Dragon Knight Tank Build? Help?

Sajhorn

So I am starting ESO up again after being away for a while, and I started a new character! A nord Dragon knight, and I want to know what are the best strategies for being an Tank. I want to be able to take huge hits and not feel anything. I'm currently level 15, and I thought I'd reach out for help instead of blindly building. My abilities are as follows
Ultimate: Magma Armor
Skill 1: Molten weapons, morphed to Molten armaments.
Skill 2: Spiked armor, morphed to Hardened armor
Skill 3: Puncture, morphed to Pierce armor
Skill 4: Defensive posture
Skill 5: Obsidian Shield

and I use sword and shield but I'd like to use two handed weapons, but is there a taunt skill that does not require me to use one hand and shield?
Thanks!

notsocomplex

I think its "inner fire" in the Undaunted skill line that is a taunt. i use a dragonknight for my tank character with a fairly similar bar and two handed as a backup with more dps abilities.

Other good tank abilities for dragonknight are:
Talons <-- for crowd control and synergy
Dragonknight standard ultimate.
Immovable in the heavy armor skill line helps for bosses i find.

Rainteal

Hello there!

First off, I would recommend to you leveling your character with a pure DPS build and not worry so much about being a "tank." To put it straightforwardly, leveling a character as a tank like you are describing is a pretty slow process. Use two hand/duel wield/ bow for questing or grinding.

Now with the above said, you do not want to get to max level and be woefully unprepared to be a tank then. To help out, wear 1 piece of heavy armor at all times to level that skill line, and consider putting sword and board abilities on you bar when turning in quests to level them as well. Also, you can easily run normal dungeons as you level by simply switching to a sword and board and defense skills to level them up and practice the role in groups.

Now, to your questions:

Those skills chosen above are a good starting point for sure. Look to use skills/gear that both bolster yourself but also provide bonuses/utility to your group.

As for taunts, I like to run sword and board on one bar for taunts and defense, but I will run DPS abilities on my back bar to add to group damage. Using a 2-H as your second bar weapon works well, but it is important to pay close attention to when you need to switch to your sword and board to re-apply taunts and block big hits. You can use inner fire/inner beast from the undaunted line for a ranged taunt that is not tied to sword and board. Additionally, with the Homestead update, frost staff heavy attacks will have a taunt associated with them as well, but I do not have any experience with that yet because I am on console.

There are a few skills that I would chase as you level that I like to use on my tank. You will need to grind some PvP to get Vigor (Stamina based group heal) and Caltrops (large AoE damage that helps keeps large groups of mobs focused on you when a fight begins). Also, Aggressive Warhorn from the Assault PvP line is a fantastic combat multiplier.

Hopefully this will get you moving in the right direction!

Iziquiel

I am thinking of starting a Nord DK tank too, am i correct in thinking I should go with a Stamina build rather than Magicka build for levelling?

Sajhorn

Iziquiel wrote: »

I am thinking of starting a Nord DK tank too, am i correct in thinking I should go with a Stamina build rather than Magicka build for levelling?

I've been just putting all of my points into HP to be honest, get as much health when being a tank, but putting some in stamina isn't a bad idea either. for those stamina based skills, though there are enchantments and passive skills that reduce stamina cost for abilities too (forget which ones).