Better tank?

Hey I have played for about 7 months so feel free to rant on me for this question.
I'm thinking about building myself a tank so I was wondering whether I should go with a Dervish or a Warrior.
IGN Dean Brady
Thanks in advance

Obsiflesh Ele > Obsiflesh Ranger (yes) > Whatever warriors do > Obsiflesh Derv (derv has no e-management and thus makes the last on the list)

Warrior.

12 chars.

Earth ele ftw!

I would say they are both equally able to tank, it's all according to the circumstances. Typically, though, warrior have more options in more situations.

Also, other classes can tank effectively as well. According to what your fighting and what your party needs.....Ele, Ranger, and Monk can all also perform as tank.

Why would you want a Ranger, or even worse a Monk to tank...?

You can, but you'd find things much slower/harder if you did.

"Tanks," as in characters that stand around and absorb damage, are not really neccessary in this game due to the design of the aggro system.

Now, if you just meant, which is a better melee character to play as, I prefer warrior.

Exactly. I've never had to tank... Ever. Warriors have the highest DPS in the game. Why waste it?

Um earth ele can't stand interrupts nor enchantment strip... Warriors can raise health a lot and have survivability

Paragon.
Make the whole team tanks instead.

I beg to differ. Only a few skills can remove enchantments that are not spells, so consider these 2 skills an Ele has. Then, consider secondary skills.

[skill]Obsidian Flesh[/skill][skill]Glyph of Concentration[/skill]

"tanks" are bad dont make one.

but i hope you are using the term incorrectly, many do. "tanks" stand around and absorb all of the damage for the team, this sounds like a good idea, but it dosnt work in GW.

if you meant a frontline character, then either are good choices. i personally prefer dervish, but thats all person preference.

glyph can get interrupted and so can flesh ... I've tasted it on my own skill none other then in pve - those Exile monsters... also you can get kded

You just need to use Glyph at the right time/place. Mantra of Resolve and Concentration can work too.

If by "tank" you mean a frontline character that can take and dish out a nice pounding, I'd choose Warrior.

For pure obsflesh tank, ranger beats ele, war and derv simply because they can perma obs, have the best armor by far... period and have built in emanagement. That said, it's a more 'advanced' build that most people struggle with as it involves good timing, stance juggling and knowledge of opponents.

you obviously dont know what your talking about. the only real way to kill an earth ele that dosnt want to die is really really rediculous amounts of damage. they can very easily maintain spell-immunity, KD protection and anti-interrupt at all times.

Make a Warrior.

Do NOT tank.

Have fun!

Jesus guys,
I expected like 3 replies within a week. But 18 in like 4 hours!!! Ty. So theres a lot of controversy apparently.

That controversy is stemming from what you mean by "tank".