paladin or ranger?

[Aaramis]

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

With choice between Ranger & Monk to tank you're gonna get more mileage having the Monk dps and the Ranger tank in many situations, pretty much always if you have a slower, as Ranger has the cheap agro spells to take and hold agro so the slower can slow early in the fight and monk (and any other dps) can go all out dps from the mob's backside.

Of course, if you have no slower & heals are weak and the Monk has decent AC gear and the Ranger is wearing promqueen gear (str & dex instead of ac & hp), the Monk tank option looks pretty attractive. Even moreso if you're in an outdoor dungeon so the Ranger gets easy single pulls with harmony.

Very true on aggro. Rangers have all the necessary tools to taunt and hold aggro. Taunt button. Snare. Flame lick. Fast speed weapons.

As for promqueen gear, you're far more likely to see Monks wearing it than Rangers. Ranger gear is pretty cheap and decent for what you get (Ry'gorr, Sebilite Scale) and still has ok AC on it. Tolan's is pretty cheap too, and most Rangers probably have a piece of this or 2. Plus they get their own self-buff line, as Druids do, for AC + damage shield, which further boosts their AC.

Unlike the 135901735097 monks running around in black pantherskin, often over their weight allowance, and rely purely on others to buff their AC.