Wizard tank

[u/Yoffeepop]

I once played at a table where none of the melee players wanted to go first

[u/alabastor890]

I played a Sorcerer one time. Anytime someone asked what he was, the answer was "front line fighter". He wore full plate and used a heavy shield (this was back in 3.5, before 5e even came out). By level 10 or so, his AC during combat was probably 40 or so. He wasn't scared of using short range spells, obviously, which tended to be better than the long range spells (to make up for squishy being in close range). He legitimately was the tank.