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'''Tanking''' ~~is the art of~~ fitting a ship with modules in order to improve its defensive capabilities to resist, absorb, or mitigate incoming damage, thus preventing or delaying ~~your~~ ship's destruction.

The modules fitted to a ship to bolster its defences are often called its '''tank'''. '''Tanking''' means fitting a ship with modules in order to improve its defensive capabilities to resist, absorb, or mitigate incoming damage, thus preventing or delaying the ship's destruction.

Tanking is a core part of most ship combat in Eve Online, important to both PvP and PvE activities—though the two types of combat require broadly different tank approaches. Understanding how your ship and other ships avoid or deal with damage is an important part of successful play for anyone involved in combat, and new players usually learn about tanking gradually as they settle into the game.

This page details the main approaches to tanking; if you're new, don't be daunted by the details! You don't have to learn it all at once. [[Eve University]] members should feel encouraged to ask more experienced corpmates questions about tanking in game or in the #fitting-chat channel on the University discord.

==Tanking Basics==

[[file:402status panel.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Ship Status Panel]]

The amount of hitpoints on your ship is represented by the Ship Status Panel ~~- the~~ three rings on the top of the status panel represent, from outermost to the inner ring: your ship's shield, armor and structure (also called "hull"). As you incur damage, each ring will fill with red coloring, starting with your shields, then your armor, and finally, your structure. When the structure ring is completely red, that means your hull has been breached, and your ship is destroyed - and you'll find yourself floating in space in a pod.

The amount of hitpoints on your ship is represented by the Ship Status Panel. The three rings on the top of the status panel represent, from outermost to the inner ring: your ship's shield, armor and structure (also called "hull"). As you incur damage, each ring will fill with red coloring, starting with your shields, then your armor, and finally, your structure. When the structure ring is completely red, that means your hull has been breached, and your ship is destroyed - and you'll find yourself floating in space in a pod.

To avoid finding yourself floating in your pod you need to be able to tank the damage. This is generally achieved through three ways:

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-'''Tanking''' is the art of fitting a ship with modules in order to improve its defensive capabilities to resist, absorb, or mitigate incoming damage, thus preventing or delaying your ship's destruction.
+The modules fitted to a ship to bolster its defences are often called its '''tank'''. '''Tanking''' means fitting a ship with modules in order to improve its defensive capabilities to resist, absorb, or mitigate incoming damage, thus preventing or delaying the ship's destruction.
+Tanking is a core part of most ship combat in Eve Online, important to both PvP and PvE activities—though the two types of combat require broadly different tank approaches. Understanding how your ship and other ships avoid or deal with damage is an important part of successful play for anyone involved in combat, and new players usually learn about tanking gradually as they settle into the game.
+This page details the main approaches to tanking; if you're new, don't be daunted by the details! You don't have to learn it all at once. [[Eve University]] members should feel encouraged to ask more experienced corpmates questions about tanking in game or in the #fitting-chat channel on the University discord.
 ==Tanking Basics==
 [[file:402status panel.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Ship Status Panel]]
-The amount of hitpoints on your ship is represented by the Ship Status Panel - the three rings on the top of the status panel represent, from outermost to the inner ring: your ship's shield, armor and structure (also called "hull"). As you incur damage, each ring will fill with red coloring, starting with your shields, then your armor, and finally, your structure. When the structure ring is completely red, that means your hull has been breached, and your ship is destroyed - and you'll find yourself floating in space in a pod.
+The amount of hitpoints on your ship is represented by the Ship Status Panel. The three rings on the top of the status panel represent, from outermost to the inner ring: your ship's shield, armor and structure (also called "hull"). As you incur damage, each ring will fill with red coloring, starting with your shields, then your armor, and finally, your structure. When the structure ring is completely red, that means your hull has been breached, and your ship is destroyed - and you'll find yourself floating in space in a pod.
 To avoid finding yourself floating in your pod you need to be able to tank the damage. This is generally achieved through three ways: