Most enjoyable tanks – Common Dialogue

Looking to listen to the neighborhood’s opinion on essentially the most enjoyable tanks to play in M+ proper now. I wish to begin tanking on an alt however can’t determine on the spec.

Spare me the “you should pick X tank because it’s good right now” feedback. I can already go to Archon for that I wish to hear what you assume is subjectively enjoyable and why.

Prot paladin is essentially the most enjoyable for me. You can simply lock down 2 casters by your self which feels wonderful in a pug. They are removed from the very best however nonetheless essentially the most enjoyable for me. More so than my brew

I’ve mained Brewmaster since Legion since I believe it’s essentially the most enjoyable of the tanks. Highest APM, a minimum of, plus you get all of the motion instruments and utility that comes with being a monk. It being meta in MN Season 1 is only a bonus.

Doing an enormous pull and caster lagging behind, and your braindead DPS received’t silence them? Roll, Spear Hand Strike, Roll again in a single fluid movement. The Rogue received’t even discover you left. Much extra satisfying than simply throwing your defend at them.

My runner up is Blood DK. Being an unstoppable, inescapable pressure is one thing everybody must expertise a minimum of as soon as.

I discover prot warr to be essentially the most enjoyable. The skills are satisfying. I just like the lightning stomp, the sound results, all of the yelling…

(word: i don’t mythic so i can’t inform you how properly they do there)

Just play Brewmaster. The others if you would like a problem.

Brew is the default reply.

Bear although with no apex or raze is wonderful with the May fifth buff to Thrash. Its very very tanky and now has no menace points. Its most likely not good previous 12’s however in testing as much as +8’s it feels wonderful to pug with. It simple to loosen up on in contrast to Prot pally, Prot warrior, or DH this season. Everything else feels sort of squishy anticipate Prot warrior until its magic harm.

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Haven’t tanked in awhile however I’ve at all times discovered prot warfare and paladin essentially the most enjoyable

To be sincere if prot warrior was the very same spec however a dps I don’t assume I’d play the rest

They’re all enjoyable! Except bears. I simply can’t get into them.

Warriors since you cost, leap and stomp. Shield slam is superior – nothing says shut as much as these cowardly wizard varieties like a face stuffed with defend. (The irony of posting this on my mage isn’t misplaced on me.)

Paladin is nice. Ride your horse into battle throwing your holy defend and a gaggle of mobs. Dropping holy fireplace down and making a stand. Supporting and empowering allies.

Death Knight since you say no to demise and solely you get to choose whenever you die. And generally you die a little bit bit however that’s okay. And demise grip is wonderful. Mortal fight Scorpion ** Get over right here** sounds off in my head everytime.

Monk looks like nice with the rolls and hops they do. Throwing barrels of brew (tea for my monk) and respiratory fireplace everywhere.

Demon hunter the place you fly round, empower your self with demonic or void magic. Throw your blades and parry assaults along with your duel warglaives.

I believe warrior will at all times have my coronary heart although.

Warriors are my fav tanks. They’re beefy and don’t take a lot harm. You solely get a little bit of self therapeutic, however you truthfully don’t want a lot.

That basic sword and board fantasy is cool. The juggernaut that prices into battle and finally ends up with 20 dudes making an attempt to take him out.

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Guardian Droods steer cool too. I’ve at all times cherished the druid fantasy and so they supply quite a lot of group therapeutic which is good if you happen to like looking to your mates.

Tempt me with a superb time.

i might say “not warriors or bears.”

the issue with warriors, which is probably not an issue for everybody, is an absence of a spammable aoe assault, which feels unhealthy when gathering a pack of mobs, and unhealthy when you don’t have anything to press due to sources / cooldowns. to make issues worse you virtually at all times expertise out of getting your main builder in trade for higher auto assaults.

the issue with bears is sound and animation design. ironfur, thrash, ravage, mangle, none of those buttons truly really feel impactful or weighty to press. examine ironfur doing principally nothing however a spinning graphic to defend block or defend of the righteous making plink noises or demonspikes making big spikes alter your characters look. shut your eyes and press thrash, ravage and mangle, are you able to even inform them aside? The solely skill bears have that has any weight in it’s sound/animation design is maul.

bears additionally lack a reactive element, there’s not often a second the place after an enormous occasion you react with defensive, with the rare exception of dream of cenarius.

paladin and vengeance are robust examples of nice sound and animation design and have a powerful mixture of preventative and reactive gameplay with no points gathering mobs. sadly vengeance suffers from an apex expertise that makes it so your main defensive is now a random proc as an alternative of the way in which demoniac was once one thing you could possibly plan round.

blood and brew are much less nice within the animation division however have simply the closest parity to DPS playstyle loops and extremely interactive reactive gameplay.

was a prot pal important since late 2009. throughout midnight pre-patch determined to degree a void elf DH and lastly get the heritage armor.

