Fencer Archive
Thread: Fencers as Melee Tanks?
i tank rancor lairs np
dunno
cant find a group to tank any really big things
As a Master Fencer, I findI make a better tank in PvE than I ever did as a Teras Kasi Master. Over this past weekend I was out with my guild hunting Krayts. I was buffed, using BE enhanced brandy with muon gold on a hotkey, in 80% kinetic resist composite and a COB macro running. I was never once killed or incapped. On the juvinielle canyone krayts I never needed a heal. On the normal canyon krayts I had to be healed 2-3 times. The giant canyon krayts possed a bit of a problem tho. I was doing negligable damage to the krayts, but that's not my role. My job was simply to keep the krayt intimidated and taunted so that I kept all agro on me allowing the heavy damage deals to do their job. Trying to do the same role as a TKM, I was always beat down before the krayts were.
Another instance to show how well we act as a tank or meat shield, was when I went with 2 of my guild mates to the Geonosian Cave on Yavin4. We were making our way back out of the cave so they could reapply their buffs when an enhanced kwi spawned next to us. As my buffs were still intact and I was in 71% kinetic resist ubese armor, I engaged the kwi and started my COB macro, and began taunting it off my guildmates. Once I had the agro of the kwi my friends made it out of the cave and buffed up. While they were buffing a second enhanced kwi spawned and started attacking me. My friends started making their way back into the cave again when several crazed geonosians spawned at the entrance and promptly killed them. They cloned at the labor outpost and made their way back to the cave. While they were making their way back a third enhanced kwi spawned and began attacking me. So here i am tanking 3 enhanced kwis. I'm doing negligable damage them since I'm not using any specials in an attempt to save my HAM. They buffed again and re-entered the cave. During the time they were rebuffing I finally died as I ran out of stim b's and couldn't get another out of the crate since I was in combat, but for a good 15-20 minutes I was in there alone standing up to 3 enhanced kwi's.
So in response to the intial poster, Fencer's make great tanks. Much better than TKM's in my humble opinion.
. But fencer is pretty good for tanking.
i normally go to the broken spawns of geonosians or imp observers, tank about 20 at a time and they keep spawning, just a COB macro and a 275 dmg stun baton by my side heh.