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Best Tank Class (Jan 2021) | Elder Scrolls Online | Markarth
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Dragonknight
- Sustain
- Self healing
- Crowd control
- Mitigation
- Group utility + unique group buffs
- Igneous shield
- Expensive abilities
- Stone Giant drops block
- Group buffs can be hard to maintain especially for beginners
- Stone Giant/Stagger
- Engulfing Flames
- Noxious Breath AoE Breach
- Minor Brutality
- Igneous Weapons (Major Sorcery/Brutality)
- Igneous Shield
- Stamina Groups for Minor Brutality
- Top Tier/Score Pushing for Stagger
- Beginner Groups for sustaining
Necromancer
- Group utility
- AoE debuffing
- Useful even with other Necros in group
- Mitigation
- Self synergy
- Ultigen
- Good at maintaining Brittle and EC
- Difficult Stamina sustain
- Situational self healing
- Crowd control
- Higher skill level required to be effective
- Major Vulnerability
- Empower
- Minor Vulnerability
- Minor Protection
- Group Synergies
- AoE Major Breach
- Any group
- Any Trial group with no Necro support or less than 3 Necros
Nightblade
- Good damage mitigation
- Extra bar space
- Good sustain for experienced players
- AoE debuffing
- Difficult sustain for Beginners
- No burst heal
- Crowd control
- Lack of group buffs
- Easily replaceable
- AoE Minor Vulnerability
- Minor Savagery
- AoE Minor Maim
- Ranged Major Breach
- Group Major Expedition
- Stamina Groups with no other Nightblades
- If you are an Experienced Tank
Sorcerer
- Great self heal and almost free access to Major Vitality
- Magicka panic button that boosts you to block mitigation cap
- Good sustain
- Magicka group buffs
- Important Stamina penetration buff
- Replaceable
- Crowd Control
- Dark Deal Drops Block
- Minor Prophecy
- Minor Intellect
- 1000 Penetration
- Group Synergy
- Magicka groups with no other Sorcerer
- High damage situations
- Difficult sustain situations
Templar
- Good Health based Magicka shield skill
- Decent group utility
- Built in Minor Protection
- Good healing over time
- Easy to use sets like SPC and Symphony
- Replaceable
- No burst healing
- Crowd control
- Stamina sustain
- Minor Sorcery
- Ranged Minor Breach
- AoE MagickaSteal
- Group Purge/Synergy
- Magicka Groups with no other Templar
Warden
- Strong self healing + group heal
- Huge projectile damage shield
- Group survival support
- Good sustain
- Good in all groups
- Crowd control
- Great at maintaining Brittle
- Replaceable
- Minor Toughness requires a group heal every 20s to maintain
- Bar space for all buffs and utility skills
- Minor Vulnerability
- Major Resolve
- Minor Toughness
- Minor Intellect & Endurance
- Polar Wind/Heal
- Off Balance
- AoE Breach
- Group Synergy
- Minor Brittle
- Any groups with no other Warden support
- Cloudrest and anywhere that has high projectile damage
- Possible to Tank anything using a Warden