Hey all I hope you enjoyed this! I tried to cover as much as I could for beginners in this video. Here are some clarifications and things I missed (thanks to Milli Rabbit from Discord): 1. Silver Leash is another great pull for non-wardens and DK's. 2. For attributes, I forgot to say, it's generally better to have stamina higher for synergies, so you regain that resource. 3. With over taunting - I want to be more clear on this. This can only occur when 2 or more people taunt a boss, not just by yourself. 4. And with sets, there are people that run 5 heavy 1 medium 1 light. This all depends what your build is. 5. If you are leveling a tank make sure to slot some dps abilities because it will be a nightmare if you don't Let me know if you have any tips in the comment section! You all are amazing, and have a great day!
For anyone who is just now coming to this guide, Frost magic has recently gone through a bunch of changes and heavy attacking with an ice staff will no longer taunt just a quick FYI
@@megnaan for a tank yes its pointless, but you can still use clench on the ice bar if u want a taunt on both bars (assuming ur going s&b / ice staff). (I'm fine with just the pierce on my front bar)
I just started tanking and I'm still not to 50. It's frustrating in early dungeons because people don't really need a tank. They always run ahead. So, it's hard to learn. That probably contributes to a lack of tanks, too. If you don't feel supported or needed in the group.
It's a goofy irony to that. See, people will complain no matter what. When they aren't complaining, they're boasting. Either you're wrong for tank queuing on a dps on easier dungeon, so they'll complain... ignore them. If you're actually a tank they'll run ahead and boast how they don't need a tank... ignore them here too. Wait for the moment when they're ego is repaid with a quick death. Even the final bosses in Fungal Grotto I and Spidleclutch I will annihilate a careless dps on hardmode. And it's always funny. See... tanks make things so easy for dps that they forget the importance of basic game mechanics. Block, roll dodge, interrupt. Bosses ignore aggro and target anyone standing too far away. Bosses ignore aggro and try to execute dps with low health. The mechanics are basic in the base dungeons. It's more about learning tricks to tanking these dungeons than mechanics. Like the best place to pull a boss. The dlc dungeons all have walk through videos. One of the best ways to learn good tanking techniques is to play as dps or healer and watch how other tanks do things. I've learned some of the best techniques from just watching other tanks do their thing. After 3 years of tanking I still love learning something new from watching other tanks even in the baby dungeons.
Just watched his video and I want to try being a tank. I didn't hear him mention what race and class make best take before I start build. I am currently high elf dk doing dps CP250. Do you have any suggestions since you seem to care about playing the role? Any advice is appreciated.
@@carnivoredietmike6078 he has other videos going into a bit more detail but iirc, the overall best tank races were orc, nord, and dark elf? I could easily be wrong about that
YES! i just had that in my first 5 tank dungeon runs. everyone just legged it past the mobs and dived into the boss before i could taunt or aggro. bit annoying from a learning pov but at least they went fast! easy xp (im only lvl25)
Please do a healer beginner guide too I would like to show it to my friend who just bought the game, this is his first MMO and he wants to heal because it's what he enjoyed in overwatch, he created a templar
I am a much older player(gramma). ESO is the first game I've ever played. I am slow and deliberate as I learn the keyboard. Tank has been a great build to learn on because it's hard to orient in a dungeon with bifocals lol! You can just stay on task while others flit around. Its taken 2yrs to get to cp360 lol. I love it! This is very helpful. Thank you! I just got the ebon set last night on your recommendation! I've so wanted those floating red things❤
I kind of wish tanking was more fun in this game. There's always a tank scarcity in MMOs but in this game I simply don't find it enjoyable. You can hold aggro on a single target effectively most of the time. And the way targeting is and just random other things that can being annoying tracking that timer in the midst of it. I don't know I guess WoW spoiled me in the tanking department, I like being able to hold aggro on any threat, I feel like that's my job. Having to range pull shit one at a time, rotate around the resources, cycle that single target taunt is just some tedious stuff to me. Not saying they have to go carebear WoW with it but something different.
Same. I was a wow raider, and it’s been a few years. Got a ps5 and started this week. First dungeon last night and we got through it. But I was kindof confused.
Thank you so much. Just switched my DK from Stamina dps for leveling to my Tank and I'm gonna give it my best to be a good tank...I appreciate all of the tips and advice 😊👍
"learn the mechanics" is 100% the thing that puts most players off the Tanking Role. ESO has too much Dungeons, too much Bosses, too much mechanics. Its very hard for a casual to remember everything. And thats coming from someone who Tanks MMOs for 20 years now. I dont do it in ESO because its just too much. Plus there is no good Dungeonhelper-Addon in this game.
Great beginner tanking video. I'm really trying to improve my tanking skills to be a more experienced player. I will be studying your videos. Thank you!
I played my DK as a dps through the story and until level 50, but afterwards I really wanted to give tanking a shot. I usually play tanky characters in mmos and other games, and I like playing a supportive role in groups, so I'm going to throw my lot in with the under supported tanks lol. Also the queue times are literally instant for dungeons lol. Not waiting 5 minutes like when I was a dps.
Just started tanking char, had no clue about it, before giving up as a last shot I watched your vid and as always super useful for a beginning, I am gonna continue to play tanking char now!!!! Thnx mate for a wonderful vid 👌👍😉
Coming from playing as Tank in mmo's like TERA and BnS end games, Tanking was so underwhelming in ESO for me, i immediately got put-off. Main reason probably was the choppy animations of single hand weapons, and the general sense of disconnect in ESO melee combat. Also Tanking in ESO felt like a resource management mini-game rather than actually fighting/tanking a boss. But as someone who loves to Tank, your video made me consider giving tanking in ESO one more go. Thanks for the video.
