Most tanks seem to be DKs(who make awesome immortal tanks if played correctly and can also deal some decent damage while doing so) and Templars(who also make awesome immortal tanks and can throw some off heals in a tight spot), I've see a few pretty good NB ones, but I only know one sorc and he's still pretty little, so...talk to me, people. Do any of you play sorc tanks/know any good ones? How viable is it?
I'm primarily and mainly a bathrobe+stick adept, healer/off dps. However, getting mildly bored at vet 12, I picked up heavy armor(which looks SO badass!) and s&b(which did murder to my skillpoints but that's not the point). Now, I'm a very baby tank now because I literally never tanked anything - ESO is my first MMO and I've dps'd/healed it since lvl 1 and til vet 12, so I'm still trying to figure it out. My main problem as a sorc though seems to be lack of viable self heals. DKs pop Dragonblood and pretty much achieve immortality, Templar have whole skilltree of heals, NBs have that Siphoning thingie(or whatever it's called). I have Crit Surge, which only works with crit attacks and my crit is like...0 in heavy, and Dark Deal, which eats stam. I don't want anything to eat my stam while I'm supposed to block stuff. I do have some great shields like Hardened Ward and Lightning Form, but basically, once my health goes down, it stays there unless boss kindly lets me regenerate or I pop a potion.
My other problem is lack of damage - I need taunt(or both of them) and some shields on my bar so it's hard to fit in any meaningful damage there, and then I'm constantly out of resources for it, but that's probably mostly my own fault - I haven't yet learnt how to manage resources as a tank. Should I be doing damage tho? I know my Templar tank hardly does, and I know my DK tank puts in quite a bit, I'd like to think as a sorc I *can* add something, too, preferably without dying:)
Oh, and I'm constantly at a loss with trash. I can't taunt them all and if I try to aoe them I run out of magicka FAST, so I'm feeling pretty useless there, lol.
Thoughts, ideas and advices?