Druid Tank aoe grinding

One of the things I liked best levelling a druid tank through Northrend was the ability to finish quests very quickly using AoE. Ironically, it is far easier as a druid than as a mage...

Anyway, if you want to pull a whole camp (Like that scourge one in Northeast Zul'Drak), here's how to do it:

1. Turn on Autoattack -- you might get some crits while you're collecting mobs, and the extra rage helps.

2. Use strafe -- (sorry, mouse turners, this won't work for you. Keyboard turners only) this is kind of tricky, you'll need to adjust your field of vision while you go. Strafing is as fast as running, and has two huge benefits:

first, you'll be able to dodge attacks from mobs chasing you, because they'll be on the side of you (you can back up a step here and there to ensure they're a bit in front, but that's not really necessary)

second, if you're strafing, your autoattacks have a chance to land, giving you a chance for a crit, and a chance for more rage.

3. Use demoralizing roar constantly. You might replace this with swipe when swipfarting becomes available, but it's necessary to use demo roar now. By constantly "tagging" the mobs, they will not reset. If you don't demo roar them, they'll hit the end of their virtual leashes and reset. If you spam demo roar (using the rage you get from dodges and crits from strafing), they won't reset, and you can run around collecting entire camps. Also, the damage reduction means you can pull larger groups before blowing your SI or Regeneration.

4. Stop, face the group, and swipe/glyphed maul your way to riches.

5. Spend a minute or two looting and skinning.


I found that in dungeon blues, I could pull at least 10 near-equal level mobs (the 14 worgs just to the east of Conquest Hold, near the daily quest giver, are great for this - I'd drop by for an easy 20k experience before and after the daily).

This is also a great way to run through CoS. The first time I tanked heroic CoS, I got the Culling of time achievement. This method was how I ran the whole thing, including the gauntlet event. Of course, the main factor there was that the healer was incredible, and we had a ret pally and a DK who obliterated the little skeletons that would follow me around.


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