What is the best "TANK" in DotA ( Defence of the Ancients)

[AnaMIro_Eg]

I say centaur

[LiLThuG]

Necrolyte

[AnaMIro_Eg]

Necrolyte

how do u say necrolyte is a tank or do u mean necrolic ( visage) 

[LiLThuG]

Necrolyte

how do u say necrolyte is a tank or do u mean necrolic ( visage) 

Consider this:
1) Centaur Warchief with Blademail, Heart of Tarasque, Strength Treads and Vanguard.

2) Necrolyte with Vanguard, Mekanism, Strength Treads and sheepstick.

Now consider that the enemy always has two choices in a team fight, they can either focus your hero or focus another hero. With the Centaur, if they target him they are probably boned. Not only does he have silly high HP, he has the return skill which will hurt the enemy as well as a Blademail which will hurt them even more. They definitely lose if they target the Centaur!

However, if they do not target him, he really does not contribute much DPS. After his stun is used he doesn’t do much more and the enemy can probably make fairly quick work of whichever ally of his is easiest to kill. They do not lose if they target someone else. The enemy will simply ignore him and kill all his teammates first if they have any brains.

Now, with the Necrolyte, if they target him they will find him fairly hard to kill. His Vanguard and other items plus his heals give him an exceptional degree of survivability. They will lose if they target him. If they try and go for his allies instead… well, he still contributes pretty good damage while they try, and he also raises his allies’ life by healing them. They will lose if they target someone else. He is hard to kill, but at the same time the opponents do not have the luxury of ignoring him.

[AnaMIro_Eg]

Necrolyte

how do u say necrolyte is a tank or do u mean necrolic ( visage) 

Consider this:
1) Centaur Warchief with Blademail, Heart of Tarasque, Strength Treads and Vanguard.

2) Necrolyte with Vanguard, Mekanism, Strength Treads and sheepstick.

Now consider that the enemy always has two choices in a team fight, they can either focus your hero or focus another hero. With the Centaur, if they target him they are probably boned. Not only does he have silly high HP, he has the return skill which will hurt the enemy as well as a Blademail which will hurt them even more. They definitely lose if they target the Centaur!

However, if they do not target him, he really does not contribute much DPS. After his stun is used he doesn’t do much more and the enemy can probably make fairly quick work of whichever ally of his is easiest to kill. They do not lose if they target someone else. The enemy will simply ignore him and kill all his teammates first if they have any brains.

Now, with the Necrolyte, if they target him they will find him fairly hard to kill. His Vanguard and other items plus his heals give him an exceptional degree of survivability. They will lose if they target him. If they try and go for his allies instead… well, he still contributes pretty good damage while they try, and he also raises his allies’ life by healing them. They will lose if they target someone else. He is hard to kill, but at the same time the opponents do not have the luxury of ignoring him.

Well, I guess u are right, but centaur has stun 2.75 sec or 3 sec that gives the team to do what the are able to do, for example if cent stuns all of the 5 team members cent's team will surely kill 1 or 2 in this 2 or 3 sec, witch give them the chance to win the gank, because it will be 5 v 3. Am I right. unless the other team is pretty good and know when will cent jump but dagger and stun them, Besides there always will be heros under 2k hp in late game so it is easy to kill em in 2 or 3 sec.

[zero.infinity]

Sniper.

[Domagoj]

Necrolyte

how do u say necrolyte is a tank or do u mean necrolic ( visage) 

Consider this:
1) Centaur Warchief with Blademail, Heart of Tarasque, Strength Treads and Vanguard.

2) Necrolyte with Vanguard, Mekanism, Strength Treads and sheepstick.

Now consider that the enemy always has two choices in a team fight, they can either focus your hero or focus another hero. With the Centaur, if they target him they are probably boned. Not only does he have silly high HP, he has the return skill which will hurt the enemy as well as a Blademail which will hurt them even more. They definitely lose if they target the Centaur!

However, if they do not target him, he really does not contribute much DPS. After his stun is used he doesn’t do much more and the enemy can probably make fairly quick work of whichever ally of his is easiest to kill. They do not lose if they target someone else. The enemy will simply ignore him and kill all his teammates first if they have any brains.

Now, with the Necrolyte, if they target him they will find him fairly hard to kill. His Vanguard and other items plus his heals give him an exceptional degree of survivability. They will lose if they target him. If they try and go for his allies instead… well, he still contributes pretty good damage while they try, and he also raises his allies’ life by healing them. They will lose if they target someone else. He is hard to kill, but at the same time the opponents do not have the luxury of ignoring him.

You could say that for every hero with heal: dazzle for example (he would be an even better tank considering he has shallow grave and weave). But that doesnt make them good tanks. And i believe that Cent dishes out much more dmg than Necro, can take much more punishment than Necro, and has an aoe stun. Necros autoattack is usually negliible as a source of dmg in mid-late game, his aura is very slow, his only sources of dmg are pulse, and he has to be close for that, making him vulnerable, and his ulti, which is great, if your team can lower the enemies health low enough. + you are forgetting about disables. What good is heal and pulse to necro if he is stunned and killed before he has a chance to use any of that? Cent on the other hand usually starts the attack with blinking in and stunning, and can use all his skills and items before he is attacked or disabled.

[p0c3tnik]

axe

[ramb.O]

ffs, is BRISTLE.

[playerimba]

techis GG

[Mechanik]

I'd rether chose the abbadon. his ulti with connection with good items build would make him undestructable.
I'd even say: Threads on str, HoT, BladeMail, Venguard, Curias and for example pipe.. imba 4k hero  with amazing ulti and great defense skills... he can also heal allied hero.

[PlayDota.eu08]

Sniper.

+1

but most hp ---> morph

[LiLThuG]

Medusa...

[vluggejappie]

ofc cent=)

[zero.infinity]

Best tank in dota is Mr.niceguy playing any hero.