Trench Tank

Trench tank, abbreviated as TT, is a role in all dual tank DoASC tactics. It is mostly done by an assassin, although any profession can do the job effectively as /A; ranger trench tanks are common in speed tactics.

Role

The TT often splits off from the team, doing pulls in all 4 areas without bonds. Because of this independence, and the complicated nature of some of the pulls, TT is generally considered to be the most advanced role in DoASC, often left to the most experienced player in the team.

Build

/ Trench Tank
Shadow:12+1+3, Tactics:9, Dagger:9, CS:3 OwFkMOd5HXlENpODAACEAQozBUnD

Optional

In this slot you need a cancel stance

• Dark Escape for damage reduction at Derv Lord
• Dash for more speed throughout the run

Equipment

• Assassin Equipment
• Shield with +10 vs demons, typically Aegis of Argh.
• (Optional) Infiltrator's Armor for Gloom Cave (Same as normal armor, but with Infiltrator's Insignas instead of Blessed).

Pcons

As a tank, you are not required to use any pcons, but they will make your job a lot easier. You are doing DoA; there is no reason to be cheap.

• Always: Apple, Corn, War supplies. They help. A lot.
• Recommended: Egg, Pie
• Use a cupcake while the team is spiking the last City ball, or as soon as you zone in if it's a Veil start. Try not to die before Derv, as you need the Cupcake there and you don't want to use it late.
• Always have PStones or Dragon Seals, in case you get rupted in Cave
• Always bring G-Stones and Tengus to recover bad situations, and throwaway stones to HoS up in gloom if you aren't using toolbox.

Guide

Foundry

First few rooms are easy. In the first room you DC to the closest non-spirit enemy from cast range while wielding a staff. Dagger the enemies in room 2. If you don't know how to ball in room 3 just ask. In room 4 remember that Dryders have longbow range but don't break with a speedboost, the Ki has cast range but breaks, so end the pull with a burst of speedboost, let it break, then walk sideways back into cast range.

For room 5 just watch this video, 6-2 tactics are exactly the same except you can ignore the first minute and run straight to Captain. The SoH spot at Fury is spawn dependent, you'll learn that with experience, remember that you can move (sideways or Ki's will break) after you stance out to fix your position.

City

In City try to use IaU under QZ. When possible, use SF and Shroud while waiting for enemies to catch up. Don't catch bad aggro.

After the spike cast SF and Shroud and dagger the wall. Only drop SF if you run ahead of the mesmers to the end of the wall to prevent the Su's from settling on you, because you'll get weakened and do no damage.

Veil

Right when that last video ended is when you use your Cupcake, then go to Veil with the MLK.

Pull the first wave and recall to MLK into glitch spot. Use Recall before pulling if you want to be safe.

For the rest of 360, your job is to pull left hill. Use SoH when aggroing waves 3 and 5 so you can stance out to waves 4 and 6.

For Derv and Monk look at the following video. Just a few notes, Derv lord pull is all about not getting hit. Don't use shroud, since the blocking will kill you and the damage reduction starts being relevant when shadow form is about to end anyway. Try to move in smooth curves, don't dodge fiend attacks, don't HoS off the lord into the things following you, but rather make a smooth arc like at 0:24 in the video so you'll keep your distance to everything following you.

After Derv hill you can either pop gloom trench or go straight to Monk lord, depending on how confident you are.

If you didn't pop gloom trench after Derv hill you either go backway or pop it after finishing Monk lord, depending on how fast you were compared to the main team.

• To go backway simply use SoH near the group, Shadow form, aggro, pull sideways, HoS whenever, stance out once you're sure you'll break them or when you're about to die. Repeat two times, once for each group.
• To pop gloom trench run there, aggro back pop, use IaU and HoS off a back target through the front patrol, keep running and recall to MLK into glitch spot. Stance out when he's done killing.

You also may have time to glitch the back patrol like in the video below. Feel free to run forward the whole time even if Tormentors break, and note that you can use SoH or Recall as your long shadowstep.

Gloom

Take quest, HoS up the cliff and go to cave.

After that you just questrun.

That's it! Remember to go back and pick up your chests :)

Trivia

The name "trench tank" comes from before the Necrotic Traversal nerf, when the TT would teleport down into the trench and pull all of the lords into spiking range of the hills, so the rest of the team didn't have to go down any trenches. After pulling the lords, the TT would teleport into gloom and ball all of cave before the team even arrived!