| abstract | - Disclaimer: This list was accurate during the early stages of gear distribution after the release of The Burning Crusade. Currently, however, most groups are accustomed to their tanks having higher epic-level gear (either scripted or welfare). This can cause difficulties for tanks starting out in Kara unless they are with a guild that is pushing them through to gear them up. This list should not be assumed to be the minimum for Kara for PuGs. This is a sample set consisting of gear obtainable before Karazhan. All of them are taken from the list of Some Easy to Acquire Pre-raiding Tanking Gear, which means none of them are boss-drops. Therefore, even someone with the worst luck should be able to collect all of them within two to three weeks after reaching level 70.
* Head [Felsteel Helm] --Enchant: [Glyph of the Defender] --Gems: 3×[Solid Star of Elune]
* Neck [Strength of the Untamed]
* Shoulders [Nexus-Guard's Pauldrons] --Enchant: [Inscription of Warding]
* Back [Cloak of Eternity] --Enchant: Enchant Cloak - Dodge
* Chest [Vindicator's Hauberk] --Enchant: Enchant Chest - Exceptional Health
* Wrist [Bracers of the Green Fortress] --Enchant: Enchant Bracer - Major Defense
* Hands [Felsteel Gloves] --Enchant: [Heavy Knothide Armor Kit] --Gems: 2×Solid Star of Elune
* Waist [Sha'tari Vindicator's Waistguard]
* Legs [Timewarden's Leggings] --Enchant; [Clefthide Leg Armor] --Gems; 3×Solid Star of Elune
* Feet [Flesh Beast's Metal Greaves] --Enchant: Enchant Boots - Fortitude
* Rings [Andormu's Tear], [Delicate Eternium Ring]
* Trinkets [Dabiri's Enigma], [Regal Protectorate]
* Weapon [Gladiator's Gavel] --Enchant: Enchant Weapon - Major Spellpower
* Shield [Crest of the Sha'tar] Enchant: Enchant Shield - Major Stamina --Gems; 2×Solid Star of Elune
* Libram [Libram of Repentance] On a Male Dwarf paladin with maxed Toughness, Anticipation, Sacred Duty, Combat Expertise and Deflection this brings your unbuffed stats to:
* Health: 11667
* Armor: 13047
* Defense: 507
* Miss: 11.28%
* Dodge: 21.07%
* Parry: 16.28%
* Block: 18.38% (53.71% with Holy Shield)
* Spelldamage: 239 Note that the total avoidance is 102.34%, which means there is still 0.06% chance of taking crushing blow. This 0.06% is easily removed after self-buffing Blessing of Kings, which is normally the top blessing for tanks. Therefore, with full raid buff, it is uncritable, uncrushable with fair health and armor for someone starting to tank Karazhan. Besides those casted buff, buffing with [Flask of Fortification], [Superior Wizard Oil] and food buff is also recommended. The stats are good enough for maintanking the easier bosses but probably not yet Prince Malchezaar or Nightbane. Nevertheless, this list only used the easiest obtainable sources, so one should have better stats with better drops from 5-man instance bosses or BoP crafted items.
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