This was exactly what I was looking for! I have seen so many "tanking beginner guides" that basically just go over what skills to buy, Champion points, armor sets... and don't actually talk about what a tank is doing moment-to-moment. As a newer player to ESO and a brand new tank, I think what I need to find now, is a video where a tank just breaks down moment-to-moment a gameplay video of a dungeon run. I need to see what abilities and attacks they use, with some explanation of why they used that instead of another ability. For example, you talked about not over spamming abilities, but you didn't talk about what to do in between abilities. Such as, am I just light attacking between abilities? Heavy attacking to get back some stamina? Like I'm talkin I literally don't know what to do from one moment to the other as the tank, outside of taunting.
Besides taunting the enemy you need to stack them all up together (so the AoEs of your DDs get them all) and buff your team mates/debuff the enemy. Another important thing is staying alive (sounds stupid but you'd be suprosed how many "pros" or high cp tanks die to a normal dungeon boss and flame to the DD that they don't do enough damage bc they as tank can only survive like 5 seconds without constat heal from the healer) and inbetween your skills yes you should do light/ heavy attacks to get resources back TL;DR Taunt and stack enemys, buff/debuff, self heal and sustain
@@TrashMPred I don't really die alot because I put points into DK regen when you use ultimate, and I also have the % health regen. I help a dps on my friends list for his mage gear and I pretty much die once because the bastard sometimes bursts me a bit too hard. It shouldn't be too hard, but I havent had anyone complain of my tanking. However it annoys me when dps stand behind me when I'm trying to get boss facing away
@@missivory_missraine I wasn't refering to you or anything when I said tanks dying to a normal dungeon boss or anything so sry if it seemed that way. I was talking about my own experience, when my friends and I are playing with randoms. Usually I am the tank but if one or two of the others aren't on, I sometimes switch to my DD, and the amount of tanks in random dungeons that can't tank to save their lifes was staggering to us. Like this one time a high CP player (550+) died to the first boss in Depth of Malatar in 30 seconds and was flaming that the healer didn't heal him and the DDs weren't doing enough damage (we cleared the dungeon a day earlier the first time and didn't have much problems, only doing one boss 2 times, when I ,as the Tank, was around 140 CP and the Healer 130 CP and the 2 DDs were 220/300 CP). When we argued back that we had no problem at all as a full group with lower level tank and overall less DPS (one of our DDs left earlier and he isn't that good with gaming so even if I'm a lower CP than him I get more damage) he just said that in vrteran you need more DPS or you can't do it blah blah blah while dying 2 more times when he just ran through every enemy and was WAY out of the healers reach... on a normal Dungeon which made every of his arguments invalid to us because he was talking about veteran when he could even stay alive on normal... as a tank... And stuff like that happened more then once or twice, sure we had good mates aswell but most where more hindrance than help.
@@TrashMPred Thx for this man I'm a new player and after seeing this and using it in conjunction with this videop I've noticed I'm a little bit better at tanking
I started tanking not too long ago after playing strictly dps and I am having more fun than ever. I get to think about fights more tactically and mechanically, and feel more accomplished after an encounter due to thinking more critically about what I was doing and what was going on the entire fight rather than just spamming a dps rotation. It is scary knowing that the success of a high level encounter rides on you knowing mechanics and how to stay alive while doing your job, but I think that just adds to the fun and will increase your knowledge of the game more than you think.
Absolute agree right there. I'm in the middle of my first character (DK dps turned tank) and I'm grinding to cp160 so I can start gearing up and tackling some end game content. I'll admit the responsibility can feel daunting, even in some regular dungeons, but I'm slowly getting a feel for it and hopefully I can do my groups proud haha
After using it quite alot, i feel like Knight-Errant's Mail set is also a good set to run with. Saved my ass alot when a healer died and i had to stall for time and self heal while one of the dps picked up the healer
I've been said that ppl were expecting from the HEALER to buff or debuff the team. But I think that is mostly a tank job. Even if HL can have 1 or 2 support skills, I'm pretty sure it'd be useless if those are the same as the TK 🤷🏼♂️
I’m getting pretty close to getting my first char to lvl 50, and your videos have been so helpful! Probably an obvious thing, but you kept mentioning “ads” and I guess that means non boss enemies, but thought I’d ask anyway in case it meant more than just that. Thanks and keep up the good work!
