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#1 Jul 01 2005 at 7:11 PM Rating: Decent
There has been alot of debate over what and how the best tank is built.From where to put training points to what cms are best to buy down to the gear most looked for.So someone please clear it up for me and everyone else reading lol.I heard defenders make the best MTs then once again someone flip flopped that heros do.So to have a good tank for each type someone shed some light please.
#2 Jul 01 2005 at 9:51 PM Rating: Decent
Stamina, top priority(sp). Agility, second, str, third, class skill(Wis, Int, Cha), fourth. Buy hp, stamina, agi, resist, def mods and hp factor cms. On game raids people would still use a defender over hero as mt.

Edited, Fri Jul 1 23:08:23 2005 by BillyBreaths
#3 Jul 01 2005 at 11:07 PM Rating: Decent
It depends on how you want to build your tank. Paladins tend to make MT's, as opposed to ShadowKnights who make offensive tanks.
BillyBreaths wrote:
Stamina, top priority(sp). Agility, second, str, third, class skill(Wis, Int, Cha), fourth. Buy hp, stamina, agi, resist, def mods and hp factor cms. On game raids people would still use a defender over hero as mt.

This would be for a MT. For a Dueler, you should add Stamina, then Strength, then Dex, and a little to Agility (SK's should add to Int)
For a Soloer, add to Stamina, then Strength, then Agility, then whatever else you want (Dex, int, cha, wis).
This is just at least how I would make my tank if I were either a MT, Dueler, or Soloer.


Edited, Mon Jul 4 08:43:00 2005 by CKYmat
#5 Jul 02 2005 at 2:04 AM Rating: Decent
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yeah listen to all of them, except me, and Nmuk, I wouln'dt suggest adding to dex that much, and unles your going taunt path (which isn't suggested for sks, people think it sucks for wars but its pretty sweet, I don't remember what it was for pallies) and even if your going taunt path, taunt comes up ever 5 mins so its not like you'll be able to hold every mob with it
apperently agi doesn't help that much so I would add to str and sta and when they get to about 150 keep adding to sta and keep sta a little higher then str but don't let agi fall to far behind, thats more of a mediocre tank, yer lookin for the best sorry, hero isn't better for a mt I don't know first hand but just by numbers i'm betting defender is
OMG DO NOT ADD MUCH TO DEX IF YOUR GOING TAUNT PATH, I think a MT shouldn't have any dex, but you could add to it a little for grinding to 60 then renew all your tps to make your self bad *** tank oriented,
I meant to say I wouldn't suggest adding to str a whole lot, you need it for taunts, I think the mod isn't much but that doesn't give you an excuse to neglect it (duh) yeah soryr just fixing that dumb mistake, taunt path for war's is pretty sweet, sometimes I wish I went bellow cause he has a really good build, at 30 I almost soloed a guard on taunt path with self buffs hehe thats gotta count for something, of course the guard hit twice (fp guard) >.< but oh well he's still a pretty good build

Edited, Sat Jul 2 10:57:56 2005 by Spife
#6 Jul 02 2005 at 3:45 AM Rating: Decent
yeah noob tanks need cha (pallys) when they have a cha modded bp (annointed) as well as cha modded heals, and even a cha modded mca (crusader's aura)
#7 Jul 02 2005 at 12:16 PM Rating: Good
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i havn't quite finished this and i prolly wont but here:

Main Tank
#8 Jul 02 2005 at 2:52 PM Rating: Decent
I clicked on the link, it doesnt work for me.
#9 Jul 02 2005 at 11:59 PM Rating: Excellent
How to build the best tank? Learn to pull, learn to keep aggro, learn to survive.
#10 Jul 03 2005 at 12:03 AM Rating: Decent
Dont build tanks for dueling, thats the #1 Killer of good tanks.
MAke sure you have good or decent sta(should be maxed) agi and str and then try and get ok resists and like dirges said learn how to tank.
#11 Jul 03 2005 at 1:17 AM Rating: Decent
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i am curently building a tank and i chose to take it like this....
sta is my priority stat followed by agi. str you ill get with gear so i put very little into str. bases will be roughly 250-275sta,250-275agi,150str,100wis. the 100wis will open PoT cm's, may be helpful further down the road. for cm's i am going to focus on resists buying vig1-4, 2class lines, FR line, LR line, CR line. then MC,MCA,GT,GB. i have lion form so at 60 and 1k cm's spent i should look like this.... self buffs and resist cleric buff and ac buff... 600sta,425agi,250ish str,all resists maxed. plan on wearing Wind golem gear save tunarian BP or Grundleskin BP. little resist jewlry and Lava rock shield. AC should top 5k and HP around 7-8k. this is my dwarven pally (guardian) as i see him on paper as of now.....
#12 Jul 03 2005 at 9:35 AM Rating: Decent
Nice job Griz. Even though that's for your paladin, I think I'm going to try the same thing on my Warrior. That way, he can have the extra wisdom to help with his Immortal guard spell. With that 100 Wisdom, it gives him 1200 ac.
#13 Jul 04 2005 at 3:08 AM Rating: Decent
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Damn, all the answers I can give, and have written once, but dont feel like writing again.
#14 Jul 04 2005 at 3:09 AM Rating: Decent
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Damn, all the answers I can give, and have written once, but dont feel like writing again. (sigh)
#15 Jul 04 2005 at 7:38 AM Rating: Decent
I forgot to add that if you are going to be a Main Tank in a raid, be sure to have as many resists as possible, although you may have to get rid of some in order to get AC and Agility for raiding things like Queen Qy'tha, where she'll quad the hell out of you if you don't have enough AC or Agility.
#16 Jul 04 2005 at 10:18 PM Rating: Decent
*sta
*agil
*str
*(and then) class skill

.......very interesting i was wondering about that myself. i just started a pally n wondered bout puttin ne thing into cha n how often. i hope 1 day to get back to him but not goin for a mt i believe guadian is the mc i want.
#17 Jul 05 2005 at 12:11 AM Rating: Decent
Guardian is the Pally mt MC. You really shouldnt put 2 much into it though. Maybe if you want get it to like 100 just so you can buy the cms.
#18 Jul 05 2005 at 12:22 AM Rating: Decent
The crusader mc can work for raids 2. its a healing ds that heals for 170 per hit so its 680 per quad that hits you.(on a pal i knew, it has a cha mod) Has a 10 minute recast btw.

Edited, Tue Jul 5 11:51:05 2005 by SefanaPPO
#19 Jul 05 2005 at 7:32 AM Rating: Decent
From what I've heard, Defenders make better MT's. I'm not entirely sure why, but I think it's because of the AC buff and 25 to all resists, so they're built to take hits from tough mobs.
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