Shield Knight Guide
Master the Shield Knight with this comprehensive guide
Class Overview
Shield Knight is the quintessential tank class, designed to stand at the front lines and protect your party. Your primary role is to maintain enemy aggro, position bosses correctly, and use your defensive cooldowns strategically. Success as a Shield Knight requires understanding boss mechanics and communicating with your party.
⚔️ Combat Tips
- 1Always face bosses away from your party to avoid cleave damage
- 2Use Taunt on cooldown to maintain aggro
- 3Save Iron Resolve for tankbuster mechanics
- 4Position Guardian Wall between the boss and your party
- 5Communicate your cooldown status with healers
🎯 Gear Priority
1. Defense - Your primary stat for damage mitigation
2. HP - Increases your health pool for survivability
3. Block Chance - Chance to completely negate attacks
4. Block Amount - How much damage is negated when blocking
5. Threat Generation - Helps maintain aggro
🔄 Rotation Guide
Start combat with Taunt to establish aggro. Use Shield Bash on cooldown for damage and stun. Maintain Guardian Wall during high damage phases. Use Iron Resolve before major boss mechanics. Keep shield up between abilities for passive block chance.
Advanced Techniques
- ▸Learn to swap-taunt with off-tanks in 8-man raids
- ▸Master animation canceling to reduce downtime
- ▸Position bosses near walls for optimal party positioning
- ▸Track boss cast bars to pre-mitigate with cooldowns
- ▸Use terrain and line of sight to your advantage