Monks - The second best tank in the game?

[fugazi]

Monks scale better with levels and items than the three tank classes. What they miss is snap aggro, but that's about it. A wide variety of skills with very high caps mixed with class only gear that is insanely good and amazing scaling make for a class that, when played to its maximum potential, blows the other three out of the water.

However, most people play p99 like its a facebook game and barely add more than the necessary minimum to the group they are in. A SK or paladin will utilize that playstyle better than a monk would.

To he who said bard: straight on. Spamming slow while rocking a good hp pool and ac is pretty much the perfect tank. Hell, pre-50 I snare everything on my ranger so that the casters take zero aggro. Having that ability, but better and with a slow, makes me moist.