shadowmalic Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 What would be the best tank spec to start with and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nee-Elder Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 47 minutes ago, shadowmalic said: What would be the best tank spec to start with and why? The answer i'm going to give you probably isn't what you wanna hear, but it's still the "best" answer: Whatever YOU like to play. (whatever seems FUN to you, since it is your sub your time your money after all ) However, in discovering yourself, reading & knowledge can certainly help. So, maybe try checking out these OLD links.... https://forums.swtor.com/topic/247829-how-to-tank-a-guide-for-absolute-beginners/ https://forums.swtor.com/topic/646159-guardian-tank-guide-from-beginner-to-master/ https://forums.swtor.com/topic/1992-beginners-guide-to-juggernaut-tanking-by-phottek/ https://forums.swtor.com/topic/778136-daks-guide-to-tanking-basic-guide/ ....as well as these more current 7.0 era links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK6yS-hLJDw https://forums.swtor.com/forum/194-combat-styles/ https://forums.swtor.com/topic/917944-will-you-stop-tanking-or-swap-tanks-with-70/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzBT5ug7toE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-HODms2V0 https://vulkk.com/2022/02/18/swtor-7-0-kinetic-combat-shadow-pve-guide-and-best-builds/ Edited December 12, 2022 by Nee-Elder Reason: why don't players enjoy figuring out things with trial & error anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthSpekulatius Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 if you want good advice check out Nee-Elders links that said, get a Guild or some people to play with Voice chat asap, the game is way more fun with friends instead of strangers. Tanks are support, being support means they need to be supported by the Group to make sense, support is much easier to get from friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exocor Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Powertech Shield Tech. It's the most straightforward tanking spec. You got no nasty resource management (hello Juggs!) and almost all of your Global Cooldowns are helping against everything, so you don't have to pop the right one for the right situation. Imagine different weather scenarios. As Jugg and Asa you often got to chose if you want a raincoat, lose clothes or a winter jacket. Powertechs always got an Umbrella, semi warm clothes and shoes were your feet won't get wet, so you should be pretty good in any weather scenarior. You're not left standing in the rain with your pants down like Sins and Juggs sometimes do. I've mixed the metaphors here, but I think you get the gist. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allronix Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 I solo play a lot, and my main is a Shadow Tank. Stealth to avoid the annoyances, durability to deal with the stuff that's a bit tougher than mere annoyances. Good spec to just run around and explore the game world, hunt datacrons, run dailies, do story missions, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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