Lathandris looks at his future

To say Lathandris has been around the block, is an understatement.  Lathandris leveled to 80 and entered into Naxxaramas as Feral Melee DPS.  When our Main Tank left for greener raiding pastures he became the Off Tank for the guild.  When our healers left the guild, he became a healer.  When dual specs came out he became Healer & Ranged DPS.  Now, with Icecrown looming before the guild, Lathandris is preparing to return to his Off Tanking role as his second spec.  It’s not that we have a shortage of Tanks or that we have too many Healers,  this time it is about providing the team with the most options and some additional flexibility in our roles.  The problem is, Lathandris has not been a Tank since 3.0, so preparing for Icecrown is going to be an interesting feat.

The first step to reaching Tank status was to plug in all leather gear avaliable for badges into Rawr  along with all the gear I still have left over from my Tanking days.  If you have not played around with Rawr yet, you really should.  It is an execellent gear optimizer that really allows you to help maximize your character’s potential… sadly it does nothing for skill, but we’ll touch on that later.  Here are the results of the optimization.

• Head: Malfurion’s Headguard of Conquest  
  • Enchant: Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector
  • Meta: Austere Earthsiege Diamond
  • Socket #1: Solid Dragon’s Eye
  • Cost: 50 Emblem of Triumph
• Neck: Titanium Earthguard Chain
  • Socket #1: Shifting Dreadstone
  • Cost: Created By Lathandris
• Shoulders: Duskstalker Shoulderpads
  • Enchant: Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle
  • Socket #1: Solid Dragon’s Eye
  • Cost: 45 Emblem of Triumph
• Back: Durable Nerubhide Cape
  • Enchant: Mighty Armor
  • Cost: Created By Swanny
• Chest: Malfurion’s Raiments of Conquest
  • Enchant: Powerful Stats
  • Socket #1: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Socket #2: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Cost: 50 Emblem of Triumph
• Wrists: Armbands of the Wary Lookout
  • Enchant: Major Stamina
  • Cost: Drop out of Heroic Trial of the Champion
• Weapon: Orca-Hunter’s Harpoon
  • Enchant: Mongoose
  • Socket #1: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Cost: Drop out of Heroic Halls of Reflection
• Ranged Slot: Idol of the Corruptor
  • Cost: 19 Emblem of Conquest
• Hands: Malfurion’s Handgrips of Conquest
  • Enchant: Major Agility
  • Socket #1: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Cost: 30 Emblem of Triumph
• Waist: Polar Cord
  • Enchant: Eternal Belt Buckle
  • Socket #1: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Socket #2: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Socket #3: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Cost: Created By Swanny
• Legs: Malfurion’s Legguards of Conquest
  • Enchant: Frosthide Leg Armor
  • Socket #1: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Socket #2: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Cost: 50 Emblem of Triumph
• Feet: Treads of Dismal Fortune
  • Enchant: Greater Fortitude
  • Socket #1: Solid Majestic Zircon
  • Cost: Drop out of Heroic Trial of the Champion
• Ring #1: Clutch of Fortification
  • Enchant: Stamina
  • Cost: 35 Emblem of Triumph
• Ring #2: Mark of the Relentless
  • Enchant: Stamina
  • Socket #1: Solid Dragon’s Eye
  • Cost: Drop out of Heroic Trial of the Champion
• Trinket #1: Glyph of Indomitability
  • Cost: 50 Emblem of Triumph
• Trinket #2: Bubbling Brightbrew Charm
  • Cost: Drop off of Corin Direbrew during Brewfest

None of this gear requires running any raids just a TON of Random Heroics… ok well enough to attain 329 Emblem of Triumph .  With this gear and the typical buffs provided by the raid Lathandris will have the following stats.

Uncritable Through Talents
33,272 Armor
6047 Attack Power
240 Hit Rating
153 Expertise Rating
24.6% Dodge (44.6% Dodge outside of Icecrown)
45,537 Health (155,246 Effective Health)

While these stats don’t make Lathandris the baddest Tank on the block.  They are pretty decent and more than sufficient for what the guild requires.