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Nb Tank Damage Mitigation

p4l4mu7
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To give pve nb a damage buff, Zos decided to remove the mitigation buff which was an important passive for both nb tanks and pvp nbs. This move to nerf pvp nb also hurts nb tanks, can you at least put the mitigation passive on the shadow tree maybe on Refreshing Path skill, only giving mitigation buff to caster when he stands in it. Refreshing Path is a healing skill which has a really low HoT in pvp and it's not used by dds so adding the mitigation buff to skill would only benefit tanks anyways.
  • Playboy_Shrek
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    ugh refreshing path would make the mitigation cost an insane amount for uptime. tho it would help make your team insanely tanky.
  • ayu_fever
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    NB damage mitigation passives and skills would just be abused by pvp players (especially gankers) which will lead to even more NB nerfs.
    NB tanks are strong in some specific encounters, but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.
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  • Strider__Roshin
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    ayu_fever wrote: »
    NB damage mitigation passives and skills would just be abused by pvp players (especially gankers) which will lead to even more NB nerfs.
    NB tanks are strong in some specific encounters, but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.

    Not if you tie the mitigation to dark cloak. Which is what they should do.
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    The devs could add the 10% into the shadow barrier passive. With a second line “For every piece of heavy armor equipped reduce damage taken by 1.5%.”
  • Langeston
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    ayu_fever wrote: »
    NB damage mitigation passives and skills would just be abused by pvp players (especially gankers) which will lead to even more NB nerfs.
    NB tanks are strong in some specific encounters, but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.
    "Play how you want" — unless you're a NB and you want to tank or play PVP.
  • the1andonlyskwex
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    ayu_fever wrote: »
    NB damage mitigation passives and skills would just be abused by pvp players (especially gankers) which will lead to even more NB nerfs.
    NB tanks are strong in some specific encounters, but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.

    Not if you tie the mitigation to dark cloak. Which is what they should do.

    That would just make Dark Cloak massively overpowered in PvP. It would basically be Necromancer's Deaden Pain with an 8 second duration and no corpse cost.
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    ayu_fever wrote: »
    NB damage mitigation passives and skills would just be abused by pvp players (especially gankers) which will lead to even more NB nerfs.
    NB tanks are strong in some specific encounters, but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.

    Not if you tie the mitigation to dark cloak. Which is what they should do.

    That would just make Dark Cloak massively overpowered in PvP. It would basically be Necromancer's Deaden Pain with an 8 second duration and no corpse cost.

    There's no reason to use Dark Cloak currently. Nightblades can't survive out in the open even now in live with their weak heals and no purge. And with the changes coming to Grim Focus it further pigeonholes all Nightblades to use Shadowy Disguise.

    Yeah Dark Cloak needs a massive buff just to make the skill worth using.
  • p4l4mu7
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    ayu_fever wrote: »
    but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.

    Said by non top-tier player ever. Guess my guild was making a mistake all this time while pushing leaderboard records. I'll tell them to bring dk and warden tanks. I'd list you reasons one by one why nb is the best tank class along with dk but I'll just post an informative video instead so if you wonder why nb tanks are always picked by actual endgame guilds you can check this out. Warden and dk tanks are just generic classes every new tank player picks when they start to game. If I want to be taken seriously by newbie players yes I should play a dk or warden tank but it's not the case in endgame.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MApUwsbdaec&t=1s
    Edited by p4l4mu7 on August 1, 2020 7:33PM
  • exeeter702
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    ayu_fever wrote: »
    NB tanks are strong in some specific encounters, but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.

    Yeah, no.

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    ayu_fever wrote: »
    NB tanks are strong in some specific encounters, but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.

    I mean, I sorc tank a lot of dlc trials, and I love it. No one ever really brings sorcs to trials as much, so the buff is nice, and the mitigation is disgusting.
  • Skjaldbjorn
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    ayu_fever wrote: »
    NB tanks are strong in some specific encounters, but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.

    I mean, I sorc tank a lot of dlc trials, and I love it. No one ever really brings sorcs to trials as much, so the buff is nice, and the mitigation is disgusting.

