Nord Necromancer Tank (Bone Tyrant + Living Death) with Draconic Power subclass
This tank build combines high survivability with the kind of group buffs and debuff uptime that translate into smoother mechanics and faster kills.
- It stabilizes boss fights: reliable taunts, clean positioning, and consistent debuff uptime keep the boss predictable and the arena safe for your group.
- It controls adds (where CC actually works): roots/fears are used to lock down trash and add waves, reducing incoming damage and keeping stacks tight for AoE.
- It’s hard to kill: layered mitigation reduces spike deaths, so healers can play proactively instead of constantly saving the tank.
- It boosts group DPS: Turning Tide creates Major Vulnerability windows, increasing team damage during burn phases.
- It adds a core raid buff: Yolnahkriin provides Minor Courage to the group simply by doing your job (taunting).
- It extends key debuffs: Nazaray turns your ultimates into longer uptime on major/minor debuffs, making DPS phases smoother and more consistent.
Rotation
Pre-pull setup (2–3s before)
- Hardened Armor
- Spirit Guardian
- If heavy trash pull: Agony Totem on stack point
- Trash pulls
- Stack → Talons to lock + maim
- Totem for fear + group protection
- Optional: Beckoning Armor is useful when the content actually has annoying ranged attackers you want stacked, but it competes for bar space with Hardened Armor / Protective Plate / Totem / Expunge, which are more universally valuable.
Boss loop
- Taunt management
- Pierce Armor on your main target (refresh before it drops)
- Inner Rage for ranged pickup / 2nd target
- Group debuffs
- Keep your Frost Wall down for back-bar pressure + Crusher uptime support
- Proc Turning Tide on cooldown: Block something → Bash (every 15s)
- Damage smoothing
- Heroic Slash on boss (maim + ult gen)
- Maintain Spirit Guardian
- Oh-crap buttons
- Protective Plate when projectile pressure spikes
- Expunge and Modify when debuffed (and for sustain)
Ult choices:
- Ferocious Leap = fast defensive tempo tool
- Ravenous Goliath = “I refuse to die” window
- Use Nazaray windows intentionally: ult when key debuffs are up to extend them.
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