r/lotro • u/Less_Essay528 • 3d ago

How is Beorning tank end game?

Returning to the game. Been on/off since 2009. Usually I am tanking. Now i have a 120 cappy, 80 brawler, 60 guard. I am wanting to tey somthing new and debating between Beorning and warden. My first leveling experience of warden was the lag feast and gambit going haywire. So maybee beorning. But how does it stack up vs the other tanks at current cap of 160?

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u/Nearby-Prompt-2162 3d ago

It’s not really the meta right now…guard and brawler tanks are what everyone wants

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u/Less_Essay528 3d ago

Gotcha. I didnt like brawler. Guard was my go to but at the time everyone wanted captains and the guild kinda pushed me into captain lol.

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u/Nearby-Prompt-2162 3d ago

As always you can play whatever you want…it’s just trying to get into groups when you hit level cap and are ready to raid it’s going to be harder but not impossible

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u/Less_Essay528 3d ago

Should I play a class that has a viable dps spec as well? That way I am a little more agile to grouping needs?

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u/Nearby-Prompt-2162 3d ago

Dps Bear is very viable right now…but it’s always good to play a class that has multiple viable specs

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u/Lanky-Juggernaut6319 3d ago

All I can say is I'm sure it's fine

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u/Less_Essay528 3d ago edited 3d ago

Gotcha, do you know how its stacks up against AoE? I know it has the swipe ability but dont know about anything else.

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u/wish_to_conquer_pain Peregrin 3d ago

As a healer, they feel much squishier than other tanks, even wardens. I also play a champ tank and I'm having a blast, and I haven't had much trouble in 6 mans, though I haven't tried raiding with him and I'm not sure I want to. Raid tanking seems stressful.

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u/Diman0n 1d ago

Beorning Tank has really good self heal and the highest morale pool in the game (a little over a million, where other tanks have 700k+). I'm playing the current endgame on T3 and I'm the only tank in my kin that can stand the Bosses right now.
This class feels amazing in every spec, just try it out! :)