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Depends on the game and it's mechanics.

Does the game allow you to avoid all damage by dodging? Raw damage and just get good.

Does the game have unavoidable damage and limited health recovery or enrage mechanics? A mixture of both.

Does the game have unavoidable damage and no limit to health recovery (in the form of items or skills/magic)?

Raw tank.

Speed is usually most important, followed by attack power.

"Tanking" is usually not very viable in games without being very suboptimal.

>>15817061

glass cannon. High risk high reward is the most engaging and fun way to play

>>15817094

>no limit to health recovery (in the form of items or skills/magic)?

enjoy wasting all your dosh on potions to restore health or mana (or whatever the equivalent is).

Glass cannon all the way

Having a shit ton of health should coincide with doing a shit ton of damage, but in most games it doesn't and the fastest players can also deal fuck tons of damage.

In most games offense is the best defense.

>>15817202

It's bad at the start of games but by the end of them you'll effectively have infinite health and can tank through any scenario

>>15817217

I like the psychological factor of "fuck you and fuck your attacks" by just shrugging off a blow as if it was nothing but a stiff breeze all while still advancing upon your target.

>>15817386

That would sound nice if it didn't make me think "bullet sponge." Which will never be given to a player.

>>15817061

My favourite is always trying to find a pacifist build.

Dodge/attack speed/critical chance/critical damage

Being a speedy glass cannon is much more entertaining than tanking. But some games have no good way to avoid damage so some tankiness is required.

the only time it's better and more fun to build a tank is when there are other ways to kill without direct attack power

for instance Dominions has a trample mechanic, so you can build a retardedly strong god and/or commander and just send them in to battle solo

they could have awful attack and strength, and not much in the way of magic but it's hilarious to watch an entire army get crushed by a flying ethereal regenerating cyclops

the more braindead tanking is the more fun it is. for some reason.

>>15817953

FLAG PLEASE

>>15817953

not everyone can afford a katana

>>15817061

I want to know your opinion template bot OP

>playing anything besides STR tank builds

>>15817464

>That would sound nice if it didn't make me think "bullet sponge." Which will never be given to a player.

The idea of Power Armor in FO1/2 is that the DT is so high that many low level enemies deal 0 damage.

>>15817061

>Physical damage

Filth.

ATK speed + crits

>>15818676

>Not playing an STR/INT build so you can cast explosive fists, frost uppercuts, and wrestle people through the space-time continuum

I wonder what games are satisfying as a muscle wizard.

>>15818781

>I wonder what games are satisfying as a muscle wizard

Any DnD game, I suppose.

DaS too, I know there are fist weapons, but I don't know if you can enchant them.

>>15818821

I'm bored easily with Souls games, I find them too slow, but thanks for the advice.

I was thinking more of games with a ridiculously OP build about fist/magic (or fist/science for games without magic).

>>15818497

More or less what this anon says. If you don't find enjoyment out of being FUCKING INVINCIBLE, there might be something wrong with you.

Depends on a game, obviously. Mobility, attack or something else are typically better than tanking, but there are some exceptions, where tanking is alright. Though these games aren't exactly the kind that this question was directed to.

In Starsector, the tankiest ships have two advantages. One is typically also having lots of weapons, so they aren't exactly slouches, but the other is the fact that shields and weapons draw energy from a common pool, so if you don't have enough armour to just tank enemy shots, you'll have to power up your shield instead of your weapons.

In World of Tanks, an otherwise really fucking shit, jewish whaling simulator, heavy tanks "tank" by outright negating damage. If the enemy can't penetrate your armour, he can't do damage, period. Obviously, there's fuckton of ways (including p2w ammunition… tankfags can't get a break) to attack from a better angle or exploit weak points, but if you're good, you can tank many times your HP without actually losing your HP.

Dawn of War II: Retribution's Last Stand mode allows some tanky builds as well, though they typically are no good if there are no damage dealers in your team.

>>15817061

Both. Bravely Default allowed you to wield two shields and there was an attack that was based off of your defense, so every turn you default, then unleash a ton of damage with a few braves. Able to tank every hit and reach max damage without a weapon.

>>15828345

>>15830094

>not being that one guy who keeps the entire team alive (save for that retard who thinks he's the onlyone who should be healed), is always there when he's needed, doesn't even give a fuck about what's on him and has a counter for everything the enemy might have

I make my fair share of healslut jokes, but there's a difference between a slut sucking her BF's cock because his HP went below 97% while everything else is on fire and an actual healer doing his damn job well.

I like tanks better thematically but raw attack power is almost always better.

>speedy dex builds only