How to Tank in Monster Hunter? (Basic)

Last edited on: 13 Julai 2020

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I have posted topic about my Minstrel Tank build & list of tank gears. Check the related post link above ☝. Now it is time for us to learn how to tank in monster hunter.

Tank Role Skills

First of all, we must understand all of the tank role skills in Monster Hunter.

Sentinel

In game description: 

Passive: Receive 15% less damage from all sources. Deal -15% reduced damage to all enemies.

Active: Taunt your target significantly increasing your aggro.

Usage: Tank must go first and use Sentinel on Great Monsters before DPS start hitting them. After using the Sentinel, make sure the Red  aggro (What is Aggro?) icon is on you. Make sure the Red aggro is always on you. If you lose the Red aggro, use Sentinel again on the Great Monster as fast as possible. If Red aggro on other member & Sentinel on cooldown, tell them to move to safe area. Wait until Sentinel cooldown gone & use it again on the Great Monster

Red Aggro (Highest Aggro).

*this gif just showing on how to use it. It's an insta cast single target skill.

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Climactic Fury

In game description:

Passive: When hit (got hit by mobs), you will gain Fury. Fury may stack to a maximum of 6 with each stack increasing defence [1 stack = 3%, 2 stack = 7%, 3 stack = 11%, 4 stack = 16%, 5 stack = 21%, 6 stack = 26%]. Fury stacks can only be gained every 3 seconds with a 10 second duration. When the duration ends, the stacks will decrease by one.

Offensive: Unleash your Fury, expending all stacks to inflict catastrophic damage to the target. Dealing further bonus damage if all 6 stacks were unleashed. Upon attacking you are left Emotionally Exhausted, unable to generate Fury and unabled to re-cast Climactic Fury for 15 secs. The severity of the attack is determined by Weapon ATK, Equip ATK, total HP, Hard DEF, and is further increased based on how much Health you are currently missing.

Usage: For Garranth/Garronath run, Climactic Fury (CF) is used to kill them faster. Keep spamming CF until your run completed. If you can't tank well, better to keep the Fury stacks so you receive less damage as stated in the description. For Nyia/Nysori run, most tank only use CF to kill the Charming Allure Clone. Especially in Nysori run, the Clone can 1 hit kill players. It's highly recommended to use CF with 6 stacks for highest damage to sure kill the clone. Note that you can only gain Fury stack if the Red aggro on you. As long you have the Red Aggro, you can gain the Fury stack from any monster. Red Aggro can only be gained from Great Monster.

*this gif just showing on how to use it. It's an insta cast single target skill.

          

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Vanguard

In game description:

Active: Completely block the next incoming attack. After blocking gain an extra Fury stack, as well as gain a buff which grants +15% Max HP and -20% After Cast Delay for 15 seconds. Block Duration 1 second.

Usage: Mostly, I use Vanguard to gain extra Fury stack faster so I can use next CF faster. To gain the extra Fury stack & also the Vanguard effect, make sure you got hit by Great Monster during the cast time. If not, you won't gain extra Fury stack & also the +15% Max HP & -20% ACD. Also, as shown in the gif below, I received 1 damage after casting Vanguard. Tho I'm not sure if it intended that there is a 1~2 second delay before I receive 1 damage after casting Vanguard. Vanguard also helps in increasing CF damage since it gives bonus Max HP. You can use Vanguard before using CF.

*this gif just showing on how Vanguard works. It's a self target skill.

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Defiant Stand

In game description:

Active: Defiantly take a stand, protecting yourself from any source of damage. Such an act of defiance fatigues you, making you less of a threat to an enemy while protected. Immune to all damage. Unable to generate Agrro. Duration 15 secs. Cooldown 4 minutes.

Usage: Defiant Stand (DS) completely immune to all damage. This skill is good to use during emergency especially when u low HP. Use wisely because the cooldown is really high. I recommend to use it during Ice Cage in Nysori hunt. Use when needed.

*this gif just showing on how Defiant Stand works. It's an insta cast self target skill. OUTDATED GIF: Old Effect. Will update new later.

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Elemental Aegis

In game description:

Active: Grant 20% resistance to all elements and increase max elemental cap by 5% for 15 seconds. Fury cost: 2.

Usage: Tbh, I rarely use this skill. Mostly I use during Nysori's Ice Trap for less damage from the ice meteor. You guys can figure it out when/what else situation it's good to be used.

*this gif just showing on how Elemental Aegis works. It's an insta cast self target skill.

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