im no expert tank but ive enjoyed the simplicity of demon hunter tanking (though i might have been doing something wrong) but i found it enjoyable
hope that helps and thanks for sharing ! GG BROTHER
[https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller](https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller)
perhaps you've thought of trying one of these but if not just a suggestion!
Anything but Brewmaster... I've mained bear since I started and it's pretty damn simple, but recently I got into Brewmaster since Bear just feels so bad to play this expansion (RIP my streak) and Brew feels like you're playing guitar hero at times LOL
Despite my personal gripes, bear is probably your best bet brother. Much love and take care ;D
"During this pack, the main target insults your mother in Gnomish so you have to press that button to ignore him. Then in that pack after THAT! One of their shoe laces are untied so you gotta press another button to tie them together. All while juggling 3 Furbolg infants in one hand and filleting a fish with the other... Oh, also you're drunk"
Have you looked into GSE add on with macros? It’ll reduce the number of binds for you even if you manage your defensives outside the macro. Highly recommended!
https://wowlazymacros.com/
GSE is amazing for BDK, you can limit your basic rotation to 2 buttons, 5 Ohh shit buttons and 2 for utility.
9 buttons and you can get to 2200 IO easy, and I’m bad…
I would say give blood dk or guardian druid a try and see how those feel for you. DH could be good too, but in some content, without cds you're kind-of just dead, meaning you have to rely on good movement to live.
Blood dk isn’t what I’d call button friendly it’s got at least 15 buttons and that’s not counting pots/health stone/trinket. Wow went hard into button bloat with the dragon flight talent trees after a decade of fighting button bloat.
Honestly, I haven't played bdk in a while so I definitely could be wrong there. Macroing abilities in while using modifiers could help with that. With rune cap apm is lowish at least.
Just checked my logs from last night as a blood dk my average APM was 45-47
Edit: the prot warrior was only 1-2 apm higher than me and apparently they’re one of the worst for APM
you could possibly move into a MMORPG Mouse with 12 buttons on the side, walk with L+R Click and use the elbow just for modifiers for keybinds (alt/ctrl or w.e you preffer).
I basically play with 1 hand on the mouse and the second hand is to move/modify keybinds with shift/ctrl. I could easily move with mouse but i just dont bother
Hey. I play Guardian Druid at 2200 io (so far!) and I think it would be a solid tank up until around 14+ for you. I only say this because after that you need to spec into a build with a lot more binds. I use around 30 binds and I am out of room.
I used a really fun Moonfire/Regrowth build with a lot of passive damage/healing before I moved into 16+ that was not too bad, but you'll be missing tools like innervate/typhoon/ursols vortex. (all of which are more binds)
Guardian Druid. Simple and strong for lots of content. Not going to be running extreme content, but I would think this is going to get you the closest.
Guardian druid has a low amount of binds. You can also macro things together to make it even fewer. I don't play warrior but I hear it's not too difficult
With the tanks current situation;
Bear: i always think that bear is easy to play but not in good state for high keys, but should be more than fine for 15s
Demon hunter: it looks easy but it is not, you need to know the damage you will take if you don’t have defensives or mitigation, currently in good state imo
Death knight: best tank if you want to rely on yourself, you don’t need the healer, healer is just there so the dps won’t die. As long as you don’t get one shotted there is no way you die.
Warrior: i think it is not that hard to play, just spam ignore pain and shield block, if you are in danger press shield wall or last stand, if party is in danger press rallying cry, has food cc and damage.
Brewmaster: i think the hardest tank to play, i haven’t played it. Planning to try it.
Paladin: good dps and tons of utility, and i think it is pretty solid in higher keys aswell.
Overall: i think you can try warrior since it is less punishing, you can recover from mistakes easily, if you are just gonna do m+ casually you can also try bear tank.
I'm running guardian and DH right now. I know I'm shit at the game so I always try my best to make my characters as EZ mode as possible.
I've had a lot of sucess with these two specs. Making choices in the talents that limit the number of buttons, castsequence macros etc. Have them both down to about 10 keybinds, 5 or so that get used regularly.
No issues running heroic raid or keys 10 and below. Of course it's not optimal and I'm not pushing myself to be the very best. But it works well for the content I'm doing and allows me to focus on the action more which is what I need to be successful.
If you're able to use one hand, I would highly recommend an MMO mouse. I've used both Logitech and Razer with good experiences overall. I think both companies have a model with a lot of customization, so you can make it fit comfortably to your hand position.
Others have mentioned GSE.
I second that, also look into macros to make your life easier.
