Fun Tanks?

IMO, willpower is the hands-down winner for fun tanker primaries. I have more of them than any other, and I have striven to get every tanker primary to at least 32. Getting Quick Recovery at 12 makes the teen levels that much more pleasant, and then picking up Stamina (and for most builds I recommend picking it up at 20, just like everyone else) makes your Willpower tanker very fun and inviting to play.

Shields is also a very fun set - damage buffs, defense based and easily capped, no annoying glows, just a fashion accessory. Emotes are currently limited.

Invulnerability is more team oriented, but quite solid now and very concept friendly. Shield and Invulnerability will benefit strongly from collecting all of the +recovery inventions.

Secondaries? Solo or teamed, you can't go wrong with Dark Melee and Super Strength. The one handed weapon sets are also very good. The two I'd avoid are Dual Blades (very demanding; wants a low maintenance primary like Fire or Stone) and Energy Melee (slow, dull, and its benefits are now seriously outweighed by its liabilities).

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All tanks are fun! I have almost as many tanks as all the other ATs put together. By far and away my favorite thing to play. Pull as many baddies into one place as you can, and just start chipping away at all of them. I love running them in big crazy team situations, but I also solo them a lot of the time. Its a different kind of playstyle from some of the other ATs, but one that I absolutely love.

My tanks are:

Invul/SS- Still my favorite set by far. Does everything well.
Ice/EM- Very fun to play. Ice is def-based and much more fly by the seat of your pants
Stone/Mace- Just a rock. Yes, granite is great, but I rarely need to use it. I like the various stone armors a lot.
Invul/EM- I liked Invul and EM so much, I had to make em twice
WP/Axe- WP is very solid and consistent. Axe makes a good mitigator with all the knockdown
Fire/Dark- Very surprised at how much I enjoy this one. The two sets stack nicely for all kinds of wicked effects
Shield/Stone- Still a wee one, but enjoying it so far. Shield has been better than I thought
Dark/Ice- Also a wee one, but coming along nicely. A very interesting combination

I would say, find an idea or concept you like, and roll a toon to match it. Its hard to go wrong with a tank.

I've got a Dark/Ice as well, sitting at 29 right now. Pound for Pound, this is a great "tank" tank, and can help with damage. Also, surprised you're having fun with Fire Armor? We're still getting flak after all these years...

You really can't go wrong with any Tanker sets. I'd do what some others suggested, and make a concept for your character, and try to fit the sets to that.

That being said, I'd try Shield/SS. The +damage from Rage + AAO, and the huge AoE carnage of Shield Charge + Foot Stomp just seems insanely fun.

I've played a Invul/SS, Shield/Axe, and Fire/Fire to level 50, as well as playing all the other primary, and secondary sets to at least lvl 30, and they really are all fun.

If you need some build advice, just let me know, or you could ask in the Tanker Forums. There are plenty of folks over there willing to help.

Funny tank story, son was on an AE mission last night when he says for me to look at something. The other tank on the team, all around lvl 33, had only two attacks, punch and brawl.

A couple minutes later he pointed out the lvl 34 scrapper without a travel power. Guess you see those things when you live in the AE building.

I'm curious about the picks at Energy Melee Herculea, I've done pretty good at it even taken my other primary tank to 50 (which had EM as it's secondary) and had a blast with it. Then again I guess I play things oddly enough and just follow how I feel on things for slotting and sets. Oh well.