Forum Top: Tank Roles

So I've been running dungeons a lot (totaling over 100 dungeons up to level 44), as tanks, as attacker, and as healer. Here are some common mistakes...

Hi there! I've been looking around and asked a few people without getting a really clear answer on the matter when it comes to endgame / preparation...

I think this skill is Gimacky at best, lets summarize what it does. For Six seconds, it roots the tank and the target. 3 minute cooldown. It...

So, i find ifrit being the most ridiculous fight in the game. As a paladin, it's EXTREMELY boring, annoying and a unfun. Half of the time i get the...

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Just wondering how everyone feels about marking targets. I see it's brought up a lot but it doesn't seem necessary at all. If I, the tank, am not...

I was running Brayflox as my 32 Paladin. I had no real problems holding hate and if I lost it it was mine again in a quick second. But the problem is...

The extra healing on defiance stacks was a welcome change but it still wasn't enough. Warriors are simply much harder to keep alive and are inferior...

For the endgame stuff where the MT gets hit hard, are there situations where having everything in VIT would be a bad idea?

so i decided to get my gld up as well alongside mrd, but had so much trouble tanking in sastasha. here was what i did: 1. shield lob 2. flash...

So far I usually use shield swipe once per mob as I assume that they will begin to resist it more after the first hit. Is there any reason to be...