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

This video will provide the foundation of everything you need to know about an Ice Tank. It will go into detail highlight all the aspects of the powerset with regards to tanking so that you can be successful in regular or elite content. Enjoy.
0:00 Start
2:48 Skill Point Spec
7:54 Gear Mods
11:04 Where to Find Breakout Trinket
12:15 Artifacts
15:27 Consumables
16:00 Augments
16:47 Affinity Mods
17:58 Generator Mods
18:34 Loadout
24:04 Rotation
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0:00 Start 2:48 Skill Point Spec 7:54 Gear Mods 11:04 Where to Find Breakout Trinket 12:15 Artifacts 15:27 Consumables 16:00 Augments 16:47 Affinity Mods 17:58 Generator Mods 18:34 Loadout 24:04 Rotation

[@Kiryu]

You can also get the affinity mods for your generator from the R&D vendor in your base

[@ObsidianChill]

@@Kiryu if they have that collection item yup certainly :)

[@marhawkman303]

@@ObsidianChill oh hey, I got the breakout trinket from a different vendor and apparently you can get it from some vendors that don't sell for source marks.

[@jcollazo2040]

Q

[@laelo9]

Wow...u have a LOT of skill points. I literally only have 103😭

[@bradentraub]

These guides are on another level from what else is on youtube. Actual theory crafting. Thank you SO much.

[@ObsidianChill]

thank you for the kind words

[@NextGhostWeeb]

This video helped me alot, just started ice tankning👌

[@lisyxdoll2564]

Hey man, thanks for this. I just started playing and was pretty lost on the Ice tank. I understand a bit more now.

[@nathan24-_-2]

this brings back so many memories, im a working man now so i can finally play with the other cool powers but ice is forever gonna have a special place in my heart, thank you for the build and the memories

[@DCUOGeoforcee100]

when reflect used to be the best shield!! i miss those dayz! thanx for video OC :)

[@youngreckless97]

My friend and I ran a lot of duos he ran ice tank I ran nature heals at the time. We got reported for hacking a couple times because of my boys reflect. It was op plus he had a lot of sp. Good times man

[@DCUOGeoforcee100]

@@youngreckless97 what really :O ! that is messed up

[@goodgrief8058]

Right,I can remember when reflect did damage

[@domvsdom]

Thank you for this video

[@geoffreylane5606]

Thank you very much for taking time out of your day to do this for players I truly appreciate it. Even a old player like me can learn new things you are invaluable my friend.

[@tonyphills6075]

I was gonna say the same

[@daCheezus]

Also, is Circe's Mask's heals affected by crit ch/mag heals stat and resto? And what cheese do you use when you make a grilled cheese?

[@bonaelzee]

Did they change how to farm for styles. I been running the league of assassins alert for a few hours and I'm not getting any parts related to it

[@Kiryu]

It’s so sad that ice is my favorite power and yet it’s also one of the ones in greatest need of an overhaul😤

[@d3po607]

IF ONLY this game was more popular tanking is so much fun in this game

[@guyinaroom7771]

Ice tank makes me so sad, I have so much trouble just because I don't have a lot of health and can't get healed feel as though something based on health instead of shield is much better

[@Mrdarkknight2000]

Do you feel that the ice tank now and 2023 is still good to you cersei's mask manacles and Mystic 7 together?

[@Dexadra]

Could you tell me where you got those values from at 20:39 ?

[@dacariice19]

What I don’t get is why did they take out the ability to encase enemies in ice. How is ice power not able to do it unless it’s a supercharge?

[@unclenephew2376]

Idk it’s dumb meanwhile mental can encase burn form change you name it to enemies smh

[@marhawkman303]

I think the issue is that the game as originally designed let any class play any role, and then they changed that to only 2 per class, while they still have those powers from before that don't make sense now.

