'Mitigation' is one of those words which without context may seem like it means any method of reducing damage taken, but in the context of EQ, specifically EQ tank classes, it exclusively means the various skills and stats which influence for how much damage a mob hits you. Not even whether a mob hits you--that's avoidance. Warriors have the best mitigation. Monks have the best avoidance. Knights can get super beefy too and a knight can tank stuff like KT, flurries, but only by brute forcing it through gear. Mobs like Tunare and Vulak are able to kill even a BiS warrior with a 7k damage spike in under a second in p99. A knight doesn't stand a chance, but they're good at other things.
I personally wouldn't invite any tank class to a group in late velious. I would invite a monk. In classic, I could see myself inviting a knight tank because everyone's gear sucks and they have a bunch of survivability. It wouldn't be a good group, though, especially since classic had the hybrid XP penalties.
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06-11-2024, 05:47 PM
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