Hi everyone, hope you are all hyped for the expansion due to release in few hours !! I have been crunching some numbers and doing some consideration with my friends about all 4 tanks:
The PLD received a super mega duper increase of potency in ShB, Atonement seems pretty solid and I love the Confiteor as finisher of the magic dmg phase. I think the buff of Requiestcast seem too OP. Still same identity and I definitely think will be still the best OT. On the paper without even considering RNG crit the PLD won’t have nothing to envy about the other tanks anymore, still you won’t be MTing simply because none of your skills restore HP.
WAR didn’t change a lot, I love the new Raw intuition with 25sec cooldown and the Trill buff but I am totally deluded how the badly nerfed Nascent Flash when they showed the skills updates during the media tour, the duration was 30secs but now is only 6 secs. Definitely nobody will ever want a War to OT nowhere. Holm will be 4 mins but will still be the invuln with lowest cooldown.
GNB definitely seems fun to play and also pretty easy, shortest opener and easy manageable dots, also the Dot potency is absurd (900+450 over time plus 270 from No mercy). Potentially a great MT with Camouflage (50% parry + 10% dmg reduction) and Hearth of stone ( 15% dmg reduction on 25 sec cooldown) also usable as OT skill. Superbolide is pretty bad xD Blasting zone on 30 sed cooldown, free of cost and 800 pot, neat ! Hearth of Light as party defence it’s better than Shake I would say.
The DRK is like fantastic to see and can’t wait to try! Seem fun and really strong, also we still don’t know how much dmg the “Shadow clone” will do but it may give the Drk the extra burst to take the War throne as top tank dps I really do appreciate the TBN buff and as tank buster mitigation if you are OT or MT is sensational. Drk got an advantage in fights with mainly magic dmg because of Dark mind but I don’t think it can keep up with the other 3 tanks personal/ party defence abilities.


Final thoughts: SE did an amazing work balancing and almost equalising all 4 tanks dmg output, thanks from us all ! PLD in the world I am happy for you all
I think the best MT will be GNB and WAR because of Raw intuition and HoS. The PLD will be always the best OT but never a good MT. The WAR the worst option as OT. The Drk in the loop but definitely can’t wait to play it asap.
Let’s discuss and don’t be salty too each other please
Have fun in ShB and best of luck !!