Knight of the Blazing Sun

Knight of the Blazing Sun is the Empire Tank class on the Order side. In almost every PvP composition, it is the staple tank due to its extremely high utility and ease of use. KoBS is very simple to play so it’s a great place to start if you want to learn to play Tank.

There are 2 major builds: Sword & Board (SnB) and 2-Handed (2H).

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The major mechanic of the Knight is its ability to shout Battle Commands, providing area effects that affect both allies in their group and all enemies in range.

A Knight may have 3 Battle Commands (or Auras as they are commonly referred) active at one time. Each has a 4.5s cooldown once deactivated and all can be activated instantly and swapped on the fly as needed.

 

Sword & Board (SnB) is the standard warband build: maximum utility, guard, and group survivability.

Two-Handed (2H) trades some defensiveness for higher pressure and is used when the warband needs more damage from the tank slot.

Both builds still revolve around swapping Battle Commands (auras) to match the fight. Detailed talent trees and ability priorities for the current patch will be expanded here soon.