Originally Posted by
Brakor
I mostly went fire damage because I guess I'm still in the wow classic, fury/prot mindset. Basically dishing out a bunch of damage to get really high threat/taunt, with some survivability with the Staff or Shield. Survivability was always kinda secondary for tanks in Classic WoW, damage generally came first. The lack of "taunts" for most skills also kind of worried me about holding aggro. This game is very different from WoW though, so I don't really know why I was thinking about it like that.
I definitely prefer the latter that you mentioned though, survivability and redirecting damage. Thorns seem like they'd be good for aoe tanking but not really what I'm going for overall. I also just prefer being active by using defensive CDs at the right time, stuns, etc.
Thanks for replying super quickly btw!