As the other person said ads are additional that are usually spawned in during fights, much like the last boss in fungal grotto 1. You also have pats as in patrols that can can become ads as well. 😊
First off, I value your opinions but it’s just that; YOUR OPINION and not “the way your supposed to play tank” in the sense that your not supposed to do any damage or not focus on it at all! There’s countless damage abilities that compliment your “tankiness” and greatly help you control enemies and your energy levels! Secondly, if your just supposed to purely think like a tank then why do you or is it included that you buff and “heal” your team when possible? So you say it’s ok to be a half assed back up healer as a tank, but don’t use the countless damage abilities that give you health mag stam and whatever other buffs to you and your teams advantage? The reality of ANY ROLE IN ESO is YOU SUCK BADLY AND MIGHT AS WELL PLAY HOWEVER YOU WANT UNTIL YOU HAVE WELL OVER A THOUSAND DAMN C.P., PLUS EVERY SINGLE PART OF YOUR WEAPONS AND GEAR ON PAR EXCELLENT WHICH TAKES ABSURDLY LONG IF EVER ACHIEVED! Even seasoned veterans like you “Brah”, be complaining about gaming performance lag in pvp or just straight up crying because they got there cheeks slapped by a team that’s soo tightly nit and on point from years of being shut down completely because they didn’t have gold gear weapons tri glyphs etc. but what the hell can you expect from non veteran players? Even veterans don’t always communicate with their teams, and they’ll usually run through a damn dungeon leaving their team behind until they may need help with a boss that can one shot EVERY BODY no matter what you do! There’s usually only cohesiveness within guilds, but the sad truth about ESO is the only real fun, which is exploring what classes and abilities you like most quickly gets sapped out of you once you realize PLAYING HOW YOU WANT IS ALL A FASAD IN FAVOR OF ROBOTIC AND REPETITIVE SCENARIOS! Good for you, you got twenty kills on people trying out the base game who will NEVER EVER BE AS GOOD AS YOU, but then you’ll still cry to the devs about game performance issues when you get ripped! 🙀🤷🏻🤦🏻♂️
I have tried to DPS and it feels foreign & wrong. I have always hated playing a mage so healing is out. Tank is what I always gravitate to. It makes sense to me. It's comfortable, natural. ESO is no exception. You know how Skyrim everyone becomes a stealth archer? In MMO I always become a tank.
Had to come here to see if ive been tanking right. I be having 50k hp and like 30k hp in shields that im usually able to constantly refresh when ever it depletes. I feel very helpful and fights, especially after i solo'd a boss once as a level 47 and my allies were cp level 500 and 700. The boss would randomly attack them and deal HUGE damage, and then without me taunting it again it would run back to me. Was crazy long fight but i won and they cheered
35k health is way too low for tanking, way too low. Youre aiming for a minimum of 40, and i mean bare bare minimum. You aim for the resist cap, then invest your effort into surpassing 40k health. If you dont have 40k youre gonna be in the 1shot range in harder encounters Also you dont want all heavy, you want a light sash and medium gloves, youre still at resistance cap and you get the undaunted passives
No means by which to establish and hold aggro in AoE. That is why this games tanking is crap. They could easily implement a standard threat system, but they chose this garbage instead. Just play healer, an actually well built role, and let someone with stockholm get battered around by a shit system.
What's the best class for buffs and debuffs for tanking it seems that's key as well as the taunts. I'm used to playing dps with my dark elf. I do like tanking and have done it in other games just looking for a start.
You said the game has no threat system, then proceed to describe the game having a threat system. I think maybe what you mean is that tanks in ESO don't get a threat stance or multiplier like they do in other MMOs.
Tanking in this game isnt too complicated, it really is just given a bad rep because of the amount of dps players who both cant play the game and will queue as a tank to get a faster queue. There needs to be a way to prevent DPS from fake tanking and causing a group to have a bad experience
Never met a tank or a healer who were incompetent. If they have difficulties, you just explain de mechanics. And it's true, rarely but surely I group with some dps who queue as tank or healer and that thick me off a lil' bit.
To anyone just starting, some of the information on this video is outdated, but the basics are pretty much the same. Taunts have changed now that we are in the Necrom chapter.
How does your hud look so different please bro I see a few videos with the hud like this it kind of looks old school does anyone know how to do this or if it's just for pc please?
@@Sergeant_samuraI If you're referring to eso its really good there is good story and every Person has dialog unlike ff14. However ff14 will always be my favorite but eso comes in 2nd place in my heart.
@@Sergeant_samuraI Eso does feel completely different and tanking is a lot different than ff14. If you love story and want something to enjoy and spend a lot of time on this is the game for you
My same friend who shits on me for my low Tank damage output is the guy who dies in 3 hits while I sit there regening faster than I take damage. People really sleep on the importance of tanks.
This is the first MMO, where I have loved tanking and healing. I would rank Tanking the the more difficult, then DPS, then healer. Like it stress me out, lol. Though it is so engaging and satisfying. Even after I hit lvl 50, I think I'll stay in normal dungeons for a long time just to get everything down.
best tip for people that has tank anxiety, just do it. tell the group beforehand, that you're a learning tank and/or you still leaarning the mechanic. also, try to level with dungeon queue as much as you can.
I just discovered this video, and it was so helpful. I learned how to be a tank from my mom, who plays a healer, so I ended up learning how to be a tank from the perspective of "How to not piss of your healer", so this video was really helpful.
Question shouldn’t plague doctor be used over Ebon armory?? Cause you mentioned end game when talking about Ebon armory but not plague doctor. I’m a noob btw, trying to learn the game.
Just started my tank , i used to think Tanks were useless because I didn't know what they did. But now that I'm finally tanking I've noticed how useful and necessary a tank is. Thank you for this video !!!
actualy tanking in eso feels strange at first but if you ever tanked in any other mmo on higher doffoculties its damn easy in eso just having ppl. not run out of posotion is a prob bc too many dds just run arround like headless chickens
I just started ESO, and went into tanking not knowing wtf I'm doing, but it's only low level dungeons. I'm all here with my hand and arm hurting cuz I'm always spamming the attack and abilities lol good to know that I'm not really supposed to do that other than using buffs, soft and hard taunts and helping with damage wherever I can. I honestly didn't know that there is no threat system. Again, I just jumped to it... Thanks for this video!
