Division 2: The Surprising Best Tank In The Game.

Maybe I am being pedantic, but honestly, this is technically the best tank in the game.
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[@riseofbrotality]

This is Derek. Derek takes enemy agro for you. Derek is smart. Be like Derek.

[@DodRegnbue]

Derek does not have Stronk PP, Derek IS the Stronk PP.

[@jonathanrivera870]

Every time I join a game I swear the AI think that I'm the only player shooting & every single enemy shoot back at me killing me almost instantly, like I'm using PGC. I hate when that happens so I hate getting aggro... like cmon man there are other 3 more players WTH I get all the aggro?🤦‍♂️ I like to think if I'm getting all the aggro then I'm playing good.🤷‍♂️

[@iambecomedeafdestroyerofwords]

@@jonathanrivera870 I have a theory that npcs go after whomever is doing the most DPS or DMG but I can’t confirm

[@drers25i]

That's what I think whenever Im using all red dps. I'm like, with 3 over players. SMH

[@reverse5032]

This comment is Derek, thank you Derek.

[@nfsfanAndrew]

I wish the decoy actually made a copy of your agent instead of the generic one.

[@DodRegnbue]

That would be a nice touch. . . . .

[@Thund3rstone]

A MUD is a "Multiuser Dungeon", a text-based RPG. They were the first online multiplayer games. Knowing this without googling is usually outing you as an over 50 year old IT geek.

[@jonkazee]

i used to play MUD back in the days... still do log in every now n then...

[@photek9319]

respect for all the hard work and math for all your youtube video for the division 2 🤘

[@asfzg2870]

I don't know if you've played the first division game but there actually was a threat mechanic in that game. suppressors gave agents who used them -threat and I think there was another attachment called a "loud vent break" or something like that which gave the agent +threat. so basically everyone in the group except the shield user would use suppressors, not entirely sure why this wasn't carried over to the second game however....sorta made "tanking" impossible.

[@dh1380]

Defender drone - Damage mitigation from a defense mechanic. Granted it has crappy uptime and I suppose it doesn't protect against all types of damage. OK yeah I've talked myself out of it

[@Supadrumma441]

One of the few skills actually worth putting expertise levels into IMO. 21% damage reduction on a lvl 1 skill is quite nice.

[@gaddocknz2476]

great take my man. Ive been saying this for a while now...the decoy is the best way to effectively fill the tank roll. Ive made a 4 piece striker using the ninja bike back pack and picaros holster. By rolling a skill tier on my strikers pieces and running the technician specialisation Im running a 6 tier skill build that puts out a very decent amount of weapon damage. I run 2 blue cores as well. By running a decoy most general content has become very easy. Running a fenris obliterate chest rolled with skill tier also. secondary skill opens up for anything from striker drone to any healing skill....Its like a cheat code build.

[@KenTeague72]

MUD = Multi User Dungeon. It's an old game on multiuser UNIX systems, like D&D but a text-mode game and multiple users can partake.

[@doobydoo9548]

Hello Dod,tank is not just for attracting agro not in this game it's also so you can revive bad red and yellow build players who in legendary go down over n over again not you tho Dod eh ha but in actuality running a legendary with randoms from matchmaking, especially Manning Zoo often results in 30 to 40 revives no exaggeration a tank is able to get to a stupidly placed player and revive them where a healer build dare not go,also if you switch to Kard custom pistol you can revive your 3 dead teammates at once,the extra skill tier from Kard lets your hive revive 2 at once whilst you pick up one manually, Here's a name for it The Wipe Saver Tank build😃👍 keep up the good work Mr Grumpy, your theories are sound and maths don't lie 👍

[@doobydoo9548]

Ps I also run Bulwark shield but it's not used to face tank enemies with my pistol that's awfully slow,it's only pulled out when I'm almost dead at the last minute to let my armour regen repair me then put away again or when I'm manually reviving someone anyway finished now thanks👍

[@doobydoo9548]

Best example of this on KZbin I've found and what encouraged me to try it, Zack Gaming SHD Exposed MNZ role rivivor only, check him out he got 57 revives!!!! 👍

[@Fiffelito]

Skill tier 6 with decoy AND artificer hive, bonus points for repair skills. Suddenly the decoy can tank a pack of chungas on legendary.

