Dragonknight Main Tank

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Main Tank Boss Fight / Skills 

Earthen HeartWinter’s EmbraceSiphoning

This build requires you to be a base class of Dragonknight for the mastery scribe buff for shield throw

Shield Throw Icon iconShield Throw
Taunt Icon iconTauntClass Mastery Icon iconClass MasteryEvasion Icon iconEvasion

Wield Soul Icon icon Wield Soul
Pull Icon iconPull  Druid's Resurgence Icon icon Druid’s Resurgence Cowardice Icon iconCowardice

If a healer stud is running Igneous Weapons Icon iconIgneous Weapons swap to Stone Giant iconStone Giant
put it on front bar where Ice Fortress iconIce Fortress is an put Ice Fortress iconIce Fortress on back bar
You can swap out Tremorscale Monster Set Armor Set Icon iconTremorscale forArchdruid Devyric Monster Set Armor Set Icon iconArchdruid Devyric,Baron Zaudrus,Encratis's Behemoth Monster Set Armor Set Icon iconEncratis’s Behemoth, or evenNunatak Monster Set Armor Set Icon iconNunatak. If some cutie is running Dro-m'Athra Jack Icon iconRoar of Alkosh

Boss Fight Skills

Boss Fight Champion Points

Warfare

 

Fitness

Boss Fight Set

Gear Slot

Set

Weight/Type

Trait

Enchantment


Main Tank Trash Clear Monster Sets

You can swap out Tremorscale Monster Set Armor Set Icon iconTremorscale forArchdruid Devyric Monster Set Armor Set Icon iconArchdruid Devyric,Baron Zaudrus,Encratis's Behemoth Monster Set Armor Set Icon iconEncratis’s Behemoth, or evenNunatak Monster Set Armor Set Icon iconNunatak on trash pulls. If some cutie is running Dro-m'Athra Jack Icon iconRoar of Alkosh in the group feel free to keep Baron Zaudrus on at all times for that sweet ult build up 

Shield Throw Icon iconShield Throw
Taunt Icon iconTauntClass Mastery Icon iconClass MasteryEvasion Icon iconEvasion

Wield Soul Icon icon Wield Soul
Pull Icon iconPull  Druid's Resurgence Icon icon Druid’s Resurgence Cowardice Icon iconCowardice

Trash Clear Skills

Trash Clear Champion Points

Warfare

 

Fitness

 

Trash Clear Set

Gear Slot

Set

Weight/Type

Trait

Enchantment

RACE

Nord is by far the best race for tanking, due to the increased armor fromRugged and ulti generation fromStalwart. You can complete any content on any race, you’ll just have to work slightly harder with other races, and you’ll have to adjust your build and get more armor from somewhere else (for example by usingThe Lady as your Mundus rather thanThe Atronach).

MUNDUS

The best Mundus isThe Atronach which increases your Magicka Recovery by 310 and causes your armor pieces with the Divines trait to increase it by another 28.

If you’re struggling with reaching the armor cap (33,000), thenThe Lady can also be a decent choice. It increases your Armor by 2744.

ATTRIBUTES

HEALTH 64

The majority of the time you should put all your points into Health. However you need your Max Stamina to be higher than your Max Magicka, because theCombustion synergy restores your dominant resource and you want it to be Stamina. Because of that, you might have to put some attribute points into Stamina if you have passives (such as for example theGift of Magnus racial) or item set bonuses (such as for example 1-piece bonus ofEncratis’s Behemoth ) that increase your Max Magicka. Put just enough points to make your Max Stamina higher than your Max Magicka, and then put the rest into Health.

FOOD

The best food isOrzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch, however it’s extremely expensive so you should useJewels of Misrule instead, it provides only slightly lower stats thanOrzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch while being significantly cheaper.

Other decent foods:

  • Orzorga’s Red Frothgar – provides more Max Health and Magicka Recovery at the cost of providing no Stamina Recovery at all. Stamina Recovery doesn’t work while blocking so it can be a decent option if you’re permablocking
  • Bewitched Sugar Skulls – provides maximum resources instead of recoveries, can be decent for fights where you need to block for a very long time during a very specific period but the pressure is non-existent outside of that specific period so you can recuperate stamina by heavy attacking freely, for example the 1st boss in Lucent Citadel trial
  • Candied Jester’s Coin – provides only Max Stamina and Magicka Recovery, can be decent when you want to reduce your Max Health during a specific phase of a fight. For example, in Cloudrest you can eat it right as the execute phase starts, because Maximum Health becomes a detriment due to the Baneful Mark mechanic

POTIONS

Most of the time you should use Tri-Stat potions (Restore Health, Restore Stamina, Restore Magicka). They’ll greatly improve your sustain. You can craft them by combiningColumbine,Bugloss andMountain’s Flower

There are better potions but they’re expensive. Heroism potions (Heroism, Restore Stamina, Restore Magicka) can provide a 100% uptime on Minor Heroism buff which generates ultimate, but they’re expensive because they’re crafted by combiningDragon Rheum,Dragon’s Blood andColumbine