I just started playing this and I am wanting to play a nord sword and board tank. This game is confusing for me so I wanted to ask if someone could Point me to a build that is meant for beginners and leveling. I would appreciate it
thanks a lot - I've always always wanted to have an end-game DPS, Healer and tank. Well, I got the DPS and I got the Healer but tanking always scared the crap out of me because I didnt unterstand it. Im sure there are still lots of things I dont understand about it but this guide at least gave me some motivation to get back to learning.
Im up to cp50, started a couple weeks ago with a friend. He went healer, so i went tank, so we could have fast queue times. Its about damn time I look up how to tank lol. But im glad to see im essentially doing it right. I got the inner rage, i got my pierce armor, and I try to bring mobs to the ranged mobs to get em all grouped up. I keep adds away from certain bosses and keep em busy while taunting the boss from range, if that boss calls for ignoring mobs. I keep the boss facing me away from my allies so the aoes dont hit em. I just wonder about my rotations and skill set up and if tanks in this game are supposed to have some decent dps. It seems im doing it right though, as dps is my lowest priority. I got the shadow cloak morph for self heal, as well as the siphon ability on my swap bar, just in case my healer doesnt cut it. But I also like to solo so I started swapping to bow for aoe stuff when im soloing. So im probably not really optimized fully, and i do have resource problems because of switching to bow sometimes to put out more dps. Im learning though, and as I get into veteran dungeons im swapping to bow less to save stamina for blocks and break free. Should I use bone wall, or unstoppable? I use neither as of right now just because of limited slots and wanting to be able to solo without completely reworking everything when switching to solo content from dungeons.
Love your content. Just started a week or two ago. Sitting at level 31? Just trying to get my stables and daily dungeons when i can after work. Since 3-4 levels i've respec'ed to Tank Warden to try understand the role and all. It's a journey haha. I don't have the resources to have too much set ups yet so doing damage while questing is now a pain xD Can't wait to get to later game content and be able to gear/craft and shit. Meanwhile I'm trying to learn mechanics and all I guess. I def need to start crafting/enchanting, I still don't like/know much about this.
My first character is a magsorc DPS and currently working on a healer warden. Planning on working on a DK tank after that. I’m inspired by this Video.!!!.
Keep your Warden healer and just make another character. Either a Dragonknight or a Warden are both really good classes. Then Nord and Argonian are good races and recommend doing Magicka instead of stamina. Tanking is really fun, but don’t force a character that isn’t meant to be a tank into a tank, you won’t have a good time.
This is a great video, I hope as much people see it a possible - we need more tanks! If you are thinking about tanking, just do it - it's pretty simple, yet very satifying.
Whoever needs a safe group to practice tanking add me on console @ bazanzoes I’m just learning too but it’s almost impossible to practice on random dungeon groups. I’m a bad a** dsp but getting bored and ready for more of a challenge, but not too much challenge like PvE
Hey all I hope you enjoyed this! I tried to cover as much as I could for beginners in this video. Here are some clarifications and things I missed (thanks to Milli Rabbit from Discord):
1. Silver Leash is another great pull for non-wardens and DK's.
2. For attributes, I forgot to say, it's generally better to have stamina higher for synergies, so you regain that resource.
3. With over taunting - I want to be more clear on this. This can only occur when 2 or more people taunt a boss, not just by yourself.
4. And with sets, there are people that run 5 heavy 1 medium 1 light. This all depends what your build is.
5. If you are leveling a tank make sure to slot some dps abilities because it will be a nightmare if you don't
Let me know if you have any tips in the comment section!
You all are amazing, and have a great day!
Good video. It's spelt Dying.
I really appreciate that you’re out here producing such quality content,
Also what’s the skin? Orsinimer something?
@@Tyro_ thank you! ill need to look
@@Adam_Lutz no probs think I found it today, Silver Dawn?
Great vid about to have a go at tanking myself, seems pretty daunting but I guess not worrying about rotations is pretty key
For anyone who is just now coming to this guide, Frost magic has recently gone through a bunch of changes and heavy attacking with an ice staff will no longer taunt just a quick FYI
That's actually so good to know, I wanted to be a frost sorcerer for so long, but didn't want attention on me because I'd be a dps
Do you know if that means that doing the tri force is pointless now?
@@megnaan for a tank yes its pointless, but you can still use clench on the ice bar if u want a taunt on both bars (assuming ur going s&b / ice staff). (I'm fine with just the pierce on my front bar)
Plus the ice heavies give you a damage shield
Thanx god. That was stupid.
I just started tanking and I'm still not to 50. It's frustrating in early dungeons because people don't really need a tank. They always run ahead. So, it's hard to learn. That probably contributes to a lack of tanks, too. If you don't feel supported or needed in the group.
It's a goofy irony to that. See, people will complain no matter what. When they aren't complaining, they're boasting. Either you're wrong for tank queuing on a dps on easier dungeon, so they'll complain... ignore them. If you're actually a tank they'll run ahead and boast how they don't need a tank... ignore them here too. Wait for the moment when they're ego is repaid with a quick death. Even the final bosses in Fungal Grotto I and Spidleclutch I will annihilate a careless dps on hardmode. And it's always funny.
See... tanks make things so easy for dps that they forget the importance of basic game mechanics. Block, roll dodge, interrupt. Bosses ignore aggro and target anyone standing too far away. Bosses ignore aggro and try to execute dps with low health.
The mechanics are basic in the base dungeons. It's more about learning tricks to tanking these dungeons than mechanics. Like the best place to pull a boss. The dlc dungeons all have walk through videos. One of the best ways to learn good tanking techniques is to play as dps or healer and watch how other tanks do things. I've learned some of the best techniques from just watching other tanks do their thing. After 3 years of tanking I still love learning something new from watching other tanks even in the baby dungeons.
