Best Ultimate for a PvE DK Tank

VaXuS

Running a full HP PvE DK Tank and was wondering what you guys would suggest as the best ultimate to get 1st? Banner or Magma armor?

Lazyness

Banner

hands down

VaXuS

That's one opinion, thanks. I'l wait and see what others suggest to weigh it

Marenne

Depend of your build, if you're in lack of survivability, use magma armor if you're in lack of controle or aoe damage use Banner.

Lazyness

VaXuS wrote: »

That's one opinion, thanks. I'l wait and see what others suggest to weigh it

tbh.. i don't think you will need to wait.
chose either one of them and you can get the other ultimate 5 minutes later..
these ulties unlock so fast that it doesn't really matter.. you can get them both and see what suits you more.

VaXuS

I guess you'r right, i'l go with banner then i can also combo it with talons.

Lazyness

VaXuS wrote: »

I guess you'r right, i'l go with banner then i can also combo it with talons.

that should work just fine

Cuyler

@Lazyness is on the right track.....When a tank loses agro, due to lag, overtaunting or simply the boss mechanic resetting the taunt timer an aoe damage ability is one of the best ways to gain agro without actually taunting (if it bugs or boss immune etc.). Banner is great for this. Shifting banner specifically because agro is your objective not dps. So if the boss leaves the area you can reapply the standard.

Magma Shell will be your best bet if you're having mitigation issues with your gear but is not necessary when your gear is at par. obsidian shield, spiked armor and green dragon blood will also help with mitigating.

Finally, most big baddies are immune to talons....so don't bother on the boss fights. Your better off applying ash cloud (cinder storm morph) and something like caltrops from the pvp skills. Inhale is good aoe for agro as well.

Lazyness

On a side note tho.. In end game pve the tank will have to add some dps in the mix as well

RoyJade

War horn
Most of the time, standard and magma armor aren't needed, so in these case war horn boost dps and healing. I use war horn and standard (when I need to dps alone and keep aggro, like when dps are dead).

Lazyness

Apparently he's a low lvl, cause he's in doubt of choosing banner or magma. I don't think war horn is unlocked yet

RoyJade

Ah, perhaps. Now he will know that he need rank 4 for alliance war
If I can't have war horn, I prefer standard then magma armor.

Cuyler

and rank 6 for caltrops

VaXuS

Yes my DK is still low level but your advises and suggestions are highly appreciated specially about the war horn. Now i pretty much know what to do up to mid level. Thanks guys keep it up

leandro.800ub17_ESO

Depends on what pve you doing.
Vet DSA = Standard
Trials = Barrier or War horn
V Dungeons = Standard or Meteor

GnarlyArchfiend

yeah it mostly depends on what your group is like and what content youre doing. Like standards and meteor is best for Vet dungeons and DSA but sometimes I find myself using warhorn some my fellow DPS can put out higher numbers or barrier for the extra protection. The only time I actually use magma is when i am in a trial's group with bad healers. hope this was helpful!

TheSunAlsoRises

werewolf


but tbh, i like leap in pugs where you can tank anything easily. banner for general purpose tanking.

Lazyness

As a tank, you'll need a lot of different ultimates in different situations imo.

For example, when we are doing vDSA, we'd like the tank to use different ultimates on different stages.
Tank is using warhorn, banner, barrier depending on the stage.
Of course this will all depend on your group and the playing style, but it's just to make clear that you will end up using a lot of different ulties eventually.

paulsimonps

In some hard mode trials its really nice for a tank to have magma armor, one strategy for AA hardmode for example requires the tank to pull EVERYTING and when the mage then does her pulses before the burn phase you will mostlikely die without magma armor.