Literally some of the dumbest responses I've ever seen.Bretin wrote:i basically asked that one question just to check your knowledge and yet you disappointed me. the main objectiv of a tank is not to redirect damage. they have multiple jobs and yet the tank archetype has the biggest impact on the battlefield. they are responsible for most of the CC, to negate damage & to deal damage. a good tank can control a battlefield on his own. due to the fact that they have by far the largest impact on the outcome of an fight, it is quite often important to shut them down before anything else. ofc that doesn't always makes sense, especially not when the enemy group has 2 tanks who are both capable of swapping guard (take care of each other). but one thing is for sure: if the enemy tank dies, the fight is basically won. losing a tank is worse than losing a healer because the amount of pressure it generates on your group is insane. so whenever you have the chance to drop a tank, do it.Well, for the simple Reason, that tanks are quite sturdy, but mostly dont do real damage on their own. Their main objectiv is, to redirect damage from the DD and healers to themselves. So if you attack them before you take care of the others, you play right in their hands. Of course, you should differ between Off and Deff tanks. Offtanks do more damage than defftanks but are als easier to kill, so sometimes the first rule might not apply for them, it might be worth killing them quick. But for the most cases, first kill the healers, then the DD and then, take yout time with the Tanks, you will need it.
note: that doesn't mean to always go for the tank first, the situation matters a lot but saying "ignore tanks" or "don't hit tanks" is just a proof of little to no knowledge about target calls.
aha.. i want to see how that works ingame. if you want your group to work they have to assist. splitting your offtank from the rest of the train which is supposed to chase the healer in your scenerio will end in an full wipe after 30seconds. though for your team ofc. a offtank can't pressure a guarded dps all alone and if you let him stick to deal fluff damage it will make you end up losing one guard on your dps e.g. providing a free kill for the enemy team.You are right, always taking out the healer first, is not gonna cut it, sometimes attacking the DD is also neccesary, but in my opinion, thats the purpose of the offtank, to hold off the melee DD, while the real DD kill the healers.
not true.Because the Simple fact is, to kill a well played and healed Tank is nearly impossible.
i really appreciate your theorycrafting and that you want to share informations which are supposed to let people improve their gameplay. in general this would be a good thing but yet this advice is really really bad and you should rethink everything of your post.It is way easier to pressure the Meele DD wirh your tanks take out the Ranged DD with your Ranged and kill the Healer with your Meele.
range dps focus range dps: great, the one who is trying to do so will end up in melee range and get caught. once they are caught, they die.
melee dps chase healer: great, free kills.
tanks killing melees: cool story, that will never happen thanks to no healdebuff and not enough damage.
ps: if it sounds a bit harsh i am sorry. i don't try to put you down or whatever but the post is really not that great or helpful at all and it will force new players into doing the wrong things.
Tanks #1 ability = guard.
Guard does what again? redirect damage
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