Orc good
Others bad

If you want khajiit, go khajiit.
That being said, Argonian. Noone comes even close.

Thank you for the responses this far.

I presently have managed a level 4 orc templar and level 8 khajiit warden.

Both 1h + shield + heavy armor. Is it correct that this is THE tank line?

Halfway through on the khajiit I jumped off of Morrowind to the Khajiit starting island as the summer event going on this week said I needed to talk to a priest in my alliance capital. I might not do that event but I instantly noticed my quests now more often had gear rewards rather than just gold. So this might be a good idea for the orc as well.

I have no major preference for the khajiit they just looked interesting. But I might start mine over anyway after I spend an hour in character creation perfecting a look - like I had done with the orc.

Next time in I will likely experiment with the dragonknight. I avoided it thus far because the description makes it sound too caster-fire based. Templar and warden seem even more magical so that might seem weird to some of you, but dragonknight just had me worried I'd be more dependent on the magic and end up feeling like a world of warcraft death knight crossed with a final fantasy dark knight; when what I want is a pure weapons, armor, and training tank.

But best to try to find out and not let the name get in my way.

I also noticed the lore on the khajiit island felt more overview focused and less specific single story. I am totally new to this series of games so the alliance starter zones might ne best for me.

Now to debate beyween a redguard and an argonian for character attempt #3.

Edit: 2 years with an iphone and I still can't type on it...

Sunah wrote: »

But if you plan on doing trials and all end game content going Nord or Orc are amazing choices. I prefer Nords for many reasons main being Orcs are ugly as crap haha.

Heh. That's what I thought about Nord.

I would suggest an argonian DK for tanking.
Imperial and Nord are good choices too.

If you are set on tanking, note that DKs are best tanks.
Any other class can tank, notably Wardens are good tanks and Templars also.
But if you ever try competitive PvE tanking, DK is the way to go.

On a side note, in a non competitive environment, Templars can make a great healer/tank hybrid, leaving room for one more damage dealer in dungeon groups, making for fast and smooth dungeon runs.
Provided you have fairly good players, of course

OC_Justice wrote: »

Will never tell and I always keep my face covered.

Too many racists out there. ;p

I am a dunmer tank, and I am not having any troubles with it.

@Woeler is a khajiit tank and is doing competitive veteran trials with his tank.

Race matters little, but which class you choose for tanking significant.

The best racials for tanks are argonians and imperials. Then the rest. You can make any work but the innate passives of the for-mentioned races make tanking easier. Obviously the DK is the easiest class to tank with even with the nerfs to battle roar, helping hands, igneous shield, and spell symmetry.

I don't understand why ppl don't herald orcs as tanks. Healing, Stam, health, sprint & cost reduction. Great tanking race. My Orc is an NB tank and he is great for all 4 man content. I hate trials and avoid them as much a possible, but he would do very well in there too.