
Nightbladeĭespite what some players may say, Nightblade as a tanking class has remained in flux not because of whether they gained or lost tanking aspects to their skills such as the post-Stonethorn patch Warden tanks are generally brought to raids to provide Minor Toughness which gives 10% additional max health topeople in group and to provide Minor Vulnerability through Fetcher Swarm. Wardenįor both 4 man and 12 man content, Warden comes close to Dragonknight in terms of comfort. Of its easy resource management but due to the unique Stagger debuff through the usage of Stone Giant and also Engulfing Flames which provides a unique boost to all sources of fire damage to the rest of the raid team. It's brought to raids however not because Still comes close to the Dragonknight due to its class toolkit. In terms of comfort level for most people, it goes from top to bottom in the following (realize that the tank's class will always depend on the group composition particularly for 12 man Trials):įor both 4 man and 12 man content, in terms of handling for all levels of players, nothing
Bosmer - Only benefit is poison resistance, Poison status effect, Stamina Recovery is useless. Khajiit - Max stats are nowhere as comparable to other races. Altmer - Spell Damage, Max Magicka, some sustain.
Redguard - Max Stamina, Weapon cost reduction, Sustain. Breton - Cost Reduction, spell mitigation, Max Magicka. Argonian - Potion Boost, stat-wise not comparable to Nord or Imperial. Orsimer - Sprint, Weapon Damage, Health. Imperial - More stam/health than Nord, cost reduction. Nord - Ultimate gain, free resistances, Stamina, Health. Taking into account optimization, stats and comfort level, here is how I would rank the races from best to worst: Make tanking easier especially for beginners such as Nords, Imperials, and Argonians. While race doesn't matter as much for tank compared to DPS or even Healing, there are some races that For the race passives, check our guide on races. This goes for hard mode vet Trials, normal dungeons, whatever. To be clear, you can absolutely tank all PvE group content on any race. When people ask us is Class or Race or Build A, B, C, D optimal, the answer will always be "it depends". When people ask us, is Class or Race or Build A, B, C, D etc viable, the answer is always yes. As a foreword I need to emphasize that there is a difference between viability and optimization.