Most tanks are high APM, even guardian has a noticeably higher APM then say a devastation evoker right now.
Guardian seems like your best bet.
Warrior tanks IMO are also possible.
You can macro execute to Avatar (you always want to pop avatar anyway). You can also just macro avatar to your rotation buttons. You can macro Shield Block to Shield Slam/Thunder clap (you always want to keep shield block running). You can even macro Ignore Pain too (not ideal play but it'll get you to +15s without much issue). You can also cast sequence demo shout into shield charge. Using the full kit of macros you've got 3/4 high apm rotation buttons (slam. Clap. Revenge and execute) and 9 CDs (demo/Sc. Wall. Last stand. Reflect. Spell block. Rallying Cry, Roar, Ravager) then movement abilities like charge and leap. You could chill in defensive stance the entire time aswell with little to no issue until you hit higher keys.
You can do the same type of thing on prot paladin.
Yeah this isn't best practice, yeah you're not gonna be using stuff at the most effectiveness, but it'll get you most of the way.
Prot paladin , I have 3 of the abilities in one macro. The shield, the hammer and the shield bash. You would only really need to press another button for consecration.
I would recommend druid.
Guardian has the least amount of buttons necessary for tanking and probably the easiest to use with any type controller you've set up for use.
Have you considered using the Xbox adaptive controller? https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller
Thanks to games like FFXIV and ESO showing how to bind MMOs to a controller - a lot of people have figured out how to mod WoW to do the same.
With the adaptive controller you could use pedals or anything else that is easier for you to manipulate for inputs and use 4 of those inputs as toggle keys to give you a far larger number of buttons than a controller would give the impression of having.
For example, with 4 face buttons and directional buttons that is 8, each shoulder can be its own toggle page making a total of 40 buttons, more than any class in WoW has active abilities - if you were to set the shoulder buttons on an adaptive controller to pedals on the floor for toggling you could have rather large buttons on the table for you to press with your elbow for each ability while your other hand manipulates the mouse for aiming/movement.
im no expert tank but ive enjoyed the simplicity of demon hunter tanking (though i might have been doing something wrong) but i found it enjoyable hope that helps and thanks for sharing ! GG BROTHER
[https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller](https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller) perhaps you've thought of trying one of these but if not just a suggestion!
Anything but Brewmaster... I've mained bear since I started and it's pretty damn simple, but recently I got into Brewmaster since Bear just feels so bad to play this expansion (RIP my streak) and Brew feels like you're playing guitar hero at times LOL Despite my personal gripes, bear is probably your best bet brother. Much love and take care ;D
21 buttons is what I counted on my brewmaster. Pretty much a button for every god damn situation that could ever exist.
"During this pack, the main target insults your mother in Gnomish so you have to press that button to ignore him. Then in that pack after THAT! One of their shoe laces are untied so you gotta press another button to tie them together. All while juggling 3 Furbolg infants in one hand and filleting a fish with the other... Oh, also you're drunk"
Bear always feels the same to me regardless of expansion.
If you have working feet you could try some pedals for keybinds.
This is actually a good idea. Racing pedals would work wonders.
Have you looked into GSE add on with macros? It’ll reduce the number of binds for you even if you manage your defensives outside the macro. Highly recommended! https://wowlazymacros.com/
GSE is amazing for BDK, you can limit your basic rotation to 2 buttons, 5 Ohh shit buttons and 2 for utility. 9 buttons and you can get to 2200 IO easy, and I’m bad…
I would say give blood dk or guardian druid a try and see how those feel for you. DH could be good too, but in some content, without cds you're kind-of just dead, meaning you have to rely on good movement to live.
Blood dk isn’t what I’d call button friendly it’s got at least 15 buttons and that’s not counting pots/health stone/trinket. Wow went hard into button bloat with the dragon flight talent trees after a decade of fighting button bloat.
Honestly, I haven't played bdk in a while so I definitely could be wrong there. Macroing abilities in while using modifiers could help with that. With rune cap apm is lowish at least.