Just watched his video and I want to try being a tank. I didn't hear him mention what race and class make best take before I start build. I am currently high elf dk doing dps CP250. Do you have any suggestions since you seem to care about playing the role? Any advice is appreciated.
@@carnivoredietmike6078 he has other videos going into a bit more detail but iirc, the overall best tank races were orc, nord, and dark elf? I could easily be wrong about that
YES! i just had that in my first 5 tank dungeon runs. everyone just legged it past the mobs and dived into the boss before i could taunt or aggro. bit annoying from a learning pov but at least they went fast! easy xp (im only lvl25)
It all depends on the difficulty of dungeon.
Please do a healer beginner guide too I would like to show it to my friend who just bought the game, this is his first MMO and he wants to heal because it's what he enjoyed in overwatch, he created a templar
Yeah that is next on the list :)
It is scary, complicated, and overwhelming. That is the fun of it :D
Just started playing eso, coming from ff14 and its hella fun!! Still learning tho
And when people call you out for being a bad tank that's when you stop and the community complains about lack of tanks.
This is so true
Why is it always Timmy? lol Great vid.
I am a much older player(gramma). ESO is the first game I've ever played. I am slow and deliberate as I learn the keyboard. Tank has been a great build to learn on because it's hard to orient in a dungeon with bifocals lol! You can just stay on task while others flit around. Its taken 2yrs to get to cp360 lol. I love it! This is very helpful. Thank you! I just got the ebon set last night on your recommendation! I've so wanted those floating red things❤
when you wear alkosh and you get 0 synergies is pug life.
I kind of wish tanking was more fun in this game. There's always a tank scarcity in MMOs but in this game I simply don't find it enjoyable. You can hold aggro on a single target effectively most of the time. And the way targeting is and just random other things that can being annoying tracking that timer in the midst of it. I don't know I guess WoW spoiled me in the tanking department, I like being able to hold aggro on any threat, I feel like that's my job. Having to range pull shit one at a time, rotate around the resources, cycle that single target taunt is just some tedious stuff to me. Not saying they have to go carebear WoW with it but something different.
Same. I was a wow raider, and it’s been a few years. Got a ps5 and started this week. First dungeon last night and we got through it. But I was kindof confused.
Thank you so much. Just switched my DK from Stamina dps for leveling to my Tank and I'm gonna give it my best to be a good tank...I appreciate all of the tips and advice 😊👍
"learn the mechanics" is 100% the thing that puts most players off the Tanking Role. ESO has too much Dungeons, too much Bosses, too much mechanics. Its very hard for a casual to remember everything. And thats coming from someone who Tanks MMOs for 20 years now. I dont do it in ESO because its just too much. Plus there is no good Dungeonhelper-Addon in this game.
Great beginner tanking video. I'm really trying to improve my tanking skills to be a more experienced player. I will be studying your videos. Thank you!
I'm very new like, just started my character yesterday so this is very helpful
Going to be honest.........................I have actually no idea what you said throughout those 20 minutes but I'm going to try it!
I played my DK as a dps through the story and until level 50, but afterwards I really wanted to give tanking a shot. I usually play tanky characters in mmos and other games, and I like playing a supportive role in groups, so I'm going to throw my lot in with the under supported tanks lol.
Also the queue times are literally instant for dungeons lol. Not waiting 5 minutes like when I was a dps.
Nice Video! Can you suggest some dungeons that is more forgiving and I can try out to tank??
Just started tanking char, had no clue about it, before giving up as a last shot I watched your vid and as always super useful for a beginning, I am gonna continue to play tanking char now!!!! Thnx mate for a wonderful vid 👌👍😉
Coming from playing as Tank in mmo's like TERA and BnS end games, Tanking was so underwhelming in ESO for me, i immediately got put-off. Main reason probably was the choppy animations of single hand weapons, and the general sense of disconnect in ESO melee combat. Also Tanking in ESO felt like a resource management mini-game rather than actually fighting/tanking a boss. But as someone who loves to Tank, your video made me consider giving tanking in ESO one more go. Thanks for the video.
This was exactly what I was looking for! I have seen so many "tanking beginner guides" that basically just go over what skills to buy, Champion points, armor sets... and don't actually talk about what a tank is doing moment-to-moment.
As a newer player to ESO and a brand new tank, I think what I need to find now, is a video where a tank just breaks down moment-to-moment a gameplay video of a dungeon run. I need to see what abilities and attacks they use, with some explanation of why they used that instead of another ability.
For example, you talked about not over spamming abilities, but you didn't talk about what to do in between abilities. Such as, am I just light attacking between abilities? Heavy attacking to get back some stamina? Like I'm talkin I literally don't know what to do from one moment to the other as the tank, outside of taunting.
I've been rotating between mobs and getting them bunched up in dungeons. But I started too so take it with a grain of salt
Besides taunting the enemy you need to stack them all up together (so the AoEs of your DDs get them all) and buff your team mates/debuff the enemy.
