And Warding Maneuver is a similar ability to Spirit Shield except that it increases Armor Class instead. Unwavering Mark functions similarly to Ancestral Protectors but instead of reducing damage, the feature allows the character to make an empowered attack during his turn against the enemy that attacked your ally. The subclass features two tanking abilities very similar to the Ancestral Guardian. With Sentinel, not only does it ignore Disengage, it also fully prevents your target from leaving your side whenever you hit them with your reaction attack.Īnd then there’s Cavalier. Usually, when a creature uses Disengage, enemies surrounding that creature can’t do opportunity attacks. What makes this feat super powerful is its ability to disrespect the Disengage action. In fact, every serious tank build should pick up the feat. The Sentinel feat is a very solid choice if you decide to skip your Ability Score Increase during Level 4. These two features alone can potentially reduce your enemy’s damage to zero while at the same time have the ability to soak damage yourself as you Rage.īut what makes this build over the top is his choice of the super powerful Sentinel feat and the Fighter subclass Cavalier. Secondly, your Spirit Shield feature allows you to throw out 2D6 damage-reducers as a reaction every turn. What’s sweeter is that if they persist on attacking your allies and, perchance, damage them, the ally reduces the damage by half. These spirits harass the target and impose Disadvantage on their attack rolls if they try to attack your allies. Ancestral Protectors summon guardian spirits around your target after your Barbarian whacks it with his axe. What makes this tank build really effective is not just its maximized Dexterity and Constitution scores, but his choice to multiclass the Barbarian subclass, Path of the Ancestral Guardian, with the Fighter subclass, Cavalier.įirstly, the Ancestral Guardian has two great tanking features: Ancestral Protectors and Spirit Shield. Clearly, the goal of this build is not to deal massive damage like all barbarians do but to purely play the role of the Tank. He de-emphasizes on the Barbarian’s Strength bonuses and capitalizes on the Stout Halfling’s bonuses to Dexterity and Constitution – two of the abilities that contribute to a Barbarian’s Armor Class. With that said about the halfling, this particular tank build focuses on that strength – evasion. And we usually know that halflings lean towards evasion and avoidance. Taking20’s take on an optimized tank build is quite ‘strange’ and funny because, although it’s a Barbarian build, it uses a halfling as a racial choice. Last Side Note: the major weakness of these builds is that they are quite boring to play fully in a role-playing experience.Ī halfling barbarian, which is, usually, not normal. It’s more geared towards the combat aspect of DND with no or little regard for exploration or social interactions. You have to remember that ‘optimization’ is more about ‘mathematics’ rather than ‘role-playing’. Side Note: the builds presented here are not ranked from worst to best, they are simply presented in no particular order.Įxtra Side Note: since this article is, more or less, about optimizing the best tank builds people can find within the allowed rules, characters built this way suffer from thematic expression – or the expression of showing a character concept. So, if you are the Tank player in the team and you’re looking for an optimal build, then you’re reading the right article. This role is really appealing to players who like playing big, muscular barbarians or heavily armored knights. The Tank is usually a melee character with a focus on health, armor, and shields and they are rarely evasive. In RPG, the Tank’s primary job is to be a frontline soldier soaking heavy damage from the enemy and secondarily preventing enemies from reaching the backline. In the military, a tank is a heavily armored vehicle that can either dish out heavy damage with its cannon or carry several men inside for safe transportation. The Tank, as its name suggests, plays the role of being a ‘Tank’ in the team. There are 4 major roles in every RPG: The Tank, The Carry, The Crowd Control, and The Support.
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