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Worst Class for tank
r34lian
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which class is now worst for tank
I remember back in the days DK were the best
For me it's the templars
which ones are doing badly at the moment for you guys
Edited by r34lian on July 23, 2020 11:25AM I remember back in the days DK were the best
For me it's the templars
which ones are doing badly at the moment for you guys
2000 CP • 18 Maxed Characters • 6 Altmers • 7 Redguards • Necromancer Orc • Warden Dunmer • DK Nord • DK Imperial • Templar Breton
Worst Class for tank 214 votes
Dragonknight
3%
8 votes
Nightblade
26%
56 votes
Necromancer
4%
9 votes
Sorcerer
23%
50 votes
Templar
41%
88 votes
Warden
1%
3 votes
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JamieAubrey✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭You've never seen a Templar Heal tank in Cyrodiil ?
Those ones that run around towers in mistform and just stay at 100% health1 -
CMDR_Un1k0rn✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭SorcererTemplars are hard to learn as tanks. They are pretty darn good if you do learn though.
I've gotta' go with Sorcerer in current patch.
Next patch I might switch that to Nightblade due to the changes to Grim Focus.In-game username: Un1korn | Happy member of the PCNA UESP guild (Resident Daggerfall Covenant enjoyer) | Main & basically only character: Crucian Vulpin, Imperial Dragonknight of the Daggerfall Covenant, and Undaunted Bulwark (I tank) | Mountain bike enjoyer and vulpine appreciator | If you know me from PCEU: No | To ZOS: THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BRING MY HORSE INTO BATTLE!0 -
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✭✭SorcererAlso I just gotta' say i find the "DK back in the day..." comment amusing.
They are still the go-to choice for tanks.
Always has been.In-game username: Un1korn | Happy member of the PCNA UESP guild (Resident Daggerfall Covenant enjoyer) | Main & basically only character: Crucian Vulpin, Imperial Dragonknight of the Daggerfall Covenant, and Undaunted Bulwark (I tank) | Mountain bike enjoyer and vulpine appreciator | If you know me from PCEU: No | To ZOS: THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BRING MY HORSE INTO BATTLE!6 -
BRCOURTN✭✭✭✭✭TemplarCMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Also I just gotta' say i find the "DK back in the day..." comment amusing.
They are still the go-to choice for tanks.
Always has been.
DK tanks suck... its like, why would i want it to be so easy?CMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Templars are hard to learn as tanks. They are pretty darn good if you do learn though.
I've gotta' go with Sorcerer in current patch.
Next patch I might switch that to Nightblade due to the changes to Grim Focus.
I want to change my answer to sorc now, youre absolutely right. I think nightblades are the second best! But thats just because I watch JDUB a lot and he's so good with it.1 -
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✭NightbladeI have no idea but nightblade seems the least likely to be a tank, cant unimagine them as assassinsI like sweetrolls and I cannot lie0 -
r34lian✭✭✭✭✭
✭TemplarJamieAubrey wrote: »You've never seen a Templar Heal tank in Cyrodiil ?
Those ones that run around towers in mistform and just stay at 100% health
I'm talking about pve mostly2000 CP • 18 Maxed Characters • 6 Altmers • 7 Redguards • Necromancer Orc • Warden Dunmer • DK Nord • DK Imperial • Templar Breton2 -
Elwendryll✭✭✭✭✭
✭TemplarCMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Templars are hard to learn as tanks. They are pretty darn good if you do learn though.
I've gotta' go with Sorcerer in current patch.
Next patch I might switch that to Nightblade due to the changes to Grim Focus.
I'm disappointed. I should bring you along in a run some day to change your mind. Sorcerer tanks are OP
CherryCake wrote: »I have no idea but nightblade seems the least likely to be a tank, cant unimagine them as assassins
NB is currently one of the best, if not the best tank spec.Edited by Elwendryll on July 23, 2020 12:07PMPC - EU - France - AD
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✭✭SorcererCMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Also I just gotta' say i find the "DK back in the day..." comment amusing.
They are still the go-to choice for tanks.
Always has been.
DK tanks suck... its like, why would i want it to be so easy?CMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Templars are hard to learn as tanks. They are pretty darn good if you do learn though.
