Knightmare set thoughts

Curragraigue

Minor maim debuff applies a 15% reduction in damage to enemies. So a handy debuff for group content with a large amount of mobs or players if you can apply it to a large group for a reasonable cost.

DKs have a good AoE minor maim skill with choking talons. NBs have a good AoE minor maim skill in PvP with Mass Hysteria not so much in PvE where you want to keep the mobs together.

Everyone has access to minor maim for one mob/player with slash one hand skill. NBs also have shades which apply it on the mob/player being attacked. So why consider Knightmare set?

Knightmare set provides a chance of an AoE minor maim. For tanks it procs regularly and provides a good group benefit debuff. The other benefit is that unlike most tank sets Knightmare has unique rings that provide stam instead of health for the rings in Spindle dungeons. The debuff does apply to bosses as well it seems based on the animation.

So while it won't have a lot of benefit for DK tanks running choking talons or NBs running Mass Hysteria in PvP the set does work well for the other classes when tanking group content. It is also easy to farm since it is not a popular set, appears in the golden vendor and is in a tank friendly dungeon Spindleclutch 2 (can you ever have enough bloodspawn?).

WalksonGraves

I used it for a minute, the maim animation is great for keeping track of the debuff (now redundant) this set gives great group defense against mobs but can be replaced by a skill so ultimately it's not really worth it.

The nb skill kicks in after a fear which should never be used in pve and only lasts 4 seconds, not worth the cost.


Pretty sure the changes to frost effects causing maim makes this aoe maim even less appealing.

elijafire

Need a much larger range and another stat on the 5 pc to make it relevant, it's pretty redundant as it is. Deep slash and frost aoe is much better.

El_Borracho

I mean, its okay for PVP. But there are so many better sets for PVE tanking. Situationally, I could see this working in a fight like the final bosses of Sanctum Ophidia and AA, and maybe the first 2 Hel Ra bosses. But you can get better group buffs from an Alkosh and Ebon combo. Heck, even Livewire would be better.

ZeroXFF

Thurvokun monster set made this one obsolete.

Curragraigue

The reason you don't necro a post is because of relevance. Post was from May 2017.

So no Wardens, no way to change jewelry traits, no livewire set, frost staff tanking was a joke and no Thurvoken monster set available. Back in my day joke insert here.

Joosef_Kivikilpi

Great for werewolf tank for a werewolf pack in dungeons.

exeeter702

elijafire wrote: »

Need a much larger range and another stat on the 5 pc to make it relevant, it's pretty redundant as it is. Deep slash and frost aoe is much better.

Bro this thread is from 2017