Are tank warrior/berzerkers viable?

OriginalAmorphous · May 2016

Ginjitsu wrote: »

YunnFang wrote: »

Since they have the pottential of tanking, i have this doubt. Before the Brawler/changes in tanking, i could tank with my warrior really well (this was for pre-65 dungeons). I was bored to wait for the IM time, so i rolled as tanker, and had no problems with it.
But recent patches have been only putting brawler and lancer on tank train, leaving warriors and berzerkers forgotten and "Go Berzerk!" patch completely useless
So, can someone clarify this for me?

Before Brawler, Warrior had better aggro generation than Lancer but I still played. I did have to adjust a lot to keep aggro on Lancer.

If you really like tanking on Warrior/Berserker, then do it!

^_^ this. I think people ride the bandwagon wayyyyyyy too much.

Do what you want. Play what you like or the game will be dull. The thing is everyone just wants to play whats newly released and honestly i haven't had issues taking aggro from tanks or seen it done besides once or twice in the past 2 weeks. Actually, only once. Maybe my gear just noob

. Sitting at item level 403 atm not sure if thats terrible.

TheKoreanGamer · May 2016

Ultemecia
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Wasn't zerk pvp dps reduced in this patch? (Thunderstrike)

I wouldn't recommend playing nerfed class to any1.

Rather i feel lancer got pretty good in this patch.

Ultemecia · May 2016

Zerk dps was not reduced in this patch, in fact it was actually increased. Thunderstrike overcharge damage was increased by 30% and cyclone overcharge damage was increased by 40%.

TheKoreanGamer · May 2016

Ultemecia
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Ok thx for info. Maybe that was lag while overcharging i guess. I thought its dps got nerfed by 20%.

Ultemecia · May 2016

Nope just read the patch notes.

Vesporax · May 2016

Why are people talking about pvp in a tank thread?

Ultemecia · May 2016

Vesporax wrote: »

Why are people talking about pvp in a tank thread?

It's TheKoreanGamer, just let it slide. I put in my input, the only reason I responded further is so noone got incorrect information.

mollyya · May 2016

Warrior Tank and Berzerker Tank struggle in hard mode dungeons because they lack damage, defense, party support and aggro generation at all. They also need more skill to play than lancer and brawler.

Murdertron · May 2016

I've been really sad since the Brawler patch came out. I always mained an Elin Warrior tank and I was goooood. People always scoffed and by the end they would be like damn, motherf****r, you're better than most lancers. BUT NOW... My poor warrior tank is just a weiner. Less aggro, less dps, less defense than Lancer and Brawler. No point in it AND nobody will invite you as a warrior tank anymore so yeah.

msoltyspl · May 2016

I tanked few times since brawler hit. It's doable, though makes you always wonder "why do I even bother ?". Particularly when a brawler would do x6 more damage and have much easier time.

BHS !

Ocean170 · May 2016

Warrior tanking is dead , the only way they could possibly fix that is buff warrior tank damage for PVE and add a block to blade draw as its the only move that chains after block successful , maybe even a pve buff everytime blocked increase frontal damage to bosses but they wouldn't even think of doing that, the only tanks for game are brawlers and lancers, everything else is garbage and shouldn't tank to tera.

Nennai · May 2016

I still warrior tank when I'm not playing on my main. Though since brawler came out, my chances of getting into a dungeon was hurt bad.
I refuse to abandon it because it's challenging and fun to do.
I will welcome a warrior/zerker tank anyday. For me, as long as you can tank, I'm not that bothered about what tank class you are.
Plus, worse case scenario, your lancer/brawler dc'd/left party during a boss fight, a good warrior/zeker would tank in their place :chuffed:

Catorii · May 2016

Aggro isn't a problem with warrior tanks right now, at least.

The negligible damage, however, is. Lancers can out-dps a defensive-stance warrior, and they bring huge party buffs and much more survivability for themselves. Warriors are not viable for tanking, no, and neither are zerk tanks. Supposedly war tanks will be "soon" whenever BHS gets around to balancing them, but I wouldn't expect that for at least 6 months to a year, and who knows if they'll just slap more aggro generation on and say that's balance or not, like they have been the past 3-4 times they "buffed" war tank since brawler.

msoltyspl · May 2016

Warrior tanking is dead , the only way they could possibly fix that is buff warrior tank damage for PVE and add a block to blade draw as its the only move that chains after block successful

The only way too fix tanking is to fix brawlers, especially their ridiculous auto-block. Make them subject to the same rules as every other tank in this game - you either block or attack. Not both at the same time.

Catorii · May 2016

msoltyspl wrote: »

Warrior tanking is dead , the only way they could possibly fix that is buff warrior tank damage for PVE and add a block to blade draw as its the only move that chains after block successful

The only way too fix tanking is to fix brawlers, especially their ridiculous auto-block. Make them subject to the same rules as every other tank in this game - you either block or attack. Not both at the same time.

They seem to be going in the opposite direction, given that they're giving the same blocking-while-attacking thing to certain lancer skills. I don't like seeing tanking dumbed down so much, personally, and I hope if/when war tanks are ever fixed, they don't have blocking during BD or Scythe or something.

Are tank warrior/berzerkers viable?

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