How do you rank the 3 tanks in PvP?

[zipzo]

Paladin, Warrior, and Dark Knight.

How would you rank these from 1 to 3 in order of most effective to least effective in PvP and why?

[itsoni]

If you have a good healer and PLD the team is basically immortal. Cover players through burst, provide support heals as a PLD. Chain-stun players mid-burst while their buffs etc drop off, giving your healer room to heal. There's just a lot of potential. WAR can be very good at bursting down targets if co-ordinated with DPS but imo, PLD just has much better utility.

If strong co-ordination:

1) PLD
2) WAR (very close 2nd)
3) DRK

If Solo/Poor co-ordination:

1) WAR
2) PLD
3) DRK

DRK's kind of in an awkward spot. Not as much burst as WAR, but much better than PLD. It's only selling point is Carnal Chill - it lowers targets damage dealt by 60% but only lasts 6 seconds... Why not just go with PLD and just absorb all physical damage dealt and heal yourself? Or if it's magic damage just help heal them through it, or hit Tetsudo if things are bad. DRK's tools aren't very good for PvP as it just doesn't really have a strong specialty outside of Delirium on casters, which mnk's do anyway.