BARB TANKS CANT HOLD THREAT

aaron · November 2020

I have all 3 tanks barbs are by far the worst at threat. The reason why is because you have to enrange to speed up attacks to hold threat but then have no stamina to block big hits in TIC. So either enrange all the time to hold threat or die to every big hit.

aaron · November 2020

all my tank toons have a hard time holding threat in TIC. my fighter is 950k health all defensive stats caped and caped armor pen and crit. he loses threat on the first boss at least 1 or 2 times every fight and it kills people. I swing at wills when not staggering my only other 2 encounter taunts then throw shield and only block the biggest hits. I can get through it on my fighter fine as tank but do lose threat on boss fights a bit. One time i seen this paladin tank taunt the first boss of tic then run around kiting it the entire time well everyone hit it. How is that possible??? one taunt was enough to taunt the boss every 10 seconds or whatever? My fighters item level is close to 36k and i still lose threat on tic boss fights at least 1 or 2 times a fight doing everything perfect with perfect stats. i can barely even play barb as tank its so bad at threat. constantly losing threat on every boss fight in tic.

sagakaiyume · November 2020

If you can't hold aggro, you're doing something wrong. Here is what Malistaire, a really good barb tank, has found and experimented with;

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AadN7BYT_lZ_puLT2PEiRZupz1JEZ6NN/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ylJG01-lJFywcaGX_5-mKVhrKBAXyY2-C4lnIu5r2Jw/edit?usp=sharing

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As for Fighter tank, I've never had issues with holding aggro in IC. The encounters I use are Enforced threat (adds 10k combat adv to me), Linebreaker and shield throw (with feat). Don't forget you have tab for retaliation, with feat its another up to 600 magnitude taunt you can use every 10 seconds.

Pally has no issue holding aggro if you know what you're using; I use Bane, Sacred weapon and Templar's wrath. Bane is only used when feat baneful strikes is proc'ed, it's job is to proc the feat for divinity regen anytime you attack for 10 seconds. Sacred weapon is obvious, templar's because it has increased threat, smite doesn't its a hard taunt.

aaron · November 2020

the guide was amazing thanks i never lose threat any more on my barb only started tanking whith him like 4 days ago. was playing a fighter as tank mostly

BARB TANKS CANT HOLD THREAT

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