![]() ![]() You should aim to always have Refreshing Move on your Sword, using a Bane perk will give you a nice increase in damage and then Enchanted for under 300 STR and Thwarting Strikes for over 300 STR. Using an Energizing Runeglass Gem provides you with some Stamina gain every 3 seconds, but a normal Pristine Carnelian is also a great option. Generally, you should be Light Attack weaving with a Sword as you’ll benefit from the Refreshing Move perk and in edition, you’ll do more damage with Thwarting Strikes or Enchanted. Once you do that you then use Reverse Stab combined with the important Tactician passive will reduce all other sword cooldowns by 25% meaning your Defenders Resolve and Shield Bash should both become available to use again much quicker. You can then use Shield Bash after a few seconds delay to pick up taunt on any missed enemies, refresh your taunt timer or to knock back the enemy. The way you utilise these weapon abilities is by activating Defender’s Resolve for a taunt on all nearby enemies. With the Offensive setup you are gaining the Leadership buff which is giving your group 10% increased damage which is the best option if you have a good group as you’ll passively buff group DPS. If you go with the Defensive option, you will benefit yourself more and that’s the best option when new to Tanking or doing content with random groups. You have access to two taunts plus a lot of defensive benefits. Sword and Shield is an excellent weapon choice for Tanking in New World and should be your main hand weapon of choice. I use this mostly when completing overland content as it is a good Tank/DPS hybrid weapon.įinally, the Ice Gauntlet is an option for DPS Tanking but not a really common option unless you’re in a really organised group and using Light Armor. I personally don’t feel like it’s good enough to replace the Sword & Shield and you cannot use it WITH the Sword & Shield because they are too similar, and you would end up losing way too much utility by not having a War Hammer or Great Axe. Greatsword is commonly asked about as a Tank weapon. You would often use this weapon choice for doing additional DPS where possible. ![]() Hatchets are used by Tanks to introduce additional methods of AoE Taunting and damage which leads to improved aggro and threat. Ideally you only use this in situations with a lot of enemies so you can bunch them up for your damage dealers. Great Axe is something you can use to stack enemies and help your group to burn down enemies faster. It’s really hard to drop this weapon as it has so many benefits for your group and it’s a high damage Tank weapon also. You have Rend and Weaken alongside Crowd Control. The War Hammer is a great utility weapon. If you take the Leadership route it’s also offering increased group damage passively. It offers too many benefits to you as a Tank which assist you in damage reductions and other things. The Sword & Shield is quite essential for PvE Tanking. Other Weapons: Greatsword, Ice Gauntlet.If you want to play a safer option, then go with 300 CON and 200 STR but this will not be as effective. Getting 200 CON is very useful as it unlocks increased resistances and provides you with more Max Health. Increasing CON past 200 doesn’t really offer a huge benefit, you’ll gain increased health, but the Attribute bonuses aren’t as useful as the grit you get from 300 STR. Grit is also very valuable since the most essential perk on your Sword is Refreshing Move which reduces your ability cooldowns from Light and Heavy Attacks, so you’ll want to make use of that, and your other weapons benefit greatly from you doing regular Light and Heavy Attacks also. You need to be using Light and Heavy Attacks a lot as a Tank because it’s basically impossible to permanently block as a Tank in New World, so to maintain your Stamina you need to drop block for large portions of time during combat. For your attributes, the best option is to use 300 STR or more, combined with 2o0 CON.ģ00 STR gives you Grit which is really important, it prevents you from getting knocked back so you can hold your positions much better while using Light and Heavy Attacks.
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