T5 3 Tank

[MythToken]

I couldn't find a thread on this, but i have seen several videos of T5 with 3 tanks.

I am wondering if this has any real advantage or if that particular group just didn't have dps that could survive and replaced with a warrior.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL6mjWHIWcA

Here is a video of it. 2War 1 Pal, paladin is MT

The only slight advantages I can even think of are the initial pull, and snake damage. It also appears they are doing 3 groups for Conflags, which seems to work well for them.

Any insight on this strat would be appreciated, as I cannot find a write up on it anywhere.

[Kuwagami]

one word : overgear. Plus they seem to struggle like hell as they killed twintania just 1 second before the wipe due to enrage.

GG though

[MythToken]

Yeah, im actually more interested in their 3 groups on Phase 2 than bringing 3 tanks. But yes the end is pretty funny.

[Grembo]

lol, 2 WAR's and not one is keeping up Storms Path/Storms Eye.

[Bardo]

Yeah, im actually more interested in their 3 groups on Phase 2 than bringing 3 tanks. But yes the end is pretty funny.

The third tank is in full DPS gear (look at his HP), so they're not really doing a "3 tank strat". It's more like a "slightly gimped DPS strat".
Like you said, it seems they just brought him because they didn't have another dps who could replace him.

I don't understand why they're not using the WAR to MT though.
PLD is SUCH a better OT in that fight.
As OT, the PLD can stoneskin the WAR without cast interruption, can cover if WAR is low as DeathSentence is cast, and can chain stun dreadknights.
PLD is superior to WAR in pretty much every aspect for the OT role on Twintania.



The offtank and a pet can take a fireball between just the two of them, so they're likely using the "3 groups strat" in phase 2 to keep the healers out of as many fireballs as they can as well as potentially give themselves more time to kill a conflag if the offtank gets a fireball.