Another important thing is staying alive (sounds stupid but you'd be suprosed how many "pros" or high cp tanks die to a normal dungeon boss and flame to the DD that they don't do enough damage bc they as tank can only survive like 5 seconds without constat heal from the healer) and inbetween your skills yes you should do light/ heavy attacks to get resources back
TL;DR
Taunt and stack enemys, buff/debuff, self heal and sustain
@@TrashMPred I don't really die alot because I put points into DK regen when you use ultimate, and I also have the % health regen. I help a dps on my friends list for his mage gear and I pretty much die once because the bastard sometimes bursts me a bit too hard. It shouldn't be too hard, but I havent had anyone complain of my tanking. However it annoys me when dps stand behind me when I'm trying to get boss facing away
@@missivory_missraine I wasn't refering to you or anything when I said tanks dying to a normal dungeon boss or anything so sry if it seemed that way.
I was talking about my own experience, when my friends and I are playing with randoms. Usually I am the tank but if one or two of the others aren't on, I sometimes switch to my DD, and the amount of tanks in random dungeons that can't tank to save their lifes was staggering to us.
Like this one time a high CP player (550+) died to the first boss in Depth of Malatar in 30 seconds and was flaming that the healer didn't heal him and the DDs weren't doing enough damage (we cleared the dungeon a day earlier the first time and didn't have much problems, only doing one boss 2 times, when I ,as the Tank, was around 140 CP and the Healer 130 CP and the 2 DDs were 220/300 CP). When we argued back that we had no problem at all as a full group with lower level tank and overall less DPS (one of our DDs left earlier and he isn't that good with gaming so even if I'm a lower CP than him I get more damage) he just said that in vrteran you need more DPS or you can't do it blah blah blah while dying 2 more times when he just ran through every enemy and was WAY out of the healers reach... on a normal Dungeon which made every of his arguments invalid to us because he was talking about veteran when he could even stay alive on normal... as a tank...
And stuff like that happened more then once or twice, sure we had good mates aswell but most where more hindrance than help.
@@TrashMPred Thx for this man I'm a new player and after seeing this and using it in conjunction with this videop I've noticed I'm a little bit better at tanking
I started tanking not too long ago after playing strictly dps and I am having more fun than ever. I get to think about fights more tactically and mechanically, and feel more accomplished after an encounter due to thinking more critically about what I was doing and what was going on the entire fight rather than just spamming a dps rotation. It is scary knowing that the success of a high level encounter rides on you knowing mechanics and how to stay alive while doing your job, but I think that just adds to the fun and will increase your knowledge of the game more than you think.
Absolute agree right there. I'm in the middle of my first character (DK dps turned tank) and I'm grinding to cp160 so I can start gearing up and tackling some end game content.
I'll admit the responsibility can feel daunting, even in some regular dungeons, but I'm slowly getting a feel for it and hopefully I can do my groups proud haha
After using it quite alot, i feel like
Knight-Errant's Mail set is also a good set to run with. Saved my ass alot when a healer died and i had to stall for time and self heal while one of the dps picked up the healer
This video will help me improve so much good job 😁😁😁
Thank you for this!
Tanking in this game is more akin to playing a support role in other mmos in my opinion. Great guide! Thank you for the set recommendations!
Good video but a tank that protects the team from dying with shields and heals is alot better the alot of dead dps. My toughts ofc.
I've been said that ppl were expecting from the HEALER to buff or debuff the team. But I think that is mostly a tank job. Even if HL can have 1 or 2 support skills, I'm pretty sure it'd be useless if those are the same as the TK 🤷🏼♂️
I’m getting pretty close to getting my first char to lvl 50, and your videos have been so helpful! Probably an obvious thing, but you kept mentioning “ads” and I guess that means non boss enemies, but thought I’d ask anyway in case it meant more than just that. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Ads stand for additionals. So yeah
As the other person said ads are additional that are usually spawned in during fights, much like the last boss in fungal grotto 1. You also have pats as in patrols that can can become ads as well. 😊
Cp611...have a healer and 4 dps...still dont the balls to tank. I need to break that fear.
I would love to be a tank.
What is the armor style or costume?
I want to know as well!
Lol Im sure he knows what he’s talking about but I literally can’t get over “clannifer”
First off, I value your opinions but it’s just that; YOUR OPINION and not “the way your supposed to play tank” in the sense that your not supposed to do any damage or not focus on it at all! There’s countless damage abilities that compliment your “tankiness” and greatly help you control enemies and your energy levels! Secondly, if your just supposed to purely think like a tank then why do you or is it included that you buff and “heal” your team when possible? So you say it’s ok to be a half assed back up healer as a tank, but don’t use the countless damage abilities that give you health mag stam and whatever other buffs to you and your teams advantage? The reality of ANY ROLE IN ESO is YOU SUCK BADLY AND MIGHT AS WELL PLAY HOWEVER YOU WANT UNTIL YOU HAVE WELL OVER A THOUSAND DAMN C.P., PLUS EVERY SINGLE PART OF YOUR WEAPONS AND GEAR ON PAR EXCELLENT WHICH TAKES ABSURDLY LONG IF EVER ACHIEVED! Even seasoned veterans like you “Brah”, be complaining about gaming performance lag in pvp or just straight up crying because they got there cheeks slapped by a team that’s soo tightly nit and on point from years of being shut down completely because they didn’t have gold gear weapons tri glyphs etc. but what the hell can you expect from non veteran players? Even veterans don’t always communicate with their teams, and they’ll usually run through a damn dungeon leaving their team behind until they may need help with a boss that can one shot EVERY BODY no matter what you do! There’s usually only cohesiveness within guilds, but the sad truth about ESO is the only real fun, which is exploring what classes and abilities you like most quickly gets sapped out of you once you realize PLAYING HOW YOU WANT IS ALL A FASAD IN FAVOR OF ROBOTIC AND REPETITIVE SCENARIOS! Good for you, you got twenty kills on people trying out the base game who will NEVER EVER BE AS GOOD AS YOU, but then you’ll still cry to the devs about game performance issues when you get ripped! 🙀🤷🏻🤦🏻♂️
I feel like I would be a better tank then dps.. I suck at doing a rotation 😂
Try healing out, I love it in this game plus nearly instant queues
Thanks!
