Ashes of Creation: NEVER Die as a Tank Again!

[@SteakSauceIceCream]

I solo tanked from 1-9 over the weekend. I didn't play Friday though. 5-7 was a bit of a struggle just due to finding commissions that I could do or them not working. 7-9 was a breeze once a found a near perfect solo grind spot with only a out 30 secs of downtime. It's also a great glint and droppings farm too.

[@chaffy6446]

Been tanking for 4 weekends and still learned shit. I was one of the people that wrote off that cross strike attack, but I may try it out again. Thanks buddy!

[@Roarrior]

@@chaffy6446 crazy low mana low CD. Highly recommend!

[@atlas2049]

Thank you for this video, this is the most useful tank guide out there. Really liked the way you explained everything

[@Roarrior]

@@atlas2049 hey thank you! Happy to help

[@diggles27]

Great guide, comma very concise, informative, and clear. Due to the size it was very easy to watch on a large screen TV as well and still see the ability descriptions. Moar class guides plz!

[@Roarrior]

Haha much appreciated! Stay tuned! Thanks for watching

[@mmo-meditation]

playing tank myself for the very first time in any game. awesome guide, very helpful, thx

[@Roarrior]

@@mmo-meditation always happy to help!

[@Strangingness]

Watching this video, I'm sort of trying to think about how a Tank would function as full DPS I believe the framework is there same with Cleric and Bard to actually go for damage as a support. It's got Me curious. What I'd like to see is, Full damage support should not be able to compete with actual DPS classes in terms of sheer DPS. Maybe 70-80 % of what a real DPS can do. But they can make up for that in utility. (CC, Buffs, Off-Tanking. Off-Healing. Debuffs/Status effects). E.c.t

[@Roarrior]

@@Strangingness the issue here is every tank ability has built in threat generation whether grit is active or not. So you would fight other tanks for threat.

[@Cimarb]

@@Roarrior For offtanking that might be a good thing, though. Having a high damage, "burst threat" build to grab groups of enemies as they spawn throughout a fight. That is honestly what I am hoping to do as a paladin (tank/cleric) with 2-handed sword. May not be the best single target tank, but if I can quickly grab all of the smaller threats running around, it will be well worth it!

[@maxwebb2290]

im the dedicated tank for my small guild, this is so insanely helpful! thank you!

[@Roarrior]

@@maxwebb2290 happy to be of assistance!

[@zeyosin1771]

Taunt seems like a useful Raid mechanic for off-Tanks or aggro management in large battle situations.

[@Roarrior]

@@zeyosin1771 indeed. Will be interesting to see how it plays out in taunt swap situations when taunt does not put you to the top of the threat meter and the two tanks are not first and second in threat.

[@redrav4233]

Looking at it from a raiding POI from other games, running 2 tanks and having 1 going super treaty and thr other not using many high threat abilities would be OP as hell. Having 1 tank put protect on the MT and then taunting on CD to reduce damage taken, god thats broken.

[@Roarrior]

@@redrav4233 the game is all about party synergy 😉

[@Pallywagz]

I watched this and now have chest hair. Thank you

[@Roarrior]

🤣 healer mains be like that

[@Cimarb]

Every one of these tank videos makes me want to go ahead and sign up for the alpha... I swore I would wait for the Tulnar release, but you are really tempting me! Thanks for all the tank-love. I cannot wait to start putting it to good use

[@Roarrior]

@@Cimarb Dec 20 is a fantastic time to hop onboard!

[@Cimarb]

@@Roarrior Yeah, I have been planning on May, since that is when the "Tulnar phase" starts, but I am getting the hype bug with your (and similar) videos, so I may just make it my Christmas thing. Honestly a good idea since I will probably have a week or two off around then to cash out my vacation time... the temptation is real!...

[@Roarrior]

@Cimarb also all our current progress is being wiped for Dec 20th launch so you would be on equal ground 😉

[@Cimarb]

@@Roarrior Yeah, character wise at least. I have been saying that the biggest benefit of joining in early is the actual experience (skill-wise), and it looks like I will have a LOT of catching up to do in that department no matter what. That is why I appreciate your videos so much - thanks for what you do and keep tankin!

[@Dr.Don.Cornelius]

I basically only use wall to troll my teammates when we're running at this point.

[@Roarrior]

@@Dr.Don.Cornelius 🤣

[@thatAKredneck]

Great info, I will make a couple changes when game comes back online. I maximized my mobility only to make better at pvp

[@WoahItsCrazyMike]

If a second persons taunt debuff overwrites any current taunt debuff, I wonder if you could have an of tank hit taunt whenever the main tank taunts, so you can reduce the damage a boss does to a main tank by 30%. I would imagine an off tank not getting the 30% DR from random aoe damage would be way better than not giving the MT an additional 30% DR from bosses direct hits.

[@Roarrior]

@@WoahItsCrazyMike bard also apply humiliation 😉

[@jasonmuse1866]

yeah walls totally broken. Nice guide. thanks

[@Roarrior]

@@jasonmuse1866 I knew it 🤣

[@FernsChamp]

I'm tanking name: Blathnaid much appreciated man! I definitely learned a think or two here

[@Roarrior]

@@FernsChamp happy to help. 💪

[@Yushaodo]

Tank/Cleric will be a thorn in the sides of empires!

[@bmschlossberg]

Tank/cleric is unkillable

[@hergendy]

Protect can be very good in a raid situation splitting damage between tanks, Protecting each other. Wonder if it will trigger an infinite cycle of damage redirects between 2 tanks Protecting each other.

[@Roarrior]

@@hergendy very well could be. The constant splitting of DMG could be very handy in the right situation. Or even just splitting specific attacks and not having it on all the time. Lots of possibilities to test.

[@calvinbush8238]

Hey what kind of stats and armor do we want im assuming heavy but what are some good stats to start looking for overall for weapons? thxs

[@Adrian_Franco]

Tried tanking and some people are so demanding lol. Gonna do something else next wipe. Also, I thought 30:28 was talking about how long your disables last. I tested it out and I think that's the case because the mobs seemed to be tripped for longer. Could be my imagination tho.

[@Roarrior]

@@Adrian_Franco no you are correct. It is disable duration. I was very tired 😂

[@husonuso]

Is there a meter that shows how much threat and courage you build up? Also, how you assign and delete hotkeys because I want to add food and delete an ability I dont use

[@Roarrior]

@@husonuso there is no threat meter or any indication that you lost agro other than the mob no longer hitting you. And in the settings you'll find full key binding options. You can rebind 99% of the buttons.

[@Lazy_Tavern]

Great video buddy ;)

[@Roarrior]

Thanks dude! Hope your enjoying the game!3

[@marcobernier3682]

Do you happen to know if Aegis transfer true damage, or it takes in consideration the type of it, minus mitigation? I.E, a mage gets a hit of 1000 dmg. 200 dmg transfer to the tank, but the mage does not have the same mitigation. Do it substract something, or the tank gets hit by 200 true dmg?

[@Roarrior]

@@marcobernier3682 I do believe it's DMG after mitigation. Because, it's transferring the DMG that the mage WOULD take to their actual health meaning after the mage mitigated what it could mitigate. Needs to be tested to be sure but I believe that is how it works.

[@zlatyan]

Thx fam

[@Nick-hq7yc]

would you ever try a 2h tank build?

[@Roarrior]

@@Nick-hq7yc yes as long as the skills and traits are there to support it. As it is now you lose a lot of durability swapping to 2hand. And the evasion skills aren't good enough to support a full evasion tank style. Maybe after more item sets and classes are introduced to augment out play styles.

[@RitchieSH]

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[@Dedgeo]

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[@Dr.Don.Cornelius]

That mic is dialed in, bud. God damn.

[@Roarrior]

@@Dr.Don.Cornelius thank you. I find myself constantly messing with EQ cause I'm never quite happy with it 😂