Dancer Tank!!!

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On the other hand, fighting is often described as dance, figuratively and in slang terms. In my eyes, it's easier to dodge attacks if you're a capable and nimble as a dancer ( not really dancing TO evade just speaking of aptitude ). Just my opinion though.

Only it's really not. Only cartoons and comic books refer to combat as similar to dancing, and their comparisons are usually flawed. Real fighting is much different. You have an opponent, not a partner. You're not working in synchronicity and harmony with one another, you're actively trying to disrupt one another to gain positional advantage using maneuver. Even the flashier styles of combat that look more elegant to the eye have very few similarities to dancing.

Even if they decided to use it as a Tank class and base it on a high parry/evasion rate... how would that work? A tank that could never get hit? Not likely. A single impact would be enough to interrupt the momentum of a Dance, so even auto attacks would make this class look ridiculously out of place as a Tank... and what about their clothes? Dancers wear light outfits to move fluidly, not heavy armour. So... a Tank that is just as squishy as a Mage? Paper tank FTW? No... I think not.

As for Dancers making for good healers, that's at least an easier pill for me to swallow than Tanks (forgive the medical pun). As much as I agree that putting Dancing with the Stars on in a recovery room would likely be more painful than Chemotherapy, proper dancing (along with music) has long been considered therapeutic and invigorating. There are a lot of cultures which traditionally incorporated dancing into their ceremonies for this very reason (proper dancing, not some hack tv competition). The idea is to let the elegance of the dance sooth your soul (similar to the feeling people get when they watch an emotional Balet. Even if it's a tragedy, it's often described as being emotionally liberating). It still doesn't really fit in a combat situation, but it sounds a lot more related to healing than tanking to me. I suppose you could make the argument that the Dancer would be enchanting the mobs in a similar way ... but unless the goal has changed to wanting to sooth their anger and send them all home happy and content, I don't think Dancing really fits.