Tankermind question


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Quick bit of background. I recently put together a tanker mind build for my Bots/Traps. It is almost complete ( 1 set away ) and doing wonderfully. It has been great fun running ahead of the group to soak alphas draw aggro and simply laugh at the mobs attempts to kill me. But in my current build I do not have trip mine, this is a power that I had a lot of fun with while playing a more supportive role so I am trying to fit it back into my tanker mind build.

The power I would most likely switch out is challenge which leads to my question. If I have provoke do I really need challenge to keep aggro? It seems that sometimes I need to be taunting every couple of seconds to really keep a tough boss/eb/av on me instead of going after my pets or team. I would love to hear from seasoned tanker minds out there based on their in game experiences. I guess I should note that I have almost no direct attacks on my current build.


 

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Originally Posted by Vessel of Light View Post
Quick bit of background. I recently put together a tanker mind build for my Bots/Traps. It is almost complete ( 1 set away ) and doing wonderfully. It has been great fun running ahead of the group to soak alphas draw aggro and simply laugh at the mobs attempts to kill me. But in my current build I do not have trip mine, this is a power that I had a lot of fun with while playing a more supportive role so I am trying to fit it back into my tanker mind build.

The power I would most likely switch out is challenge which leads to my question. If I have provoke do I really need challenge to keep aggro? It seems that sometimes I need to be taunting every couple of seconds to really keep a tough boss/eb/av on me instead of going after my pets or team. I would love to hear from seasoned tanker minds out there based on their in game experiences. I guess I should note that I have almost no direct attacks on my current build.
My Tankermind only uses Provoke, I have enough global recharge to get a decent recharge in it with Hasten, and between all my debuffs, and seining provoke, i wouldnt have any time to use challenge. Just Provoke has been working fine for hard targets like AVs, just don't expect to taunt off a tanker or brute.


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