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[Tank] Sorcerer, need advice and opinion
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✭✭You can use a Sorc tank in trials, but you need specific gear to do so. Swarm Mother helps a ton, and Plague Doctor (for off tank) will help. You need to get all the passives for Undaunted, it will make things a bit more solid. If you're on PC, make one on the PTS and fine tune it. Make sure resist is close to 30k for both.
Edit: I just saw youre at the max resist. I've found that AoE's that slow enemies help a bit too.
Don't think you need swam mother's with sliver leash working as a pull.
Personally im still getting used to silver leash. Tab targeting makes it easier.0 -
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✭✭Drummerx04 wrote: »I started playing around with sorc tank, and have successfully tanked all vDLC HM dungeons multiple times (with no healer) and also main tanked Zmaj in vCR +3 (in a progression group). As such, I can probably give some reasonable advice and feedback.
I'm assuming you will mostly be tanking just vet DLC dungeons or trial progression groups that don't care too much about optimization.
Armor Master is pretty much garbage. If you want to tank in 5 light on a crafted set (light armor has some nice magicka cost reduction/recovery), just use Fortified Brass. The 5 piece resistance increase is the same and doesn't need you to slot harness. Use ebon if needed in a trial, but I like plague doctor if ebon isn't needed.
Use swarm mother to chain adds in dungeons.
I recommend 2 block cost jewelry, and mostly sturdy armor. This will allow you to block through most damage. Without the cost reduction your stam is gone in like 4 seconds.
My skill bars are:- Front: Dark Deal, Puncture, Ball of Lightning, Clannfear, Empowered Ward (to buff group regen)
- Back: Low Slash (or Silver Leash), Inner Fire, Clannfear, Balance, Restraining Prison (Bound Aegis if nothing is rootable)
The main idea here is to use sorc strengths in tanking. Clannfear is an impressive heal (my record self heal in vCR is 37k burst), Encase is an amazing root, Dark Deal allows for really good stam management for tanks, ball of lightning has really solid utility. Balance is FAR better on tank than Boundless Storm. Same defensive buff, but also restores significant amounts of magicka instead of costing magicka.
Here's the bar setup in action in vCR +3 progression
Awesome!
You also provided the supporting youtube!
I asked so many non dk warden tanks here about this, just NO, they never record, thank you!0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzGEtJkiwI