DCUO: Earth Tank Guide - Everything You Need to Know!

[@ObsidianChill]

0:00 Start 1:53 Skill Point Spec 5:06 Gear Mods 7:07 Artifacts 9:23 Augments 9:57 Consumables 10:52 Where to Find Breakout Trinket 11:28 Affinty Mods 12:54 Generator Mods 13:31 Brick Loadout 20:02 Aftershocks Loadout 24:03 Aftershocks Rotation 29:07 Brick Rotation

[@solparadox]

How are you getting healed with brick?

[@ObsidianChill]

@@solparadox are you referring to the heals from mystic symbol artifact or the eye of the Gemini artifact? Or something else

[@solparadox]

@@ObsidianChill at 31:50 you say that they dont hurt you enough to get through bricks heals. Didnt know if you meant he was healing you or that he was healing himself. And at that point in the video what is healing you that much?

[@ObsidianChill]

@@solparadox oh that I was referring to damage transfer, the adds weren’t hurting me enough to dmg brick enough to overcome the heals from fortify golem so I could sit there forever and not take dmg. In a raid etc adds would hit harder which will lower bricks health a lot more

[@kennysingh9544]

@@ObsidianChill hi obsidian very important question, does def help with shield strength?

[@Zedonus0]

Fortify Golem is unnecessary for Brick, it's NEEDED for Crystal. Totem is Necessary as an AOE DoT that also heals golems. Brick will use Jackhammer to eat up his power, but he still does damage without needing Fortify Golem. He is there to taunt, take 50% damage you take, punch and toss rock handclap bullets at enemies at a distance. You keep pulling enemies into Totem to deal AOE DoT that also juggles and stuns enemies while healing Brick.

[@austancravens4511]

Would you recommend circes mask artifact with earth tanking?

[@franciscovivescarpio1892]

This artifact is perfect for ice tank have 3/4 shields

[@DaddyySage]

100k Source Marks Is Crazy 😂

[@NocturnalExstacy]

Why does everyone use iconic powers? Can't we do a decent build without iconic?

[@TheLegendOfSmitty]

I don't use them at all

[@legendary9078]

You cannn but hes showing you the best way once you get the hang of it do yourcown way 👍

[@meta_quest_3]

you put critical healing, why not critical damage please. if i can't heal myself, why not critical damage. i mean in skill point

[@ShadowXMadden]

You can damn near battle tank anything up to elite end game raids. I can battle tank through elite end game alerts. Clarion Demon fang Grim With brick and hybrid focus is my go to base build 578 sp 100 dom 150 resto 100 prec 30 might 50 health Weapon mastery Brawling In elite end game 2 builds 1 with brick Superpowered 200 dom 200 health 100 resto I still get wm for better ranged counters I lower from maxing crits and just stick with the 10 min Anything else i invest heavy in dom and resto The build for swe Brick jackhammer(mainly a taunt but helps rebuff quick to resummon brick) Grip Fortify Perfect poise Gemstone Arts Eog( art swap with mercy) Mystic Manacles Pretty much can take you through the bosses For single Arts Clarion Manacles Eog Pebble blast Gemstone Jackhammer Perfect poise Grip( optional to swap with soothing sands depending on chemistry with other tank) Last move i use is to help with burn Reinforce With 6 pieces elite has a 25% of being a shield which is an added bonus. But its your main form of healing yourself because you cant hold block on 1 boss or you will give up a blue. Also heals 3 group members and will shield a player above 95% health which is valuable especially in elite. Probably one of my favorite artifatc is the clarion, boss tank can help with solid contribution burn and be able to support themselves and the group

[@genesiskwanza8335]

Thanks, your comment helped me a lot

[@genesiskwanza8335]

Wait, How come you don’t use Dilustel Refractor instead of Clarion, The Tank pull from Refractor gives you a lot of health

[@biggdashack7395]

Great content I'm new at this game and I would love to know how to get dashing combo if I'm pronouncing it right which mod gives me dashing combo and where do I place it at.. back or chest..

[@DangerouslyActive]

Peddle stone is Single taunt "super taunt" I dislike lasso cause. It's slow in animation.

[@marquezcrosby3773]

I thought the same thing hatter. It’s also good a crits.

[@DangerouslyActive]

@@marquezcrosby3773 I feel you. But my mind set it stuck on tanking.... "crits" doesn't add value towards tanking as a role...I don't think....

[@marquezcrosby3773]

@@DangerouslyActive Yeah my bad lol. I was referring to the dps side of it as ST, but it’s a single target pull and it holds tank agro. So I think it all comes down to personal preference.

[@diamondep]

Why don't you use the Group Breakout Power? In the Aftershook Loadout would you take out HL and use the SC shield for the Group Breakout or Epicenter.

[@ObsidianChill]

Soothing Sands isn't worth it, the heal is small and its a 18s cooldown. Unless there is a specific raid mechanic that requires group immunity (extremely rare) you will decrease your survivability by running it.

[@diamondep]

@@ObsidianChill Thanks as usual.

[@hera7884]

Thank you for another amazing guide :) I have used your guides for every power I’ve been and it has improved my overall experience in the game.

[@wondy.official]

Thank you for your precious advices!... You help me to build my tank on the better way. This is Wonder Woman from "The Legendaries" french league. 😉✌️🇨🇵

[@dullie9719]

hey Obsidian, im having a hard time choosing between earth, ice or fire for both dps aoe damage and single target, but also for the tanking side, i like rage but it’s terrible single target, please between those three powers which do u think is the best for entirely all around?

[@ObsidianChill]

best all around will be Fire

[@SuperDoggy99]

Literally EVERY build I've seen for this game--doesnt matter the role--includes Super Speed. How silly.

[@CaptainPorcupine]

Superspeed isn't required but man it does help a lot

[@cheatermccheat6378]

It's so off putting, they need to overhaul movement modes completely.

[@solparadox]

New to earth power, but how do you get brick to heal you?

[@genesiskwanza8335]

i think there are some new artifacts that help heal brick i forget the name, i'm also trying to find some info

[@user-xe8kf7rq7n]

can you use ampoule of terror instead of the chronometric emitter for stun consumable? the ampoule causes fear but it’s for 6s, the emitter actually stuns but only for 3.5s

[@FadeLikeMamba]

I didnt know people still play this game, after spending 500$ i quite back in 2016 lol

[@devibezshow]

Better jump back in and sell some old shit, it’s worth a lot now

[@solareiusdeiu]

This game dead

[@devibezshow]

@@solareiusdeiu cappage

[@Jay-21]

@@solareiusdeiu yeah it’s not dead 😭😭 it actually grew a loy

[@armandoayala446]

Yup its growing a lot, and they just suspended like 800 players😁😁

[@Nytellem]

Since lasso and Amazonia Deflection is not used can we just skip that and save the skill points?

[@ObsidianChill]

yes, those are completely optional skill points

[@flipeled]

Great videos all around, loved all of them. Which power is your favorite to tank with an which one would you say is the best for high end currently? Cheers!

[@ObsidianChill]

Personally I will always love Fire. Best for high end can still be fire but the easiest tank for that type of content is Rage. Rage is just so strong you don't even really need great gear or skillpoints.

[@flipeled]

@@ObsidianChill Fire is nice, my very first character was a Fire tank. I will always love Earth tho, I have a blast "battle tanking". Was curious for your opinion!

[@ObsidianChill]

@@flipeled Earth is really only the true battle tank, in regular content you would be perfectly fine battle tanking. You really just run a dps supercharge and put unstoppable on and spec and wear dps gear.

[@Duran22191]

@@ObsidianChill Would what you wrote for battle tanking be best with brick or aftershock build?

[@ObsidianChill]

@@Duran22191 aftershocks

[@KM-jb3vg]

Just realised while brick is beating on that cloud in the background there is a giant rock golem stomping around ahaha shoulda noticed sooner but that's funny how brick is just a tiny version

[@DBlixkemDown]

How tf do U have 900 sp??? 🤨🤨🤨

[@ObsidianChill]

test server glitch

[@josephb8499]

I was wondering how he had 99,600 source marks lol

[@VitalDcuo]

Would Manacles mystic and Laz be good for earth ??

[@MauriceM_R]

would Brick become OP if you use Mercy artifact, EOG, totem ?

[@gregbertwell2173]

What allies ?

[@bobguy2362]

Is Earthen pull still awkward like this or did they fix it

[@bigfootking7395]

I got to level 10 and the trophy for ps4 didn't pop. Idk what to do.

[@Caleb-dl3on]

Great video. By chance would the lasso artifact be worth using instead of everyman to replace earth grip?

[@ObsidianChill]

no, lasso its more of a niche/joke artifact that its really useful except in rare situations and even then a controller could use lasso to the same effect a tank could.

[@rondri2473]

is there an earth battle tanking guide?

[@ParticularSky413]

I’ve been using mercy with brick, along with mystic and manacles, been the best thing ever

[@DavidRivera-ji5wk]

Super late comment but whats better for tanking elite? And isn't aftershocks just a weaker version of ice tanking?

[@genesiskwanza8335]

Very cool i can't believe i'm just finding out about your channel, you have very helpful videos. I'm lost as a tank lol

[@diamondep]

Another question about Mystic. I saw on your fire video that resto crits affect the heals from mystic, would it be beneficial to Max the resto crust with Aftershook tanking?

[@ObsidianChill]

you can if you have the extra SP to spend, with the low resto you'll have even with the crits they aren't going to be too consequential but similarly to the movement mode innates if you have enough SP it certainly wouldn't hurt to take them

[@diamondep]

@@ObsidianChill I'm using PP with EOG. Should I used whenever its off cool down to proc eog, or just as an emergency shield or breakout?

[@ObsidianChill]

@@diamondep nah perfect poise I save for those moments where you feel you are going to die for example COUE Trigon when the eyes come out etc. It's basically your "oh shit" button that will save you

[@tonyfooterguson9620]

why not use a taunt attack? do you need to taunt a enemy anymore?

[@telmooliveira8405]

Hey obsidian, where you get that quantum trinket?

[@VampireDragon86]

Seriously what is up with ss for every single build

[@ObsidianChill]

The dps side of the powersets will all benefit from superspeed more than other movements. Acrobatics can easily be substituted for tanking. Flight and skimming are the worst for tanking

[@Mrdarkknight2000]

Where is the vendor to get affinities? Like dom a and dom b?

[@spritualflared]

That supercharge is trash for EOG earth spam because you have to be in speed movement mode to use it…in which, you can get knocked out off. It’s best to use Acrobatics or flight movement for The EOG earth tank spam.

[@ObsidianChill]

this is true, but alot of earth players are also superspeed movement for the dps benefits so they only have dash attack to work with. If I could be acro and use perfect poise all the time it would be great but superspeed has massive dps advantages

[@spritualflared]

@@ObsidianChill Thanks for the response. I also notice that with earth tanking, the stone skin doesn’t show any numbers that are supposedly being “absorbed” it’s hard to test if something works without seeing the numbers or effectiveness. I’m starting to think that perhaps stone skin works better when specd into health also. It just feels as if stone skin does nothing at all…especially in elite.

[@meremortals9960]

Brick is useless..think'n bout try'n brick but also having jackhammer available if brick dies..whatta you think bout that setup

[@josephb8499]

Brick is not useless.. it’s the best option for earth. lol. With brick . I will not die at all. Take off epicenter and use amazon deflection. .

[@meremortals9960]

@@josephb8499 brick horrible for addz

[@user-fp7to2hp3x]

Could you run lasso as the pull with the artifact instead of earthern grip and then replace dash attack with superman level 10 shield? The earthern grip is such a bad pull

[@ObsidianChill]

personally I am not a fan of lasso, but that can work as well yes.

