they can , but i hear they ' re also kinda boring to play . they ' re also a little more punishing i think , if you don ' t use your CD ' s smartly . but i would agree that those are probably the top three tanks , most likely to be taken in pugs . but honestly all of the tanks are within probably 5 % of tanking tankinessaka ability to tank content . the only real question is utility that they bring , and how smooth they are to heal . DHDK are both really spikey , self healing reliant making them annoying to heal for healers . DK ' s do have some good utility though , that DH ' s don ' t really . monks are the most smooth damage takers i hear . healers never really top them off , but they also rarely die . but they also have almost no utility , afaik . the other three are in between . they all have some utility , and aren ' t spikey , but aren ' t as smooth as monks .