[@DangerouslyActive]

The ice cube thumb nail... I like that.😅

[@ObsidianChill]

ice ice baby

[@DangerouslyActive]

@@ObsidianChill 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I died. And I'm showing my age to this response.🤦‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[@johnmcdonald219]

I'm a noob so appreciate these videos. I have questions though. Isn't it better to have the accelerate reflection mod in the back because with the cooldown being so low it is almost always available? Even though it is a weak shield. Isn't everyman prototype an alternative to circes mask as it is a defense artifact? and also circes mask doesn't always work on bosses. Lastly in a previous video you said ice battle tank uses precision aguments but in this video you say ice tank needs might, so what mods should i put into my generator? Thankyou.

[@ObsidianChill]

You always want your strongest ability as often as you can get it. Reflection won't save you in end tier content, its almost half as strong. The stun on circe's mask doesn't matter for bosses as much, you are just looking for the extra healing when the shield breaks. Prototype only procs when you are lower health but you aren't lower health that often as you are constantly shielded so most of the time it won't have any uptime. Ice battle tank doesn't exist, if you want to be an ice battle tank just dps normally and let someone else tank.

[@johnmcdonald219]

@@ObsidianChill Great answer, thankyou.

[@marhawkman303]

@@ObsidianChill Heh, yesterday I was in a Barbatos raid fight with a build where my only shield was Reflection, because A: while leveling I figured out you could get 100% uptime, and B: the game doesn't tell you how much shield it actually gives you on ANY shield ability. The Dominance stat description tell you how much it affects shield values... but the shield powers themselves have NO data on that. Also some games I'd played previously REPLACE shields so I was thinking that having multiples was redundant. But apparently they just stack in this game. Yeah, nothing in-game tells you that. Anyways I got my ass kicked pretty hard the first go we had at the boss. then I tweaked my setup to have both Reflection and Winter Ward and.. danng.... it was like I barely had any shield before, and now I had like 3x the shielding. guides like this one you made REALLY make a HUGE difference in playing the game.

[@kryptonitespider2513]

look at all that cash, source marks, and sp.. :O

[@meremortals9960]

The best place to test tankin is coue 1st boss...thoze eyez are brutal

[@joeish333]

With Superman Ally in Support do we need Amazon Deflection?

[@AirGaboon]

957 skill points now....?! Is this the actual max or are you on a test/special server? I've never been on test server.

[@boepressha8859]

Hey I was wondering why run Amazon reflection if I’m a at active moving tank?

[@DruidsCalling]

Ice is still a great power😊

[@alexjender4048]

Heyy Obsidian! Was wondering, does Circes Mask give you heals based of Mystic seven heals over time? If not, would demon fang better alternative to get the 30% heal from Circes mask?

[@ObsidianChill]

circes mask would impact all incoming heals so the heals from mystic would be included in that

[@alexjender4048]

@@ObsidianChill that’s great to here!! Ty

[@marhawkman303]

@@ObsidianChill related: does having multiple shields give a separate trigger for each shield break?

[@sprtbm666]

Hi. Im fire at the moment and im triyng to find a consumible to replicate resonating gale or something similar to this. To stun at range. What do you recomends?

[@ObsidianChill]

if you want a consumable the only ranged stun consumable is Static Grenade, it is just a basic stun but it would at least be ranged

[@sprtbm666]

@@ObsidianChill thnx. Ill give it a try

[@bobcatman0121]

This still good now or did updates change it?

[@eduardovargas3811]

Whats that Permanent soda cooler ur using

[@daCheezus]

You said regenerative shielding hand mod doesn't scale. Does that mean it's just a flat number of healing. Also, is it not affected by your crit heal chc/mag and resto? Please and thx

[@ObsidianChill]

By not scaling, when you pop a shield you will get 500 health etc. 500 health when you have 250,000-400,000 health in content really isn't going to do anything at all :D even if it crits it wouldn't save you from a weapon tap from an npc and the healing you get from mystic would be considerably better than any procs.

[@daCheezus]

@@ObsidianChill thank God we have people like you that dig down deep. Else we'd all be wasting so much in terms of sp, mods, arts, etc etc. Thx fam. Keep it up!