I've gotta' go with Sorcerer in current patch.
Next patch I might switch that to Nightblade due to the changes to Grim Focus.
I want to change my answer to sorc now, youre absolutely right. I think nightblades are the second best! But thats just because I watch JDUB a lot and he's so good with it.
I'm not sure how something being easy makes it suck. Uninspired? Sure. But not bad. The two are not the same thing.
The way I see it is that the end result is what matters. I don't care what class you use to get your achievements. The fact you got there is what matters.In-game username: Un1korn | Happy member of the PCNA UESP guild (Resident Daggerfall Covenant enjoyer) | Main & basically only character: Crucian Vulpin, Imperial Dragonknight of the Daggerfall Covenant, and Undaunted Bulwark (I tank) | Mountain bike enjoyer and vulpine appreciator | If you know me from PCEU: No | To ZOS: THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BRING MY HORSE INTO BATTLE!0 -
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✭TemplarElwendryll wrote: »CMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Templars are hard to learn as tanks. They are pretty darn good if you do learn though.
I've gotta' go with Sorcerer in current patch.
Next patch I might switch that to Nightblade due to the changes to Grim Focus.
I'm disappointed. I should bring you along in a run some day to change your mind. Sorcerer tanks are OP
Yeah clanfear is pretty good2000 CP • 18 Maxed Characters • 6 Altmers • 7 Redguards • Necromancer Orc • Warden Dunmer • DK Nord • DK Imperial • Templar Breton1 -
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That feels so wrong somehow but I must have missed out on a lot then!Elwendryll wrote: »NB is currently one of the best, if not the best tank spec.
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✭✭SorcererCherryCake wrote: »
That feels so wrong somehow but I must have missed out on a lot then!Elwendryll wrote: »NB is currently one of the best, if not the best tank spec.
Right now they are amazing. Like really good. I'm waiting to see how Grim Focus changes things.In-game username: Un1korn | Happy member of the PCNA UESP guild (Resident Daggerfall Covenant enjoyer) | Main & basically only character: Crucian Vulpin, Imperial Dragonknight of the Daggerfall Covenant, and Undaunted Bulwark (I tank) | Mountain bike enjoyer and vulpine appreciator | If you know me from PCEU: No | To ZOS: THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BRING MY HORSE INTO BATTLE!0 -
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Will "learning Templar" get me a health-based heal? Because otherwise I don't see how Templar could be as good as other classes.CMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Templars are hard to learn as tanks. They are pretty darn good if you do learn though.
I've gotta' go with Sorcerer in current patch.
Next patch I might switch that to Nightblade due to the changes to Grim Focus.Alandrol Sul: He's making another Numidium?!?
Vivec: Worse, buddy. They're buying it.3 -
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Yeah clanfear is pretty good
Yeah. 20k+ heals non crit, ~35k crit (~30% crit), regardless of my current health.
Dark deal.
You have basically endless sustain.
Bound Aegis.
I have yet to find something that doesn't ignore block that can one shot through Bound Aegis. Taking for example the giant in veteran Icereach. Every DK tank I've seen keeps running to kite it when it's enraged. I can keep it in place. Blocking vKA HM heavies during execute is useless because of the pool positioning, but I can also do it.PC - EU - France - AD
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Veles✭✭✭✭If u think that some class can be best or worst for tank, then you didn't understand anything. Keep practicing.Edited by Veles on July 23, 2020 2:33PM4 -
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✭SorcererCMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Templars are hard to learn as tanks. They are pretty darn good if you do learn though.
I have a Templar Tank that is pretty darn good IMO. Its all about L2P and how you build it though. Mine's a mag tank that can basically seemlessly swap in as a main healer or a tank in most content. Having a small stam pool is somewhat difficult, but managable given that I'm an Argonian and I can abuse the passive.1 -
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✭TemplarSerious lack or crowd control abilities and no good self heals for a tank setup.6 -
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✭✭✭✭TemplarPurely down to the lack of a health based heal.
I know NBs isn't a burst, and necro has to hit something, but Templar healing is awful on a tank.
