In search of a decent tank build that doesn't need to be farmed

peoplecallmeleo

I'm looking for a decent tank build I can either purchase or craft, not really wanting to farm. or anything that involves Footman as I have 5 piece already (rings, necklace, boots, gauntlets).
This is going to be for dungeons and some trials from time to time.
Also I'm not trying to listen to some *** talk and make corny jokes for 15 minutes so if the information could NOT be in video that'd be great. thank you guys in advance.

Also if there are any guilds that are extremely active in dungeons and trials?

Stridig

I still use 5 footman and 5 hist bark. I just tossed in a 2 piece agility for extra stam. I works just fine. There are better options but I have had this gear for a long time making it very cheap to tank.

psychotic13

I'm using x2 bloodspawn x5 Tavas and x5 Vampires Cloak and I find it's doing surprisingly well.

pizzaow

This is for a super easy (and cheap) PVE stam DK build

Attributes:
64 stam

Race
Imperial, Nord, Argonian

Champion Points
Champ Red: 100 hardy, 87 elemental defender
Champ Blue: 100 blessed, 30 melee weapon expert, 57 elfborn
Champ Green: 1000 warlord, 30 Arcanist, 57 shadow ward

Bar setup
Bar 1 (main boss): piece armor, heroic slash, volatile armor, absorb magic, igneous shield, aggressive warhorn
Bar 2 (trash pulls): inner fire, unrelenting grip, vigor, talons, noxious breath, standard of might

Gear:
5-piece footmans (keeping this to save you a little money)
5-piece hist bark (or tavas favor, but tavas only works if you plan to keep shuffle up)
2-piece monster helm:
Tremorscale: you can do a little DPS with this, which is good for 4-man. For trials, I'd recommend either lord warden or bloodspawn

Traits
BiS: Chest, Legs & Helm: infused. Small pieces: Sturdy
For 4-man and if you have undaunted unlocked: 5-1-1. Otherwise 7 heavy

Enchants
jewlery: 2 shield play, 1 magic recovery
weapons: Crusher
armor and shields: ideally prismatic, otherwise either stam or health

Goal stats
I'd recommend 30-33K health, ~30K buffed resistances and the rest dumped in stam.

If you wanted to spend a little money you could buy one of the following sets:
Trainee (get the named drops that aren't with the training traits): Big resource pools are nice
Dragonguard: Combined with Tavas and bloodspawn, you'd be dropping lots of ultimates
Seventh Legion Brute: Good if you want to do a little more DPS
Black rose: Great for resource management, but you'd need to buy 2 swords and 2 shields of footmans

kessik221

tavas and bahrahs curse. Tavas is a staple for tanking helping you keep up warhorn. Bahrahs gives you more utility for group play.

Liofa

You said no farming , so I am going to exclude monster sets as well and give you a build that you can buy or craft every single item .

5 Tava's Favor (all body) (can be crafted/bought)
5 Dragon (head shoulder jewelry) (can be bought)
2 endurance/agility 1h/s double bars (can be bought)

Good luck !

raj72616a

pariah set. cheap and loads of resistance buff.

you dont want to run a few dungeons to get gears but you intend to tank trials?
it doesnt take a lot of runs to collect a full set from dungeon. just ask your group for their drops.

DRXHarbinger

5 Tava, 5 armor master and 2 bloodspawn worked fine until 1 tam dropped. Everyone has bloodspawn by now.