Dragon knight tank

Tan9oSuccka

Asmael wrote: »

Tan9oSuccka wrote: »

Why the hate on DK Engine Guardian? I think its a must have if you tank and actually do something other than poke one mook and stand there.

Mine procs all the time due to casting Igneous Shield, Razor caltrops and talons etc.

Trash mobs don't even touch the casters.

Unless you're holding block 24/7, there's absolutely no need for it.

Actually, even if you're actually holding block 24/7, you still don't need, natural mag recovery, combined with OK stamina pool and Igneous shield and ultimates already allows you to block as long as you want. In a lot of cases, you even have time for a heavy attack.

I've been rocking a grand maximum of 14k stamina (lulz), no Sturdy on armor and no block cost reduction, and can still tank pretty much everything (including vet manti). Engine guardian, even if it only gave stamina / magicka back, would not be required, and Bloodspawn allows you to keep a higher uptime on Warhorns, as it should be.

I can only speak for myself on the topic. I group with mostly randoms where in most cases, the healer sucks or the damage guys have 15K health. (AKA dead).

Chances are I need something.....whether its health, magic or stamina.

If I had a dedicated group of people that were solid, I would probably change some pieces around.

AverageJo3Gam3r

Bloodspawn all the way. You get to control when you get your resources back through battle roar, get a unique armor buff, and buff the group with warhorn (or magma armor on the back bar for when PUGs go down--saved many a wipe doing that). As a DK tank, bloodspawn is BiS. Can you tank with another set? Of course, tanking in this game isn't that hard. But just because you can doesn't mean it's BiS.

Mac10murda

So I ended up with 5 footman 5 Alessia bulwark and whatever 2 pc monster set I want , 33k physical and spell , 25k health 30k staMina,