Video: The Best Templar Tanking?

PermablockTank · October 2021

Kessra · October 2021

What's the point of facing a mass of players when you actually don't want to (or simply can't) kill them? The only thing you basically achieve here is that you annoy those and in return those players are going to hate you which usually is indicated by the t-bags once you're dead.

And as already mentioned in those other "PvP tank build" videos, ZOS really needs to rethink their damage and damage mitigation concept. As it stands now, it is to strong for people who know the ins and outs of those mechanics and to weak for those who don't put in that time to learn these.

Ippokrates · October 2021

Great vid

I am also thinking about taking Argonian, with Iron Flask incoming it will be wild next patch

Kryptonite_Kent · October 2021

This is a prime example of why this game is literally garbage... there is no reason 1 person should even last more than 1 second against 20+ people, 10 people, 5 people, hell even 2 or 3 people should kill you quickly.... zos has continually nerfed damage output at every corner while ignoring the power creep of self heals and mitigation (including shield stacking, not just block).

This does not make me want to play this build or even play against someone with this build in game because its trash, and its trash thats making the game look like trash with it.

Tryxus · October 2021

The Nightblade vid was awesome too btw

Grandchamp1989 · October 2021

Defense for days but offense of a whet noodle.

DucLIX · October 2021

Kessra wrote: »

What's the point of facing a mass of players when you actually don't want to (or simply can't) kill them? The only thing you basically achieve here is that you annoy those and in return those players are going to hate you which usually is indicated by the t-bags once you're dead.

You don't understand, you can't kill them so they're better than you, they can slow you sieging, such heroes those tanks.
"Kevin, 16 y/o, mmo beast 1vX god", looks like we got a case here, and some other below.

xxslam48xxb14_ESO · October 2021

Kryptonite_Kent wrote: »

This is a prime example of why this game is literally garbage... there is no reason 1 person should even last more than 1 second against 20+ people, 10 people, 5 people, hell even 2 or 3 people should kill you quickly.... zos has continually nerfed damage output at every corner while ignoring the power creep of self heals and mitigation (including shield stacking, not just block).

This does not make me want to play this build or even play against someone with this build in game because its trash, and its trash thats making the game look like trash with it.

Yeah for real every patch damage in pvp gets nerfed some how. Next patch procs got that 1 second cooldown. Can't have players actually dying in cyrodiil can we?

Mean while this absolutely skill less playstyle of holding block gets to stay in the game every patch. NO COUNTERS outside of zerging them with 40 players. In a balanced game a tank could be killed in a 1v1, but not in eso. I want to see someone kill the dude in this video in a 1v1. The best damn player in the game couldn't kill a guy who located his block button. If that isn't unbalanced then idk what is.

Maybe penetration should act as a soft oblivion damage instead of just ignoring a portion of armor. It should ignore a % of any type of mitigation instead of just armor. If you were fighting a guy with 50% block and you had 50% penetration, then him blocking you would do nothing. Assuming he was naked and the only mitigation he had was that 50% block. Wouldn't go through shield spells like oblivion damage though, just armor, block, and any other form of damage resistance(such as buffs).

divnyi · October 2021

Kryptonite_Kent wrote: »

zos has continually nerfed damage output at every corner while ignoring the power creep of self heals and mitigation (including shield stacking, not just block).

There is no powercreep of heals. They nerfed biggest outliers of HP-based heals already.
Mitigations yes, also some defensive CP stars are very easy to break. You can't be as resilient in BGs, 4 players will down you in 15s if they aren't complete newbies.

They nerfed burst ranges which is exactly what you need to do to allow builds that do more constant damage (DPS), which is exactly the only thing heavily-armored builds are afraid of. I roll full crit build with sithis in PvP and I can down even toughest guys fast if I have a teammate or two near me. Gameplay like this wasn't possible for YEARS before. Not many people truly understand the current meta to adjust to it.

Kessra wrote: »

What's the point of facing a mass of players when you actually don't want to (or simply can't) kill them?

Obviously it was done by him to make annoying tank vid. But permablocks can be scary for low-HP enemies if they perfectly line up all the burst and there is an ally nearby. But sure, counterplay to permablocks is to kill their allies first. Nothing you can do about that as permablock.