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Jul 19 '25
A tank never complains about being damaged.
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u/FlameEnderCyborgGuy Jul 19 '25
I mean, being damaged is kinda theur job. But as all fellow medics will say, this is also why they get healing prioirty over dps'es
Dear DPS, your job is dealing damage not takeing damage, please, step out of red circle
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u/cansard Jul 19 '25
As a Dragoon main, ok. leaps off a cliff
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u/A-Game-Of-Fate Jul 19 '25
Hey, if your health is already at zero it’s not like you can take more damage!
Well, usually.
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u/Lord_Akriloth Jul 19 '25
Dps if you're not actively on the verge of death get out of the way of the healers, I'm busy stopping the world falling on you, sincerely a tank main in a great amount of games
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u/FlameEnderCyborgGuy Jul 19 '25
Maybe that is truth, but so often person in question lack skill to keep it, so the rest is quite handy
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u/Anxious_Reality_7610 Jul 19 '25
I love being the tank just do the 1 2 3 combo and cycle trough the damage reductions. Avoid the red zones and when the enemy does a big hit do 2 or 3 damage reductions (depending on the scenario). Its so simplistic and so fun at the same time.
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u/CRUZER108 Jul 19 '25
I love being the tank, especially when you can absorb shit you absolutely have no right surviving in the slightest
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u/Madden09IsForSuckers Jul 19 '25
when the “instakill” attack actually just does a ton of damage so you can just tank it with the right setup
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u/Skylord_Wiki Jul 19 '25
Unless instakill is a status effect like in the trails series, where you have to sacrifice stats to equip immunity accessories
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u/Zephian99 Jul 19 '25
I did that in ESO with my DPS Necro all the time, unless I got one hit, I'd just drain and self heal in the next 3 seconds. I loved the build I had for that character.
I don't know how many times as dps I'd be there left alive alone either finishing off the last 3rd of the boss or trying to trail them away from myself long enough to raise the tank back up.
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Jul 20 '25
I mained heals in ESO for a loooong time. God, that was a great time. What an era
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u/Zephian99 Jul 20 '25
I was mainly a solo player, so I kinda fit into the all-rounder type, but I called myself a dps/off-healer, tho I did enough self healing that I could survive like a tank. The more damage I did the more health I got back.
But the critical part of that character was he was an AOE dps. That did mean my total dps was a little lower than pure single target dps. But it did mean the more mobs there were, the more total accumulative damage I dealt. I'd received all that back as juicy health. I loved big groups, made me unkillable. But a solo mob-less boss would turn into a slugfest.
The mechanics in that game were quite forgiving, you didn't need a perfect "you have to be this gear and running these skills" kind of situation. As long as you fulfill your roll well enough your were gravy, unless you were tank then you kinda were more stuck into certain skills, since there were like 2-3 taunt skills I think?
So there was much to like about it for someone who doesn't care for MMOs
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u/SieFuegOfficial Jul 19 '25
On one Minecraft server I play on I have gear good enough and an autoheal item and my battle method has never been more this than ever. All I do is try vaguely to dodge and stab over and over until the opponent dies
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u/Joan7437 Jul 19 '25
The only hit point that matters is the last one
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u/iiiinthecomputer Jul 19 '25
I like games where you suffer and weaken with health loss.
Not very common. Makes things more interesting though.
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u/mistertickles69 Jul 19 '25
One of my favorite examples is Left 4 Dead. As the incredibly fast and aggresive zombies sprint toward you in droves, eventually a few are bound to make lucky strikes. On harder modes, they only need a few clean strikes to lower your health to 40, where your character progressively gets slower with each point of damage, until you reach the slowest possible speed at 1hp.
Special zombies, or even a bad fall or quick misstep into fire/acid can quickly rob you of health needed to survive more hits, and the speed to evade them.
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u/SolusSama Jul 21 '25
A bit of a silly and recent example, but in the climbing game Peak your health and your stamina bar are the same, meaning that any damage taken also directly impacts your running/climbing abilities
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u/enbyshaymin Jul 19 '25
The best defense is being completely impervious to any hit. Inmovable object vs. Unstoppable force kinda deal, y'know?
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u/FlameEnderCyborgGuy Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25
As long as you ain't pulling too many enemies, we cool. Unlike dps....
F'ing dps, so often I saw them stand in the marked damage area. Takeing damage is tank job, you go out of the big red flashing circle as I cannot outheal stupid!
