Mythic+ Tank Rankings: A Tier List for Midnight (Patch 12.0.1 / Midnight)

Brewmaster Monk received its fair share of changes leading up to the Midnight expansion. An intense rotational pruning made it much easier and less button-bloaty, while keeping its core spells limited to 4-6 abilities. Dampen Harm and Diffuse Magic (at least the damage reduction part) were also removed. The core rotation will still rely on Stagger and Purifying Brew, which the spec has always been known for. A much more streamlined rotational approach was taken into consideration for this redesign, and I am personally a big fan of it, as it turned out to be one of the strongest tank options defensively thus far, on top of having one of the highest damage outputs across all tanks.

Protection Warrior received its fair share of changes leading up to the Midnight. Protection Warrior is likely one of the few specs that didn't really get any significant shift in rotation, as the core remains quite similar. The APM requirement for Protection warrior has slightly diminished, partly because of lower haste levels during Season 1 and part of it because of the Anger Management nerfs. With the most recent buffs, it helped elevate and improve its overall performance both offensively and defensively. As every warrior spec, Protection warrior will enjoy several new utility options to help your team!

Vengeance Demon Hunter received a complete rework as we venture into Midnight, with some of the highlights being one of the best Apex talents across all tanks, an improved Metamorphosis, Fel Devastation has no Demonic to follow, Soul Cleave has now been changed to a 6-target soft cap (previously hard-capped) and Fiery Brand received a much needed quality-of-life update. These changes are quite dramatic, and with the target-caps lifted their AoE capabilities improved, on top of also being super tanky. They will retain their great party-wide utility while getting better everywhere else.

Protection Paladin received a fair amount of changes leading up to the Midnight expansion, with some of the highlights being: Less defensive value tied to Consecration, Eye of Tyr removed, and Guardian of Ancient Kings will have the option to get an extra stack thanks to Empyrean Authority. Mana management has also become much better, and is only ever an issue if you try to spot-heal your allies instead of using it on yourself. The lack of a solid way to incur cooldown reduction on your major CDs has hit Protection Paladin quite heavily, as currently they are one of the squishiest tanks. Although the damage profile and overall utility package are looking great, a step forward towards improving durability must happen first before we can rank them higher.

Guardian Druid received a bunch of changes for the Midnight expansion. Overall the spec will play a lot less spammy, mostly due to the removal of Thorns of Iron, and have a better optimized tree while retaining its low barrier-to-entry title among the tanks. Additionally, both sustain and durability are doing well, unfortunately after their most recent substantial damage nerfs, they have dropped a few ranks down.

Blood Death Knight received a few changes leading up to the Midnight expansion, for example a weaker and shorter Dancing Rune Weapon, on top of getting an RNG DRW from your capstone apex talents, and a significant rotational pruning of the spec. The barrier to entry is arguably the lowest BDK has ever had, as the spec offers a much more streamlined approach compared to before.