Jags may be Adversity's best tank

That's very nice of you to say, though I think we'd have had the same (or even better) luck if Hexen had grabbed Gorilla Jack and I'd stayed on a scrapper. He's an outstanding tank. We had an invuln tank, kin defender, great AoE scrapper, and great burst dmg scrapper. That's just a really good combo and as players none of us sucked.

Quick tips if anyone's having trouble with their tank...

* You don't need to pull very often. CoX spawns are grouped well to begin with and are easily controlled by a tank using a single AoE attack and their ranged Taunt on the outer edge. Only pull those problematic rooms where one spawn can easily roll into another. Pulling single or multiple spawns is slower and tends to frustrate certain teams.

* Don't move too fast. Doesn't matter how good you are or how much damage you can take -- you should only be moving as fast as your team can efficiently kill stuff. If you're low on DMG, you need to slow your roll.

* Don't be too defensive. Don't treat your teammates as though they'd be dead in 2 seconds without your studly heroics. If you're on a good team that has adequate DMG, you don't even need to stay to finish spawns off. Your team can handle themselves. In this case, it's just on you to get a spawn's attention, soak up the alphas, maybe deal with a problem mob or two, then go tie up the next spawn.

* No one really gives a shit about your damage. Your damage sucks. You are a rodeo clown. It's your job to get the bull's attention so the real stars can do the real work. Scrappers and Blasters laugh at your meager damage. Controllers roll their eyes at your ghetto control. Defenders are too busy buffing/healing/debuffing to make you look a lot tougher than you actually are. So shut up, strap on the clown shoes, and go get your ass kicked.

That's all you're good for...

love you Jags... but Gopher is our best tank.

Hooray Rodeo Clowns!

Seriously, that was some fast-ass exp last night. We only played for a little over an hour, four of us on an 8 spawn setting, and I went from 2 bricks into 49 to 1 1/2 bricks to 50. LOVE IT!

I'm crushed that I didn't even get an honorable mention on my tank Pax Seriously though, having teamed with Jags's tank, Hexen's Gorilla Jack, and many of Gophers tanks, those three have tanking down to a science, and should be a model for other tanks in the game to follow

Take all the powers in your secondary (except taunt, that power is absolutely worthless).

Make sure you take the Fly power pool for your travel power (Kiting enemies is awesome).

Avoid as many powers as you can in your primary (especially self-heals and shields). We're made to do damage. If you're a Fire tank make sure you get Rise of the Phoenix (self-heals are useless, but self-rezzes?!?!?!!!)

Get the Leadership power pool. (Remember you're a tanker, you're supposed to help your teammates!)

Also, make sure brawl is in your first power tray and six slot it (Best power ever).

Don't forget to try and get jump kick and punch from the Leaping and Fighting power pools (They'll help round out your attack chain).

Hope you find this advice useful! It helped me get my tanker to 50 in no time!

The tanker's inherent power causes them to generate more aggro than normal, so they can do less damage overall but still pull higher aggro then those around them. Relying solely on your auras can cause problems potentially, so you should definitely use all the tools in your arsenal to maintain aggro.

So Pax is like the Litmus test for tanking....?

Yup.
Everytime previous Pax went down I would think, "It's Hot Rod's fault...."

OMG OMG OMG OMG SEANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!

I'll match my Paladin up against Jags tank any day!

I think I am going to have to agree with Omni, and say Gopher was and possibly is the best tank.

All those shlubs from Druary Ln. are getting in on those newfangled inter-toobs.

Rise of the phoenix should be part of everyone's attack chain.