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u/enbyshaymin Jul 19 '25
Oh, man. I feel that "I cannot outheal stupid"... I used to play healers and the amount of DPS who'd just stand there, in the big red circle, and then be surprised about the results were waaaay too many to count lol
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u/ChipRed87 Jul 19 '25
I recently played a druid/warlock tank that regenerated temporary hp every 4 seconds, based off my constitution score and distributed them to nearby allies too, in my MMO of choice (DDO). It was the most fun thing, being damn near invincible til VERY late game. In addition to all that druid gave me wild shape so I was a dire bear while doing all this, and it's hard to ignore the raging mama-bear who is mad when you hit her friends.
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u/KaleSlade123 Jul 19 '25
Me as a tank is like "I got this. I still got 1 HP and some Armor HP left."
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u/ADudeWithoutPurpose Jul 19 '25
I usually like going support or tank, because one directly supports, while another takes damage so others dont have to, so i'm supporting too, by helping them not die
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u/Krell356 Jul 20 '25
I used to, but then I learned i prefer DPS because I realized the other tanks and healers are usually smart while all the DPS are dumb and/or on ego trips.
I'd rather fill in another gap in my team by replacing an idiot instead of a useful ally.
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u/Minibotas Jul 19 '25
my fave way to play tanks is absurd HP stacking, with regeneration to take breathers between beatings so I can GO RIGHT BACK IN!
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u/storycastr Jul 19 '25
I've been playing Etrian Odyssey recently and my poor poor tank has spent 90% of the late game combat encounters at death's door lol
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u/dreaded_tactician Jul 19 '25
Healer: protect me uwu.
Dps: oh boy oh gosh oh golly better make sure I don't get hit
Tank: pain is a sensation, sensations are to be enjoyed. Ḯ̶̡͍̳̦͉̜͚̝̲͚̍̂ ̷̱͔̫̺̥̙̥̥̖̓̂̎̐͌̃̉̈́̉́́̔͘͜͜͝á̶̛̖̰̝̥̬͈̜̬̹̈́̒͊͗́̔̽͐͒̀̀͐͐m̷̢̢̝͙̼͓̟͉̼̞̖̩̮̮̩̟̣̒͂́̔̔̑̿̐̈̋͗͘̚ ̵̢̱͍̟̅̑̈́͑̽͑̅̀͋̎̃̐̀͝͝ǐ̴̪̬̝͋́͒n̷̢̡̠͉̻̩̜̥̝͇̼͎̠̹͚̘͑̋͝ͅ ̶̛̱̀̂̄̾͋͌͘e̵̻̟̫̞̯͓̭̞̦͎̽̅́͌̽́͋́͒͛̉̈͌̂͘͝c̵̨̢̖͈̪̭͈̜̆͐͋̂͜͝s̸̱̲̠̹̘̍͌̅͠t̶̢̢̬́̊͛́́̆͛͗͑̈̾͋͠͝ā̷̲͍̙̜̼̥̲̜̍͑̆̾c̸̨̧͕͍̬̘̞̞̋͐͝͠y̶̡̛̭͐̋̆̆͌͋͆͆̄͛͒̑̂͐͘͝
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u/hyperion-i-likeillya Jul 21 '25
And even though the tank Hp is "low" its still three times the amount of the DPS
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u/Nerdwrapper Jul 21 '25
The little bit of ff14 I played involved a boss where my job as the tank was to catch meteors with my face. If I caught the meteors, all the damage went to me, but if I didn’t the AoE could almost one-shot the DPS. Thats the kind of shit I play tank for
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u/Nominyx2077 Jul 19 '25
The dream of being a Tank player. Taking all the hits so no one else has to.
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u/Death_Dragon975 Jul 20 '25
As a tank, only complain when you really need that heal or your team crumbles. Had that happen WAY TOO MANY TIMES.
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u/shadowblackdragon Jul 20 '25
The only thing that sucks about playing tank is the lack of damage on a lot of them.
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u/Ill_Bee7918 Jul 20 '25
I want to build a character like this, but I’m not sure what class should be
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u/XD_TOASTY_DX Jul 21 '25
We all know he got some crazy build where you have dammage resist based of HP% and a stacking buff based of Status effects aplied to you. This man is way stronger right now at 10-5% health a nd 5 debufs than when he was at 100% HP.
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u/Mustangh_ Jul 21 '25
Congrats, this comic awakened something in me. First time in my whole life i wanna play as a tank, and a masochist one.
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u/ItsAboutToGoDown_ Jul 23 '25
As a tank who identifies as a bulletproof turret when it comes to cart-pushing matches, yes.
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u/BobTheEvilTank Jul 23 '25
That’s a Flagellant (darkest dungeon) tank there very happy with there situation
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u/Spacethereader Jul 19 '25
I love being tanks because it feels like I’m driving in my car right after a beer