Damn enter key ,, just curious how comparabilably geared/AAed rangers/zerkers fare when they're stuck tanking.

Edited, Mon Sep 26 04:45:53 2005 by Brewnoe

Heh, and the mitigation they get from the 4 second stun doesn't help at all.

No doubt in my mind that Zerkers make better tanks than equally geared/AAed Rangers....at least against stunnable mobs. In CoA only a little better due to the extra hps, but against stunnable mobs... not a contest. My little 45 Zerker can tank and take damage way better than my Ranger could ever dream about tanking. Snare, stun and great DPS for agro. Stun to help reduce damage. Stun ftw.

Zerkers have more hp then rangers.
Zerkers have about the same mitti as rangers.

(Zerker have way more mitti as rogs.)

Rangers can generate more agro if they want to.
Ranger WS (riposite) lasts longer.

I would say zerkers tank a lil better then rangers...but not by far.

/agree with most of whats posted above. Also, Zerks at early levels are better tanks because the races that are Zerkers have more natural hps than the ones that are Rangers. The ways a ranger can steal agro from Zerks is by overwriting your (best agro ability) snare with theirs or by having two weapons that can proc hate. Otherwise if Zerk pulls (+agro), snares (+agro), before anyone hits, and (both +agro) stuns/rage volley (when available) no big deal holding agro and holding off the damage. You can hold off on stuns with a slower and no one challenging agro to conserve Endurance. At 65 with 74 AA's I tank trash mobs in WoS ok and easily tank BoT giants and bees. But tanking to where I don't drain Cleric requires lots of stun, and I can't not rage volley 8), which drains Endurance, either way means down time. Better to get a real tank and keep the xp flowing.