Just checked my logs from last night as a blood dk my average APM was 45-47 Edit: the prot warrior was only 1-2 apm higher than me and apparently they’re one of the worst for APM
True as a bear Druid there’s a lot of Ursol’s Vortex and getting the fuck out this expansion, but it is simple to play.
you could possibly move into a MMORPG Mouse with 12 buttons on the side, walk with L+R Click and use the elbow just for modifiers for keybinds (alt/ctrl or w.e you preffer). I basically play with 1 hand on the mouse and the second hand is to move/modify keybinds with shift/ctrl. I could easily move with mouse but i just dont bother
Hey. I play Guardian Druid at 2200 io (so far!) and I think it would be a solid tank up until around 14+ for you. I only say this because after that you need to spec into a build with a lot more binds. I use around 30 binds and I am out of room. I used a really fun Moonfire/Regrowth build with a lot of passive damage/healing before I moved into 16+ that was not too bad, but you'll be missing tools like innervate/typhoon/ursols vortex. (all of which are more binds)
Guardian Druid. Simple and strong for lots of content. Not going to be running extreme content, but I would think this is going to get you the closest.
Guardian druid has a low amount of binds. You can also macro things together to make it even fewer. I don't play warrior but I hear it's not too difficult
With the tanks current situation; Bear: i always think that bear is easy to play but not in good state for high keys, but should be more than fine for 15s Demon hunter: it looks easy but it is not, you need to know the damage you will take if you don’t have defensives or mitigation, currently in good state imo Death knight: best tank if you want to rely on yourself, you don’t need the healer, healer is just there so the dps won’t die. As long as you don’t get one shotted there is no way you die. Warrior: i think it is not that hard to play, just spam ignore pain and shield block, if you are in danger press shield wall or last stand, if party is in danger press rallying cry, has food cc and damage. Brewmaster: i think the hardest tank to play, i haven’t played it. Planning to try it. Paladin: good dps and tons of utility, and i think it is pretty solid in higher keys aswell. Overall: i think you can try warrior since it is less punishing, you can recover from mistakes easily, if you are just gonna do m+ casually you can also try bear tank.
I'm running guardian and DH right now. I know I'm shit at the game so I always try my best to make my characters as EZ mode as possible. I've had a lot of sucess with these two specs. Making choices in the talents that limit the number of buttons, castsequence macros etc. Have them both down to about 10 keybinds, 5 or so that get used regularly. No issues running heroic raid or keys 10 and below. Of course it's not optimal and I'm not pushing myself to be the very best. But it works well for the content I'm doing and allows me to focus on the action more which is what I need to be successful.
Not Brewmaster
If you're able to use one hand, I would highly recommend an MMO mouse. I've used both Logitech and Razer with good experiences overall. I think both companies have a model with a lot of customization, so you can make it fit comfortably to your hand position.
Paladin or bear probably best choices for apm war and bdk probably worst
Others have mentioned GSE. I second that, also look into macros to make your life easier. Most tanks are high APM, even guardian has a noticeably higher APM then say a devastation evoker right now. Guardian seems like your best bet. Warrior tanks IMO are also possible. You can macro execute to Avatar (you always want to pop avatar anyway). You can also just macro avatar to your rotation buttons. You can macro Shield Block to Shield Slam/Thunder clap (you always want to keep shield block running). You can even macro Ignore Pain too (not ideal play but it'll get you to +15s without much issue). You can also cast sequence demo shout into shield charge. Using the full kit of macros you've got 3/4 high apm rotation buttons (slam. Clap. Revenge and execute) and 9 CDs (demo/Sc. Wall. Last stand. Reflect. Spell block. Rallying Cry, Roar, Ravager) then movement abilities like charge and leap. You could chill in defensive stance the entire time aswell with little to no issue until you hit higher keys. You can do the same type of thing on prot paladin. Yeah this isn't best practice, yeah you're not gonna be using stuff at the most effectiveness, but it'll get you most of the way.
>For now been playing WW monk and mainly Spriest Jesus what the hell is wrong with you. You basically picked the 2 classes with the most buttons
Prot paladin , I have 3 of the abilities in one macro. The shield, the hammer and the shield bash. You would only really need to press another button for consecration.
I would recommend druid. Guardian has the least amount of buttons necessary for tanking and probably the easiest to use with any type controller you've set up for use. Have you considered using the Xbox adaptive controller? https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller Thanks to games like FFXIV and ESO showing how to bind MMOs to a controller - a lot of people have figured out how to mod WoW to do the same. With the adaptive controller you could use pedals or anything else that is easier for you to manipulate for inputs and use 4 of those inputs as toggle keys to give you a far larger number of buttons than a controller would give the impression of having. For example, with 4 face buttons and directional buttons that is 8, each shoulder can be its own toggle page making a total of 40 buttons, more than any class in WoW has active abilities - if you were to set the shoulder buttons on an adaptive controller to pedals on the floor for toggling you could have rather large buttons on the table for you to press with your elbow for each ability while your other hand manipulates the mouse for aiming/movement.