Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160715033136/@comment-25936766-20160818191748

Cyrania de Bergerac wrote:

I have a character, Luke Sinclair, that I have no idea what to give for a weapon. His semblance allows him to call upon animals to help. There are already two rogues on his team and a debuffer, so he needs to be a tank type in order to draw enemy attacks towards him so that his allies can focus on attack. Any suggestions for weapon basis? You call him a "Landsknect". If you want to keep that, it would be nicer to know whether you mean the Etrian Oddyssey Landsknect (which is literally nothing but warrior with a different name) or Real Life Landsknect (whose name means Land Knight and which were known for using outlandish, flamboyant, elaborate clothing). Of course, given that his Semblance is literally calling upon animals for help, he's like the typical Ranger as well. Though on the other hand, a Ranger is not tanky enough to be a Tank.

So you got these choices, as far as I can see:

1-Not make him a tank; a team does not need to absolutely cover every role. Even RWBY is an example: Ruby and Blake act like Rogues, Weiss is technically a mage but rushes blindly so much she's effectively another Rogue, and Yang is too Berzerkerish and Reaverish, at best an Off-Tank, not a full Tank.

2-Make him an Off-Tank, following the Landsknect idea. He's not focused on Tanking, but is tough enough to do so if required.

3-Follow the Ranger idea and make him one, or at least a Rogue. Fragile, more or less, but also quick. Optionally, if taking this idea, turn it into an Evasion Tank. That is, draws aggro, and survives not through almighty armor but through sheer speed and evasive capability.

Do note that since he can just summon animals, he himself doesn't need to be the tank. He could just call a bear to tank for him.

And following each choice, there's different ideas for weapons:

1-If not making him a tank, use what you feel fits him more.

2-If making him an Off-Tank, you can follow the EO Landsknect idea and give him a sword infused with Dust, either multiple swords with different Dust or 1 sword with multiple ones. You could also give him an axe I guess, but EO's Landsknects's axe skills suck. (Real Life Landsknects used a variety of weapons, like halberds and zweihanders).

3-If following the Ranger idea, a Bow/Crossbow and maybe some simple melee weapon(s) can work.