    I was gonna say, Sorc tank is absurdly good atm lol The mitigation is beyond ridiculous.
  • zvavi
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    The only tank class that is currently struggling is Templar. NB tanks are strong.
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    zvavi wrote: »
    The only tank class that is currently struggling is Templar. NB tanks are strong.

    NB tanks is "Strong" because of grim focus, if grim focus is gone, NB tank is going to be not that far off from templar tier. Literally every time I looked up an NB tank guide the main highlight i grim focus unique damage mitigation
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    Yes Grim Focus does provide 10% mitigation, but that's all it does. Often I find there isn't space for grim anyway.

    The skill's budget on live includes the damage side so it's actually not comparatively strong compared to similar skills for tanks in other classes. Spirit Guardian has same mitigation, a nice self/ally HoT, a corpse (ie ultimate), and some other passives. Another example would be bound aegis. For mitigation I'd take the purely defensive budgeted skills BA or SG over focus any day. Even defensive posture has a good case to beat it out. Only for block mitigation but brings other benefits.
    Edited by thadjarvis on August 3, 2020 4:46PM
  • FrancisCrawford
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    zvavi wrote: »
    The only tank class that is currently struggling is Templar. NB tanks are strong.

    NB tanks is "Strong" because of grim focus, if grim focus is gone, NB tank is going to be not that far off from templar tier. Literally every time I looked up an NB tank guide the main highlight i grim focus unique damage mitigation

    I've never tanked on a nightblade, but advantages I'm looking forward to evaluating include:
    -- Untargeted and sometimes AoEish Minor Maim.
    -- Major Evasion.
    -- Major Resolve without spending a skill bar slot.
    -- Ranged Breach/Fracture that can also be used as a self-heal in a trash fight.
    -- The possibility of providing 1H&S's debuffs while actually running two staffs for a stronger Weakening enchant.
    -- Magicka-based fear.

    So I'm curious: Which of those do people actually like in practice?
  • Playboy_Shrek
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    zvavi wrote: »
    The only tank class that is currently struggling is Templar. NB tanks are strong.

    NB tanks is "Strong" because of grim focus, if grim focus is gone, NB tank is going to be not that far off from templar tier. Literally every time I looked up an NB tank guide the main highlight i grim focus unique damage mitigation

    I've never tanked on a nightblade, but advantages I'm looking forward to evaluating include:
    -- Untargeted and sometimes AoEish Minor Maim.
    -- Major Evasion.
    -- Major Resolve without spending a skill bar slot.
    -- Ranged Breach/Fracture that can also be used as a self-heal in a trash fight.
    -- The possibility of providing 1H&S's debuffs while actually running two staffs for a stronger Weakening enchant.
    -- Magicka-based fear.

    So I'm curious: Which of those do people actually like in practice?

    the fear is for non-elite enemies trash mobs. basically, dungeons that are already easy as hell even for a 30khp tank.

    nobody is not running 1h and shield and situation ally okay. the power extraction is useable. but the range is pretty limited. I use it to generate ult from the siphoning tree not much more.

    nobody is using mark target.

    major resolve without skill slot is nice.

    major evasion is nice in vSS, a lot of other trials your tanking 95% direct damage so you generally backbar it or dont slot it at all outside of vSS and some dungeonns but generally backbar it and use it here and there.

    the minor maim is great but the skill doesn't provide much else besides the minor maim. low slash gives ult generation which is way better.

    NB can't really buff your team like warden or DK.
  • Calypso589
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    ayu_fever wrote: »
    NB damage mitigation passives and skills would just be abused by pvp players (especially gankers) which will lead to even more NB nerfs.
    NB tanks are strong in some specific encounters, but honestly if you want to be taken seriously as a tank you have to be a DK or a warden.

    No?

    Any tank works in all content. What it comes down to is composition and whether or not X class of tank adds anything to the group.

    For example, Warden healers are popular. If you have a warden healer and a magdk in your magicka comp, then you don't actually need to bring a warden OR a DK tank.

    Instead you can rock a Sorc tank and continue to add to your group with Minor Prophecy (thus saving DPS from having to potentially roll a marginally weaker class of DPS).

    Examples like that are all over.

    To heck with this notion that only DKs and Wardens are accepted.

