Dancer Tank!!!

[Kuwagami]

"In the current state of the game" is always the optimal disclaimer, though. Any change in the game's underworkings can make a lightly-armored tank, who makes up for the defense difference in other ways, just as viable.

sure but they would need an innate ~20% damage mitigation to make up for the armor loss, even before thinking about tank stance and/or cooldowns. Or a huge ass hp pool and healing received buff. Either way, the curreny state of the game is unfriendly for any tank not in heavy armor. Could change, though most likely won't.


As for the dodge thing, you have to remember that magic users have a lower accuracy cap so they can hit you more with the same level than physical monsters. Though all in all, it doesn't matter as raid mobs are overleveling you so dodging them hasn't been a thing since t4. Maybe A2, but I nevr witnessed it