Stam Sorc Tanking- gear suggestions

Savos_Saren

I've got a Khajiit StamSorc tank that's currently wearing 5 Seventh Legion, 5 Briarheart, 2 Stormfist. He's a brute when it comes to vet Dungeon tanking and world boss bustin'. However, I'm thinking about running him through vDSA. I've got 2pc Bloodspawn, 5pc Alkosh as my secondary set (jewelry/weapons), and Aggressive Warhorn ready to go for him- but does anyone have a suggestion for heavy armor? I'm not in the market for any Tava suggestions, though.

I figure that the 5pc heavy armor set needs to have high crit to help sustain my self-heals (because of the last stage of vDSA) and to add to the DPS of our group fights. I'm looking at a heavy armor set of Hundings, NMG, Seventh Legion... all high weapon crit sets. Are there other high crit or self-sustainability sets out there?

starkerealm

Well, Morihaus is freakin' hilarious. It's a terrible set to use for, well, anything really, but turning into the Tamerilic Monster Bowling Champion is worth the price of admission.

EDIT: For crits, my first thought is actually Night Mother's Gaze. Maybe Kvatch Gladiator? Berserking Warrior, Veiled Heritance, and Armor of Truth all possibilities, depending on exactly what you're looking for.

Savos_Saren

starkerealm wrote: »

Well, Morihaus is freakin' hilarious. It's a terrible set to use for, well, anything really, but turning into the Tamerilic Monster Bowling Champion is worth the price of admission.

That set has no weapon crit attached to it- nor does it have any self-heals for sustainability. Did you mean to post this on a different thread?

starkerealm

jaburns wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

Well, Morihaus is freakin' hilarious. It's a terrible set to use for, well, anything really, but turning into the Tamerilic Monster Bowling Champion is worth the price of admission.

That set has no weapon crit attached to it- nor does it have any self-heals for sustainability. Did you mean to post this on a different thread?

No, it was a joke. The armor set is actually kinda terrible, but it's 5pc effect is inordinately amusing. I added some more suggestions above as serous options.

Savos_Saren

@starkerealm

Thanks bud. Yeah, that Beserking Warrior looks good, too. Tossing in some light/heavy attacks on top of Pierce Armor and Heroic Slash would definitely benefit. Perhaps I'll farm for that one and give it a try.

I really enjoy Seventh Legion- but I feel like the "Health Regen" bonus is a waste. Beserking and NMG may be the way to go.

starkerealm

Way of Fire might be another good option, if you've got any fire synergy in your build.

Savos_Saren

starkerealm wrote: »

Way of Fire might be another good option, if you've got any fire synergy in your build.

No fire synergies here. Just a Khajiit with too much static!

starkerealm

Shock cats, they travel across the carpet, building up a charge, searching for unsuspecting victims.

starkerealm

For what it's worth, switching to medium armor might be a better idea, if you just want to push your crit into the low stratosphere. Off hand, my Breton sorc is running around 56% crit on dual daggers. Combined with stuff like blood craze, and her health is rarely an issue.

ObsidianMichi

I run a High Elf split tank, so it's a lot cheaper for me to rely on the solid Sorc damage reduction/sustain magicka skills like Hardened Ward. I suppose that's not really an option for you.

I've always been fond of 5piece NMG for for my heavy armor NB tank. The 4piece on Veiled Heritance is also very good. There's also Twin Sisters, it's Medium but you can get it in jewelry and weapons as drops so you could simply backdoor into the 5p set without touching your armor.

There are a bunch of really good dungeon sets in medium that also drop weapons and jewelry, so it depends on how dead set you are about splitting up your armor/jewelry pieces as a way to buy into what you need. That'd be a long ways round though, since they're BOP.

If crits are what you're looking for then Toothrow Set for weapons and jewelry might be worth looking at.

It really depends on how much grind you're willing to invest in.

Savos_Saren

starkerealm wrote: »

For what it's worth, switching to medium armor might be a better idea, if you just want to push your crit into the low stratosphere. Off hand, my Breton sorc is running around 56% crit on dual daggers. Combined with stuff like blood craze, and her health is rarely an issue.

Swapping to Medium armor for a tank in vDSA? I don't think that's possible, right? Especially while tanking all four sub-bosses at the end.

starkerealm

jaburns wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

For what it's worth, switching to medium armor might be a better idea, if you just want to push your crit into the low stratosphere. Off hand, my Breton sorc is running around 56% crit on dual daggers. Combined with stuff like blood craze, and her health is rarely an issue.

Swapping to Medium armor for a tank in vDSA? I don't think that's possible, right? Especially while tanking all four sub-bosses at the end.

I'm honestly not sure. Which is why I said, "might be." Stick this one out here as an outside the box idea, not as solid advice.

