Are tank warrior/berzerkers viable?

Rxkt · May 2016

anyone who doesnt believe that warrior/zerk tanks are viable is inexperienced lol

they are VIABLE (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/viable?s=t), but like the other guys said, they are not preferred. i warrior tank if i feel like playing warrior tank. otherwise i play brawler.

all tank classes have the capability to hold aggro. warrior requires a lot more mana and aggro management than brawlers or lancers.

https://www.twitch.tv/rxkt_/v/67865417
(rusty because havent played warrior for a couple of months, just brawler/healers/zerk...)

LaraBlades · May 2016

Let's face it, the brawler was customed designed to be easy to play (stupid easy) and female to allow BHS to do one thing, sell more costumes. BHS has only made an attempt to improve one tanking class to curb any criticism, the Lancer.

It is so sad that the gave the Zerkers were given the token abiltiy to tank but did not provided a wide selection skills to allow it to play on a scale of the Brawler or the Lancer. At least Zerkers did have their dps increased so they can contribute to a team, but not as a tank since BHS seems to be giving that as a backhand and then walks away. Come on, where is the balance...

Wow, Warriors have just been told through their actions they don't care a thing for the class. No dps improvements to speak of, leaving bugs such as Edge being removed (over stepped and smashed lol) by another warrior or an archer's trap in the group/raid. Come on BHS, fix the [filtered] class.

I used to main a warrior when the Reaper first came out. I got tired of waiting for queues with my starting Zerker so I enjoyed tanking. Even after the Reaper fotm run died, I loved being able to dps and then switch to tank after the Lancer died on harder runs. Players back then did not want a Warrior to tank but they loved it when I could tank, let my shadow fight the boss while I quick rezzed the healer. A well played warrior was an art form it seemed.

But this game has changed from it's beginning days, it's all about steam rolling a dungeon/raid and making new classes that are stupid easy to play and sell costumes to make more profit. I'm not against profit, I'm against the heavy handed back handing to existing classes and players that have invested time and money into this game.

Give the warrior the dps they deserve and fix the years of outstanding bugs that still exist for the class. If Zerkers are given tanking, give them tanking skills to balance out the field for crying out loud. If Warriors and Zerkers are tanks, give their blocking weapons the same blocking damage values as the Brawler and Lancer. The proof of BHS's lie about tanking is Brawler and Lancer get the same Highest blocking values but Warrior and Zerker get lower. BHS can't even cover their lies about how they build the truth...

WolfMaster · May 2016

I have/had a war tank. Then brawlers came and they nurfed wars abilities. I got rid of all my tank gear and just dps/pvp now. They give wars a block buff with last patch, but there still not viable as a tank.It will be a constant fight for aggro with gunner or slayer now.

YunnFang · May 2016

The thing is, before brawler, War tank WAS the option if you wanted a tank that could DPS. It was really hard, but there were guides to teach you how to keep aggro and dps. But they wanted their new class to "knockout" all the others...
Even if you weren't the tank, sometimes the lancer tank could die, or disconnect, or even played bad. A warrior in the team could do the job. But now its only brawlers, and lancers trying to keep up with brawlers, but being always worse.
I think a good nerf to brawlers would be putting a Resolve system on them. And removing the block on most skills. This way, tanking as brawler would be a little (just a little, but more) challenging.
And they should reverse tanking back to how it was.

LaraBlades · May 2016

BHS should have released the Brawler as a leather wearing class. Since there are a dps focused tank, they should have been hit harder by bosses to make up for their boost to their ability to dps. Not a uber class even after the Brawler nerf. Just finished leveling a ninja and a brawler during this boosted experience event and the brawler still has more dps then the ninja.

The Brawler should be a risker class to tank with then the Lancer. Lancer should have been the best safe tank to use. Lancer should not be gimped with back step nerfing, etc. Oh well, Lancers don't sell more costumes then Brawlers since they have limited fashion coupon options.

Hellster · May 2016

As someone who has mained a Warrior tank since 2012 (except till a couple months ago) I can say that it can be done. However (like others have mentioned in this thread) in light a our friendly neighborhood meter I can guarantee to you that their DPS is not just bad, it's Horrendous. Zerk tank actually isn't as bad as people think, and if you know what you're doing does pretty good damage. It may not be brawler/lancer level but it's actually fairly close. In the end though, just play what you want. I still play my warrior tank even though I know my DPS is [filtered] because it's fun to play and with the new agro crystals, I can still do my job.

MyuuMew · May 2016

I'd honestly prefer a zerk tu dps than actually tank.
I know plenty of times while leveling a zerk I would have tu tank sometimes if the lancer died or Im gave a 4 dps and 1 heal que
(this was before patch)
But even if it does good damage tanking just doesnt fit a zerker tu me in play style.

But both tanks are still viable, just because one has better perks than the other in some terms doesnt mean that every other tank is bad.
Yuu're still doing yuur job right?

HondaLover · May 2016

my mains a warr and when i built him i built him tank and the thing i like about tanking as warr is its very challenging i also made zerk (prior to brawler release) and made him a tank i still run him as a tank tho i am making a 2nd zerk for dps just becuz i do miss my cyclone but like everyones saying warr/zerk tanking is MUCH harder but hey isnt that what makes games fun

Murdertron · May 2016

Interesting point about warrior tanking being more difficult, it actually wasn't. If you knew how to play warrior. The mobility and the iframes and the attack speed made tanking as a warrior so much easier than a Lancer. But, again, now there's little reason to do it because of aggro and dps reasons. *le sigh*

Are tank warrior/berzerkers viable?

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