Tank charachter

[(SSV)Shalo]

i need to make a tank for a party im joining, seems like warrior would be best, but i need alot of HP and need to do lots of melkee damge.

would Warrior soldid be god, or would i have to multi-class him wiht something like a monk. dont want to loose too much HP.


another idea is a strong support character. possibly Ranger/monk. would that be acceptable? then i have long range and healing, so i could support tanks slightly better.

just a few ideas, comments would be great

[(SSV)Shalo]

just another question, what would be the best combonation for soloing a game. i know its not smart to solo, but what would be a good combo for it anyway.

[Mattinator]

In all honesty, in Guilds Wars there is no profession that can "tank" in all meaning of the word. To answer your other question, almost any profession combination can work, it all depends on what skills you choose. If you're planning on soloing I think it would be best to go with a monk secondary, but you won't be able to complete it anyway. If you are partied and you have a good monk or two, the monk secondary is unnecessary, but it's all personal preference

[Spux]

I personally think a good soloing profession would be something that could deal mass AoE damage and selfheal. I personally think a necro/ele would be quite effective at this because of the life steals and the ability to nuke mobs. (I'm assuming when you say solo you mean with hench and not jsut by yourself). In PvE the best tank would be a war/mo that focuses on wep skills and healing. In PvP tanks are pretty much useless because warriors are mostly ignored until the casters are dead, so I would focus more on dealing damage. The choice on if you want to be support or tank, comes down to personal preference.

[Litebringer]

tank depends on your skills, my monk can take for longer than 95% of warriors and rangers can also with tehir insane skills. tanking isnt based on a prof

[Spux]

cause eles tank so well.....The thing about a warrior is it has much better armor so it is an effective tank that doesnt have to spend as much time healing itself and can also deal decent damage. Your monk can only heal himself and not deal that much dam to other ppl. Tanking rly doesnt mattter that much in PvP anyway....

[Mahomet The Templar]

Don't under estimate a strong warior (skill mostly and yes elete armor too). They can be very effective in PvP strategy as a KEY element of the attack, plus I have fallen with my guildies against a strong Korean 4 warior, 4 monk build!

Mahomet

[Litebringer]

yes the armor helps but i can get my monk up to 144 armor as well with skills ^^.

and if you dont think eles can tank lets go into a teamed gladiators arena and il bring my earth ele you bring your warrior ok? then you can tell me eles cant tank :)

[Anubit]

He he he :)

[Spux]

The thing is, caster tanks can be countered much easier then a warrior tank. If my mesmer took away all your energy, you would abe a useless tank. If a warrior loses all their energy they are still a decent tank because or their armor.

Also, skills like endure pain and deft pain are good tanking skills and some tactics skills can also improve a warriors ability to tank aswell.

[Anubit]

Hey you happen to know where to find Defy Pain?...i just recently started using the signet and missed quite a few bosses.

[Mattinator]

Don't under estimate a strong warior (skill mostly and yes elete armor too). They can be very effective in PvP strategy as a KEY element of the attack, plus I have fallen with my guildies against a strong Korean 4 warior, 4 monk build!

Mahomet
lol, how'd you manage to do that??? :lol: Just get an air ele and keep using WAM, they won't do anything to you. Warriors can be great for attacking, but if you get too many in there you're in trouble... I think every team should have at least one blackout character an air ele and a second nuker... well at least that's what I like because it's a very general team build... I guess if you guys didn't fave a WAM they could do some pretty heavy damage though.

I'm still sticking to my orginal statemeant that NO profession can "tank" and that any profession can be taken out by the right build

[Litebringer]

ele is a nuker lol :P , unless you were meaning a FF(aka nuker) and AoE ele. also an ele could last a while still using skills like obsidian flesh so you cant be targets by spells :) right you away you think mesmer fighting caster = caster dies, but you really have to go deep into things because there are ways out. then again a ranger could interupt, sometimes when you think your dealing damage to one target it doenst even really hit and its diverted to a target sitting back back being healed, you just never really know. it depends on your teams efficiency against the other for tanking imo

[Mattinator]

Sorry, I forgot a word, I meant a second nuker... I find earth and fire are better at nuking anyway though

[Litebringer]

Sorry, I forgot a word, I meant a second nuker... I find earth and fire are better at nuking anyway though

earth is awsome for the defensive spells and i would go either fire or air for othe rone because fire, well, has meteor shower :P and air is a great FF DD

[oblivious]

an E/Mo would be great for soloing.. can pin them down one by one while using aura of restoration to up your healing skills or just heal yourself without having to stop attacking.. its fool proof man.

[Kevo]

It also depends on one's definition of "tank." In the classic sense of charging into the fray hacking away, the warrior is, of course the first that comes to my mind.

It doesn't mean that they're the toughest, but that they jump into the fray.

So it's a matter of game style. If sitting back and blasting with fire or air skills, is a "tank" to someone, sure, np!

It also depends on if one means an offensive or defensive tank.

What I'm saying is I don't know how the OP's use of the word tank is defined, so it's hard to answer.

Hehe, or I'm just to darn technically minded and need to lighten up! Ha! :lol:

A "tank" generally refers to a character that can withstand great amounts of damage, usually so that the rest of the team can do their thing without dyin. Having a tank that can also deal damage isn't typical, but definately acheivable in Guild Wars.