Tank Builds Post Patch

[arsic.]

Welp, after the latest patch my tank build feels much weaker. I wanna ask other ppl who are tanks or who wanna be tanks, what builds are you all running post patch? Any ideas of good synergies etc?

[JaBoosted]

I don't know - Because before patch I was a tank but I had a lack of damage. Which was a fair trade off. It took me ages to down a boss but i could survive if I was on my A Game.. Now I'm a Tank who does no damage and can't survive...

So the Dev's said - Nope we just want BIG DPS DMG in our game... So now I have to go level up Archetypes just to do High DPS so I can down the mobs quick enough so not to die at the same rate my tank does... LOL what was the point in that?

[NottheWinner]

Yeah they def nerfed tank builds... what annoys me is they decided not to include the notes about that in the patch notes....

[Oz]

Tank builds are no longer viable on difficulties lower than veteran.

Even basic mobs 2-3 shot you now in apoc.

[BeefJerkyHunter]

Publicado originalmente por JaBoosted:

So now I have to go level up Archetypes just to do High DPS so I can down the mobs quick enough so not to die at the same rate my tank does... LOL what was the point in that?

It's in your interest to level all Archetypes as ruin fragment levels are tied to your total Archetype levels.

[Jino]

I've spent the last 100 hours playing different glass cannon builds and finally decided to switch it up to a tank build and was having fun for all of one day until they nerfed it into the ground. honestly not playing again until either they revert it or a mod releases fixing it. i got bored of having to dodge everything and just wanted face tank with melee and heavy weapons.

[Atma]

What changed w/ tank builds in the patch? I skimmed them but I didn't see anything that really jumped out at me.

Did they fix the damage reduction stuff going beyond 80% total DR?

[JaBoosted]

Publicado originalmente por BeefJerkyHunter:

Publicado originalmente por JaBoosted:

So now I have to go level up Archetypes just to do High DPS so I can down the mobs quick enough so not to die at the same rate my tank does... LOL what was the point in that?

It's in your interest to level all Archetypes as ruin fragment levels are tied to your total Archetype levels.

You don't have to max every Archetype to do that.. LUL

[arsic.]

Publicado originalmente por JaBoosted:

I don't know - Because before patch I was a tank but I had a lack of damage. Which was a fair trade off. It took me ages to down a boss but i could survive if I was on my A Game.. Now I'm a Tank who does no damage and can't survive...

So the Dev's said - Nope we just want BIG DPS DMG in our game... So now I have to go level up Archetypes just to do High DPS so I can down the mobs quick enough so not to die at the same rate my tank does... LOL what was the point in that?

This is exactly my situation pretty much :/

[G]

I don't know what y'all are running but tank builds still work. I just beat the Red Prince solo apoc with 5 stacks of curse and he still couldn't kill me. I had 1/4 my hp and it was more than enough. I'm still running through everything just fine.

I'm running alch/medic
Leto's mark 1
Tranquil Heart with health / DR / armor relic fragments
Rusted Navigator's Pendant
Restriction Cord / Ring of Crisis / Hardened Coil / Reverse Boosting Gem
Wrangler +20 / Stonebreaker +10 / Enigma +10
Concoctions are: Bark / Cider / Tonic / Root Water
Traits: Fortify / Regrowth / Swiftness / Vigor / Barkskin / Shadeskin all maxed / Spirit level 8

I usually swap out the pendant or hardened coil if I need something else. Swiftness can also be replaced. I have over 200 hp and 110% total DR. I have over 100 effective hp with restriction cord on. I also just killed the Red Prince first try on apoc with this build with 50 hp because of the curse stacks.

[KirkTheStampede]

This is my tank healer build

https://youtu.be/Y9u6IVU2SZg

[arsic.]

Publicado originalmente por KirkTheStampede:

This is my tank healer build

https://youtu.be/Y9u6IVU2SZg

Thanks for sharing!

[zuruku]

Developers genuinely think their game is a great soul-like game. That's why they don't allow any other way than the style of play in their heads. Even Eldenling allowed more possibilities

[Funpire]

Publicado originalmente por arsic.:

Welp, after the latest patch my tank build feels much weaker. I wanna ask other ppl who are tanks or who wanna be tanks, what builds are you all running post patch? Any ideas of good synergies etc?

Dev's already mentioned this isn't intentional. Devs don't post here. This is the land of the trolls. Look elsewhere for their comments.

[arsic.]

Publicado originalmente por Funpire:

Publicado originalmente por arsic.:

Welp, after the latest patch my tank build feels much weaker. I wanna ask other ppl who are tanks or who wanna be tanks, what builds are you all running post patch? Any ideas of good synergies etc?

Dev's already mentioned this isn't intentional. Devs don't post here. This is the land of the trolls. Look elsewhere for their comments.

Ah thanks for the insight, where can i find how the devs responded to this?

[Shin-Okami]

just gunna leave this here... https://youtu.be/MU6cs3ZKKlk