WOW Power Leveling: You’re not as fast as TKs, and you’re the only tank without a self-M.
The SK also has three cubics. The first is a draining cubic, which does direct damage, returning some of the damage done back as HP to the SK.
The second is a debuff cubic, which has a chance at landing Hex, Power Break, or Wind Shackle against your opponent. For those counting, this WOW Power Leveling means an SK can at the absolute best land seven debuffs on an enemy.
Against tanks and archers or any other highly buffed class, even if the debuffs did nothing else, rolling off some of their buffs is nearly guaranteed. The third is a cubic that poisons enemies.
Of course, there are downsides for being an SK. As mentioned before, your low CON makes you a stun-magnet. Your low HP presents some issues in PvE; Bishops heal you the least effectively of all tanks. You’re not as fast as TKs, and you’re the only tank without a self-M. Def buff.
Many people still have the perception that, even with all the offensive capability of the SK, they still cannot tank, and you may be relegated as a ‘backup’ tank.
In these situations, SKs can have a lot of fun; instead of worrying about managing hate, you get to sit back and use your debuffs, drains, nukes, bleeds, poisons; everything else you wouldn’t normally get to do when all your MP is used on hate.
