Obviously this is a question that has a different answer for different people but I’m curious if there is a general consensus that certain tanks are more fun than others.
Demon Hunter, IMO. The mobility we have is awesome.
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Tesla tanks are pretty dope.
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i have: pally, warrior, dk at 120. i also have the rest at 110.
imo.
pally is the most fun. guardian is 2nd imo.
dk is the least fun. dh is 2nd imo.
always Pallie for me. but this is my first max level warrior since Vanilla. I played DH starter zone. and never madw it past 40s on drooods. never tried monk. Dk haven’t played since few monthes into Wrath
but Pallie ive had Pallies all the way a few times
By far and away I agree with DH.
Play a DH, double jump for a bit, switch and tell me. You don’t try to double up out of reflex.
Also, the Infernal Strike just feels so so soooo satisfying to do,.leaping into battle
I have max level warrior, Dk, monk, and paladin. Out of those 4 and rating from most fun to least I’d go monk>–warrior>----- dk >-----pally
Mobility is a blast with monk and warrior. Dk with grips and bone storm. Them theres pally.
Warrior is fun.
Lots of tools, and opportunities for fun. Avatar Thunderclap phase is fun. Spell Reflecting a bit spell is fun. Charging and Leaping is fun. Always having yet another tool to get you out of increasing trouble is fun (Demoralising Shout, Shield Block, Ignore Pain, Last Stand, Shield Wall, Rallying Cry, Maybe even Impending Victory)
It’s a bit frustrating in current content because of numbers and other classes outshining us at certain tasks. But if we were the only tank class, it would be fun to play if we didn’t have to be compared. As opposed to say, BDK which is super powerful, but not a particularly dynamic class to play.
Next patch, and depending on how the new +10 affix is implemented, warrior could be a great one to play.
Try to at least look for nuanced answers in this thread so you don’t get yourself stuck with a spec that you don’t like.
That said, if you are looking for minimum “clunk” DH and Monk are the specs to go with. They are probably least inhibited by the well hated GCD issues, and they have more interactive and flexible rotations.
Of those two I would say that DH is the most useful for mythic plus whereas BM is the most useful for raiding, based on both statistics and personal experience.
Everything, for the most part, is viable for anything but the highest end of mythic content, and DK and Pally tanks are probably the easiest of the bunch by far IN MY OPINION, since their general active mitigation is extremely simple to maintain.
Warrior and Demon Hunter. Followed closely by Monk.
I had to solo DH and DK through Legion dungeons for their class campaigns to get their mounts. Both fun and effective.
DK tank can not die (unless mobbed by trash when not paying attention).
I tried pally tank in Wrath and it was so bad, I swore never to tank ever again. Even now, the tanks didn’t have others in the group so they could make mistakes and take forever in the dungeon. =P
I have a warrior and paladin at 120. The other I have at 112+. I’ve done timewalking to test every class and the worst classes have been druid tank and warrior tank. My paladin is the easiest with the most utility, DH is pretty fun but it’s behind a DK. As a DK I was able to solo half an instance in timewalking without a healer and pull huge packs while healing myself, one of the most fun i’ve had when tanking in BfA.
I have these 2 on deck to level. What about them makes them more fun in your opinion?
I played a monk in Mists and Brewmaster was hands down the most fun tank I had ever played. It was like you had total control over incoming damage AND it was fun to play, then Blizzard took away disarms so I never played it again. I got disarmed the other day so it must be back, but it was the spell that silenced and disarmed people that was so handy. From what I understand now it’s a knockback. HELLO, what tank wants a knockback?!? But Littlefella, it’s handy in this one time out of a million trilliion… HELLO what tank wants a knockback!!! (I could be misinformed but I’m having fun here)
Anyways, maybe a paladin? Bear tanking while kinda neat gets old fast, warriors are ok but rage kinda bugs me on them. I puttered around with Demon Hunters and it was ok the mobility was awesome but the nuts and bolts were lacking. Never really got into Death Knights.
edit fixed a word.
paladin because of AS just throwing it around owning mobs. it’s AM isn’t too bad either. intuitive and fun.
bear, i am leveling a low level bear right now and all the QoL stuff the class gets like flight form etc are all nice. and if i need to i can go stealth past mobs and stuff. as far as actually tanking guardian is in a bad spot right now so can’t recommend it to someone who wants to push mythic or something. but for generally putzing round it’s quite fun.
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