[Discussion] What does it mean to "tank" an attack?

How much damage?

  • 0 damage

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  • Little damage

    Votes: 5 45.5%
  • Moderate damage

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Any damage, you just gotta survive

    Votes: 4 36.4%

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WolfHaley

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Lots of times in these forums, you say someone saying that characters have tanked an attack, or will tank an attack. My question is, what does it mean, to you, for a character to "tank" an attack?

For me, it's when a character isn't damaged by an attack, such as this here
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''Tanking'' in videogame terms isn't always to be undamaged by an attack.

Tanking in videogame terms means to be attacked as much as possible and to last as long as possible.
Tanking could also be to receive as minimal damage as possible.
 

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Tank in my book means eat the attack up.
Like how Nagato wasn't phased by Amaterasu or Killer Bee's V2 Lariat.

Or like how Third Raikage ate a direct hit form Naruto's Rasenshuriken and jumped back up.
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Try to specify how much damage must be taken for it to be considered tanking, like how I see it as 0 damage.
Well, we aren't really talking anime here then but I suppose I can try to explain it. I played the role of tank in World of Warcraft for years.

Let's assume Bob has 50,000 health points, and Billy does 25,000 damage every other three normal attacks which does 1000 damage.

Bob has....I don't know awesome reflective skin. Instead of doing that 25,000 damage, let's say that skin reflects 75% percent of damage. That means what would've been a strike that halved Bob's entire health pool, instead it's A LOT less damage.

That would be tanking a hit.
 
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