Best single set for an ice warden off tank

derkaiserliche · May 2023

What set you guys directly think about when you have to choose one set to build your ice warden with?

50% health and 50% points spent in magicka. (Off tank build)

LunaFlora · May 2023

frozen watcher, nunatak, and glacial guardian

Auberon1983 · May 2023

The main tank will almost certainly be running Yolo (Yolnakriin), but some great off tank sets are, of course, Powerful Assault (assuming a healer isn't already running it), Roar of Alkosh, if the group has a number of stamina toons, Crimson Oath Rive is a great set. Olorime could even be used as a little more niche off tank role, or heck even Worm Raiment if the group is mostly Magicka.

Lots of great options. However, a lot depends on what the MT is running, and the healers.

If I absolutely had to pick one set above all, Powerful Assault. Really good support set for trials.

irswat · May 2023

Perfected pearlescent saxheel powerful assault pillagers EC crimson are all common

ZOS_Icy · May 2023

Greetings,

This thread has been moved to the Players Helping Players section, as it is better suited there.

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Soarora · May 2023

LunaFlora wrote: »

frozen watcher, nunatak, and glacial guardian

Thematically fitting but trial-wise this would be awful.

Usually I see OT in Saxhleel/PA but it depends on the group, just collect the common OT sets used in your guild or if you’re pugging I guess just go for Sax/PA. I don’t know what monster set OTs use nowadays.

If you mean off tank as in half DPS half Tank then you’d be getting different answers. I don’t know how possible a DPS/Tank hybrid is but I guess depends on what you’re doing.

LunaFlora · May 2023

Soarora wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

frozen watcher, nunatak, and glacial guardian

Thematically fitting but trial-wise this would be awful.

Usually I see OT in Saxhleel/PA but it depends on the group, just collect the common OT sets used in your guild or if you’re pugging I guess just go for Sax/PA. I don’t know what monster set OTs use nowadays.

If you mean off tank as in half DPS half Tank then you’d be getting different answers. I don’t know how possible a DPS/Tank hybrid is but I guess depends on what you’re doing.

yea i only gave those suggestions because of ice warden. i wasnt sure if the post was for an ice warden themed build or just an off tank build

El_Borracho · May 2023

LunaFlora wrote: »

Soarora wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

frozen watcher, nunatak, and glacial guardian

Thematically fitting but trial-wise this would be awful.

Usually I see OT in Saxhleel/PA but it depends on the group, just collect the common OT sets used in your guild or if you’re pugging I guess just go for Sax/PA. I don’t know what monster set OTs use nowadays.

If you mean off tank as in half DPS half Tank then you’d be getting different answers. I don’t know how possible a DPS/Tank hybrid is but I guess depends on what you’re doing.

yea i only gave those suggestions because of ice warden. i wasnt sure if the post was for an ice warden themed build or just an off tank build

Frozen Watcher is a fun set for dungeon tanking. Nunatak might be one of the biggest bait-and-switch tank sets out there as it just doesn't work they way its supposed to.

For trials, I usually use the Saxheel/PA combo if the healer is not running PA. If the healer is wearing PA, than Crimson Oath. Pearlescent can be a good alternative for Saxheel.