Puff.2138 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Hi all, I'm looking to get into WvW and I would like to play a tank class that can be on the front line and soak up the damage. What classes are the the best tanks for zerg/gvg content? I prefer melee classes over ranged. Thanks for your input!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenesis.6389 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Firebrand..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysico.4906 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Scrapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAlcedo.3281 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Firebrand OR Scrapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ens.9854 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Don't listen to them they just want your boons. Firebrand and Scrapper are only S tier tanks in wvw. SSS+ tier tank: Minstrel acrobatic daredevil (teef) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenesis.6389 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, ens.9854 said: Don't listen to them they just want your boons. Firebrand and Scrapper are only S tier tanks in wvw. SSS+ tier tank: Minstrel acrobatic daredevil (teef) To be fair they asked for a front line able to soak damage..... Take the daredevil if you want the class clown that acrobatics their way through zergs and does nothing else... 🤭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahkeus.8243 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahne.6950 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Puff.2138 said: Hi all, I'm looking to get into WvW and I would like to play a tank class that can be on the front line and soak up the damage. What classes are the the best tanks for zerg/gvg content? I prefer melee classes over ranged. Thanks for your input!!! Someone over in the Elementalist forums has shared a video of him playing FrontlineAurashare, might want to check that out, maybe thats what your looking for. Its pretty tanky, its meele, its meant to be in the Frontline, and it provides nice sustain and cleanse for your group. You have a trait in Water that grants any aura that you apply to yourself, to your groupmembers around you aswell. You can give your Teammates alot of magneticauras and make your group near invulnerable to Ranged attacks. I would personally play it with Dagger / Focus , but he is having success with Dagger/warhorn. Edited August 9, 2022 by Sahne.6950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larocca.8391 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 6 hours ago, Dahkeus.8243 said: +1 for this build. Been avoiding wvw since the staff weaver nerfs and this build has rekindled my love for the mode. It's very satisfying to time everything well and be an unkillable machine slapping a whole zero and disengaging alive. Sword/warhorn instead of GS works very well with mobility and condi cleanse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawdler.8521 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 4 hours ago, larocca.8391 said: +1 for this build. Been avoiding wvw since the staff weaver nerfs and this build has rekindled my love for the mode. It's very satisfying to time everything well and be an unkillable machine slapping a whole zero and disengaging alive. Sword/warhorn instead of GS works very well with mobility and condi cleanse. I took that build, went to a fire shrine on DBL and promptly died to mobs. There is something wrong with me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikalovr.4613 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 if you just want to purely be annoying boon strip tank heal scourge is quite good i've encountered many a stalemate where i can't kill them but they can't kill me so it's just a game of how long til they get bored and leave. once again not the greatest (or can even kill for that matter) but kitten is it funny to watch people try to 1v1 or sometimes even 2v1 or 3v1 you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenesis.6389 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) That warrior build has been around for a while, not particularly effective against boon blobs that have stability on 100% of the time in combat unless in your own boon blob, but ok in regular zerg fights which is what vallun was doing mostly, you're also dealing with the 300s traits. In any case every class has a "tank" spec you can use since there's stat combinations available for everything, and every class has defensive/support trait lines to use. You just need to make sure to have stability in the group for front lining. Edited August 9, 2022 by Xenesis.6389 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighthonor.4061 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) Dragon Hunter is what I play with for tanking in WvW. Not best, but fun as heck. looking back on the past. Vanilla Warrior Juggernaut build was fun tank in WvW back in the day. Same for Reaper Necro back then. My Core Revenant was kind of a Paladin before the CC nerf patch and the gutted Staff 5. Edited August 9, 2022 by Knighthonor.4061 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stand The Wall.6987 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 the correct answer is this, the 5k armor bossman. you can get a potion of karka toughness instead of a sharpening stone for another 150 tough. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PKgAEJlNwwYiMKGJe0X6taA-zVQYWSF7C+E04sUxZEA-w 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeolus.3615 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 11 hours ago, Stand The Wall.6987 said: the correct answer is this, the 5k armor bossman. you can get a potion of karka toughness instead of a sharpening stone for another 150 tough. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PKgAEJlNwwYiMKGJe0X6taA-zVQYWSF7C+E04sUxZEA-w knight cavalier, that combo never gets old 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCapwnd.7834 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 On 8/8/2022 at 8:16 PM, Puff.2138 said: Hi all, I'm looking to get into WvW and I would like to play a tank class that can be on the front line and soak up the damage. What classes are the the best tanks for zerg/gvg content? I prefer melee classes over ranged. Thanks for your input!!! Spell Breaker. You are unkillable for the most part and remove boons like a boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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