[@marhawkman303]

@@daCheezus yeah when I first started playing I thought Omegahedron was good... then realized it does nothing but give you energy and gives you almost no energy at high levels. *sadface* It's a neat thing to have for sentimental reasons... but not practical to actually USE. Same issue with a lot of stuff that says it gives you healing... the SCALE of healing isn't in the tooltip!!!!! I used to like the weapon one for healing you when you do weapon attacks... but... no actually it's super weak healing.

[@Mrdarkknight2000]

Can u make a loadout of a ice battle tank plz.. like the content..

[@isaacfabara]

Please there is a ug about breakout ice tank now is a shield ? Need a new guide about tank ice pls 😊

[@spidersebas1233]

how did you get 937 skill points?

[@justjersey3113]

Did that say 957 sp??? Lmaoooo, I have SERIOUS work to do lmaoooo

[@jam_2315]

So 311sp after maxing out Dom. Go ab 60/40 resto then health huh?

[@ObsidianChill]

Correct

[@jam_2315]

@@ObsidianChill I went a tad more I think like 200/111 I think. Guess I'll go bk and get a lil more health

[@SaviorPrime2024]

What tank power do you think is the best and easiest power to tank with?

[@reklessgod6459]

Rage

[@jsquadthekid6610]

Rage

[@Bat_Money1638]

Its the best but definitely not the easiest

[@pdg90]

What about Rejuvenating Escape for the affinity mod C and Spiked Block for D?

[@ObsidianChill]

they are certainly viable, the heal you get from rejuvenating escape is inconsequential and the type D mods are barely noticeable in practice. It's just equipping them just to equip them if you are full elite.

[@coletrickle154]

Where do u find the breakout trinket in the House of legends?

[@marhawkman303]

It's a PvP vendor thing. I don't think there IS one in HoL. Either the Hall of Doom or Watchtower PvP vendor

[@psionicdante3532]

Love how the devs broke the power sets so bad that people have to use iconic powers and movement powers in order for them to work lol.

[@laelo9]

How to get get gear mods in the first place tho?

[@marhawkman303]

one of the hideout upgrades you need to upgrade to with source marks

[@rolinckfan]

Is the Ice Elemental viable in any way?

[@ObsidianChill]

only in rare situations where you are overwelmed with adds and need the extra defense. The empress eyes Trigon First boss is an example

[@jeffspencer1255]

How valid is this now in 2023? I sought this out because I stunk up the joint today and wanted advice. Has the game changed enough in the last two years that this no longer works, or is it still good?

[@ObsidianChill]

Everything is still the same, circes mask and eog artifacts aren't needed you can run lazarus pit or refractor. Allies would have come out since this video as well

[@jeffspencer1255]

@@ObsidianChill thanks for the reply! I already ditched circe's mask for everyman.

[@moetoonice8788]

how do you get so much skill points

[@ObsidianChill]

this was a bug on test server, you can't get that many on live server

[@bertric23]

Is Ice reflect still OP 2022?

[@ObsidianChill]

no, Winter Ward is the strongest now and Reflect is ok but weak

[@bertric23]

How come its better now? Thank you sir.

[@ObsidianChill]

@@bertric23 during stats revamp, a time where devs re-adjusted abilities and stats they changed ice's shields. There really wasn't a good reason just they made reflect weaker and 12s cooldown and winterward strongest and 18s cooldown

[@bertric23]

@@ObsidianChill ah thank you man a very great help!

[@mids100]

If i had 100sp should i put it all in dom or 60 dom 40 resto??

[@ObsidianChill]

all dom, you don't worry about specing anything else until your dom is fully maxed out

[@rsav-yt2112]

lol why is no one really mentioning the over 900 sp

[@ObsidianChill]

Haha I commented on a couple other videos, it is a test server glitch, not on live server

[@zsahe21]

!!!!

[@r4trnyc718]

Ice 🧊

[@Larizsaa]

1st

[@Jmoneyy-sr8pc]

What’s the best tank power for lower sp players ? @ObsidianChillDCUO

[@luffypl6754]

I would say rage. As long as you cancel rage crash you are good to go