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Tank Zerk help

VeikenVeiken
in PvE Discussion
How would I go about starting to tank as Zerker? Not sure what to do

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  • ZeroplusZeroplus ✭✭
    After you get to level 65 you can do a quest to get your tank stance and some more skills.

    But Zerk tanks are not very optimal for dungeons. They can hold aggro well, but they do quite low dps. They also do not have the infuriate skill which makes go by way smoother. Also in the last class balance Zerks now take more damage from bosses, making bosses in hard dungeons almost always bleed through your block.

    You should not main tank as a Zerk, but backup tanking as one helps.

    In tank stance you rarely use charging skills (mainly because Cyclone and Lethal Strike are disabled in it) because you will usually not have time to charge them. Aggro is generated by a Threat aura that has an 8m radius, and a shout on a 10 second cooldown. Zerks used to be very good tanks back when aggro was mainly generated by Threat instead of damage, but still had the downside of no Infuriate. Most of the time you will be countering with Axe Counter, and Raze. You also have a skill called Punishing Strike which is a 2 hit combo and debuffs the bosses endurance on the second hit. If bosses are doing secondary aggro or other mechanics it will give you time to use Thunderstrike/Vampiric Blow resulting in a lot more damage than you would be doing with your counters. You also lose 18 Crit Factor in your tank stance.

    The main point is Zerk tank is pretty fun, but is sub-par so you should not make a main build/roll gear for tanking.
  • VeikenVeiken ✭
    edited May 2016
    TheZeroplus wrote: »
    After you get to level 65 you can do a quest to get your tank stance and some more skills.

    But Zerk tanks are not very optimal for dungeons. They can hold aggro well, but they do quite low dps. They also do not have the infuriate skill which makes go by way smoother. Also in the last class balance Zerks now take more damage from bosses, making bosses in hard dungeons almost always bleed through your block.

    You should not main tank as a Zerk, but backup tanking as one helps.

    In tank stance you rarely use charging skills (mainly because Cyclone and Lethal Strike are disabled in it) because you will usually not have time to charge them. Aggro is generated by a Threat aura that has an 8m radius, and a shout on a 10 second cooldown. Zerks used to be very good tanks back when aggro was mainly generated by Threat instead of damage, but still had the downside of no Infuriate. Most of the time you will be countering with Axe Counter, and Raze. You also have a skill called Punishing Strike which is a 2 hit combo and debuffs the bosses endurance on the second hit. If bosses are doing secondary aggro or other mechanics it will give you time to use Thunderstrike/Vampiric Blow resulting in a lot more damage than you would be doing with your counters. You also lose 18 Crit Factor in your tank stance.

    The main point is Zerk tank is pretty fun, but is sub-par so you should not make a main build/roll gear for tanking.

    so just keep being DPS and off tank if needed?
  • UltemeciaUltemecia ✭✭✭
    That's basically it, unless we get better tank skills we're useless as tanks.
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