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Originally Posted by Toxigen
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If you want to play a tank that relies on FD you should just be playing a monk and do some actual damage.
Can't wait til DSM comes in with a wall o' text trying to convince me that SKs are better than monks in X, Y, and Z.
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In a group setting you are correct, a Monk who can tank and pull is going to out-perform an SK in most situations. But in solo situations SK's are generally better than Monks due to how much utility they have with their spells. Fear kiting is more efficient than face tanking as a Monk. Even though their DPS is higher, they have more downtime.
SK's are not stigmatized in group settings, so you don't have much of an edge when getting groups as a Monk. Fungi Tunic camp will take a Monk or an SK as a puller.
When determining if you should play SK or Monk, it really just depends on how much grouping/raiding you want to do. If you solo a lot and group/raid occasionally, SK will be better. Otherwise, Monk is better.
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Originally Posted by mattydef
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I would also bring up the fact that a well timed stun to interrupt a gate/heal/ice comet makes a hell of a difference but they'll just come back and say something like "oh yea well the cleric in the group can do that". Everything a pally brings to a group is apparently disregarded because "another class can do it", but when you point out that another class does what SKs can do but better, they make excuses about how an SK is still somehow more valuable.
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SK's can fear to interrupt gate, so Paladin's don't have a monopoly on spell interrupts.
But as I keep saying, if you are in a group where you can just pull mobs without FD, you probably aren't being bothered by spell casters hehe. Just murder them before they can cast and move on, or let the spell land because you are resisting it anyway.
You need to use a different argument than "FD isn't needed" to justify a Paladin, because literally any class can just pull mobs into camp hehe.