CoH Anatomy of a Tanker

City of Heroes and City of Villians have different character types called Archtypes or AT for short.

Today I would like to talk about the Tanker AT. (Thrain Pictured). The Tanker is an irresistible force combined with an immovable object. They do have fairly good damage but no where near a scrapper or blaster. The main thing they do in a team is save everyone elses butt. They do this by Gathering and holding the attention of the bad guys or in gamer terms. They hold the Mobs Agro.

They do this by two means, one they have a skill they can gain called 'Taunt' which provokes the Mobs attack them. Also they have the same innate ability whenver they attack (referred to in game as PunchVoke)

Tanks have higher health (read Hit Points or points of damage they can take until they fall lifeless and have to go to hospital). All CoH AT's have a primary and secondary powerset. Tankers Primary is Defense, they can take punishment far beyond why any other AT can. I have seen Tanks surrounded by mobs and barley taking damage. The secondary is Melee combat, up close and personal.

Comic book heroes examples of Tankers: Superman, Thor, Wonder Woman, The Thing, Grace Choi, The Hulk, Colossus, and Capt. Marvel (shazam).