[@user-fp7to2hp3x]

@@ObsidianChill thanks for replying, I’m not the biggest fan of using up an art slot just for a better pull, but earthern grip is just pure ass :( if it didn’t stun and just pulled like every other tank pull it would be fine but oh well

[@ObsidianChill]

@@user-fp7to2hp3x yea the stun component needs to be removed, been a long issue, even if it stunned after it pulled it would work better.

[@dcuoffendinghabits7949]

Do a video on tour thoughts of devs future changes to dcuo

[@bryanafshar1082]

Do you think circes mask can work with earth tanking?

[@ObsidianChill]

It does not work well, Gemstone shield is the strongest tank shield and then earth would also use hard light shield, which is also strong so you don't have the shield breaking easily to proc circes mask and you don't really need the stun from it either because you have the knockdowns from jackhammer

[@bryanafshar1082]

@@ObsidianChill thank you so much for your response

[@vinirobin]

9:40 Circe? Really?... :D

[@Zedonus0]

I mean, have you seen Circe?! I'd bring her up, too. Old school look and redone. Best looking character in the game.

[@Geoforcee100]

earth does have a st move but not a pull :)

[@ObsidianChill]

at least its not a projectile :)

[@blackroyaltymgmt5195]

BATTLE TANK?

[@ChampDcuo]

Is scrap of the soul cloak and eog at 160 still good

[@ObsidianChill]

yup, at 200 it only gives you the extended sc chest mod basically at 7% so if you have it at 160 and use the chest mod you only use 2% SC

[@vrax9]

Breakout Trinkets for both factions are available in Gotham Under Siege.

[@DangerouslyActive]

And vendors in various Gotham and metro pd

[@DangerouslyActive]

Also a vendor walsau across from R&D in WT

[@DangerouslyActive]

Lol sorry just remembered, the t1 to t4 vendor gear...

[@rockjm9876543210]

What's best for cou e 1st boss

[@ObsidianChill]

aftershocks, if brick dies during any of the eyes phases you are more than likely dead, that is too much damage too quickly to take with no mitigation and gemstone is a slow shield summon.

[@crownmeking6070]

I have a question, why don't you put anything into health?

[@ObsidianChill]

after you have maxed out dom, everything goes into health then

[@crownmeking6070]

Hmm okay someone told me to go health first then dom, but I’ll listen to you. What makes dom better in this case?

[@crownmeking6070]

He said put the first 60-100 sp into dom then the rest into health

[@ObsidianChill]

@@crownmeking6070 besides shield strength your defense increases with dom and the only reason they may say spec health to start is based on brick damage transfer but even then aftershock tanking wouldn't be impacted by that

[@crownmeking6070]

Okay thanks

[@DBlixkemDown]

1st

[@meremortals9960]

How you change the color of hl shield

[@ObsidianChill]

Whatever colour is in your first slot will be your HLS colour

[@meremortals9960]

@@ObsidianChill coo...thx

[@justincourts8296]

When to tuant?

[@ObsidianChill]

every power that deals dmg will taunt, you would taunt anytime there is an enemy npc/boss

[@lanips6380]

Rage next? 🙏🏽

[@ObsidianChill]

I have uploaded them all in a row :)

[@najeesmith3269]

If I pick shield what combos do I take if any?

[@ObsidianChill]

you don't need to take any if you'd like. But if you'd like you can take what you feel comfortable with. Depends on your SP

[@najeesmith3269]

@@ObsidianChill thanks a lot I watch your videos alot

[@ObsidianChill]

@@najeesmith3269 glad I could help out

[@najeesmith3269]

@@ObsidianChill last question. Hybrid for aftershock too ?

[@ObsidianChill]

@@najeesmith3269 yup, I always go hybrid unless you are battle tanking and just going to spam jackhammer

[@josephb8499]

I replace epicenter with amazon deflection, depending on the map. And I use brick loadout. Since it’s way better. But ofc you lose out on the dps/tank.

[@genesiskwanza8335]

Joseph do you battle tank with earth.