Hello guys,
I am wondering if you could recommend PVE tank builds. Which one is/are the more used and useful?
Also… I should go full con, shouldn’t I?
Thanks
Give more specifics, are you always playing with your friends? solo? do you want to enjoy your game? are you a masochist? do you want to deal decent dps while being able to tank?
Hi thank you for your reply.
I don’t have any friend in the game atm.
My goal is be a useful tank = 100% pve. I am not worried about my DPS, because I understand I am a tank. If I wanted to play as DPS I would taken another char.
Thanks 
As long as you include Peltasta 1 in your build, carry a shield and some dispeller/barrier scrolls, you can somewhat tank.
Full tank builds usually start with Peltasta 2 or 3 and either go Rodelero 2 Fencer 2 or Squire for the utility
that clears it, currently you can look into some guides posted in the swordsman section by Cathexis/Autentist. I’ll do a quick explanation to give you an idea.
Sword>pel>pel>rodel>rodel>fencer>fencer
^ very good physical tank with 10 second magic immunity from rodelero’s slithering. A good physical tank mainly because you can block, you have a good amount of defense while blocking AND having evasion.
sword>pel>pel>pel>squire>squire>squire
not an expert here but mainly you go hardcore full con with this masochist build. Having squire helps you generate money and iirc you can help your team if you are with a pre-made team, some of your skills won’t work with random queue(not sure about this part), you will have a very good taunt and very high hp, also having a decent block and defense while guarding.
PS I know you’ve said you wanted to play a full tank, that’s not bad. I’m just worried about the path you’re about to take, people usually prefer full tanks on dungeon runs and high level areas only, might be hard on your part.
sword>pel>pel>pel>squire>squire>squire Hi sorry but why I should to take squire? is Squire usefull to tank? It looks like a shop with legs
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When you tank, you will be obviously hit more than the rest of your party. Your equipment’s durability will go down faster than them. If you have squire, you won’t need to stop grinding to go repair equipment in town, thus lowering downtime for your party.
Arrest is also a good mass CC skill.
already explained by velasta. and since you’re going full tank other classes will serve you very little use. you can try sword>pel>pel>pel>cor>cor>cor for a very high jolly roger chance and jolly roger attribute(attribute is obtainable at cor1 though). but idk about a full tank corsair really, you have to switch a lot to use your offensive skills. so squire is really a better choice. Pel3>rodel3 is another path but you might regret it later in the process, I haven’t tried or seen one yet though.
I made a ‘small guide’ of FULL TANK.
Its long and Harsh. If you want to try…
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I’m trying sword>pel>pel>cata>cata>cata>dragoon
You can use 1handed spears with Cataphract only?
Always tough that needed to be atleast Hoplite…
Dragoon also has 1H spear attribute
Yeah, but he go loose 3 ranks without being able to tank without swaping weapons :v
Personally I like Sword > Pelt > Hop > Hop > Squire > Squire > XX.
Finesta synerges well by raising your block and the +18% evasion from peltesta skill makes up for the lost evasion and still gives more to spare. Also the Shield + spear skill on hoplite hits like a truck if you are going down the tank route.
I’m reading this thread, and see that people aren’t very well sure of what’s the best tank for this user. I’d like to also ask for a tank build, but I’ll give more specifics.
- High HP
- Low DPS
- High Aggro / Provokes (IE: Swash Buckling) that can hold even against high burst DPS classes.
- Plate Armor
- Shields for Built-In Mitigation
- Self Heals and/or Buffs that mitigate damage.
High hp is simply by putting CON only, STR isnt required. I think 3:1 Con/Dex is good so you get evasion to. There are no self-healing swordsman classes right now.
Plate armor is the only option, the attributes are just to good.
Aggro should not be an issue, you get the ‘Provoke’ attribute in the base swordsman tree to increase’s aggro by 500% at lv10.
The build I suggested gives you +18% evasion + ability to block + taunt from peltesta. Note that You only take 1 point in Guardian for the +18% evasion, the extra defense does literally nothing for you especially later in the game, it just gimps your aggro from more -atk. Pelt also gives +25% blocking, +25% hp on taunt and +50% defense while guarding (blocking. Pretty much a 1 tier wonder class for tanking.
Hoplite gives you +20% block with Finestra (at the cost of 28 evasion which is nothing). Due to high CON the +20% block becomes very nice later on. Finestra also gives you +100 crit chance and 3 AoE attack ration to hit more monster that you taunted. You also gain Synchro Thrusting which is a hard hitting double-hit skill. You gain stabbing which gives amazing AoE aggro when geared with + AoE attack (+3 Finestra also).
Squire is pretty-much the base class for late game tanking IMO. Gives AMAZING buffs from the refreshment table, base camp + repairs and/or weapon upgrades on the go. The refreshment table is just so valuable I dont really understand how anyone going tank could go another class tbh. Plus you get a big AoE lockdown to keep monsters in place on a decent CD, it can also hold boss’s in place.
There are other builds that focus on deeper pelt into rodeleo3 builds which are also very good. but I found this one way more fun and interesting. I think it goes Sword > Pelt > Pelt > Rod > Rod > Squire > Squire. I dont like losing out on the refreshment table upgrades though.
EDIT*
I just want to add that i think the 100% uptime on Finestra’s 20% block+crit+aoe is way better than high guards 50% uptime with massive damage and crit reductions.
Would it be wise to go the way that @er_abrantes suggested then? It looks well thought out, and adding the provoke attribute would be good for it.
Squire foods can be sold to other players right?
So we can just buy them from another Squire
Hi. I am looking for a traditional mmorpg tank high hp buff block etc.
Something similar a warrior or paladin in WOW
You may want to consider @er_abrantes build then…