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Originally Posted by Troxx
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You'd be surprised just how well monks do tank if you bothered to parse it. It's actually pretty sad; but it's classic. Comparing equivalently geared characters, they take less damage than either knight class or even warriors outside of defensive discipline.
What they don't have is reliable aggro ... But warriors don't really have that either. Their hit point pools are somewhat low, but that's not really important unless you've got a cleric that is using complete heal.
Monks are just one of those overpowered classes in this era of EQ.
Knights are great and a blast to play.
Warriors do their job well.
But yeah monks really do take the lowest damage outside of discipline.
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Didn't dispute that but in terms overall effectiveness in tanking(as in the role of the tank) monks fall short.
Doesnt matter if you take less damage when the mob in question is attack your chanter/healer. As a Paladin I have FoL/Stun/heal/root and are able to swiftly regain control of the fight + every other class can comfortably heal/DPS without the fear of getting attacked. SKs have a similar yet different set of tools to do the same.
That's my entire point. While the mitigation numbers favour monks there's more to tanking than simply taking a little bit less damage.