Warden Tank - vAA HM - 145085 - Easy Peasy

Only the third day of vAA as a group . Gonna get a better score soon :) We had some first timers in HM , gz to @Palsinator and @miqlund !

Just a video to show how I tank axes . I've seen quite a lot of threads in forums , people asking advice on how to tank this place . As you see here , I am using Ebon , Alkosh and Lord Warden .

Group has 2 tanks , 1 healer , 5 stamina DDs , 4 Magicka DDs .

I think this video is perfect because I did some mistakes . I'll be able to explain how to prevent them from happening . First of all , I completely forgot to use Heroic Slash , had a downtime on Warhorn because of that . Don't do that , always keep it up .

At 00:57 , I lose aggro on axes because I forgot to use Grippling Shards . You see , you don't have to taunt them over and over . Just have to keep damaging them with an AOE skill , Grippling Shards in my case . During that time , you'll see that I forgot using it and axes are loose . If this happens , what you should do is immediately calling it out . I am not sure if you can see it but the loose axe goes to off-tank because I call it out . He immediately taunted it so it doesn't kill anyone . After a short time , I take it back and make sure I keep my Grippling Shards on the ground . Even though I made a mistake , I made sure it does no harm to group by calling it out .

I stay close to group btw . Because I have Ebon and I need everyone to get the buff . Another and more important reason is , getting some Alkosh uptime . I highly recommend using AuraMastery addon while tanking with Alkosh . As you see just below the group frames , I track cooldowns of synergies . As soon as I see the orb synergy is going to be over soon , I ask for an Orb and use the synergy while looking at boss . I need to be close enough to make sure Alkosh applies on boss and whatever is close to boss to make sure they die faster as well .

About my positioning , I always try to keep myself between boss and axes so that my Blockade hits boss without doing damage to axes . This way , I can apply some Off-Balance and help with Crusher uptime . If there are axes in front of me , I slowly move back towards the entrance rock , make axes follow me then go through them so I can be between boss and axes .

One last thing , the reason I use trees at the end is that I know I am not getting a Warhorn soon so I thought some help with healing would be useful .

I think that is all . If you have any questions , leave a comment and I'll answer . You can mail me in-game as well @LiofaTR , PC EU .

Guild Webpage : http://easypeasyeu.shivtr.com/