warden tank......stamina or magika or hybrid?

yurimodin · August 2018

runining my warden tank and I cant figure out what is better.....stamina, magika, or hybrid(this is my first tank).

I run s&b on the main bar with a bow on the back bar. I find myself constantly running out of stamina even while getting orbs&shards even though I have most of my points in it with glyphs too.
maybe it will all change once I crack 50 and get my full CP points.

Also what is a good health with food to have as a tank?......I play mostly PVE

max_only · August 2018

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/378661/end-game-pve-warden-main-tank-build-by-liofa/p1

Warden Tank build by class representative Liofa.

Mister_DMC · August 2018

While Liofa is an incredible tank he does state that is an endgame build and I recommend running double snb while learning to tank. Running a lightning staff backbar can get you killed if you don't know what you are doing.

max_only · August 2018

I agree with you. It’s the goal though and the skills and point distribution are still good. I run double s&b when tanking for others in a group dungeon.

He has ice staff or lightning staff on back bar when tanking so that heavy Attacks from staff gives you back magicka and heavy attacks from s&b give you back stamina.

Ebon, Lord Warden, and Alkosh are pretty much standard for all tanks regardless of class.

I don’t have Alkosh so I use Mechanical Acuity on my Warden tank for now.

I have all points in health. All stam glyphs (until I can afford all tri stat glyphs) because when I’m alone I have a bow back bar and I use different armor for solo questing (Sunderflame, Mechanical Acuity and Mephala)

If you are running out of stamina maybe it’s because you are trying to contribute damage? In the end your dmamge doesn’t matter. The hardest thing about being a tank imho is being patient with slow/bad dps players. If I try to speed up the fight by adding damage I might loose all my stamina and therefore can’t save day. Because if a dps player is taking too long to kill something, they are probably also very squishy and can’t handle me dropping taunt or block. This is in the context of Pugs.

SilverWF · August 2018

"warden tank......stamina or magika or hybrid?"

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DuskMarine · August 2018

yurimodin wrote: »

runining my warden tank and I cant figure out what is better.....stamina, magika, or hybrid(this is my first tank).

I run s&b on the main bar with a bow on the back bar. I find myself constantly running out of stamina even while getting orbs&shards even though I have most of my points in it with glyphs too.
maybe it will all change once I crack 50 and get my full CP points.

Also what is a good health with food to have as a tank?......I play mostly PVE

stamina just wrecks with the bear

FrancisCrawford · August 2018

The choice of bow makes little sense.

There are games where tanks use bows to establish initial aggro. I've never heard of somebody doing that in this game, and I don't know why not ... but if you want to do that, a destro staff is surely better.. And if you have the bow just for damage -- well, that's part of your resource problem right there.

Starlock · August 2018

What do YOU want to play? Do you want to use magicka for blocking (ice staff), stamina for blocking (one hand and shield), or both in alternation? What makes sense for your character’s background? What kind if content do you want to tank for?

Inarre · August 2018

My vote is hybrid. For like. All tanks. Even dk I don't think should be all into stam. You're not here for damage. You're here for utility.

DuskMarine · August 2018

Inarre wrote: »

My vote is hybrid. For like. All tanks. Even dk I don't think should be all into stam. You're not here for damage. You're here for utility.

if you build it right dump everything into stamina stack health on sets and your magicka pool with a tri stat food will be high too.