[@droganovic6879]

Wait, does that actually work? I don't have gear so i can't test it but i want to be helpful to my friends, figure if i can take aggro... 😅

[@Supadrumma441]

@@droganovic6879 It does, especially if you overcharge it and it takes no damage. chungus love to beeline for hives and turrets too. They have an obsession with destroying them.

[@jackwongbmw]

​​@@droganovic6879 it works, the decoy can stand for 5 min😂I tested long ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaq1o6eYjLGJprc

[@Fiffelito]

And if you hot-swap in BTSU gloves at ~3 charges you can overcharge, making it take 0 damage, and before the overcharge is done you got your hive back. (or you know, you can keep the BTSU gloves on since it's a hazzle to swap gear mid-combat and those BTSU have healing on them). Just make sure you don't place the hive right next to the decoy or explosions will damage the hive. But well... it's a 0 damage build but it fits right in when you're in a group that takes 1h+ to do a legendary. (the others seem to do no damage either so it won't hurt as much ;) ).

[@ManiacalThumbz]

i heard after the decoy was released .. they had to change the mechanics of tanking and making anything out of cover take 100 percent agro. assuming in a group everyone is in cover and your the tank .. all you had to do was be out of cover and you would take at least the majority of the agro .. im sure proximity to npc plays a role maybe but thats usually what it seems like to work in those situations. now with decoy at 6 tier or on oc that threat level goes above 100%

[@ADway-hn7qu]

Well Division doesn't have the traditional idea of a "tank" division also has a fairly generous revive system. The purpose of a tank on a team is less to draw fire but more to push into danger zones to revive that glass-cannon user... again. The ironic part is this doesn't change much about the conclusion, you just run 6 skill tier and revive Hive.

[@nfsfanAndrew]

Run it with hard wired and you'll have constant decoy and revives available

[@astroadam4280]

One of the best tank builds is rigger with decoy and striker drone.

[@Supadrumma441]

Yep striker drone draws mega aggro.

[@Supadrumma441]

Outside of heartbreaker, blue builds are useless. Massive needs to add a taunt effect to shields at least.

[@ImposterCookie331]

Cus of these comments and what works more effective on shield builds. I made tweaks. I used to use all blue foundry bulwark with pointman chest. Changed to TP tank build. 5 blues, 1 red, All minors to crit chance and crit dmg. Chest replaced with belstone, but still using vanguard. Mask putted with chillout, for 51% PFE. It morely as tank build but also benefitting my teammates, white and blue flags for my own tankiness. And red flag for everyone. As people says put on more dmg. This is what I went with, tank that can does some dmg but also giving teamates more damage as well. But still I wondered. Do you think this is really improvement? And can it be used on raids too?

[@Supadrumma441]

@@ImposterCookie331 The biggest issue with blue builds for me is the complete lack of DAMAGE REDUCTION to armour. Certain rapid fire smg enemies can shred 2mill+ armour just as quickly as 700k so that in my eyes makes blue builds functionally pointless. Heartbreaker is the exception cause it works really well with memento, bonus armour up the ass, and if you couple it with eagle bearer and defender drone with firewall shield, actually has decent damage reduction and damage output. Even without red cores (I went full hazpro and damage from elites on my stuff with chillout mask because I hate the fire and disorient ammo types and how much they weaken you) you can actually kill shit and have decent tankiness so sticking a cunt hair out of cover for more than 2 seconds isn't gonna end in a quick trip to deaths door. But the real reason I think their pointless is they simply do not do what a tank is supposed to do. Take damage for their allies by taunting mobbs to focus on them.

[@RaZeyLWindBladE]

@Supadrumma441 there needs to be a mindset shift. Tanks aren't just supposed to take damage for the team. I'd argue that tanks are better off doing CC, reduce damage to the team or allow more damage to be done to the enemies. Stuff like Opportunistic or Scorpio helps the team more because it allows the team to control the battlefield.

