Easy tank to learn?

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1. In the alliance raid there really isn't a main tank per say. Just leave your stance on. You have to remember sometimes you will have to take tank buster meant for the top 3 in agro (typically at much higher levels). If the top 3 on agro meter are not tanks...then it will fall to the next highest...typically a DPS going balls out on rotation or a WHM glare cannon. Good rule of thumb...."Whoever does the most damage...has the agro...unless a tank has their stance on"

So to answer your question...you can leave it on...or just delay it after engaged. You'll be fine.

2. You can shirk yes...it's not going to hurt anything as long as each tank has their stance on. I like to think of it as a bank account. When I shirk I subtract some of my agro to whoever I target and transfer it to them...now it's added to their amount they already have until they die or then shirk back to you. Your just passing the values back and forth. This is why provoke and shirk go so well together. Provoke gives you 1 more point then the top agro...then they shirk to you...now your the main tank by a mile. They provoke and you shirk to them....now they are the main tank. Easy.


3. Tank buster come in MANY varieties. Some are telegraphed...some aren't (ultima TB comes to mind as it just comes out randomly...perhaps percentage based?). Also Tank buster come in many variations.
-some are normal attack (P1S Heavy Hand)
-Some are shared
-some are point blank aoe
-some are line
-some are flare (large radius)
-some are dot's
-some give a debuff which requires swap
-some are either stack and/or solo (usually random so you have to be quick)
-some are frontal soak, but no stack (tank stands in front of party, but close enough to soak damage)
-some are bait (few)
-and some will be like ahk morn (multi hit tank busters that hit hard, usually targets both tanks)

Even though I don't advice this normally...but this is actually a helpful video. Just take everything xeno says with a grain of salt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlmCim9ynbw

4. Finally. As a tank you need to be using your mitigations intelligently. What I mean by that is. After you gather all the mobs, use a CD. As one CD is about to fall off, use another. The key is to have a mitigation always rolling, unless you have a gigachad for a healer. But if you mitigate that allows the healer to spam AOE or dot's...so keep that in mind. Also stacking mitigation IS possible, BUT....BUT...it caps out I think at like 45%? Normally called "Kitchen Sink" when we stack everything. (everything including the kitchen sink) Maybe some knows the exact amount as I don't at this point. You will rarely see a interruptible cast bar later in the game. Although they do exist. The last boss in Ktisis Hyperboreia for instance has a spell you can interrupt, but rarely are they tank busters.

[SilverSkyway]

nvm

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