Tank
A tank is able to man the frontlines and take a lot of damage. While you can never become a huge, armored behemoth, you can make it so that you last a lot longer than your fellow Agents. All of the skills you’ll want can be found in the Security Wing. They provide a mix of damage buffs, damage resistances, and a lot of cover.
The best skills to focus on for this are:
- Ballistic Shield with Kinetic Breaker – You may not be able to use either of your primaries while using the Ballistic Shield, but being able to advance on enemies with little risk, picking them of with your sidearm, is invaluable. The Kinetic Breaker mod just makes life a lot easier by healing you as your shield takes damage. Getting the Master perk, Self-healing Armor, is useful as well. As it will heal your shield itself as long as you avoid incoming damage for a few seconds. Now that’s a tank.
- Smart Cover with Recharger – Smart Cover is an ability applied to any cover you see in the world. Anyone who uses the now re-enforced protection will receive some added benefits, extending the tank nature of your build to others, even if it’s only for a moment. Recharger heals users and lowers their skill cooldowns, leading to more abilities able to be activated.
- Survivor Link – The Security tree’s signature skill is very useful for Tanks. While it is good to mix and match these things, you’ll want to keep it all in the family to be a true tank. Greatly increasing your damage resistance while also upping your speed will allow you to draw fire and approach tricky enemies. This will make your Gunner and Field Medic much more useful, as they can pick off anyone you draw out and keep you alive.
Like with any build, your talent Skills are just as important as your active ones. On the Move is a very useful talent for Tanks, as you’ll reduce incoming damage by a whopping 30% for 10 seconds if you kill an enemy while on the move. Throw in Steady Hands to increase weapon stability when you jump into cover. The combination of both will make you a killing machine while also keeping you alive. Chain Reaction is also quite useful, especially when tanking against Cleaners.