    They're the easiest to play......but don't confuse that with being the "best" to play.
    Edited by Calypso589 on August 3, 2020 3:46PM
  • FrancisCrawford
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    zvavi wrote: »
    The only tank class that is currently struggling is Templar. NB tanks are strong.

    NB tanks is "Strong" because of grim focus, if grim focus is gone, NB tank is going to be not that far off from templar tier. Literally every time I looked up an NB tank guide the main highlight i grim focus unique damage mitigation

    I've never tanked on a nightblade, but advantages I'm looking forward to evaluating include:
    -- Untargeted and sometimes AoEish Minor Maim.
    -- Major Evasion.
    -- Major Resolve without spending a skill bar slot.
    -- Ranged Breach/Fracture that can also be used as a self-heal in a trash fight.
    -- The possibility of providing 1H&S's debuffs while actually running two staffs for a stronger Weakening enchant.
    -- Magicka-based fear.

    So I'm curious: Which of those do people actually like in practice?

    the fear is for non-elite enemies trash mobs. basically, dungeons that are already easy as hell even for a 30khp tank.

    nobody is not running 1h and shield and situation ally okay. the power extraction is useable. but the range is pretty limited. I use it to generate ult from the siphoning tree not much more.

    nobody is using mark target.

    major resolve without skill slot is nice.

    major evasion is nice in vSS, a lot of other trials your tanking 95% direct damage so you generally backbar it or dont slot it at all outside of vSS and some dungeonns but generally backbar it and use it here and there.

    the minor maim is great but the skill doesn't provide much else besides the minor maim. low slash gives ult generation which is way better.

    NB can't really buff your team like warden or DK.

    Which warden or DK buffs matters?

    Does anybody care about the warden group Major Resolve or the DK group Major Brutality/Sorcery?

    Minor Brutality is nice of course ... assuming the group isn't all magicka.

    Do warden heals proc Minor Toughness?

    Does anybody still rely on a tank for Engulfing Flames?

    What else am I overlooking?
  • Calypso589
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    zvavi wrote: »
    The only tank class that is currently struggling is Templar. NB tanks are strong.

    NB tanks is "Strong" because of grim focus, if grim focus is gone, NB tank is going to be not that far off from templar tier. Literally every time I looked up an NB tank guide the main highlight i grim focus unique damage mitigation

    You should actually roll a NB tank instead of purely going off guides.

    You'd see then that Grim Focus was a nice take it or leave it.

    It's hardly the only reason NB mitigation is as amazing as it is.
  • Calypso589
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    zvavi wrote: »
    The only tank class that is currently struggling is Templar. NB tanks are strong.

    NB tanks is "Strong" because of grim focus, if grim focus is gone, NB tank is going to be not that far off from templar tier. Literally every time I looked up an NB tank guide the main highlight i grim focus unique damage mitigation

    I've never tanked on a nightblade, but advantages I'm looking forward to evaluating include:
    -- Untargeted and sometimes AoEish Minor Maim.
    -- Major Evasion.
    -- Major Resolve without spending a skill bar slot.
    -- Ranged Breach/Fracture that can also be used as a self-heal in a trash fight.
    -- The possibility of providing 1H&S's debuffs while actually running two staffs for a stronger Weakening enchant.
    -- Magicka-based fear.

    So I'm curious: Which of those do people actually like in practice?

    the fear is for non-elite enemies trash mobs. basically, dungeons that are already easy as hell even for a 30khp tank.

    nobody is not running 1h and shield and situation ally okay. the power extraction is useable. but the range is pretty limited. I use it to generate ult from the siphoning tree not much more.

    nobody is using mark target.

    major resolve without skill slot is nice.

    major evasion is nice in vSS, a lot of other trials your tanking 95% direct damage so you generally backbar it or dont slot it at all outside of vSS and some dungeonns but generally backbar it and use it here and there.

    the minor maim is great but the skill doesn't provide much else besides the minor maim. low slash gives ult generation which is way better.

    NB can't really buff your team like warden or DK.

    Which warden or DK buffs matters?

    Does anybody care about the warden group Major Resolve or the DK group Major Brutality/Sorcery?

    Minor Brutality is nice of course ... assuming the group isn't all magicka.

    Do warden heals proc Minor Toughness?

