Monks - The second best tank in the game?

[Jimjam]

Even though accumulating AC with Velious is fairly trivial, I don't think monks can accumulate quite as much hp; their HP/STA might be lower?

[mickmoranis]

I hate you sage you idiot Im not asking you what your opinion on tanks are so dont quote me.

Im asking people with brains, what wars have to gather agro that a monk doesn't. Please someone with one answer which means not you sage.

[Varon]

Originally Posted by mickmoranis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Im asking people with brains, what wars have to gather agro that a monk doesn't. Please someone with one answer which means not you sage.

Taunt.

[nyclin]

Originally Posted by Varon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Taunt.

Dumping clickies is going to be more reliable than Taunt would ever be in a situation where it really mattered. Otherwise, 1 root net click -> stand on top of mob.

[Detoxx]

Originally Posted by nyclin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dumping clickies is going to be more reliable than Taunt would ever be in a situation where it really mattered. Otherwise, 1 root net click -> stand on top of mob.

Taunt used correctly is very efficient. It puts you 1 point ahead of everyone else on the hate list so long as you do not have aggro on the mob. The Warriors that mash taunt do it wrong, but if you are a heads up warrior, you wait for classes to do something like cast Malo or Tash and Slow and right after it lands, you taunt.

Works like a charm.

[lonmoer]

They're such good tanks that they later get nerfed.

[RedXIII]

All i know is that there is some badass monk-tank out there who tanked Dain when his guild was short on tanks. /shrugs.

[fugazi]

Monks scale better with levels and items than the three tank classes. What they miss is snap aggro, but that's about it. A wide variety of skills with very high caps mixed with class only gear that is insanely good and amazing scaling make for a class that, when played to its maximum potential, blows the other three out of the water.

However, most people play p99 like its a facebook game and barely add more than the necessary minimum to the group they are in. A SK or paladin will utilize that playstyle better than a monk would.

To he who said bard: straight on. Spamming slow while rocking a good hp pool and ac is pretty much the perfect tank. Hell, pre-50 I snare everything on my ranger so that the casters take zero aggro. Having that ability, but better and with a slow, makes me moist.

[Tuurin]

For most PUGs pre-50, the best tank is whoever is the most twinked melee class.

[Sorn]

Originally Posted by Tuurin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For most PUGs pre-50, the best tank is whoever is the most twinked melee class.

I kinda agree with this, but twink gear can be matched by someone who knows what they're doing while only having average gear. If you're a twink but you're pretty much phoning it in the whole time, your group's not gonna like that. If you're super active and on top of things like getting aggro or pulling, the only things you'd lack in without twink gear is HP, a bit of max potential DPS, and snap aggro from procs.

If you can find a major twink who is also on top of stuff, that's who you want to group with. The exp will flow like wine at a Dionysian party.