Tanking gear

TiZzA93

I have all the usual bis tanking gear and but it's feeling a bit stale gameplay wise for me now. I would like to k ow what sets you feel would be good enough to play vdung n vdlc dung NOT trials ty.

ezio45

TiZzA93 wrote: »

I have all the usual bis tanking gear and but it's feeling a bit stale gameplay wise for me now. I would like to k ow what sets you feel would be good enough to play vdung n vdlc dung NOT trials ty.

ugh i dont pve tank much but i think the currect meta is


bloodspawn
tourgs
alkosh

off tank wears ebon

all I got for ya

Shezzarrine

I mean vdungeons can be tanked in pretty much anything. It's just more efficient to wear the "meta" dps support sets so things die faster. I know I ran sap tank gear for a while before I accually learned to play and it was really fun. Maulbeth the Scorger (sp?)/ Leeching plate/ baharas curse.

Vermethys

I mostly enjoy tanking vet dungeons and vet DLC HM dungeons, and tanking really is my favourite playstyle in this game. I run Ebon, Torug's, and Bloodspawn on my DK tank. On my Warden tank I run Ebon, Torug's, and Lord Warden. I prefer this set up over using Alkosh because I don't always play with organised groups that provide enough synergies to make the most out of Alkosh.

TiZzA93

Oh yh I have e the bis ebon alkosh torugs monster sets etc I just would like to try different playstyles and have a bit of fun but would still like to be able to do Veteran dlc dung difficulty so wud want t the sets at least viable lol

TiZzA93

On the dlc dungs I wud use ebon for support but as I pug on the xbox mainly I don't get alot of use with alkosh when I'm not in trials

Spartabunny08

How tanky do you wish to get? Since clockwork they destroyed my permablock tank but I do know how to get as tanky as possible. Ironblood is my main tank set PvE I run it with warrior poet and bloodspawn for more tankiness or infernal guardian for more damage if bloodspawn isn't needed. Of course sturdy on armor and depending on DragonKnight I run potion cool down on jewelry on warden tank more block reduction on jewelry. But this right here will definitely get you through about anything.

Donny_Vito

If you're just going for regular Vet dungeons, then all the ones mentioned above. If you're going for Skin runs (no-death, specifically) I like to change my setup some. Eternal Yokeda is a nice one...gives you a "get out of jail free card" which is nice. I also like Ironblood....the reduced movement speed can be a little tricky in some dungeons, but for the most part it's not a big deal if you know mechanics and the 30% damage reduction makes you basically invincible. I like Alkosh/Torags, but they don't provide you with any good benefits...just the group. So it just depends on what you're trying to do.

Jeremy

TiZzA93 wrote: »

I have all the usual bis tanking gear and but it's feeling a bit stale gameplay wise for me now. I would like to k ow what sets you feel would be good enough to play vdung n vdlc dung NOT trials ty.

I like that Leeching set from Imperial City Prison. It does a lot of healing, especially if you are getting overwhelmed with adds. Which can come in handy in dungeons because a lot of pug healers just suck (no offense).

TiZzA93

I actually farmed ironblood transmuted all traits made all purple then never used it as I just started trials and farmed alkosh Instead lol is it a good set the? Might use it with ebon for support and maybe Lord warden

TiZzA93

@Jeremy I ra want to that ebon and malubeth on sap tank nb was fun bk in the day, but I'd like something different what's the Yoked like is it worth the farm

Spartabunny08

Ironblood is really strong. I've used it for a long time and I've never survived better. Ebon and lord warden might be pretty awesome with it. Never tried them together. I don't do trials as I will not conform to any "meta". Thing is just my girlfriend and I play together and aren't the most social. So just us do all our dungeons. I protect her she kills them. Actually works really well.

Jeremy

TiZzA93 wrote: »

@Jeremy I ra want to that ebon and malubeth on sap tank nb was fun bk in the day, but I'd like something different what's the Yoked like is it worth the farm

If you mean the Leeching set I'm was talking about, It was a pain to farm. But that's mostly just because I had already upgraded my other armor set to legendary and didn't want to have to redo it. So I opted to farm the weapons and jewelry instead. In hindsight, might have been easier if I had just redid it...

But if you are just farming up the regular armor pieces (not the pieces that just drop from the end boss) it wouldn't be that bad to farm.

Jeremy

Spartabunny08 wrote: »

Ironblood is really strong. I've used it for a long time and I've never survived better. Ebon and lord warden might be pretty awesome with it. Never tried them together. I don't do trials as I will not conform to any "meta". Thing is just my girlfriend and I play together and aren't the most social. So just us do all our dungeons. I protect her she kills them. Actually works really well.

