I leveled my pally to 80 mostly so my guild back then, the KLA, would have a tank if needed if we were short some run in Naxx or Ulduar, and for the odd (pre-Random Dungeon Finder) Heroic.

But ‘lo, Magni was short a tank for ICC, and Alpham was called upon.

I told him he was undergeared. i200 heroic and Naxx10 gear. Only 25k hp unbuffed. Though he is defense-capped.

They didn’t care (bless them).

So, on a second night’s run into ICC10, he off-tanked the Gunship, then Saurfang. A serious lack of ranged dpsers meant Saurfang still lives; however, Alpham survived and tanked well.

Thanks to awesome heals. mostly.

But, then, seriously….how the heck can a pally geared for Naxx and Ulduar, with only a few CONQUEST emblem gear pretty much skip ToC and Triumph gear altogether and perform ably in ICC?!?

Alpham was on the back burner as OC ran into ICC. But now, I’m gonna have to make Alpham at least respectbly geared, ‘cuz I feel dam guilty tanking crap two raids above his gear level…