Rift: Tanking 101

A guide to tanking Rift.
http://tanktelara.com/forums/blog/6/entry-7-tanking-101-meatshields-in-telara/

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Rift: Tanking Guides

This is a general guide to how tanking works in Rift.  It talks about marking targets, single and multiple target rotations, consumables, race and character customization that helps tanking, etc.  There is even a paragraph on the difference between tanking rifts and tanking instances.  This is a good introduction to playing as a tank.
http://tanktelara.com/forums/blog/6/entry-7-tanking-101-meatshields-in-telara/

This article talks about Riftstalkers.
http://tanktelara.com/forums/blog/6/entry-8-riftstalker-101-planeshift-tanking-and-you/

Justicar tanking--
http://tanktelara.com/forums/blog/6/entry-6-justicar-tanking-mace-to-their-face/

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All About Crowd Control (By Class)

BBB mentioned this summary article about crowd control and how it is done by class.  Spells and abilities that the various classes use are described with photos with practical applications listed.
http://sharpenyourclaws.blogspot.com/2010/11/so-i-think-it-is-time-for-another.html

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The Art of Chain Pulling (Tanking 101)

How chain pulling works and why it works so well in raiding.
http://thebearflank.blogspot.com/2010/07/big-pulls-vs-chain-pulling.html

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The Art of Pulling in Five-Mans

The lack of skilled tanks is obvious.  After all, the Solo MMO Player had a second tank fall off a cliff while in a dungeon finder raid this week.  WOW Insider columnist Allison Robert has started a two part series on how to pull during a five-man.  The first article is about assessing the situation before a pull.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/20/shifting-perspectives-pulling-101-assessing-the-group/#continued

The next article is about the pulls as they are happening.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/27/shifting-perspectives-pulling-101-deeper-into-the-dungeon/

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Tanking 101 (Instructor: ReversionLFM)

The Looking For More blog has written a nice Tanking 101 series.  I'll post all the links here with updates as more is written.  You can see them all if you to to the LFM site, then click on "Tanking 101" in the Series section in the right hand column.

Multi-pull
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/tanking-101the-multi-pull-part-1/

Pull by pull
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/tanking-101-nexus-of-insanity-pull-by-pull/

Raid tanking introduction
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/tanking-101-intro-to-raid-tanking/

Controlling the battlespace
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/tanking-101-controlling-the-battlespace/

Chain pulls
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/tanking-101-chain-pulls/

The decision loop
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/tanking-101-confidence-and-the-decision-loop/

Various pulling tricks
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/tanking-101-pull-school-hit-and-run/

Many thanks to WOW Insider for pointing me towards this series

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Learn to Tank in Three Easy Lessons

The Older Gamer rolls a druid bear tank and goes to town.
http://oldergamer.com/2009/12/24/learning-to-tank-part-1/

http://oldergamer.com/2010/01/10/learning-to-tank-part-2/

http://oldergamer.com/2010/01/20/learning-to-tank-part-3/

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Learn Healing and Pally Tanking UPDATED

The Blog-o-Sphere is all about how to heal and tank this week.  Big Bear Butt talks about paladin tanks and their mana (or lack thereof), and how they differ from other tank classes;
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/12/29/when-is-a-rockstar-tank-not-a-rockstar/

and Matticus talks about the healing lessons he learned from one quest when he was a wee little priesty.  The article is actually asking Blizzard to introduce class specific quests again but it tells you a lot of things a healer wants to watch for.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/28/7-important-healing-lessons-i-learned-from-1-quest/

UPDATE:  The difference between tank healing and single target healing.  Miss Medicina discusses various healing classes and how they handle these two roles.
http://missmedicina.blogspot.com/2010/03/healing-roles-single-target-vs-tank.html

Their information will help you play these roles a bit better and isn't the Solo MMO Player all about gathering these tips?

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Tanking from Many Angles

Discussions on tanking are popping up all over.  (This must be the topic of the week in the Blog-o-Sphere.)  The first article explains how a feral druid in bear form tanks and is a guide for those new to bear tanking.
http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/eu-forums/9521444247-guide-bear-tanking-for-dummies.html

Big Red Rhino explains how a hunter tank keeps aggro, discussing things such as crowd control and resistance buffs.
http://bigredrhino.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/so-your-healer-pulls-aggro/

Last, here is a discussion of exactly what a main tank is and what their responsibilities in a raid should be.  Note that the article is really talking about raid attendance and the main tank's responsibilities.
http://avengingwrathy.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/what-is-a-main-tank/

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TANK SCHOOL

Tank Like a Girl has written a great article full of tips and tools for tanks that explains what to look for and how to handle mobs and bosses.

http://www.tanklikeagirl.com/2009/09/01/tanking-school-the-pull

Other tanking tips can be found by searching on "tanking 101" in the search box at the upper left corner of the page.

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Tanking as a Feral Druid Bear (Part One: Gear)

Big Bear Butt is writing an introduction to tanking as a lower level bear feral druid. Part one is up at this link. It covers gear. I'll update this blog entry as more information is added to BBB's blog.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/08/24/how-to-bear-tank-the-lower-levels-part-1-gear/

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