paladin or ranger?

[kaev]

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

Sure, you might be asked to tank so the monk can pull (often a mistake imho, monk tanking and dps far outstrips that of most classes and rangers can pull sufficiently well in many areas). Or maybe if the 'real' tank has gone afk or had to split (note if the afk tank is a warrior, just root park the mob on his toes as you would be doing otherwise and let him tank it while afk). However, in these situations you will be asked to tank with rolling eyes, 'thank god I have clarity' and so on.

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.