Savos_Saren

starkerealm wrote: »

jaburns wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

For what it's worth, switching to medium armor might be a better idea, if you just want to push your crit into the low stratosphere. Off hand, my Breton sorc is running around 56% crit on dual daggers. Combined with stuff like blood craze, and her health is rarely an issue.

Swapping to Medium armor for a tank in vDSA? I don't think that's possible, right? Especially while tanking all four sub-bosses at the end.

I'm honestly not sure. Which is why I said, "might be." Stick this one out here as an outside the box idea, not as solid advice.

You're not necessarily wrong- I've heard of people tanking pledges in medium armor (with sword and board, of course)... I've just never heard of anyone attempting vDSA with it.

starkerealm

jaburns wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

jaburns wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

For what it's worth, switching to medium armor might be a better idea, if you just want to push your crit into the low stratosphere. Off hand, my Breton sorc is running around 56% crit on dual daggers. Combined with stuff like blood craze, and her health is rarely an issue.

Swapping to Medium armor for a tank in vDSA? I don't think that's possible, right? Especially while tanking all four sub-bosses at the end.

I'm honestly not sure. Which is why I said, "might be." Stick this one out here as an outside the box idea, not as solid advice.

You're not necessarily wrong- I've heard of people tanking pledges in medium armor (with sword and board, of course)... I've just never heard of anyone attempting vDSA with it.

Oh derp... I've been thinking vMA all this time. Sorry, the result of split attention.

Still, it might be worth trying. Get your crit rate from your armor weight, then get your resistances from your set bonuses.

I'll poke around on this idea when I've got a little more free time to think.

runagate

starkerealm wrote: »

Well, Morihaus is freakin' hilarious. It's a terrible set to use for, well, anything really, but turning into the Tamerilic Monster Bowling Champion is worth the price of admission.

EDIT: For crits, my first thought is actually Night Mother's Gaze. Maybe Kvatch Gladiator? Berserking Warrior, Veiled Heritance, and Armor of Truth all possibilities, depending on exactly what you're looking for.

Not true - it is by far the best thing for flattening an entire bomb train. Gap close - dodge roll - dodge roll - gap close back the other way, hopefully the cavalry has caught up and wiping up the mess you made.

Curragraigue

Willow's path works well for recovery. Personally with crit surge up on a Khajiit and Hurricane going I tend to get plenty of heals without needing any additional crit. There is always dark deal and pots for just in case. With all the adds I would go Thunderbug for some additional AoE damage and a proc chance for an execute implosion.

starkerealm

runagate wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

Well, Morihaus is freakin' hilarious. It's a terrible set to use for, well, anything really, but turning into the Tamerilic Monster Bowling Champion is worth the price of admission.

EDIT: For crits, my first thought is actually Night Mother's Gaze. Maybe Kvatch Gladiator? Berserking Warrior, Veiled Heritance, and Armor of Truth all possibilities, depending on exactly what you're looking for.

Not true - it is by far the best thing for flattening an entire bomb train. Gap close - dodge roll - dodge roll - gap close back the other way, hopefully the cavalry has caught up and wiping up the mess you made.

Okay, now that would be worth seeing in action.

susmitds

Morihaus is the most fun set I ever used for tanking. Seriously, the set has one job - to make you feel like a wrecking ball and provide CC and it does it well. Especially for classes without CC, this makes tanking easier.

The_Duke

I wear night mothers and briar heart with kvatch 1h and shield. All reinforced. Tri stat glyphs. Works great.

Savos_Saren

The_Duke wrote: »

I wear night mothers and briar heart with kvatch 1h and shield. All reinforced. Tri stat glyphs. Works great.

@The_Duke

Don't you just love Briarheart? I feel like it's a highly overlooked set. That extra weapon crit, heals, and it procs off of critical damage??? Just perfect for a StamSorc tank's secondary 5pc set!

GreasyDave

just to digress from your main point. i have started running my stamsorc as a tank and am loving it.
i have been running all heavy to begin just to get an idea on how it handles - beekeeper and embershield.
survivability is excellent. but i want to start raising my dps. your briarheart build - i guess you r running 5 pc heavy 2 med? are you able to contribute decent damage to the group with it?

starkerealm

jaburns wrote: »

The_Duke wrote: »

I wear night mothers and briar heart with kvatch 1h and shield. All reinforced. Tri stat glyphs. Works great.

@The_Duke

Don't you just love Briarheart? I feel like it's a highly overlooked set. That extra weapon crit, heals, and it procs off of critical damage??? Just perfect for a StamSorc tank's secondary 5pc set!

I loved it on my Stamsorc DPS, while I had her in that. I've since switched to Hundings in order to be more boring... but, hey.

SublimeSparo

I'd consider swarm mother, getting those adds bunched up in vdsa helps a ton an isn't easy without chains