins, Druids I can only guess this is because they are stronger tanks or because you have rolled with them for sometime.

I have read up and experienced myself being 3 shot on some fights with my Death Knight Add tanking / Main tanking (Beth, Shannox).

If you would not use a Death Knight as a main tank / add tank why? :) It is just very worrying when you don't see a guild in the top 50+ first kills using a DK something must be wrong with the class or the guilds just roll with tanks they are used to. Its something that has been causing me grate confusion. Knowing what you think would allow me to sleep at night.

(Congratulations on another world first by the way)

[Fireslave]

Several guilds use DK tanks, such as Inner Sanctum.

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/s ... z/advanced

[zYN]

There's some fights where a DK tank is excellent. On average they're probably the worst tank, though. Add in the fact that our healers are not familiar with healing DK tanks and just fret about the fluctuation in health, we're not gonna start using them even in the fights where the spec would excel.

Any kind of fight where you'd tank adds is absolutely horrible though. Only place for a DK tank is tanking some raid boss, preferably one that hits amazingly hard but with large intervals. Perhaps with some added magic damage. But single target tanking nevertheless.

[grudger]

Blood Legion uses a DK tank, they are a top 10 guild just like Inner Sanctum.