[@ImposterCookie331]

@@Supadrumma441 character alone taking the damage maybe. I use shield on then. And I can facetank hunters decently. Thier melee hits only takes 33% of my shield health. 1 time on legendary duo attempt. Kept failing on last part. Until I changed from my dps build intl tank build and it all went success. For time there doesn't seem to be highly specialized tank build, until calavier set comes out. Which I am most excited for. Only thing I wished calavier also had something extra. For example +1% all amplified damage to your teammates for every 20% hazard protection you have on. Pretty much 5% more damage buff, it isn't much but at least it something.

[@ANGELSTR1KE]

If the decoy is the best/only tank in the game, the best tank BUILD is 4pc hardwired with a decoy.

[@DodRegnbue]

Technically, yes.

[@ANGELSTR1KE]

@DodRegnbue I might try seeing what team buffs I can cram into that and see how it works.

[@dw4897]

I will share this with my clan buddy that loves numbers also.

[@dw4897]

Me and my dps buddies would love running with Derek!

[@TheRedStateBlue]

more than mitigation and aggro generation, a tank needs the ability to force a target swap to themselves, an ability which is very lacking in div 2. personally, i think we should have access to 4 shd skills, not 2, and some of those shd skills shouldn't be skills at all... like the chem launcher and the shield. neither of which should be shd tech abilities, but objects to use like grenades.

[@bertanderny8927]

Recent sub. Dig your presentation. May be an englishman thing but your no bollocks say it as it is is entertaining. Unrelated to derek im afraid but i have a ….. pondering, that you can probably answer cause its more up your street. Damage, VS RPM. Obv red cores = damage, but, how many reds can one ‘lose’ if one can increase rpm. Where is the tipping point of damage through power vs damage through speed. Im currently bopping around with a pesti, with an umbra and strikers combo. It will probably fall apart without golden bullet, but the rpm increase on the pesti is considerable if played right. What say you? Power vs speed? Great vid, already having ideas. Good stuff.

[@DodRegnbue]

This is mostly going to be build dependant, other multipliers come into effect. For a base guideline, 20% AWD, is equal to roughly 8% total damage/DPS. So taking out 2 red cores will drop you by about 15% Total. RPM is a direct multiplier of your DPS. So if you increase your RPM by 15%, you will quite litterally do 15% more DPS.

[@bertanderny8927]

@@DodRegnbue interesting. So if i can up the rpm enough, i can afford to swap a red or at a push 2, and my rpm will balance it somewhat. Nice. Ty.

[@DodRegnbue]

@@bertanderny8927 Ish. To be honest, you would be better off upping your RPM and just running Preservation. Solves the entire issue. Preservation byitself is equal to roughly 3 Blue cores. And the only reliably way to increase your RPM is just Striker's. Nothing else really comes close.

[@bertanderny8927]

@@DodRegnbue i was actually thinking of multiple things. 1 being a way to balance some skill with some damage. 1 being survivability. I do that. 1 realisation leads to 3 ideas all at the same time. We need more build slots dammit 🤣

[@Farmehsutehcals]

I knew this was going to happen

[@rh6053]

I have a odd one Tier 6 yellow with 3 red and 2 blue Ninjabike messenger bag 2 hot shot 1 aces and eights 1 Habsburg Guard with headhunter Picaro's Holster With the Mantis Running technician With decoy and Artificer hive Headshot where ever I can get it

[@DodRegnbue]

I wont lie, I do not get the point. Still if it works for you, that is what matters

[@rh6053]

@@DodRegnbue it has 90% MM damage 45% all weapon damage with 276 headshot damage. In a three man group I normally play in I can still one shot heroic red bars if I hit them in the head and from there I can go after the others with head hunter. Having the mantis I have 100% uptime with the decoy and it’s out longer and more effective with the hive next to it.

[@jonathanrivera870]

Is a Tank/dps possible?

[@andresbermudez8235]

technician with Detroit holster and chain killer/headhunter, skill tier 6 decoy, throw in regulus and, maybe?

[@Supadrumma441]

Only with heartbreaker set really.

[@DodRegnbue]

Technically yes. Are they good? No, not really.

[@kaisersoze6993]

sherman?