I used to use Iron Blood. It's not bad. It's fun to team up with that pirate monster set for longer bouts of major protection.

The slow can suck sometimes though.

Rungar

pirate skelly, jorvulds (waist, jewelry/weapons) and plague doctor will make you feel invincible as well with higher major protection uptime and great mag sustain

the 15% reduced healing is better than 50% less movement speed as jorvulds gives 2% healing so its really 13%. Really nothing.

use balance and you get used to the reduced healing. Its really not much.

Jeremy

Rungar wrote: »

pirate skelly, jorvulds (waist, jewelry/weapons) and plague doctor will make you feel invincible as well with higher major protection uptime and great mag sustain

the 15% reduced healing is better than 50% less movement speed as jorvulds gives 2% healing so its really 13%. Really nothing.

use balance and you get used to the reduced healing. Its really not much.

I've tried that set up before as well. It was pretty good also. The extra sustain from Jorvuld's is definitely handy.

Starlock

Really, you can use whatever heavy armor sets you want for tanking veteran dungeons if you know your character well and have a good strategy in place. When I was first learning to tank, I wore the crafted set Whitestrake's Retribution. I called it my "oh &*$#" set because the damage shield proc would basically rescue me from death if I did something stupid. Tanked all of my first vet dungeons and normal trials wearing that. It was fine. These days, he wears Livewire and Warrior Poet. Still tanks vet dungeons and trials just fine. Oh, and he's not a dragonknight either.

TiZzA93

Ty for all ur comments I main a nb tank with alkosh n ebon but leveling a dk who will now use ironblood anyone have experience with the Yokeda set Or the other one to negate death ty

AlnilamE

Not really a tanking set, but my friend I used to run with would slot Infernal Guardian when we were just doing fun runs, because he liked the daedroth showing up (and because it took him forever to get a Bloodspawn helm back when you couldn't trade them).

Psyonico

Anyone have experience with hatchlings shell? It seems like it could be a good pair with ebon for defenses

Psyonico

Anyone have experience with hatchlings shell? It seems like it could be a good pair with ebon for defenses

MaleAmazon

Try these;

Pet tank - Maw of the infernal + (any combination of) Ursus, Heavy morkuldin, unfathomable darkness, plague slinger or any other pet / sword / corpse. Just proc-and-block.

Shield tank - Infernal guardian + permafrost + some other set, probably magicka. Spam shields now that they benefit from armor rating. Try templar with blazing shield plus hardening glyph and maybe, for extra fun, go dual wield with OP enchantments on both weapons and use inner fire or something for taunt. Or infused absorb magicka or something.

would slot Infernal Guardian when we were just doing fun runs, because he liked the daedroth showing up

That´s maw of the infernal (I confuse them too).

Royaji

You should probably define what is "fun" for you.

Going full tank, walk in, hold block and sip beer with the other hand? Sure, stuff like Ironblood, Pirate Skeleton and Yokeda can work. Maybe throw in some Galanwe. Pretty useless and a huge overkill but you can do it and this might be your "fun".

Pushing the limits of your skill and exploring some of the "on the edge" tanking options? Maybe you are ready to dabble in full medium tanking with Powerful Assault and Alkosh. This is my kind of "fun" but it is not for inexperienced players.

Trying yourslef in the role of a heal-tank for 3 DD runs? Jorvulds, Olorime, Worm (for mag DD groups) are all solid options combined with some staple like Ebon or Dragon. Recommended with a Warden but might work on a nightblade too. Some people find this "fun".

Or you are tired of doing 3k DPS and want to have some contribution in form of damage? If that's your "fun" I would recommend Thunderbugs with Leeching or Bahrahas. Lot's of self healing, decent damage. One of those PUG-proof builds where you can slog you way through even the worst of light attack spammers.

Hixtory

I have 2 tanks, sets I have tested:

Ebon: Trial/Dungeon Set
Alkosh: Trial/Dungeon Set
Torugs: Trial/Dungeon Set
Vampire Cloak: Trial Set (Useful for stuff like axes, VSOHM off tank)
Livewire: Dungeon set (If dps are stam is pretty good)
Bahraha's Curse: (Useful for stuff like axes, VSOHM off tank)
Leeching Plate: (Useful for stuff like axes, VSOHM off tank)
Ironblood: If you like to help your group I wouldnt recommend this one, because you could use pirate skeleton in 2 pieces to get the same stat, and last longer.
Lich: with this the sustain of magicka is insane, and allow you to solo tank a lot of stuff, specially in DK's.
Hist bark: Good overall
Whitestrake: Maybe a "oh ***" set but I liked when I used it.

