Alright guys, I think that it’s time to stop ignoring the pink elephant standing in the corner of the room.

Yeah, that’s right, Diablo 3. It’s here, it’s out, and with Warcraft in a bit of a stable state while everyone awaits the release of Pandaria, we’re going to be hopping over to the other side of the pond and seeing what life is like in Tristram.

I’ve been thinking about rage lately.

Not deep and philosophical musings about the nature about emotions and their purpose in our lives but that little red bar that lives under our little green bar that we seem to be spending an awful lot of time staring at (or different colors and numbers depending on your choice of UI modifications).

When I first started playing the warrior, I thought that it was the perfect system for warriors to use as a resource.

It made sense, you know? It fit the aesthetic of the warrior class where you gain the ability to perform more tasks the more angry you get…which is dictated by how often you hit things and how often you’re hit.

So here we are after a bit of a hiatus after a much needed vacation. How are you guys? Everyone having fun with their Pandaria beta access and the like? Playing around in the world of Kung Fu Panda?

Well, a couple of weeks ago, we covered the fact that tanking in newer MMO’s might present a bit of a challenge due to the lack of certain amenities that one might have grown accustomed to with the long-standing World of Warcraft.

Stepping foot into the Star Wars universe, I spent a bit of time covering what it was like tanking without a threat meter and how that experience helped me when it came time to return to Azeroth.

So last week, we covered a portion of the baseline Monk abilities in the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion.

This week, we’ll be digging a little deeper into the tanking spec of the Monk class, the Brewmaster and looking over some of the signature abilities of the tanking spec and what sort of playstyle we can expect to see from it.

Many of the Brewmaster specific abilities seem geared towards not just a flat reduction of damage like the classes we work with now, but taking the damage dealt to you, dicing it up into more managable chunks instead of the big spikes and setting those up to hit you over time to make it a little easier to keep your health up.

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In his Debut appearance, please welcome Dellingr, Tankhard Author!!!

Dellingr has been a prominent name on the official World of Warcraft warrior and tanking forums for a good portion of the cataclysm expansion. His guide has been received as one of the most comprehensive Protection warrior tanking guides available today, and covers every aspect of  the role/spec in great detail.

With the release of Mists of Pandaria on the horizon,  I’m really excited to welcome Dellingr here at Tankhard.