[80] DK Tanking - BiS Weapon

[Aelobin]

I've been thinking over which of the following 3 weapons is best in slot for a DK tank and I just can't make a decision.

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Here's a link to a wowhead comparison: Item Comparison Tool - World of Warcraft



Welcoming all opinions on it



Atm I'm leaning towards the Whitefin axe just due to the amount of threat on it.

 

[Kipale]

Bryntroll 277, if u lack threat whitefin.

 

[Falkor]

imo whitefin > glorenzelg > rage-possessed

the stat weights for blood dks says glorenzelg is the worse than rage, but rage has more str, stam, crit, exp, and dps. only thing rage-possessed has going for it is the dodge n mastery, but i still would prefer the h lk sword n i think whitefin has the edge overall just for the better dps stats that leads to more tps and higher threat ceilings. with bis gear you should have no survivability issues so might as well take the best threat wep

 

[Aelobin]

Aye, as a tank I keep leaning towards the Rage sword just for the mastery/dodge, but then I remember that threat can be a major problem (with arcane mages and the like). I got Glorenzelg heroic yesterday and would love to find an excuse to make it BiS, but even with the amount of expertise/stam it has over the other weapons I don't think it's enough to outway the threat lost from Whitefin.

 

[Gelenus]

Shadowmourne > All. Just saying.

 

[Aelobin]

Shadowmourne > All. Just saying.

Without any point to back this up, I'm just gonna ignore it. Shadowmourne has less stamina and a combination of crit/haste instead of the valuable expertise on Glorenzelg heroic. If I needed the added strength/proc from Shadowmourne for threat, I'd just use the Whitefin axe instead. When I actually do end up finishing my Shadowmourne questline, I'd much rather use it for DPS than tanking (even if it's just for my ICC gear set rather than Cata BiS).

 

[Falkor]

whitefin > smoure sadly

but oh well, if/when i get one ill still wear the hell out of it