Best Tank Class

JusticeForJilarga

What Class would make the best tank out of all available? This one is making a tank and would like to know the best class to choose. (DragonKnight if possible.)

OG_Kaveman

dk is the easiest to tank on and right with NB tanks as wanted in endgame trials for pve but every class can be a compinat tank, it is really player skill that makes the biggest difference these days.

Darkenarlol

the real deal for tanking is dk (perfect skillset,great usability, demand, reasonable skillcap)

of course if you have uber skill you can tank on whatever...but for start take dk

yRaven

The best Tank would easily be a Nord Dragonknight, but most things from Tanking comes from Player Skill

SpearDusk

Dk is the traditional, however I like the skills and animations of the warden tank as well

Grianasteri

JusticeForJilarga wrote: »

What Class would make the best tank out of all available? This one is making a tank and would like to know the best class to choose. (DragonKnight if possible.)

I have a Warden Nord tank, an DK Imperial tank and a Necromancer Ork off tank/dps hybrid.

They are all awesome but the DK does feel more... tanky. The Warden to be fair is a close 2nd and feels really good to use, I actually enjoy playing him more than the DK. The Necro is a bit of a different kind of tank and not really comparable (the way I play it/build it), its great fun though.

FrancisCrawford

OG_Kaveman wrote: »

dk is the easiest to tank on and right with NB tanks as wanted in endgame trials for pve but every class can be a compinat tank, it is really player skill that makes the biggest difference these days.

NB? Why? Major Evasion? Extra damage reduction from the Grim Focus/Merciless Resolve skill? Good sustain? Fear (but isn't Turn Evil a competitive alternative now?)? Self heal from Cloak? Self heal from Reaper's Mark? Damage reduction and/or healing ultimates?

Which matter and which don't? When I theorycraft NB tanks the skillbars get awfully crowded.

OG_Kaveman

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

OG_Kaveman wrote: »

dk is the easiest to tank on and right with NB tanks as wanted in endgame trials for pve but every class can be a compinat tank, it is really player skill that makes the biggest difference these days.

NB? Why? Major Evasion? Extra damage reduction from the Grim Focus/Merciless Resolve skill? Good sustain? Fear (but isn't Turn Evil a competitive alternative now?)? Self heal from Cloak? Self heal from Reaper's Mark? Damage reduction and/or healing ultimates?

Which matter and which don't? When I theorycraft NB tanks the skillbars get awfully crowded.

because of hemorrhage, 6% more weapon crit for the 8 stam necro dps. tanking is pretty easy in the game, so it is the passives that you bring to the group that makes tanks viable to endgame players. everything mentioned is all right for tanking but it is really just that extra 6% weapon crit that makes them attractive to endgame groups. having a DK tank, NB tank, means you can put a templar and a warden as healers, where those classes currently make the most sense, and still get their buffs where they are best used(power of the light for the temp and monro toughness for wardens)


here is a good video on what i am talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsfZeC4AnW8

here is a good video about nb tanks-

https://youtu.be/bKEmWgVZejI?t=11

Vicarra

Best class depends really on what content you want to do. If you want to do trials, probably DK is the primary choice since the class does most of the heavy lifting for you. They can be almost unkillable, and with endless sustain and huge self heals. However, they are also very easy to play and don't provide much of a challenge.

NB and warden make excellent tanks, but are more tricky to play. Magicka templar and necromancer are similar in feel with the ability to heal the group in emergencies, and necro has a lot of ulti regeneration which makes them a great choice for trial off tanks (for uptime on warhorn). Sorc is undoubtedly the most difficult class to play as a tank, but can be fun because of the challenge. Any of those are more fun (in my opinion) than DK since they each require more skill and the player has to make up for the missing utility.

buttaface

OP didn't say for what purpose

PUG normal speed pledges? Anything that can taunt, debuff, self-heal and either do 15k+ dps or replace the healer.
Group normal? Anything that can taunt, debuff and replace the healer.
PUG vet? Anything that can taunt, debuff and self-heal.
Group vet? Taunt, debuff, replace the healer or allow the healer to run hybrid dps build.

Raids? Simple, whatever class, gear and skills the raid leaders want. If problem with that, do the heavy lifting of organizing and strategizing one's own raids. This rule of thumb carries over from game to game.

My favorite tank as someone with little trial experience in this particular game is fast ult NB. Near permanent/permanent major protection + crit passive + permanent team major expedition in fights allows all kinds of flexibility pugging or in organized teams in increasing DPS and sponging up mistakes. Wouldn't be surprised if they take this away from NB tanks in the future under some dishonest pretense or rationalization this game is known for.