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Best Tank Option - Other than Brawler

Ok, so I've been tanking on my Brawler for a bit now and got it down fairly well now. Honestly, it's probably the easiest tanking experience I've ever played...

Anyways, as much as I try to ignore it, I simple hate how the Brawler's armor looks so much that I almost don't want to play the class. I've heard that Lancer's aren't in the best of spots right now so I was wondering, is a Beserker a viable tank option? Can you please explain why or why not?

Thanks!
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  • Brawler > Lancer > Warrior > null
  • Lancers are still decent tanks if played correctly. Zerks are...well, mine is currently collecting dust, can't speak for everyone else. >.<
  • LadySidil wrote: »
    I've heard that Lancer's aren't in the best of spots right now
    The heck did you hear that from? Global chat?

    It was on the internet so I thought it must be true or else it couldn't have been posted there. ;)

    Anyways, thanks for the help folks! My ping is pretty low so who knows, perhaps I'll try it out.
  • Not a lot of zerk tanks out there. They don't have enrage shout and party utilities like a lancer does. However, there are a few good zerks that make it viable to tank so you can try it out for yourself.
  • LancerJivaLancerJiva ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2016
    Lancers are the most viable tanks out there atm, because they have the best endurance debuff in the game and they provide party buffs.
  • LancerJiva wrote: »
    Lancers are the most viable tanks out there atm, because they have the best debuff in the game and they provide party buffs.

    Buy some more of my strong box keys :3
  • EndevaEndeva ✭✭✭✭✭
    @LadySidil
    Go with Warrior!
  • Ginjitsu wrote: »
    @LadySidil
    Go with Warrior!

    I thought about it but I'm not sure I'm a decent enough player to master a warrior. Although, I hear they are amazing in PvP.
  • AshernAshern ✭✭
    edited September 2016
    It used to be true that Brawlers >> Lancers, but they've since balanced the scales, if not more favorably towards Lancers, with the more recent patches. If you want to be different/unique, then you can tank as a Berserker or a Warrior; but the truth is, Berserkers don't have "Infuriate" that enrages the bosses on demand, which means you'll lose out on a lot of damage in the beginning of a fight. And Warriors don't deal a lot of damage when compared to Brawlers and Lancers.

    If you want to tank and provide the highest amount of benefits to your party, go Lancer. If you want to see quick, high numbers on your own DPS, go Brawler. If you did have to decide between Berserker/Warrior, then Warrior would still win over Bers, because at least Warriors have Infuriate.
  • Warrior tank is played pretty similarly to Lancer (and warrior dps since dps rotation), although with more button presses and skill chains which means less finger cramps :)
  • OK, say I go for a lancer, how are they to solo level? As much as I'm not a brawler fan, they are pretty quick and crazy easy to level/farm BAMs.
  • feazesherofeazeshero ✭✭✭
    edited September 2016
    Really, lol lancers are really good. Don't ever listen to what people have to say in global or somewhere where it's not trusted. You can see if you search on youtube tera dsu lancer or ktera lancer and with recent searches, you will see how good lancer play is. Lancers also dish out some really great damage as well.

    Between zerk, warrior or lancer, lancer is the obvious choice to go with because the party buffs and endurance debuffs it provides while having a great potential to do decent to high dps depending on the team/situation. Zerks and warriors are good at tanking as well but they are not preferred as main tanks since brawlers and lancers are always preferred now. One reason is because one lacks an infuriate skill while the other has lower dps when in tanking stance respectively. Also keep in mind lancer play depends on ping and if it's too high, then it may be very difficult.
  • NopiNopi ✭✭✭✭✭
    The biggest problem you will find as a zerker tank, aside from having nearly no tank utility other than auto aggro generation, is that players will not pick you in LFG. You must be an already known zerk tank player to have a chance. So as general, people will still pick a brawler first above all else, lancers second, but they will still kick you if you make a few mistakes. Warrior and zerker will almost never be picked by LFG for tanking.

    So my best suggestion would be to try and come to terms with your brawler's appearance and keep with that class. As armor goes, FC shop's ornamental hauberk doesn't look THAT bad in my opinion. :)
  • Lancer is the better tank
  • Brawler came out as such OP class in both tanking ability and dps. Pvp was OP too.
    So, BHS had to buff pure tank class, Lancer.

    Both Lancer and Brawler are pretty good in dps. Actually, they are top solo class for clearing high tier IOD BAM.

    Zerker and War tank can't even match against lancer and brawler in dps. In 5 men dungeon, lancer and brawler normally do 15~30% of total dps.

    Zerker and War tank can't do that much dps.

    1. Zerker tank doesn't have infuritate skill. But, Zerker tank's holding agro ability is best among all tank class.
    2. War tank's agro is just terrible compare with another tank. BHS didn't even bother to adjust War tank after Brawler came out. I used to play War tank before. It's more fun than playing Brawler.

    -Anyway, the point is, War/ Zerker tank team takes longer time to finish the dungeon. I think, Zerker tank is fine except SSHM and DSU.
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