In trials you have healers but you don't in 4 man content for the most part.Edited by Brrrofski on July 23, 2020 3:33PM4 -
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✭If u think that some class can be best or worst for tank, then you didn't understand anything. Keep practicing.
It is true that any class can play any role at top, end game capacity, so in that context, there is no "best or worst", but no, not all classes have fully equal capabilities. Some classes have more versatile toolkits, or toolkits better tailored to specific roles.2 -
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✭TemplarAll classes are fairly close and have access to similar tools. They all have their little unique perks that make them shine in some particular situations.
And then you have templars.
No soft CC and no health based self heal.
I don't think any class is bad. But just looking at the available tools, unless you want an AOE taunt for the fun, it has less options than the others.
I still think you can tank any content with any class. It's down to skill.PC - EU - France - AD
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✭Elwendryll wrote: »All classes are fairly close and have access to similar tools. They all have their little unique perks that make them shine in some particular situations.
And then you have templars.
No soft CC and no health based self heal.
I don't think any class is bad. But just looking at the available tools, unless you want an AOE taunt for the fun, it has less options than the others.
I still think you can tank any content with any class. It's down to skill.
I agree with the bolded.
idk what the "worst" is. I only tank with 2 classes - Necromancer and Warden. The other 2 classes I play; Sorcerer and Nightblade, I don't play as tanks. From what I can see from their toolkits, idk that I would enjoy tanking with them as much as I do with a necro or warden, though there is a little about it that seems appealing to me. I can see how they would make good tanks, tho from what I know I'd probably rate them lower on the pack.
I don't play DK or Templar to be able to speak with any familiarity on those.
From what I gather from my own experiences as a necro and warden tank, what I've seen of Nightblades and Sorcerers, and what I've heard about DK's and Templars, I would probably say the tanking hierarchy looks something like:
1. DK / Warden
2. Necro
3. Sorc / Nightblade
4. Templar
But with that said, with the right build and know how, any of these can tank fully effectively in top end content.1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭CMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Also I just gotta' say i find the "DK back in the day..." comment amusing.
They are still the go-to choice for tanks.
Always has been.
Do I need to re-roll my DK tanks?0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭TemplarTemplar, no question.
Then Nightblade and Sorc fighting for a distant next in line.
I'd say DK is best/easiest, but Necro and Warden can offer so much good group utility they could arguably be right along with them.
This is talking end game HM PvE content IMO.
Tanking anything less than that in PvE you will never get a true test of what you need.
And PvP tanking is very different and you can get carried by certain strats, builds and a few of the right skills on most classes, especially if you have any group members at all with you.-- @xaraan --
nightblade: Xaraan • templar: Xaraan-dar • dragon-knight: Xaraanosaurus • necromancer: Xaraan-qa • warden: Xaraanodon • sorcerer: Xaraan-ra
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- viable? Yes!
- vet trial proof? Yes! (youtube it, Veteran Sunspire - All Hard Mode Fights - Templar Main Tank)
- stupidly hard to play? Unfortunately, yes (3 -
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✭✭✭✭✭which class is now worst for tank
I remember back in the days DK were the best
For me it's the templars
which ones are doing badly at the moment for you guys
I haven't tried them all so I can't really say which is the worse.
My issue with Templars is they don't have the effective crowd control options that some of the other classes have. So tanking as one can be a little more cumbersome than some of the others I've tried. But it's not so bad that you can't make it work.0 -
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Will "learning Templar" get me a health-based heal? Because otherwise I don't see how Templar could be as good as other classes.CMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »Templars are hard to learn as tanks. They are pretty darn good if you do learn though.
I've gotta' go with Sorcerer in current patch.
Next patch I might switch that to Nightblade due to the changes to Grim Focus.
Yeah that part sucks. That's why I usually tell Templar tanks to think about going Vampire for drain. It can be a life saver in PvE.0 -
kaisernick✭✭✭✭✭DragonknightWhile i have only one tank despite deing good with it i find it the most boring gameplay and thats DK.
granted it has been a while so it may have changed but i just felt all the tank builds for it were just plain snooze fest.1 -
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✭✭✭TemplarNB got access to Major evasion and minor resolve, both amazing when you have to tank dragons in sunspire.
Templar as tanks got... Well... They exist.7
