# DPS being flagged as tanks in Classic

**URL:** <https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/dps-being-flagged-as-tanks-in-classic/10230>\
**Category:** Warcraft Logs\
**Created:** [July 28, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/dps-being-flagged-as-tanks-in-classic/10230 "2020-07-28T01:18:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sigismund-Azuresong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Sigismund-Azuresong](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/Sigismund-Azuresong)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/dps-being-flagged-as-tanks-in-classic/10230/1 "2020-07-28T01:18:16Z")

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Dear combatlogs team,

I’ve noticed a lot of parses where a dps gets hit by a cleave / breath / other AOE and get flagged as a tank. Is there a way to flag these in the rankings so they get moved over from tank parses to dps?

Regards,  
Sig

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**Author:** ![Kihra](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.combatlogforums.com/kihra/32/1116_2.png) [@Kihra](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/Kihra)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/dps-being-flagged-as-tanks-in-classic/10230/2 "2020-07-28T01:22:20Z")

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Should be very few of these. You have to take 50% or more of the boss melee swings, or be in Defensive Stance for \>= 35% of the fight to be flagged as a tank.

Sadly some DPS have started deliberately cheesing this and staying in Def Stance for 35% etc.

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**Author:** ![Sigismund-Azuresong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Sigismund-Azuresong](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/Sigismund-Azuresong)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/dps-being-flagged-as-tanks-in-classic/10230/3 "2020-07-28T01:32:24Z")

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Hi Kihra,

Is that the case for paladins with RF and druids with bearform as well?

Ebonroc I can see prot paladins only tanking for the first 10-20sec and maybe having agro for \<30% total due the difficulty in agro swapping around the curse debuff without a taunt. But on every other fight in BWL paladins should have the same requirement of \>X% of boss autoattacks for a parse as a tank.

Take a look at Flamegor rankings for example. #1 gets clipped by a fire nova and never has agro. Going down the list it seems about 15% of the first page parses are the same deal.

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**Author:** ![Kihra](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.combatlogforums.com/kihra/32/1116_2.png) [@Kihra](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/Kihra)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/dps-being-flagged-as-tanks-in-classic/10230/4 "2020-07-28T01:46:38Z")

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Paladins are flagged as tanks if they cast Holy Shield.

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**Author:** ![Sigismund-Azuresong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Sigismund-Azuresong](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/Sigismund-Azuresong)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/dps-being-flagged-as-tanks-in-classic/10230/5 "2020-07-28T01:49:40Z")

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So no melee hit requirement? Does this mean a pally could wear dps gear with a shield and then cast Holy Shield and then swap on a 2h weapon to deal high dps and get flagged as a tank for a high parse? 😃

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**Author:** ![Sigismund-Azuresong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Sigismund-Azuresong](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/Sigismund-Azuresong)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/dps-being-flagged-as-tanks-in-classic/10230/6 "2020-07-28T03:14:03Z")

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Going back to my original question, however: Is it possible for us to flag these dps parses as dps parses and not tank parses?

And I guess the reciprocal for tanks who are identified as dps to flag their parses also.

Cheers,  
Sig

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**Author:** ![diabz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@diabz](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/diabz)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/dps-being-flagged-as-tanks-in-classic/10230/7 "2020-08-23T06:30:02Z")

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This seems like and even simpler fix than what I suggested for enhancement shaman tanks to be classified properly as tanks and not DPS