Tanking Choices

Sup guys, really need your inputs.

What is better in terms of tanking?
OHS/Shield or Knuckles/Shield?
I already got Toy Hammer(OHS) and Drills(KNK)
for Weapon and Dark General's Shield.

Appreciate all suggestions.

 

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none of your choices, but still a tank lol

 

Theres no best tank. Theres only whats where you will feel comfortable playing with. discover the class by yourself, test each possibility you can think of. you might come up with something different yet effective to whats already known. Game is full of infinite possibilities. Though i got 3 things of advise you need to focus with:

1. always keep the aggro so dps can free atk and unleashed their full potential
2. survive
3. protect your dps

Best of luck

 

Thank you sir for the input, although the possibilities are infinite, my resources are not.
That is why i would like to know the better choice so that i can focus on one path.
But its sure as hell be nice to be able to reset as much as i want doing all the tests that you propose.

 

I personally lean more towards 1h/shield because the blade skill tree has a lot more utility over martial skills.

 

Knux:
1. has extra heal with earthbind
2. 100% tumble rate (i forgot the flinch rate)
3. Aggravate give 5 ampr

Ohs:
1. 100%flinch rate
2. +25 ampr from trigger slash

Imo, i prefer ohs bcs huge ampr from trigger slash (guardian has great ampr too, but more ampr wont hurt).
Go buy wind up key for attack speed.

 

If comparing 1h vs knux I would say 1h coz:
Meteor is too good to not have on your tank with its invincibility + dizzy. Sad that I see absolutely no new/updated tank builds that use it. Also theres buster and its free extra revita III heal in dire situations.
Not to mention berserk and war cry are quite possibly the best aggro generators for multiple mini boss farming.

The only things that knux has and 1h doesnt is the ailments:-
--Lethargy from heavy smash
Lethargy is useful for tanking but having invincibility with meteor is just way better.
--100% tumble from sonic
This is quite frankly obsolete at this point as there were already bosses that counter tumble but now theres also bosses like gwaimol that flat out resist ailments meaning 100% tumble is not 100% anymore.
--Fear from chariot
Again very obsolete as the inflict is only 50% for regular bosses and only 10% chance to cancel a boss' action.
Flinch from smash, heal from earthbind all that already available on 1h anyway.
The only other useful thing that knux has and 1h doesnt is chakra support to party which I accept can be very useful tho I think it is better used by a class like gun fu that can safely cast it from long range instead of someone thats aggroing.

 

It all depends what u like. Neither is better then the other but as @mayam said when comparing both have some advantages. I personally like 1h because of ampr, speed with trigger, Knight skills for aggro so I can focus on prorating

 

that lack of resources will make you keep playing and not getting bored with the game. Anyways there are many guides posted here and many skills already tested to the point where infos gone more deeper than the skill's description. Just chill, take your time and take 1 step at a time and youll enjoy the game/class for sure

 

Am using meteor as save for a swifted guardian, it feels like i have p.def 2.0 with resist all ailments instead of heals...

And toy hammer+berserk can guarantee a 100% crit on gwaimol

So for me its still the old board and sword, but then its all a matter of personal preference

 

Staff+shield...with new skill maximize, you don't need to worry about lack of mana.
You may not have the skill to break but you can get guarantee aggro with finale if your want it, else just spam endless provoke.
Tank not necessary to take all boss damage, learn manual evade, if can't P.DEF solve all problem.

 

I saw some 1h tanks usin meteor but not using it good, too much spam of phisicals not helpin at all in prorate. Similar to the old and hurt precaria knucle+shield spamer lol infinite troll mp.

 

Or is the pt a mage centric pt? Either ways yup he's doing it wrong too, never go overboard on prorations (unless u know what pt you're in)

 

nah usually 1 mage only, the problem is many new players that reach cap fast without idea how things work(caped newbies) they want keep agroo so spam combos, like many dps do without idea whats proration and how fast can be runs controllin proration.

 

They have a soul of a DPS XD. The sad part is they don'y know you only really need guardian to keep the aggro on you. The only one that'll probably steal aggro from you are failed snipers that don't know how to use sneak. Even mages need to get close now to get those juicy numbers.

 

On a side note. 1h/shield has the fastest means to drop Guardian. Short 2mp combo:
Trigger -> Guardian (save) -> warcry (smite)

 

Or 1mp

1mp skill > Meteor(save) > Guardian(Swift)

 

Haha, i haven't updated my tank combos since the lvl 4 skills came out

 

Yeah I love this combo. Trigger just makes everything faster including autos. I find it works better then swifting guardian

 

*Knuckles easy 3 interrupts
*Ampr
Aggravate (ampr)
chakra (dmg reduc, party buff ampr)
shell brk (armor brk+400mp recov)
*short combo guardian (1mp)
Sonic-guardian(save),shell brk(smite)
u can take time casting guardian due to tumble