Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-107.15.104.101-20130725061023/@comment-25555436-20150506180418

73.Anon.52 wrote: Ruby is in no way a tank... I think you are confusing that term with sucking agro. Actually, she could be a good Tank. A Tank's job is only, to draw aggro. Normally this means they will be focused more and will get more hits, which is why most tanks have high defenses (a tank it's useless if they can't survive the onslaught they are drawing). However, what kind of defense they have varies entirely.

There are tanks that resist every hit received. And then there are the tanks that draw aggro but instead of resisting, they evade the attacks. The result is the same: They draw attention and suffer little-to-no damage in the meantime. Not as common, but still exist.

Example: A build for an SS Warrior in Dragon Age focused on increasing almost solely Dextery, which increases evasion. Result: Your tank can draw aggro effectively and last long because almost every attack will be evaded/blocked, so the tank will receive minimal damage which is made insignificant thanks to armor. The only thing to ever worry are magical attacks which never miss, and if you make it a Templar those are worth nothing against them.

Ruby can act like a tank, drawing the enemies's attention and using her Semblance and CR to evade their attacks. However, she's better off just going ahead and slicing everyone. Blake could also be this type of tank to nearly the same level of effectiveness. Weiss not so much because her evasion is not instantaneous enough. Yang must be the traditional type of tank because otherwise her Semblance would be useless (if she never got hit, even if she lasted, she would never get stronger).

Just my 2 cents.