Condi engi raid tank?

Condi engi raid tank?

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Posted by: Tomiyou.3790

Tomiyou.3790

Simple question. Is it possible? If it is, how good is it?

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Posted by: insanemaniac.2456

insanemaniac.2456

it is possible yes. but the only place where you are likely to be not shunned as an engi tank is gorseval. and once anet fixes gadgeteer slick shoes, there wont be much point to bringing engi to gors as anything but pure dps. for vg, people generally like chrono tanks better and condi engi is good at another mutually exclusive role (green circles).

switching some sinister to rabid (if running a viper/sinister mix or whatever) is sufficient to pull aggro and the loss of power doesn’t hurt condi engi too much.

tbh, there are better tanks. tempest, chrono, and druid come to mind first.

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Posted by: Tomiyou.3790

Tomiyou.3790

Ok, ty for the response.

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Posted by: Xcile.1357

Xcile.1357

Testing out a Trailblazer armor + Viper p/p + Sinister/Viper accessories mix for raid condi tanking. After much testing, it’s a so-so build depending on your composition since this kind of build is just a DPS character sacrificing Precision Stat who happens to have aggro pulling(http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQJAqalUUhSsYfWwWLQ7FLpF13TFANw4PmGlBYJuiHAA-TBiHQB6RJoAVGUrTAAAeAAlb/BypHQeq/sLlekCYRlVA-e) with not much tanking mechanics unlike Chrono, tempest and etc as insanemaniac has stated.

tldr; Possible yes. How good is it? 2 out of 5.

But do prove me wrong if you like

(edited by Xcile.1357)

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Posted by: Xyonon.3987

Xyonon.3987

Wahoo

Every profession is “able to tank”. The main question is how much sense it makes. You lose damage if you have to invest in toughness to tank, so you pick a profession that either deals no damage in the first place or has so much stuff to negate damge without sacrificing any damage output.

The best professions for that are druid, chrono and rev.

TL;DR: yes it’s possible but it’s useless.

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