Thanks for this mate. A lot of useful stuff!
I have tried to DPS and it feels foreign & wrong. I have always hated playing a mage so healing is out. Tank is what I always gravitate to. It makes sense to me. It's comfortable, natural. ESO is no exception. You know how Skyrim everyone becomes a stealth archer? In MMO I always become a tank.
Had to come here to see if ive been tanking right. I be having 50k hp and like 30k hp in shields that im usually able to constantly refresh when ever it depletes. I feel very helpful and fights, especially after i solo'd a boss once as a level 47 and my allies were cp level 500 and 700. The boss would randomly attack them and deal HUGE damage, and then without me taunting it again it would run back to me. Was crazy long fight but i won and they cheered
Beginner guide! Immediately talks about end game content....
It's tanking you know why you're here
35k health is way too low for tanking, way too low. Youre aiming for a minimum of 40, and i mean bare bare minimum. You aim for the resist cap, then invest your effort into surpassing 40k health. If you dont have 40k youre gonna be in the 1shot range in harder encounters
Also you dont want all heavy, you want a light sash and medium gloves, youre still at resistance cap and you get the undaunted passives
12:07 As the tank, you're the deleter of the group! :D
What is the outfit? Love the aesthetics of this build
Would like to hear that as well, looks pretty nice. And thanks for the nice guide as well ;-)
it's the one you get from purchasing greymoor collector, shoulders are silver dawn
No means by which to establish and hold aggro in AoE. That is why this games tanking is crap. They could easily implement a standard threat system, but they chose this garbage instead. Just play healer, an actually well built role, and let someone with stockholm get battered around by a shit system.
Do you have video for vet dungeons
Sets
And how do you get all adds on you
Love playing a tank!
What's the best class for buffs and debuffs for tanking it seems that's key as well as the taunts. I'm used to playing dps with my dark elf. I do like tanking and have done it in other games just looking for a start.
Aggro is random I have aoed a mob and they run to other players randomly even if they are not doing anything
I sincerely don't understand why every youtuber says to wear ebony or worm when the buff is only 100 recovery buff, that is literally nothing.
You said the game has no threat system, then proceed to describe the game having a threat system.
I think maybe what you mean is that tanks in ESO don't get a threat stance or multiplier like they do in other MMOs.
"Don't just hold block all the time"
Me who always holds block and it works every time (even raids) oooops xD
Tanking in this game isnt too complicated, it really is just given a bad rep because of the amount of dps players who both cant play the game and will queue as a tank to get a faster queue. There needs to be a way to prevent DPS from fake tanking and causing a group to have a bad experience
Never met a tank or a healer who were incompetent. If they have difficulties, you just explain de mechanics. And it's true, rarely but surely I group with some dps who queue as tank or healer and that thick me off a lil' bit.
Do you guys have a ps4 guild mate ? New to the game and I like your vids
To anyone just starting, some of the information on this video is outdated, but the basics are pretty much the same. Taunts have changed now that we are in the Necrom chapter.
Damaged based tanking lol welp you don't really need to know more just run in and face tank while dps clears.
How does your hud look so different please bro I see a few videos with the hud like this it kind of looks old school does anyone know how to do this or if it's just for pc please?
Mostly discouraged after watching this! Might go back to gw2, fck the holy trinity.
my build is a practically immortal vampire blood knight that can solo boss fights and win through attrition
Very helpful. I played has a dark knight in Final Fantasy 14 and loved it this time I think I'll go as a Death knight (necromancer tank) for eso
Hey I’m a ff player but I hopped off what do you think of this game ?
@@Sergeant_samuraI If you're referring to eso its really good there is good story and every Person has dialog unlike ff14. However ff14 will always be my favorite but eso comes in 2nd place in my heart.
@@Sergeant_samuraI Eso does feel completely different and tanking is a lot different than ff14. If you love story and want something to enjoy and spend a lot of time on this is the game for you
Didn't the ice staff get nerfed? It doesn't taunt anymore does it?
It did! This vid is almost a year....
Ice staff no longer taunts.
So I notice you're running a Warden. Does your race and class play a significant difference?
My same friend who shits on me for my low Tank damage output is the guy who dies in 3 hits while I sit there regening faster than I take damage. People really sleep on the importance of tanks.
This is the first MMO, where I have loved tanking and healing. I would rank Tanking the the more difficult, then DPS, then healer. Like it stress me out, lol. Though it is so engaging and satisfying. Even after I hit lvl 50, I think I'll stay in normal dungeons for a long time just to get everything down.
Second day with tank and I agree this red orbs from ebony set are .......
Sexy😄
best tip for people that has tank anxiety, just do it. tell the group beforehand, that you're a learning tank and/or you still leaarning the mechanic. also, try to level with dungeon queue as much as you can.
I felt this everyone gets this
I just discovered this video, and it was so helpful. I learned how to be a tank from my mom, who plays a healer, so I ended up learning how to be a tank from the perspective of "How to not piss of your healer", so this video was really helpful.
Its really odd to me that people state that eso doesnt have a threat system and then just describe how eso uses a threat system.