This is essentially the most enjoyable tanking I’ve had – the mobility is wonderful, coming from paladin, and mob management continues to be wonderful.

Being capable of glide and kite with relative ease is useful, and it’s a suuuper thematically flavorful class.

My ocd additionally likes that I can keep in Havoc loot spec and never have to fret about rolling prot for 1h/defend for vault and ret for dps trinkets.

Brewmaster positively proper now. The mobility alone is price its weight in gold. Although I want I might cover my weapon like I might if I used 2 1hands…between the mobility, you even have the stagger mechanic which is enjoyable to mess around.

Runner Up: BDK or VDH.
BDK – Walking…actually the slowest tank within the sport, however you might be nonetheless just about a juggernaut. Tanked a +2 Pit at 208 ilvl. You can nonetheless survive, if you happen to like that plate fantasy, and the flexibility to demise strike (please revert the previous nerf) to heal your self up. It’s a really sustainable method. I do miss Bone Storm, and Slappy Hands is never taken anymore.

VDH as a result of once more, I just like the mobility, nonetheless with the pruning that occurred to them, it doesn’t really feel as tanky because it used to, however nonetheless positively viable.

Always actually favored vengeance. It’s positively up there with mobility and whereas it has misplaced quite a lot of its equipment in The Great Prune Of ‘26 it is def still fun. Dps is a little lackluster until you get gear, but the meteor procs are super neat and it comes with two silences, and incap and an aoe “stun” with the runes we have left, something that can really save your butt if your m+ team is slacking. My one big issue with it is the lack of solid defensive CDs. Most other tanks will beat Veng in that department and you will feel very squishy while leveling and until you get to… i’d say round 235-240.

Plus it’s neat to have double soar and glide. I suppose you could possibly have that as a dracthyr as properly.

My second will at all times be DK, purely for the seize. Saved me lots previously and it’s truthfully simply enjoyable to generally yeet stuff round. Caster add being annoying? Not anymore, recover from right here!

Brewmaster is enjoyable. I want they might give each tank one thing just like SCK at grabbing menace. Plus monks simply really feel so quick and dk feels sluggish

Going to get very subjective solutions.

Fun from a theme standpoint?

Bear and prot warrior each have good themes, and aesthetics.

Fun from an precise doing the content material at something however the absolute flooring degree?

That’s going to be brew by miles and miles, perhaps prot warrior, perhaps guardian relying on if their new apex-less construct is definitely viable. No matter how enjoyable one thing could be in a vacuum, the enjoyable will get sucked out tremendous quick whenever you get one tapped because the tank.

The most enjoyable tanks are those that don’t get always yelled at by the LFR crowd.

i like blood ‘.’ (dexter emotions…)

I don’t know why individuals hate DnD a lot. Personally, I actually get pleasure from taking part in round it. I’d love for DnD to get some glyphs, like arms popping out of it whenever you decide that expertise with the 90% sluggish that decays over time.

There’s an previous dungeon the place a paladin boss makes use of a DnD impact with ghostly arms grabbing the gamers — it appears to be like phenomenal. I forgot the boss’s title, he’s a human paladin or warrior, I believe.

I’ve performed warrior, druid, brew… and I nonetheless assume BDK is essentially the most enjoyable tank.

I believe prot pally is essentially the most enjoyable. It takes work to remain alive proper now, however no different tank brings the group utility that pallies do. Once you get the grasp of retaining your self alive, you possibly can at all times throw out heals/blessing of sacrifice/safety/freedom on different gamers. You get a bubble that may cheese/recuperate most something, lay on arms for self or others, magic defend, and so forth. And they’re absolute interrupt machines. Pick the one actually unhealthy caster and simply maintain them locked down all by your self. If you’re actually good, lock down a number of provides. Other tanks are extra tanky, however much less enjoyable imo as a result of they’re principally meat popsicles that simply stand by and watch everybody else die with out a lot they’ll do about it.

The warrior sound design is so good it makes it actually compelling. I’m caught in between warrior and DK proper now for which to important as a tank going ahead.

I might be Fury or Unholy for raids. Or perhaps frost, I’ve historically been a frost enjoyer, however solely when it centered on big Obliterate crits. Absolutely hate the entire “keep the meter running as long as you can” gameplay like MoP Shadowpriest madness mode, MoP Demonology Meta maintain the meter up, Aug Evoker Ebon Might, and clearly the Frost Breath of Sindragosa factor.

I don’t wish to keep a factor for so long as potential, it simply stresses me out. “Never let the thing drop!” Nty. I simply wanna hit massive.