    Does anybody still rely on a tank for Engulfing Flames?

    What else am I overlooking?

    1. Many of them.
    2. Yes. In the case of the Warden, Minor Toughness is main attraction. Magdks can provide Major brutality or Sorcery so a magicka composition can honestly flex their main tank.
    3. Minor Brutality is just a by product of the other buffs a DK tank is providing to a Mag comp.
    4. Yes. If there is no warden healer, then a warden tank just throws down an Altar.
    5. Next patch you may see more DKs providing engulfing (8% rather than 10 is really all you need). You might see this more on the higher end thanks to the sustain hit Magdks took in the PTS so it's possible we may see more Sorc tanks or even DK healers. There's a lot of possibilities.



  • exeeter702
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    Calypso589 wrote: »
    zvavi wrote: »
    The only tank class that is currently struggling is Templar. NB tanks are strong.

    NB tanks is "Strong" because of grim focus, if grim focus is gone, NB tank is going to be not that far off from templar tier. Literally every time I looked up an NB tank guide the main highlight i grim focus unique damage mitigation

    I've never tanked on a nightblade, but advantages I'm looking forward to evaluating include:
    -- Untargeted and sometimes AoEish Minor Maim.
    -- Major Evasion.
    -- Major Resolve without spending a skill bar slot.
    -- Ranged Breach/Fracture that can also be used as a self-heal in a trash fight.
    -- The possibility of providing 1H&S's debuffs while actually running two staffs for a stronger Weakening enchant.
    -- Magicka-based fear.

    So I'm curious: Which of those do people actually like in practice?

    the fear is for non-elite enemies trash mobs. basically, dungeons that are already easy as hell even for a 30khp tank.

    nobody is not running 1h and shield and situation ally okay. the power extraction is useable. but the range is pretty limited. I use it to generate ult from the siphoning tree not much more.

    nobody is using mark target.

    major resolve without skill slot is nice.

    major evasion is nice in vSS, a lot of other trials your tanking 95% direct damage so you generally backbar it or dont slot it at all outside of vSS and some dungeonns but generally backbar it and use it here and there.

    the minor maim is great but the skill doesn't provide much else besides the minor maim. low slash gives ult generation which is way better.

    NB can't really buff your team like warden or DK.

    Which warden or DK buffs matters?

    Does anybody care about the warden group Major Resolve or the DK group Major Brutality/Sorcery?

    Minor Brutality is nice of course ... assuming the group isn't all magicka.

    Do warden heals proc Minor Toughness?

    Does anybody still rely on a tank for Engulfing Flames?

    What else am I overlooking?

    1. Many of them.
    2. Yes. In the case of the Warden, Minor Toughness is main attraction. Magdks can provide Major brutality or Sorcery so a magicka composition can honestly flex their main tank.
    3. Minor Brutality is just a by product of the other buffs a DK tank is providing to a Mag comp.
    4. Yes. If there is no warden healer, then a warden tank just throws down an Altar.
    5. Next patch you may see more DKs providing engulfing (8% rather than 10 is really all you need). You might see this more on the higher end thanks to the sustain hit Magdks took in the PTS so it's possible we may see more Sorc tanks or even DK healers. There's a lot of possibilities.



    Naw sorry, not many of them. The only reason these would be considered "tank" buffs is because the other roles are equally shoehorned into certian classes. Minor toughness, minor intellect, group wide major sorc/brut and resolve are all not intrisincially tied to the tank roll. That is just circumstances.

    Assuming the group would benefit from a provided group wide major buff such as resolve or sorc/brut a dk healer or warden healer can easily fufill that need. Minor toughness can be covered by warden, regardless of their role without taking a hit to dps let alone healer or tank. Dk tanks have one unique perk and that is an hp scaled group shield that on average soaks one tick of a group wide damage scenario at best.

    The minor toughness, brut, sav, sorc, proph, are all generated by the class simply being present in a group, this is how these passives are designed. Regarding more intentionally utility, said tools are not exclusively or more practically afforded to tanks over other roles, namely tank/healers. A sorcerer healer or a warden tank can give the group minor intellect, a nb tank or warden healer can give e group wide major protection on a stack phase. A dk healer or tank can give group wide major damage buff. A warden tank or healer can give group wide armor buff, the list goes on. Just because DK healers and templar tanks could really use a buff in those respective roles does not make the other roles inferior by design.
  • Calypso589
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    exeeter702 wrote: »
    Calypso589 wrote: »
    zvavi wrote: »
    The only tank class that is currently struggling is Templar. NB tanks are strong.