Question shouldn’t plague doctor be used over Ebon armory?? Cause you mentioned end game when talking about Ebon armory but not plague doctor. I’m a noob btw, trying to learn the game.
Just started my tank , i used to think Tanks were useless because I didn't know what they did. But now that I'm finally tanking I've noticed how useful and necessary a tank is. Thank you for this video !!!
What’s the best tank class?
amazing video
A beautifully prepared, detailed and successfully narrated video. Thanks for your effort. It helped a lot.
actualy tanking in eso feels strange at first but if you ever tanked in any other mmo on higher doffoculties its damn easy in eso just having ppl. not run out of posotion is a prob bc too many dds just run arround like headless chickens
I love tanking. Pretty much all I do
I just started ESO, and went into tanking not knowing wtf I'm doing, but it's only low level dungeons. I'm all here with my hand and arm hurting cuz I'm always spamming the attack and abilities lol good to know that I'm not really supposed to do that other than using buffs, soft and hard taunts and helping with damage wherever I can. I honestly didn't know that there is no threat system. Again, I just jumped to it... Thanks for this video!
Dunno if anyone has played Albion, it's known for being ruthless on tanks and healers... Is ESO harder? Just so I get a reference
I just started playing this and I am wanting to play a nord sword and board tank. This game is confusing for me so I wanted to ask if someone could Point me to a build that is meant for beginners and leveling. I would appreciate it
thanks a lot - I've always always wanted to have an end-game DPS, Healer and tank. Well, I got the DPS and I got the Healer but tanking always scared the crap out of me because I didnt unterstand it. Im sure there are still lots of things I dont understand about it but this guide at least gave me some motivation to get back to learning.
Loved the vid as tank is my favourite role. Could you add add another video thi this series "Beginners solo guide in ESO"
So I have a solo guide in the channel but maybe I could do a variation of that
@@Adam_Lutz Yeah that would be cool
Please Do a Healer guide
That’s next
Im up to cp50, started a couple weeks ago with a friend. He went healer, so i went tank, so we could have fast queue times. Its about damn time I look up how to tank lol. But im glad to see im essentially doing it right. I got the inner rage, i got my pierce armor, and I try to bring mobs to the ranged mobs to get em all grouped up. I keep adds away from certain bosses and keep em busy while taunting the boss from range, if that boss calls for ignoring mobs. I keep the boss facing me away from my allies so the aoes dont hit em. I just wonder about my rotations and skill set up and if tanks in this game are supposed to have some decent dps. It seems im doing it right though, as dps is my lowest priority. I got the shadow cloak morph for self heal, as well as the siphon ability on my swap bar, just in case my healer doesnt cut it.
But I also like to solo so I started swapping to bow for aoe stuff when im soloing. So im probably not really optimized fully, and i do have resource problems because of switching to bow sometimes to put out more dps. Im learning though, and as I get into veteran dungeons im swapping to bow less to save stamina for blocks and break free. Should I use bone wall, or unstoppable? I use neither as of right now just because of limited slots and wanting to be able to solo without completely reworking everything when switching to solo content from dungeons.
Love your content. Just started a week or two ago. Sitting at level 31? Just trying to get my stables and daily dungeons when i can after work. Since 3-4 levels i've respec'ed to Tank Warden to try understand the role and all. It's a journey haha. I don't have the resources to have too much set ups yet so doing damage while questing is now a pain xD Can't wait to get to later game content and be able to gear/craft and shit. Meanwhile I'm trying to learn mechanics and all I guess. I def need to start crafting/enchanting, I still don't like/know much about this.
Great guide m8
It was really helpful....
But what motif is that... You look like an godlike Viking
My first character is a magsorc DPS and currently working on a healer warden. Planning on working on a DK tank after that. I’m inspired by this Video.!!!.
I am having more fun tanking when I figured out the ice staff back bar
Sounds like too much work and thinking. No wonder people like dpsing lol
Seems like you need to have a robust majika pool due to the Ice Staff of your choice.
hey what's the name of the shoulders that you have that look like a wolf
what add on is that that tells you to block?
I've wanted to play ESO for a while now but the whole pricing and DLC structure on steam leaves me confused.
Just buy the base game and get ESO+ - don't worry about buying chapters because they become DLC eventually which you get in ESO+
What about beginning skills???
NO , MUST FACE TANK ALL DMG jk good vid lol
I didn't know I shouldn't have a rotation, great video!
Thank you for this video! I'm learning to tank in ESO and this helped simplify it a lot.
Love this video, I keep coming back to this video because I just created a tank. Good video!
Thanks. I just levelled one tank to 50. Still feel like a beginner and this guide helps. Going to make some adjustments the next time I tank.
Great guide thanks. Already getting compliments for tanking correctly.
Should I make my Healer warden into a Tank warden or should I just make a dragonknight Tank because I’m really conflicted
Keep your Warden healer and just make another character. Either a Dragonknight or a Warden are both really good classes. Then Nord and Argonian are good races and recommend doing Magicka instead of stamina. Tanking is really fun, but don’t force a character that isn’t meant to be a tank into a tank, you won’t have a good time.
This is a great video, I hope as much people see it a possible - we need more tanks! If you are thinking about tanking, just do it - it's pretty simple, yet very satifying.
Thank you!
Awesome video! 👍👍
Just started, loving your guide
Whoever needs a safe group to practice tanking add me on console @ bazanzoes
I’m just learning too but it’s almost impossible to practice on random dungeon groups. I’m a bad a** dsp but getting bored and ready for more of a challenge, but not too much challenge like PvE
Why Lord Mundus??