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01-03-11, 02:09 PM   #5
Dawn
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Healing in Cataclysm will eat mana, loaaaats of it, period.

What a tank can do is learn the encounters, learn what mobs do (including trash) and act accordingly. A tank can do a lot to prevent damage either on himself and/or the group.

* some mobs need to be turned away from the group
* some mobs channel some crap onto you or the area around them, that can be avoided by simply moving away from them - a tank doesn't have to stick to the target like glue - move
* interrupt casts if possible
* stun
* slow
* kite

And possibly some more I can't think of atm. It just takes some getting used to. It's quite different from anything I've seen in WotLK and feels a lot more like early BC heroic runs (pre nerf in blue gear).
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