Forum Top: Tank Roles

Question: How do YOU handle big pulls with lots of AoE with melee DDs in the group? So in my recent expert dungeon runs, because my healer keeps...

I've had this happen a couple of times, and it's really, really annoying: I'm main-tanking in Trial Roulette or something, and the off-tank is a...

So I got Drk up to 60 and I want to level a new tank. However I really like paladin and marauder. I believe paladin is at 32 and marauder is at 27,...

I have been playing paladin since 2.0. At first I felt it was the best tank due to the mitigation it offered. I really had the job down really well...

I'm not gonna lie. As a Paladin, it's one of the most distinctive parts of my tanking kit and with the cross-class system going away in 4.0, I'm...

Is it the new thing for tanks to wear 1 slaying ring that has Str? Just curious and does it make a difference in the dps department for us tanks?...

"PLD's Rampart and DRK's Shadowskin are becoming the same skill (no mention of WAR's Foresight, but I can only imagine it will be as well), and will...

Hey Tanks, I notice that lately I am always losing aggro/hate on Ultima weapon and it goes directly to a healer. Fortunately I always carry...

A friend of mine who mains healer (theyve also recently lvled DRK up to 60) suggested it would be cool to see the WAR receive a gap closer skill,...

I was always too shy to open a topic about this but I guess I may as well go for it now. I enjoyed level 50 Warrior and moving on to 60 was rather...

I had such high hopes that Samurai would have been a Tanking class, but I had an idea; Just like how Archanist branches into a Healer and DPS Class,...

So, as a new tank, at what point should I really need to worry about proper crowd control from my team? So far, up till Stone Vigil, I've just been...

Especially if we're going to have more "diadem 2.0" type of content in it. Right now tanks are well behind other roles in terms of usable diadem...

Hello! I hope whoever is reading this is having a great day! As the title suggests, the following is my idea for what I believe would better suit...