What makes the best tank, in your opinion?

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If you could make one super-tank, ow would you do it?

Try to keep the character completely legal according to the Baldur's Gate II rules.

Personally, my vote goes for the multiclassed Cleric/Ranger. DUHM and Stoneskin are great while dual-weilding the Flail of Ages and the Defender of Easthaven.

 

Fighter/Mage (dual or multi):

- Stoneskin
- Mirror Image
- Blur
- P.f.Magical Weapons

And many others buffs...

 

Blade

3 stars Two-Weapon Prof.
All the good buff mage spells:
-Tensor's Trans.
-Stoneskin
-Mirror Image
-Blur
-Spirit Armor
-Prof. from M. Weapons
-Protection from Magical Energy
-Protection from Elements
-Improved Haste

The best special ability in the game:
-Offensive Spin

Basically, you'll be a higher level fighter than the single class fighter, minus an attack or 2 (1/2 for specialization, 1/2 for fighter level 9 and 1/2 for fighter level 13?)

 

Dwarven Fighter for Con bonus and save bonus. A tank is suppose to eat spells as well as physical attacks and making your saves makes everything hurt alot less.

 

Interesting choices everybody.

I.S.: Would you go straight Dwarf Fighter, or take a kit, or multiclass that guy?

 

I'd probably go with the berserker kit, which, "legally" rules out many multi-class, simply for the immunity to the likes of imprision, maze and what not. A berserker with the properly functioning Azuredge is Kangaxx's worst nightmare. Also a bersker can ignore those annoying level drains when raging.

 

From personal experience, I agree w/thetruth.

 

I rekon a half orc beserker would do pretty well as the jump for the to hit and damage bonuses from, say 18/76 to 19 is pretty good. that, plus being able to stand up against most stunning effects as Ilmater's Suffereing said before

 

A dwarven berserker, hands down. IMO a tank should be able to tank every encounter without having to rest to regain spells. Yes magic can create a tough tank, but only for one or two encounters, a true tank can tank for an entire dungeon without resting (providing healing is available).

 

Berserker/Cleric is my favorite tank. Berserk with chaotic commands and he is nearly unstoppable. It is also boringly good solo class.

 

Elf F/M

 

Indeed, best tank IMO is the one that can charge into battle any time, ripping trough enemies while laughing to their strikes.
Either half orc berserker, or then the dwarven one. Those two have what it takes, althought monk can be a tank also at later levels.

 

Wouldn't a dwarf Barbarian be better than a dwarf Bersker? Or do the Barbarian's not get quite the same resistances when they are in their own berserk state?

 

Barbarians miss out on the berserker's immunity to imprisonment, so no soloing beholder lairs or Demi-Lichs.

 

That's actually an error in the description. Barbarian rage most certainly protects against imprisonment even in the unmodded game.

 

Perhaps that's what the manual says, but the rages are nearly identical. I'd say a Human Berserker->Mage, though, for the buffing spells.

 

The Barbarian's rage does not give immunity to imprisonment.And it's the only difference between the two rages.
IIRC there is a mod though that makes them identical.But I don't remember the name.

 

According to the thing that I have the Barbarian gets a temporary boost to strength. Which the Fighter Berserker doesn't get.

Testing it in my game it's roughly the same way. Though the Barbarian Rage in my game puts up it's own little icon as well as the mind shield icon when used.

But I haven't tried it against something with Imprisonment yet. If I can get my head into a game instead of RL I think I'll play a Barbarian though to try it.

 

Just checked the unmodded file. It protects from maze, but not imprisonment. This was a confirmed bug with David Gaider and is fixed by Baldurdash and also the upcoming G3 fixpack.

 

Can't really say but definitely something magical. I would probably go with Jaheira-style fighter/druid if you pressed me. Cleric/mages aren't bad if you get the spells right and enough time to cast everything, then you can outdo the fighter in melee combat without casting further spells, I believe.

Also, at high levels, fighter/clerics seem to have enormous advantage over fighters. Just think Heal.