In The Division, you can combine abilities and items freely to enable various playstyles. We are looking at a tank build that allows you to hold your ground in the front.
In another issue of his “Best of Builds” series, YouTuber Arekkz Gaming presents a tank build. We will outline this below.
How to create a tank in The Division
The tank’s role in the team is to draw the enemies’ attention. He usually stands at the front and distracts the enemies, allowing the damage dealers in the back to deal as much damage as possible without interference. Therefore, you need to adjust your tank build so that you can keep the enemies occupied while staying alive yourself.
According to Arekkz, he usually plays the tank in his team, so he has a certain wealth of experience to draw from. He now feels quite confident fighting at the front in combat. He will share this experience with us now.
Focus on Stamina for the Tank Build in The Division
For your tank, stamina plays the most important role among the attributes. At the front, you need to be able to take some hits and withstand some bullets, or else you will be quickly taken out and be of little use to your team. More stamina means more health, which means you can take more damage before you die. Focus on stamina for the attributes!
Which second attribute you want to enhance depends on the playstyle you want to perform with your tank. Focus on firearms to aggressively attack enemies at close range. If you prefer a more reserved approach and place more emphasis on healing yourself and your teammates, you can build on electronics. The decision is yours.
Remember that you also need certain attribute values to unlock the talents of your weapons!
However, with high stamina alone, you won’t withstand much damage. You also need to increase the armor value as much as you can. Armor mitigates incoming weapon damage. This way, you can survive longer, which is essential for a tank. You can achieve a maximum of 65%; try to get as close to that value as possible.
Choose These Skills as a Tank in The Division
For a tank build, the following skills with these modifications are recommended:
- First Aid with the Stim Shot mod: In addition to the normal healing effect, the damage for the healed player is temporarily increased. According to Arekkz, this also increases damage resistance for a short time. He uses this skill less to heal himself and more to gain increased damage resistance.
- As a tank, you need a skill for Crowd Control, which is the ability to control a variety of enemies. When the situation gets hectic, you can use this skill to get to safety. This way, you can distract and efficiently deal with the enemies in front of you. Choose the Turret with the Taser mod, the Sticky Bomb with the Flashbang mod, or the Seeker Mine with the Gas Charge mod. All three serve this purpose well. Remember that these skills become more potent as your skill power increases.
- As an individual skill, take the Survivor Link: This reduces the damage taken and increases movement speed, for you and nearby allies. As a tank, these advantages are particularly fruitful: You can escape from dangerous situations or overwhelm enemies in an advance.
Choose These Talents as a Tank in The Division
Follow these talents to stay alive longer as a tank:
- Rescue Meds: Use a medkit at low health to increase damage resistance by 40% for 10 seconds. This is the most important talent for a tank: You should only use medkits in emergencies, and this talent helps you survive that emergency.
- Adrenaline: Use a medkit when you are not at full health to gain an “overheal.” This temporarily increases your maximum health.
- In Motion: If you kill an enemy while moving, damage taken is reduced by 30% for 10 seconds.
- Combat Buddy: When you revive a teammate, damage taken for both agents is reduced by 50% for 10 seconds. However, you can also choose Triage, which reduces skill cooldowns by 15% when you heal a teammate with a skill, allowing you to use your crowd control skills more quickly.
As a Tank, Focus on These Weapon Types
Arekkz Gaming recommends an SMG for tanks to quickly and inflict a lot of damage from close range. He also advises an assault rifle, with which you can eliminate distant enemies. Currently, he is using the Navy MP5 submachine gun and the AK-74 black market version assault rifle.
You can learn what the AK-74 Black Market version in The Division can do here.
As a tank in The Division, you must act strategically and do everything to stay alive at the front. According to Arekkz, tanks win duels in the Dark Zone: Even though one might think that firearms are the most important attribute, high stamina is even more crucial to the outcome of the fight. With this build, Arekkz will also participate in the raid next week.
What do you think of this tank build?
Prefer to act from the back? In this article, you can find advice for a sniper build in The Division.
