Monks - The second best tank in the game?

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Didnt read through thread so this may have been discussed, but Monks are pretty sh!t tanks until geared out at higher levels and fighting things they are higher level than. Can a monk tank? Under the right circumstances, sure. Are they better than warrior/pal/sK? Short answer is no. if a monk is a viable tank in a situation, chances are so would a Bards/Sk/Pal/War/Rng/Rog of similar gear levels

Mid levels there are tonnes of low weight decent AC items for monks in vanilla (cloak of shadow, azure sleeves, fine silk turban, Syylvaak hide vest and so on), some decent enough ones from kunark too (targin's bone mask springs to mind).

Seeing monks have similar/better melee skills to warriors and AC caps below the 50s are pretty low, I struggle to see how a contentiously geared monk would struggle to tank in these levels. Warriors can solo blues up to and beyond 40 in raw hide.


Monks also have access to better ratio weapons, which combined with their high melee skills and group-mates casting root should make aggro manageable.

Based on these factors, I don't understand why you suggest they are lacklustre tanks mid levels. Is it just most people don't spec for tanking?