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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 8510059" data-attributes="member: 762">One thing that such analysis forget is that these high AC guys tend to make lousy tanks!The true point of a tank character is to draw attacks/hits from squishier targets with less HP. If enemies realize early that the tank is nigh unhittable, they won't bother going for him and will instead target the wizards, rogues etc. This is, particularly, a problem in 5e because few martials have abilities that force/incentivize enemies to target them instead of their allies (they exist, for ex: protection style, the paladin spell compelled duel, but are pretty limited). The AC 16 raging barbarian tends to be a better tank than the 20+ AC fighter, for this reason.</blockquote>