The first you have to realise is that all classes are ok at any role cause besides class skills, you also got weaponskills and guildskills that are just as good.

However, in any build it is important to have synergy between the general skills, the class skills and the racial skills.

So a typical tank setup uses stamina, one hand+ shield and the undaunted skill inner fire (together with puncture, the only two taunt skills that will garantee the target agroing you)

As you need stamina for your damage mitigation (blocking), a sorcerer will have lil synergy for tanking cause there are no damage cause the class mechanics don't bring damage mitigation or extra stamina. Not saying they don#t tank, but they don#t have advantages like e.g. the dragonknight.

The nightblade has much better stamina and damagemitigation, but as the later is done with stealth, holding agro is a problem. Specially cause getting agro in the first place is a difficult task goes the way agro in general works and the lack of enduring taunts.

So the sorcerer has zero to bring for a tank but the basic abilities that all classes have. That means you don't see them tank a lot. Nightblade is better, but still less viable at it as e.g. a dragonknight.

keep in mind that racial skills are also a factor here. Although nords are better made for tanking, they actually overdo it and imperials are considered to be the best for tanking.

Sorc stack shields(Hardened Ward OP. Lightning Form for armor and spell resist buff is good, too). And we have a CC(Encase). And can apparently be quite awesome. I've been trying to tank with my sorc but I'm still experimenting(which doesn't mean I can't tank al vet dungeons including vCOA with my current setups, mind you). Lack of selfheals kinda sucks but there're ways around I suppose. But if you want easy tanking, yeah, don't go sorc:/ Can't say much about NB because it's only class I never played.

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Sorc stack shields. And we have a CC(Encase). And can apparently be quite awesome. I've been trying to tank with my sorc but I'm still experimenting(which doesn't mean I can't tank al vet dungeons including vCOA with my current setups, mind you). Lack of selfheals kinda sucks but there're ways around I suppose. But if you want easy tanking, yeah, don't go sorc:/ Can't say much about NB because it's only class I never played.

Sorcs has a self heal mechanic, its the Clannfear. Problem is, you need to spend a few secs recasting it. But it is an awesome offtank, able to take down a minor tanky mob, and it heals you for 35% health. Thats huge. Sorcs also have lightning form, streak and Restraining prison. That, with bound armaments are awesome tank utilities. Sorc also have good affinity with magicka regen so going for a magicka tank on a sorc is not bad.