    NB tanks is "Strong" because of grim focus, if grim focus is gone, NB tank is going to be not that far off from templar tier. Literally every time I looked up an NB tank guide the main highlight i grim focus unique damage mitigation

    I've never tanked on a nightblade, but advantages I'm looking forward to evaluating include:
    -- Untargeted and sometimes AoEish Minor Maim.
    -- Major Evasion.
    -- Major Resolve without spending a skill bar slot.
    -- Ranged Breach/Fracture that can also be used as a self-heal in a trash fight.
    -- The possibility of providing 1H&S's debuffs while actually running two staffs for a stronger Weakening enchant.
    -- Magicka-based fear.

    So I'm curious: Which of those do people actually like in practice?

    the fear is for non-elite enemies trash mobs. basically, dungeons that are already easy as hell even for a 30khp tank.

    nobody is not running 1h and shield and situation ally okay. the power extraction is useable. but the range is pretty limited. I use it to generate ult from the siphoning tree not much more.

    nobody is using mark target.

    major resolve without skill slot is nice.

    major evasion is nice in vSS, a lot of other trials your tanking 95% direct damage so you generally backbar it or dont slot it at all outside of vSS and some dungeonns but generally backbar it and use it here and there.

    the minor maim is great but the skill doesn't provide much else besides the minor maim. low slash gives ult generation which is way better.

    NB can't really buff your team like warden or DK.

    Which warden or DK buffs matters?

    Does anybody care about the warden group Major Resolve or the DK group Major Brutality/Sorcery?

    Minor Brutality is nice of course ... assuming the group isn't all magicka.

    Do warden heals proc Minor Toughness?

    Does anybody still rely on a tank for Engulfing Flames?

    What else am I overlooking?

    1. Many of them.
    2. Yes. In the case of the Warden, Minor Toughness is main attraction. Magdks can provide Major brutality or Sorcery so a magicka composition can honestly flex their main tank.
    3. Minor Brutality is just a by product of the other buffs a DK tank is providing to a Mag comp.
    4. Yes. If there is no warden healer, then a warden tank just throws down an Altar.
    5. Next patch you may see more DKs providing engulfing (8% rather than 10 is really all you need). You might see this more on the higher end thanks to the sustain hit Magdks took in the PTS so it's possible we may see more Sorc tanks or even DK healers. There's a lot of possibilities.



    Naw sorry, not many of them. The only reason these would be considered "tank" buffs is because the other roles are equally shoehorned into certian classes. Minor toughness, minor intellect, group wide major sorc/brut and resolve are all not intrisincially tied to the tank roll. That is just circumstances.

    Assuming the group would benefit from a provided group wide major buff such as resolve or sorc/brut a dk healer or warden healer can easily fufill that need. Minor toughness can be covered by warden, regardless of their role without taking a hit to dps let alone healer or tank. Dk tanks have one unique perk and that is an hp scaled group shield that on average soaks one tick of a group wide damage scenario at best.

    The minor toughness, brut, sav, sorc, proph, are all generated by the class simply being present in a group, this is how these passives are designed. Regarding more intentionally utility, said tools are not exclusively or more practically afforded to tanks over other roles, namely tank/healers. A sorcerer healer or a warden tank can give the group minor intellect, a nb tank or warden healer can give e group wide major protection on a stack phase. A dk healer or tank can give group wide major damage buff. A warden tank or healer can give group wide armor buff, the list goes on. Just because DK healers and templar tanks could really use a buff in those respective roles does not make the other roles inferior by design.

    Never said they were?
  • Playboy_Shrek
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    the great thing about grim focus is that its pretty much permanent, on both bars. I would be totally fine with a "while slotted" damage mitigation. before people complain about pvp, I don't care about pvp and most people don't

    they should just make it a passive, nightblade is the squishiest class in the game when build for damage. it will mostly just be for tanks.
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