Templar Tank in PVE?

Alucardo

I've never really cared about Undaunted before, but I'd really like it on my tank. So I'm wondering, is it possible to tank in PVE on a blazing shield Templar? Is there anyone who does it and can you please share your secrets? Or should I just respec to a healer/DPS?
I've only tanked in dungeons once, and that was on a DK, when I was level 12. This is all pretty new to me.

Cheers guys!

SublimeSparo

Yes, works brilliantly, just have some stamina trash pots for when you are taunting, or run with a group that lets you go ahead and get as much agro as possible

SublimeSparo

Only block boss cc's just let mobs cc/ hit you around all day, they can barely scratch you and kill themselves lol
Some good info/ tips here
https://youtu.be/MZDzhIR1tnU

Alucardo

SublimeSparo wrote: »

Yes, works brilliantly, just have some stamina trash pots for when you are taunting, or run with a group that lets you go ahead and get as much agro as possible

Awesome, thanks for letting me know! Any particular sets or skills I should be using? I'm thinking of replacing the 5pc fasallas with the 3pc and 2 endurance for more health considering the heal debuff will be useless in pve.

SublimeSparo

The heal debuff can be useful if there are healer npcs, but generally best to go with ebon if you can get hold of it, extra health for the team and yourself means even more blazing shield damage.
You definitely need pierce armour and inner fire, drain essemce and absorb magicka are good for self heals n ult regen. Aggressive warhorn is awesome.

Think i run:
Blazing shield, channeled focus, extended ritual, stuctured entropy, pierce armour, warhorn, and
Bkazing shield, absorb magicka, drain essence, structured entropy, inner fire, then either nova or empowering sweep

Alucardo

SublimeSparo wrote: »

The heal debuff can be useful if there are healer npcs, but generally best to go with ebon if you can get hold of it, extra health for the team and yourself means even more blazing shield damage.
You definitely need pierce armour and inner fire, drain essemce and absorb magicka are good for self heals n ult regen. Aggressive warhorn is awesome.

Think i run:
Blazing shield, channeled focus, extended ritual, stuctured entropy, pierce armour, warhorn, and
Bkazing shield, absorb magicka, drain essence, structured entropy, inner fire, then either nova or empowering sweep

Thanks for your help man. All of them skills won't be a problem except maybe inner fire, because my Undaunted is currently 1 xD
Good suggestion on Warhorn. I'll be sure to get that levelled and morphed before I go in!

SublimeSparo

Just bang out a few normal dungeons and you'll get to innee fire in no time, just remember you'll have to hunt down any heavy hitters that get loose or are on the healer, maybe slot javelin/ blazing spear/ toppling charge/shield charge so you can cc them/ gap close to get to them to pierce armour them. ( shield charge followed up by a full heavy heavy attack is nice as the full heavy pretty much refunds the cost of stamina of the charge)
Main thing to remember is not to block very much and keep your shield up. Only thing worth blocking are boss channel/ telegraphs but even then you can get away without it with some trial and error- there are very few attacks that hit for 50k+

SublimeSparo

Oh and forget everything anyone ever told you about not standing in the red- do the opposite- find the red aoes, put down your Channelled focus and blaze away! The more damage you are taking the better most of the time lol
Nb. If you are a vampire there is a limit to how much stacked fire aoe you can get away with (without a healer) for example bogdan's fire rain, one drop is ok, 2 stacked and you might not be able to recast your shield quick enough and you'll start burning

UltimaJoe777

My Tank is a Templar Health build and he runs Blazing Shield, so I say go for it

Unsent.Soul

I've ran pretty much every vet dungeon with my blazing shield templar. A couple gold key pledges are a bit interesting but I've done them.

Working with imperial templar.

3x clever
5x ebon
1 monster helm with health for 1st bonus
1 monster shoulder with health for 1st bonus
2x endurance.

Use max health and mag recovery recipe.

MattT1988

Yeah I did a vet last night alongside one on my healer. He did fine, give it a go.

Doctordarkspawn

Possible? It's becoming downright meta. Go for it.

I personally run pledges on a tank running full heavy, magicka based, and it works absolutely fantastically, go for it.

Alucardo

Great, thanks for the comments guys. Good to know it'll work no problem. Just did solo vet spindleclutch to test the damage and it went pretty well. Now I'll give some undaunted a go

magnusthorek

I'm quite sure I've seen you in the same guild(s) as me so I'll take a shot and tell to ask Obi ***-to.

He's an awesome Templar tank.

Lord_Eomer

Stam DK are real tanks,

Templars are second best choice..

Sorcerers is an interesting choice, they can convert magicka into stamina (if needed)

Voxicity

My brother plays a temp tank and honestly I feel safer with him tanking than most DK tanks

Lord_Eomer

KaiVox22 wrote: »

My brother plays a temp tank and honestly I feel safer with him tanking than most DK tanks

What issues have you faced with Stam Dk Tanks?

akl77

DK tank is the best cos Templar don't have chains.
Templar tank do have good self heal, so you can survive.
My front bar, mele taunt, range taunt, breath of life, repentance, and shuffle or immovable.
Gear is footman 5piece with armor master 5piece.
30k hp, rest into stam.

Eleusian

Run luminous shards with your build for dungeons ( will need a magic dump anyways ), healers will message you constantly wanting to run dungeons with you.