SAMURAI SHOWDOWN

[Kazrah]

To the people saying we need a Mage tank, we have DRK. It revolves around MP management already, so making another tank revolve around that would be just as redundant as another 2-handed weapon tank. Plus, I'm not sure you've thought out the defense aspect when you say that they could just cast spells. Surely you realize how under-powered this would be as time went on. They'd have to either give lighter clothing the same defense as heavy armor or rework defense entirely.

DRK isn't really a mage, rather an emo tin can with a few magic tricks. MP management could be done defensively rather than offensively such as partial MP shielding (some damage reduction and dealt as MP damage) and have far better MP restoring abilities and traits to offset that, or even have a pet that intercepts a portion of damage taken. The "tank stance" buff could do something like increasing physical defense to match magical defense, which casters can caster gear typically have loads of as baseline.

I think you underestimate how many creative ways they could go about making a Tank class.