Yokeda sets are good, but mainly used as a backup plan when running a no death, solo tanking axes etc. The cooldown is way to long to be used regularly

This is mailny for dungeon tanking, I have tanked a few trials but usually go with other roles to that kind of content.

Hope this helps a bit

summitxho

Newbie tank here, I found that while learning tanking, TBS came in handy to help understand where your tank could improve. Now I have not been doing group content as I would then replace that set with one which benefits the group, just learning the basics through PVE single player oriented. It allowed me to change my build up on the fly picking different mundus stones. It allowed me to experiment with what my tank needed most. I paired it with Plague Doctor as that was the base I wanted to start from and keep Plague Doctor into the future and will eventually replace TBS with something else.

Now I am not saying this was a good set for tanking, simply it really helped me understand tanking and was interesting for a learning experience and something different. I could add more stamina to my pool and test, I could sub that out for more resistance or regeneration and test. It really helped me learn where I needed to improve my tank, but from my understanding I am alone in the use of this set.

GallantGuardian

I really wanna try that aegis of galanwe set

5% less damage from trial and dungeon monsters and 5th piece grants empower to the group after bollocking incoming damage ...

Right now I’m wearing the white gold tank set that gives the group a shield which is nice and all
But I see it break pretty fast

I wear plague over Ebon... I don’t really understand the reason for Ebon it only increases health by 1000 for everyone in the group ... I feel like 1000 health isn’t a whole lot but maybe I’ don’t understand it

jypcy

GallantGuardian wrote: »

I really wanna try that aegis of galanwe set

5% less damage from trial and dungeon monsters and 5th piece grants empower to the group after bollocking incoming damage ...

Right now I’m wearing the white gold tank set that gives the group a shield which is nice and all
But I see it break pretty fast

I wear plague over Ebon... I don’t really understand the reason for Ebon it only increases health by 1000 for everyone in the group ... I feel like 1000 health isn’t a whole lot but maybe I’ don’t understand it

Probably not to a tank, but the 5% less damage that looks attractive to you on Galanwe could be compared to the ~1000
extra health that ebon gives your teammates, which when most of them are likely sitting between 15-20k health, is about 5% extra damage that they can endure.

This benefit is most noticeable in trials when you’re running with 11 other people and everyone gets the buff. In 4 person content, the 5pcs’ potential is 1/3 of what it could be, which could be another reason it seems unattractive in certain scenarios.

MartiniDaniels

I run Crest of Cyrodil now, helps much in 3dd runs. If you have a good healer a lot of sets will do and you may concentrate on buffing the group, but nowadays you mostly meet dps in healer slot.

GallantGuardian

jypcy wrote: »

GallantGuardian wrote: »

I really wanna try that aegis of galanwe set

5% less damage from trial and dungeon monsters and 5th piece grants empower to the group after bollocking incoming damage ...

Right now I’m wearing the white gold tank set that gives the group a shield which is nice and all
But I see it break pretty fast

I wear plague over Ebon... I don’t really understand the reason for Ebon it only increases health by 1000 for everyone in the group ... I feel like 1000 health isn’t a whole lot but maybe I’ don’t understand it

Probably not to a tank, but the 5% less damage that looks attractive to you on Galanwe could be compared to the ~1000
extra health that ebon gives your teammates, which when most of them are likely sitting between 15-20k health, is about 5% extra damage that they can endure.

This benefit is most noticeable in trials when you’re running with 11 other people and everyone gets the buff. In 4 person content, the 5pcs’ potential is 1/3 of what it could be, which could be another reason it seems unattractive in certain scenarios.

Well I have a full set of Ebon so I can always go back... I’m not really doing trials anyway I run a Templar tank and I’m not exactly popular to take into trials but I’d like to .. this is why I’m trying build a good set up

That’s beneficial to the group as well as me I don’t like alkoshs 2 piece I want something made for tanks but helpful

GimpyPorcupine

Been running Werewolf Hide jewelry and weapons (1HS/Frost staff), Ebon, and Bloodspawn on a Warden tank. Really like the Ultimate generation. Works well in PUGs.

edited for spelling

idk

ezio45 wrote: »

TiZzA93 wrote: »

I have all the usual bis tanking gear and but it's feeling a bit stale gameplay wise for me now. I would like to k ow what sets you feel would be good enough to play vdung n vdlc dung NOT trials ty.

ugh i dont pve tank much but i think the currect meta is


bloodspawn
tourgs
alkosh

off tank wears ebon

all I got for ya

Bloodspawn is over rated and doubt it has become meta again. While the ult gen is nice, it is best to keep a good rotation between the 4 support classes. The resistance is not worthy since the set has a low proc chance making it less likely to proc when it would be useful.

Either One each Shadowrend/Chokethorne or Lord Warden, especially with melee in the group, are more useful.