For the tank, survival comes either by avoiding hits, reducing the severity of incoming damage, establishing a vast pool of hit points, or self-regeneration (healing from items or abilities). Survival is (at minimum) a two-person job, and both the tank and the healer are responsible for this. If the healer does get attacked, it's the tank's responsibility to re-focus the attacker. The usual ratio is that a healing a group member will generate half the threat of damaging a mob. Almost all healing spells generate threat, which causes mobs to attack just as much as if they were taking damage. Each mob has its own threat table.Ī tank has to do three things, in this order:įirst and foremost, tanks must generate more threat than the healer on all targets. Threat is mainly caused by three things - damaging that enemy, healing, and using special abilities that cause extra threat (such as or ). The enemy with the highest threat value is the one it usually attacks. For every enemy player or pet, the mob keeps a numeric value how much it dislikes that enemy (= Threat). Most mobs determine the target or focus of their attacks by using Threat.
Tanking is heavily tied in with the Threat game mechanic. This is a common problem in inexperienced groups, one of the most frequent reasons for wipes. If all group members need a lot of healing, either the tank is not generating enough threat or the other players generate too much. Even in more complex fights, healers should be able to concentrate mostly on the tank. In a classic tank-and-spank fight, the tank should be the only one taking damage, and therefore be the only one who needs healing. This should generally only be done when there are at least two mobs and the tank has so much threat on the mob group that he will still hold aggro on all or almost all mobs. There are times, however, when damage dealers should do AoE damage. An added bonus is that mobs go down faster if everyone focuses on one mob at a time instead of group members targeting different mobs. This, in turn, makes it more likely that other party members won't draw aggro on themselves. With everyone nuking the same target (directed by the main assist), it makes the tank's job of holding aggro a lot easier. The tank's task is to hold aggro of the mobs to keep them off the other group members. The other main roles in most groups are damage dealer/ dps and healer. The tank's role must not be confused with the "MA" ( Main Assist).
An often-used abbreviation for tank is "MT" ( main tank). Tanks are "meatshields", so to speak, putting themselves between the mobs and the more vulnerable party members. For other uses, see Tank.Ī tank is a character whose primary role is to absorb damage and prevent others from being attacked.
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