solo tanking in thordan EX possible ?

[UBERHAXED]

It would likely be impossible, unless a DRG could reliably tank one of the adds and also take the T10 mechanic without dying.

In the Sword/Shield Oath phase, having the adds tether and be close up really makes it nigh impossible to kill them (especially if you have them tethered up from the start). You could technically somehow work around this with NINs, but seeing as DPS don't have Provoke, it would be pretty hard to machinate, unless you end up p1 with the DRG MTing, without it dying in the process. In which case, the actual tank could Provoke one of the adds. The next issue is surviving the Holy Bladedance. If RNGesus is on your side and the DRG's add starts in Shield Oath, it could probably be mitigatable and spam healable through. You would then need to be able to nuke one of the adds and carry on normally.

The next issue would be having the DRG survive the T10 mechanic. Might be doable if they use some VIT accs and also have the Adloquium crit of the century, with Stoneskin up as well. (The MT wouldn't be able to eat this while tanking Thordan, because the T10 mechanic gives you a phys vuln up thingy).

Anyone feel like doing this? B)

No amount of shields will save a dps from even the shield oath LB. A tank can't survive without heavy mitigation, much less anyone with less HP and much less defense. Same goes for the wild charge mechanic.

[Tranquil]

No amount of shields will save a dps from even the shield oath LB. A tank can't survive without heavy mitigation, much less anyone with less HP and much less defense. Same goes for the wild charge mechanic.

Did you try? I sure as hell didn't, but I was entertaining the OP's idea on a theory level! A Foresighted DRG is practically in godmode! (Dat Foresight!)

[ruskie]

Did you try? I sure as hell didn't, but I was entertaining the OP's idea on a theory level! A Foresighted DRG is practically in godmode! (Dat Foresight!)

Considering how often I will end up tanking something on my bard I have seen the LB damages.... when both of them fully buffed hit me it's 12x~7.5k. So I assume it's 6x7.5k if it's just one buffed. I don't know how much the buff is for but I'll assume unbuffed would be hitting ~4-5k per hit. Still somewhere in the range of 20-30k.

[Khyan]

Considering how often I will end up tanking something on my bard I have seen the LB damages.... when both of them fully buffed hit me it's 12x~7.5k. So I assume it's 6x7.5k if it's just one buffed. I don't know how much the buff is for but I'll assume unbuffed would be hitting ~4-5k per hit. Still somewhere in the range of 20-30k.

12k? Hmmm I don't think we speak about the same duty. It should one shoot you. I guess it wasn't the LB. Without mitigation it's around 22k damage what are you speaking about?